Learning experience happens to us throughout our lives. Not long ago I had one that I would like to 36 .
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 37 we realized we were 38 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand-new $ 20 bill. I was so 39 because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 40 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. 41 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I 42 I had not actually handed any money to the cashier . I had just 43 out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.
My conscience opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn't 44 over it. I just couldn't go back to the cashier and 45 for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I 46 to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream in 47 that someone would say “Hey, Jeff, why don't you use the change 48 the pizza instead of that nice, new $ 20 bill?”I was not so 49 of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was 50 of the “Pizza incident”, I would say to myself “Don't think about it any more”.
I have learned two things from this 51 . Maybe I was a fool for 52 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 53 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will 54 up with you.
This reflects the saying “A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “55” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.
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Flying first class was a new experience for us. We were happy to join the other few passengers who 36 fly in such luxury（奢侈）. It was almost as if we had a sense of 37 to be sitting with the group of people that 38 us.
As we chatted away about our travel, I could hear people around us talked about 39 business meetings. It wasn’t long before I __40 that these people were used to flying in luxury. They are 41 people I thought.
We noticed that the stewardess（女乘务员）was working non-stop to ensure the 42 of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat without receiving a(n) 43 . I thought how much she must love her job,44 she smiled kindly at each person while 45 to their needs.
As the stewardess walked by our seats near the 46 of the flight, I looked at her and said, “Thank you and I hope you’ll have a great night.”She stopped at our seats with a look of 47 , bent down, looked at me and said, “Excuse me?” I 48 my words and she smiled in a rather49 way, almost as if I had asked her a question that she did not know how to answer. After a few moments she said, “I can 50 you work with the public.”“Why do you think so?” I asked. She answered very quietly, “Because you are the_51 pass
enger here to say thank you and I really52 your kindess.
The sense of belonging to the elite（精英）group of people in first cl
ass 53 as we heard her words. Our seats in luxury offered us 54 a comfortable 
ride. We were reminded that without55 we would be flying in no class.
A．would B．should C．could D．must
A．success B．disappointment C．shame D．pride
A．watched B．accompanied C．surrounded D．welcomed
A．boring B．busy C．pleasant D．tiring
A．heard B．realized C．remembered D．asked
A．brave B．kind C．important D．fortunate
A．note B．order C．suggestion D．tip
A．when B．while C．for D．though
A．attending B．looking C．taking D．turning
A．side B．middle C．end D．front
A．dislike B．happiness C．kindness D．disbelief
A．repeated B．wrote C．showed D．explained
A．happy B．lovely C．kind D．funny
A．help B．hear C．make D．tell
A．best B．only C．simple D．usual
A．doubt B．appreciate C．remember D．misunderstand
A．lost B．rose C．disappeared D．showed
A．rather than B．better than C．less than D．more than
A．happiness B．money C．kindness D．trust
It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 36 my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps(跑道的圈) around the ring. The 37 cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I 38 it. You could hear the faint 39 of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was 40 because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the 41 and I was able to 42 what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it 43 . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step44 the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be 45 to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit. She tried to 46 but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run. 47 , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he 48 . It really made the 49 seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was50 . I had 51 in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have 52 her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot 53 . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (变形) through many different 54 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.
As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life 55 he saved my sister’s.
A．picking B．warming C．catching D．setting
A．bitterly B．hardly C．gently D．perfectly
A．challenged B．witnessed C．enjoyed D．hated
A．ceremony B．tradition C．victory D．laughter
A．windy B．bright C．dark D．cloudy
A．quiet B．quality C．impression D．significance
B．focus on C．insist on D．put on
A．let out B．held on C．participated in D．took place
A．close to B．out of C．into D．towards
A．able B．frightened C．content D．proud
A．evaluate B．worry C．scream D．escape
A．Accidentally B．Normally C．Generally D．Somehow
A．sped up B．rose up C．broke down D．wore out
A．moment B．contest C．comment D．technique
A．advancing B．breathing C．concluding D．dreaming
A．that B．none C．neither D．it
A．hit B．recognized C．missed D．acknowledged
A．how B．what C．when D．why
A．actions B．emotions C．attitudes D．thoughts
A．if B．because C．as if D．so that
We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day. This is so 1 that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one 2 understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process is not as 3 as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant 4 . We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they 5 do. As a matter of fact, they 6 to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious(神秘的) way of k
nowing the 7 . Their sense of time does not 8 information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of “inner clock”.
This 9 may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also 10 , including man, have this “inner clock” which 11 the working of their bodies and influences their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious 12 . Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.
