I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be __1__ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I"d __2__?"Just when I started to __3__ that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women __4__ at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of __5__ that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn"t __6__. Somebody had thought __7__ of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my __8__ Christmas there special and memorable, I __9__ remembered the women"s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 10 for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I 11 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans(孤儿)at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 12 with a child"s name. We wanted all of them to know they were 13 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 14 them that they couldn"t open their presents 15 every child had come forward. Finally, the 16 they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!"As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 17 up the room. The 18 in the room was obvious, and 19 wasn"t just about toys. It was a feeling-the feeling I knew 20 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn"t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. |
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| 完形填空。 | I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice. "Mom, come here! There"s a lady here my size!" The mother rushed to her son, then she turned to me to 1 . I smiled and told her, "It"s okay." Then I 2 the boy, "Hi, I"m Darryl Kramer. How are you?" He studied me 3 , and asked, "Are you a little mommy?" "Yes, I have a son," I answered. " 4 are you so little?" he asked in curiosity. "It"s 5 I was born," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I"m just not going to grow any 6 ." After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy"s hand and left. My life as a little person is 7 with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look 8 from their parents. It takes only one glance to see my 9 . I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was a born dwarf (侏儒). 10 this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up. I didn"t realize how short I was 11 I started school. 12 kids picked on me, calling me names (嘲笑我). Then I knew, I began to 13 the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I struggled to 14 the school bus stairs. But I learned to smile and accept the 15 that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I decided to make my uniqueness and advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I make up for in 16 . It"s the children"s questions that make my life 17 . I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is that I will 18 them to accept their peers (同龄人) whatever 19 and shape they come in, and treat them 20 . | ( ) 1. A. scold ( ) 2. A. spoke to ( ) 3. A. from time to time ( ) 4. A. When ( ) 5. A. the time ( ) 6. A. bigger ( ) 7. A. satisfied ( ) 8. A. different ( ) 9. A. shortage ( )10. A. Instead of ( )11.A. after ( )12.A. Every ( )13.A. enjoy ( )14.A. climb ( )15.A. matter ( )16.A. strength ( )17.A. strange ( )18.A. advocate ( )19.A. size ( )20.A. gladly | B. acknowledge B. dealt with B. from beginning to end B. Why B. the way B. smaller B. disappointed B. similar B. kindness B. Owing to B. until B. Some B. expect B. step B. mistake B. power B. special B. advance B. weight B. differently | C. help C. looked at C. from head to toe C. How C. the chance C. stronger C. filled C. familiar C. patience C. But for C. when C. No C. hate C. get C. situation C. sympathy C. common C. encourage C. width C. equally | D. apologize D. kept to D. from right to left D. Whether D. the reason D. weaker D. applied D. short D. uniqueness D. In spite of D. unless D. Both D. avoid D. jump D. fact D. personality D. convenient D. educate D. length D. peacefully | 完形填空 | I used to hate myself because I wasn"t "normal". Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not __1__. I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much __2__ than others. I hated going to school and I hated people __3__ at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing __4__ and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the __5__ and seeing an ugly hunchback (驼背). My friends found me __6__ because I didn"t let others get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life __7__ Angela appeared. That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school-a spot where no one would __8__ me. That"s when I first heard her voice. "Hi. Can I sit down?" I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face. "What are you looking at?" she asked. "Ants." "What are they doing?" "No __9__." "I bet they"re playing games and making friends. Don"t you think so?" That was how our __10__ started and it didn"t stop. We talked about everything under the sun-the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)-until it was sunset. Then suddenly, she saw my __11__. She just stared. My heart __12__. What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would __13__ me now. She stood up, pointed at my back and said, "I know __14__ your back is hunched." I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be __15__. I begged in my heart for her to __16__, but she just kept on going. "I know what you"ve got there. Do you?" "No," I answered __17__. She bent