Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I   31   asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so   32  . He had his wisdom teeth removed. Then the young man asked me why I   33   seemed to be so cheerful.

His question reminded me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about   34   you want to approach life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”

“Let me give you an example.   35   teaching here, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day, I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I   36   the freeway and turned onto College Drive, only another quarter mile ahead to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine   37   turn over. So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college.”

“  38   getting there I called AAA and arranged for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. The secretary asked me what had happened. ‘This is my lucky day,’ I replied, smiling.”

“ ‘Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?’ She was   39  . ‘What do you mean?’ ’’ “I live 17 miles from here.” I replied. “My car   40   have broken down   41   along the freeway. It didn’t.   42  , it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway,   43   walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class.”

“The secretary’s eyes opened wide, and then she    44  . I smiled back and headed for class.” So ended my story.

I scanned the sixty faces in my class. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be   45  . Somehow, my story had touched them.

31. A. calmly  B. seriously    C. cheerfully   D. curiously

32. A. bad      B. good   C. exciting      D. scary

33. A. often    B. always       C. usually       D. seldom

34. A. how     B. why    C. where D. that

35. A. As well as    B. As to   C. In exchange for  D. In addition to

36. A. entered B. left     C. found  D. hit

37. A. wouldn’t      B. shouldn’t    C. couldn’t     D. won’t

38. A. While   B. In       C. Before       D. After

39. A. surprising    B. astonishing C. puzzled      D. shaken

40. A. could    B. can     C. would D. must

41. A. somewhere   B. anywhere   C. nowhere     D. wherever

42. A. However      B. Instead       C. Though      D. So

43. A. between       B. in       C. within D. beyond

39. A. left       B. understood C. paused       D. smiled

45. A. clear     B. asleep C. tired   D. interested

This little story I’m about to tell you happened when I was about 11 years old, and I’II never forget it. I was at my friend Jenny’s __41__  after school one day, and we were doing (or not doing) homework.. __42__ I was there, Jenny’s mom came over to visit.

   I don’t remember her name__43__ what her face looked like. I just remember her hands, her voice and the__44__  she taught me.

   I can still see her hand __45__  for mine in our introduction. __46__  were so beautiful, I thought; rich, dark skin__47__ complemented(涂了) by the orange colored polish on her nails. Then I __48__ her saying, and not at all in a condescending(居高临下的) __49__ .“Oh no, that is NOT how you shake hands. Let me show you _50___.”

   After that, I just remember her voice __51__ the importance of a good handshake, conveying（传递） a positive sense of self, looking at _52___ person in the eye, making that first moment matter…I think in that exchange I first understood__53__.

   I respected her for __54__ the time to teach me about one of those subtleties(细微之处) in life. I appreciated the fact __55__  she didn’t look down upon me because I was 11 or because I didn’t know something. And so because of that I felt somewhat respected. I mean the _56___ she treated me. It felt good to be __57__ like a real person. I also appreciate her idea that _58__ someone doesn’t pay attention to something, be patient and point him or her__59__  the right direction. I__60__ her every time I meet someone and shake hands. And I’m so thankful for her little lesson.

I’ve always loved pigeons（鸽子）. Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and start   37   them myself. They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt（破坏）our   38   a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I    39   carried on. I learnt so much about them that I could   40   a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties. My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of   41   .

       My wife had been changing her   42   to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway. She was quite   43   of all the prizes we’d won. Then there was the traveling, which she liked. You see someone has to take the pigeons a    44   way off and release them. Some of the    45   were really nice. I never traveled. I used to like to wait at home and see them   46   in. They’ve got this wonderful sense of    47   , which can bring them back home so quickly. They’d flown hundreds of miles sometimes   48   storms or against strong winds. And there they’d come, tiny white birds against the blue   49   .Then I’d watch them   50   round and come down onto the landing shelf. I’d look at my watch and think,“My goodness, that’s a good   51   .”And I’d take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to   52   what time he’d arrived. Then my wife would    53   up and say,“Has he arrived yet?”Then we would work out if we’d won   54  .

       Then last year we had a    55   !One of them got some sort of flu（流行病）and died, then they all went down.（病倒）. It was   56   , I had to burn them all. We lost a fortune, of course.

