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完形填空     The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy as Susan made her way carefully，up the steps.
She paid the driver and then, using her hands to   1    the seats，settled in one of them.
     It had been a year since Susan became blind.As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown
into a world of   2    Susan"s husband Mark watched her  3     into hopelessness and he was   4    to
use every possible means to help his wife.
     Finally，Susan felt ready to   5    to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the
bus, but she was now too   6    to get around the city by herself.Mark   7    to ride the bus with Susan
each morning and evening   8    she could manage it by herself.
     For two weeks, Mark   9    Susan to and from work each day.He taught her how to rely on her
other   10   , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new   11   . 
     At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip   12    .Monday morning arrived.Before
she left, she hugged her husband   13    , her eyes filled with tears of gratitude(感激)．She said
goodbye and, for the first time, they went their   14    ways.Each day went perfectly，and a wild
excitement   15    Susan.She was doing it!
     On Friday morning，Susan took the bus to work   16   . As she was getting off the bus, the driver
said，“Miss，I sure   17    you.” Curious，Susan asked the driver   18    .
     “You know, every morning for the   19    week, a finelooking gentleman in a military uniform has
been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely.” the bus driver
said.
     Tears of happiness poured down Susan"s cheeks.She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more
powerful than   20    .That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.

(     )1． A. touch       (     )2． A. weakness     (     )3． A. run         (     )4． A. inspired    (     )5． A. return       (     )6． A. tired       (     )7.     A. volunteered   (     )8． A. when         (     )9． A. drove       (     )10．A. feelings     (     )11．A. position     (     )12．A. on her own     (     )13．A. politely     (     )14．A. opposite     (     )15．A. took charge of (     )16．A. as usual     (     )17．A. respect     (     )18．A. what           (     )19．A. past           (     )20．A. courage	B．grab           B．sickness       B．sink           B．determined     B．adjust         B．astonished     B．attempted       B．as             B．directed       B．organs         B．environment     B．in person       B．calmly         B．separate       B．took place of   B．as a rule       B．envy           B．how             B．same           B．will	C．count             C．darkness           C．jump               C．honored             C．contribute         C．depressed         C．continued         C．until             C．accompanied       C．skills             C．status             C．to her benefit     C．briefly           C．fixed             C．took advantage of   C．as well           C．know               C．why               C．first             C．sight	D．feel                   D．sadness               D．step                   D．pleased               D．stick                 D．frightened             D．struggled             D．after                 D．sent                   D．senses                 D．role                   D．on foot               D．tightly               D．lonely                 D．took hold of           D．as a consequence       D．support               D．who                   D．next                   D．wisdom
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Reading comprehension
Last week I visited one of my old neighborhoods in Washington D.C. I had not been there for twenty years and as I walked along the street, my mind was flooded by memories of the past. I saw the old apartment building where I had lived and the playground where I had played. As I viewed these once familiar surroundings, images of myself as a child there came to mind. However, what I saw and what I remembered were not the same. I sadly realized that the best memories are those left untouched.      My old apartment building, as I remember, was bright and alive. It was more than just a place to live. It was a movie house, a space station, or whatever my young mind could imagine. I would steal away with my friends and play in the basement. This was always exciting because it was so cool and dark, and there were so many things there to hide among. There was a small river in the back of the building. We would go there to lie in the shade of trees and enjoy ourselves.      However, what I saw was completely different. The apartment building was now in disrepair. What was once more than a place to live looked hardly worth living in. The windows were all broken. The once clean walls were covered with dirty marks. The river was hardly recognizable. The water was polluted and the trees and flowers were all dead. The once sweet-smelling river now smelled terrible. It was really heartbreaking to see all this.      I do not regret having seen my old neighborhood. However, I do not think my innocent childhood memories can ever be the same. I suppose it is true when they say, "You can never go home again."
1. In the first two paragraphs of the passage the writer tries to tell us that ________.
A. he had lived in Washington D.C. for twenty years B. he was very imaginative when he was a child C. he had had pleasant memories of his old neighborhood D. he had come from a very poor neighborhood
2. How did the writer feel when he visited his old neighborhood in Washington D.C.?
A. Greatly surprised. B. Very regretful. C. Quite excited. D. Very sad.
3. On his visit to his hometown, the writer found the old apartment building ________.
A. seemed unfit to live in B. had been repaired C. could hardly be recognized D. looked dirty and smelt horrible
4. "You can never go home again" in the last sentence of this passage means that ________.
