For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5?30 a. m., except Sunday, and went to work.I__1__
saw my father home from work ill.He had no hobbies, __2__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __3__I left home for college, my father__4__me every Sunday at 9?00 a. m..He was
always interested in my__5__, or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__6__about his
lot (生活状况) in life.The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__7__my first house, my father,67 years old, spent three days__8__my house.
He would not__9__me to pay someone to have it done.All he __10__was a cup of tea, a paint brush
and to talk to him.But I was too__11__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__12__to hold
the brush, or talk to my father.__13__things hap pened several times later.
The morning on Sunday.January 16,1996, my father telephoned me__14__, this time from my sister"s
home in Florida.But the__15__came again at 4?40 p. m.that day.My father was in the__16__in Fl orida
with an aneurysm (动脉瘤). I got on an airplane__17__, and on the way, I__18__of all the times I had
not taken the time to talk to my father.I determined that when I arrived, I would__19__for the lost time,
and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11?30 p. m., my father had__20__at 9?12 p. m..This time it was he who did
not have time to talk, or to wait for me. |
( )1. A. ever
( )2. A. other than
( )3. A. because
( )4. A. visited
( )5. A. work
( )6. A. worry
( )7. A. built
( )8. A. repairing
( )9. A. teach
( )10．A. asked
( )11. A. smart
( )12．A. practice
( )13．A. Different
( )14．A. as usual
( )15．A. call
( )16．A. church
( )17．A. immediately
( )18．A. heard
( )19．A. take up
( )20．A. started out | B. never
B. rather than
B. before
B. praised
B. life
B. care
B. found
B. painting
B. advise
B. kept
B. upset
B. task
B. Similar
B. in pain
B. moment
B. school
B. happily
B. spoke
B. make up
B. given in | C. always
C. more than
C. although
C. telephoned
C. study
C. talk
C. purchased
C. cleaning
C. force
C. ordered
C. busy
C. tea
C. Funny
C. casually
C. situation
C. home
C. gradually
C. thought
C. turn up
C. passed away | D. often
D. or rather
D. since
D. met
D. plan
D. look
D. sold
D. decorating
D. allow
D. served
D. tired
D. time
D. Strange
D. finally
D. scene
D. hospital
D. carefully
D. demanded
D. put up
D. come back |
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| 完形填空 | I was on my lunch break in the city, enjoying a salad at an outdoor cafe, when a shabby homeless
lady came walking towards me.She was yelling and __1__ everyone who walked past her for spare
__2__ and she looked like a mess.My __3__reaction was fear...to close off and hope she didn"t come
near me, but she did.I was on  the phone and when she __4__yelling, I said, "I"m on the phone, " in the
nicest way I could, assuring myself what she needed was a lesson in __5__.She walked away, mumbling (自言自语), "I"m __6__you.I"m sorry, I"m sorry.I"ll leave." And she turned the corner.__7__, I would
feel relieved or satisfied, but something in me couldn"t __8__.Without another thought, I looked in my
__9__for the spare change I had.Even I started searching through my entire purse, the pockets,
everything-for all of the change I could __10__find to give.
I got up and walked towards this lady and gave her all I __11__.She held my hand and said, "Thank
you!" Her hand was __12__and dirty, but I didn"t mind __13__her hand.I wanted to be there for her for
some reason, when normally I would __14__the other way.She looked at me and said, "Will you touch
my face?" And for some reason, I did.I put my hand on her cheek and she started to __15__.I could
__16__it was as if she had not been touched by a loving, soft hand in ages,
__17__, and so I held it there, trying to __18__her with my heart open.It was powerful.She thanked me
and walked away quietly.And I walked away with an open heart, trying to__19__sense of what had just
happened.It changed something in me and has made me want to be a __20__person to the people I meet during my day. | ( )1. A. greeting
( )2. A. change
( )3. A. usual
( )4. A. came across
( )5. A. attitude
( )6. A. calling
( )7. A. Fortunately
( )8. A. rest
( )9. A. car
( )10. A. necessarily
( )11. A. earned
( )12. A. soft
( )13. A. washing
( )14. A. lead
( )15. A. cry
( )16. A. expect
( )17. A. if necessary
( )18. A. persuade
( )19. A. take
( )20. A. kinder | B. praising
B. room
B. instant
B. came out
B. trouble
B. hurting
B. Normally
B. appear
B. table
B. possibly
B. searched
B. rough
B. waving
B. set
B. laugh
B. sense
B. if any
B. comfort
B. get
B. richer | C. applying
C. clothes
C. last
C. came over
C. practice
C. annoying
C. Luckily
C. enjoy
C. wallet
C. deliberately
C. found
C. large
C. wiping
C. turn
C. yell
C. know
C. if so
C. entertain
C. catch
C. wiser | D. begging
D. food
D. general
D. came through
D. manners
D. abusing
D. Unfortunately
D. exist
D. seat
D. certainly
D. made
D. neat
D. holding
D. show
D. shout
D. learn
D. if ever
D. amuse
D. make
D. happier | | 阅读理解 | In 1970, tragedy struck the Gerstman family when Harvey and Carol Gerstman"s daughter, Lisa
Beth, was killed in a summer camp bus accident.Because camp had been such a joy in Lisa Beth"s life,
the Gerstmans wanted to start a foundation in her name.They wanted to bring that same summer camp
joy Lisa Beth felt to other children.When Lisa Beth"s brother, Dan, heard the Cross Island YMCA
(CIYMCA) was looking for funds to help send physically disabled children  to summer camp, he knew
it was the perfect way to keep Lisa Beth"s memory alive.
