When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the US Navy, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army.

    My son, John Smith, recently came home  1  from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car. John  2  all night from a base near Washington,  3  he had landed the day before. He did not want me to  4  him there. “I’ll need time to myself,” my son said  5  calling from Kuwait on the way home.

    I gave my wife a start. Mother  6  son. “I was so worried,” Genie said. She pulled him away to look up again and again to  7  he was really there.

    My wife gave me a great  8 : time alone with my boy. John was tired and stretched on his bed. I  9  down next to him. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were  10 .

    I kept holding my son, the way I  11  when he was two and came into our bed after a  12 dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for  13  late.

    With the  14  over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good  15  I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and  16  for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for  17.

    Before my son went to war, I would never have shed tears for them. My son  18  me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the “ 19 “. They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding tears for strangers is a holy  20 . sometimes it’s all we can do.

1．A．angry                    B．excited                C．frightened            D．alive

2．A．would have driven        B．has been driving

     C．had driven                                           D．ought to drive

3．A．where                   B．that                     C．which                 D．when

4．A．meet                     B．take                    C．greet                   D．receive

5．A．once                     B．when                  C．now                    D．since

6．A．hit                        B．pushed                C．carried                D．embraced

7．A．make sure             B．look round           C．learn about          D．find out

8．A．surprise                B．help                    C．gift                      D．respect

9．A．lied                       B．lay                      C．laid D．were lying

10．A．facts                   B．truths                  C．jokes                   D．lies

11．A．used to                B．ought to              C．should have         D．had to

12．A．strange                B．wild                    C．scary                  D．dull

13．A．advice                 B．discussion           C．talk                     D．sleep

14．A．chat                    B．worries               C．meeting               D．interview

15．A．conversation        B．communication    C．sleep                   D．wish

16．A．crying                 B．shouting              C．screaming           D．regretting

17．A．friends                B．neighbors            C．strangers             D．soldiers

18．A．persuaded            B．changed              C．trained                D．guided

19．A．ones                   B．other                   C．others                 D．another

20．A．function         B．task             C．work           D．duty

Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant. It was his attitude  21  made the waiters follow him. He was a natural motivator (鼓舞人心的人). If a(n)  22  was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him/her how to look on the  23  side of the situation.

This attitude really made me  24, so one day I asked him, “I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person  25. How can you manage it?”

“Every time something bad happens, I can choose to  26  it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining and I can 27  the positive side of life. Why don’t we just do that later?” Jerry said.

Jerry told me an unusual story out of his experience. One day he left the back door of his restaurant  28  and was robbed by three men. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from  29 , slipped off the combination (开启号码的号码组合). The robbers got angry and  30 him.

31 , Jerry was found quickly and taken to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of care, Jerry  32  with fragments (碎片) of the bullets (子弹) still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the  33 . I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. “Did you lose consciousness? Weren’t you  34 ?” I asked.

“No,” Jerry said, “35  when I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.”

“A nurse asked if I was allergic (过敏的) to anything. ‘Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped  36  as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘37 !’”

“Over the laughter, I told them, ‘Please  38  on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”

Jerry survived  39  the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. Attitude, after all, is  40 .

1.	A．which B．that C．what D．why

 

2.	A．adviser B．performer C．actress D．employee

 

3.	A．right B．dark C．same D．positive

 

4.	A．regretful B．curious C．bored D．content

 

5.	A．up to now B．all the time C．now and then D．sooner or later

 

6.	A．insist on B．get close to C．refer to D．learn from

 

7.	A．point out B．pick up C．build up D．take up

 

8.	A．open B．closed C．shut D．locked

 

9.	A．happiness B．eagerness C．nervousness D．anger

 

10.	A．shot B．killed C．beat D．hit

 

11.	A．Immediately B．Fortunately C．Obviously D．Suddenly

 

12.	A．died B．disappeared C．recovered D．escaped

 

13.	A．robbery B．murder C．sickness D．meeting

 

14.	A．astonished B．delighted C．excited D．frightened

 

15.	A．so B．and C．but D．or

 

16.	A．to work B．working C．to talk D．talking

 

17.	A．Pills B．Flowers C．Bullets D．Cakes

 

18.	A．operate B．focus C．rely D．carry

 

19.	A．instead of B．in spite of C．in place of D．thanks to

 

20.	A．something B．none C．everything D．any

 

When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines（美国海军陆战队）, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army ．

My son John Schaeffer, recently came home   1   from the Middle East． He slowly appeared from a broken car． John   2   all night from a base near Washington,   3   he had landed the day before． He did not want me to   4   him there． “I need time to myself,” my son said   5   calling from Kuwait on the way home．

I gave my wife a head start． Mother   6   son． “I was so worried,” Genie said． She pulled away to look up again and again to   7  he was really there．

My wife gave me a great gift:   8    alone with my boy． John was tired and lay   9   on his bed． I lay down next to him and was grasping his hand the whole time． I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were   10   ．

I kept holding my son, the way I   11   when he was two and came into our bed after a   12   dream． I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for   13   later．

With the   14   over, under and around me came incredible tiredness． I slept with his voice dying away． It was the first good   15   I’d had in months． I woke and John was asleep next to me． Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and   16   for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home． For the first time in my life, I was weeping for   17   ．

Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them． My son   18   me． He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the “  19  ”． They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters． Sometimes shedding tears for strangers is a holy 20  ．Sometimes it’s all we can do．

1． A．angry              B．excited                    C．frightened               D．alive

2． A．drove              B．was driving             C．had driven               D．would have driven

3． A．where              B．when                      C．which                     D．who

4． A．meet         B．congratulate            C．permit                    D．accept

5． A．once         B．when                      C．unless                     D．since

6． A．abandoned       B．patted                     C．concluded               D．embraced

7． A．make sure B．set down                 C．get across               D．make sense

8． A．period              B．chance                    C．time                    D．moment

9． A．expanded  B．stretched              C．extending                D．spreading

10． A．facts              B．truth                       C．proofs                    D．lies

11． A．used to           B．ought to                  C．should                    D．must

12． A．happy            B．cheerful                  C．scary                      D．dull

13． A．advice            B．discussion               C．talk                        D．sleep

14． A．chat               B．worries                   C．meeting                  D．curiosity

15． A．conversation   B．observation             C．sleep                      D．difficulty

16． A．crying            B．cursing                   C．screaming               D．regretting

17． A．friends           B．neighbors                C．strangers             D．soldiers

18． A．persuaded      B．changed                  C．frightened               D．accused

19． A．another          B．other                      C．others                     D．one

20． A．function         B． adventure              C．shame                    D．duty