A. one should never revisit his hometown after many years of absence B. one will never find his hometown the same as it was in his childhood memory C. a visit to one"s hometown will bring back one"s pleasant memories of home D. a visit to one"s hometown will bring back many sad memories
阅读理解。
At a certain time in our lives we consider every place as the possible site for a house. I have thus searched the country within a dozen miles of where I live. In imagination I have bought all the farms, one after another, and I knew their prices.         The nearest thing that I came to actual ownership was when I bought the Hollowell place. But before the owner completed the sale with me, his wife changed her mind and wished to keep it, and he offered me additional dollars to return the farm to him. However, I let him keep the dollars and sold him the farm for just what I gave for it.         The real attractions of the Hollowell farm to me were its position, being about two miles from the village, half a mile from the nearest neighbor, bounded (相邻) on one side by the river, and separated from the highway by a wide field. The poor condition of the house and fences showed that it hadn’t been used for some time. I remembered from my earliest trip up the river that the house used to be hidden behind a forest area, and I was in a hurry to buy it before the owner finished getting out some rocks, cutting down the apple trees, and clearing away some young trees which had grown up in the fields. I wanted to buy it before he made any more of his improvements. But it turned out as I have said.         I was not really troubled by the loss. I had always had a garden, but I don’t think I was ready for a large farm. I believe that as long as possible it is better to live free and uncommitted (无牵挂的). It makes but little difference whether you own a farm or not.
1.What do we know about the author?
A. He wanted to buy the oldest farm near where he live. B. He made a study of many farms before buying. C. He made money by buying and selling farms. D. He had the money to buy the best farm in the country.
2.Why did the author decide to buy the Hollowell place?
A. It was of good market value. B. It was next to the highway. C. It was is a good position. D. It was behind a nice garden.
3.Why did the author want to buy the farm in a hurry?
A. He was afraid the owner might change his mind. B. He hoped to enlarge the forest on the farm. C. He wanted to keep the farm as it was. D. He was eager to become a farm owner.
4.The underlined words “the loss” in the last paragraph refer to ________.
A. the money the author lost in buying the farm B. the sale of the garden in the Hollowell place C. the removal of the trees around the house D. the failure to possess the Hollowell place
5.What does the author believe as important in life?
A. To own a farm. B. To satisfy his needs. C. To be free from worries. D. To live in the countryside.
I am a senior in college, and my major is elementary education. But the thing is, even though I am going to become a teacher I have a horrible fear of giving presentations. My main problem is that I shake, which causes my paper to move when I hold it. Also I feel my heart beating so fast that I almost cannot hear myself or pay attention to anything else. In my other semesters I only had one presentation which only lasted for a few minutes. This, however, is my professional semester and there are about three presentations per class and some of them have to be 30 minutes long! Now I feel like I"m in the wrong field because of how nervous I become. But the thing is, I have already had students taught and have a lot of experience with children, and when I am around children I am completely comfortable. Children don"t judge people and I just don"t get nervous around them. That is why I don"t understand why they make us do so many presentations in front of our peers (同龄人) as if they were children!      I am just so nervous about getting up in front of my class this semester! I can"t stop fearing it and I"m set for failure. It"s strange. I have a good friend in my class and I seem to be more nervous with her being there than when she is not there! Maybe that"s because I don"t know or don"t really care about the rest of the students in the class.
1. The author will have to ____ in his / her future job.
A. deal with freshmen in college B. deal with students in elementary school C. make many public presentations in front of his / her peers  D. work with his / her good friends
2. Which of the following words can best describe the author"s feeling when he / she is giving presentations?
A. Worried.     B. Tense.     C. Exciting.     D. Disappointed.
3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ____.
