Every morning, before dropping her son off at school, my friend would stop on the way to work to
grab a quick breakfast. They tended to frequent the__1__restaurant every morning grabbing an egg
sandwich, juice, coffee for herself, milk for her son.
One day she__2__an additional breakfast. When they had eaten and walked out of the door, she
stopped and said good morning to a__3__man who was sitting alone outside the restaurant and__4__him
the additional breakfast she had bought.He__5__her, grinning, telling her it was the first meal he had in a
great many days. She couldn"t help but feel__6__and was glad she finally took action.
She told her son that she had__7__him every day that week outside the restaurant and that no one,
herself included, had__8__to offer him food, drink, comfort, etc. She further__9__that homelessness can
happen to anyone and the importance of service to others and__10__acts of kindness were.
And so__11__her kindness tradition...each day thereafter she and her son__12__to buy and supply
the homeless gentleman with breakfast. The__13__was going on until they__14__several years later but
the lesson was__15__implanted (植入) in her son by then.
She__16__as she told me that this kindness legacy__17__to her son, who remembered this childhood tradition and lesson. Now a college graduate and__18__employed, her son stops every day at Starbucks
for his morning cup of coffee and purchases a__19__for a homeless person nearby before commuting
(上下班往返) to the__20__.
What a great family legacy that he can pass along to his children as well... |
( )1. A. small
( )2. A. received
( )3. A. strong
( )4. A. handed
( )5. A. remembered
( )6. A. grateful
( )7. A. helped
( )8. A. agreed
( )9. A. shouted
( )10. A. what
( )11. A. ended
( )12. A. hesitated
( )13. A. moment
( )14. A. moved away
( )15. A. hardly
( )16. A. smiled
( )17. A. came
( )18. A. regularly
( )19. A. chance
( )20. A. city | B. same
B. demanded
B. kind
B. bought
B. thanked
B. sorry
B. seen
B. refused
B. replied
B. which
B. began
B. hurried
B. life
B. got around
B. firmly
B. cheered
B. occurred
B. carefully
B. tent
B. office | C. crowded
C. expected
C. homeless
C. supplied
C. respected
C. anxious
C. disliked
C. stopped
C. argued
C. how
C. met
C. continued
C. practice
C. turned down
C. happily
C. sighed
C. went
C. entirely
C. shirt
C. house | D. ordinary
D. ordered
D. sick
D. provided
D. paid
D. good
D. missed
D. appeared
D. explained
D. where
D. presented
D. needed
D. performance
D. broke up
D. slightly
D. wondered
D. belonged
D. gainfully
D. breakfast
D. school | | 完形填空 | Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that I struggled with for most of my middle school years and a
part of my high school years.
At Riverview, 1 was usually a nightmare (噩梦) for me. As I 2 the dining hall, all the eyes would
be fixed upon my bony figure. I would take my place at a table full of friends and 3 to enjoy a "normal"
lunch. The 4 was that I would not always eat lunch, and that greatly 5 my friends. They would watch
to make sure that I was eating properly, almost 6 food into my mouth.
And then, I transferred to Madison High School. I decided not to tell anyone at that school about my
eating disorder since I had almost 7 by that time. Strangely, I stopped fearing lunch when I started at
Madison. No one knew that I had an eating disorder, 8 they did not care what I ate. This 9 a huge
amount of stress from my life. It was still hard for me to eat in front of others, which is 10 for an
anorexic, but I was able to put some of my 11 aside.
I was thankful for the students at Riverview, but they knew me only as an anorexic. My friends cared
about my health, but they 12 to care about me as a person. Truthfully, all I wanted was for them to
13 me and not to fix on my eating disorder.
The students at Madison took the time to know who I 14 was. They had no idea that I had been
an anorexic, so that a particular label (标签) did not 15 their opinions of me. I was finally 16 for my
talents and achievements, not my failures. I was honored as a good student. I was no longer afraid to
show my true 17 .
My days as an anorexic taught me many lessons that I would never 18 . They taught me about life
and how to be a better friend. I learned about the joy of 19 tasks such as eating lunch. I appreciated
the people who helped me to see that there is more 20 life than having an eating disorder. | ( ) 1. A. learning
( ) 2. A. left
( ) 3. A. try
( ) 4. A. purpose
( ) 5. A. surprised
( ) 6. A. allowing
( ) 7. A. succeeded
( ) 8. A. but
( ) 9. A. lifted
( )10. A. serious
( )11. A. fears
( )12. A. refused
( )13. A. select
( )14. A. really
( )15. A. express
( )16. A. determined
( )17. A. responsibility
( )18. A. forget
( )19. A. tough
( )20. A. during | B. exercise
B. cleaned
B. offer
B. attempt
B. worried
B. forcing
B. lost
B. unless
B. created
B. unbelievable
B. desires
B. failed
B. forgive
B. probably
B. color
B. identified
B. personality
B. review
B. complex
B. to | C. lunchtime
C. crossed
C. remember
C. problem
C. puzzled
C. providing
C. recovered
C. so
C. caused
C. relevant
C. beliefs
C. pretended
C. love
C. eventually
C. share
C. envied
C. appreciation
C. skip
C. specific
C. of | D. homework
D. entered
D. stop
D. excuse
D. bored
D. dropping
D. quit
D. though
D. developed
D. common
D. doubts
D. promised
D. affect
D. merely
D. confirm
D. recognized
D. ambition
D. draw
D. routine
D. through | | 阅读理解 | In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a
drip (点滴) above her to fight her bone cancer. Over her bald (秃的) head, she wore a pink hat that
matched her clothes. But the third grader"s cheery dressing didn"t mask her pain and weary eyes.
