阅读下面短文，从短文后面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。
Dawson was an old grouch (脾气坏的人), which everyone in town knew. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious , even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Jane and her friend Amy were on the way to Amy’s house, but as they got close Jane saw Dawson sitting on his front porch (前廊) and they cross over to the other side of the street. She was of the old man because of the stories she’d heard about him.
Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. , Jane was growing more nervous with each step to the man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown (皱眉), but when he saw Amy, a broad changed his entire face as he said, “Hello, Miss Amy. You’ve got a little friend with you today.”
Amy smiled back and told him Jane was staying overnight and that they were going to play games. Dawson said that sounded fun, and them each a fresh apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town.
When they got Dawson’s earshot (听力范围), Jane asked, “Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town. he was so nice to us?”
Amy explained that at first he wasn’t friendly and she was afraid of him, but she he was wearing an invisible (看不见的) smile, so she always smiled at him. It took a while, but one day he -smiled back at her.
After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started to her. Just a “hello” at first, then more, and now always plus an apple.
“An invisible smile?” Jane.
“Yes. My grandma said if I pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back, sooner or later he would really smile. Grandma says are contagious (传染的).”
We’re always trying to accomplish so much, getting groceries, cleaning the house, mowing the lawn… It’s so easy to get in everyday life that we forget how it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile away so little effort and time. Let’s make sure that we are not the one that have to pretend is wearing an invisible smile.
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People in communities have slowly been pushed apart over the years，mostly because people simply aren’t taking the time to say a simple “hello”．After considering this phenomenon，I decided I was going to the way I was doing things．
My came one morning when I was in the community library . I passed by a girt who her books out of her locker(夹子）．Thinking like most that someone else would help her pick them up，I continued my way．However，when I had to because I stupidly forgot my book，I noticed she had just finished packing them up by herself．No one had stopped to her．
“OK，”I thought to myself，“this is where I should have changed．”
My best opportunity came a few days later when I saw a man by himself waiting for the library to open, so I sat down next to him and began a ．It was difficult to get started，and even when I had to say goodbye，almost every from my new friend had a tone(语气)of doubt in it．And who could blame him?
People aren’t used to making an chat with a stranger．But a change，no matter how it is needed，doesn’t just happen．It takes people like us to make it possible．I you to take a small step out of your comfort zone and try to make someone’s day a little brighter. Together，we can really make society come as a whole．
A．change B．explain C．1earn D．show
A．trouble B．doubt C．wish D．opportunity
A．took B．dropped C．got D．pulled
A．go back B．stand by C．come out D．turn up
A．please B．greet C．help D．praise
A．sitting B．walking C．riding D．running
A．discussion B．lesson C．report D．conversation
A．joke B．cry C．response D．story
A．unchangeable B．Unprepared C．unforgettable D．unfinished
A．desperately B．frequently C．simply D．widely
A．allow B．warn C．order D．advise
A．1ater B．straighter C．closer D．Slower
From my second grade on，there was one event I feared every year：the piano recital(独奏会)．A recital____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers．Each year I___ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”．And each year he’d shake his head，muttering(嘀咕) about building self-confidence and working towards a ．
So it was with really great that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt rising to play the piano in his very first recital．
My father had longed to play music since childhood，but his family was poor and couldn’t lessons．He could have gone on regretting it， too many of us do．But though he was rooted in his past，he wasn’t there．When he retired three years ago，he his church music director to take him as a student．
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard，he stared down at his fingers．
Has he forgotten the ? I worried，remembering those split seconds ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would ．But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the fingers that once baited(装饵于)my fishing lines．And I he had been doing what music teachers always stress： the music and pretend the others aren’t there．
“I'm of him for starting something new at his age，”I said to my son Jeff．
“Yeah，and doing it so ，”Jeff added．
With his first recital，my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago．
A．reflected B．explained C．meant D．proved
A．would B．could C．might D．should
A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．something
A．goal B．stage C．journey D．chance
A．trouble B．satisfaction C．strength D．disappointment
A．kept B．sent C．watched D．felt
A．through B．from C．against D．before
A．miss B．afford C．select D．understand
A．as B．once C．if D．while
A．educated B．protected C．stuck D．spoiled
A．allowed B．invited C．inspired D．persuaded
A．roughly B．simply C．merrily D．curiously
A．words B．videos C．notes D．lessons
A．decades B．weeks C．hours D．moments
A．play B．freeze C．click D．adjust
A．same B．warm C．different D．dirty
A．predicted B．realized C．imagined D．insisted
A．pass over B．turn up C．concentrate on D．bring in
A．ashamed B．aware C．tired D．proud
A．casually B．anxiously C．nicely D．frequently
About 20 years ago, I was lucky to teach a disabled young woman named Audrey. Not only was she good at math and science, but she was also very in art. She could draw and paint beautifully. When Audrey graduated from university, she got two , one in fine arts and one in chemistry. Not too many people do well in two such areas of study. 根据上文：one in fine arts and one in chemistry.
Just before her high school graduation, Audrey me a wonderful gift. It was a watercolour painting of a mother and her baby. A tear from the mother’s eye as she looked at her child. Under the painting, Audrey had these words: “The deep love from Mother, me, touches another.” What a beautiful gift! I had the piece of art framed and in my office.
