Nancy Volk operated a sidewalk cafe in Anoka, Minnesota to support her family.
Dan Heins, one of the cafe"s regular customers, had a 1 kidney dialysis (透析) from 6 to 10 a.m. on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, after 2 at the cafe. The 56-year-old owner of the small cafe,
Nancy 3 that Heins" diabetes (糖尿病) was 4 for his kidney failure and the cut-off of his leg. And Dan
knew that Nancy, a single mother with three daughters, worked two other jobs to 5 the cafe open and
meet her housing loans.
One morning as he ordered his breakfast, he 6 he would be on kidney dialysis the rest of his life if he
didn"t receive a(n) 7 . Nancy didn"t hesitate, simply saying "I"ll donate". A normal 8 volunteered to give
him an organ? It seemed 9 to Dan, and Nancy had to spend a few weeks 10 him she was serious. The
day before Thanksgiving in 2007, the results of the medical tests came in: she was a 11 .
While they were waiting for the transplant, Dan"s 12 leg was cut off and Nancy"s financial 13 grew
from bad to worse.
Nancy decided to close the cafe last September much 14 she loved it. At the same time, her home was
going into 15 . Dan"s insurance would 16 her surgery costs, but she was worried too much that she
wouldn"t be able to work the part-time jobs for six weeks.
Steve Ohlsen, another customer of the cafe, 17 a donation box near the register. In less than one month,
people gave Nancy several thousand dollars-enough to ensure 18 on her home while she recovered.
Nancy and Dan had their 19 in September. Four months later, Dan is 20 dialysis, and Nancy has sent
thank-you notes to her supporters. |
( )1. A. route
( )2. A. breakfast
( )3. A. guessed
( )4. A. serious
( )5. A. keep
( )6. A. shouted
( )7. A. operation
( )8. A. friend
( )9. A. exciting
( )10. A. cheating
( )11. A. match
( )12. A. another
( )13. A. position
( )14. A. although
( )15. A. trouble
( )16. A. offer
( )17. A. made
( )18. A. payments
( )19. A. personalities
( )20. A. off | B. way
B. supper
B. knew
B. impossible
B. run
B. murmured
B. surgery
B. relation
B. unreal
B. convincing
B. partner
B. other
B. profession
B. while
B. business
B. provide
B. laid
B. expenses
B. supporters
B. down | C. service
C. lunch
C. imagined
C. responsible
C. cause
C. smiled
C. transplant
C. shopkeeper
C. unusual
C. informing
C. companion
C. more
C. situation
C. though
C. service
C. give
C. placed
C. repairs
C. surgeries
C. up | D. routine
D. dinner
D. concluded
D. important
D. want
D. informed
D. transfer
D. student
D. moving
D. involving
D. mate
D. neither
D. condition
D. when
D. luck
D. cover
D. set
D. fees
D. lives
D. to |
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| 完形填空。 | Bob Richard shares with us a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.
Practice 1 practice he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the 2 of other boys, he got
absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this 3 athlete sat on the bench and 4 ever played. This teenager lived
alone with his father. Even though the son was always on the 5 , his father was always in the stands 6 . He
never missed a game.
The young man was still the 7 of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to
encourage him. The young man loved football and decided to hang in there. He was 8 to try his best at every
practice, and perhaps he"d get to play when be became a(n) 9 . All through high school he never missed a
practice or a game, but he 10 a bench warmer all four years. His 11 father was always in the stands, always
with words of 12 for him.
When the young man went to college, he decided to 13 for the football team as a walk-on (临时队员).
Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did. 14 admitted that he kept him on the roster (候选
名单) because he always put his 15 into every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with
the 16 they badly needed.
His father shared his happiness and was sent season 17 for all the college games. This persistent young
athlete never missed practice during his years at college, but he never got to play in a game.
It was the end of his senior football season, and as he ran 18 onto the practice field shortly before the big
play-off game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became deathly
silent.
19 hard. "My father died this morning," in deep sorrow he murmured to the coach.
"Coach, please let me play. I"ve just got to play today," said the young man.
