In Britain， people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally _ _them and the job they do—although there are certain people who do not believe that the police _ _have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do？ It is not _ _job to describe. After all， a policeman has a number of jobs in _ _.A policeman often has to control traffic， either _ _ foot in the centre of a town， or in a police car on the roads. Indeed， in Britain， he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all， or a lot of， his time _ _up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving， stop _ _motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the _ _， too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance， we _ _ the police to come and restore order. And they often have to _ _ situation at great risk to their own _ _.
We expect the police to solve crimes， of course， so an ordinary policeman， _ _ he is not a detective（侦探），will often have to help_ _and arrest criminals.
And _ _ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash，a_ _，a road accident， or a robbery？ We call the police. _ _a policeman has to be _ _to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the _ _ world.
The police do an absolutely necessary job， they do it _ _ well and I support them， but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could _ _ do the job of a policeman.
A．dislike B．join C．Appreciate D．admire
A．should B．would C．could D．must
A．a funny B．a pleasant C．an interesting D．an easy
A．it B．One C．his D．them
A．on B．by C．under D．with
A．walking B．driving C．wandering D．searching
A．resting B．tired C．speeding D．drunken
A．peace B．silence C．situation D．condition
A．wait for B．call C．think of D．expect
A．turn to B．avoid C．deal with D．treat
A．safety B．families C．future D．friends
A．although B．as if C．however D．even if
A．get rid of B．question C．look for D．sentence
A．how B．where C．what D．who
A．power failure B．fire C．thunder storm D．thief
A．Yet B．Then C．As D．So
A．provided B．promised C．prepared D．presented
A．future B．modern C．real D．whole
A．extremely B．specially C．surprisingly D．particularly
A．hardly B．forever C．ever D．never
Remember, growing older is mandatory(无法抗拒的)，growing up is optional.
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I to look around when a gentle hand my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled(起皱纹的), little lady looking up at me with a smile.
She said, “Hi, my name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and responded, “ Of course you may!” And she gave me a gaint one.
Why are you in college at such a(n) ?” I asked. “ I always having a college education and now I’m getting !” She told me.
Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she her wisdom and experience with me. Over the of the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像) and she made friends wherever she went.
At the of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet(宴会). I’ll forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the platform. A little embarrassed, she cleared her and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying , being happy, and achieving success. You have to and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you your dreams, you die.”
One week after graduation Rose died in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught example that it’s never too to be all you can possibly be.
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
My grandfather went to high school in the 1920s. While in school, he became in the drama program, acting in different kinds of productions. He in touch with his drama teacher.
My father went to high school in the 1960s. Like his before him, he acted in high school. He, too, stayed in touch with his drama teacher for the rest of the teacher's. I graduated in 1997. When Hoover, my drama teacher, was in Alaska, I didn't want her to feel like she was ending her life , so I sent her many packages, including Drama Club yearbook photos from each year she there in order that she could see the students whose lives she forever .
Her nickname for our group of Drama Club was "the Throwaway Kids". , no? She described us as that we were nonconformists (不墨守成规者) that other teachers didn't__ know what to do with. She simply us for who we are, and that was exactly what we needed.
We have all become members of society: reporters, lawyers, and singers, soldiers, doctors and, you guessed it, teachers. Every member of my family is a teacher. This year the 73rd year we have taught in Alaska altogether.
me, teaching the course is only one important part of the job. As I returned to my classroom just before the final bell on the last day of school in May, I thought how the most emotional part of the experience will not be seeing the recent return to say "hello" at Christmas. That was how the of keeping in touch with our teachers our whole life long began in my family. Honestly, learning a lifetime.
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案填入文中空白处。
I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had the office to get something to eat. On the way, I a busker(街头艺人), with a hat in front of him. I had some in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would use the money to feed his addiction(嗜好) to drugs or alcohol. He like that type-young and ragged. what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then I had no right to place myself above just because he was busking.
I and dropped all the coins into his , and he smiled at me. I watched for a while. As as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened.
, I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of ,” I thought.
On my way home at the end of the , I saw the busker again and he was . I watched him pick up the hat and walk a cafe counter. There he poured the contents(内容) into a tin collecting an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)！
Now I donate(捐献) any I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
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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。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A came. "Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg's mother works for my family. We were going to that shirt away, but gave it to her ." I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I my shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened. She then dialed her , "I will no longer work for your family," she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life's was something greater.
The next morning she with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, "You are , aren't you? I think I have a for you as a teacher's assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of .” Mom accepted the opportunity very .
For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal in her classroom. The principal said, "We have watched how you the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working over the last five years. We are all in that you should be the teacher of this class."
My mom spent more than 20 years there. her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the comment made in my classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle __ situations and never give up.
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阅读下列短文，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。
I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members, , chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound-blocking earplugs（耳塞）or blindfolds（眼罩）.
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a experience. I had never considered before how it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not . Then I wondered where to put my . It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into . I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary（临时的） .
I tried to find a position and thought it might be restful, kind of nice, to be around for a while. Looking around, I I would have to handle the thing myself? My hands started to ache as I the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.
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