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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, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces.” I , picking them up. later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I ,“Who is throwing garbage?” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper floating down from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.
“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re .” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.
He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and answers a question, especially when he’s ________ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies?” he asked, ________ around. Every time Paul five or more words together, my heart says a ________ of thanks. But lately he seems to ________ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are ________ of the effort.
Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to ________ them from the garbage, ________ them off and handed them to my young artist. “Want to see them ________ again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his ________ down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.
That day Paul ________ me to look up at ________ instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I’m too caught up in my ________ to take time to appreciate what’s right in front of me? ________ is not what happens to us. It’s how we look at it. Now, I look up.
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On the night of my birthday, I went with my mom to the nearest drug store to buy vitamins. Even though it was my birthday, I was feeling 11 and a bit lonely. Maybe I missed my dad who died four years ago, I just wanted him to be beside me that day.
On my way to the drug store, I was crying. When I arrived there, I cleaned my 12 up from the tears and tried to 13 when I ordered the vitamins my mom wanted to buy. While I was waiting, I looked around the building and I 14 sight of a beggar next to the door. She was with her son, a cute little boy. They were sitting on the street. Although it was in winter at the moment and I still felt 15 with my coat, I noticed that the child was just wearing an old T-shirt. I felt sorry for them. When I 16 for my vitamins, I glanced at them and had an idea. “Why don’t I contribute some of my smaller clothes to them? Today is my 17 .” I thought to myself. I had to 18 something with someone else that day. Yeah, I 19 that I had to do that. I went home in a hurry and I felt so excited as I looked for some of my smaller 20 .
At home, I told my mom my 21 and told her my idea. My mom 22 with me. I found a few clothes and went back to the drug store. When I got there, I didn’t hand the clothing over myself. I wanted it to be a 23 , so I asked someone to hand the clothes over, then I left. As I left, I 24 someone saying “thank you!” and I hoped it was for me.
On the road, my heart was full of 25 and warmth. I felt glad that I could share something on my birthday and that was a big gift for me.
A．happy B． sad C． glad D． delighted
A．hand B． cheek C． head D． shoulder
A．smile B． ask C． run D． cry
A．put B． caught C． kept D． held
A．warm B． cloudy C． cold D． hot
A．paid B． answered C． accounted D． applied
A．Sunday B． holiday C． Monday D． birthday
A．share B． discuss C． support D． send
A．expected B． managed C． failed D． decided
A． clothes B． books C． medicine D． caps
A． experience B． practice C． experiment D． discovery
A． discussed B． agreed C． argued D． debated
A． secret B． wonder C． news D． pride
A． touched B． heard C． smelt D． felt
A． sadness B． happiness C． coldness D． worry
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I decided to go for a 11 in the country. On the way back home，my car stopped. It was out of 12 on a lonely road far from a town. I decided to walk until I found someone who could 13 me a gallon（加仑） or two of petrol. I had 14 almost a mile before I finally found a big house near the road. I was 15 to see it because it was starting to get dark. I 16 at the door and a little old lady with long white hair answered. She said, “I have been 17 for you a long time. Come in. Tea is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some petrol.” I answered. I couldn’t 18 what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Petrol? You used to 19 tea.”
I quickly 20 that I needed some petrol, but she didn’t seem to hear me. She just kept calling me Alfred and talking about how long it had been since she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was 21 to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could. 22 , there was another house down the road and I was able to buy several gallons of petrol. When I told the man about my 23 . He said,“Oh, that is Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s 24 but she wouldn’t hurt anyone. She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago. The day before their 25 he left home and never came back because of the war.”
A．walk B．holiday C．drive D．picnic
A．work B．petrol C．order D．sight
A．buy B．borrow C．sell D．send
A．rested B．stopped C．stepped D．walked
A．amazed B．pleased C．surprised D．tired
A．beat B．stood C．knocked D．struck
A．waiting B．searching C．longing D．looking
A．order B．hear C．imagine D．remember
A．like B．have C．drink D．make
A．explained B．realized C．noticed D．discovered
A．excited B．anxious C．worried D．amazed
A．Fortunately B．Lately C．Immediately D．Personally
A．expression B．idea C．schedule D．experience
A．kind B．funny C．strange D．angry
A．marriage B．journey C．plan D．wedding
Below are some of the heart-warming scenes that I witnessed and heard from others after the earthquake and flood.
In the supermarket, where goods of all the shelves 36 , people were picking up things so quickly together, and then 37 standing in line to buy food. Instead of creating panic（恐慌）and _38 as much as possible, they bought as little as they 39 _.
When I was walking home, there was a lady 40 a sign that said, “Please use our toilet.” She was 41 her house for people to go to the restroom. I also saw an old lady at a bakery shop 42 free bread. They made my heart 43 _.
