When I was a boy, every holiday I had seemed wonderful. My   36  took me by train or by car to a hotel by the   37 . All day I   38  on the sands（沙滩） with strange   39  children. We made houses and gardens, and   40  the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we   41  over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the   42  seemed to shine always brightly   43  the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 44  ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   45 in one’s pockets or good places where we could   46  ice creams. Each day was very happy.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   47  is much the same as it was. I   48  like the sun and warm sand and the sound of   49  beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   50  any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   51 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I   52  what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am   53 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   54  who make houses and gardens with sands, 55  watch the incoming tide…
【小题1】

Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her  36  concert. She had been waiting for this  37  for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her 38  is.
The song made her  39  to the days when she was Lauren’s  40 . As a young  41 , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied 42  in France, Italy and in the United States, “You can become a fine  43 in the future, ” her teachers told her. “But you must be  44 to study hard and work for many years. There will be 45  time for anything but music in your life.” Dorothy was  46 at that time and she was  47  that music was all she wanted or needed to  48 her life. For almost a year Dorothy  49 of nothing else. Then she  50  David, a young engineer travelling in Europe. They soon fell in  51 .
David asked her to be his  52 . Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved  53 , too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t 54 do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her 55 .
【小题1】

The Jordans had the best raspberries in the neighborhood, and that their bushes were always heavy with fruit.So, that summer Friday night, we snuck(潜行) into the Jordans’ backyard and  21  ourselves carefully around the bushes and started  22  their sweet, juicy berry. And we were enjoying every bite of ill-gotten berry  23  all of a sudden the Jordans’ backyard lights were turned on.
“What you boys doing out here?” Mr Jordan shouted. In all  24  ran off my friends, une aten raspberries  25  everywhere.
He made an attempt to grab one or two, but they were too quick. Speed was never my   26  . So I could just stand there and  27  whatever punishment from the Jordans and my parents. I took the scolding that Mr Jordan gave me until we reached my house, where my mother  28  . My friends said they could hear every  29  word from the darkness of our backyard, where they had gathered to celebrate their  30  .
They  31   me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how   32   it was that I had to pay the full  33   for doing the exact same thing all of them had done without any  34   consequences. After about a week, I complained it to my father.
“You took raspberries without asking, and you got exactly the punishment you  35 ,”Dad said.
“But what about the other guys?” I asked.
“That’s not my  36  , nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t control what happens to other people. You can  37   deal with what happens to you.”
Back then I thought Dad just didn’t   38   it. But through the years I come to realize that,   39 , he knew what he was talking about. We didn’t come to earth with a(an)  40  that life would treat us fairly. The only thing we can actually deal with is what happens to us.
【小题1】.

Four years ago,an accident took my wife away and I had to take care of our youny child . There was one particular night, when I had an __36__ at work. Therefore, I __37_ cooked an egg and left my sleepy child alone at home.
It was very late when I __38__. With just a brief hug and kiss for my child, I went stright into the room, without having dinner. __39__, when I jumped into my bed , all I heard and felt was broken sounds and __40__ liquid. I opened my blanket, and there _41__ the source of the “problem”—a broken bowl with noodels and a mess on the bed.
I was so _42_ that I rushed into Loe’s room and gave him a good spanking. He __43__ cried but didn’t ask for mercy, except a short explanation.
“Dad, I was _44__, but you were not back yet, so I wanted to cook some noodles.But I remembered that you __45_ me not to touch or use the kitchen without any __46__ around; therefore, I __47__ the shower and used the hot water to cook the noodles.However, I was __48__ that the noodles would turn cold, so I put it under the__49__ to keep it warm __50__ you return. But I forgot to remind you.”
I went towards my son to give him a(n) __51__ hug and asked him to sleep. Then I began to _52__ the mess on the bed. When everthing was done, I passed my son’s room, and saw that he was still __53__ while looking at his mother’s photo.He cried not for the __54__ on his little body. After this _55__, I have tried to give him both the love of dad and mum.
【小题1】  

