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。
The first couple of weeks in my writing classes are always a bit unsettling.I’m unfamiliar________ the students, most of them trying to________ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer ________ me with a question on the second day, I was________ for the chance toconnect at least one name with a face.
Her writing wasn’t perfect, ________ her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to ________, which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t ________ then how much she would also teach me.
One Friday afternoon, Jennifer ________ after class. She wasn’t clarifying anassignment or asking a question about a paper I’d returned. ________, she said quietly:“I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.”I gave her a sideways look, ________.“It was just a virus.I’m fine now,” she ________ me. Then she was gone.
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be ________ a few classes. She had been hospitalized with meningitis(脑膜炎). I________ him again a few days later, and again after that.Her condition grew worse. We made trips to the hospital room. I was ________ terrified when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who,only ten days earlier, had displayed life and ________ in my classroom.
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to ________ .“I’ll be back,” she insisted. “I have no ________ ,”I told her, fighting back tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “School________ everything to Jenny.”
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, smiling. I caught my breath as her rail-thin body approached my desk,and she ________ all of her missed assignments, completed with thought and excellence. The ________ of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.
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I was listening to the radio while 1 was driving home from coaching basketball yesterday. I could tell right away that there was something 41 by the mood of the speaker. There had been a plane crash. What made the 42 even more tragic was that Bob Collins，the morning show man, was among those who had been killed. Throughout my 40-minute 43 , I listened as sincere love and affection from the audience 44 .The more I listened about how this man had influenced those around him, the more 45 I became.
That was because I wanted to know 46 we as a culture, wait until somebody has passed away before we tell them how much they 47 to us? Why do we wait until it is too late before we 48 someone up after they have died? Yes，49 memory after memory about someone's good 50 does help us cope with the sadness of losing someone special to us. But as we 51 remember this person, our words fall short of the ears that most need to hear 52 .
Just once, 53 a gathering of death，1 would like to see a celebration of life, 54 stories are told, tears fall down，laughter rings out；and as the speaker 55 his or her loving tribute(颂词), the person they are 56 rises from the chair and gives them a 57 hug! Wouldn’t that be 58 !
Life is too short to leave kind words 59 . How I wish that when the unavoidable funeral finally comes，we could say 60 with the knowledge that they knew exactly how people felt about them while they were here on earth.
A．important B．wrong C．pleasant D．unnoticed
A．speaker B．radio C．station D．story
A．drive B．silence C．ride D．tour
A．poured in B．grew up C．broke out D．got through
A．determined B．delighted C．discouraged D．devoted
A．what B．that C．if D．why
A．impress B．love C．mean D．affect
A．bring B．build C．pick D．bury
A．recovering B．showing C．sharing D．losing
A．qualities B．manners C．records D．attitudes
A．barely B．lovingly C．suddenly D．finally
A．him B．them C．it D．us
A．as for B．apart from C．except for D．instead of
A．where B．because C．whether D．which
A．mentions B．writes C．pays D．ends
A．staring B．listening C．honoring D．talking
A．tight B．quick C．cold D．necessary
A．anything B．nothing C．everything D．something
A．untouched B．unsaid C．unfinished D．unpacked
A．hello B．sorry C．goodbye D．thanks
When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been__36__. Like most English children I learned French __37_ school and I had often been to France, so I _38_ speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand_39. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to_40__ a nice easy holiday without any __41__ problems.
_42 wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__43 telephone to give my American friend Danny a _44_ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked__45__ he could help me. “ Yes,” I said, “ I want to give my friend a ring.” “ Well, that’s__46__,” he exclaimed. “ Are you getting47_? But aren’t you a bit _48__?” “ Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “ I __49_want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me _50__there’s a phone box, please?” “ Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we _51__meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many_52__at first. There are lots of words which the Americans__53__differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to _54__funny things they say. Most of the__55__British and American people understand each other!”
