Just recently I had been wondering if there was much point in doing little acts of kindness. So often they get 36 , and occasionally they come back to bite you!
Then, just last week, after a long travel, I found myself 37 at a bus station. The bus was four hours late! So, I guess I wasn’t in a good 38 .
That’s when a woman asked me if I had any spare 39 to help her get a bus ticket.
“Oh, sure,” I said sarcastically (挖苦地). “How much would you like?”
As I spoke, I mentally kicked myself for my 40 and reached into my bag for some money. As I handed her five dollars, I heard low sounds from her stomach because of real 41 .
I reached back into my bag and brought out a 42 I had bought earlier. I handed it to her with a(n) 43 that I hoped would make up for my earlier tone of voice. Getting a 44 look at her now, I realized she was extremely tired, like she had had several months of 45 days!
As she took the food, a look of 46 washed over her. In return, she tried to give me a Milwaukee bus ticket! I don’t live in Milwaukee and the ticket will probably 47 be used, but I took it.
A few minutes later she came back over, apologized, and told me she was still 48 of five dollars. I took some singles out of my bag and slipped a twenty in there as well. 49 , the voice in my head told me I was being a fool.
Five minutes later she came back again and tried to 50 my twenty. When I said it was for her so she could get something else to 51 , and that I was completely serious and I wasn’t taking it 52 , she started crying and hugged me.
From now on, when I wonder if it is 53 trying to help someone, I will remember that woman. Maybe I am really making a 54 for someone. So, sure, sometimes my efforts might not be noticed, and sometimes they might come back to bite me, but they might actually 55 another human being!
A．ignored B．appreciated C．acknowledged D．forgiven
A．examined B．trapped C．confused D．delayed
A．habit B．place C．mood D．situation
A．change B．time C．hand D．energy
A．appearance B．attitude C．selfishness D．experience
A．pain B．anxiety C．hunger D．fear
A．souvenir B．ticket C．gift D．cake
A．shout B．smile C．apology D．praise
A．quick B．gentle C．good D．cold
A．dark B．tough C．mysterious D．special
A．relief B．regret C．doubt D．anger
A．once B．often C．sometimes D．never
A．ashamed B．aware C．short D．proud
A．Eventually B．However C．Therefore D．Besides
A．return B．show C．share D．earn
A．do B．trade C．add D．eat
A．away B．out C．back D．over
A．hard B．fun C．useless D．worth
A．difference B．profit C．decision D．suggestion
A．excite B．help C．educate D．inspire
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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。
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I 36 teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I 37 the same things thousand and one times, do not 38me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 39 you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a40 , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 41 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my 42little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you 43 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the 44 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 45to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well 46I need to and when not. When my 47legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 48 , the same way I did when you gave your first 49 . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to 50any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, 51my mistakes, I always wanted the 52 thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me 53you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you 54 living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 55 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son.
Your father
36. A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took
37. A. praise B. think C. repeat D. criticize
38. A. interrupt B. disturb C. look D. avoid
39. A. when B. after C. since D. until
40. A. rest B. word C. shower D. sleep
4l. A. discovered B. invented C. noticed D. assumed
42. A. knowing B. fearing C. enjoying D. consulting
43. A. what B. when C. how D. why
44. A. news B. attitude C. material D. thread
45. A. talking B. listening C. responding D. appealing
46. A. where B. how C. that D. when
47. A. tired B. short C. long D. strong
48. A. leg B. ear C. hand D. mind
49. A. step B. pace C. laugh D. cry
50. A. talk B. live C. write D. sleep
51. A. though B. since C. while D. despite
52. A. last B. first C. best D. most
53. A. near B. behind C. below D. against
54. A. made B. started C. earned D. found
55. A. mercy B. care C. excuse D. patience
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are ___36___ than housewives. Evidence shows that ___37__ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows ___38___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly (相应地) by 2%. All this ___39__ one point: Work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, __40___ loneliness and solitude (孤独). Researches show that people feel __41__ and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are ___42___. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as ___43___ between man and reality. By work, people __44_ each other. By collective activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work __45__ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to (易于)___46__.
__47__, work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充实感) and a sense of ___48_. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When ___49__ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __50___ a patient or a teacher sees his students ___51__, they are happy __52__.
From the above we can come to the conclusion ___53_ the more you work, __54___ you will be. Let us work hard, __55__ and live a happy and healthy life.
36. A. more healthier B. healthier C. weaker D. worse
37. A. career women B. the busy C. the jobless D. the hard-working
38. A. that whenever B. whether C. that though D. since
39. A. comes down to B. equals to C. adds up to D. amounts to
40. A. /B. off C. in touch with D. away from
41. A. happy, interested B. glad, joyful
C. cheerful, concerned D.unhappy, worried
42. A. busy B. free C. lazy D. empty
43. A. a river B. a gap C. a channel D. a bridge
44. A. come acrossB. come into contact with
C. look down upon D. watch over
45. A. means B. stands C. equals D. matches
46. A. success B. death C. victory D. disease
47. A. Besides B. Nevertheless C. However D. Yet
48. A. disappointment B. achievement C. regret D.apology
49. A. a worker B. a farmer C. a writer D. a manager
50. A. manages B. controls C. operates on D. deals with
51. A. raise B. grow C. rise D. increase
52. A. in a word B. without a word C. at a word D. beyond words
53. A. that B. which C. what D. /
54. A. the lonelier and weaker B. lonelier and weaker
C. happier and healthier D. the happier and healthier
55. A. study well B. studying well
C. study good D. studying good
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A．B．C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。
I like to give my praise to anyone whenever and wherever I can. I'll tell you why.
