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By the third year of teaching I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children. I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me 16 . I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year.
The morning bell rang. I walked 17 through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty-two smiling faces 18 me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to 19 their smiles. Back into the classroom, they 20 , comparing plans for the 21 . I had to remove one student from each arm 22 I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book（点名册） my desk was covered with 23 and gifts followed by a 24 of “Merry Christmas” wishes.
“Oh, thank you,” I must have 25 a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 26 mood. It was kind of them to 27 me. After a while, I heard a small nervous 28 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing 29 by my desk, holding a small, round gift. “This is for you.”
“Thank you, Sweetheart.” I laid it on my desk with the others.
“Um, could you 30 it now?”
I gently tore at the pa
per and tape. “ 31 ,” he said, “it’s breakable.” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament（装饰物）, complete with a hook already 32 . It dawned on me what he had done. Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree. I tried to keep my 33 back.
Later 
that day, I sat 34 the ornament in my hands. Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 35 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.
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| A．excited | B．tired | C．amazed | D．relaxed |
| A．eagerly | B．aimlessl y | C．gently | D．heavily |
| A．watched | B．greeted | C．delighted | D．warned |
| A．return | B．forget | C．ignore | D．refuse |
| A．calmed | B．settled | C．chatted | D．argued |
| A．study | B．weekend | C．vacation | D．lesson |
| A．before | B．when | C．after | D．because |
| A．letters | B．books | C．chalks | D．cards |
| A．knowledge | B．collection | C．series | D．bunch |
| A．confirmed | B．assessed | C．responded | D．explained |
| A．pleased | B．low | C．thrilled | D．angry |
| A．talk about | B．think of | C．turn to | D．connect with |
| A．call | B．sound | C．shout | D．voice |
| A．shyly | B．bravely | C．rudely | D．sadly |
| A．classify | B．collect | C．open | D．check |
| A．Careful | B．Dangerous | C．Patient | D．Hasty |
| A．exposed | B．adapted | C．adjusted | D．attached |
| A．trees | B．hooks | C．gifts | D．tears |
| A．looking into | B．turning over | C．giving away | D．packing up |
| A．anxiously | B．hurriedly | C．delicately | D．casually |
Much meaning can be conveyed with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of 36 ? In a bus you may look at a 37 , but not too long. And if he is 38 that he is being stared at, he may feel 39 .
The same is true in 40 life. If you are looked at for more than 41 ,you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is 42 wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward other’s 43 at you that way.
Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and 44 . But things are different when it 45 to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than ten seconds and 46 to avert (移开) his gaze, his intentions are 47 , that is , he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is 48 her.
49 , the normal eye contact for two people 50 in a conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener 51 , in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking about, to tell him that he is attentive. If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, 52 he tries to dominate(控制) you, you will feel embarrassing.
In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to 53 only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that 54 cannot express.
Evidently, eye contact should be done according to relationship between two people and the specific 55 .
36. A. experience B. thought C. feeling D. attitude
37. A. conductor B. driver C. tourist D. stranger
38. A. looking B. sensing C. telling D. deciding
39. A. interested B. stupid C. uncomfortable D. angry
40. A. social B daily C. family D. school
41. A. friendly B. reliable C. special D. necessary
42. A. anything B. somewhere C. nothing D. anywhere
43. A. interest B. stare C. appreciation D. notice
44. A. attentive B. positive C. aggressive D. active
45. A. comes B. hopes C. tries D. seems
46. A. starts B. refuses C. manages D. aims
47. A. dirty B. unhealthy C. obvious D. unfair
48. A. admiring B. enjoying C. cheating D. selecting
49 A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Altogether D. However
50. A. engaged B. attracted C. trapped D. invited
51. A. all the time B. from time to time C. all the way D. back and forth
52. A. in case B. as if C. even though D. so that
53. A. mothers B. children C. lovers D. teachers
54. A. looks B. eyes C. smiles D. words
55. A. situation B. circumstance C. environment D. condition
At the age of 13，I visited a doctor with my parents. As I sat in the examining chair，the doctor looked into my 31 .“She did inherit (继承) it，”he said with coldness.“You need to be prepared. There is no 32 for this disease.”
My father 33 a gene which，in most cases，results in blindness. I’d inherited the gene. He gradually 34 his eyesight and so did I. At last we were both 35 blind—he was fifty-seven years old， 36 I was only twenty-eight.
My world 37 as the darkness fell， 38 the dreams my husband and I had for us and for our three little boys. But 39 I tried to find some hope and 40 ，my eyes were opened to a new realization.
My father had 41 me not just failing eyesight，but an example of 42 in the face of hardships as well. We were all living in Bolivia in 1964 when he decided to 43 the family to America. He worked tirelessly to 44 the right of living in the US.
Alone in the States，he 45 his helplessness and lack of fluency in English. He managed to rent a small apartment，and nine months later，sent airline tickets for my mom，my brother and me.
Decades later， 46 an American citizen，I look back at what he'd shown me. He set an example proving that determination is important to success. His 47 taught me valuable lessons for my own path in the darkness.
I did the same as I stepped into a 48 world. I fulfilled (完成) my own 49 as a wife，mom，Sunday school teacher and Spanish interpreter. What I inherited from my father helped me to 50 my life in a whole new light.
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Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s every good,” Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said. “Yes, Kate.”
“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”
【小题1】 Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.
| A．how to telephone | B．about electricity |
| C．about time zone(时区) | D．about sound |
| A．it was easy to phone to Los Angeles | B．her student could hear her from 75 feet away |
| C．her students had grasped（理解）her lesson . | D．sound waves were slower than electricity |
| A．slower than sound waves | B．faster than sound waves |
| C．not so fast as sound waves | D．as fast as sound waves |
| A．clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York |
| B．electricity was slower than sound waves |
| C．Tom was not good at physics at all |
| D．Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves |
| A．Tom’s | B．Kate’s | C．Bath A and B | D．Neither A nor B |
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