对话填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

A: He is very good, isn’t he?

B: Sorry, what did you say?

A: I s__________ the singer was great.

B: Yes, and interesting to watch.

A: Have you seen him here b_________?

B: Oh, yes. He’s always at e__________ the same place on Saturdays when I come into town. I think he probably w__________ the music and words by himself, b________ I’ve n________ heard any of the songs before.

A: It’s not fair

B: What do you m__________?

A: People with musical ability l_________him have to stand around here to make a living.

B: Perhaps he enjoys i_________ or more money than you think.

A: I h_________ so.

Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been __36__ a couple of times, but I could hardly __37__ to know my ways around the continent. __38__, my knowledge of foreign languages was __39__ to a little college French.
I __40__. How would I, unable to speak the language, __41__ familiar with local geography or transportation systems, conduct interviews and do __42__? It seemed impossible, and with considerable __43__ I sat down to write a letter rejecting the __44__. Halfway through, a __45__ ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don’t try. So I __46__ the assignment.
There were some bad __47__. But by the time I had finished the trip, I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most __48__ places, without guides or __49__ advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will __50__.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition __51__. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning _52_, the world opens to you.
I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a (n) __53__. And I know I’ll go on doing such things. It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept worry as another name for _54_and I believe I can 55_ wonders.

It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway．I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box．But Nora did．She wasn’t even four, but she  36  at my coat and said, “That man’s cold, Daddy,  37  we take him home?”
I don’t remember my reply．But I do remember a sudden  38  feeling inside me．I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her  39 , whether it was  40  in flight or children playing．But now she was noticing  41  and beggary．
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and  42  it to an elderly person．It was quick and easy．I  43  us up．Nora was  44  about it．She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how  45  our job was．When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to  46  myself to leave the house to fetch the food package．On the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn  47 ．The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home．Why do this?  48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed．She  49  us right over．
The building was in a bad state．Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress．She took the package and asked us to come in．Nora ran inside．I unwillingly followed． 50  inside, I saw that the apartment belonged to someone poor．Our hostess showed us some photos．Nora played and when it came time to say good-bye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears．
Professionals call such a（n） 51  a “volunteer opportunity”．They are opportunities, and I’ve come to see．Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something  52 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and  53  clothes for the homeless．Yet, as I’ve  54  her grow over these past four years, I still wonder ------ which of us has  55  more?

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    When I was a young girl, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents, who lived in a community especially for the elderly and near to an old people's home. They used to tell me that few volunteers would go there and said if someone elderly engages me in  36  ，I'd better make time for them. As a result，I   37  be the only person they got to talk to that day. I've never forgotten this and still  38   time to chat with elderly people.

    So when I   39  a 100-dollar prize in the kindness competition for my community, I  40 thought of the elderly! I then  41  my local community centre and told them how I'd made a suggestion that if I had 100 dollars to  42  my community, I would use it for the elderly who were living    43  . I asked, "Could you do something a bit  44  so that they could all get something from this   45  ？”"Yes, of course, we could do a buffet (自助餐）and dance,”the centre manager told me.

    I thought this was a fantastic   46  and a very worthwhile use of the   47  ．We bought food and beverages (饮料) enough to serve about 30 elderly residents. A poster was    48  to announce it and it was   49  for an afternoon.

    I went up to see how it was all  50  and it turned out to be a very enjoyable afternoon. I was very  51  to see that the people I wanted to serve had a wonderful and enjoyable times. It  52  me that one is never too   53  to have fun! I knew my grandparents would have been very  54 of me. It also helped me to remember that whatever is going on in the world，we can still make a(n) 55 to other people's lives.

A. walking               B. argument          C. conversation            D. shopping

A. might                   B. must                C. would                     D. should

A. consume               B. spare                C. devote                     D. share

A. won                     B. admitted           C. impressed                D. paid

A. eventually             B. usually             C. immediately             D. always

A. recognized            B. joined               C. contacted                 D. congratulated

A. purchase               B. create               C. benefit                    D. match

A. freely                   B. comfortably      C. lonely                      D. alone

A. adventurous       B. strange             C. special                     D. merciful

A donation               B. movement         C. collection                D. recreation

A. promise               B. idea                 C. discovery                 D. comment

A. community          B. competition      C. money                     D. space

A. thought of           B. put up              C. agreed on                D. sent up

A. known                B. applied             C. arranged                  D. read

A. going                  B. existing            C. preparing                 D. ending

A. pleased                   B. hopeful            C. curious                    D. anxious

A. provided             B. challenged               C. reminded                 D. puzzled

A. young                 B. busy                 C. poor                        D. old

A. proud                 B. ashamed .         C. cautious                   D. aware

【小题20】A. fortune            B. influence          C. promise                D. contribution

An old man lay in a hospital bed, heavily sedated（给……服镇静剂）to ease the pain  from his heart attack.. The nurse arrived and said, "Your   36   is here," repeating the  words several times before the   37   conscious man opened his eyes. His son was a   38   who had come back from service to    39    to his beloved father.

The elderly man 40  out to touch his son's hand and held it gently.  All through  the   41   ,the young soldier sat in the ward（病房）offering words of   42    to his dying dad, who said   43   but kept a weak grip of his child.   44    of the noise of the oxygen tank and the moans（呻吟声）of the other patients, the soldier remained   45    by  the old man-s side.

Several times in the course of that long night, the nurse returned and suggested that  the soldier leave to   4 6   for a while, But each time he would   4 7    As dawn approached the elderly man   48   His loving son rested the old man's  lifeless hand on the bed and left to find the   49   .  The young man waited while the  nurse carried his father's body away and when she returned, offering words of   50     the soldier interrupted her.

"Who was the man?"-he asked.

 51   ,the nurse replied, "He was your father."

“No, he wasn't," the young man said, 6'I've never seen him before in my life.”

"Then  52  didn't you say something'?"

“When I arrived at the ward,I knew right away there had been a(n)  53 ,”the young man explained. "But I also knew that man needed his son, and he wasn't here.I could tell he was too一54 to know who sat beside him but he needed someone there, soI just decided t0  55  him. 

1.                A．wife           B．son            C．brother   D．cousin

2.                A．barely          B．simply          C．actually   D．totally

3.                A．director        B．manager        C．waiter    D．soldier

4.                A．talk            B．listen           C．attend    D．adjust

5.A.looked       B reached      C.moved            D. picked

6.                A．morning        B．noon           C．afternoon D．night

7.                A．sadness        B．truth           C．excitement    D．encoursgement

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

9.                A．Free           B．Unaware        C．Afraid    D．Tired

10.               A．loyally         B．seriously        C．impatiently D．carelessly

11.               A．walk           B．chat           C．rest  D．exercise

12.               A．refuse         B．agree          C．hesitate   D．weep

13.               A．awoke         B．died           C．recovered D．screamed

14.               A．friend          B．relative         C．ambulance D．nurse

15.               A．love           B．anger          C．sympathy  D．admiration

16.               A．Shocked        B．Worried        C．Frightened D．Annoyed

17.A. how        B where        C. why             D. when

18.               A．mistake        B．hope          C．accident   D．event

19.               A．anxious        B．sick            C．disappointed   D．careless

20.               A．leave          B．support        C．respect   D．accompany