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。
In Florida for Thanksgiving, I was surfing the channel guide for CNN, hoping to find out whether a decision had been reached in the Michael Brown case (the case of a police officer who shot an unarmed teenager Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014). I said, looking at the television screen, “I hope they him.”
My mother’s tone pierced (刺破) the . “Why, why would you hope for that?” I exhaled （吐气）, knowing I was about to have uncomfortable conversation with my mother, the retired .
“He was unarmed, ma,” I said to her. “ he was a kid.”
To her, even if only for a moment, I was just another asshole (混蛋) on the street. I 46 it in her face, and it was terrible. She said , “You don’t know the whole story, you haven’t seen the evidence. Whether you like it or not, cops are innocent proven guilty too.” I stayed as she continued. “And he wasn’t a kid, he was . What if that was me facing Michael Brown? I wouldn’t have a chance.”
My5′8〞mother couldn’t have a 6′4〞man without a weapon. I would want her to pull out her gun and fire until she came home to me because that’s my mom and it’s my job to get crazy when I think of her in . Just like when I the man who slapped her in face and knocked her to the ground, bile (胆汁) rises in my throat.
This is my lived experience. I in a household where my mother and stepfather wore guns and . They always came home with ; some we could hear, and some in the kitchen. We gathered together at night with my two younger sisters to watch TV as a family: “Rescue 911,” “America’s Most Wanted,” “Law & Order,” all the 90s cops shows. We watched “Picket Fences” until the one where the cop killer got off, and my mother and I had our first uncomfortable conversation when I said he might be . After that, we had to boycott（联合抵制）the show.
A．forgive B．praise C．free D．accuse
A．soul B．air C．throat D．case
A．another B．any C．this D．that
A．cop B．justice C．housewife D．lawyer
A．But B．So C．And D．Yet
A．watched B．touched C．saw D．felt
A．naturally B．seriously C．mildly D．anxiously
A．if B．when C．though D．until
A．easy B．awake C．sleepy D．quiet
A．enormous B．typical C．energetic D．troublesome
A．made B．given C．missed D．stood
A．Calmed down B．taken down C．let down D．fallen down
A．tears B．despair C．danger D．vain
A．picture B．mirror C．shape D．draw
A．was born B．was adopted C．brought up D．grew up
A．radios B．glasses C．watches D．earphones
A．gifts B．stories C．snacks D．shows
A．delivered B．enjoyed C．tasted D．whispered
A．adventure B．accident C．incident D．contradiction
A．lucky B．innocent C．flexible D．ridiculous
“Dad, I am coming back．”These five words my world．
My daughter, Amy, had home seven years before to live in San Francisco．Over the years, we had talked the phone, written letters, and spent together during her infrequent trips back ．Whenever she came home, however, there was always a between us．Because of my work, I had been under a great deal of when she was growing up, and I would occasionally blow off steam．Amy was a little of me．
It was late October when Amy arrived．Almost immediately, we got into a(n) over some minor problem．I became worried I couldn’t living with her．I had accepted an early retirement incentive(刺激) would often be home a great deal．Amy would also be there as a freelance writer(自由撰稿人) for a publishing company in California．
Amy arrived, I had begun writing a book about my job experience．I knew the manuscript （手稿）needed much ．Amy agreed to help me, and we set up a weekly meeting in which we her suggested changes．It was for me in the beginning because it was hard to accept that my work was perfect．Week after week, she skillfully helped me to my work．
Through my writing, she began to understand I was under so much strain（压力）when she was a little girl．Also, I was told she the pain of dealing with depression．
Amy said to me one morning,” Your book has my life．I was wandering if my existence is ．Helping you with your manuscript has been my anchor（精神支柱） over the last six months．”
“Amy, you have inspired me with a great love of writing, and an even greater love of a fantastic editor, who just to be my daughter” I answered．
A．entered B．changed C．enriched D．impressed
A．betrayed B．returned C．removed D．left
A．in B．by C．on D．with
A．tension B．talk C．conference D．party
A．protection B．pressure C．passion D．imagination
A．fond B．tired C．afraid D．proud
A．agreement B．research C．trouble D．conflict
A．consider B．suggest C．handle D．mind
A．treating B．working C．acting D．regarding
A．Until B．When C．Before D．Since
A．editing B．adapting C．questioning D．designing
A．took over B．got over C．handed over D．went over
A．convenient B．rough C．abnormal D．amazing
A．far from B．much too C．more than D．no more
A．complete B．publish C．improve D．criticize
A．what B．how C．whether D．why
A．got rid of B．suffered from C．felt like D．cared for
A．saved B．defined C．witness D．touched
A．doubtful B．certain C．realistic D．worthwhile
A．proves B．hopes C．happens D．seems
"First of all…so unexpected, it's something I never thought I would receive…it really touches me. It's made me very ."
