There once was a place 36 all the people were happy and 37 . Everyone was friendly and neighborly. Even the dogs and cats 38 together.
Then one day a stranger was seen 39 toward the village: a tall, tall stranger. As the stranger, who was a giant, 40 closer and closer, the people all ran into their houses and wouldn't come out.
The giant 41 the village. He was enormous, towering over everything. 42 a little girl stepped out on her porch. She jumped down from her porch. Her family yelled, "STOP! COME BACK! That's a giant!" But she didn't stop. She began to walk 43 the giant.
The strangest thing 44 . As the child walked toward the giant, he grew 45 . Soon he was the same size as the girl. As she came beside the giant, she 46 him. She stooped down and gently 47 the giant up in her hands, asking, "What's your name?"
The giant whispered, "My name is F-E-A-R! Help me!! I have a terrible 48 . I guess I look strange. When I meet people they are afraid of me. And when people are afraid of me, I suddenly grow into a giant and everybody runs away from me. YOU are not afraid of me, so I stayed small. Do you 49 it? It's crazy! Please help me!"
"I can take you for a walk through our village," the girl responded. "I want everyone to hear of your problem. When they know the truth, they will no 50 be afraid of you. While we are going from house to house you can look at me 51 , and then you will stay the same size as you are now.
"But 52 we go, let's change your name. What do you want to be called? YOU should not be called FEAR, because YOU are not afraid. It's the people who look at you 53 fear you. That's what causes you to grow into a giant."
"Will you hold my hand 54 ? If I get scared I'll shut my eyes. Oh, and will you please call me 55 ."
A．which B．for which C．when D．where
A．satisfying B．content C．sad D．miserable
A．played B．fighted C．quarreled D．laughed
A．walk B．walking C．walked D．having walked
A．coming B．to come C．came D．having come
A．destroyed B．came C．pulled down D．entered
A．For the moment B．All of a sudden C．In the balance D．In other words
A．toward B．in C．on D．by
A．occurred to B．occurring C．happened D．take place
A．bigger and bigger B．weaker and weaker C．narrower and narrower D．smaller and smaller
A．towered over B．was under the shadow of C．was afraid of D．fighted against
A．brought B．picked C．set D．put
A．disaster B．situation C．problem D．catastrophe
A．receive B．get C．attain D．obtain
A．more B．longer C．length D．much
A．for a while B．in a minute C．all the time D．the whole day
A．until B．after C．before D．when
A．what B．which C．who D．whom
A．gently B．slightly C．abruptly D．delightly
A．ENEMY B．FOE C．PAL D．OPPONENT
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。
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to _ for the night.
“Could you _ give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a _ man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and _ that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our _ are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a _ couple like you _ into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be _ to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you _ for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t _ me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build _ for you.” The three of them had a good _ .
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it _ he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip（双程的）_ to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and _ him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
He then pointed to a great new _ there， a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to ___.”
“You must be _ ,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of _ was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Bolt became its first manager.
A．rain B．anger C．snow D．hunger
A．leave B．go C．stay D．look
A．surely B．possibly C．really D．freely
A．lazy B．bored C．nervous D．friendly
A．shouted B．explained C．believed D．agreed
A．hotels B．desks C．streets D．rooms
A．nice B．famous C．rich D．common
A．beyond B．off C．out D．under
A．kind B．glad C．good D．generous
A．enjoyable B．helpful C．grateful D．comfortable
A．worry about B．take care of C．make use of D．come up with
A．one B．it C．them D．those
A．sleep B．meal C．laugh D．walk
A．after B．before C．while D．when
A．ticket B．bill C．check D．questionnaire
A．made B．told C．treated D．led
A．building B．car C．bedroom D．place
A．live B．sell C．manage D．rent
A．lying B．joking C．dreaming D．cheating
A．whose B．which C．whom D．who
When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my ______ I found people queuing（排队） some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.（储蓄存款窗口）
_____so? Each did his business _____ but the line never moved a step _____. I was very ____, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your _____for other's privacy”—a polite _____to keep people away from nosing into other's _____ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the ____ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so ____ at a distance that they seemed quite _____to the practice. The ____ thing happened at a public telephone box. _____ waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of ____ . It's another typical example!
From then on I ___ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment____ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of other's privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing(窘迫)situation. For instance, they never____ about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, _____would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws_____ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows ____matters are not allowed to be disturbed．
A．sorrow B．anger C．delight D．surprise
A．Why B．How C．What D．Where
A．in secret B．with care C．in turn D．on turns
A．slower B．nearer C．farther D．longer
A．curious B．angry C．Interested D．impatient
A．care B．respect C．help D．search
A．voice B．phrase C．warning D．sentence
A．pockets B．savings C．needs D．affairs
A．word B．sight C．people D．matters
A．honestly B．anxiously C．Nervously D．calmly
A．used B．familiar C．uncomfortable D．polite
A．interesting B．strange C．same D．different
A．They B．These C．Those D．That
A．sight B．hearing C．Touch D．question
A．went on B．took care C．paid attention D．took charge
A．moving B．shown C．facing D．offered
A．asked B．heard C．Worried D．learned
A．so B．nor C．not only D．if
A．appreciate B．stop C．Hate D．forbid
A．public B．personal C．Small D．Important
One woman is having a very merry Christmas, indeed, all thanks to the honesty and determination of a complete stranger.
“When I saw it, I said, ‘God, this is really a pretty .Somebody's going to heartbroken,” said Shirley Grandey , 62, who was a volunteer for keeping the environment clean.
When Grandey was a large pile of pine needles and dirt at the end of her hard work day, she never to come across someone's diamond ring lying alone among a pile of .