Mikio Tanaka is a devoted father----and prove it by taking three months off to care for his baby boy. That makes Tanaka __36__ of a revolutionary in Japan, where men are __37__ known for working long hours and __38__ in the bars with clients than mixing baby milk and changing diapers (尿布).
“It was __39__, but it was also a lot of fun,” Tanaka said, sitting __40__ the living room floor with his 4-month-old son, Daiki, __41__ on his back. “ I saw the first time he __42__. It was a great experience.”
Tanaka, 31, is one of a __43__ number of fathers in Japan who are taking a bigger __44__ inside the home. Men are a __45__ sight with kids at parks and zoos at weekends, though often __46__ yawning. Books and magazines __47__ fathers on how to play with and care for their kids. For Japan’s __48__ housewives, the changing is too late. In Tanaka’s case, his wife, Ayako, 28, was __49__ to take a full year of leave , for she was a school teacher.
__50__ for Tanaka, a department chief at his company had taken the __51__ leave a few years before, so his plan to __52__ three months unpaid leave was not a total shock to his __53__. Ayako took three months off for Daiki, then it was Tanaka’s __54__ when she went back to work. Daiki started day care full-time at __55__ month. Tanaka said at that time he was able to work again.
【小题1】

It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈) from a(n)_________(21) injury. I had_________(22) whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was,__________(23) for the 3,000-metre run.
“Ready… set…”. The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed________(24) me. I felt_________(25) as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest________(26) I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈)）ahead of me when she
crossed the finish line.
“Maybe I should________(27).” I thought as I moved on. _______(28), I
decided to to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran _______(29) and decided not to_______(30) in track next year.It wouldn’t be worth it, ______(31) my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer--- ________(32) than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around, _________(33) the boys were preparing for theirs.  “They must be cheering for the boys.”
I was leaving________(34) several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.
“Courage? I just __________(35) a race!” I thought.
“I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?”
Suddenly I regained _________(36). I decided to ________(37) track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always__________(38) in medals and victories, but in the _________(39) we overcome. The strongest people are not always the people who win, _________(40) the people who don’t give up when they lose.

Many years ago  my dad was diagnosed (诊断) with a terminal illness . He was unable to work at     36  job . He would be fine for quite a while , but would then fall suddenly   37    and have to be admitted to the hospital .
He wanted to do something to keep himself    38   , so he decided to volunteer at the local children    39   . My dad loved kids . He would talk to them and play with them .Sometimes , he would    40   one of his kids . In certain instances , he would give   41    to the sad parents of these children .
One of his kids was a girl who had been admitted with a    42   disease that paralyzed (使…瘫痪) her from the neck down . I don’t know the    43   of the disease , but I do know that it was very sad for a little girl . My dad decided to try to help her . He started    44   her in her room , bringing paints , brushes and paper . He stood the paper up    45   a backing , put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint . He didn’t use his hands at all . Only his    46   would move . He would visit her    47   he could and paint for her . All the while he would tell her , “see , you can do    48   you set your mind to .”
  49    , she began to paint using her mouth , and she and my dad became friends . Soon after , the little girl was discharged (允许出院). My dad also    50   the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Sometime later after my dad had recovered and    51   to work , he was at the volunteer counter one day and    52   the front door open . In came the little girl who had been paralyzed , but this time she was    53   . She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really tight . She gave my dad a picture she had done using her   54    . At the bottom it read, “thank you for helping me walk .” Sometimes love is more    55   than doctors , and my dad-who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture-loved every single child in that hospital .
【小题1】.

