On the night of my birthday, I went with my mom to the nearest drug store to buy vitamins. Even though it was my birthday, I was feeling   11  and a bit lonely. Maybe I missed my dad who died four years ago, I just wanted him to be beside me that day.
On my way to the drug store, I was crying. When I arrived there, I cleaned my   12   up from the tears and tried to   13  when I ordered the vitamins my mom wanted to buy. While I was waiting, I looked around the building and I   14  sight of a beggar next to the door. She was with her son, a cute little boy. They were sitting on the street. Although it was in winter at the moment and I still felt   15   with my coat, I noticed that the child was just wearing an old T-shirt. I felt sorry for them. When I   16   for my vitamins, I glanced at them and had an idea. “Why don’t I contribute some of my smaller clothes to them? Today is my   17 .” I thought to myself. I had to   18  something with someone else that day. Yeah, I   19  that I had to do that. I went home in a hurry and I felt so excited as I looked for some of my smaller   20 .
At home, I told my mom my   21  and told her my idea. My mom   22  with me. I found a few clothes and went back to the drug store. When I got there, I didn’t hand the clothing over myself. I wanted it to be a   23 , so I asked someone to hand the clothes over, then I left. As I left, I   24  someone saying “thank you!” and I hoped it was for me.
On the road, my heart was full of   25  and warmth. I felt glad that I could share something on my birthday and that was a big gift for me.

 Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to  16 .

I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 17 we realized we were   18  . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $20 bill. I was so   19  because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on   20  seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line.   21  I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About half way through the meal, I   22   I had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just   23   out, and nobody had noticed, I felt terrible.

My conscience( 良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t  24 over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and   25   for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I  26  to give myself the pleasure of an ice-cream for   27   that someone would say, “ Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change   28   the pizza instead of that nice, new $20 bill?” I was not so   29  of my cash now.

For the next two years, whenever I was   30  of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “ Don’t think about it...”

I have learned two things from this   31 . Maybe I was a fool for   32 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a   33  pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience   34  up with you.

This reflect the saying, “ A coward(懦夫) dies a thousand deaths; a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “ 35 ” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A girl used to turn her cell phone off and put it by her photo on the desk every night before going to bed. This habit has been with her ever since she 1.the cellphone.

The girl had a boyfriend .When they couldn’t 2.,they would either call or send messages to each other.They both liked the type of3..

One night the boy really 4.the girl. When he called her, however ,the girl’s cell phone was off because she was already5.. The next day , the boy asked the girl to 6.her cell- phone on at night, because when he needed to reach her and could not, he would be 7.

 From that day on ,the girl began a new8.. Her cell phone was never 9.at night. Because she was afraid that she might not be able to10.the phone ring in her sleep, she tried to 11.very alert. As days went on, she became thinner and thinner. Slowly, a gap began to12.between them.

 The girl wanted to revive their relationship. One night, she called the boy. However , what she got was a sweet female 13.: ”Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power off.” The girl knew that her 14. had just been turned off.

 After a long time, the girl had a new love. No matter how well they got along, the girl 15. to get married . In the girl’s heart ,she always16. that boy’s words and the night17.that phone was power off.

One night, the girl fell ill. 18.calling her parents, she dialed the new boy’s cell phone.The boy was already asleep but his cell phone was still 19..

Later the girl asked the boy, ”Why don’t you turn your cell phone off at night?”

 The boy answered “I’m afraid that if you need anything at night and aren’t able to find me, you will be worried ”.The girl finally20. the boy.

21.A.bought      B.used            C.had          D.left

22.A. meet       B.work           C.eat           D.rest

23.A.style       B.communication   C.emotion       D.habit

24.liked        B.missed           C.hated         D.needed

25.A.sleepy      B.tired             C.asleep        D.alone

26.A.remain     B.expose           C.leave         D.take

27.A.delighted   B.relieved          C.scared        D.worried

28.A.friend      B.habit             C.career        D.hobby

29.A.shut down  B.slowed down      C.broke  down  D.stepped down

30.A.see        B.feel             C.smell          D.hear

31.A.leave       B.take             C.stay          D.hold

32. A.form      B.fill              C.work          D.discount

33.A.person     B.voice            C.image         D.photo

34.A.phone     B.power           C.love           D.fan

35.A.pretended  B.agreed           C.decided        D.refused

36.A. realized   B.understood        C.remembered    D.appreciated

37.A.when      B.why             C.where         D.which

38.A.Apart from   B.As a result of     C.In place of      D.Instead of

39.A.on        B.off              C.away          D.in

40.A.left       B.married          C.visited         D.received

My husband and I sat outside. A small child about three came up the street, accompanied by her mother. As she saw another girl a few feet away, she gave her admiring comment, “Mommy, I like her dress.” Her mom   21 , “Well, why don’t you go and tell her?”