37．A．racing      B．feeding     C．tending     D．flying

38．A．kids  B．experiment       C．marriage   D．experience

39．A．just   B．even  C．almost      D．hardly

40．A．notice       B．learn C．imagine    D．recognize

41．A．living       B．fun    C．money      D．change

42．A．subject     B．decision    C．relation     D．attitude

43．A．proud       B．fond  C．careful      D．sure

44．A．different   B．long  C．short D．far

45．A．distances   B．activities   C．trips  D．movements

46．A．to come    B．come C．came D．have come

47．A．direction   B．sight  C．hearing     D．touch

48．A．over  B．across       C．with  D．through

49．A．heaven     B．mountain  C．cloud D．sky

50．A．turn  B．dance       C．circle D．whistle

51．A．fly    B．time  C．day   D．look

52．A．write B．record      C．count D．memorize

53．A．come B．show C．phone       D．cheer

54．A．again B．finally      C．only  D．accidentally

55．A．disadvantage    B．chance      C．test    D．disaster

56．A．terrible     B．great C．mean D．beautiful

It was past 10:00 p. m. I was busy with my schoolwork though I was 36 . Just then, my little brother Michael ran out of his room,  37 a pen in his right hand and a piece of paper in the other. 

  “Betty, can you help me with my 38 for school? It’s about the seven 39 of the world.” he said.

   My eyes were so fixed on the computer screen that my brother had to pull my blouse just to get my 40 .

   “Look, not right now! I’m very busy.” I said. “You are always busy! You are always like that!” he replied.

   I felt a bit guilty(内疚的) 41 I thought about his words, but my work seemed more 42 to me than my brother’s .I sighed a few times and 43 with my own studies.

  The next day, I arrived home late. Michael came into my room.

  “I know you are 44 but there’s something I want to show you ,” he began. Without saying a word, I  45 the paper from him .I really didn’t 46 what he was saying ._47_ I wanted was to get rid of him and finally get to rest.

  Suddenly, my eyes widened in 48 . There, he wrote: The Seven Wonders of the World: 1.Love  2.Friendship  3. Peace  4. Joy  5. Wisdom  6.Fun  7.Family

I 49 believe what my brother had written on the paper. I was completely 50 .How could such an innocent(天真的)little child 51  such things in life?

The most _52 things in life are the ones that we 53 take for granted(认为……理所当然). These things don’t take the form of big houses or beautiful 54 . The most wonderful things in the world are immaterial(非物质的) 55 they can never be developed by human art, skill or effort.

36. A. tired                   B. experienced        C. talented            D. satisfied

37. A. buying          B. holding             C. playing                      D. biting

38. A. problem         B. mistake             C. trouble             D. homework

39. A. events              B. cities                  C. wonders                    D. mysteries

40. A. attention           B. care                   C. love                       D. sight

41. A. before                 B. as                      C. since                          D. till

42. A. exciting         B. useful                C. important                D. interesting

43. A. started                       B. hated                  C. forgot                     D. continued

44. A. busy                   B. bored           C. free                         D. angry

45. A. handed               B. took                         C. passed             D. accepted

46. A. record                B. worry                C. mind                         D. share

47. A. What                  B. That                         C. Which             D. Who

48. A. surprise         B. sadness              C. happiness                   D. disappointment

49. A. shouldn’t            B. needn’t              C. couldn’t                    D. mustn’t

50. A. wounded            B. lost                   C. pleased                      D. puzzled

51. A. understand          B. remember          C. study              D. finish

52. A. funny                 B. valuable             C. necessary                   D. possible

53. A. ever            B. often                 C. seldom                       D. never

54. A. voices                 B. poems               C. cars                           D. music

55. A. it                     B. when                 C. but                D. and

Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to   41   with you.

I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the high way at 85 mph   42   we realized we were   43   . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $ 20 bill. I was so   44   because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on   45   seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line.

  46   , I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I   47   I had not actually handed my money to the cashier. I had just  48   out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible. 

My conscience(良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t   49   over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and   50   for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I

  51   to forgive myself the pleasure of an ice cream for   52   that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change   53   the pizza instead of that nice, new $ 20 bill?” I was not so    54   of my cash now.

For the next two years, whenever I was   55   of the “pizza incident,” I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it.”

I have learned two things from this   56   . Maybe I was a fool for   57    in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a   58   pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will   59   up with you.

This reflects the saying, “A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand times, a hero dies once.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that accident at least a thousand times. If I had been a   60   and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.

