We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault .And whose fault is that? Not mine.

       Recently, my husband and I got up at the    1   of 4 am to catch an early    2 to New York .We were extremely   3  ,perhaps because we were sleep-walking . And we were all ready when the taxi came to   4  us 45 minutes later.

       It was a quiet   5  to the airport .We didn’t even chat ,because he was enjoying his new iPod .At the airport ,the taxi   6  to let us get off ,at which point the iPod guy   7  me and said , “We don’t have our   8 .”

       “You are   9  ,right?” I replied ,for he   10   lied like that.

       “No. I mean it .Did you bring it down?” I didn’t”

       “What do you mean ,you didn’t ?” I shouted. “All our things are there.”

       “How  11  !” I was thinking, “You’re always  12  to do things like bringing down luggage .This is your fault , 13  now ,we may   14  our flight.” I didn’t say that out loud,  15  .He already knew how I felt.

       The experience showed I had a hard time accepting  16  . But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is  17  the eyes of others. We often don’t recognize that we’ve done wrong.

       Oh ,and that missing suitcase? We went home  18 in the taxi ,picked it up ,returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to  19  .

       Later ,while walking along Broadway, I noted how  20 I was. I hadn’t said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home.

1．A．point                     B．hour                    C．strike                  D．period

2．A．bus                       B．train                    C．flight                   D．taxi

3．A．still                       B．excited                C．calm                   D．disappointment

4．A．collect                  B．pick                    C．fetch                   D．draw

5．A．drive                     B．experience           C．travel                  D．ride

6．A．pulled in                B．pushed in             C．hurried in            D．dragged in

7．A．turned to               B．turned up             C．turned against      D．turned away

8．A．briefcase               B．suitcase               C．clothes bag          D．food bag

9．A．running                 B．laughing              C．joking                 D．cheating

10．A．rarely                  B．always                C．hardly                 D．never

11．A．clever                  B．stupid                  C．terrible                D．unlucky

12．A．expected             B．asked                  C．requested            D．supposed

13．A．and                     B．if                        C．while                  D．but

14．A．catch                  B．quit                     C．change                D．miss

15．A．either                  B．as well                C．though                D．besides

16．A．punishment          B．advice                 C．responsibility       D．belief

17．A．in                       B．through               C．over                    D．on

20080417

18．A．slowly                 B．carelessly            C．sadly                   D．hurriedly

19．A．spare                  B．use                     C．leave                   D．share

20．A．stupid             B．sorry             C．wise            D．funny

One summer several years ago, my family was enjoying a barbecue on the beach. After the barbecue, my father-in-law invited me to go fishing.  Fishing was his hobby, but I   36  went fishing. We walked a little way along the beach and reached a rock by the shore, and I    37   the hook into the sea from there.  Frankly speaking, I am a (n)   38  person, and although I had not felt a tug (猛拽) on the line, I reeled up the hook after five minutes or so. I had caught    39 . It was a starfish. It trembled uneasily when I   40  the hook from its ugly mouth. I threw the starfish back into the sea. After another five minutes I caught another starfish and I threw it back again.

After a while, I caught yet another starfish. That was  41  time, and this time I really got angry. I hit the starfish on the rock   42  throwing it into the sea. I was not in the   43  to continue fishing any more.

When I was   44  the fishing tools, I noticed a little girl looking at the starfish on the rock. We   45  looks with each other. The little girl spoke to me in a   46  voice. “Sir, would you mind if I   47  the starfish back into the sea?”“Not at all,” I replied. “"But you know, there are too many starfish in the sea, and they eat many shellfish.   48 , they look so ugly. I don't like them.”

“I understand,” said the little girl. “But if the starfish cannot get back to the sea, it will be   49  by the sun and die. My dead grandfather once told me that there are no living creatures that have no right to exist in the world. God   50  every creature because it was needed by nature. Poisonous snakes, spiders, and starfish were born into this world with a certain   51  for their existence.”

“All right, dear, please throw the starfish back into the sea,” I said to the little girl, feeling   52 . The girl picked up the starfish and gently put it into the sea, and she  53  at me and said, “Thank you, sir.”

Many people like "cute" creatures such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, while they tend to dislike “ugly” creatures such as snakes, spiders, and starfish.  However, the “cuteness” and “ugliness” of things are decided   54  only on one’s personal opinions. There are no living creatures that have no  55  in the world-- this is what I learned from the little girl.

1.	A．even B．still C．seldom D．ever

 

2.	A．dragged B．pulled C．cast D．pushed

 

3.	A．imaginable B．careless C．impatient D．confident

 

4.	A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing

 

5.	A．received B．released C．replaced D．relaxed

 

6.	A．a second B．the second C．the third D．a third

 

7.	A．other than B．instead of C．more than D．except for

 

8.	A．sense B．hope C．mood D．peace

 

9.	A．putting off B．putting out C．putting in D．putting away

 

10.	A．changed B．exchanged C．experienced D．arranged

 

11.	A．frightened B．hopeless C．puzzled D．hesitating

 

12.	A．put B．threw C．cast D．dropped

 

13.	A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Still

 

14.	A．died out B．worn out C．turned out D．dried out

 

15.	A．protected B．blessed C．created D．admitted

 

16.	A．idea B．excuse C．purpose D．ability

 

17.	A．very satisfied B．a little ashamed C．quite angry D．a bit tired

 

18.	A．smiled B．shouted C．looked D．laughed

 

19.	A．carrying B．based C．depended D．following

 

20.	A．value B．right C．price D．life