We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home．As years went on, these events took on a 41 meaning for me: A traditional birthday party for Dad, and thanking for all that he had been doing to me in my life．When we knew it might be his 42 birthday, the whole family decided to 43 together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home．
Dad was a good story-teller and here was the 44 he had had．During a quiet moment, I announced it was now Dad’s 45 to listen to stories for a change．I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him．The room became 46 ．Then one after another, people told stories from their hearts, while Dad 47 with tears in eyes．People 48 kinds of stories—stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures．
The stories 49 ． Everyone seemed to
have more than one story．Even the little grandchildren couldn’t 50 to tell Dad why they loved him．For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our 51 to celebrate him．A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had 52 Dad that night．Those are the stories people 53 tell at a funeral after a loved one is no longer 54 to hear the words．They tell stories, full of 55 ．But we had given those memories to Dad in his 56 , and we had told them through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joys．He had them to 57 and roll over in his mind during his last days and months．
Words do 58 , and they are enough．We just need to say them or to speak them 59 to the ones we love．That’s the way to 60 love and ou
r chance to celebrate a person in his or her life．
A．special B．valuable C．double D．complex
A．another B．last C．important D．gather
A．unite B．arrange C．move D．gather
A．career B．pride C．happiness D．audience
A．choice B．wish C．turn D．right
A．lively B．still C．cosy D．noisy
A．understood B．invented C．recalled D．discussed
A．flowed B．passed C．unfolded D．differed
A．stop B．stand C．afford D．wait
A．responsibility B．situation D．desire
A．returned B．left C．given D．owed
A．sincerely B．gently C．normally D．regularly
A．available B．happy C．eager D．alive
A．tears B．feelings C．joy D．peace
A．mind B．life C．world D．work
A．hold B．share C．consider D．continue
A．suit B．fail C．survive D．matter
A．willingly B．publicly C．actually
A．get back B．call up C．give back D．keep up
Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb was and spent six years in prison in Vietnam. He survived and now about lessons learned from that experience.
One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航空母舰) Kitty Hawk . You were !"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped（倒吸一口气） in surprise and .The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!"
Plumb assured him, "It did—if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night，thinking about that man. He says, "I wondered how many times I might have passed him the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you', or anything , you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a ."
Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels（深处）of the ship working on each chute, holding in his hands each time the of someone he didn't know.
Plumb asks his , "Who's packing your ? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it the day." Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down—he needed his parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to and be kind to people who pack our daily parachutes, and strengthen us to go through times.
A．followed B．destroyed C．spied D．seen
A．released B．wounded C．captured D．killed
A．lectures B．gives C． studies D．hear
A．repaired B．made C．flew D．cleaned
A．taken down B．looked down C．set down D．shot down
A．bought B．checked C．found D．packed
A．gratefully B．suspiciously C．happily D．sadly
A．almost B．surely C．narrowly D．nearly
A．abroad B．in C．on D．at
A．so B．because C．unless D．though
A．sailor B． captain C．pilot D．technician
A．unwillingly B．immediately C．worriedly D．carefully
A．death B．fortune C．fate D．chance
A．wife B．children C．sailors D．audience
A．luggage B．bag C．parachute D．future
A．through B．to C．up to D．as
A．psychological B．physical C． imaginary D．safe
A．spirits B．emotions C．supports D．people
A．award B．recognize C．reward D．help
A．happy B．tough C．comfortable D．cosy
I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real .
He had gone out of the study for some , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see was on his desk. In the was a small piece of paper on which were written the “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious ofBiographies (人物传记)”.
A(n) boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the _ _ _. I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a until the start of the exam so I could not reading it.
When the headmaster , I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had then. It would have been so to say: “I’m sorry, but I the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to it.”
The chance passed and I did not it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t __ to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, have I tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title __ admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk. there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入) you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).
A．plan B．fault C．grade D．luck
A．reason B．course C．example D．vacation
A．this B．which C．that D．what
A．drawer B．corner C．middle D．box
A．names B．words C．ideas D．messages
A．honest B．handsome C．friendly D．active
A．desk B．paper C．book D．drawer
A．question B．key C．note D．secret
A．help B．consider C．practise D．forget
A．disappeared B．stayed C．returned D．went
A．existed B．remained C．happened D．continued
A．tiring B．easy C．important D．difficult
A．saw B．gave C．set D．made
A．repeat B．defend C．correct D．change
A．take B．have C．lose D．find
A．remember B．learn C．mean D．pretend
A．past B．ago C．then D．before
A．either B．never C．nor D．so
A．by B．besides C．through D．without
A．But B．Though C．Otherwise D．Therefore
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。
Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence can be more useful than crying for !That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of __ from boy to man with family hardships ( 艰难)tell us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was 11, his father became mentally（心理上） ill and one day came back with an abandoned ( 被抛弃的)baby girl. A year later, Hong‘s mother and younger brother both home because of poverty ( 贫困)and pressure ( 压力)from his ill father.
