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。
(2012年湖北荆州毕业班质检)I was shopping at a department store and had just boarded the down escalator(电动扶梯) when I noticed a woman standing at the side. She looked about 65 years old，and her expression told me she was ____.I turned toward her and asked，“Do you need help？”
As the escalator continued moving I heard the woman reply ____，“I'm afraid. ”There was a hint(暗示) of disbelief in her _ _.“Do you want me to come ____ and get you？”I called to her. She ____.But by the time I ____ her，the woman reconsidered，“Sorry，I don't think I can even put my feet on it.” I was suddenly ____ that I took a more difficult task than I had expected. “I know we can do it，”I comforted her，“I can ____ you.” She looked down at the beast. Then her eyes came back to mine，looking ____.“This has never ____ me before，”she said，as much to herself as to me. I felt that her sudden ____ had something to do with the escalator's inhuman mechanical coldness.
I took her arm. She made a little sound of ____ as we stepped on，but she ____ slightly as the stairs moved us ____.“I don't understand this at all，” she said. As we neared the bottom，her ____ was tight on my arm again，but we did fine. “I'm so __ ...” she said，“It was nothing，” I said，“I was happy to do it.”
Yes，I was very happy at that moment. I am busy __ _ a family and working full time. I do ____ to help others. For a brief moment，I had a flash of understanding into why someone would become a nurse or a social worker. When I ____ the woman，I felt pure，whole and purposeful. It was a ____ moment than I'd had in weeks.
A．scared B．delighted C．enjoyable D．frustrated
A．patiently B．pleasantly C．coldly D．softly
A．behavior B．expression C．question D．voice
A．in B．back C．down D．out
A．nodded B．refused C．smiled D．waved
A．arrived B．left C．reached D．grasped
A．disappointed B．convinced C．sure D．aware
A．care about B．hold on to C．send for D．take control of
A．optimistic B．proud C．doubtful D．angry
A．attended to B．happened to C．came across D．let down
A．fear B．decision C．attitude D．change
A．interest B．alarm C．joy D．surprise
A．frightened B．worried C．released D．relaxed
A．downward B．upward C．outward D．backward
A．push B．hold C．weight D．shake
A．grateful B．afraid C．brave D．embarrassed
A．caring for B．seeking for C．reaching for D．accounting for
A．much B．a lot C．little D．a little
A．rescued B．contacted C．seized D．helped
A．purer B．more difficult C．happier D．more significant
Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly claim to know my way around, the continent. , my knowledge of foreign languages was limited to a little college French.
I . How would I, unable to speak the language, familiar with local geography or transportation systems, conduct interviews and do
research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable I sat down to write a letter rejecting the . Halfway through, a
ran through my mind: you can't learn if you don't try. So I the assignment.
There were some bad . But by the time I finished the trip, I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most places, without guides or advancebookings, confident that somehow I will .
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition . But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning , the world opens to you.
I've learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a(n) . And I know I'll go on doing such things. It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others. I'm not. But I'll accept worry as another name for and I believe I can wonders.
A．aboard B．abroad C．away D．out
A．claim B．declare C．hope D．deny
A．Somehow B．However C．Instead D．Moreover
A．accustomed B．added C．limited D．suited
A．resigned B．hesitated C．trembled D．suspected
A．only too B．more than C．apart from D．far from
A．operations B．experiments C．research D．business
A．regret B．doubt C．terror D．disappointment
A．request B．job C．trust D．assignment
A．reaction B．thought C．meaning D．conflict
A．accomplished B．received C．accepted D．resisted
A．exchanges B．conditions C．trips D．experiences
A．remote B．accessible C．interesting D．crowded
A．still B．ever C．even D．yet
A．do B．manage C．make D．fit
A．astonishing B．frightening C．fascinating D．exciting
A．comes up B．shows up C．piles up D．steps up
A．airport B．motorboat C．surfboard D．balloon
A．goal B．opportunity C．struggle D．challenge
A．work B．own C．win D．achieve
A group of graduates have highly been established in their careers. One day they got together to their old university professor. Shortly they arrived, their conversation turned into complaints about in work and life. In order to his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups made of porcelain(陶瓷的), plastic, glass or crystal. Some of
are plain looking, some expensive, and some are exquisite(做工精致的). The told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
If you noticed, all the nice looking cups were taken up, behind the plain and cheap ones. it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress.
all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously went for the best cups and were seeing each other’s .
Now consider this: is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the of life. Sometimes, by concen- trating only on the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you. . . the coffee instead.
