If you need a repairman there’s ____ better than Mr. Chen.

A. none 　　　       B. nobody 　　　      C. nothing 　　　    D. no

 

 One third of the workers in this city ____ now on strike.

A. is to be 　　　     B. is 　　　           C. are to be 　　　   D. are

 

　I can never remember feeling good about myself. From the time I was a little child I always felt nobody ___1_____ me—not my parents, my brothers, my sisters, nobody. I never had any friends, anyone I could tell everything to. I liked to ____2_____ friends, but nobody seemed to care for me. I also had a lot of problems with my _____3_______. Until grade nine I was a head taller than everybody else. My classmates always called me names like Pole or Long-Legs. I felt the others were ____4_____ me.

　　Things weren't much better at home. The only way I could _____5_____ my problems when I was a little child was to cry a lot. My mother didn't quite ____6____ my feelings and the _____7_____ annoyed（使生气）her and made her nervous.

　　Nobody in the family ever made an effort to understand me or even to talk to me. My family isn't exactly what you'd call warm. There's never any expression of _____8______. I'm sixteen and I can't remember my mother or father ever kissing us.

　　Things started getting really bad in high school. I changed schools. In the old school ______9______ I didn't have any friends, I still had classmates to go out with; in the new school I had no one. At that age everybody's in groups. I felt out of it. I tried, but I couldn't _____10______ with the others. I didn't like them. I thought something was wrong with me. They thought I was strange.

1．A. talked　　　　  B. liked　　　　　  C. spoke to　　　　 D. told

2．A. have　　　　　 B. make　　　　　  C. find　　　　　　 D. meet

3．A. weight　　　　 B. name　　　　　  C. height　　　　　 D. study

4．A. shouting to　　 B. playing with    　C. agreeing with　   D. laughing at

5．A. look at　　　 　B. deal with        C. work out　　　 　D. meet with

6．A. understand　　 B. hear             C. learn　　　      D. like

7．A. shouting　　　　B. laughing　　　  C. talking　　　　  D. crying

8．A. smile　　　　　B. voice　　　　　 C. anger　　　　　 D. love

9．A. even though　　 B. since　　　　　 C. because　　　　 D. as though

10．A. study　　　　 B. speak　　　　　 C. walk　　　　　  D. get on

Years ago,when I was working at a children’s institution,a boy　1　up in the waiting room.It was David.He had　2　his parents.He was very sad　3　to talk to others.
The first two times we met,David didn’t say a word.He sat in the chair and only　4　up at the children’s drawings on the wall.As he was about to leave 5　the second visit,I put my hand on his　6　.He didn’t shrink (退缩) back,but he didn’t look at me either.
“Come back next week,” I hesitated a bit.
He came,and I suggested we play a game of chess.He  7 .After that we played  8 every time,in complete  9 and without making any eye contact.It’s not  10 to cheat in chess,but I admit that I made sure David won  11 .
It seemed as if he enjoyed my  12 .But why did he never look at me？Perhaps he sensed that I respected his suffering.I kept wondering and  13with him,until some months later,  14 ,
he looked up at me.“It’s your turn,” he said.
After that day,David started  15 .He got friends in school.He wrote me a few  16 about how he would try to get into university.After some time,the letters  17 .Now he had really started to live his own life.
I learned how  18cures pain.And David showed me how one—without any  19 —can reach out to another person.All it takes is a shoulder to cry on,a  20 touch and an ear that listens.

【小题1】

A．showed B．went C．rose D．put

【小题2】

A．missed B．lost C．loved D．respected

【小题3】

A．preferring B．trying C．refusing D．expecting

【小题4】

A．glanced B．stared C．woke D．looked

【小题5】

A．after B．when C．before D．until

【小题6】

A．back B．shoulder C．face D．hand

【小题7】

A．cried B．smiled C．nodded D．wondered

【小题8】

A．violin B．cards C．basketball D．chess

【小题9】

A．silence B．surprise C．doubt D．trouble

【小题10】

A．wise B．easy C．right D．wrong

【小题11】

A．now and then B．more or less C．once or twice D．all the time

【小题12】

A．game B．success C．cheat D．company

【小题13】A．playing       B．competing            Carguing    D．fighting

【小题14】

A．naturally B．suddenly C．impatiently D．angrily

【小题15】

A．laughing B．singing C．talking D．sleeping

【小题16】

A．articles B．compositions C．emails D．letters

【小题17】

A．stopped B．arrived C．posted D．continued

【小题18】

A．money B．time C．hate D．fame

【小题19】

A．hopes B．actions C．words D．complaints

【小题20】

A．gently B．lovely C．lively D．friendly

Angels

My friend Heather mentioned that she had never seen an Angel. Then I remembered the 36  I had with my sister Sandra earlier this week.

This will be Sandra’s first Christmas without her husband. This summer he died in her arms. On Thursday, she was in the store 　37　 for an ideal card for her two sons and daughter. Time passed by quickly as she 　38  the many choices. She wanted a card that sent something special to each of them, 　39  she knew they would have a(n) 　40  place in their heart this holiday season.

Finally! She found the one that expressed the 　41 feeling. The words expressed the feelings that she wished to share. However, a sharp pain pierced(穿透) her heart when she realized that the card was 　42 “mom and dad.” She stood there, 　43  it close for a long time, unable to move from the 　44  . Tears began to run down her cheeks.

“Is there something I can do for you?” a 　45  voice asked. She 　46  to face a stranger, a woman, who was looking at her with 　47  and concern. “Uh…oh...OH!” Sandra responded, “I can’t give this card to my children because…because my husband died and this is the 　48  card.”

Hearing this, the stranger’s face softened with sympathy(同情) and love. She reached out and　49  my sister into her arms, giving her unspoken permission to cry in the protection of her embrace(拥抱). She 　50  held my sister until her calmness　51  . “Thank you for listening to me cry on,” was what my sister said when all was better. “You are welcome, and I am so sorry for your 　52 ,” the stranger answered and said goodbye to her.

During her telling of this event I was feeling 　53  that I hadn’t been there. My sister needed me and a stranger had to do my 　54  .  “You know,” she went on, “a friend suggested that it was like meeting with an Angel.” My 　55  disappeared in an instant. My sister required an Angel, and I think that is exactly what she got.

36.	A. conversation	B. difficulty	C. accident	D. quarrel
37.	A. paying	B. caring	C. calling	D. looking
38.	A. left	B. offered	C. read	D. discovered
39.	A. although	B. as	C. when	D. if
40.	A. other	B. empty	C. safe	D. different
41.	A. sad	B. strange	C. amazing	D. perfect
42.	A. for	B. to	C. from	D. by
43.	A. seizing	B. holding	C. keeping	D. grasping
44.	A. spot	B. stair	C. area	D. home
45.	A. firm	B. proud	C. cold	D. soft
46.	A. walked	B. turned	C. decided	D. woke
47.	A. question	B. shock	C. regret	D. upset
48.	A. harmful	B. special	C. wrong	D. right
49.	A. pulled	B. caught	C. sent	D. protected
50.	A. quietly	B. tightly	C. strongly	D. seriously
51.	A. disappeared	B. went	C. arrived	D. returned
52.	A. failure	B. idea	C. loss	D. death
53.	A. shocked	B. angry	C. happy	D. hopeless
54.	A. task	B. time	C. favor	D. job
55	A. responsibility	B. sympathy	C. guilt	D. hurt