I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large   16  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would   17  his taxi on the road. I  18  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then, one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  19  work, leave his taxi and go out for his   20 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was    21  .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  22 to be outside one evening two weeks  23 , when the garage door was   24 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely   25  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  26 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  27 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and   28  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）  29 .
We go to bed every night and   30  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a   31  as close friends or go for a vacation as a   32 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  33 the social ladder(阶梯)—how much bigger and better a  34 we have. And we ignore(忽视)our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on   35  we are than what we do!

Miss Green was watching TV. Suddenly the program stopped. “Now we broadcast an important notice from the  36 : At about nine this evening, an old woman of 79, named Mrs. Humney, was    37  and killed by a robber wearing a green coat. Those who can supply any clue(线索) are requested to  38  to the police.” The  39  news made the lonely girl filled with  40 . She couldn’t help looking around. But she didn’t   41  that a man was already behind the door.
Suddenly the man  42  before Miss Green. The girl didn’t know what to   43 . “Just put your necklace on the table, then I’ll  44  whether I shall be safe to stay here for the night.” said the robber. That made her even more terrified, but she tried to   45  herself.
Just then there came the whistle of a police car. Then  46   the door bell. The man said with a pistol(手枪)  47  the girl’s back, “Don’t  48  the door. Never let him in.” But the girl got    a(n)  49 . She asked the man outside the door, “Who is it?” “I’m Bull. Is there  50  unusual here?” “No , there isn’t.” Immediately she added   51 , “Only   52  and I are here.” “Good night.” Bull replied in the same loud voice.
A few minutes later, the sound of the  53  died away. “It’s well done,” the robber laughed. Almost at the same time the glass was   54  into pieces. The policemen  55  into the room and caught the robber.
“Miss Green, what you said made us take action right away,” said Bull, “for we know that you have no brother.”

A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital in Edinburgh. An injured man was  1  in, and the doctor turned to  2 of the students and asked him, “What’s wrong with this man?”?
“I don’t know, sir.” the student answered.  “ 3  I examine him and 4  out?” “There is no 5  to examine him.” said the doctor.?
“You should know without asking questions. He has 6 his right knee(膝盖). Don’t you notice the 7 he walked? He hurt it by  8 it in the fire. You see his leg is burnt away(被烧伤) at the  9  . It is Monday morning now. Yesterday was  10  , but on Saturday the roads were  11  and muddy（泥泞的）. The man’s trousers are muddy 12 . The man fell down on Saturday 13.”?
The doctor then turned to the man and said, “You 14 your wages（领工资） on Saturday and went to a 15 house and drank too much. You 16 wet and muddy on the way 17. You tried to dry your clothes 18 the fire when you got home.  19  you had drunk too much, you 20 on the fire and burnt your knee. Is that right?”?
“Yes, sir.” said the man.? 

Miss Green was watching TV. Suddenly the program stopped. “Now we broadcast an important notice from the  36 : At about nine this evening, an old woman of 79, named Mrs. Humney, was    37  and killed by a robber wearing a green coat. Those who can supply any clue(线索) are requested to  38  to the police.” The  39  news made the lonely girl filled with  40 . She couldn’t help looking around. But she didn’t   41  that a man was already behind the door.
Suddenly the man  42  before Miss Green. The girl didn’t know what to   43 . “Just put your necklace on the table, then I’ll  44  whether I shall be safe to stay here for the night.” said the robber. That made her even more terrified, but she tried to   45  herself.
Just then there came the whistle of a police car. Then  46   the door bell. The man said with a pistol(手枪)  47  the girl’s back, “Don’t  48  the door. Never let him in.” But the girl got    a(n)  49 . She asked the man outside the door, “Who is it?” “I’m Bull. Is there  50  unusual here?” “No , there isn’t.” Immediately she added   51 , “Only   52  and I are here.” “Good night.” Bull replied in the same loud voice.
A few minutes later, the sound of the  53  died away. “It’s well done,” the robber laughed. Almost at the same time the glass was   54  into pieces. The policemen  55  into the room and caught the robber.
“Miss Green, what you said made us take action right away,” said Bull, “for we know that you have no brother.”

An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and 4-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands  36 , his eyesight was not clear, and his  37 unsteady（不稳定的）. The family were  38  every night at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and  39 sight made this rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass,    40  would often spill（洒落）onto the tablecloth.“We must do some-thing about grandfather,”said the husband.
So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There , grandfather ate   41  in the corner while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table.   42 grandfather had already broken a dish or two , his food was served in a    43 bowl. Sometimes, when the family   44 grandfather, he had a tear in his eye as he ate alone.   45 , the only words the couple had for him were sharp   46 when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The 4-year-old boy watched all this  47 .
One evening before supper, the father  48 his son playing with wood scraps（小块）on the floor. He asked the child sweetly :“What are you making?” Just as  49 , the boy answered:“Oh, I am making a little  50 for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.”The 4-year-old boy smiled and went back to   51  on it.
The words   52  the parents so much that they were   53 . Then tears started to stream down their cheeks.   54 no word was spoken , both knew what they had to do. That evening, the husband took grandfather’s hand and  55  led him back to the family table.