41.   A. say                          B. spare                        C. share                       D. explain

42.   A. as                            B. while                       C. however                  D. when

43.   A. lost                          B. tired                        C. hungry                    D. anxious

44.   A. excited                     B. worried                    C. satisfied                   D. encouraged

45.   A. rest                          B. food                        C. travel                       D. drink

46.   A. Unluckily                B. Finally                     C. Immediately             D. Actually

47. A. forgot                      B. recognized               C. noticed                    D. realized

48. A. walked                     B. left                          C. worked                    D. found

49.   A. look                        B. get                           C. turn                         D. think

50.   A. ask                          B. pay                          C. apologize                 D. send

51.   A. refused                    B. wanted                     C. hoped                      D. meant

52.   A. hope                        B. surprise                    C. anger                       D. fear

53.   A. into                         B. with                         C. for                           D. from

54.   A. sure                         B. upset                        C. proud                       D. pleased

55.   A. asked                       B. reminded                  C. thought                   D. told

56.   A. experience                B. experiment               C. story                        D. mistake

57.   A. turning                    B. taking                      C. handing                   D. giving

58. A. free                         B. cheap                       C. plain                        D. oily

59.   A. make                       B. wake                        C. catch                        D. put

60.   A. coward                    B. fool                         C. loser                        D. hero

Last night, I was waiting for a taxi. After 5 minutes, I was  41 . The driver seemed to be angry. I asked him what the  42  was. He said he had just come from the airport without a  43 , which was basically $70 in lost fare.

    Over the course of that ride, the anger slowly  44 . He mentioned he had read an article saying the  45  people are the ones that give, so he hoped he’d have more  46  to give in his life. I was starting to  47  being with him! We continued talking about why  48  is so beneficial both to the giver and the receiver and different ways to  49  it.

    As we arrived at my destination, I  50  my fare. But I pulled out an extra $20 and said, “Since we’ve been talking about giving this whole time, I wanted to share that  51  with you. I’ve already paid my fare, but here’s an extra little bit. You can  52  it, since you’re already down $70 from the airport. But if you want to experience the  53  of the gift, then tell the next passenger in this taxi that their ride is a gift from another and they can  54  their gratitude in whatever way.”

The man turned toward me, tears in his eyes, and said, “Sir, I have a better  55 . You give that $20 to a  56  person around here and I’ll treat the next passenger with a  57  ride myself.”

    Wow. This man was  58  10 minutes ago. I got out and walked around trying to find someone who needed help  59  heading to my destination.

It was an honor meeting that driver and  60  the lesson of how everyone is capable of giving.

41.A. gotten off        B. put down                    C. called up                    D. picked up

42.A question          B. time                  C. problem                    D. cost

43.A. friend           B. stranger                     C. driver                      D. customer

44.A.died out          B. appeared              C. died down                   D. died off

45.A.happiest          B. poorest                      C. richest                      D. strongest

46.A. kindness         B. chances               C. suggestions                  D. money

47.A.mind            B. stop                  C. allow                       D. enjoy

48.A.collecting         B. giving                C. receiving            D. existing

49.A.practise          B. explain               C. watch                      D. consider

50.A. printed          B. recorded              C. paid                       D. examined

51.A.adventure         B. information                  C. language                    D. feeling

52.A.refuse            B. raise                  C. keep                        D. spend

53.A.direction         B. power                C. weight                      D. size

54.A.share            B. earn                        C. forget                       D. miss

55.A.gift              B. idea                  C. opinion                     D. ride

56.A.homeless          B. native                       C. nice                  D. brave

57.A.long             B. comfortable                  C. free                        D. safe

58.A.bored            B. tired                        C. rude                        D. angry

59.A.after             B. before                      C. when                 D. as

60.A.learning          B. preparing                    C. finishing                    D. providing

I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my reply. Then he said, “Excuse me too… I wasn’t   41   watching for you.” We were very polite, this stranger and I. Then we went   42   our way after saying goodbye.

But at   43  , a different story is told. How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen, as I   44   the meal, my daughter walked up to me, very still. When I turned, I      45   knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown (皱眉). She stepped away silently, with her little heart   46  . I didn’t realize how rudely I had spoken.