He looked at the coach with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that
my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed harder, "Dad came to all my games, but today was 20 he could
see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!" | ( )1. A. after
( )2. A. body
( )3. A. grateful
( )4. A. really
( )5. A. side
( )6. A. watching
( )7. A. smallest
( )8. A. engaged
( )9. A. student
( )10. A. remained
( )11. A. reliable
( )12. A. agreement
( )13. A. try out
( )14. A. The boy
( )15. A. head and hand
( )16. A. spirit
( )17. A. schedules
( )18. A. quickly
( )19. A. Crying
( )20. A. the only time | B. in
B. height
B. hopeful
B. mostly
B. bench
B. accompanying
B. hardest
B. concerned
B. senior
B. kept
B. kind
B. sympathy
B. turn out
B. The school
B. heart and soul
B. membership
B. arrangements
B. deadly
B. Thinking
B. the first time | C. for
C. weight
C. helpful
C. hardly
C. way
C. participating
C. highest
C. determined
C. athlete
C. stayed
C. faithful
C. comment
C. go out
C. The coach
C. thought and mind
C. friendship
C. tickets
C. properly
C. Hiding
C. the last time | D. by
D. size
D. wonderful
D. probably
D. ground
D. cheering
D. shortest
D. forced
D. player
D. seated
D. responsible
D. encouragement
D. let out
D. The master
D. ear and eye
D. practice
D. invitations
D. hurriedly
D. Swallowing
D. the right time | | 完形填空。 | As long as I can remember I was overweight. Actually that isn"t entirely true because I can 1 remember
one summer when I was "normal". After that it seems like I was always 2 . I wanted so eagerly (急切地) to
be like all of the other kids. I would look in the mirror with my shirt off 3 cover my stomach, 4 it wasn"t
there just so I could keep a positive 5 of myself.
I can remember when my mom first found out I weighed over 200 pounds. I was 12 and 6 go to the
asthma (哮喘) doctor. When I got on the 7 it read 212 pounds. My heart 8 . I 9 to her because I didn"t
want her to find out. I was 10 of being overweight and afraid of her 11 , which was a fear in my own mind
rather than a reality.
I can remember going to the " 12 " store with my grandma so I could get a suit for my 8th grade graduation.
They 13 me at size 46. I couldn"t believe it. I was used to the 40s that I had let down around my hips (臀部)
where most kids my 14 wore them. Can you 15 being a size 46 at 14 years old? It took me a week to look
myself in the face again without self-pity.
Not only was the high weight bad for my physical health, but it was 16 to my mental health. I never 17
how it made me shy, lonely or depressed. I kept all of these bottled up (抑制) inside because I knew that I
would just be 18 as the depressed fat kid who wanted everyone to feel 19 for him. And you know they were
right not to feel sorry for me because it was my 20 : I was lazy. | ( )1. A. never
( )2. A. overweight
( )3. A. but
( )4. A. managing
( )5. A. view
( )6. A. had to
( )7. A. platform
( )8. A. broke
( )9. A. lied
( )10. A. fond
( )11. A. judgement
( )12. A. cheap & easy
( )13. A. showed
( )14. A. sex
( )15. A. confirm
( )16. A. tough
( )17. A. admitted
( )18. A. honored
( )19. A. sorry
( )20. A. idea | B. also
B. healthy
B. or
B. pretending
B. look
B. would
B. stairs
B. sank
B. replied
B. tired
B. comfort
B. fast & right
B. dressed
B. age
B. suggest
B. harmful
B. considered
B. blamed
B. secure
B. decision | C. hardly
C. energetic
C. then
C. ensuring
C. image
C. could
C. table
C. pumped
C. explained
C. ashamed
C. punishment
C. big & tall
C. counted
C. race
C. approve
C. dangerous
C. wondered
C. adopted
C. proud
C. fault | D. soon
D. easygoing
D. and
D. deciding
D. quality
D. might
D. scale
D. stopped
D. whispered
D. accused
D. scold
D. good & worthy
D. measured
D. time
D. imagine
D. serious
D. doubted
D. regarded
D. guilty
D. intention | | 完形填空。 | After years of marriage, I started to go out with another woman.
"You love her," my wife said. "I love you," I 1 . "But you also love her."
The other woman was my 2 , a widow for 19 years, but my work and my three children had made it 3
to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a 4 . "What"s wrong,
are you OK?" she asked. My mother is the woman who suspects a(n) 5 night call or a surprise invitation is
a sign of bad news. "Just want to pass some time with you," I 6 . "Two of us!" She thought about it for a
moment, then said OK.
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit 7 . When arriving, I noticed that she,
too, was nervous about our 8 . She smiled like an angel. "I told it to my friends and they were 9 ," she said,
"They can"t wait to hear about our meeting."
We went to a restaurant. My mother took my 10 as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had
to read the menu. Her eyes were bad and could only read large 11 . "I read the menu when you were small,"
she said. "Then it"s time that you should relax and let me return the 12 ," I responded.
We had an agreeable conversation, nothing extraordinary but each other"s 13 . We talked so much that we
missed the movie. As we arrived at her house 14 , she said, "I wish I could go out with you again. I agreed
15 ."
