Recently，I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive，the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight before setting down. High desert winds had the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be the city for a few minutes waiting to . We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile（同时） with our seat belts fastened there might be a few bumps(颠簸)．Well，that few minutes turned into about four—five minutes，including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车) by comparison（比较起来）.
The movement was so fierce(猛烈的) that several passengers felt and had to use airsickness（晕机） bags. As you might guess，that’s not good thing to have happen in a(n) space because it only to increase the discomfort of the situation. 
About twenty minutes into the adventure，the entire airplane became very .
There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be noticed．Every passenger simply held on for dear life …except one. A was having a good time! With each bump of the__ ___he would let out a giggle(咯咯的笑)of delight. As I observed this，I that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his .He neither thought about the past nor about the future .Those are what we grown—ups have learned from .He was the ride because had not yet been taught to fear it. Having understood this，I took a deep breath and back into my seat，pretending（假装） I was on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even to giggle once or twice ,much to the chagrin(懊恼)of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.
A．mistake B．delay(延期) C．change D．wind
A．forced B．warned C．swept D．reminded
A．watching B．visiting C．circling D．crossing
A．arrive B．enter C．stop D．land
A．if B．though C．because D．while
A．light B．pale C．difficult D．quick
A．sick B．nervous C．a ngry D．afraid
A．empty B．narrow C．secret D．open
A．happens B．continues C．fails D．serves
A．quiet B．hot C．dirty D．crowded
A．partly B．gradually C．shortly(立刻) D．clearly
A．pilot B．baby C．guard D．man
A．seats B．passengers C．flight D．airplane
A．realized B．hoped C．agreed D．insisted
A．health B．safety C．joy D．wealth
A．teachers B． books C．experience D．friends
A．learning B．taking C．missing D．enjoying
A．sat B．jumped C．went D．rode
A．nearly B．finally C．really D．suddenly
A．attempted B．managed C．wanted D．decided
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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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made his leg lame.He ____ played with his classmates.When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always ____ his head without a word.
One ___, the boy's father asked for some saplings (树苗) from the neighbor.He wanted the ____ to plant a sapling each person in front of the house.The father said, “Whose sapling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite ____.”Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, however, the boy had an idea.He hoped that the tree he planted would ____ soon.So, after watering it once or twice，he never ____ it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was ____ to find that it didn't fade but grew some fresh leaves.____ the trees of his brothers and sisters, his tree was even greener.His father kept his ____, bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding ____ when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy slowly became ____.One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep.Then he got up and came to the ____.To his surprise, his ____ was splashing something onto his tree.__35__，he understood—his father had been ____ fertilizing his small tree! He returned to his room，____ running down.
____ passed.The little boy didn't become a botanist, but he was elected President of the United States.His name was Franklin Roosevelt.
Love is the ___ nourishment (营养) of life.____ it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive (茁壮成长)．
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