A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to  1  his studies. There he wrote down his  2  for a course in English, but after the first 3 , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer  4  this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had  5  to another course, so he was  6  when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English  7 at the end of this year.
The lecturer had  8  a difficult paper, which followed his  9 closely, and he was eager (急切的) to see  10  this student would answer the questions. He  11  the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they  12  him and he examined them  13 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he  14  the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one, so he  15  for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I  16  you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your  17  carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your  18 .”
“I’m very  19  about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I  20  what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.” 

A few days ago, I was having a meeting in my company. After walking out, I 36  for my car keys in my pocket, only to discover they were not there. 37 , I gave myself a quick personal pat   38  my clothes, but they were not in 39  of my pockets. So, I went back to the meeting room and looked for them in every place _ 40_I had been. Suddenly it occurred to me that I must have left them in the car. Worried and frightened, I quickly 41  for the parking lot.（停车场）
My wife, Diane, has 42  me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition（点火处）. My theory is the ignition is the 43  place so that I won’t lose them. Her theory is that the car will be   44 . As I rushed out of my company, I came to a terrifying 45 . Her theory was right. The parking lot was 46 .
Without hesitation, I called the 47 . I gave them my location（位置）and  48  that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most 49  call of all.
“Honey,” I said in a low voice. I always call her “honey” in times like these. “I 50  my keys in the car, and it has been stolen.”
There was a period of 51 . I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard Diane’s  52 .
“Ken,” she shouted, “I dropped you off!”
Now it was my time to be silent. 53 , I said, “In that case, would you please come and  54  
your dear husband?”
Diane answered, “I will... just as soon as I can have this policeman  55 I didn’t steal your car.”

A young man was one day taking a walk with a professor. As they went along, they saw   36  in the path a pair of old shoes. They guessed the shoes belonged to a poor man who had   37  finished his day’s work in a field close by.
　　The student   38  the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a(n)   39 : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes to see his   40  when he cannot find them.”
　　“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never   41  ourselves in that way. You are   42 , and may give yourself a greater pleasure by helping the poor man. Perhaps we put a   43  into each shoe, and watch his reaction.”
　　The student did so, and they both   44  themselves behind the bushes. The poor man soon finished his work, and came   45  the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While   46  his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something   47 , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin.
He was   48 , and looked at the coin again and again. He then looked around   49  on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and began to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was   50  on finding the other coin.
　　His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his   51 , looked up to heaven and preyed, He spoke of his wife, sick and   52 , and his children without bread. The timely giving, from some unknown hand, would   53  from dying.
　　The student was moved and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better pleased than if you had played your   54  trick?”
The youth replied, “Thank you! Sir! I feel now the   55  of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

【小题18】

A．support B．learn C．treat D．save

A new book about Chinese-style tough parenting has caused debate in the US．Amy Chua, the author of Battle Hymn （颂歌）of the Tiger Mother, is a Chinese-American professor at Yale Law School, also a mother of two．
The  36  methods she used with her daughters would seem   37  to Westerners．In school her daughters weren't allowed to have grades   38  than As．They had to   39 playing the piano or violin even for hours a day．
There has been wide criticism (批评) of Chua's book in the US．"It's a(n)   40  way of parenting," said a professor at New York University, "standards of parenting need to be  41 ．Children need parents to   42  them, not to force them to do things they're probably not interested in．”
Now the criticism seems to have   43  to China．Sun Yunxiao, an expert from the China Youth and Children Research Center spoke to The Beijing News about his   44  .  He argued Chua's method of   45  would limit children from developing their full   46  ．"Some Chinese parents do focus too much on test scores and good degrees," Sun said, "What gets sacrificed (放弃) along the way is their kids’  47 to develop fully and to enjoy life．"
48  critics(批评家)might have sympathy for kids who experience this parenting style, some teenagers quite   49   it．"I think anyone can do well if they work hard enough,” said a 17-year-old boy, "A   50   mother is there to help her kids work hard．"
Others think that Chua has a（n）  51 in setting challenging goals for kids．"It's important for children,” said an American professor, "  52 speaking , kids need to be   53  sometimes．If you urge kids to do well, they are good at it, and they   54  from it．It's good to have high   55 ．”

【小题7】

A．replace B．love C．force D．guide

【小题14】

A．resist B．state C．object D．appreciate

【小题19】

A．count B．work C．help D．benefit

A high school history teacher once told me, "If you make one close friend in school, you will be the most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life."_36__ teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily_37__.
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a _38_ friendship to  39   . However, there can be   40   disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to be clear in our __41_ the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or _42 at arm's length? Do we want to   43  ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people , many friendships on the surface are __44_ enough-- and that's all right. But on some points, we need to    45  that our expectations are the same as our friends' expectations. The sharing  46  experience   47  our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it   48  be undertaken slowly and carried on only if there are   49  of interest and action in return.
What are some of the _50__ of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much time or too soon. Deep relationships  51    time. Another "major difficulty" is the selfishness to  think one "possesses" the other, including his time and attention. Similarly, friendships   52    actions in return . In   53  words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of . Unless you spend   54   time together , talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die  55  .