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. On the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn  47 . The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting 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 sad 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 department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears.

Professionals call such a(n)  51  “a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities, I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have opportunity to do something  52  that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve 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?

1.                A．pulled          B．glanced         C．waved    D．aimed

2.                A．would          B．can            C．need D．must

3.                A．general         B．true           C．heavy    D．curious

4.                A．area           B．part            C．eyesight  D．world

5.                A．insects         B．dogs           C．animals   D．birds

6.                A．coldness        B．illness          C．suffering  D．ignorance

7.                A．delivered       B．returned        C．devoted  D．posted

8.                A．held           B．hurried         C．signed    D．lined

9.                A．casual          B．sorry           C．astonished D．excited

10.               A．creative        B．valuable        C．shocking   D．simple

11.               A．warn           B．stop           C．allow D．push

12.               A．back           B．away           C．up   D．out

13.               A．Therefore      B．Obviously       C．Still   D．Also

14.               A．called          B．promised       C．invited    D．helped

15.               A．As            B．Once          C．Because   D．Though

16.               A．stay           B．visit           C．adventure D．challenge

17.               A．fair            B．famous         C．difficult   D．enjoyable

18.               A．collect         B．make          C．order D．wear

19.               A．let            B．made          C．watched   D．noticed

20.               A．improved       B．benefited       C．tried  D．seized

Patient: thank you for agreeing to see me on such short notice, doctor.

Doctor: Anything for my favorite patient! Now, what seems to be 1.___matter?

Patient: it’s my vision. I can’t see well at night, and __2._I wake up in the morning, it takes me a few minutes before I can see clearly.

Doctor: OK. I’m going to take a __3.__(close) look . just relax. How _4.___has this been going on ?

Patient: A couple of weeks. I guess…wow, that’s right!

Doctor: Does __5.__ hurt when I do that?

Patient: Not exactly, it’s just really bright.

Doctor: OK. Please, go on.

Patient: Well, I ____6.____ (walk) down to the basement in my house about three weeks ago when I slipped and bumped my head pretty hard on the steps.

Doctor:Where exactly did you hit ___7.___ head?

Patient: Right on the back. I heard a loud sound when I hit it, but there was no blood and everything seemed to be okay.

Doctor: You didn’t get it ___8.___(check) out then?

Patient: My wife said I should, but nothing was wrong,so I thought, why bother? Well,a week passed and all of a sudden I started to have problems with my sight. I first noticed it when I was driving back home __9.__ work.It’s gotten worse over the past week or so.

Doctor: I’m glad you came to see me.I’m going to order some tests, and I want to make an appointment for you to see a specialist tomorrow morning.__ 10.__ (hope), it’s nothing too serious.

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job by myself and not tell them about it till I'd got one.               

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the   21_   in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as    22_  as if I were going on the stage. Finding the    23_  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said " Enter without knocking, if you please. "

The simple atmosphere of the office    24_  me. The woman looked carefully at me   25_  through her glasses, and then    26_  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather   27_  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   28_  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   29  to get a job without    30_  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   31_   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“   32_  , I've got someone in the   33_  at this very moment who might    34_   . " She wrote down a   35_   . and held it out to me, saying: "Ring up this lady. She wants a    36   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people."

"Oh yes, " said I——   37_   having cooked for more than four in my life. I   38_  her again and again, and rushed out to the   39_  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   40_   cook books.

21． A．bed        B．house      C．agency      D．office

22． A．proud       B．please        C．nervous     D．worried

23． A．family       B．door      C．place        D．stage

24． A．calmed       B．excited       C．frightened    D．disturbed

25． A．as usual      B．for a while   C．in a minute   D．once again

26． A．advised      B．examined     C．informed    D．questioned

27． A．encouraged   B．dissatisfied   C．hopeless     D．pleased

28． A．place        B．job            C．advice       D．help

29． A．difficult      B．helpless       C．possible      D．unusual

30． A．ability       B．experience     C．knowledge   D．study

31． A.  after      B．since       C．until         D．when

32． A． Above all   B．As a matter of fact   C．As a result   D．In spite of that

33． A． family     B．house        C．office        D．restaurant

34． A． hire       B． accept      C．suit          D．offer

35． A． letter      B．name    C．note        D．number

36． A． cook       B．help      C．teacher      D．secretary

37． A． almost      B．never        C．nearly       D．really

38． A． answered    B．promised     C．thanked     D．told

39． A.  outside    B． local       C．closest       D．nearest

40． A． burrowing   B．buying         C．reading      D．lending

The sleeping baby would be scared _______ a sudden loud noise.

A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill.Usually she 36 play in the small garden.She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill.37 she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and 38 all day about how wonderful and exciting 39 must feel to live there.

At the age when she gained some 40 skill and sensibility(识别力), she 41 her mother for a bike ride 42 the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, 43 her keeping close to the house and not 44 too far. The day was beautifu. The girl knew 45 where she was heading! 46 the hill and across the valley, she rode to the 47 of the golden house.

48 she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path 49 to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she 50 that all the windows were 51 and rather dirty.

So 52 and heart-broken, she didn’t go any further. She 53, and all of a sudden she saw an amazing 54. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she 55 that she had been living n her golden house filled with love and care.Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose.

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

2.                A．Unless         B．Although        C．Since D．But

3.                A．dreamed       B．worried         C．asked    D．shouted

4.                A．this            B．that            C．it    D．which

5.                A．different        B．scientific        C．musical   D．basic

6.                A．begged         B．blamed         C．invited   D．paid

7.                A．inside          B．outside         C．through  D．along

8.                A．insisting on      B．relying on       C．arguing about  D．wondering about

9.                A．travelling       B．running         C．riding    D．walking

10.               A．madly          B．rapidly         C．exactly    D．possibly

11.               A．Over          B．Down          C．Around   D．Beside

12.               A．windows        B．steps          C．center    D．gate

13.               A．Until           B．As             C．While D．Because

14.               A．getting         B．introducing      C．leading    D．moving

15.               A．felt            B．learned        C．concluded D．found

16.               A．transparent     B．bright          C．plain  D．wide

17.               A．anxious        B．angry          C．serious    D．sad

18.               A．turned around   B．cheered up     C．settled down   D．dropped in

19.               A．hill            B．valley          C．background    D．sight

20.               A．imagined       B．decided        C．realized   D．guessed