从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen in almost a month. Every day , my husband would the process of trying to get water to the fields. we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.
On this day I learned the true lesson of and witnessed the only I had ever seen . I was in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy, toward the woods. He was walking with effort, trying to be as as possible . Minutes after he into the woods, he came running back . I went back to make sandwiches , that whatever he had been doing was completed. Moments later, , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour . I couldn’t help following him and saw the most amazing .
Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them . I almost for him to get away . A huge deer was close . the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down. I saw a tiny deer lying on the ground , obviously suffering from , lift its head to lap up the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was , Billy ran back to get more . It then became to me.
I stood on the edge of the woods, watching the boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. It was as if the God himself was with pride. The rain that day saved our farm just like the actions of one little boy who saved another.
A．water B．rain C．deer D．storm
A．take over B．try on C．go about D．seek out
A．Before B．If C．Until D．Unless
A．helping B．sharing C．donating D．offering
A．miracle B．lesson C．wildlife D．virtue
A．running B．marching C．walking D．riding
A．still B．silent C．secret D．sacred
A．skipped B．slipped C．wandered D．disappeared
A．thinking B．wondering C．worrying D．calculating
A．but B．besides C．however D．therefore
A．Actually B．Finally C．Quietly D．Surprisingly
A．sign B．scenery C．sight D．scene
A．screamed B．rushed C．made D．burst
A．mildly B．powerfully C．dangerously D．aggressively
A．And B．Otherwise C．Thus D．But
A．thirst B．illness C．heat D．pain
A．lost B．missing C．gone D．served
A．annoying B．clear C．acceptable D．puzzling
A．kind B．clever C．naughty D．honest
A．raining B．appearing C．chanting D．weeping
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I'm left ____.Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other ____？
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early1960s，____ children from different races and religions played and studied ____ in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone's _ from Ismail's. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just ____ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well ____ or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we'd ____ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to ___ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his __ _.
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail's family later returned to their village, and I ____ touch with him.
One spring afternoon in1983, I stopped a taxi inKuala Lumpur. I ____ my destination. The driver acknowledged my ____ but did not move off. Instead, he looked ____ at me.“Raddar？”he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号)．I was astonished at being so ____ addressed(称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ____ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something ____ to describe.
If we can allow our children to be ____ without prejudice, they'll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be ____ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and ____ we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote，“we happy few, we band of brothers”．
A．interested B．pleased C．puzzled D．excited
A．parties B．cities C．villages D．races
A．why B．which C．how D．when
A．together B．around C．alone D．apart
A．drop B．throw C．move D．roll
A．refused B．made C．sought D．accepted
A．paid B．meant C．preserved D．treated
A．explore B．search C．discover D．desert
A．get through B．deal with C．come across D．take away
A．arrival B．choice C．effort D．company
A．lost B．gained C．developed D．missed
A．stated B．ordered C．decided D．chose
A．attempts B．instructions C．opinions D．arrangements
A．anxiously B．carelessly C．disappointedly D．fixedly
A．familiarly B．strangely C．fully D．coldly
A．departures B．months C．years D．decades
A．possible B．funny C．hard D．clear
A．them B．themselves C．us D．ourselves
A．from B．by C．with D．against
A．still B．otherwise C．then D．instead
People often fall ill because of me. , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own .A tired person may get , especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.
My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though , he still went to the cinema .Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.
I seized this golden chance to him .He reacted ,trying to me , but I was already deep in his throat. He kept sneezing（打喷嚏） and his nose was running. he put on some warm clothes, it didn’t work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but .
The next day he couldn’t go to . He had lost his appetite and was not as as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his
For two days he was by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the . I knew I had to him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back. , it was my turn to feel now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became and finally my time was over.
Do you know what I am?