Born in the suburbs of Paris in 1945, Patrick Modiano began to write in his . His first book "La Place de l'etoile" was published in 1968.
Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of Swedish Academy, explains why they Modiano for this year's prize.
"He writes about very interesting and general , he is writing about time, memory, identity, he is doing it in a very refined（有教养的） and way, he is doing it in a pretty way, he has very very precise style."
Englund also says Modiano's writing style is to that of other Nobel laureates(诺贝尔得主), China's Mo Yan.
"The same thing as Mo Yan, and Alice Munro, they are very much connected to places, Mo Yan with Shandong, and Alice Munro about her part of Canada, that is a very explainable paradox（自相矛盾的人或事） for an very general, they are often connected to the place."
The city of Paris plays in Modiano's works.
Englund says his reflects a different time for the readers in the French capital.
"I say he gives us help to understand the intricacies（纷繁难懂之处） of how difficult it is to reach back and understand versions of yourself and to understand happens 30 years ago, the problems with understanding but at the same time you can't from it, you must try to reach out time and understand yourself and understand what happened."
This year's Nobel Peace Prize is be announced later on this Friday in Oslo, Norway.
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When we read newspapers, we often come across such English words as “AIDS” and “PK.” When we watch TV, we hear words like “NBA” or “PM2.5.” we speak, we automatically use words like “OUT” or “Bye-bye.” English words and expressions like these popular . They have already become part of our daily . And 239 English words have been included in the latest Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese.
The inclusion has started a discussion. A group of scholars a letter of complaint over the inclusion of these English words, which, they think, goes Chinese language policies. They not only worry that Chinese is an increasing number of English words but are also concerned that the may hurt the dignity of the Chinese language. However, others are in of the inclusion because it is hard to say whether it will threaten the Chinese language. They believe the selection is mostly a result of their function and use in daily life.
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He walked into the city lost in his own thoughts. His eyes seemed to travel the kingdom of unknown. A childlike smile played on his lips. Though he had nothing, he to be the king of himself.
The first time people him, they were attracted! Some elderly people him. "Stranger," they said, "where are you from, and who are the so lucky to have a son like you?" He the loveliest smile they had ever seen and replied to satisfy their , "I am not special but one you."
"But you are very much unlike us, stranger. You have a face, noble behavior, and the eyes full of the joy of your soul. All the facts make you among all of us. can you be one of us?"
He said, "Still I what I have said just now. I am else but one of you. You can’t me because of the limitations of yourselves. I am the dreamer in you; the dreamer who doesn’t let the world of difficulties steal his ; who doesn’t allow the lack of resources to reduce his dreams. I, , speak to myself time and again that my dreams are big and my resources are enough to realize all of them. Thus I am not like you in face of cruel realities."
And they delightfully, as if somebody was playing a sweet note(曲子) into their ears. The note lasted for a long time, and when they came back to the and looked around, they found the man had left. Only his rang around, "Be a dreamer, for you are what your dreams are."
And they said to each other, "yeah, he was none else but the dreamer in us."
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It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was ____. I was singing quietly along____ the song playing on the radio. The road was clear. I slowly started to make a right turn ____uddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came straight at me. I stomped on the ____ of my car to kill the engine in the process. The speeder drove past my dead car____me by inches without even slowing down.
Before I knew it, a stream of rude words was____from my lips, chasing after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring at me ____. With a red face and a (an) ____smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.
Later that evening I heard certain unpleasant words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the ____ over and over in his mind. Too late I ____the power of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of ____. It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the _____ of that incident.
That mistake, however, did teach me just how____ words can be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing in my own life and to start using encouraging and ____words instead. I slowly realized that the language is a gift from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I also learned that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, ____ a struggling spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.
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