Dan soon learned that many disabled children spent the summer indoors while their ablebodied peers
enjoyed camp.The added costs of onetoone care and specialized busing for the disabled children
prevented them from being able to join in summer camp.The Gerstman family responded to this need by
setting up the Lisa Beth Gerstman Foundation in 2003.Its mission (使命) is to provide children with
physical disabilities the opportunity to attend camps in an integrated (综合的) setting.
During its first summer, the foundation teamed up with CIYMCA and funded 20 physically disabled
kids with varying degrees of disabilities.The children were given the opportunity to experience the joys
of summer camp, build lasting friendships and develop their selfconfidence .
Over the last five years, the Lisa Beth Gerstman Foundation has been partnering with camps that are
willing to launch (发起) integrated programs that include wheelchair accessible transportation, onetoone
swimming instruction, adaptive physical education equipment and training, all in a caring environment
where the children join in all regular camp activities.Last summer, the foundation partnered with six
camps, which allowed a total of 150 physically disabled children to experience summer camp.
1. What stopped disabled kids from joining in summer camp according to the passage?
A. Some extra  costs for it.
B. Lack of enough time
C. No permission from parents.
D. Lack of selfconfidence.
2. What"s the purpose of setting up the Lisa Beth Gerstman Foundation?
A. To develop children"s confidence.
B. To raise money for disabled children.
C. To organize summer camp for different people.
D. To make it possible for disabled children to attend camps.
3. According to the passage, the Lisa Beth Gerstman Foundation ________.
A. is in the charge of CIYMCA
B. has a history of over 30 years
C. has gained support from camps
D. funded 150 disabled kids during its first summer | | 完形填空 | I was off back to work one evening and my two children were sewing things on the sewing machine.
My elevenyearold daughter was, in the midst of her __1__, going to assist her older brother in making
a litt le cushion. I left,and in a few hours returned to find a mess in the kitchen, front room, and __2__
children sitting in front of the television.
Having had a long day, I was very __3__ with my greeting to them and then I noticed the __4__ my
daughter had used. It had been __5__ to make a coloured baby blanket, and now had chunks (厚片)
cut out of almost every __6__ of it. Not stopping to listen, I __7__ at the children and explained how
__8__ I was at what had been done.
My daughter listened to me sheepishly (怯懦的), trying not to __9__herself at all, but the pain could
be seen __10__ across her face. She went back to her room __11__, and spent some time in there
alone __12__ she came out to say good night and once again __13__ for the mistake she had made.
A few hours later, as I was preparing to go to bed, there on my bed __14__ a beautiful little cushion
made out of the __15__ fabric (布料), with the words "I LOVE MUM". Alongside it was a note
__16__ again.
To this day, I still get tears in my eyes when I think of __17__ I reacted and still feel the pain of my
actions. It was I who __18__ sheepishly went to her and apologized for my actions. I display with great
__19__ the cushion on my bed, and use it as a constant __20__ that nothing in this world is greater than
a child"s love. | ( )1. A. assessment
( )2. A. all
( )3. A. informal
( )4. A. tool
( )5. A. invested
( )6. A. sort
( )7. A. exploded
( )8. A. glad
( )9. A. protect
( )10. A. passed
( )11. A. quietly
( )12. A. after
( )13. A. admitted
( )14. A. rolled
( )15. A. stored
( )16. A. apologizing
( )17. A. which
( )18. A. anyhow
( )19. A. satisfaction
( )20. A. sentence | B. project
B. neither
B. long
B. wood
B. bought
B. kind
B. poured
B. disappointing
B. defend
B. sweeping
B. shyly
B. then
B. cried
B. lay
B. broken
B. apologized
B. what
B. then
B. regret
B. experience | C. housework
C. both
C. unwilling
C. material
C. kept
C. part
C. accused
C. excited
C. control
C. painted
C. bitterly
C. before
C. regretted
C. stood
C. forbidden
C. intended
C. that
C. otherwise
C. pride
C. reminder | D. task
D. either
D. short
D. fibre
D. stored
D. piece
D. congratulated
D. angry
D. express
D. written
D. instantly
D. when
D. apologized
D. hung
D. destroyed
D. delighted
D. how
D. later
D. care
D. lesson | | 完形填空 | My father enjoys bike riding.Ever since I was little, I"ve always loved going biking with my dad.__1__,
as I became a teenager, other thins began to draw my__2__.Suddenly, it was important to do things with
__3__.I saw my dad every evening at home.Why did I have to__4__my Sundays to allday bike trips with
him, too?If my indifference (冷漠) hurt him, my father kept__5__, but he would always let me know when
he was planning a bike trip__6__I wanted to come.
