I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I searched in my pockets to see if there were
any cigarettes, which had 1 their search. I found 2 and because of my shaking hands, I could 3 get it
to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked 4 the bars at my jailer (看守监狱的人). He
did not make eye contact with me. I 5 to him "Have you got a light?" He looked at me, shrugged and came
over to light my cigarette. 6 he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently (无意中) locked with
mine. At that moment, I 7 . I don"t know why I did that. Perhaps it was 8 , perhaps it was because, when
you get very close, one to another, it is very 9 not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was 10
a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn"t want to, but
my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but 11 , looking at me
directly in the eye and continuing to smile.
I 12 smiling at him, now aware of him as a (n) 13 and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to
have a new 14 too. "Do you have kids?" he asked. "Yes, here, here." I took out my wallet and nervously
fumbled for the 15 of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans
and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I"d never see my family again, never have
the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. 16 without another word, he 17 my cell (牢房)
and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town,
he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.
"My life was 18 by a smile." Yes, the smile-the unaffected, unplanned, 19 connection between people. I
really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could 20 each other, we wouldn"t be enemies. We
couldn"t have hate or envy or fear. |
( )1. A. lost
( )2. A. them
( )3. A. barely
( )4. A. on
( )5. A. gave out
( )6. A. As
( )7. A. cried
( )8. A. anger
( )9. A. easy
( )10. A. even though
( )11. A. went away
( )12. A. kept
( )13. A. stranger
( )14. A. dimension
( )15. A. cigarettes
( )16. A. Intentionally
( )17. A. unfolded
( )18. A. misled
( )19. A. surprising
( )20. A. like | B. given
B. it
B. quickly
B. through
B. let out
B. Before
B. shook
B. nervousness
B. hard
B. as well as
B. dropped out
B. stopped
B. enemy
B. suggestion
B. bags
B. Unconsciously
B. unlocked
B. destroyed
B. natural
B. expect | C. escaped
C. that
C. possibly
C. at
C. called out
C. After
C. refused
C. bitterness
C. glad
C. as though
C. stayed far
C. began
C. opponent
C. impression
C. pictures
C. Unwillingly
C. uncontrolled
C. saved
C. different
C. notice | D. reached
D. one
D. likely
D. up
D. screamed out
D. Until
D. smiled
D. sympathy
D. embarrassed
D. as long as
D. stayed near
D. forgot
D. person
D. concept
D. wallet
D. Suddenly
D. undefended
D. ignored
D. frequent
D. recognize | | 完形填空。 | It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance, 1 for the train to
take me to my 2 in Boston. The world was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves, 3
their steaming cups of coffee.
Reaching into my pocket as the 4 was approaching, my numb hand searched for the $20 bill to pay my
fare. The pocket was 5 ! I searched through my bag and then I felt 6 . Unless the money dropped from the
sky, I"d be 7 there.
"What" s the matter?" A short, elderly man stood before me.
"Oh, nothing...Well, I 8 my money and now I can"t pay for the ticket. I"m going to 9 my match class,
and the train is leaving."
"Here, use this."
The man held a $20 bill. I looked up, 10 . People just didn"t do that anymore. Everyone worried about their
own 11 , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers.
"Thank you, but no, I can"t."
" 12 it-go!" The man pushed me 13 the train. I bought a round-trip ticket, and he refused the change I 14
to give him back. I did not know what to say-a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood 15 .
For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through 16 eyes. That man made a difference with
such a simple 17 . A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra $20 18 I saw the man. And there
he was.
"Excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this." I 19 the money into his hand.
Failing to refuse, he said, "Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday." I smiled,
content.
The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a 20 stranger who taught me a
lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness. | ( )1. A. watching
( )2. A. home
( )3. A. serving
( )4. A. chance
( )5. A. deep
( )6. A. hopeless
( )7. A.blocked
( )8. A.wasted
( )9. A.miss
( )10. A.frightened
( )11. A.problems
( )12. A.Seize
( )13. A.in
( )14. A.offered
( )15. A.unconsciously
( )16. A.curious
( )17. A.task
( )18. A.so that
( )19. A.dropped
( )20. A.giving | B. looking
B. class
B. carrying
B. crowd
B. empty
B. useless
B. drawn
B. counted
B. skip
B. disturbed
B. complaints
B. Get
B. beyond
B. managed
B. silently
B. changed
B. act
B. even if
B. pushed
B. encouraging | C. reaching
C. office
C. minding
C. driver
C. messy
C. relieved
C. stuck
C. spent
C. fail
C. surprised
C. positions
C. Catch
C. toward
C. happened
C. seriously
C. bright
C. example
C. now that
C. pressed
C. promising | D. arranging
D. factory
D. making
D. train
D. tight
D. dissatisfied
D. tied
D. lost
D. stop
D. concerned
D. challenges
D. Take
D. on
D. attempted
D. uncomfortably
D. widened
D. performance
D. in case
D. placed
D. respecting | | 阅读理解。 | Has anyone noticed how, with the passage of time, one"s relationship with one"s grown-up daughters and
sons becomes changed? I"ve been aware of this for some time but I"m not quite sure how to deal with it.
Take the kitchen sink for example.
Following a family get-together at my place, I walked into the kitchen to find Kate, my daughter carefully
cleaning the sink.
"Don"t do that; what are you doing that for?" I said, unhappy about the hidden criticism.
"Mum," she said, "you really ought to put your glasses on when you clean the sink. Behind the tap here was
black!"
But it"s just things like kitchen sinks. Another time Kate arrived to pick me up to lunch. She looked at me
and then asked, "Mum, why do you use brown eyebrow pencil when your hair is grey?"