Years passed with many from one office to another and I the painting. Last year, after about eight years of not knowing where it was, I a phone call from a former colleague who said she had of mine. It was the picture Audrey had painted for me 18 years earlier. When cleaning out a storage room, she had my gift.
I was struck that the gift came back. I knew Audrey very well. When she was four years old, Audrey had a serious . What’s worse, her father left the house. It was her mother who brought her up with much trouble. She it but was disabled.
To , it is just a painting, but to me it shows how a mother’s love has helped a talent and how its pushes me ahead.
A．interested B．talented C．buried D．absorbed
A．degrees B．choice C．chances D．jobs
A．similar B．distinguishing C．different D．scientific
A．gave B．promised C．afforded D．presented
A．sank B．flooded C．escaped D．fell
A．quietly B．lovingly C．warmly D．gently
A．described B．marked C．written D．signed
A．past B．on C．with D．through
A．hung B．decorated C．painted D．added
A．migrations B．moves C．turns D．circles
A．left B．forgot C．lost D．ignored
A．accepted B．made C．dialed D．received
A．something B．books C．gifts D．letters
A．searched B．discovered C．observed D．touched
A．ancient B．colorful C．precious D．abstract
A．symptom B．fault C．heart D．disease
A．survived B．recovered C．struggled D．managed
A．someone else B．anyone else C．everyone else D．nobody else
A．encourage B．become C．develop D．practise
A．energy B．force C．strength D．power
A noted American psychologist once remarked that childhood is a magical period in one’s life. Indeed it is, for during one undergoes a step-by-step transformation not only in capacity, but also in physical and verbal skills. Each step an increase in the difficulty of a child’s conceptual and learning abilities. During the early stages of childhood, from infancy to about five, the child learns simple skills including using the toilet, bathing and dressing himself . At this stage, he also learns to be very observant, curious, and creative. His ability to remember things also at this stage. He remembers details that an adult may have difficulty in remembering. , he learns elementary skills in problem-solving. At school, particular in classes, the child is especially creative. Given a piece of paper and some colored pencils, he draws a variety of from his surroundings as well as from his circle. It is not surprising to see a child draw a monster to represent an abusive father, and an _____ to represent a loving and caring mother.
As he graduates to the later stages of childhood bordering on the years, the child learns the complexity of human relations and socialization by with his peers—his friends and schoolmates. He also learns to with new life situations, including dates and part-time work. Given a tight schedule of schoolwork, the child learns to prepare his own schedules of work and play; the more practical and less serious ones manage to take time out of their schedules of assignments, reports and tests and examinations to go with their friends on relaxation entertainment.
A．adolescence B．adulthood C．childhood D．infancy
A．spiritual B．magical C．practical D．mental
A．signals B．presents C．prevents D．signs
A．willingly B．excitedly C．confidently D．independently
A．optimistic B．imaginative C．able D．studious
A．increases B．develops C．declines D．strengthens
A．Gradually B．Fortunately C．Unexpectedly D．Undoubtedly
A．music B．chemistry C．art D．biology
A．pictures B．images C．reflections D．buildings
A．school B．family C．teacher D．friend
A．beauty B．actress C．witches D．angel
A．infancy B．adulthood C．teenage D．aged
A．competing B．fighting C．interacting D．learning
A．experiment B．agree C．withdraw D．concern
A．ambitious B．original C．daily D．busy
“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When the baby was placed in her arms, she was . The baby had been born without ears. Time that the baby’s hearing was perfect. It was only his that was damaged. When he rushed home from school one day and himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, that he would have many heartbreaks in his life. He grew up and became a(n) with his classmates. He might have been class president, but for that. The boy’s father with the family physician in secret. “Could be done?” the father asked. “I believed I could on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got.” the doctor answered. So the began for a person who would make such a for a young man. Two years went by. Then the father said, “You are going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need. it’s a secret,” said the father. The operation was very , and a new person appeared. “But I must know!” he urged his father. “Who so much to me? I could never do enough for him.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father. The secret was for years till he stood with his father over his mother’s coffin(棺材). Slowly and , his father raised his mother’s thick brown hair to that his mother had no outer ears. “Mother said she was she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought she was less , did they?”
A．angry B．disappointed C．surprised D．curious
A．proved B．seemed C．told D．saw
A．figure B．face C．ear D．appearance
A．got B．put C．sent D．took
A．knowing B．guessing C．doubting D．wondering
A．enemy B．stranger C．favorite D．friend
A．ever B．also C．even D．still
A．asked B．spoke C．chatted D．said
A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
A．transplant B．operate C．set D．fix
A．operation B．search C．interview D．examination
A．devotion B．effort C．sacrifice D．contribution
A．Therefore B．But C．Though D．Otherwise
A．normal B．useful C．difficult D．successful
A．changed B．worked C．gave D．did
A．discussed B．hidden C．spread D．kept
A．carefully B．sadly C．excitedly D．tenderly
A．see B．find C．show D．tell
A．proud B．glad C．worried D．regretful
A．beautiful B．ugly C．respectable D．fashionable