Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
A．difference B．research C．speech D．discovery
A．earn B．lack C．spend D．steal
A．experienced B．connected C．cooperated D．experimented
A．strikes B．flashes C．happens D．attempts
A．appeal B．request C．suggestion D．demand
A．story B．damage C．challenge D．material
A．call B．hold C．cheer D．pick
A．possession B．trouble C．place D．charge
A．plus B．without C．for D．before
A．process B．goal C．return D．concern
A．replied B．addressed C．driven D．brought
A．invitation B．apology C．complaint D．appreciation
A．discussing B．providing C．applying D．starting
A．enough B．extra C．no D．other
A．admitting B．relating C．buying D．waiting
A．positive B．shocked C．discouraged D．optimistic
A．doorway B．window C．home D．yard
A．unfamiliar B．unexpected C．unknown D．uncertain
A．in case B．now that C．even if D．rather
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
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完型填空一：
Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you can do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks have become a __16__ for many people to shop without having to leave their homes.
Some shoppers are tired of department stores and supermarkets — __17__ the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes having slight __18__ of finding anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and watch a friendly announcer describe a product __19__ a model shows it. And they can shop __20__ the clock, buying something __21__ by making a phone call.
Department stores and even mail-order companies are __22__ to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy setting up their own TV channels to encourage TV shopping in the future. Customers can ask questions about products and place __23__ all through their TV sets.
Will shopping by television finally take the place of shopping in stores ? Some industry managers think so. __24__ many people find shopping at a __25__ store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to __26__ or try on dresses they want to buy. That’s why specialists say that in the future, home shopping will __27__ together with store shopping but will never entirely replace it.
16. A. programme B. way C. reason D. purpose
17. A. fighting B. striking C. treating D. stopping
18. A. sense B. doubt C. hope D. feeling
19. A. until B. since C. if D. while
20. A. by B. around C. about D. to
21. A. suitably B. cheaply C. simply D. hardly
22. A. nervous B. lucky C. equal D. eager
23. A. orders B. goods C. books D. answers
24. A. Then B. Yet C. However D. Therefore
25. A. general B. popular C. real D. true
26. A. design B. make C. wear D. touch
27. A. exist B. practice C. follow D. appear
第二节完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a36 on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from 37 to toe, explained that he had 38 out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant（怀孕的） wife and his two children 39 at the car and said that he would hitchhike （搭便车）back.
Once I had filled a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both 40 , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he41 me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater 42 in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and 43 .While the little ones played and ran 44 , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the 45.
It was about 5 a.m. before they46 .The young fellow asked me how much he owed me and I told him that the petrol pump（加油泵）had 47 $15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later, I received a48 from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to get to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It 49out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most 50 person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and informed me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
36. A. kick B. hit C. beat D. knock
37. A .finger B. shoulder C. head D. hand
38. A. driven B. used C. come D. run
39. A. away B .behind C. over D. out
40. A .sleeping B .crying C. quarrelling D. fighting
41 A. allow B. ring C. lead D. follow
42 A. on B. off C. in D. over
43 A. neat B. hot C. warm D. attractive
44 A. around B. inside C. nearby D. along
45 A. drivers B. guests C. customers D. adults
46 A. left B. arrived C. ate D. disappeared
47 A. appeared B. exhibited C. calculated D. shown
48 A. call B. letter C. check D. notice
49 A. pointed B. turned C. worked D. found
50 A. generous B. successful C. serious D. powerful
第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him. I would spend the day just __36____, doing nothing and not paying much __37___to all the people around me. One day, as my dad and I were___38___ to the shop, I looked out of the car window and saw an old man on the street corner. Our ___39___ met and held for about ten seconds. There was ___40___ fearful about this man, but it was a significant encounter for me. 41_that point, I had given no _42__to anyone I saw on the street. My life was my family and friends. I had no interest in anyone else.
43 for the first time I had an interest in what that person was all about.
Years later, I had long 44 that man, but he came to my mind recently and I remembered the ten 45 when I looked into the eyes of a stranger and 46 what he was all about.
It seems that we are all 47 every day. There are so many things to do that we 48 have time for sincere(真诚的)interest in others. Great thinkers._49_us to "stop and smell the roses". But it has taken me decades to really appreciate
the __50 of these words. When I had the opportunity to 51 a young person, I did my best
to convey this message. But 52 ,young people were too busy to 53 this advice. I would like to tell young people to stop what they are doing and 54 around. I want to tell them to try as 55 as they can to understand what is in their view and what is in the range of their hearing.