and whispered in my ears. "Your back is hunched because you"ve got a pair of wings from the angels." I was __18__. I looked into her eyes and her __19__ touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to __20__ myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kindhearted friend. | ( )1. A. them ( )2. A. sadder ( )3. A. looking ( )4. A. still ( )5. A. street ( )6. A. distant ( )7. A. after ( )8. A. disturb ( )9. A. wonder ( )10. A. connection ( )11. A. face ( )12. A. sank ( )13. A. care for ( )14. A. that ( )15. A. accused ( )16. A. relax ( )17. A. shyly ( )18. A. astonished ( )19. A. wisdom ( )20. A. control | B. it B. shorter B. smiling B. alone B. sun B. stubborn B. before B. seek B. idea B. competition B. back B. beat B. rely on B. how B. arrested B. leave B. weakly B. ashamed B. generosity B. like | C. me C. weaker C. aiming C. straight C. corner C. hopeless C. since C. interrupt C. sign C. conversation C. eyes C. broke C. look down upon C. whether C. punished C. stop C. proudly C. annoyed C. honesty C. comfort | D. her D. slower D. glaring D. together D. mirror D. unfortunate D. until D. ignore D. action D. comprehension D. shoulders D. ached D. put up with D. why D. sentenced D. pause D. firmly D. amused D. kindness D. enjoy | 阅读理解。 | About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar (美洲豹) XKE, which was only two months old. He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and - WHUMP! - It hit the Jag"s shiny black side door! SCREECH…!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!" Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That"s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?" "Please, mister, please…I"m sorry! I didn"t know what else to do!" begged the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" Tears were streaming down the boy"s face as he pointed around the parked car. "It"s my brother, mister," he said, "He rolled of the curb(路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can "t lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He"s hurt and he"s too heavy for me." Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handker chief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the side - walk toward their home. It was a long walk back to the black, shining 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE - a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent(凹痕)to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you. | 1. The boy threw a brick at the businessman"s car because . | A. the businessman drove at a high speed B. he envied the brand - new car very much C. he wanted to ask for some money D. he wanted to get help from the driver | 2. Which of the following is the right order of the story? a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh"s car. b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair. c. The younger brother begged Josh for help. d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair. e. Josh shouted at the younger brother. | A. b, a, e, c, d B. a, c, d, b, e C. b, a, c, e, d D. a, c, b, e, d | 3. What can we learn from the passage? | A. Josh would accept the money from the kids B. The two kids were Josh"s neighbors. C. Josh was a kind - hearted man. D. Josh"s new car broke down easily. | 4. According to the passage, the underlined sentence means . | A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble D. protecting oneself from being hurt | 完形填空 | I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I"ve seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. "There"s a__1__in my upper jaw, "she said. "I told my own dentist it"s nothing, but he__2__I come to see you." Her eightyyearold son accompanied her. He would__3__to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the __4__of her mouth. A careful examination later__5__that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer. During her next appointment, I explained to her the__6__of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, "I know you"re worried about me, but I"m just__7__." I thought otherwise. After considerable__8__on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to__9__me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected, 10 treatment. About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and 11 . "How are you?" I asked. "I"m just fine, honey, " she responded 12 high spirits. "When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?" Surprised to see her at all, I answered 13 , "Let me take a look in your mouth and we"ll see about it." I couldn"t believe my eyes. The cancer that had 14 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone-only one small area of redness 15 . I had read of such things happening, but had 16 seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I"ve seen many others, because they keep getting 17 to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, 18 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 19 the miracles of one another. Since my first miracle, I"ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 2- we choose to find it. | ( )1. A. cut ( )2. A. declared ( )3. A. refuse ( )4. A. roof ( )5. A. confirmed ( )6. A. possibility ( )7. A. old ( )8. A. permission ( )9. A. persuade ( )10. A. declined ( )11. A. healthy ( )12. A. to ( )13. A. worriedly ( )14. A. covered ( )15. A. cured ( )16. A. ever ( )17. A. easier ( )18. A. or ( )19. 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