A man hired a taxi outside the airfield．The cab had a woolen carpet with  36 lace edges．On the glass partition that  37 the driver's seat was a copy of a famous painting．Its windows were all clean．The customer was very much  38 and said to the driver，“I've never seen a nicer  39 ．”“Thank you for your praise．”the driver answered  40 ．
“The car isn't mine，”said the driver．“It belongs to the company．I used to be a  41 of cabs．When they returned，all of them were as  42 as garbage cans with cigarette butts and rubbish  43 here and there．On the seats and door-handles could be found something  44  like peanut sauce or, chewing gum．Why so? I thought if the car itself were very clean the passengers would most  45 be considerate and refrain from littering．”
“So when I got a  46 to be a taxi-driver，I began  47 my idea into practice-to tidy and  48 the car． Now before a new passenger gets on my car，I'd make a cheek and be sure it is in good order．When my car  49 after a day's work，it always remains  50 ．”
When doing a thing，one makes efforts and wants to see the result．To change others，one has to make twice the  51 but get half the result．To change oneself is the other way round-more fruit with less effort．One had better ask oneself why one makes  52 on others much more than on oneself．  53 you take enough care to do as best you can for other people's sake，your efforts will yield results，If you  54 the inner world of your own，examine yourself and wipe out the dust and dirt，instead of fixing your eyes on other people，you will find a cheerful  55 for yourself and create a pleasant environment for others．

Michael O’her lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. The father believed in encouragement.
Though Michael was the    1  of the class when he entered high school, his    2     continued to encourage him, but also made it very clear that he did not have to play    3    if he didn’t want to.
However, Michael loved football and was    4   to try his best at every practice. All through high school, he never     5    a practice or a game, but remained a bench warmer (替补队员) all four years. His    6   father was always in the stands, with words of    7   for him.
It was the end of the football season, and as Michael ran slowly onto the practice field shortly     8   the big final game, the coach met him with a telegram. Michael    9     the telegram and became deathly silent—his father died that morning, and the sad man left for   10   immediately.
In the third quarter, when the team was ten points    11  , a silent young man eagerly    12   onto the sidelines. The coach and his players were shocked to see their team-mate back so    13 .
“Coach, please let me    14  . I have to play today,” said Michael. Feeling sorry for him, the coach     15  . Before long, nobody could believe their eyes. This small bench warmer played like a(n)    16  . He helped his team win finally.
When the team was cheering for their    17  , Michael was sitting in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, “You were fantastic! Tell me    18  you did it?”
Tears in eyes, Michael said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know he was blind?” He    19   a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could   20   me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”

A businessman was on a business trip to Tokyo（东京）. One day he went to buy some gifts for his employees (雇员) back in his country. He entered a supermarket. A lady smiled and welcomed him. He was very touched, and felt good .Because he was not able to    1    the warmth of her smile, he was watching her as he was    2  . She was giving the same    3   to all the people who walked into the supermarket.
The businessman started thinking if she hated doing the same thing. So he asked, “My dear lady, are you    4   of doing this job?” The lady smiled and said, “No, sir, I have    5   here for the last 10 years and I love my job.” The businessman was surprised and asked, “Why have you stayed here for ten years, and why do you like your job   6    much?” The lady said, “Because I am doing something good for my    7  .” The businessman found this interesting. He asked, “Why?” The lady said, “As most of our customers are    8  , they spend foreign currency（货币） here. So our country has a lot of money and becomes richer. People who are happy with our service will __9___ more often and spend more money in our country.”
Surprised by her    10  , the businessman thanked her. After returning to his own country he worked hard to introduce the same attitude (态度) to his workers, and today his company is one of the best companies in the world.

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so    36  that he didn’t know what to do with himself. The person who had gone in   37  him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in, not like James. He felt    38  that she had already got the job. The problem was that he wanted his job so much. It meant everything to him. He had   39  it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself   40  brilliantly（出色地）at the interview and being offered the job immediately. But now here he was feeling    41 . He couldn’t remember all those things he   42  to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and leave. But no – he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t    43  like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very    44   with herself. She smiled sympathetically （同情地）at James. At the moment, James    45  her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you    46 .” James suddenly wished that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs    47  and forehead sweating and wondered he looked as terrified as he felt.

完型填空。从题后所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中选出符合题意的最佳选项。
Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very 1__ with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was __2__ than him, he felt disappointed. So he 3__ hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to __4___ some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started __5_for land.
He6__ that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads living there. He bought some gifts and went to ___7_ their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the 8__ of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his 9_ to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land _10__ giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could _11 by walking through the land before sunset. He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the 12_____, he could have it.
The farmer became very 13___when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of _14__ without paying anything. He came __15 the next morning and started running, not walking, 16_ he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued___17_. Without eating, or drinking, or resting he just got very 18__.When he came back to the head in the evening, he 19__ right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6×4feet.
Don’t be greedy or you will __20 everything finally.