A．out B．away C．outside D．abroad
A．from B．during C．at D．after
A．get used to B．was used to C．used to D．used
A．English B．French C．Russian D．Latin
A．buying B．having C．giving D．receiving
A．time B．human C．language D．money
A．Too B．What a C．What D．How
A．cheap B．popular C．public D．good
A．letter B．ring C．news D．information
A．that B．if C．where D．when
A．well B．over C．nice D．ring
A．to marry B．to be married C．marrying D．married
A．small B．little C．old D．young
A．very B．just C．just now D．so
A．where B．which C．over where D．that
A．did B．do C．can D．had
A．trouble B．difficulties C．things D．fun
A．write B．speak C．use D．read
A．every B．each C．any D．all the
A．chance B．situation C．condition D．time
Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it． From a distance，each horse looks like any horse． But if you get closer, you will 36 something quite interesting ——one of the horses is 37 ．
His owner has chosen not to have him put down（杀死）, 38 has made him a safe and comfortable barn（马棚） to 39 ．This is pretty amazing． But if you stand nearby and listen，you will hear the sound of a 40 ．It is coming from a smaller horse in the field． 41 to the horse is a small bell． It42 the blind friend know where the other horse is，so he can 43 ．
As you stand and watch these two friends you'll see that the horse with the bell is always 44 the blind horse，and that the blind horse will 45 for the bell and then slowly walk to where the other horse is，trusting he will not be led the 46 way．
When the horse with the bell returns to the shelter of the 47 each evening, he will stop 48 to look back，making sure that the blind friend isn't too 49 behind to hear the bell．
Like the owner of these two horses，the kind people around us do not 50 us away just because we are not perfect or because we have 51 ．Sometimes we are the blind horse，being 52 by the little ringing bell of those who come to 53 us． And we are the guide horse 54 other times, helping others to find their 55 ．
A．doubt B．notice C．decide D．recognize
A．strong B．deaf C．blind D．lamb
A．so B．because C．but D．as
A．leave out B．let out C．decide on D．live in
A．drum B．trumpet C．bell D．violin
A．Added B．Attached C．Turned D．Applied
A．watches B．feels C．lets D．finds
A．follow B．smell C．drive D．instruct
A．getting off B．leaving out C．checking on D．breaking down
A．answer B．listen C．blame D．account
A．high B．wide C．wrong D．crowded
A．barn B．hotel C．camp D．garage
A．suddenly B．occasionally C．slightly D．quickly
A．high B．deep C．wide D．far
A．put B．throw C．burn D．blow
A．fames B．houses C．problems D．treasures
A．cheated B．punished C．guided D．taken
A．beat B．teach C．help D．change
A．on B．at C．over D．among
A．job B．knowledge C．justice D．way
A man worked in a post office. His job was to handle all 36 that had unclear addresses. One day he came across a letter which was 37 to God. He opened it and it 38 , "Dear God, I am an 83-year-old woman and I live on a very small pension (养老金). Yesterday someone stole my 39 . There was a hundred dollars in it, which was all the money I had 40 until my next pension comes. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, and I have invited my last two friends for 41 . Without that money, I have 42 to buy food with. I have no family to 43 , and you are my only 44 . Can you please help me?" The man was 45 , and went around showing the letter to all the other workers. Each of them 46 their wallets and donated a few dollars. By the time he 47 his showing, he had collected 96 dollars. 48 then he sent it to the old woman. Thanksgiving Day came and went. The workers 49 forgot about it. Then one day, there came another letter from the old lady to God. All the50 gathered around when the letter was 51 . It read, "Dear God, how can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your kindness, I was able to 52 a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very 53 day, and I told my friends about your 54 gift. Thank you very much!" Seeing this, all the workers felt 55 with the nice thing they had done. They looked into each other’s eyes and smiled.
A．stamps B．money C．mail D．postcards
A．spoken B．written C．recorded D．pointed
A．noticed B．talked C．read D．told
A．clothes B．purse C．house D．food
A．borrowed B．wished C．paid D．left
A．dinner B．fun C．business D．picnic
A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything
A．live in B．live on C．turn to D．turn back
A．family B．hope C．friend D．partner
A．excited B．amazed C．surprised D．moved
A．gained B．earned C．searched D．explored
A．finished B．planned C．started D．toured
A．Or B．As C．And D．But
A．gradually B．usually C．especially D．easily
A．friends B．workers C．officers D．guests
A．sent B．replied C．accepted D．opened
A．bring B．choose C．prepare D．enjoy
A．nice B．strange C．common D．formal
A．traditional B．wonderful C．expensive D．extra
A．annoyed B．confident C．pleased D．hopeful
Around twenty years ago I was living in York. 31 I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find 32 work.
I was 33 a school bus to make ends meet and 34 with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had 35 five interviews(面试)with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not 36 the job. “Why has my life become so 37 ?” I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to 38 a little girl, she handed me an earring 39 I should keep it 40 somebody claimed(认领)it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it 41 me-I had been giving all of my 42 to what was going wrong with my 43 rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a 44 of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to 45 more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for 46 from a lady who was a director at a large 47 . She asked me if I would 48 a one-day lecture on stress(压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My 49 there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of 50 that I completely changed my life.
A．As B．Though C．If D．When
A．successful B．extra C．satisfying D．convenient
A．driving B．repairing C．taking D．designing
A．working B．travelling C．discussing D．living
A．prepared for B．attended C．asked for D．held
A．lose B．like C．find D．get
A．hard B．busy C．serious D．short
A．wave at B．drop off C．call on D．look for
A．ordering B．promising C．saying D．showing
A．in case B．or else C．as if D．now that
A．hurt B．hit C．caught D．moved
A．feelings B．attention C．strength D．interests
A．opinions B．education C．experiences D．life
A．list B．book C．check D．copy
A．connect B．turn C．keep D．add
A．her B．a passenger C．me D．my friend
A．hospital B．factory C．restaurant D．hotel
A．listen to B．review C．give D．talk about
A．plan B．choice C．day D．tour
A．operation B．speaking C．employment D．thinking