We make a living with what we get, but we make a life with what we give.
--- Winston Churchill（温斯顿丘吉尔）
I am willing to 36 this saying. I have been 37 at the Boston Children’s Hospital every year since I was thirteen. At the beginning, I only wanted to go 38 I would get praise for entertaining children at the 39 . After giving my time for two months, my 40 changed completely.
When I first 41 into the waiting room on the ground floor, I was very 42 that I would be spending my entire summer with kids. As it became 43 for me to show up every day at 8 a.m., many kids began to 44 me. To my surprise, I began looking forward to seeing their 45 faces as well. They were always enthusiastic（热情）about 46 . My heart warmed every time I heard their 47 voices asking me for a story or an answer to a question. I felt 48 and irreplaceable.
As I look back, I see the influence that these 49 children have had on me. It is because of them that I have 50 a desire to become a psychologist. Recently, I have volunteered for a month. I have been asked to 51 on many different floors besides the waiting room where I 52 . The kids on the floors above are usually there for a longer time.Despite their anxiety and desire to get better and go home, they always offer me a（n） 53 smile. I feel renewed about 54 a day with them because I realize that there is much more to 55 than money. It is much more important to love and to be loved.
A．know B．believe C．respect D．understand
A．working B．studying C．staying D．volunteering
A．unless B．until C．after D．because
A．hospital B．school C．room D．building
A．plan B．style C．opinion D．life
A．looked B．stepped C．turned D．changed
A．old B．busy C．nervous D．upset
A．special B．curious C．routine D．hopeful
A．notice B．expect C．watch D．annoy
A．foolish B．bright C．dirty D．silent
A．smiling B．sleeping C．learning D．playing
A．loud B．crazy C．deep D．eager
A．valued B．tired C．disappointed D．surprised
A．sad B．harmful C．special D．lazy
A．developed B．remembered C．worked D．improved
A．help out B．drop in C．go around D．turn up
A．found B．stood C．started D．gave
A．willing B．sad C．pitiful D．optimistic
A．spending B．taking C．living D．leaving
A．life B．habit C．nature D．family
We arrived in Spain for the first time a few weeks ago. I decided to 21a car because we had sold the one we had in England before 22home. Yesterday the sales office rang us to say the car was 23 . I had tried out a model like it before, but as I was not yet 24driving in this city, my wife did not want me to collect it 25so we went together to 26 it. We paid for the car and 27the papers. They told us that there was 28petrol(汽油)to take us to a garage, where we could fill up. The 29garage to the office was about 100 yards away and we got there 30. But when I turned into main road I suddenly saw a lot of cars racing 31 me. I got out of 32as fast as I could by backing into the garage 33 and the man behind 34 me.
“It’s such a problem to 35to drive on the right side, isn’t it?” my wife said. “Yes, if only I had had a few lessons for 36.” I replied. “You had better go 37 on the way home,” my wife said. “You’d be sorry if you had 38on the first day, wouldn’t you?” While we were talking, the man behind got out of his car and said in good English,“ Would you mind telling me 39you are thinking of leaving? 40 are you going to sit in your car all day？”
21. A. borrow B. drive C. buy D. choose
22. A. leaving B. making C. returning D. getting
23. A. right B. ready C. fixed D. sold
24. A. sure of B. satisfied withC. interested in D. used to
25. A. on my own B. right away C. in a hurry D. on the way
26. A. receive B. bring C. order D. fetch
27. A. accepted B. wrote C. signed D. copied
28. A. little B. enough C. much D. no
29. A. best B. nearest C. quickest D. cleanest
30. A. lately B. directly C. safely D. slowly
31. A. after B. with C. around D. towards
32. A. their way B. the garage C. their sight D. the car
33. A. at last B. once more C. as usual D. as well
34. A. caught B. cheered C. shouted at D. chatted with
35. A. prepare B. continue C. choose D. remember
36. A. discussion B. adventure C. experiment D. practice
37. A. carefully B. smoothly C. quickly D. differently
38. A. an error B. a problem C. as accident D. a headache
39. A. when B. why C. how D. what
40. A. For B. Or C. But D. So
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 36to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 37 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 38to take them home. There she carefully 39the 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 44her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 45 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 46and 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 49safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 50or follow him, and 51 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 52into 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.
36. A. managed B. attempted C. happened D. supposed
37. A. realized B. expected C. imagined D. admitted
38. A. helped B. decided C. afforded D. meant
39. A. placed B. protected C. treated D. examined
40. A. ago B. out C. later D. long
41. A. family B. lake C. home D. world
42. A. But B. Also C. Thus D. Still
43. A. increased B. improved C. rose D. grew
44. A. ask B. lead C. want D. allow
45. A. fly B. race C. swim D. sing
46. A. asleep B. away C. around D. awake
47. A. idea B. opinion C. explanation D. excuse
48. A. sky B. heaven C. flight D. plane
49. A. his B. her C. their D. its
50. A. respect B. remember C. recognize D. receive
51. A. so B. instead C. hardly D. too
52. A. climbed B. looked C. reached D. fell
53. A. house B. floor C. water D. ground
54. A. secretly B. disappointedly C. patiently D. eagerly
55. A. looked away B. set out C. went by D. turned back
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call __21__and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did __22__the water. Any kind of __23__ride seemed to give him pleasure. __24__he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __25__the water, moving through it, __26__it all around me. I was not a strong __27__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my __28__. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and __29__those summer days with my father, who __30__ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __31__person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go __32__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __33__anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __34__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his _35__. But my father always __36__and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s __37__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get __38__ an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood,; the rest is __39__.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but __40__, in that childhood, look at us.
