1 . Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was ____ by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb was ____ and spent six years in prison in Vietnam. He survived and now ____ about lessons learned from that experience.
　　One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You ____ jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航空母舰) Kitty Hawk . You were ____ !"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
　　"I ____ your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped（倒吸一口气） in surprise and ____ .The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!"
Plumb assured him, "It ____ did—if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night，thinking about that man. He says, "I wondered how many times I might have passed him ____ the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you', or anything ____ , you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a ____ ."
Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels（深处）of the ship ____ working on each chute, holding in his hands each time the ____ of someone he didn't know.
　　Plumb asks his ____ , "Who's packing your ____? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it ____ the day." Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down—he needed his ____ parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these ____ before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to ____ and be kind to people who pack our daily parachutes, and strengthen us to go through ____ times.1.

A．followed

B．destroyed

C．spied

D．seen

2.

A．released

B．wounded

C．captured

D．killed

3.

A．lectures

B．gives

C．studies

D．hear

4.

A．repaired

B．made

C．flew

D．cleaned

5.

A．taken down

B．looked down

C．set down

D．shot down

6.

A．bought

B．checked

C．found

D．packed

7.

A．gratefully

B．suspiciously

C．happily

D．sadly

8.

A．almost

B．surely

C．narrowly

D．nearly

9.

A．abroad

B．in

C．on

D．at

10.

A．so

B．because

C．unless

D．though

11.

A．sailor

B．captain

C．pilot

D．technician

12.

A．unwillingly

B．immediately

C．worriedly

D．carefully

13.

A．death

B．fortune

C．fate

D．chance

14.

A．wife

B．children

C．sailors

D．audience

15.

A．luggage

B．bag

C．parachute

D．future

16.

A．through

B．to

C．up to

D．as

17.

A．psychological

B．physical

C．imaginary

D．safe

18.

A．spirits

B．emotions

C．supports

D．people

19.

A．award

B．recognize

C．reward

D．help

20.

A．happy

B．tough

C．comfortable

D．cosy

2 . In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
A revelation（启示）came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously（自发地）told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first trade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her fist music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting（借用）my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
1. What do we learn from the first paragraph?

A．Many children find lots of fun in mindless activities.

B．Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

C．Rebecca collects online materials for her writing.

D．Rebecca is different from any other child of her age.

2. What was the author's writing experience?

A．She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.

B．Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.

C．She was constantly under pressure of writing more.

D．Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.

3. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year's writing contest?

A．She possessed real talent for writing.

B．She wanted to win.

C．She wanted to share her stories with readers.

D．She had won a prize already.

3 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left _______. Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other _______?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, _______ children from different races and religions played and studied _______ in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s ________from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just _______ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well _______ or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d _______ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to _______ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his ________.
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I ________ touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I ________ my destination. The driver acknowledged my ________ but did not move off. Instead, he looked ________ at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so _________addressed(称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ________ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something ________ to describe.
If we can allow our children to be ________ without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be ________ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies build and ________ we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “we happy few, we band of brothers”.1.

A．interested

B．pleased

C．puzzled

D．excited

2.

A．parties

B．cities

C．villages

D．races

3.

A．why

B．which

C．how

D．when

4.

A．together

B．around

C．alone

D．apart

5.

A．drop

B．throw

C．move

D．roll

6.

A．refused

B．made

C．sought

D．accepted

7.

A．paid

B．meant

C．preserved

D．treated

8.

A．explore

B．search

C．discover

D．desert

9.

A．get through

B．deal with

C．come across

D．take away

10.

A．arrival

B．choice

C．effort

D．company

11.

A．lost

B．gained

C．developed

D．missed

12.

A．stated

B．ordered

C．decided

D．chose

13.

A．attempts

B．instructions

C．opinions

D．arrangements

14.

A．anxiously

B．carelessly

C．disappointedly

D．fixedly

15.

A．familiarly

B．strangely

C．fully

D．coldly

16.

A．departures

B．months

C．years

D．decades

17.

A．possible

B．funny

C．hard

D．clear

18.

A．them

B．themselves

C．us

D．ourselves

19.

A．from

B．by

C．with

D．against

20.

A．still

B．otherwise

C．then

D．instead