It was a Sunday morning, and I was in low__7__.Two of my friends had gone to the movies without
inviting me.Just then my father__8__my room." It"s a beautiful day.Want to go for a__9__, today,
Beck?""Leave me alone!"I impatiently__10__.
Those were the las t words I said to him before he left the house that__11__.
Several hours later, the police called us, __12__us that Dad had a traffic accident.My father"s injuries
were serious.It took several days before he could__13__speak.Beside his bed I eldhishandgently__14__
of hurting him.
"Daddy...I"m sorry...""It"s okay, sweetheart.I"ll be okay."
"No, " I said, "I__15__what I said to you that day.You know, that morning?"
"Sweetheart, I don"t__16__anything about that day.I remember kissing you goodnight the night before,
though." He__17__a weak smile.
I felt regretful for my thoughtless remark, for I__18__, wanted him to leave me alone.My teacher once
told me that__19__have immeasurable power.They can hurt or they ca n heal.And we all have the__20__
to choose our words.I intend to do that very carefully from now on. | ( )1. A.Therefore
( )2. A.attention
( )3. A.Dad
( )4. A.start
( )5. A.silent
( )6. A.unless
( )7. A.spirits
( )8. A.left
( )9. A.ride
( )10. A.whispered
( )11. A.moment
( )12. A.convincing
( )13. A.eventually
( )14. A.tired
( )15. A.discuss
( )16. A.hate
( )17. A.got
( )18. A.often
( )19. A.apologies
( )20. A.experience | B. Instead
B. sight
B. friends
B. save
B. busy
B. in case
B. conditions
B. checked
B. walk
B. warned
B. morning
B. reminding
B. generally
B. afraid
B. think
B. forget
B. expressed
B. never
B. promises
B. honor | C. Besides
C. effort
C. teachers
C. devote
C. asleep
C. so that
C. states
C. entered
C. picnic
C. announced
C. afternoon
C. informing
C. strictly
C. aware
C. care
C. remember
C. exchanged
C. even
C. smiles
C. power | D. However
D. energy
B. brothers
D. waste
D. awake
D. as if
D. hopes
D. knocked
D. game
D. shouted
D. evening
D. phoning
D. broadly
D. sorry
D. mean
D. like
D. managed
D. once
D. words
D. desire | | 完形填空 | Val entine"s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life.Over
the years I fondly (天真地) thought__1__him as my "Valentine man".
My first recollection of the__2__he could bring to Valentine"s Day came when I was six.That morning
at the breakfast table I found a card and a giftwrapped package at my chair.The card was__3__"Love,
Dad" and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to__4__my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石).
There is__5__difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember__6__that ring
with pride that all the cards in the world__7__not surpass (超越).
__8__I grew older, the gifts gave__9__to heartshaped boxes filled with my__10__chocolate and
always included a__11__card signed "Love, Dad". In those years my thankyou became__12__of a
perfunctory (敷衍) response.The cards seemed less__13__, and I took for granted that the Valentine
would__14__be there.I had__15__my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from "significant
others" and "Love, Dad" just didn"t seem quite__16__.
final card remains on my desk today.It"s a__17__of how special fathers can be and how important
it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a__18 __of love with simple
acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never__19__, nor does the memory of a man who never__20__being my valentine. | ( )1. A. of
( )2. A. memory
( )3. A. read
( )4. A. recover
( )5. A. much
( )6. A. having
( )7. A. could
( )8. A. Because
( )9. A. room
( )10. A. favorite
( )11. A. usual
( )12. A. less
( )13. A. important
( )14. A. surely
( )15. A. let
( )16. A. suitable
( )17. A. signal
( )18. A. tradition
( )19. A. lose
( )20. A. thought | B. about
B. magic
B. written
B. resemble
B. little
B. owning
B. did
B. Since
B. way
B. lovely
B. common
B. little
B. beautiful
B. always
B. kept
B. enough
B. certificate
B. hobby
B. die
B. wanted | C. up
C. puzzle
C. shown
C. represe nt
C. great
C. wearing
C. must
C. When
C. honour
C. dear
C. strange
C. more
C. familiar
C. regularly
C. placed
C. effective
C. consequence
C. habit
C. miss
C. tried | D. over
D. present
D. signed
D. replace
D. less
D. watching
D. should
D. As
D. seat
D. precious
D. special
D. much
D. standard
D. often
D. remembered
D. sacred
D. reminder
D. custom
D. appear
D. stopped |
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