    That night, when I lay   47   in bed, God’s quiet voice spoke to me and said, “While    48   with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are QUICK to excite… Go look around on the kitchen floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the   49  . Those are the flowers she brought for you. She   50   them herself — pink, yellow, and your favorite blue. She stood there quietly and you never saw the   51   in her eyes.”

    By this time, I felt sad and small and now my own tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪) by her   52  . “Wake up, my,” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked up for me?” She smiled, “I found them out by the tree, I   53   them in a napkin（纸巾）, just for you. I knew you’d like them, especially the   54  .” I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today… And I   55   have fussed (大惊小怪) at you that way…”

    And she whispered, “Mommy, that’s OK… I still love you   56  .” I hugged her and said, “I love you, too and I LOVE the flowers.”

    Do you know that: if you die tomorrow, the   57   you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days. But the family you leave   58   will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our   59   than into our families--- an unwise investment (投资) indeed.

    Remember that   60   = (F)ATHER + (A)ND + (M)OTHER + (I ) + (L)OVE + (Y)OU.

41.   A.    ever B.    even C.    just  D.    right

42.   A.    to    B.    in    C.    on    D.    for

43.   A.    school     B.    work       C.    home      D.    office

44.   A.    cooked    B.    had  C.    ate   D.    took

45.   A.    already    B.    hardly     C.    rudely     D.    nearly

46.   A.    lost  B.    missed     C.    beaten     D.    broken

47.   A.    asleep      B.    awake     C.    afraid      D.    alive

48.   A.    dealing    B.    meeting   C.    going      D.    talking

49.   A.    floor       B.    kitchen    C.    window   D.    door

50.   A.    grew       B.    bought    C.    picked     D.    fetched

51.   A.    tears B.    expressions     C.    smiles     D.    joy

52.   A.    desk B.    bed  C.    body       D.    knees

53.   A.    wrapped  B.    covered   C.    put   D.    help

54.   A.    pink B.    yellow     C.    blue D.    black

55.   A.    needn’t    B.    shouldn’t C.    mustn’t   D.    can’t

56.   A.    indeed     B.    besides    C.    anything  D.    anyway

57.   A.    company B.    country   C.    place       D.    state

58.   A.    for   B.    with C.    behind     D.    to

59.   A.    books      B.    loss  C.    meal       D.    work

60.   A.    RESPECT      B.    WARMTH      C.    FAMILY D.    FRIEND

I stayed at home with my 5-year-old daughter Lily. When I was reading some magazines, Lily played in the living room. But after a while I noticed nothing but  31     .           

She had never been so quiet. Was she   32   ? I asked what she was doing. The   33    finally came after I   34   my question three times. I heard “Nothing”. Never could I believe she just stayed there and kept quiet. So I walked into the living room. She hurried off. I   35    her to turn around but she   36  . I got a little angry. “Young lady,” I said, “turn around!”

  37   she turned toward me. In her hand was my wife’s new lipstick, only a little   38  . Besides her lips, every inch of her face was covered with bright red.

As she looked up at me with   39   eyes, I really got angry. I was about to   40   at her so that she would know what a mistake she had made.  41   before I could shout, I noticed the big letters she had written on her white skirt with the lipstick, “I’M  A  PERFECT  ANGEL!”

Something strange   42  me. I looked back at her red face. This time, instead of seeing a  43  girl, I saw a little angel that I had almost missed!

“Lily, I heard you speak to the toys just now. I guess you were teaching them how to use the lipstick. But should an angel use her mom’s lipstick like this?” Lily lowered her head, “Sorry. I won’t do it again.” I smiled. “Go and wash your face and let’s get a new  44  for mom.”

Every child is an angel. I felt   45  that I didn’t hurt the angel through treating her mistake in a right way.

31. A. sound          B. laughter       C. silence        D. music

32. A. sleeping        B. laughing       C. running       D. standing

33. A. news           B. result         C. report         D. reply

34. A. read            B. wrote         C. found         D. repeated

35. A. allowed         B. advised       C. ordered        D. persuaded

36. A. accepted        B. forgot         C. refused        D. understood

37. A. Suddenly        B. Slowly       C. Happily        D. Sadly

38. A. left             B. gone         C. lost           D. saved

39. A. excited          B. frightened     C. surprised       D. disappointed

40. A. shout            B. beat         C. drive          D. hold

41. A. But             B. So           C. And          D. Or

42. A. pulled           B. left          C. pushed         D. hit

43. A. foolish          B. bad           C. clever         D. boring

44. A. skirt            B. lipstick        C. present        D. magazine

45. A. sad             B. interesting      C. fortunate      D. sorry

She was a four-year-old girl with very fine golden hair when I first met her. She was carrying a bowl of soup. I was 29 at that time and   11   from the flu.