The burden ( 负担)fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders: to treat his father’s illness, to the adopted ( 领养的)sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Hong didn’t . Since a young age, he has worked in part-time jobs to feed his family. At the same time, he has studied at college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to a room near his campus for her, and send her to school.
After Hong’s story went public, people were to tears by his selflessness. Hard his life was, Hong didn’t abandon his father and the adopted , because they needed his help. With his hard –won money, he even helped other students against misfortunes ( 厄运).
Today when many tend to worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds us of what we usually ignore（忽略）: love and care for others. Without these, of us could survive.
Hong donations ( 捐献) from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could his own work. Short of money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed to rise above misfortune that made him a hero in people’s eyes.
Hong’s story shows that with love and willpower, no hardship can a person but himself. So when facing difficulties, don’t ___ about bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society you will find the world smiling back.
A．money B．food C．clothes D．help
A．caring B．growing C．moving D．turning
A．only B．already C．ever D．still
A．stayed B．went C．sold D．left
A．bring up B．give up C．stick to D．devote to
A．go away B．give up C．run out D．turn down
A．encouraged B．moved C．inspired D．made
A．brother B．daughter C．sister D．uncle
A．struggling B．learning C．running D．turning
A．leave B．remember C．remind D．tell
A．anyone B．everyone C．none D．no one
A．threw away B．turned out C．ran out D．turned down
A．depend on B．stick to C．refer to D．turn to
A．show B．eat C．sell D．share
A．a chance B．an ability C．a spirit D．a belief
A．bury B．defeat C．kick D．knock
A．worry B．care C．complain D．joke
A．and B．or C．when D．Until
The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. Residents built walls to influence from the other town.
In Pressure, struggled to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because was the index (指数) of success, people were busy making money, with for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t bear the intensity and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.
_ , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without and do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t _ whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office sipping coffee and doing nothing. the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was that mattered. No one had the thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is for?” But, just before life in the two towns completely , there came a saint – Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’ people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.
A．connect B．keep C．keep out D．prevent
A．everyone B．anyone C．nobody D．somebody
A．have B．like C．compete D．try
A．health B．joy C．children D．wealth
A．seldom B．always C．hardly D．sometimes
A．much time B．no reason C．many reasons D．no time
A．Meanwhile B．At the same time C．Therefore D．Virtually
A．pleasure B．pressure C．work D．happiness
A．must B．need C．could D．dared
A．know B．find C．recognize D．care
A．in the morning B．in the evening C．all day long D．in the afternoon
A．Thanks to B．Regardless of C．Owe to D．According to
A．money B．time C．pleasure D．pressure
A．strongest B．slightest C．most D．smallest
A．the old B．the new C．the best D．the same
A．books B．work C．money D．drugs
A．pressure B．life C．pleasure D．money
A．improved B．failed C．succeeded D．lived
A．content B．surprised C．patient D．angry
A．built B．put down C．pulled down D．set up
One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face first into the mud. David her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom？” , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 40 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked .
One day, David's teacher announced a homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father as Susan used it to walk 50 feet above the . Happily Susan cried out, “It !”
In July 1999, David was national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his is becoming well accepted.
A．dropped B．touched C．lay D．fell
A．rushed to B．stood by C．looked at D．ran around
A．Firmly B．Easily C．Shakily D．Quickly
A．frequently B．slowly C．freely D．heavily
A．hiding B．possible C．certainly D．waiting
A．method B．trouble C．disease D．hope
A．little B．few C．much D．more
A．useful B．strange C．special D．common
A．invention B．appearance C．experience D．experiment
A．reminded B．encouraged C．hit D．occurred
A．fastened B．fixed C．stuck D．tied
A．So B．And C．But D．For
A．would B．might C．did D．need
A．pen B．hand C．nail D．cane
A．helped B．supported C．noticed D．watched
A．ice B．street C．yard D．square
A．helps B．operates C．succeeds D．works
A．praised B．received C．won D．declared
A．more slowly B．more clearly C．more carefully D．faster
A．cane B．speech C．mother D．story