A. the author only feels nervous when his / her friend is present B. the author performs better when his / her friend is not there C. the author is disliked by most of his / her classmates D. the author is eager to get help and support from his / her friend
4. The text is mainly about ____.
A. how to get rid of the fear of giving presentations B. an interesting experience of the author in the professional semester C. stories about the relationship between the author and his / her friend D. the author"s problem of giving presentations
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Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jar from its hiding place. She poured all the coins out on the floor and counted it __1__. Then cautiously placing the  __2__back in the jar, she made her way six blocks to the chemist"s.      She waited for the chemist to give her some __3__, but he was busy talking with a well-dressed gentleman at that moment.__4__she took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. That did it!      "And what do you want?" the chemist asked in an __5__tone of voice. He turned back__6__expecting a reply to his question.      "I want to buy a __7__," Tess answered back to the chemist in the same annoyed tone. "My brother Andrew is really, really __8__. Daddy says only a miracle can save him. And I believe I can find it here. How much does it cost?"      InstInstantly they __9__ talking. The well-dressed gentleman came up to Tess, and __10_ to ask how much money she had on her.      "One dollar and eleven cents," Tess answered. "And it"s all the money I have."      "Well, what a coincidence(巧合). A dollar and eleven cents-the  _11_  price of a miracle for your little brother," smiled the man.      Actually, the gentleman was an expert surgeon in his field. He performed an   _12_  on Andrew without charge and it wasn"t long  _13_  Andrew recovered.      Mom and Dad were always  _14_  how much the operation would have cost. Tess smiled. Only she knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the _15_ of a little child.
(     )1. A. carefully (     )2. A. currency   (     )3. A. admission (     )4. A. So       (     )5. A. astonished (     )6. A. by   (     )7. A. pill   (     )8. A. sick   (     )9. A. started (     )10. A. went down (     )11. A. basic   (     )12. A. action (     )13. A. after (     )14. A. knowing (     )15. A. faith	B. contently   B. cash       B. attention B. And       B. appreciated B. for   B. miracle     B. weak       B. stopped     B. broke down B. low         B. experiment B. when     B. wondering B. chat	C. carelessly   C. change       C. attraction C. But       C. annoyed      C. beyond     C. medicine    C. unhappy     C. continued    C. settled down C. exact     C. operation   C. until       C. doubting   C. fantasy	D. considerately   D. collection     D. adjustment     D. Or             D. amused         D. without         D. drug           D. naughty         D. considered     D. bent down       D. average         D. assignment     D. before       D. realizing       D. curiosity
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The day was Thankful Thursday. It"s a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive contribution. On this particular Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do. At noon, I drove to a McDonald"s with my daughters because they kept complaining that they hadn"t had enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some homeless people in the street and we bought lunch for them.      We were about to complete when we found a small woman standing at the corner, asking for change. We handed her some food, and then started to head home. Suddenly from the mirror of the car, I saw the woman waving at us, so I had to turn around and stopped where the small woman stood. She walked to our car, and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done anything like this for me before." I replied, "Well, I"m glad that we were the first." Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, "So, when do you think you"ll eat your lunch?"       She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I"m not going to eat this lunch." I was confused, but before I could say anything, she continued. "You see, I have a little girl of my own at home and she just loves McDonald"s, but I can never buy it for her because I just don"t have the money. But you know what... tonight she is going to have McDonald"s!"      I don"t know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our Acts of Kindness were too small to have effect on those poor people. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa"s words: "We cannot do great things - only small things with great love."
1. The author drove to a McDonald"s to ______.                               A. help the homeless people                                         B. meet the small woman                                                       C. buy food for the woman"s daughter                                   D. have lunch with her daughters                                             2. According to this passage, the small woman was ______.                     A. too happy to stand at the corner                                   B. too eager to ask for more food                                             C. too poor to buy McDonald"s                                       D. too busy to care for her daughter                                         3. What can we know from the passage?                                         A. The author finally realized what she did was of use to the poor.           B. The author would stop doing her acts of kindness to the poor.             C. The author"s daughters found their mother cried at the end of the day.   D. The author"s daughters would make friends with the woman"s daughter.     4. What would be the best title of the passage?                               A. No Pains No Gains                                           B. No Pleasure Without Pain                                                   C. No Small Act of Kindness                                         D. No Sweet Without Sweat