21．A. desire B. joyC. angerD. worry
22．A. avoid B. refuse C. praise D. love
23．A. boat B. busC. trainD. bike
24．A. ButB. ThenC. AndD. Still
25．A. onB. off C. byD. in
26．A. havingB. leaving C. makingD. getting
27．A. swimmer B. riderC. walkerD. runner
28．A. hopes B. faiths C. rightsD. fears
29．A. spending B. saving C. wastingD. ruining
30．A. shouldB. would C. had toD. ought to
31．A. nextB. only C. otherD. last
32．A. away fromB. out of C. byD. inside
33．A. put upB. break down C. play with D. work out
34．A. the momentB. the first time C. whileD. before
35. A. fishing net B. office things C. wooden chairD. lab equipment
36. A. stood upB. set outC. showed upD. turned out
37. A. fineB. strange C. terribleD. funny
38. A. the student B. the assistantC. myselfD. himself
39. A. memoryB. wealthC. experienceD. practice
40. A. whichB. whoC. whatD. whose
Childish Voice
When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn’t understand and wondered why 36 had such a big influence 37 a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult．But now, 38 I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel 39 to express my own 40on this saying. I know that I’m just a high school student with very 41 experiences. There are still many things 42 me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence: “To make this world a happy place to live, you’d better 43 youreself and your heart , instead of the whole world.” I was shocked. It made me think about life 44 . There are so many things around us that 45our will. We can’t force life 46 our wishes.The earth won’t stop turning no matter whether we 47 it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves 48the world. I think we should learn to accept 49 life gives us, no matter whether it’s the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to 50 every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don’t catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more 51that they slip by and leave you feeling 52 . I realize that I’m not just living 53 myself and that there are the others around me I should think of .They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it’s just a little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or 54 . It doesn’t matter, I think. There is one 55 that should be obeyed—and that’s to make this world better.
36．A．man B．time C．thing D．parent
37．A．about B．with C．on D．in
38．A．before B．after C．as D．when
39．A．anxious B．worried C．tired D．glad
40．A．beliefs B．opinions C．confidences D．expressions
41．A．a few B．little C．few D．a little
42．A．waiting for B．sticking with C．dealing with D．doing with
43．A．ask B．change C．exchange D．force
44．A．myself B．itself C．oneself D．themselves
45．A．go with B．go along C．go ahead D．go against
46．A．being followed B．to be followed C．to be following D．to follow
47．A．receive B．accept C．refuse D．approve
48．A．fit B．suit C．beat D．match
49．A．what B．whatever C．which D．why
50．A．miss B．catch C．escape D．lose
51．A．probably B．likely C．possibly D．unlikely
52．A．regretful B．awful C．seccessful D．terrible
53．A．for B．by C．on D．with
54．A．wrong B．false C．negative D．true
55．A．point B．rule C．thing D．word
A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. Inoneof the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to 1 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t 2, as I knew, but all the time 3 his foot against mine.
My 4raced back more than thirty years to the 5 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The 6 was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
7wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 8 each other very well. Frank West 9 me because he wasn’t 10, not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had 11 of a mind than a baby has. His “ 12 ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and 13 more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank 14 on her entirely. He needed all the 15 of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She 16 nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 17 ones. So before we 18 that morning, I stood beside Frank and 19 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 20to me was always the same.
( )1. A. work B. stay C. live D. expect
( )2. A. answer B. speak C. smile D. laugh
( )3. A. covering B. moving C. fighting D. pressing
( )4. A. minds B. memories C. thoughts D. brains
( )5. A. better B. dark C. younger D. old
( )6. A. cave B. place C. sight D. scene
( )7. A. Discussing B. Solving C. Sharing D. Suffering
( )8. A. learn from B. talk to C. help D. know
( )9. A. needed B. recognized C. interested D. encouraged
( )10. A. normal B. common C. unusual D. quick
( )11. A. more B. worse C. fewer D. less
( )12. A. word B. speech C. sentence D. language
( )13. A. not B. no C. something D. nothing
( )14. A. fed B. kept C. lived D. depended
( )15. A. attention B. control C. treatment D. management
( )16. A. lost B. needed C. destroyed D. left
( )17. A. troublesomeB. unlucky C. angry D. unpopular
( )18. A. separated B. went C. reunited D. returned
( )19. A. pushed B. tried C. showed D. measured
( )20. A. nodding B. greeting C. meeting D. acting