   Her mom and I had been friends for years.   12   that friendship grew into care, from care into   13   and marriage. Marriage brought the three of us together as a   14  . At first I was afraid to be a “stepfather”. Therefore, I tried not to come   15   my future daughter and her   16   father. I acted in that way in order to be liked. However,   17   she was growing up, I found it increasingly hard to   18   with her.

   Once her school required the parents to individually(个别的) write an open and   19   letter to our children. I wrote a letter about a little golden-haired girl who had   20   me a bowl of soup when I needed   21  .

   A week later,  all the parents   22   together with our children. The students were allowed to make a few statements. I was   23   to hear what my daughter would say.

Finally my daughter   24   make her way up to the microphone. She said something like others and then   25  , “At this very moment, I just want to say …I love you, Father.”

Immediately people around me started   26   at me. For a teenage girl to say  27   in front of so many people, “I love you,” took a great deal of courage.

Since then I have   28   to understand I didn’t need to have any   29   about being a stepfather. I can still   30   honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before － carrying a bowl full of what turned out to be kindness. I can also be friends with the girl － my daughter.

11. A. hurting               B. attacking           C. suffering           D. experiencing

12. A. Immediately        B. Finally              C. Especially         D. Generally

13. A. like                    B. pleasure            C. excitement         D. love

14. A. union                 B. group                C. family               D. whole

15. A. between                  B. among                     C. from                 D. for

16. A. natural                B. following          C. untrue               D. old

17. A. after                   B. as                     C. with                  D. before

18. A. connect               B. share                 C. communicate     D. argue

19. A. honest                B. formal                     C. powerful           D. responsible

20. A. taken                  B. shown               C. shared               D. brought

21. A. cure                   B. care                  C. help                  D. friend

22. A. presented            B. invited                     C. gathered            D. asked

23. A. glad                   B. hopeful             C. serious              D. anxious

24. A. determinedly      B. independently    C. patiently            D. unexpectedly

25. A. lasted                 B. declared            C. continued          D. responded

26. A. hugging                     B. smiling             C. kissing              D. celebrating

27. A. quietly                B. openly                     C. brightly             D. attractively

28. A. used                   B. stepped             C. desired              D. come

29. A. courage                     B. fear                  C. happiness          D. idea

30. A. exchange            B. send                  C. expect               D. fall

Two businessmen were invited to a dinner at home of a college professor. One of the men had 26  education and felt  27  that he might make a fool of himself, so his friend said, “Don’t worry. Just do 28   I do. Don’t talk about  29  that you don’t really understand.” The first man managed to get  30  the dinner successfully, but by the end of the evening he had   31  too much and began to get  32 .

A guest asked him   33  he liked Shakespeare（莎士比亚）, and he answered, “It’s very   34  , but I prefer Scotch(苏格兰威士忌).” There was an unpleasant silence in the room, and soon people began to   35   .

When the two friends were out of the house,  36    man said to his friend, “You certainly made a fool of yourself by talking so stupidly about Scotch.” “What do you   37   ?” asked the other man. “What was  38   with it?” “   39   knows that Shakespeare isn’t a  40  ,” his friend replied.

(    )26.A. some          B. little          C. much         D. enough

(    )27.A. worried        B. happy         C. sad           D. glad

(    )28.A. whether        B. how          C. that           D. what

(    )29.A. it             B. what          C. anything       D. something

(    )30.A. up            B. through        C. across         D. on

(    )31.A. talked         B. drunk          C. eaten         D. said

(    )32.A. rude           B. worse         C. careful        D. good

(    )33.A. what          B. how           C. why          D. that

(    )34.A. well          B. happy          C. good         D. kind

(    )35.A. drink         B. smile           C. talk          D. leave

(    )36.A. another       B. other           C. the second     D. this

(    )37.A. speak        B. mean           C. observe        D. think

(    )38.A. the matter     B. the wrong       C. happening      D. going

(    )39.A. All          B. Every           C. Everybody      D. People

(    )40.A. professor     B. businessman      C. food          D. drink