完形填空。阅读下面短文，从31-50各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My son, Sam, struggled through elementary school. But his sixth-grade teacher took the time to ____ Sam’s strengths and inspired him to be a better student.
On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam ____ me to allow him to buy his teacher a big red heart filled with delectable(美味的) chocolates. We ____, and he bought her a small but respectably sized heart. On his small ____, $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his____.
Sam has not always loved teachers. Once he publicly admitted that he ____ school, and he was ____ with some class projects.
Last year, Sam’s most ____ achievement was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the entire fifth grade. He ____ all year to keep his head above the academic sea. Many nights Sam sank into tears of ____ while working his way through another pile of homework.
I must admit I was ____ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a ____ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to ____ a boy who had learned to hate school?
As I observed this teacher’s ____ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization were not the ____ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed about him. She recognized Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He, in return, rose to her expectations ____.
Sam began to do his homework without numerous ____ or a major search through his crowded backpack. He brought home less and less classwork. He ____ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.
I still don’t know how much of this ____is due to the magic of Mrs. Hogan. I do know that my son loves his sixth–grade teacher, and I think there is a magic in relationships that can ____ children when nothing else will.
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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。
My mother-in-law passed away when she was 76. My wife and I drove to ________ her belongings, deciding what to keep, give away or throw out. Nettie lived on little all her life, ________ we expected no hidden fortunes, but we were ________ .
In early spring every year, Nettie would make a(n) ________ . “I’m making the Easter pies,” she would say, “so nobody should bother me.” Nettie wrapped the pies and labeled each for the intended ________. Her doorbell would start ringing at noon as relatives came to ________ this family present.
In the fridge, my wife and I ________ some pies and looked at each other in ________ , saying nothing. Then we ________ the pies one by one and put them in a plastic bag. We left her apartment for the last time, ________ holding the pies.
That night, as we ________ at the table for dinner with our children in our home, my wife ________ us the pies. I’d eaten my mother-in-law’s pies for more than 20 years, and they ________ tasted good. But this time the pies tasted better than ever. With each ________ I remembered everything Nettie had meant to all of us over the years---how she had ________ her daughter as a single mother and loved her grandchildren. I could actually taste her kind and ________ spirit.
Afterwards, my wife pointed towards one last pie labeled “Nettie”. “I’m saving this one, ”she said. There Nettie’s ________ remains, untouched, unseen, but never ________ . Other families leave behind ________ stuff such as jewelry, but Nettie left us her simple pie. That single pie will be our heirloom（传家宝）and ________ our hearts forever.
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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。
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I ________ a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a ________ moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of ________ for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they ________ their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious (有自我意识的), and ________ he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer ________ my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to ________ them but I still needed to write them, I ________ until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move ________ for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, ________ two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and ________ , becoming a technical worker in Sacramento. ________ short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was________ happy to have Marc back. Since I was ________ making lunch for his younger brother, I ________ one for Marc, too. Imagine my ________ when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, ________ his lunch.
“Did I do something ________ ? Don’t you love me ________ , Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I ________ asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had ________ finding the keyhole. When I _______ to open the door, I _______ around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was_______ installed... but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered _______ a lamp by the bed when I laid my luggage _______ in the day. I found the bed in the _______ and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing _______ ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the_______ to find another lamp. So I _______ my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around _______ I found a desk lamp which actually _______!
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world _______ be and how necessary light is! But even more necessary than _______ light is the light that shines from people — the light of _______ and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and _______ place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in _______ of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you _______ may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is _______ a candle in a forest remember — there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to _______ the light of one small candle.
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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。
The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. 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 to connect 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 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 (病毒). 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 in hospital 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 ________ frightened 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 said. “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. She ________ all of her missed homework, 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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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was looking at a picture recently and noticed there was something different. The frame was ________ . The overall picture still looked good but I couldn’t ________ whether or not changing the frame would make it better.
From this an interesting ________ came to mind. At times when I was ________ I would spend money on clothes. Maybe I spend it on other things as well.
Because I have a love for ________ , I thought I would feel good. However, the feeling was always ________ . Why? Because doing this didn’t ________ the real issue. What I needed to do was to pay attention to what was bothering me on the inside ________ trying to cover up my problems by making changes on the outside. I was changing the frame but the picture on the ________ was still the same.
We may change the ________ of our hair or even buy new clothes. There is nothing wrong with doing this ________ , but if it is being done for the wrong reasons, it may not ________ to how we really feel. If you ________ there is something wrong, try to change that; this way you will truly feel better on the inside. ________ time with family, having a conversation with a friend, or even letting your pen write your innermost feelings can ________ . Eventually, you will get true peace and joy inside. This way, not only will you be better able to ________ your life but also display colorful images of love for others.
So________ necessary, don’t just change the frame. Change the picture. Getting a new picture may be ________ and may take time; however, with ________ it can be accomplished. In the end, playing your part in building a ________ of even more fine art in this world would be worth it!
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