A．call at B．call on C．call for D．call up
A．after B．before C．when D．as
A．happiness B．joy C．satisfaction D．stress
A．offer B．provide C．make D．supply
A．for B．to C．with D．along
A．whom B．which C．them D．it
A．students B．professor C．son D．wife
A．all B．so me of C．none of D．both
A．cheap B．ordinary C．glass D．expensive
A．leaving B．remaining C．keeping D．staying
A．Because B．Since C．While D．If
A．source B．resource C．end D．solution
A．That B．What C．Anything D．Something
A．and B．so C．thus D．but
A．cups B．coffee C．eyes D．faces
A．Work B．Life C．Career D．Study
A．more than B．rather than C．just D．not only
A．quantity B．quality C．pace D．style
A．manage B．try C．attempt D．fail
A．enjoy B．drink C．have D．share
Mrs. Green was over seventies, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished a driving offence(犯规, 犯法).
Then one day she nearly her record. A police car her, and the policeman in it saw her a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed that she would be punished. When Mrs. Green came up to the , he looked at her seriously and said that she was old to drive a car, and that the why she had not stopped at the red was most probably that her eyes had become weak old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was , Mrs. Green opened the big handbag she was and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight. ”
The judge took the and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs. Green was , and her record unbroken.
A．fact B．action C．skill D．age
A．about B．on C．to D．for
A．kept B．won C．missed D．lost
A．watched B．chased C．followed D．stopped
A．pass B．go C．run D．rush
A．sure B．able C．certain D．like
A．police B．judge C．officer D．captain
A．so B．very C．too D．quite
A．cause B．reason C．matter D．trouble
A．light B．lamp C．sign D．one
A．with B．because C．for D．of
A．speaking B．saying C．talking D．telling
A．holding B．getting C．carrying D．bringing
A．took B．brought C．picked D．chose
A．almost B．hardly C．successfully D．successful
A．both B．all C．neither D．either
A．time B．turn C．chance D．job
A．thread B．glasses C．needles D．needle
A．dismissed B．passed C．settled D．studied
A．was B．kept C．seemed D．remained
Many years ago, when I was in high school and working on weekends, I lost my wallet. After adding gas to my old car, I paid, and my wallet at the gas station. I hadn’t even had time to I had lost it when my phone rang. A man asked me if I had lost my wallet. I my purse and to my , I had. He asked me to him what was in it. I did so. He then told me where to my wallet.
When I reached his , I noticed his wheelchair and a slope(坡道)going up to the house. I thought that it might have been for him to lower his body and pick up my wallet. I knocked on the door and he told me to come in. I him for finding my wallet. While I didn’t want to insult(侮辱)him by offering , I really felt like something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his , and he said, “Just pass it on. ”I said I would be to do that. I was raised to be honest in any case and I would have done so, promising this fellow I would, but I wanted to his kindness, so I promised I would.
Ten years later I found a lying on the ground. It me several days to find the owner. He lived in another state, about 60 miles away from where I found the wallet. When he me back, we to meet, so I could return his wallet. He was actually all his money was still in the wallet and he tried to hand me a $20 bill. I told him, “Thanks, but just pass it on. . . ”
A．forgot B．left C．found D．saw
A．realize B．regret C．consider D．recognize
A．looked B．checked C．found D．searched for
A．anger B．delight C．horror D．excitement
A．tell B．give C．buy D．offer
A．turn up B．bring up C．look up D．pick up
A．house B．school C．company D．station
A．easy B．practical C．difficult D．useful
A．presented B．thanked C．blamed D．paid
A．help B．thanks C．money D．wallet
A．leaving B．saying C．offering D．owning
A．labor B．patience C．kindness D．support
A．able B．hard C．certain D．possible
A．without B．with C．on D．by
A．repay B．thank C．show D．reply
A．package B．cellphone C．card D．wallet
A．spent B．cost C．wasted D．took
A．called B．paid C．brought D．went
A．started B．preferred C．agreed D．failed
A．satisfied B．worried C．puzzled D．surprised
One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town as a cashier and waiter.
I went to work feeling . And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. It’s the same thing over and over again, with customers who complain about their food and where they are is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to a lot of us but we manage to deal with them.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very near where I keep the dirty in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and running all over the house, it was crazy. these elderly women were watching I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a and gentle voice, “You are going places. ”And that was it. They left the and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me to believe in myself. They my spirit from being down and gave me a to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in until I had a degree. I’m now a co-anchor(联合主持人)of a student-produced television . And the best thing is: I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
A．tired B．excited C．up D．down
A．dealing B．helping C．talking D．meeting
A．sat B．seated C．laid D．dressed
A．attract B．avoid C．adjust D．annoy
A．employees B．customers C．bosses D．employers
A．table B．box C．spot D．kitchen
A．dishes B．rooms C．clothes D．chairs
A．men B．women C．waiters D．bosses
A．And B．Otherwise C．But D．So
A．what B．how C．where D．why
A．finished B．completed C．ordered D．got
A．place B．grade C．mark D．position
A．Before B．While C．As D．After
A．confident B．loud C．low D．pleasant
A．kitchen B．house C．restaurant D．table
A．ability B．courage C．imagination D．time
A．put down B．picked up C．took over D．pointed out
A．cause B．reason C．present D．permission
A．television B．government C．school D．restaurant
A．company B．station C．show D．advertisement