A boy was saved because he climbed up on top of the roof of a store during the flood. The flood 44 so suddenly that he just saw people below trying to climb onto the roof, but failed. They were 45 by the flood. To help others, he kept filming them 46 their loved ones could see.
A foreign friend told me that she was 47 to see a long queue form so neatly（整齐地）behind one public phone. Everyone waited 48 to use the phone though they must have been so eager to call their families.
The 49 was horrible（可怕的）! Only one car could move 50 at a green light. But everyone was driving so calmly. During the 10-hour 51 , which would only take 30 minutes 52 , I heard only one horn（喇叭）and that was of thank you.
When I was 53 at the platform（站台）, a homeless person gave me a piece of cardboard to sit on. Even though we usually 54 them in our daily life, they were ready to help us.
Through all of this, I felt 55 _. There is a bright future, on the other side of this disaster.
A．fell B．lay C．sank D．rose
A．noisily B．harmlessly C．quietly D．seriously
A．stealing B．buying C．making D．folding
A．earned B．needed C．saw D．afforded
A．watching B．selling C．destroying D．holding
A．locking B．building C．opening D．sparing
A．wiping out B．carrying out C．picking out D．giving out
A．warm B．cold C．broken D．closed
A．came B．got C．ran D．left
A．sent out B．knocked down C．brought out D．taken away
A．for B．or C．so D．but
A．excited B．surprised C．upset D．frightened
A．secretly B．patiently C．slowly D．proudly
A．traffic B．trade C．movement D．climate
A．around B．down C．up D．forward
A．walk B．run C．drive D．flight
A．necessarily B．basically C．normally D．certainly
A．waiting B．playing C．fighting D．hiding
A．respect B．ignore C．notice D．hate
A．glory B．help C．interest D．hope
Tolerance: Respect the difference in others
You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is also the place 36 you learn to get on well with people. But this is not 37 easy. What can you do 38 you just don’t like one of your classmates?
If you discover that you have problems 39 your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the 40 to realize and respect the 41 in others. We can not change the way that other people do, 42 it is important to learn to live happily with them.
Practicing tolerance will allow everyone to form better 43 with each other. Getting to know someone 44 help you understand why they do things 45 from you. It is important to remember that something different does not exactly mean that it is bad. 46 teaches us to keep an even (平和的) temper and open mind..
You need to 47 an old saying, “Treat others how you want 48 ”. You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is 49 to treat them with equal kindness. If you tolerate 50 it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to 51 who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you should be 52 of the differences in others and not try to make them change.
It is important to 53 tolerance, because it will make everyone’s lives easier. Learn to accept people for their different abilities and interests. The world is very 54 , and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make 55 .
A．which B．where C．that D．when
A．hardly B．seldom C．always D．already
A．unless B．since C．because D．if
A．getting along with B．making apologies to C．getting away from D．fleeing from
A．reflection B．benefit C．patience D．ability
A．characteristics B．thoughts C．things D．differences
A．so B．and C．but D．although
A．moods B．habits C．relationships D．feelings
A．must B．may C．should D．dare
A．fortunately B．easily C．differently D．attentively
A．Patience B．Experience C．Tolerance D．Kindness
A．keep in touch B．keep in mind C．keep up with D．keep away from
A．to treat B．being treated C．to be treated D．to be treating
A．attractive B．important C．possible D．interesting
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．change B．remind C．promise D．Decide
A．convenient B．respectful C．negative D．unselfish
A．stop B．cancel C．prevent D．practice
A．diverse B．same C．individual D．apparent
A．no difference B．an effect C．an apology D．a difference
Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further 1 by industry. If the rapid increase of world 2 continues at the present rate, there may be much greater 3 to human beings. Some scientists 4 of the increase in numbers of people as “population pollution（人口公害）”.
About 2, 000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million. It 5 a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now six billion. It is 6 to double by the year 2020. If the population7 to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the 8 a hundred years from now.
Man has been 9 the earth’s resources more and more 10 over the past years. Some of them are almost gone. Now many people believe that man’s 11 problem is how to control the 12 of the population. The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to 13 the human population if the present rate of increase continues. There is already over-crowding（过分拥挤）in many cities and 14 in some countries. Many people believe that human survival（生存） in the future 15 on the answer to the question.
A．progress B．pollution C．education D．production
A．agriculture B．industry C．environment D．population
A．danger B．harm C．benefit D．hardship
A．dream B．approve C．rid D．speak
A．got B．took C．brought D．reached
A．suggested B．hoped C．expected D．said
A．continues B．fails C．tries D．means
A．world B．country C．star D．end
A．discovering B．using C．digging D．destroying
A．seriously B．dangerously C．rapidly D．steadily
A．greatest B．easiest C．lightest D．simplest
A．existence B．start C．growth D．birth
A．increase B．decrease C．report D．support
A．discussion B．starvation C．construction D．argument
A．depends B．agrees C．saves D．passes