A．pushed

B．noticed

C．observed

D．kicked

My husband is an engineer. Since we met, he has always  been the rock in my life. I knew he had his feet 36 planted on the ground ,and it seemed that no matter what else went  37 , he would be the constant one.
Three years of romance and two years of marriage later, I began to feel  38 of him because he never brought me flowers , he never   39  me, and nothing had changed in our marriage.
After  40  , I finally told him I wanted to be  41  . He just sat there , speechless and didn’t even know            __42__to say to make me stay . Finally , he spoke ,“What can I do to change your 43 ?”
“I’ll stay if you have a good answer  44 this question,” I replied coldly。“If I asked for a  45 
growing on a cliff, and getting it for me   46 certain death, would you still do so ?”
His face grew troubled.“Can I give you the answer tomorrow morning ?” With that , my heart  47 . He couldn’t even give me an answer  48 away.
The next morning , I found he was    49 .However, I found a note under a warm glass of milk . My eyes   50 misty as I was reading it
“Dear, I’ll give you my  51  .
After you do typing for a long time , I need my 52  to do it for you.
Every time you leave the house , you forget your keys . I need my legs to run 53  and open the door for you… that’s why I cannot pick the flower for you….”
With tears   54from my eyes , I opened the door. And there he was , with an extremely worried look on his face, waving the packet he had in his hand in front of me.
Just because someone doesn’t love you  55 you want him to, it doesn’t meant that he doesn’t love you heart and soul.
【小题1】A deeply         B  firmly        C   slightly       D  totally
【小题2】A different       B  crazy     C   exciting       D   excited
【小题3】A  liked        B   tried          C   fond          D   tired
【小题4】Afrightened     B  loved          C   surprised      D    lost
【小题5】Asome time      B sometime    C   sometimes     D    some times
【小题6】A  in           B  up            C    down         D    out
【小题7】A what          B  which         C    how          D  when
【小题8】A saying         B comment         C    opinion       D   mind
【小题9】A to             B   of            C     for          D about
【小题10】Atree        B   moon        C     flower       D  butterfly
【小题11】Ameant          B   resulted       C    caused        D  led
【小题12】Asank         B   settled        C    rose          D   worried
【小题13】A soon      B   straight       C    straightly      D   quickly
【小题14】Amissed         B   missing        C    losing        D  lost
【小题15】Afell            B   changed        C    grew         D   got
【小题16】Adscriptions    B   causes       C    lists          D  reasons
【小题17】Aheart         B   fingers        C   mind          D   arms
【小题18】A home         B   at home        C     out         D   in
【小题19】Asteaming       B  sretching    C   streaming     D  spreading
【小题20】Alike it           B    way          C    how        D   the way

I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I felt blindly in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had   31  the search of jailers (people who guard prisoners). I found one and because of my shaking hands, I could   32  get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those.
I   33  through the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. I called out to him, “Have you got a light?” He looked at me,   34  and came over to light my cigarette. As he came close and   35  the match, his eyes accidentally locked with mine. At that moment, I   36 . I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was   37 , perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very   38  not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was as though a   39  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   40  a smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed   41 , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.
I kept smiling at him, now   42  of him as a person and not just a jailer. “Do you have   43 ?” he asked. “Yes, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously felt for the   44  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 were   45  with tears. I said that I   46  that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up.   47  came to his eyes, too.   48 , without another word, he   49  my cell and silently led me out. There, at the edge of town, he   50  me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.
My life was saved by a smile. Yes, the smile ― the unaffected, unplanned, natural connection between people.
【小题1】.. 

Dick was born in a small town. He was a very clever boy, but his  36 was very poor, so he had to work in his  37 time, and during his holidays too, to pay for his  38 . In spite of this, he  39 to get to the university. But it was so  40 to study there that during the holidays he had to get two jobs at the  41 time so as to earn  42 money for his studies.
One summer he managed to get a job in a butcher’s shop during the daytime and  43 in a hospital at night, In the shop, he learned to cut meat up quite nicely and the butcher liked him very much and often  44 him do all the serving.
In the hospital, on the other hand, he was,  45 , allowed to do the  46 jobs, like helping to lift  47 and to carry them from one part of the hospital to another.
One evening at the hospital, Dick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the  48 room. The woman  49 to be one of his  50 who used to buy meat at the butcher’s shop. She was already feeling  51 at the thought of the operation  52 he came to get her. And when she  53 Dick, it seemed to her  54 that nearly finished her.
“ No, no!” she cried. “Not the butcher! I won’t be operated on by the butcher!” And she  55 her eyes painfully.

【小题4】

A．managed B．tried C．failed D．wasn’t able