In the past, this did not really 13 because people lived in natural condition. In
the 14 world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very 15 , then, to know more about the “inner clock”. Such things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.
A．familiar B．strange C．similar D．special
A．partly B．personally C．really D．willingly
A．complex B．simple C．mature D．meaningful
A．quietness B．darkness C．loneliness D．sadness
A．finally B．completely D．normally
A．refused B．decided C．continued D．failed
A．time B．secret C．process D．study
A．deal with B．add to C．give away D．depend on
A．discovery B．activity C．invention D．method
A．beasts B．animals C．strangers D．humans
A．controls B．studies C．measures D．destroys
A．world B．flower C．power D．experiment
A．happen B．exist C．matter D．work
A．ancient B．modern C．wonderful D．peaceful
A．hard B．expensive C．convenient D．important
Jane’s mother worked on the farm from dawn till dark, which just could make ends meet. To make Jane live a 36 life. Mother was very careful about spending money. 37 , Jane didn’t understand her. Every day Mother was busy with her 38 while Jane was studying at school, so they had little time to enjoy themselves.
One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even 39 to her, so she decided to go 40 with Jane to make Jane happy.
On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were 41in white clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes. He said 42 there was an accident, they might be easily 43 in their ski clothes. Mother couldn’t 44 them, so she refused.
Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing happily on the 45 when suddenly the snowfield began to 46 . It was the snowslide(雪崩). They ran a long way and 47 the snowslide finally, but they couldn’t find their way. Later, a helicopter was flying above, 48 people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was 49 because she had hurt her head s
eriously and 50 dropped on the snow. Just then an idea struck Mother. She pierced (刺破) her wrist 51 and then bright red blood dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. At last Jane 52 , but Mother died.
Every time I 53 the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel 54 . I believe anyone who hears the tragedy will 55 Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.
A．happy B．healthy C．busy D．meaningful
A．Moreover B．However C．Anyway D．Though
A．writing B．housework C．work D．research
A．unfriendly B．loyal C．kind D．cruel
A．skating B．dancing C．hiking D．skiing
A．all B．both C．either D．every
A．now that B．in case C．as though D．even if
A．searched B．examined C．found D．caught
A．pay B．manage C．afford D．stand
A．mountain B．farmland C．playground D．snowfield
A．change B．melt C．shake D．jump
A．escaped B．passed C．experienced D．overcame
A．but B．so C．since D．while
A．in despair B．in danger C．in peace D．in ruins
A．hair B．blood C．tears D．jewels
A．carefully B．slowly C．immediately D．hardly
A．cried B．died C．woke D．survived
A．find out B．think of C．suffer from D．come across
A．satisfied B．curious C．anxious D．painful
A．admire B．envy C．reward D．thank
As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter. He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his oldest son 36 a severe stomachache and died suddenly. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time la
ter, 37 him alone with his six-year- old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were _ 38 _ Al could handle, and he _ 39 to alcohol. Al began to lose everything he possessed---his home, his land, his art objects, everything. 40 he died alone in a San Francisco motel room.When I heard of Al’s death, I reacted with the same disdain（蔑视）the world shows for one who ends his life with nothing 41 _ left. “What a complete failure!” I thought. “What a totally 42__ life!”As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier _ 43 judgment. You see, I knew Al’s now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most 44 most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the f
ree 45 of the love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come 46 somewhere.
I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father. It is so hard to 47 an alcoholic. One day I get up my 48 to ask him. “I’m really puzzled by something,” I said. “I know your father was basically the only one to 49 you. 50 on earth did he do that you became such a special person?Ernie sat _ 51 _ and thought for a few moments. Then he said, “From my _52 memories as 
a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a __53 and said, “I love you, son.”Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to 54 Al as a failure. He had not left any material possession behind, 55 he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.
A．obtained B．developed C．cured D．recovered
A．taking B．locking C．finding D．leaving
A．more than B．less than C．other than D．rather than
A．got B．turned C．loved D．changed
A．Luckily B．Suddenly C．Eventually D．Jokingly
A．material B．expensive C．real D．special
A．happy B．thoughtful C．deserted D．wasted
A．angry B．sharp C．actual D．proper
A．handsome B．rich D．ordinary
A．flow B．rise C．fly D．move
A．out B．from C．up D．down
A．defend B．become C．discuss D．argue
A．confidence B．courage C．belief D．strength
A．feed B．love C．care D．raise
A．How B．What C．Why D．Which
A．angrily B．comfortably C．quietly D．excitedly
A．earliest B．nearest C．best D．hardest
A．pat B．lesson C．kiss D．present
A．judge B．say C．remember D．respect
A．so B．and D．or