It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. 36 I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salistury .
I was going along 37 at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a 38 scream--- “ Help! ” I looked round, but the only 39 of life was a large, black, rather suspicious--looking(可疑的)car just 40 a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I 41 speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw 42 me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with 43 .
“Let me go, you coward; you’re hurting me. Oh ! Oh ! ”
I felt my 44 boil. The fog was coming down 45 now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no 46 that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.
“Drop that knife, you fool. Oh ! ” Then a cry and a groan(呻吟).
If I was to save her, it was now or 47 . Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would at least try to bring the murderer to 48 . The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its 49 , and its brakes(刹车)screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and 50 into the ditch(沟)at the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out .
“You fool!” he shouted as he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was 51 than he. I put all I could into 52 that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It 53 him right on the point of the chin; his 54 slowly bent under him, and he dropped to the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car, 55 open the door and looked inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.
“You have been listening to a radio play, Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately . ”
A.And B.Though C.Therefore D.But
A.quietly B.quickly C.carefully D.nervously
A.boy’s B.man’s C.woman’s D.driver’s
A.person B.sign C.sound D.form
A.turning B.crossing C.going D.driving
A.slowed down B.put on C.added to D.took up
A.right behind B.close to C.away from D.near by
A.joy B.sorrow C.fear D.anger
A.tears B.heart C.face D.blood
A.slighter B.thicker C.lower D.harder
A.need B.effort C.trouble D.doubt
A.never B.late C.ever D.then
A.justice B.court C.lawyer D.sentence
A.direction B.path C.front D.nose
A.drove B.ran C.crashed D.sped
A.slower B.quicker C.taller D.heavier
A.an anger B.a fist C.a beat D.a blow
A.caught B.struck C.knocked D.beat
A.chin B.fists C.knees D.body
A.hit B.brought C.pushed D.pulled
You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, an 88-year-old woman in Mississippi who had worked for over 75 years as a woman.
One day after she retired, she went to the bank and discovered that her small monthly had grown to over$150,000. Then to everyone’s surprise, she turned around and almost all of the money to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for a fund for students with financial needs. Immediately, she made national .
What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift had my life. I am 19 years old and the first of an Osceola McCarty Scholarship.
I was a student, and I was determined to go to USM. But I being qualified for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the way I could attend.
One Sunday, I came across the story in the paper about Osceola McCarty and her generous . The next day I went to the financial aid office, and they told me there was still no money for me, but if anything came up they’d call.
A few days later, I was going out with my mother the phone rang. I was told I had been chosen to be given the first Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was !
McCarty worked hard her whole life, washing clothes by hand. Now that she is , she sits most of the day and reads the Bible, that is, when she is not getting rewards. Every time I go to visit her, she has a new . She’s even gone to the White House. She is so happy and proud. We have tried to talk her into getting a VCR (录像机) so she can tape the programs and see on TV—she just smiles.
McCarty gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of . Now I know there are good people in the world who do good things. She worked hard and helped others, and in turn she has inspired me to when I can some day. So I plan to add to her scholarship fund.
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“There’s nothing I can do,theeye doctor told my parents. “Take your baby home. She’s . ” Mom cried. “ I’ll give her a full,happy life,Dad .
As I grew,my parents realized I could see . One day after school,my dad saw me holding Dick and Jane close to my eyes, to read the letters. “Dad,I can’t do this. It’s too . ” I said.
“Honey,you’re not a quitter. I’ll help you. ” He painstakingly drew big enough for me to see and then pronounced them. I learned to read after my father and eventually read Dick and Jane with my classmates. Because of my dad,I had in myself as a reader—until middle school.
One afternoon a student me,“You blind bat. If you get your face any nearer to that page,your eyes will fall out of your head!I ran out of the school in . Dad was home when I burst in. “I thought I was a good ,but the kids are making fun of me.Dad hugged me. “I’m sorry,Pam. But that doesn’t change the . You can read and your classmates can’t take that away from you,right?” to speak, I just nodded. After Dad’s ,the knot (结)in my stomach went away.
Dad taught me to laugh at myself. He reminded me of the time I tried to a sign painted to the floor. Another time,I to eat flowers off an empty plate. When I was ten,I wanted to ride a two-wheeled bike. I heard Dad say to Mom,“I’m not going to hold Pam back from the any kid has. ” On my first attempt,I said,“Dad,what if I fall off?” His was,“You’ll get on and try again. ” ,I learned to skate,climb trees,and so on.
I wouldn’t be who I am today if it weren’t for my dad. He made the for me to be believer in myself.
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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, 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 brother and I were born and grew up in a small village in England. Our father was a struggling , but I always knew he was special. He never us, but used praise to our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them , they die.” I remember as a child I said unkind about somebody, and my father said, “ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He that if I looked for the best in people, I would get the best . From then on I’ve always tried to follow the in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s always been very understanding. At 15, I started a magazine. It was taking up a great of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a choice:stay in school or leave to my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway(使动摇) me from my decision, any good father would. When he I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad persuaded me to go into law. And I’ve always it. I wanted to be a biologist, but I didn’t my dream. You know you want. Go fulfill it.”
As it , my little publication went on to become Student, a national magazine for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them in the same way Dad raise me.
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请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Teaching second grade is always a challenge.Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties.One year a student called Billy me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.He struggled daily with his emotions and often became angry or violent.I knew that, to make progress, his emotions needed controlling.
One I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.Billy’s mom would me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home.Then, I would focus on his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying .I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal.I was preparing activities focused on dog themes I was told that Billy had a morning at home and I might need to get him .As I was talking to his mom, Billy into the classroom.To Billy’s , Rocky immediately ran up to his new , wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection.Billy couldn’t Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away.
Throughout the day, Billy never left Rocky’s side, feeding him, being gentle with him and even the other students while Rocky was sleeping.
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid , but on this day he found a good dog story, “Clifford’s Puppy Days,” and read it to Rocky.How I was at the sight of Billy reading happily!My little dog was able to Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter, gentleness and .
That day Rocky more than helped me with my ; he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.
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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。
Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables.In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me.I could see that he hadn’t longed to ____, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank!” I cried in astonishment.He couldn’t _ __, as I knew, but all the time ___ his foot against mine.
My ____ raced back more than thirty years to the ___ days of 1941, when I was a student in London.The ____ 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.
____ wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to____ each other very well.Frank West ____ me because he wasn’t __ _, not even at birth.His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had ____ of a mind than a baby has.His “____” consisted of rough sounds-sounds of pleasure or anger and ____ more.Mrs.West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she has to be, of course, because Frank ____ on her entirely.He needed all the ____ of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs.West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder.She ____ nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the ____ ones.So before we____ that morning, I stood beside Frank and _____ 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.____ to me was always the same.
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