Knowing the ring probably had special , Grandey held onto the jewelry and made it her 16 to find the owner.
“I said, 'Oh God ,I have to find the , "'recalled Grandey before making the decision to contact the TV station, to help the word. "It was definitely a ring. It was intertwined（缠绕）and had their on it．”
Her efforts ．
“The brother of the girl saw it on and told her," said Grandey, who couldn't have been happier to return the ring to its original owner, Julie Sanalitro.
“I was screaming and running around the house,” Sanalitro told the news station. "We always come to our tree from there to celebrate Christmas Day," she said.
When Sanalitro called to the ring, she explained it was a gift from her boyfriend, who had only given it to her two months ago when they reunited.
She was not only able to answer all of Grandey's questions about the ring, she was the original owner, but Grandey added, “I knew it was hers the moment she was walking up.”
“We just hugged each other and she had a few tears," the volunteer explained.
All that Crandey asks from this is simply for people to “pay it forward.” She said. “ I would want someone to give it back to me if I lost my ring, so just try to pay it forward.”
A．gift B．handkerchief C．necklace D．ring
A．putting away B．cleaning up C．keeping up D．bringing up
A．expected B．wanted C．understood D．imagined
A．furniture B．equipment C．luggage D．garbage
A．object B．design C．value D．form
A．duty B．work C．ability D．agreement
A．designer B．owner C．photographer D．artist
A．print B．explore C．spread D．write
A．luck B．wedding C．marriage D．love
A．photos B．names C．addresses D．words
A．paid off B．paid up C．paid back D．paid out
A．television B．telephone C．radio D．phone
A．nice B．lost C．ugly D．lovely
A．take B．buy C．get D．lift
A．rescue B．transport C．convey D．describe
A．recently B．immediately C．actively D．likely
A．successfully B．properly C．obviously D．similarly
A．remembering B．ensuring C．forgetting D．telling
A．kind B．angry C．close D．learned
A．accident B．origin C．experience D．evidence
I had the meanest mother in the world． other kids ate candy, I had to have cereal(谷物食品)，eggs or toast．While others had cakes and French fries，I had to eat a sandwich．But at least，I wasn’t in my suffering．My sisters and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did．
My mother knowing where we were at all times and who our friends were . She insisted if we said we’d be gone an hour, then we be gone one hour or —not one hour and one minute．She made us wear the clothes made by herself，just to money．Now you can see how she was．
The is yet to come. We had to be in bed by 9：00 each night and at 7：45 the next morning．We had to wash dishes． beds，and learn to cook．I believe she lay at night thinking up mean things to do to us．
Through the years，things didn’t a bit．We could not lie in bed，pretending to be“ ”like our friends did to miss school．Our friends’report cards had beautiful colors on them，black for passing，red for ．My mother, ，would only be content with black marks．
As the years by，we graduated from high school．Out of the four children，a couple of us !higher education than university level．With our mother us pushing and demanding， of us was allowed to drop out of school．She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults．
Now I'm trying to my three children．I'm filled with when my children call me mean．Because，you see，I thank God，he gave me the meanest mother in the whole world．
A．While B．As C．Unless D．If
A．weak B．alone C．happy D．1ucky
A．replied to B．went on C．insisted on D．took up
A．not B．more C．so D．1ess
A．make B．collect C．save D．get
A．funny B．mean C．kind D．interesting
A．worst B．best C．1east D．1ast
A．off B．away C．up D．out
A．make B．arrange C．place D．fold
A．active B．asleep C．alive D．awake
A．develop B．improve C．happen D．assess
A．sick B．sad C．honest D．ambitious
A．success B．progress C．courage D．failure
A．however B．otherwise C．besides D．moreover
A．came B．pulled C．went D．filled
A．attended B．wanted C．attained D．approached
A．before B．in C．about D．behind
A．none B．all C．both D．neither
A．raise B．meet C．change D．bring
A．apology B．pride C．shame D．anger
The hardest arithmetic(算术) to master is how to count our blessings.
According to legend, a young man while crossing the desert a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was sweet that he filled his leather canteen he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher.
After a four-day journey he the water to the old man who took a deep , smiled warmly and his student greatly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a heart.
Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He , saying it was awful. It had become sour because of the old leather container.
The student his teacher: “Master, the water was . Why did you pretend to like it?”
The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was only the container for an act of loving-kindness and could be sweeter.”
I think we understand this lesson best when we receive innocent gifts of from young children. it’s a greeting card or a bunch of flowers, the natural and proper is appreciation and expressed thankfulness because we treasure the idea the gift.
Gratitude doesn’t always come . Unfortunately, most children and many adults value only the thing given the feeling reflected in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty and purity of of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.
A．went through B．came across C．fell into D．watched over
A．very B．too C．enough D．so
A．so that B．for fear that C．in case D．on condition that
A．provided B．sent C．presented D．threw
A．drink B．bite C．look D．breath
A．comforted B．forgave C．blamed D．thanked
A．frightened B．satisfying C．happy D．grateful
A．drank it up B．let it out C．brought it up D．spat it out
A．apparently B．probably C．immediately D．eventually
A．doubted B．replied C．challenged D．charged
A．delicious B．sweet C．terrible D．clear
A．obviously B．simply C．entirely D．certainly
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．sympathy B．love C．respect D．care
A．Either B．Neither C．If D．Whether
A．response B．conduct C．behavior D．performance
A．beneath B．within C．beyond D．about
A．naturally B．normally C．commonly D．universally
A．other than B．rather than C．more than D．less than
A．expression B．attraction C．possession D．explanation