A．Therefore B．Besides C．However D．Then
A．business B．responsibility C．excuse D．fault
A．punished B．blamed C．caught D．killed
A．temperature B．season C．place D．condition
A．excited B．hurt C．Late D．tired
A．injure B．bother C．attack D．destroy
A．get on with B．get rid of C．put up with D．take hold of
A．reproducing B．waiting C．hiding D．disappearing
A．Since B．Once C．Whether D．Although
A．reminding B．upsetting C．comforting D．influencing
A．escaped B．succeeded C．regretted D．failed
A．bed B．work C．school D．hospital
A．peaceful B．afraid C．active D．happy
A．recovery B．development C．study D．affected
A．protected B．nursed C．scolded D．affected
A．loss B．operation C．pressure D．movement
A．leave B．catch C．forget D．beat
A．Uncertainly B．Unsuccessfully C．Unusually D．Unfortunately
A．painful B．Disappointed C．nervous D．ashamed
A．bigger B．weaker C．smaller D．stronger
There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the ______home from work in the evenings. A man will be______the newspaper, and seconds later it _____ as if he is trying to ____it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger_____ next to him.______ place where unplanned short sleep ____ is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring（打鼾）so _______that the professor has to ask another student to______ the sleeper awake. A more embarrassing（尴尬）situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the ______ of the head pushes the arm off the______, and the movement carries the_____ of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no______ of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when _____ . Police reports are full of ______ that occur when people fall into sleep and go_______ the road. If the drivers are _______ , they are not seriously hurt. One woman's car, _______ , went into the river. She woke up in four feet of ______ and thought it was raining. When people are really ________，nothing will stop them from falling asleep -- no matter where they are.
A．way B．track C．path D．road
Around twenty years ago I was living in York. ____ I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree, I could not find ____ work.
I was ____ a school bus to make ends meet and ____ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had ____ five interviews(面试) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not ____ the job.“Why has my life become so ____？”I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to ____ a little girl, she handed me an earring ____ I should keep it ____ somebody claimed(认领)it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”．
At first I got angry. Then it ____ me—I had been giving all of my ____ to what was going wrong with my ____ rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a ____ of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to ____ more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for ____ from a lady who was a director at a large ____. She asked me if I would ____ a oneday lecture on stress(压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My ____ there went very well, and before long I got a wellpaid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of ____ that I completely changed my life.
A．As B．Though C．If D．When
A．successful B．extra C．satisfying D．convenient
A．driving B．repairing C．taking D．designing
A．working B．travelling C．discussing D．living
A．prepared for B．attended C．asked for D．held
A．lose B．like C．find D．get
A．hard B．busy C．serious D．short
A．wave at B．drop off C．call on D．look for
A．ordering B．promising C．saying D．showing
A．in case B．or else C．as if D．now that
A．hurt B．hit C．caught D．moved
A．feelings B．attention C．strength D．interests
A．opinions B．education C．experiences D．life
A．list B．book C．check D．copy
A．connect B．turn C．keep D．add
A．her B．a passenger C．me D．my friend
A．hospital B．factory C．restaurant D．hotel
A．listen to B．review C．give D．talk about
A．plan B．choice C．day D．tour
A．operation B．speaking C．employment D．thinking
You Did More Than Carry My Books
Mark was waking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark down and helped the boy pick up these articles. _ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark _ the boy’s name was Bill, that he computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of _ with his other subjects and that he had just
broken with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed _ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They _ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before , Bill asked Mark if they talk.
Bill _ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day ?” asked Bill. “You see, I _ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess (脏乱) anyone else. I had panned to run away and I was going home to my things. But after we spent some time together and laughing, I realized that_ I had done that, I would have a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together.
So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day you did a lot more. You __my life.”
A．fell B．sat C．lay D．knelt
A．Although B．Since C．After D．until
A．discovered B．realized C．said D．decided
A．played B．loved C．tried D．made
A．questions B．ideas C．trouble D．doubt
A．up B．out C．off D．away
A．called B．helped C．invited D．allowed
A．peacefully B．willingly C．freely D．pleasantly
A．continued B．agreed C．forced D．offered
A．graduation B．movement C．separation D．vacation
A．would B．should C．could D．must
A．demanded B．reminded C．removed D．asked
A．ever B．usually C．even D．never
A．checked B．took C．cleared D．put
A．over B．into C．with D．for
A．find B．pick C．pack D．hold
A．talking B．playing C．reading D．watching
A．before B．if C．while D．as
A．forgotten B．passed C．left D．lost
A．helped B．recovered C．improved D．changed