Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words—though they mean    1   at the time to the people who say them—can have great power.

    I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional   2 for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.

    As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and     3   . He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high-school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would    4     the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what    5   Mrs. Brauch gave him.   6    , what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Four words. They 7   his life.

    “Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “After reading her    8    ,I went home and wrote a short story,    9   I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”

     Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was   10   , helping and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said. 

1．A .much                                 B. little                      C. well                      D. ill

2．A. report                                                                B. designer                C. writer      D. teacher

3．A. weak                                 B. independent           C. troublesome          D. helpless

4．A. follow                               B. change                  C. connect                D. explain

5．A. help                                   B. encouragement      C. grade                    D. words

6．A. Therefore                          B. However               C. Meanwhile            D. Besides

7．A. improved                           B. developed              C. changed                D. enriched

8．A. chapter                              B. novel                    C. note                     D. explanation

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

10．A. encouraging                       B. careful                   C. strict                 D. effective

When I was nine, my family and some friends took a trip. During the trip some members of the group felt  26  , so we stopped at a small stand. Everyone lined up to buy their food.   27, after I finished eating, I was still a little hungry and wanted some 28. Soon I was sure my parents wouldn’t 29  me any candy. "I have to think of a plan," I thought. Then an old lady 30 to buy something she wanted, and would have to get back in line. I knew what I could do. So I rushed to her and volunteered my 31. She 32 and gave me a $20 bill to get some chips.

     When I reached the stand, I found 33 from our group was around. Then I spent the 34  $20 buying the candy. I thought 35  , "I have almost bought all the candy for the next century!" But then, I 36  I should explain to the old lady why I bought no chips and where the whole bill had gone.   37, an idea occurred to me. So I shouted, "I was robbed!" Upon 38   this, the old lady rushed to me to see if I 39  any harm. However, my parents just stayed behind, without any 40  . With so much candy being found in my bag, they knew I was 41 ！When my daddy stared at me angrily, I knew I had to tell the 42. As a result, I was blamed and had to apologize to the old lady for my 43 action. Later, I had to work during the whole summer holiday to 44  the old lady back that $20. From this 45  , I learned a lesson. I also promised that I would never do it again in the future.

26．A. hungry              B. angry            C. bored          D. worried

27．A. Therefore       B. Besides          C. However       D. Though

28．A. juice                  B. candy             C. money         D. chips

29．A. buy                   B. lend             C. leave           D. show

30．A. refused          B. remembered       C. promised       D. forgot

31．A. opinion         B. service          C. dream         D. decision

32．A. argued          B. agreed         C. considered      D. doubted

33．A. nobody           B. somebody          C. everybody      D. anybody

34．A. whole           B. major           C. certain         D. actual

35．A. fearfully         B. regretfully       C. excitedly       D. carefully

36．A. hoped           B. realized          C. discovered         D. understood

37．A. Gradually             B. Immediately       C. Suddenly             D. Slowly

38．A. watching        B. telling            C. finding          D. hearing

39．A. made           B. received         C. meant                D. accepted

40．A. words           B. thoughts        C. expressions          D. actions

41．A. explaining       B. joking               C. lying          D. stealing

42．A. condition        B. truth               C. situation              D. case

43．A. humorous             B. generous         C. dishonest       D. dangerous

44．A. offer              B. afford           C. pass                 D. pay

45．A. experiment      B. example        C. punishment          D. experience   

Three Yale University professors agreed in a discussion that the automobile was what one of them called “Public Health Enemy No．1 in this century．” Besides polluting the air and overcrowding the cities, cars are involved in more than half the disastrous accidents, and they contribute to heart disease “because we won’t walk anywhere any more”, said Richard Weinaman, professor of medicine and public health．

Speaking of many of those man-made dangers of the automobile, Arthur W．Galson, professor of biology, said it was possible to make a kerosene-burning turbine car that would “lessen smog by very large factor”．But he expressed doubt whether Americans were willing to give up moving about the countryside at 90 miles per hour in a large vehicle．“Americans seem wedded to the motor car—— every family has to have at least two, and one has to be a convertible （敞篷车） with 300 horsepower,” Professor Galson continued．“Is this the way of life that we choose because we treasure these values?”

For Professor Sears, part of the blame lies with “a society that regards profit as a supreme value, under the illusion that anything that’s technically possible is, therefore, morally justified”．Professor Sears also called the country’s dependence on its modern automobiles “terrible economics” because of the large horse-power used simply “moving one individual to work”．But he admitted that Americans had painted themselves into a corner by allowing the national economy to become so dependent on the automobile industry．

“The solution,” Dr．Weeinerman said, “is not to find a less dangerous fuel but a different system of inner city transportation．Because of the increasing use of cars, public transportation has been allowed to wither （衰弱） and grow worse, so that if you can’t walk to where you want to go, you have to have a car in most cities,” he declared．This, in turn, Dr．Weinerman contended, is responsible for the “arteriosclerosis （动脉硬化）” of public roads, for the pollution of the inner city and for the middle-class movement to the suburbs．

1．The main idea of the passage is that ____．

A．Americans are fond of their cars

B．public transportation in America is well-developed

C．American cars are too fast

D．automobiles endanger health

2．It can be inferred from the passage that ____．

     A．people are more interested in fast automobiles than in their health

     B．Americans feel more closely tied to their cars than to their wives

     C．kerosene-burning engines would pollute the environment more than gasoline-burning engines do

     D．kerosene-burning cars would go faster than gasoline-powered cars

3．In paragraph 3, Professor Sears implies that ____．

     A．technology is always good for people

     B．technology is not always good for people

     C．financial profit is more important than environmental protection in the society

     D．American people care about both environmental pollution and technological development

4．According to Dr．Weinerman, the solution is that ____．

     A．public transportation should be improved so that people can become less dependent on their cars

     B．people should get rid of their cars and take bus to work

     C．one family should own just one car

     D．a fuel less dangerous than gasoline must be found