A few 16 later my mother died of a serious heart attack. It 17 so suddenly that I didn"t have a chance to
do anything for her. At that moment I understood the importance of 18 in time:"I LOVE YOU" and to give
our loved ones the time that they 19 .
Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things
cannot be 20 till "some other time". | ( )1. A. debated
( )2. A. mother
( )3. A. necessary
( )4. A. tea
( )5. A. early
( )6. A. responded
( )7. A. disappointed
( )8. A. date
( )9. A. interested
( )10. A. hand
( )11. A. menus
( )12. A. benefit
( )13. A. wife
( )14. A. later
( )15. A. meaningful
( )16. A. years
( )17. A. took
( )18. A. showing
( )19. A. deserve
( )20. A. put on | B. quarreled
B. sister
B. important
B. movie
B. late
B. argued
B. excited
B. arrival
B. shocked
B. shoulder
B. print
B. favor
B. husband
B. lastly
B. carelessly
B. minutes
B. appeared
B. saying
B. enjoy
B. put down | C. protested
C. daughter
C. impossible
C. coffee
C. warm
C. defended
C. nervous
C. secret
C. surprised
C. arm
C. notes
C. wrongs
C. retirement
C. finally
C. happily
C. days
C. seemed
C. sending
C. think
C. put up | D. refused
D. grandmother
D. possible
D. chat
D. present
D. acted
D. unhappy
D. problem
D. impressed
D. finger
D. letters
D. behavior
D. life
D. suddenly
D. mindlessly
D. decades
D. happened
D. hearing
D. share
D. put off | | 阅读理解。 | I remember my math teacher Mr. Young very well. He stood out because the kids made fun of him. He
was missing one of his fingers, and always pointed at students with his middle finger.
I was not very good at English and math. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not figure out why I
did not understand what all the other kids found so easy to learn.
One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, I would be taken to the "big person for
kids".
I tried really hard for weeks. I just couldn"t understand how to make different parts of members into
whole things.
The day before report cards were to come out, I knew that Mr. Young would give me an E, just like he
always did.
I went to Mr. Young and told him that the orphanage (孤儿院) was going to send me to the big person
if I got another E on my report card. He told me there was nothing he could do; it would be unfair to the other
kids if he gave me a better grade than I had actually earned.
I smiled at him and said, "Mr. Young, do you know how the kids make fun of you because you"re missing
your finger?" He looked at me, moved his mouth to one side and said nothing.
"They shouldn"t do that to you because you can"t help having a finger, Mr. Young. Just like I can"t help not
being able to learn numbers and stuff like that." I said.
The next day, when I got my report card, I tucked it into one of my books. While on the school bus, I
opened it: Geography, B + ; Mechanical Drawing, C - ; English, D - ; History, C - ; Gym, B + ; Art, C ; Math,
D -.
That math grade was the most favorite one I ever received. Because I knew that someone in the world
finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head. | | 1. From the second paragraph we can infer that the boy is _____ in some subjects. | A. mind- blowing (给人印象极深的)
B. slow-witted (头脑迟钝的 )
C. fun-loving
D. badly-behaved | | 2. Where may the boy live according to the passage? | A. In an orphanage.
B. In a big prison.
C. In the school dormitory.
D. In his home. | | 3. What grade should the boy have got in the math test this time? | A. D-.
B. B+.
C. D.
D. E. | | 4. The underlined word" tucked" in the passage most probably means "_____". | A. stuck
B. listed
C. hid
D. copied | | 阅读理解。 | I was working as a consultant in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents form
and carry out their new planning projects. It was really a great challenge.
At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of cancer.
I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was tiring and stressful,
but it was what I wanted to do. My commitment was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day,
even though my evenings were very hard. I didn"t want to bother the president with my situation, yet I felt
someone at the company needed to know what was going on. So I told the vice-president of Human
Resources, asking him not to share the information with anyone.
A few days later, the president called me into his office.
I figured he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were working on. When I entered, he
asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large desk, looked me in the eye and said, "I hear your
mother is very ill."
I was totally caught by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my crying subside (平息),
and then gently said a sentence I will never forget: Whatever you need.
That was it. His understanding and his willingness both to let me be in my pain and to offer me everything
were qualities of sympathy that I carry with me to this day. | | 1. When the author was working in a beer company, his mother _____. | A. was concerned about him
B. drew the president"s attention
C. was seriously ill
D. was proud of her son | | 2. Most probably, the president got the information from _____. | A. a relative of the author"s
B. the.vice-president
C. the author"s good friends
D. the author"s colleagues | | 3. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage? | A. Understanding Is Everywhere
B. Generous President
C. Sympathy Is Needed
D. An Unforgettable Memory |
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