A sudden memory of her, aged 14, going to her first mixed party flooded back. She had come in to say
goodbye. For a moment I thought she"d been an accident. Both eyes were black. I remember suggesting that
perhaps a little less eye make-up might be more effective.
Now I told her, "My hair used to be brown."
"It looks absurd."
"Mrs. Menzies had dark eyebrows with grey hair."
"Yes, but you"re not Mrs. Menzies, are you?" she said triumphantly, as if that proved her point.
But a recent event made me realize that something really must be done.
She had returned home for a few weeks before getting married. One evening I went out on a dinner date.
By the time my companion left me at the front door, it was about 2 am. As I stepped in, an angry figure in a
white nightgown stopped me.
"Well, what time of night is this to be coming home?" she shouted. "Where have you been? I"ve been
worried sick!"
Shades of the past come back to disturb me. But what should I do about all this? Nothing, probably. Maybe,
after all, it"s only a stage young people are going through. | | 1. The daughter thought her mother didn"t clean the kitchen sink well because of her _____. | A. laziness
B. carelessness
C. unhappiness
D. poor-quality glasses | | 2. From the passage we know the daughter _____. | A. didn"t want to help with the sink
B. didn"t like brown eyebrow pencils
C. had an accident when she went to her first party
D. shouted at her mum because she came home late | | 3. How does the mother feel after all these have happened? | A. Shocked.
B. Proud.
C. Envious.
D. Confused. | | 4. The author writes the stories to prove that _____. | A. their relationship became stronger
B. their roles changed as time passed
C. her daughter very much cared about her
D. her daughter got upset as she grew up | | 完形填空。 | There was once a young ballerina (芭蕾舞演员) who had taken ballet lessons all through her childhood.
She wanted to be a leading ballet dancer, but she won"t to be 1 about this.
When a ballet company came to town, she went backstage after the 2 and spoke to the ballet master,
"I want to be a great ballet dancer but I don"t know if I have the 3 at all." The master said, " 4 for me."
After a minute or two, he shook his head and said, "No, no, no, you don"t have what takes to be a 5
ballerina."
The young woman went home 6 . She threw the ballet slippers into the closet and never wore them
again. 7 she got married and had children. When the kids were 8 enough, she took a part-time job 9
a cashier at a corner shop.
10 later, the same ballet company came to town. She 11 the performance and on the way out she 12
the same old ballet master who was then in his eighties. She 13 him that they had spoken before. She 14
him photos of her children and told him about the corner shop job that she was doing now. And then she
asked, "There is just one thing that really 15 me for many years. 16 could you tell me that I don"t have what
it takes to be a great ballerina?"
"Oh, I 17 looked at you when you danced. That"s what I told all of them who 18 to me," he said. "But...
but, that"s unforgivable! You have 19 my life; I could have been a great ballet dancer!" she cried. "No, no...
I don"t think so. If you have what it takes, you wouldn"t have paid any 20 to what I said," the old ballet master
said.
Well, whose fault is it anyway? | ( )1. A. careful
( )2. A. performance
( )3. A. choice
( )4. A. Work
( )5. A. great
( )6. A. puzzled
( )7. A. However
( )8. A. clever
( )9. A. like
( )10. A. Years
( )11. A. played
( )12. A. ran into
( )13. A. promised
( )14. A. awarded
( )15. A. interested
( )16. A. How
( )17. A. secretly
( )18. A. contributed
( )19. A. ruined
( )20. A. money | B. sorry
B. discussion
B. freedom
B. Prepare
B. serious
B. excited
B. Therefore
B. old
B. with
B. Months
B. canceled
B. quarreled with
B. advised
B. showed
B. encouraged
B. Why
B. immediately
B. came
B. improved
B. effort | C. anxious
C. lesson
C. talent
C. Wait
C. beautiful
C. hungry
C. Instead
C. lovely
C. for
C. Weeks
C. hated
C. believed in
C. reminded
C. sold
C. frightened
C. When
C. hardly
C. replied
C. experienced
C. visit | D. sure
D. crowd
D. chance
D. Dance
D. patient
D. heartbroken
D. Otherwise
D. dependent
D. as
D. Days
D. attended
D. glared at
D. cheated
D. mailed
D. bothered
D. Where
D. proudly
D. wrote
D. controlled
D. attention | | 阅读理解。 | On a cold January morning in a Washington, DC Metro Station, a man with a violin played for about an
hour. During that time approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to
work.
After 3 minutes a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He stopped for a few seconds
and then hurried on. Four minutes later the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in
the hat without stopping and continued to walk. After 6 minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to
listen to him, then looked at his watch and walked away. After 10 minutes, a 3-year-old boy stopped but his
mother dragged him along hurriedly. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent,
without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
Finally only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money, but continued to walk
at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $ 32. When he finished playing, no one applauded.
The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most
intricate(复杂的) pieces ever written, with a violin worth $ 3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell
sold out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $ 100 each.
The program was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste,
and people"s priorities. In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do
we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
If we do not take a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of
the finest music ever written, how many other things are we missing? | | 1. The first paragraph intends to tell us _____. | A. the man chose a bad place for playing
B. few people showed interest in music
C. how busy people were that morning
D. what background the story was set in | | 2. Compared to their parents, the children seemed to _____. | A. have more spare time
B. be more easily touched by music
C. be better at playing the violin
D. have more music knowledge | | 3. We call infer from the passage that _____. | A. none of the passers-by were fond of music
B. beauty can only be enjoyed in particular places
C. Joshua Bell first played the violin in the station
D. in a way, the violinist was mistaken as a beggar | | 4. According to the writer, people should _____. | A. listen to as many great musicians as possible
B. try to create beautiful things for others to enjoy
C. show kindness to anyone whether they"re rich or not
D. notice and appreciate what"s going on in their daily life |
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