When I was about 6 years old I lived in Kenya. There was a lot of      and there were always street children on the roads asking for money. There was such a big divide between those children and me and I grew up very aware of being so     .

We had a wonderful and very kind driver, John, who had been working with my     for decades. He used to take us to and from school. One day while we were stopped in traffic a young street child, probably no more than 10 years old,     with a friendly greeting, “Hi, John!”

He      the car and shook John’s hand,. John then gave him a little bit of money and waved him off with a smile before we carried on our way to school.

I had watched the whole incident completely     . John had a large family himself and had to work very hard to make ends     .I knew that he didn’t have any spare money. So, of course, at that age I couldn’t understand why he would be giving money to the child.

“Who was that?” I asked. “My friend,” he replied. “I see him every morning on my way to work and I give him a little bit of money.”        Unable to comprehend, I asked, “Why do you have to give him money every morning?” John replied, “So he can use it to buy some food.”

It was probably at that     that I understood what kindness really was. A person who was in a difficult situation himself still found some money to      for a child who needed it. Even at the age of 6 that had such a great impact on me. I didn’t have any money, but I wanted to      too. So when my grandfather gave us a chocolate bar after dinner every Friday, I would          mine up so I could give it to John to give to his friend.

1.A.kindness   B.violence     C.poverty     D.excitement

2.A.fortunate   B.intelligent   C.guilty       D.unfair

3.A.college    B.company    C.family       D.team

4.A.passed by  B.got in       C.got back     D.called out

5.A.stopped    B.approached   C.examined    D.followed

6.A.annoyed   B.surprised     C.satisfied     D.touched

7.A.meet      B.leave        C.move       D.turn

8.A.Even      B.Merely       C.Yet        D.Still

9.A.sight      B.degree       C.spot        D.moment

10.A.spare      B.spend       C.supply      D.raise

11.A.belong     B.contribute   C.change      D.interfere

12.A.keep      B.divide       C.save        D.add

 

My mother used to ask me what was the most important part of the body.Through the years I would   36  the correct answer.When I was younger, I thought   37   was very important to us as humans, so I said, "My ears, Mommy." She said, "No.Many people are    38 .But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."

Several years passed before she asked me again.Since    39 my first attempt, I had often thought over the correct answer.So this time I told her, "Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it   40_  be our eyes." She looked at me and told me, "You are learning fast, but the answer is not   41 because there are many people who are blind."

  42  the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her response to my answer was, "No, but you are getting  43  every year, my child." Then last year, my Grandpa    44 .Everybody was crying.My Mommy looked at me when it was our   45  to say our final good-bye to Grandpa.She asked me, "Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?"

I was   46 when she asked me this now.I always thought this was a  47

between her and me.She saw the   48   on my face and told me, "This question is very important.It shows that you have really  49  your life." I saw her eyes well up with tears.She said, "My dear, the most important body part is your  50  ."

I asked, "Is it because it holds up your head?" She replied, "No, it is because a crying friend or­­  51 one can rest their head on it .Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my dear.I only   52  that you have enough love and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry on 53  you need it." Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a   54  one.It is sympathetic(同情的) to the pain of  55 .

1.                A．doubt about     B．look for         C．believe in D．guess at

 

2.                A．sight           B．health          C．sound    D．love

 

3.                A．blind           B．deaf           C．abnormal D．Delicate

 

4.                A．doing          B．did            C．making   D．made

 

5.                A．must           B．shall           C．can  D．need

 

6.                A．natural         B．available        C．wrong    D．correct

 

7.                A．Before         B．Till             C．Beyond   D．Over

 

8.                A．stronger        B．taller           C．smarter   D．nicer

 

9.                A．passed by       B．passed out      C．passed away   D．passed over

 

10.               A．duty           B．turn           C．pity  D．change

 

11.               A．shocked        B．satisfied        C．interested D．excited

 

12.               A．game          B．test            C．match     D．secret

 

13.               A．worry          B．puzzlement      C．regret D．pain

 

14.               A．made          B．cared          C．disliked   D．lived

 

15.               A．shoulder       B．foot           C．hand D．hair

 

16.               A．love           B．loved          C．loving     D．loves

 

17.               A．know          B．want           C．hope D．wish

 

18.               A．until           B．when          C．before    D．unless

 

19.               A．valuable        B．useful          C．selfish D．precious

 

20.               A．others         B．the others      C．other D．the other