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。
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 36 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 37 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 38 to take them home. There she carefully 39 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 40 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 41 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 42 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 43 , the girl was able to 44 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 45 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 46 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 47 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 48 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 49 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 50 or follow him, and 51 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 52 into the plane, started it and soon left the 53 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 54 flapped（拍打）their wings and 55 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
A．managed B．attempted C．happened D．supposed
A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．meant
A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
A．ago B．out C．later D．long
A．family B．lake C．home D．world
A．But B．Also C．Thus D．Still
A．increased B．improved C．rose D．grew
A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
A．idea B．opinion C．explanation D．excuse
A．sky B．heaven C．flight D．plane
A．his B．her C．their D．its
A．respect B．remember C．recognize D．receive
A．so B．instead C．hardly D．too
A．climbed B．looked C．reached D．fell
A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．eagerly
A．looked away B．set out C．went by D．turned back
When I came to my new school three years ago, I was surprised at how lonely I felt. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly
.
Not really knowing how the bus ride should be, I
when I saw the landmarks （路标）
on my classmate's hand-drawn map. But when I got close enough to the
，I found none of the streets were shown on the map. I was
on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sight. I had no
when the next bus would come，
when a bus did come by, I
got on. I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the
bus, but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he
to help me out. I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but
did not help much.
He finally me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was
that he could not help me more. After I walked for a few minutes, a bus stopped beside me. It was the
bus driver. He explained that he didn't want to leave me there
. He sent out a call and someone radioed back, saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes away. At last I made it to the dinner party
I was over an hour late.
I am forever thankful for the that this bus driver had for me. His act of kindness left a
on my heart.
A. meal B. party C. meeting D. time
A. accepted B. refused C. got D. received
A. far B. difficult C. long D. bad
A. drove on B. walked away C. hurried up D. got off
A. pointed B. wrote C. shown D. appeared
A. street signs B. tall buildings C. traffic lights D. bus stops
A. queuing B. sitting C. standing D. waiting
A. meaning B. idea C. problem D. way
A. so B. yet C. but D. still
A. suddenly B. luckily C. finally D. quickly
A. right B. wrong C. best D. fastest
A. supplied B. refused C. offered D. wanted
A. it B. he C. she D. this
A. kept B. dropped C. drove D. turned
A. eager B. worried C. sorry D. disappointed
A. same B. next C. young D. silly
A. helpless B. lonely C. shamefully D. alone
A. after B. although C. until D. when
A. respect B. concern C. help D. love
A. mark B. sign C. symbol D. line
In 1972, I returned to Miami Beach High School to speak to the drama class. Afterward I asked the drama teacher any of my English teachers are still there. Irene Roberts, he tells me, is in the class down the hall.
I was no one special in Miss Roberts’ class — just another student who did okay work. I don’t recall any one special bit of wisdom she passed on. Yet I cannot forget her for language, for ideas and for her students. I now, many years later, that she is the perfect example of a teacher. I’d like to say something to her, I say, but I don’t want to her from a class. Nonsense, he says, she’ll be to see you.
The drama teacher Miss Roberts into the hallway where stands this 32-year-old man she last saw at 18. “I’m Mark Medoff,” I tell her. “You were my 12th-grade English teacher in 1958.” She her head to one side and looks at me, as if this angle might remember me in her And then, though armed with a message I want to in many words, I can’t think up anything more memorable than this: “I want you to know,” I say, “you were to me.”
And there in the hallway, this lovely woman, now nearing age, this teacher who doesn’t remember me, begins to weep; and she encircles me in her arms.
this moment, I begin to sense that everything I will ever know, everything I will ever pass to my students, is an inseparable part of a legacy(遗产) of our ancestors.
Irene Roberts holds me in her arms and through her tears whispers my cheek, “Thank you.” And then, with the briefest of looks into my forgotten face, she back into her classroom, to what she has done thousands of days through all the years of my .
Looking back, maybe those were, , just the right words to say to Irene Roberts. Maybe they are the very words I would like to speak to all those teachers through my life, the very words I would like spoken to me one day by some returning student: “I want you to know you were important to me.”
A．that B．if C．as D．when
A．just B．almost C．nearly D．about
A．kindness B．respect C．friendship D．devotion
A．know B．learn C．realize D．believe
A．selfish B．self-confident C．self-conscious D．selfless
A．call B．force C．push D．pull
A．upset B．delighted C．interested D．bored
A．brings B．takes C．fetches D．introduces
A．bows B．raises C．rises D．puts
A．thought B．brain C．attention D．memory
A．announce B．speak C．deliver D．tell
A．useful B．important C．hopeful D．astonishing
A．retirement B．enjoyment C．employment D．amusement
A．Reminding B．Explaining C．Remembering D．Forgetting
A．particularly B．fortunately C．calmly D．briefly
A．against B．with C．off D．beyond
A．escapes B．gathers C．disappears D．fails
A．longs B．continues C．goes D．returns
A．absence B．function C．explanation D．focus
A．or rat B．in addition C．as usual D．after all
A rude kid and his mates were visiting a theme park. They arrived very and everything was empty and clean. A park cleaner came , singing and dancing as he swept. As everything was already so clean, the group of friends found it to see the cleaner working so carefully, and so early in the morning. They had a great time making of him. But the cleaner didn’t , and just kept sweeping the area.
