阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with1an gang (团伙)problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often2trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day3.
Those fun trips had a(n)4impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day,5working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys6.He sensed trouble between them.7one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug."I8you. You took me 9when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the10days of my life ."
Deeply touched by the boy's word, Moody decided to create a foundation（基金会）that11teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. "As a policeman, I saw12there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging13on the kids," says Moody.
By turning kids on to fishing, he14to present an alternative way of life, "When you're sitting there waiting for a15,"he says, "you can't help but talk to each other, and such16can be pretty deep."
"Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer（同龄人）pressures in high school," says Michelle, 17 who17the first program. "And I was able to help my little brother18drugs."
Moody faces19in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time."I'm living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my20to give back," Moody says."If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow."
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I was in Houston a few weeks ago, and needed to be back home in Austin by the early morning the next day. So I ______ to leave that morning. ______ my tire blew out on the way. I ______ a small parking lot. Then I ______ the doors and picked up my phone to call a tow truck (拖车). Soon a man ______ on my driver’s side window and asked if he could help me. From his ______ and behavior, I knew he was far more ______ to rob (抢劫) than help me, so I ______refused and told him the tow truck was due any minute. He asked again, but again I gently shook my head. He finally said, “ Ma’am, you need ______. A tow truck in Houston will arrive anywhere between 45 minutes and approximately ______(which I knew was true), and you are not going anywhere until you have that tire______.”
I looked hard, straight into his _____, and instinctively (凭直觉) saw someone different from the ______ person he appeared to be at first glance. So, against all reasonable ______, but trusting my instincts, I got out. He looked______, but got right to work, trying to find the ______ tire. It took a while since it was stored under the van (车厢).
He changed the tire, ______ the seat to its place and said, “Thank you for letting me help you. You gave me a ______ when most people would never open the door to someone like me. Would it be okay if I gave you a hug?” When I______, I gave him a giant hug. I left with a new tire and a renewed ______ in human nature.
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Eric in a high chair and noticed everyone was eating and talking. Suddenly, Eric screamed with and said, "Hi there." His fat baby hands hit the high chair tray, and his eyes were wide with excitement.
I looked around and saw the of his enjoyment. It was an old man with a worn and oily coat. And his hair was uncombed and unwashed. I was sure he . His hand waved．"Hi there, baby; I see ya," the man said to Eric．
My husband and I looks. Eric continued to laugh and answer, "Hi, there." Everyone in the restaurant noticed this. My husband and I were .
We finally _______ the meal and _______ for the door. My husband went to pay the check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat me and the door． "Lord, just let me out of here_______ he speaks to me or Eric," I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to sidestep him and avoid any air he might be _______ . As I did so, Eric leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in a baby's " _______ " position. Before I could stop him, he had_______ himself to the man's arms. Eric, in an act of total _______ and love, laid his tiny head upon the man's torn shoulder．
His _______hands full of dirt, pain and hard labor gently, so gently, cradled (抱着) my baby's _______and patted his back. I stood amazed. After a while, he pushed Eric from his chest_______as though he were in pain, saying "God bless you, ma'am. You've given me the best Christmas gift."
I had just witnessed a genuine love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin(罪恶), who made no _______ .The ragged old man, _______ , had reminded me that a genuine love is one which the _______ essence (本质) of love is realized.
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阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to that shirt away, but gave it to her .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s was something greater.
The next morning she with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager．He said, “You are , aren’t you? I think I have a for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of .” Mom accepted the opportunity very .
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling .Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal in her classroom．The principal said, “We have watched how you the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle situations and never give up.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were , we realized that only minutes earlier an woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. a lot of people stopped to help out.
we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very about what had happened to the elderly couple. He to me, “Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of .” Seeing that there was a flower stall（摊位）at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was that he’d come up with this idea. So we went over and told the flower seller we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I take your money for such a wonderful .”
By now medical staff had arrived, and were the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with in her eyes and gave him a little .
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
There was once a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only ________ in the most rare objects. One day his parents bought him a very strange ________ . When the boy went to see his reflection (映像) in it, he looked very ________. He tried smiling, ________ his reflection continued with its sad expression.
________ , the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. He came home as happy as he could be, but he ________ looked sad in that mirror.
“What a(n) ________ mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t ________ properly!”
That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was ________. The boy went over to see what had________ to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents.
Together the two children set off ________them. As the little girl wouldn’t stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to________her up. After much walking, they ________ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.
Then the boy said ________ to the family. When seeing the time, he ________ to head for home, without toys and without ________ In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n)________face in the mirror. And so he understood the ________ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the________ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having ________ that little girl.
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