36, A. sitting around B. fighting back C. dropping outD. moving off
37. A. money B. interest C. attention D. respect
38.A. carrying B. sticking C. walking D. driving
39. A. eyes B. hands C. ears D. feet
40. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. Anything
41. A. But for B. Due to C. As for D. Up to
42. A. thought B. fear C. greeting D. glance
43 A. So B. Instead C. But D. And
44. A. remembered B. forgotten C. reminded D. dreamed
45. A. years B. seconds C. days D. minutes
46. A. surprised B. learned C. wondered D. doubted
47. A. busy B. stupidC. lazy D. puzzled
48. A. often B. rarely C. even D. always
49. A. alarm B. prove C. force D. encourage
50. A. influence B. beauty C. meaning D. creativity
51. A. describe to B. blame on C. speak to D. quarrel with
52. A. luckily B. unfortunately C. immediately D. astonishingly
53. A. agree to B. think highly of C. look after D. take notice of
54. A. look B. hang C. bring D. come
55. A. soon B. hard C. long D. Far
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
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。
Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensiveprivate school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school.Jane has36 economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works 37 a maid.Although her mother works very hard, she can38support the family.Jane is very bright and gifted at39and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)40 for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would41talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids42her.
On her birthday last month, she43her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come.Alice wanted her to be44 so much that she45 on her coming.Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any46clothes that I could wear atyour birthday party.”After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a47from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I48a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be49 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum50 she could lend her friend one of her skirts.To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.”The daughter was very51and angrily said to her Mum, “ 52I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburstas she’s normally very well53.
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s54.Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.”She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Janebut to feelproud of her55with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
36. A. personal B. extra C. limited D. adequate[
37. A. for B. with C. like D. as
38. A. hopefully B. obviously C. hardly D. temporarily
39. A. music B. drawing C. maths D. biology
40. A. bonus B. allowance C. donation D. pension
41. A. secretly B. happily C. quietly D. eagerly
42. A. pointing at B. shouting at C. laughing at D. glaring at
43. A. took B. invited C. accompanied D. sent
44. A. happy B. independent C. confident D. present
45. A. depended B. insisted C. focused D. agreed
46. A. casual B. comfortable C. nice D. tight
47. A. shirt B. jeans C. handbag D. necklace[
48. A. get B. copy C. order D. borrow
49. A. free B. able C. glad D. willing
50. A. how B. when C. why D. whether
51. A. stubborn B. upset C. firm D. enthusiastic
52. A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though
53. A. treated B. controlled C. educated D. behaved
54. A. cleverness B. character C. circumstances D. competences
55. A. studyB. friendship C. sympathy D. performance
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. 36 man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only37 . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
They talked for hours38 . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he 39 pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The other man felt his world would be40 and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.
The window overlooked a 41 with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children42 their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the43 .
As the man by the window described all this in delicate44 , the other man would close his eyes and 45 the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade46 .47 the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with48 words.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse arrived,49 to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.
The other man asked to be50 next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside. 51 , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have 52 his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse53 that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to 54 you."
Shared grief is half the sorrow,55 happiness when shared, is doubled.
36. A. The one B. One C. Another C. This
37. A. entrance B. exit C. passage D. window
38. A. on end B. in vain C. at ease D. after all
39. A. would B. should C. might D. could
40. A. shortened B. deepened C. broadened D. sharpened
41. A. courtyard B. market C. wood D. park
42. A. flew B. designed C. sailed D. swapped
43. A. distance B. way C. process D. course
44. A. effect B. particular C. detail D. relief
45. A. expose B. imagine C. realize D. spot
46. A. passing away B. passing by C. passing down D. passing out
47. A. Because B. As C. Once D. Although
48. A. descriptive B. productive C. sensitive D. tentative
49. A. strangely B. surprisingly C. sceptically D. only
50. A. substituted B. offered C. switched D. organized
51. A. Willingly B. Finally C. Generously D. Occasionally
52. A. sacrificed B. referred C. motivated D. intended
53. A. responded B. respected C. requested D. resisted
54. A. recover B. defend C. observe D. encourage
55. A. or B. but C. so D. and