My friend is a taxi driver. He has been a taxi driver for ten years. It’s a nice job m 86 of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at night because there is too much t 　87 during the day. He usually goes home between two o’clock in the morning. There are some very s 88 things, which often happen at night.

One day my friend was t 89 a woman back home from a party at three o’clock in the morning. She has her little dog with her. When they got to her house, she found she had lost her key. So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in t 90 the window. My friend waited and waited. After half an hour of honking（鸣汽车喇叭）he d 91 to find out what was going on. He t 92 the dog to a tree and started to climb in.

At that moment some policemen came. They thought my friend was a t 93 . L 94 , the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and f 95 about my friend and the dog.

On my first day of the sixth grade, I noticed one little girl called Amy on the school bus. “Don’t   1  her,” Lauren said, who sat beside me, “or they will make fun of you.”

Amy had many physical differences —lots of   2  for other kids to make fun of her. Her eyes weren’t straight. Her glasses were an inch thick. And she had really ugly teeth.

Every day as we drove to school, kids would shout insults (侮辱) at Amy. “God, what a

 3  face! Stop looking at me!” “Mr. Rolland (the driver)! Amy took off her   4 , and now her eyes are frightening me! Make her put them back on!” I also did that because I didn’t want them to treat me the same way they treated Amy.

But while I was insulting her, my heart   5  for the girl. I could see that the insults were making her look   6 , because she was so ashamed and alone. Then I wanted to stand up for her. I just didn’t know how to stop my schoolmates   7  the night of our class roller skating party.

Our whole class was there, including Amy. Amy didn’t know how to   8 , but I could see how much she wanted to   9  like the rest of us. So I skated over to her and took her by the hand. We began the journey together around the skating rink. She just smiled, and sometimes she would laugh in   10 .

On the school bus the next morning there was much news about Amy and me  11   together, but   12  insulted her or me. And they didn’t do that for the rest of the year.

After graduation, I never heard from Amy again. However, I never   13  her and I’ve always   14  if I changed her life for the better. But I know for sure she changed my life. After becoming her friend, I no longer tried to impress (给…留下印象) people by trying to   15  like them. I became myself.

1.                A．laugh at        B．ask about       C．talk to    D．be afraid of

 

2.                A．reasons         B．choices         C．ideas D．habits

 

3.                A．lovely          B．strange         C．common  D．funny

 

4.                A．glasses         B．coat           C．shoes    D．hat

 

5.                A．beat           B．lost            C．opened   D．ached

 

6.                A．happier        B．angrier         C．prettier   D．uglier

 

7.                A．until           B．since           C．before   D．after

 

8.                A．stand          B．skate           C．run  D．walk

 

9.                A．catch up        B．have fun        C．sit down D．fall over

 

10.               A．fear           B．surprise        C．joy   D．comfort

 

11.               A．talking         B．dancing        C．skating    D．traveling

 

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

 

13.               A．forget          B．help           C．meet D．miss

 

14.               A．hoped         B．thought        C．wondered D．considered

 

15.               A．shout          B．laugh          C．play  D．act

 

 

A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the __35__ was he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of ___36___ because of the dead battery(电池). Nothing could be done but to ___37___ in the cold car. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the arrival of the rescue who saved him.

It is almost unimaginable that he could stand the cold and great fear in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his ___38___: “First of all I checked up my ___39___ conditions and found myself not in deadly danger. As there was no way to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from losing blood. In this way I dozed (打盹) off. ”

His story put an end to my regret for the failure of an exploration adventure（冒险） that happened last year. A group of young men ___40___ to explore a mountain cave and got lost. Unable to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of ___41___. Finally they fell dead in fear and tiredness. According to the rescue people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the ___42___ of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to ___43___ themselves, they would probably sense a faint(very little) light glimmering (闪烁) not far away.

Don’t you think that you can compare it with ___44___ itself? When you meet with obstacles or big problems in life and work, you are lost in darkness. ___45___ you it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put up struggle immediately. It seems not to be an active attitude, ___46___ a person who can afford to do so must have foresight（预见） as well as a great courage in the first place.

(   )35. A. hopeless    B. worst              C. more               D. best

(   )36. A. service        B. way                  C. work               D. control

(   )37. A. cry            B. lie                    C. sleep                D. wait

(   )38. A. plan           B. decision           C. excuse             D. explanation

(   )39. A. physical     B. mental             C. working           D. medical

(   )40. A. had           B. managed          C. tried                       D. planned

(   )41. A. sight         B. direction          C. hearing             D. feeling

(   )42. A. opening     B. top                  C. end                  D. side

(   )43. A. save          B. help                 C. stop                       D. calm

(   )44. A. adventure  B. life                  C. work               D. human

(   )45. A. Mind         B. Watch              C. Imagine           D. Warn

(   )46. A. and           B. so                   C. but                   D. while

  

Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new house in Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I wanted very much to see his new place and meet his friends.
In my earliest memories my father was a tall, handsome and successful man. He loved his work and family, but was uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I was afraid of him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s in my study and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to try hard to think up things to say to protect myself.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny talks. My father’s critical(挑剔的)air and strict rules were gone. He seemed so friendly and interesting to be with us.
The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me many stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m happy with my new friend. My dad, in this new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
【小题1】 The father was unhappy with the writer because________.

A．he didn’t like her

B．he expected too much of her

C．she had a boyfriend

D．she was uncomfortable

【小题2】 The underlined words straight A’s in Paragraph 2 mean ______ in Chinese.

A．全优

B．及格

C．中等

D．不及格

【小题3】When the writer went out with his father for a walk on weekends she felt ____.

A．tired	B．happy
C．satisfied	D．nervous

【小题4】What does the writer think of her father after visiting him in Arizona’?

A．Strict and hard-working.	B．More critical
C．Friendly and interesting.	D．More successful.

【小题5】When the writer says “my new friend” in the last paragraph, she is talking about_____.

A．her son	B．her father
C．her boyfriend	D．her father’s friend