It was the end of my first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had been lost, and my feet 36 . The loaded plates I was carrying 37 to be heavier and heavier. Tired and 38 , I didn't seem able to do anything right. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice－cream 39 a dozen times, I was ready to 40 . Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip. "Well done," he said, "you've looked after us really well." 41 my tiredness disappeared. I 42 back, and later, when the manager asked me how I'd 43 my first day, I said, " 44 !" Those few words of 45 had changed everything. Praise is like sunlight to the human 46 ; we can not flower and grow without it. And yet, 47 moat of us are only too ready to 48 to others the cold wind of criticism, we are 49 to give our fellows the warm 50 of praise. Why one word of praise can bring such pleasure?
It's 51 how chary(吝惜的) we are about praising. Perhaps it's because few of us know how to accept it. It's especially 52 to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes 53
or unmentioned. Do you, however, 54 tell your laundry(洗衣店) manager how pleased you are when the shirts are done just right? In fact, to give praise costs the giver 55 but a moment's though and a moment's effort.
36．A．knelt B．stood C．hurt D．strengthened
37．A．were B．seemed C．looked D．happened
38．A．discouraged B．excited C．hated D．forced
39．A．dish B．stick C．plate D．order
40．A．stop B．start C．praise D．smile
41．A．Generally B．Suddenly C．Actually D．Terribly
42．A．hit B．talked C．smiled D．fought
43．A．spend B．see C．have D．like
44．A．Horrible B．Fine C．Sad D．Sorry
45．A．praise B．criticism C．appeal D．complaint
46．A．body B．activity C．spirit D．words
47．A．why B．what C．how D．while
48．A．apply B．afford C．effect D．affect
49．A．ready B．unwilling C．anxious D．uncomfortable
50．A．sunshine B．water C．advice D．suggestion
51．A．good B．possible C．likely D．strange
52．A．rewarding B．common C．ordinary D．contributing
53．A．undelivered B．unexpected C．unnoticed D．unconditioned
54．A．even B．never C．ever D．still
55．A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a freelance (self-employed) writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not. He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a(n) 21 typewriter and settled down to work.
After a year or so, however, Alex began to 22 himself. He found it is difficult to earn his living by 23 what he wrote. But Alex determined to put his dream to the test— 24 it meant living with uncertainty and fear of 25 . This is the Shadowland of hope, and 26 with a dream must learn to live there.
One day Alex got a call, "We need a (n) 27 , and we're paying $6,000 a year." $6,000 was 28
money in 1960, It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more. 29 , he could write on the side. 30 the dollars were dancing in Alex's head, something 31 his senses. He had dreamed of being a 32 —full time. "Thanks, but no," Alex said 33 . "I'm going to stick it out and write."
After Alex got off the phone, he 34 everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents. Alex put the cans and cents into a 35 bag, saying to himself, "There's everything you've made of yourself so far."
Finally his work was 36 in 1970. Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that 37 writers ever experience. The shadows had turned into limelight.
Then one day, Alex 38 a box filled with things he had owned years before. 39 was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents. Suddenly he 40 himself working in that cold storage room. It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland.
21．A．used B．priceless C．excellent D．expensive
22．A．trust B．doubt C．regret D．hate
23．A．buying B．reading C．selling D．appreciating
24．A．What if B．Now that C．As if D．Even though
25．A．failure B．success C．loss D．perspiration
26．A．someone B．nobody C．anyone D．none
27．A．writer B．boss C．assistant D．manager
28．A．little B．false C．real D．high
29．A．Still B．Therefore C．However D．Besides
30．A．If B．Because C．As D．But
31．A．destroyed B．struck C．hurt D．cleared
32．A．dancer B．writer C．driver D．assistant
33．A．hurriedly B．slowly C．firmly D．hesitantly
34．A．pulled out B．pulled apart C．pulled down D．pulled back
35．A．plastic B．paper C．cloth D．metal
36．A．published B．completed C．written D．punished
37．A．poor B．few C．famous D．great
38．A．picked B．searched C．found D．sought
39．A．Outside B．Below C．Above D．Inside
40．A．reminded B．pictured C．described D．called
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
You have been away from us for three years; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago. On this special day for teachers across the country, I can36control myself from telling your white lie to those who would listen to me.
Do you still remember the happy37 about six years ago? We fixed our eyes on you at your38.You, a beautiful young lady,39 us that you would live in our village.
Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children40more time on their books41after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still42that one day you might leave. You43a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their44 of your leaving. You tried all your best in45your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their money for school. You often put the importance to us the46of one’s life, so that must have been what you47 after in those five years.
One cold morning when class began, you48the room as if you had been crying 49.In your class, we50but looked away from your eyes. You51for some time as if you were52 to find the right word. You said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more….
On the following morning, we53you the very best and the villagers gave you their 54.The train took you away and your broken55.
On other day I heard my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world.
36. A soon B. seldom C. hardly D. forever
37. A.scene B. sign C. silence D. situation
38. A.speech B. arrival C. existence D. explanation
39. A.promised B. cameC. proved D. replied
40. A.paid B. spent C. made D. cost
41. A.even B. never C. long D. but
42. A.forbade B. feared C. made D. allowed
43. A.wore B. gained C. presented D. pretended
44. A.trouble B. puzzle C. question D. worry
45. A.teaching B. field C. middle D. course
46. A.necessary B. method C. value D. reason
47. A.were B. guessed C. supposed D. met
48. A.entered B. arrived C. left D. returned
49. A.friendly B. bitterly C. happily D. angrily
50. A.listened B. described C. discussed D. talked
51. A.laughed B. stopped C. explained D. spoke
52. A.manage B. beginning C. come D. trying
53. A.expected B. brought C. wished D. hoped
54. A.thanks B. rewards C. expressions D. satisfactions
55. A.class B. memory C. heart D. body