阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（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。
Reginald Andrews had been out of work for more than a year．This 36 father of five children had deeply known his 37 of family heartaches．A few years earlier, his sister Kedra had been shot in the 38 by a young man who robbed the place where she was working．The young man was caught, but Kedra 39 her sight．As a result of his sister’s 40 , Mr．Andrews cared about blind people.
On December 20, 2001, Mr．Andrews was waiting for a train in New York City．The train pulled into the station and stopped．Andrews was getting ready to get 41 the train when something 42 happened．An old blind man, who had 43 the space between two carriages for a door while 44 his way with a stick, suddenly fell 45 the train．Seeing this, Andrews quickly jumped down to the tracks and 46 the blind man to safety．He 47 all the people on the spot with his courage．The news rapidly 48 all over the country．Messages began to pour in．Some people 49 sent money and food to Andrews.
Andrews had been at the station 50 he was returning from a job talk．He probably would have been hired, and the public praise made it a 51 thing.
Andrews, however, received 52 attention from the public after about a week of newspaper stories and active 53 to his family．Although most people supposed that the story had come to a happy end, it didn’t quite happen that way．Andrews 54 start his new job, but the factory moved to New Jersey．Andrews didn’t have any way to get to work, so he had to leave．It wasn’t long before he was 55 to job hunting again．Few newspapers, however, would tell their readers what happened to Mr．Andrews after he became a hero.
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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 a dark, wet November morning. It seemed like it would take a million years to get to summer again. I thought bears have got it right - what a idea to sleep through the worst part of the year and wake up when spring comes!
“Want some words of encouragement?” a co-worker, seeing my mood, kindly . “You don’t think they would you up?”
“ Today ? No.” I shook my head.
“I used to think so too,” he said, “ I realized the effect my words had on a certain person. Well, it was someone I knew pretty well. I have to say I him rather badly.”
“ You? you are always so positive! How did you do that?”
“I told him I did not like anything about him, really. I told him I did not like his name. In fact, it wasn’t only what I said. I also did pretty bad things to him. When he was hungry, I did not give him the chance to eat food. When he felt like doing something fun, I said to him that having fun was not worthwhile. And worst of all, when he was sick and needed , I did not care. I told him to get up and get to work. And when he did, I never told him he did good work. I was so ashamed him,” he said. “that I wanted to him, but couldn’t.”
“But that was !”
He nodded. “Then one day it all . I stood there in front of the bathroom mirror in the morning. I saw the dark circles under his eyes. I saw the excess weight. I saw the long hair that needed . And I saw the eyes that once had looked at the world . Now they were so sad and tired. And there and then I realized he better. So I told the man I had disliked for so many years that he was a good person .”
My dropped. I looked at him, full of positive energy, in good shape, always ready to ________ others.
“Wow...”
He looked at me. “So how about having a little conversation with the bathroom mirror? The person in there has the greatest effect on you!”
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。
I was travelling by the West Coast Express to Mangalore two years ago. Berth (铺位) No. 55, not far from me, was taken by a middle-aged gentleman. When the _ reached Palakkad Junction around 9 pm, a large group of entered with much disturbance. Just then another middle-aged man from the group that he owned Berth 55. He had a paper given by his travel agent to support himself.
The examiner arrived and told the second man that it was not his berth. “No,” said both men. “It’s mine.” A policeman from the Railway Protection Force tried to get the second man to __. But he wouldn’t _ — and he had the support of his many .
Fierce arguments continued, even the train left Palakkad. Then someone even the emergency chain as we were leaving Tirur station, four stops after Palakkad. Nobody could and it was getting late.
around midnight, I watched as a teenager, a I’m sure, climbed down from an upper berth close to me. “Please my berth,” he told the second man, who accepted it after a bit of .
To my great surprise, the student then a newspaper on the floor and was soon lost in deep, peaceful sleep. By now everybody was as if nothing had happened! I’m a 58-year-old biology teacher who has two recent generations of students. I was once again that, contrary to popular opinions, young people can often be far than many older ones. And that’s the hope of our nation.
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Four days ago, I was taking a taxi. On the way, I just had the stop at a store to buy something. A woman me to let her hitchhike (免费搭车).
I and picked this woman up. I thought she was too fat; she about 120kg. But she was very sweet and kind-hearted, so I didn’t .
She was talking to me while going back to her place about how she got everything for her . So I thought to myself she must have a happy family. But nothing special yet.
I got to her apartment she needed help getting all the things she got to her place. I just helped her out and while I was the stuff inside her house, I that her husband walked in from the back of the apartment. So she was talking to him in her voice, “Honey, I got you this; Honey, I got you that.” But what I came to notice was that her husband was . And then I looked close to how they were together and I knew for that moment I was seeing “TRUE ”.
They cared for each other so and what they looked like was not at all.
I was just deeply by the true love between them.
Sometimes I think about going back to the apartment and tell them what I in them and to thank them for sharing their with me, even it is for a few . I like the blind couple care about each other; it is a very happy and romantic thing.
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完型填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a famous concert. After they were seated, the mother a friend and walked over to greet her. Seizing the to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy got up and explored his way a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE（禁止进入）”. When the lights became less bright and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her and discovered that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains and the lights focused on the stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
At that moment, the great piano master, Paderewski, on the stage, quickly went to the piano and in the boy’s ear, “Don’t . Keep playing.”
Then, leaning(倾斜) over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began in a bass (低音的) part. Soon his right arm reached to the other side of the child and he added a beautiful piece of music. , the old master and the boy a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative .
That’s the way it is in life. we can complete on our own is noteworthy(值得注目的). We try our best, but the aren’t exactly graceful or flowing music. when we put our trust in the hands of greater power, our life can be truly beautiful.
The next time you set to create great performances, listen carefully. You can hear the________ of the master whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
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When 24-year-old Hannah Brencher moved to New York after college，she was hit by loneliness. One day she felt so that she want to reach out to someone. And so she put pen to paper and started writing letters-letters to complete .
But these weren’t letters about how she was feeling. There were happy letters，all about the other person，not her. She would write messages for people to have a “ day " and tell strangers how brilliant they were， they thought no one else had noticed. Brencher began dropping the all over New York，in cafes，in library books，in parks and on the subway. It made her letter，knowing that she might be making somebody’s through just a few words. It gave her to focus on. And so，The Word Needs More Love Letters was born.
The movement is all about letters—not emails，but handwritten letters. Not love letters，written to a real beloved，but letters for strangers. They don’t necessarily say “I love you”，but they are . kindness—telling people they are remarkable and 15 and all-round amazing. It’s the sort of stuff that most people don’t really say out loud even to the people they ，let alone a total stranger.
Brencher’s initiative(初衷) has now .There are more than 10,000 people who join in all over the world. Last year，she gave a talk. In it，she talked about a university student who dropped letters around her campus，only to suddenly everyone was writing them and there were love letters hanging from the trees.
It’s a very cute idea. I know that if I was on the end of a letter like that，it almost certainly would put a on my face. So I decided to give it a try and see if I could do the same for someone else.
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