So the gang (一伙人) started bags and bits of paper on the ground, ‘to give him something to do’. When more visitors started , and saw the kids throwing trash about, they thought it was one of the park’s fun activities, so they in. And as more people arrived, the park became covered in . The park cleaner couldn’t .
As time went , the park attractions were emptying, and more people were looking down at the rubbish on the ground. , no one was on any of the park rides (游乐设施). They were all about, looking at the ground. “Well,” said the park authorities, “What is going on here?” Well... Everyone was looking for something!
It out that some time during that day, everyone had dropped something on the ground, but now that it was with trash. Whenever anyone dropped anything, it was almost to find it!
There was no other than to have everyone help to clean the park, so they could find their things. by the park cleaner, the visitors swept the ground singing and dancing all the while. It became so much fun that from that day they a new activity in the park, in which everyone, with brushes and bags, spends a while cleaning, laughing and dancing.
A．late B．early C．tidy D．strange
A．by B．in C．across D．out
A．attractive B．difficult C．amusing D．scaring
A．games B．fun C．face D．sense
A．sing B．dance C．mind D．hear
A．picking B．making C．collecting D．throwing
A．arriving B．leaving C．working D．searching
A．interested B．took C．joined D．came
A．rubbish B．visitors C．cleaners D．addition
A．find B．help C．stop D．cope
A．away B．up C．down D．on
A．Since then B．At last C．Not yet D．Even though
A．standing B．sitting C．playing D．laughing
A．found B．turned C．became D．started
A．blended B．missed C．covered D．changed
A．unreal B．probable C．important D．impossible
A．solution B．cleaner C．service D．activity
A．Attracted B．Encouraged C．Improved D．Served
A．created B．discovered C．celebrated D．hosted
A．prepared B．faced C．armed D．left
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my , Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the to tell Sam what I had .
For years I have been hosting a program on the and writing articles for a magazine. Being to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and . So when Sam was born, I to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these . I hope that Sam would them sooner or later.
However, that expectation when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He to communicate with others, even the family members. That was for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even now to tell him. I wanted him to what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.
Now, the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a .
Daniel
A．son B．nephew C．brother D．grandson
A．seriously B．mentally C．slightly D．quietly
A．ability B．time C．courage D．responsibility
A．written B．suffered C．observed D．lost
A．radio B．television C．stage D．bed
A．ready B．unable C．anxious D．eager
A．warm B．broken C．closed D．open
A．hosts B．visitors C．readers D．reporters
A．began B．stopped C．forgot D．decided
A．letters B．emails C．books D．diaries
A．find B．read C．collect D．keep
A．developed B．disappeared C．changed D．arrived
A．tried B．refused C．regretted D．hoped
A．exciting B．acceptable C．strange D．heartbreaking
A．less B．everything C．more D．nothing
A．understand B．explain C．believe D．question
A．fear B．face C．know D．cause
A．felt B．guessed C．saw D．doubted
A．as B．once C．though D．if
A．teacher B．child C．man D．writer
Lilly was a French Canadian girl who grew up in a farming community. When she was ，her father 16 her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. With English as her second language and
education, the
didn't look bright for Lilly. Lilly's father was a stubborn man who
took "no" for an answer. He
Lilly to find a job. With small hope of gaining
，each day she would just ride to the city, walk
about and at dusk return home. On one of her
，Lilly saw a sign at a big company.
，she knocked on her very first door. In her
English, Lilly told the office manager she was interested in the secretarial position. The manager
to give the girl a chance. He directed her to type a single letter, and then
. Lilly looked at the clock and saw it was 11:40 a. m. She thought everyone would be leaving for
at noon, when she could
away in the crowd.
But she knew she should the letter. On her first try, Lilly
one line of five words and made four mistakes. On her second at-tempt, she completed a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. She looked at the clock ： 11:55-five minutes to
. Just then, the manager walked in. He came directly over to Lilly, read the letter and said，"Lilly, you're doing
work ！ "
With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her began to grow. Lilly thought，" Well, if he thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I'll stay ！ " Lilly did stay-all because someone had given a
and uncertain girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door.
A. reminded B. forced C. encouraged D. helped
A. poorB. formalC. goodD. modern
A. advice B. promise C. futureD. change
A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. rarely
A. warned B. toldC. allowedD. begged
A. employment B. experience
C. judgmentD. independence
A. carefully B. happily C. aimlessly D. rapidly
A. stepsB. tripsC. purposesD. choices
A. BravelyB. Proudly C. CalmlyD. Cautiously
A. brokenB. perfect C. writtenD. fluent
A. refusedB. decided C. pretended D. failed
A. stoppedB. continued C. leftD. sighed
A. lunchB. lifeC. funD. luck
A. breakB. slipC. passD. drive
A. readB. writeC. attemptD. deliver
A. went over B. picked up C. gave away D. got through
A. freedomB. successC. discussion D. reward
A. terribleB. excellent C. honestD. easy
A. beliefB. patience C. confidence D. strength
A. shyB. lonelyC. selflessD. modest