In a national spelling contest in America，an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her   36  voice the judges were not sure whether she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and   37  decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had   38  the word. But instead of lying，she told the truth that she had said the   39  letter—so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the   40 ，the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her   41 . Later，dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty，even when it   42  her the contest. But the fact is that she   43  the biggest contest that day: the contest of her   44  .
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is that we would do if we knew we would never get   45 . This young girl could easily have   46  and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you   47 , you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own   48  and character more than the prize from a spelling   49 . Her respect for herself was more important than any    50  others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the   51  she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It’s so true that the choices you make today   52  what you are tomorrow. Our children will   53  our behavior much more than our advice. So if we want them to   54  to be honest，we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember，our kids are   55  what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.

Lulu is a brave pet in our shelter．

    As you know, there are a lot of forest fires during the summer season．Many forests are badly 1 by fire each year．Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire during this hot summer．We were in a heat wave which had been  2  for three days．

   Lulu rushed towards the forest where flames sent out a terrible 3 ．I no longer had any hope that Lulu would come  4  to the shelter．In fact, I was waiting for the firemen to announce his 5  in the forest, when suddenly, a fireman burst into my shelter and  6  me that my dog Lulu had  7  to save four kittens who were trapped by the flames．According to the fireman, Lulu seized the kittens, one by one moving them to a  8  place．I immediately accompanied the fireman to the forest to  9  the rescued kittens．When we arrived at the  10  of the incident, we found Lulu was not  11  ．Then we heard the  12  of a dog came from the forest barking furiously．I  13  it was my dog Lulu．The fireman followed the tracks of the dog until we found him barking  14  by the side of an injured fireman who was lying on the ground and desperately 15  rescue．Thanks to Lulu, four kittens and a fireman were saved．w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

That day, I was very 16 of Lulu for his two heroic  17  toward the kittens and the fireman．Lulu showed much compassion (同情) for both animals  18  him and for a human being who was trying to  19  the fire with his colleagues．

This true story of genuine love and compassion shows us that pets are loving,  20  and compassionate．We should love and protect them．One day they could do us a good turn．

1．A．damaged               B．destroyed               C．wounded         D．hurt

2．A．taking on            B．coming on          C．going on               D．keeping on

3．A．heat                       B．energy               C．fever                 D．burn

4．A．by                        B．round                C．up                       D．back

5．A．return                 B．honor                  C．death                 D．action

6．A．announced          B．informed              C．communicated        D．claimed

7．A．tried                       B．wanted                C．managed               D．failed

8．A．safe                     B．safer                      C．lonely                    D．beautiful

9．A．pick out                B．pick up               C．bring on              D．bring up

10．A．scene                  B．position          C．situation          D．view

11．A．here                B．out                     C．in                          D．there

12．A．voice                     B．noise                     C．accent                D．sound

13．A．acknowledged        B ．recognized        C．heard                     D．listened

14．A．heavily               B．strongly              C．loudly                   D．happily

15．A．waiting for          B．waiting on              C．asking for              D．looking for

16．A．surprised         B．satisfied              C．shamed               D．proud

17．A．things                    B．actions                C．dos                     D．reactions

18．A．as                      B．like                    C．for                        D．to

19．A．put off                B．put away       C．put up                    D．put out

20．A．careful                B．careless         C．caring                D．carefree

When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good   36   to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to   37   a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting   38   , I decided that I had to make a jump myself   39  . Unluckily, I’m not good at any   40  , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a   41   . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s   42    included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n)   43 . For this, I had to wait until the following   44  .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.   45  , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was   46    to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon   47   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a   48   from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute    49  after I jumped.
“Get   50  , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to   51  , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called   52   . “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick   53  . My big parachute had opened! It was the best   54   I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was   55  .

When I come across a good article in reading newspapers. I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the ___1___ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to ___2___ in good health, or a ___3___ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to ___4___ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text ___5___ the title. Therefore, the scissors would ___6___ before they start, ___7___ halfway done when I find out the ___8___ result.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth you ___9___. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be ___10___ up. But you know the future is unpredictable(不可预料) — the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left ___11___. Thus you are ___12___ in a difficult position and feel sad. How ___13___ that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life ___14___ greatly on you preference of one choice to the other.

In fact that is what ___15___ is like, we are often ___16___ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ___17___ we get into another. The ___18___ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I ___19___ remember a philosopher’s remarks, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual(不经意) ___20___ may not be a bad one.

1. A. front               B. same       C. either          D. opposite

2. A. get               B. keep        C. lead         D. bring

3. A. advice             B. news       C. theory        D. report

4. A. suffer              B. reduce       C. prevent       D. cause

5. A. on                B. for          C. without       D. off

6. A. use               B. handle        C. prepare       D. stay

7. A. or                B. but          C. so           D. for

8. A. satisfying            B. regretful     C. surprising      D. impossible

9. A. courage           B. strength      C. attention     D. patience

10. A. given             B. held         C. made           D. picked

11. A. near               B. alone      C. about               D. behind

12. A. filled              B. attracted   C. caught           D. struck

13. A. dares             B. comes      C. deals          D. does

14. A. improves           B. changes    C. progresses            D. goes

15. A. study             B. society     C. nature           D. life

16. A. faced             B. supplied      C. connected        D. fixed

17. A. before            B. after        C. until             D. as

18. A. following          B. next        C. above           D. former

19. A. still                B. also         C. once            D. almost

20. A. treatment          B. action         C. choice          D. remark