Then a visitor showed up. "Do you want to write a song?" asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart
equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. "Have you ever
written a poem?" Anita Kruse continued. "Well, yes," Simran said.
Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone. "Some bird soaring through the
sky," she said softly. "Imagination in its head…" Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣, 唱)
birds, and finally the girl"s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.
That was the beginning of Anita Kruse"s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more
than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the
hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help "came in one flash".
The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling (蜷缩) in pain in her wheelchair, stood
unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin"s disease who
rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.
"My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses," says Anita Kruse.
"But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families."
Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to
her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the "really sweet and nice and loving" lady
who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.
1. Simran Jatar lay in bed in hospital because ______.
A. most of her hair had fallen out
B. she was receiving treatment for cancer
C. she felt depressed and quit from school
D. she was suffering from a pain in her back
2.What do we know about Anita Kruse"s project?
A. It helps young patients record songs.
B. It is supported by singers and patients.
C. It aims to replace the medical treatment.
D. It offers patients chances to realize their dreams.
3.What does the case of a 12-year-old boy suggest?
A. Most children are naturally fond of music.
B. He was brave enough to put up performance.
C. The project has positive effect on young patients.
D. Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses.
4. What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Purple Songs Can Fly
B. Singing Can Improve Health
C. A Shining Moment in Life
D. A Kind Woman-Anita Kruse | 短文填词
| "Avatar" has made a boxoffice record. Director James Cameron, | | | having________(花费) 13 years preparing for | 1.________ | | the film, managed to bring it out________January | 2.________ | | 2,2010 after four years of shooting. The story sets | | | in the mysterious________(未来). | 3.________ | | F________with the shortage of resource, human | 4.________ | | beings start Project Avatar to get mines of resources in | | | Planet Pandora. A________Jack learns more and | 5.________ | | more about the Na"vi, he begins q________ | 6.________ | | whether his task is right or not. He has come to realize | | | that human beings shouldn"t________(自私) | 7.________ | | stop other creatures" existence. "Avatar"l________ | 8.________ | | the audience breathless, with the latest 3D technology. | | | ________, the story is old and the plot simple, | 9.________ | | all________familiar. The film sets people thinking | 10.________ | | about the meaning of "love". | | | 完形填空 | The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did 15 years
ago, which reminded me of my girlhood.
It was my second day of 1 and it was raining heavily. I could not 2 the habit I had at home , so I
fell asleep right at my 3 . I woke up to find myself not in the classroom but carried on Dad"s back. We
were 4 home. It was the last time I felt 5 to him.
After that, he never carried me or hugged me as other fathers did to their children. I was not bothered much by this 6 . I was proud of it, for I felt 7 and "grown up." However, there were times when I felt
depressed by not having sought 8 from him.
One day, I was writing Chinese characters as homework. I hated doing this more than anything. Dad
came and stood behind me for a moment, 9 me scratching (乱涂,勾抹) the paper. Then he said, "This
kind of writing needs 10 .Your writing is not strong enough. Press harder."
I follow his 11 for the next two words, but 12 I could see little improvement, I followed my own
method the 13 way. His advice did not improve my writing but our 14 . As I grew older, I found out
that he had finished his 15 in Grade 6, which was the highest grade in town then, so he was considered
to be a 16 . People used to ask him to write something to put on the walls, but he never felt very useful.
He often said to me, "As you can see, this family is going to depend on you. We are 17 to improve
you anything for your future .You have to get 18 to change the life for yourself."
As a result of his 19 , I have 20 it through high school and through college. | ( )1. A. graduation
( )2. A. from
( )3. A. dormitory
( )4. A. at
( )5. A. close
( )6. A. gap
( )7. A. lonely
( )8. A. comfort
( )9. A. helping
( )10. A. skill
( )11. A. introduction
( )12. A. even if
( )13. A. difficult
( )14. A. relationship
( )15. A. schooling
( )16. A. writer
( )17. A. tired
( )18. A. an education
( )19. A. help
( )20. A. succeeded | B. employment
B. resist
B. door
B. already
B. near
B. thought
B. depressed
B. help
B. directing
B. patience
B. manner
B. while
B. slow
B. friendship
B. life
B. scholar
B. glad
B. a rich boyfriend
B. expectations
B. got | C. college
C. follow
C. desk
C. beyond
C. happy
C. action
C. independent
C. support
C. watching
C. time
C. spirit
C. as
C. efficient
C. thought
C. hope
C. scientist
C. useless
C. a well-paid job
C. examination
C. made | D. school
D. break
D. bed
D. halfway
D. relaxed
D. accident
D.comfortable
D. explanation
D. blaming
D. practice
D. advice
D. though
D. fast
D. life
D. expectation
D. specialist
D. ready
D. a good writing
D. watch
D. found |
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