The little girl walked   22  toward the girl wearing the pretty dress. The other one,

  23  the same age, was standing with her   24  turned, alongside her parents. They had not heard the compliment (赞美). Receiving no answer, this little one   25 . My husband said to the other girl, “  26  wants to tell you something.” As she turned around, connection was made. Once again, the little one   27  “I like your dress,” and upon hearing those words, the other one gave her a big smile and excitedly   28  “Look, it’s a spinning (旋转) dress!”, at which moment she began to spin in  29. Both of them smiled widely.

Now, the one stopped spinning and said, “It’s my favorite dress and I have (a)   30  that match!” She   31  running toward a stroller (婴儿车) parked nearby.

The mom and the daughter started to   32  down the street,   33  the encounter (邂逅) had ended. Moments later, the “spinning dress girl” reappeared, shoes in hand,   34  her new friend who had seemingly disappeared. Now, an elderly couple, seated on a bench, had obviously been  35  of all this. The man   36  the child, saying, “There’s someone coming behind you.” Then we saw one showed and the other   37  the beautiful shoes.

If you can make a   38  better, do it. I have no idea how many others that evening might have   39  this act, hoping to help good things to happen. But such brief moments,  40  together, make up what might very well be the important times in our lives.

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　　People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of higher education are in the bell tower of the 1 and have made up their minds to 2 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest(抗议) against heavy trucks which run 3 through the narrow High Street.

　　“They not only make it 4 to sleep at night, but they are 5 damage to our houses and shops of historical 6 ,”said John Norris, one of the protesters.

　　“ 7 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,”said Jean Lacey, a biology student,“Why don't they build a new road that goes 8 the town? Burlington isn't much more than a 9 village. Its streets were never 10 for heavy traffic.”Harry Fields also studying 11 said they wanted to make as much 12 as possible to force the 13 to realize what everybody was having to 14 .“Most of them don't 15 here anyway,”he said,“They come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), 16 they probably don't 17 the noise all that much. It's high time they realized the 18 .”

　　The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were 19 on their side, and even if they weren't they soon would be 20 asked if they were 21 that the police might come to 22 them.“Not really,”she said,“Actually we are 23 bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no 24 against practicing.”I 25 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

1．

[　　]

A．college　　　　B．village

C．town　　　　　D．church

2．

[　　]

A．change　　　　　B．repair

C．ring　　　　　　D．shake

3．

[　　]

A．now and then　　B．day and night

C．up and down　　 D．over and over

4．

[　　]

A．terrible　　　　B．difficult

C．uncomfortable　D．unpleasant

5．

[　　]

A．doing　　　　　B．raising

C．putting　　　　 D．producing

6．

[　　]

A．scene　　　　　B．period

C．interest　　　　D．sense

7．

[　　]

A．If　　　　　　　B．Although

C．When　　　　　D．Unless

8．

[　　]

A．to　　　　　　　B．through

C．over　　　　　　D．round

9．

[　　]

A．pretty　　　　　B．quiet

C．large　　　　　 D．modern

10．

[　　]

A．tested　　　　　B．meant

C．kept　　　　　 D．used

11．

[　　]

A．well　　　　　　B．hard

C．biology　　　　 D．education

12．

[　　]

A．effort　　　　　B．time

C．trouble　　　　 D．noise

13．

[　　]

A．towns people　　　　　B．other students

C．government officials　　D．truck drivers

14．

[　　]

A．stand　　　　　B．live

C．come　　　　　D．study

15．

[　　]

A．shop　　　　　B．live

C．come　　　　　D．study

16．

[　　]

A．but　　　　　　B．so

C．or　　　　　　 D．for

17．

[　　]

A．notice　　　　B．mention

C．fear　　　　　D．control

18．

[　　]

A．event　　　　　B．Loss

C．action　　　　 D．problem

19．

[　　]

A．hardly　　　　B．unwillingly

C．mostly　　　　D．usually

20．

[　　]

A．I　　　　　　　B．we

C．She　　　　　　D．They

21．

[　　]

A．surprised　　　 B．afraid

C．pleased　　　　D．determined

22．

[　　]

A．seize　　　　　B．fight

C．search　　　　 D．stop

23．

[　　]

A．proper　　　　 B．experienced

C．hopeful　　　　D．serious

24．

[　　]

A．point　　　　　B．cause

C．need　　　　　D．law

25．

[　　]

A．left　　　　　 B．found

C．reached　　　　D．passed