While eating lunch with my 4-year-old daughter this afternoon at a fast food restaurant, I noticed an old man walking to the table with a stick. The manager kindly carried the food for him. During the meal I 36 the man tell a woman it was his 37 . So I 38 what I heard to my daughter. She loves it when people have birthdays. I told her it was OK for her to wish him a happy birthday. He 39 was spending this special day alone.
At first she was 40 and decided against it. As I was 41 our plates into the dustbin she turned to him and quietly 42 him a Happy Birthday. I could tell he was 43 by the way he looked at her. I 44 behind her and gave him my own wishes. He was grateful.
45 we walked away he called my daughter back and 46 her a brand-new gold $1 coin. She thanked him. But that 
wasn't enough for him. He 47 his pocket and at that I kindly told him that wasn't 48 . He ignored me and 49 out an envelope with about a dozen of a different kind of gold coins. He continued to give her another one and tell her how 50 it was and that one day it would be worth 51 . He then 52 me in the eye and wished me a good day.
What a kind man. I'm sure my daughter 53 his day. On such a special day, 54 can I take away his glory and 55 his offering of thanks?
Happy Birthday!
A．listened B．noticed C．learned D．overheard
A．birthday B．gift C．food D．stick
A．whispered B．screamed C．shouted D．signed
A．eventually B．luckily C．naturally D．obviously
A．curious B．angry C．shy D．proud
A．filling B．dropping C．cleaning D．emptying
A．made B．got C．celebrated D．wished
A．encouraged B．touched C．bothered D．respected
A．went on B．went up C．looked around D．set out
A．So B．If C．As D．Though
A．bought B．awarded C．showed D．handed
A．picked up B．dug into C．put up D．took out
A．bad B．available C．necessary D．impossible
A．put B．sent C．pulled D．gave
A．beautiful B．common C．necessary D．special
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．caught B．looked C．glared D．touched
A．troubled B．made C．witnessed D．remembered
A．when B．why C．what D．how
A．put away B．turn down C．turn out D．hold up
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The clock had just struck eleven when I first heard a noise coming from the lift. I opened the door of our room and listened: someone was against the door of the and calling out at the same time.“What’s ?” I shouted.
“The door has been and I can’t get out.” The answer came back. The voice, which ________ like that of a girl, came from several below.
My wife had now me and she went off directly in search of the night porter (守夜人). After calling to the girl that was on its way, I went back into the to get some tools. Then I too hurried the stairs until I reached the place the life was stuck.
I tried my hand at forcing to the life door, talking all the while to the girl trapped inside, my tools were of no use for this purpose, Very , however, my wife returned.________to find the porter, she had called the police, who agreed to send an engineer. , she had also got in touch with the fire service.
In a short time the engineer appeared, followed by two . Almost immediately afterwards the firemen too. With the special equipment it the engineer only a short while to get the door open. In spite of (尽管) her experience, the girl was in good . “I’m hungry,” was her only remark as she stepped out of her cage.
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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。
My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way ,we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “ _____ my job. Family to Feed.”
At this store, a _____ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a ______ on how bad it must be to have to stand _______ in the cold wind.
In the store, I asked each of my kids to _____ something they thought our “friend” there would ______. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a _______. I thought about it. We were _____ on cash ourselves, but… well, sometimes _____ from our need instead of our abundance is _____ what we need to do! All the kids _____ something they could do away with for the week.
When we handed him the bag of ____, he lit up and thanked us with _____ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for ______his family might need, he burst into tears.
This has been a wonderful _____ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can _____! Things would have played out so _____ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have ______ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in _____, it also gave my kids the ______ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.
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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。
There Was a Greek shopkeeper in a small corner shop in London．She taught me about the _ of an act of kindness, which has motivated me to give．
On the day I went to that shop．I was _with a very high fever．I had been off work for days and I had _ out of food．Because I had been working so hard since I had _ _ to town, I also had no friends who could help．
So I went out to get some food．_ ,1 would have gone to the supermarket, but on this __, I went into the Greek shop because it was closer．I _ a few things, from the looks of which revealed （透露） the _ that I lived alone．Then I _ them to the shopkeeper, who told me, "You are unwell．" I _ rather shyly．She pointed at the things I was buying and _．"I can make you a sandwich, so you don't have to do it yourself．
So, she made the sandwich and asked me to_ a moment．She went in the back room and reappeared with a container of hot soup．"It will _ you up," she said with a smile．
What really warmed me up, _ ,was not the soup．It was her _ that told me she cared．Her kindness made me feel cared for when I was particularly _ ．
And it _ me．It made me want to be as _ as the shopkeeper．I had been quite shy, but from that day on, I did not let shyness prevent me from_ random acts of kindness．
I was determined to_ the joy ．．．and I haven't felt lonely since!
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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。
Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened a young man, the son of a(n) baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was , and by midseason he expected to be removed day. The coaches were by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become from his potential.
His seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.
Then play , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly the attention of the parent team, and he was called to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the remark the judge had that day when his baseball career had seemed.
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”
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My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at . As for me, I both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything well with the tiller（舵柄）in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit . Dad was always at his best in any , but at this moment he .
“John! !” he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any . He was the one I always for strength and security. Before I could respond, a of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller it was too late. Another huge wall of water the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely of him.
I swam to Dad and assisted him in climbing onto the hull（船壳）of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of . “It’s all right, Dad. We are safe now,” I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start for my father.
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