The students at Sandy's high school were badly shaken by the news that a classmate had __36  himself．The suicide note read: “It’s hard to  37  when nobody cares.”

Glen, a teacher, realized this was a  38  moment about the importance of making people feel _39 ． He asked his class to imagine they were about to  _40  and to write a note "telling someone how and why you _ 41 him or her."

Sandy, who had a   42_  relationship with her mother, decided to write her  _43  . Her letter read: "We've had some  44_ times and I haven't always been a very good _ 45  , but I know I'm lucky to have you in my life． You're the _ 46_ person I've ever known．And even when I disagree with you, I never _ 47 _you love me and want what's best for me．Thanks for not   48  up me.”

When her mom read the note, she cried and hugged Sandy   49 but said little．

The next morning, Sandy found a  50 on her mirror:  "Dearest Sandy,  I want you to know being your mother is, by far, the most important thing in my life． 51_ I got your note , I thought I had lost your love and  52 .  I felt like such a failure．I intended to  53 it all last night．Your note saved my  54 .”

Be careful not to underestimate(低估) the  55 of expressed appreciation. It won't always save a life, but it will always make someone's life better．

1.                A．sacrificed       B．defeated        C．abandoned    D．killed

 

2.                A．live            B．imagine         C．struggle  D．think

 

3.                A．sad            B．final           C．teachable D．great

 

4.                A．ashamed        B．valued          C．excited   D．scared

 

5.                A．die            B．fail            C．retire    D．survive

 

6.                A．miss           B．hate           C．admire   D．appreciate

 

7.                A．close          B．casual          C．bad  D．personal

 

8.                A．classmate       B．mom           C．father    D．teacher

 

9.                A．free           B．delightful       C．pleasant  D．rough

 

10.               A．daughter       B．student         C．friend D．trainer

 

11.               A．best           B．wisest          C．luckiest   D．bravest

 

12.               A．trust           B．doubt          C．consider   D．predict

 

13.               A．taking          B．going          C．giving D．looking

 

14.               A．coldly          B．hesitantly       C．shyly D．tightly

 

15.               A．note           B．gift            C．notice D．reminder

 

16.               A．Since          B．Until           C．Though    D．When

 

17.               A．confidence      B．courage        C．respect   D．heart

 

18.               A．end           B．make          C．get   D．fall

 

19.               A．life            B．time           C．money    D．honor

 

20.               A．push           B．price          C．meaning   D．power

 

 

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific__36___that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.

I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to  37  . She wanted to help,  38  she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to  39  and hand out to people. When__40__ to the homeless shelter, I passed out the __41__meals.I began making sandwiches and  42  them with the crowd. I had the containers with my  43  cookies in them and began to  44  , offering them to anyone near me.

I  45  an old gentleman and said, “ Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me rightly and said, “ What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I __46__ , and his eyes  47  a little bit and said, “ No one has  48   called me sir.’ So he was completely moved.

It __49__me.

I explained I had been raised that  50  color and social status, everyone deserved(应得) respect. It  51  me to think that just because he was homeless, no one  52  him the honor. It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand  53  no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every  54  person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that memory and the__55__ it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone’s life.

How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?

36. A.accident     B.incident          C.event             D.affair

37. A.participate     B.join            C.choose            D.go

38. A.however          B.but             C.yet                 D.so

39. A.bring        B.fetch           C.collect            D.take

40. A.arriving     B.getting         C.reaching            D.coming

41. A.remained      B.remaining       C.remain            D.left

42. A.shared      B.gave           C.helped            D.assisted

43. A.classmate’s    B.schoolmate’s       C.sister’s            D.family’s

44. A.walk around  B.knock around      C.come around         D.stand around

45. A.went         B.came           C.approached        D.met

46. A.had              B.called          C.would            D.do

47. A.watered     B.cried           C.tore               D.dropped

48. A.already     B.ever            C.still                D.yet

49. A.hit        B.occured          C.struck            D.beat

50. A.in spite of     B.regardless of       C.concerned about    D.for fear of

51. A.strengthened  B.saddened        C.frightened         D.pleased

52. A.handed     B.offered         C.provided           D.supplied

53. A.what         B.when          C.whether             D.why

54. A.single       B.poor           C.ordinary            D.normal

55. A.lesson       B.class           C.truth              D.reality

 

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up(分开) with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jim, as a friend, really feel good about it?” “And was Paul friendly just because I had a car?” When we look back, these thoughts can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it is too late.
Why do we go wrong with our friends, or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meanings. And if we do not really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. When someone tells you, “You’re a lucky dog!” Is he really on your side? If he says, “You’re a lucky guy!” That is being friendly. But “a lucky dog”? There is a bit of envy (嫉妒) in those words. What he may be saying is that he does not think you deserve (应得) your luck.
“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for” is another phrase（短语） that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem. But this phrase contains the thought that your problem is not at all important.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Is what he says shown by the tone of voice?  The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save your another mistake.
【小题1】When the writer thinks of some of the things that happened between him and his friends, he          .

A．feels happy, thinking how nice his friends are to him

B．feels he might not have understood his friend’s true feelings

C．thinks it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend

D．is sorry that his friends let him down

【小题2】When the writer talks about the saying, “You’re a lucky dog!”, he is saying that          .

A．the speaker is just friendly

B．this sentence suggests the same as “You’re a lucky guy!”

C．the word “dog” should not be used to apply to（运用到） people.

D．sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious.

【小题3】This passage tries to tell you how to          .

A．avoid mistakes about money and friends

B．get an idea of friendly people

C．avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you

D．keep people friendly without trusting them

【小题4】The writer suggests that           should be trusted.

A．everybody

B．nobody

C．all the people

D．not all the people

A 33-year-old financial analyst in California recently quit his job to devote himself to an unpaid job teaching math on the Internet, and his lessons are reaching almost 100,000 people a month. Salman Khan’s voice is heard every day on the net --- by tens of thousands of students around the world who are hungry for help learning math. He has posted 1,200 lessons on YouTube ... lessons that appear on an electronic blackboard, which range from basic addition to advanced mathematics for science and finance. And they are free.

Khan lives in Silicon Valley, with his wife, a doctor, and their new baby. He got the idea for his “Khan Academy” four years ago, when he taught a young cousin how to convert kilograms to grams. With Khan’s help, the cousin got good at math, and Khan began a new career.

Now, Khan records his lessons himself, but he never goes on camera. “It feels like my voice in their head. You’re looking at it and it feels like someone’s over your shoulder talking in your ear, as opposed to someone at the blackboard, which is distant from you,” he said.

When Springfield High School in Palo Alto, California invited Khan to speak in person --- he immediately connected to the students there.

The idea of short lessons that can be played over and over again attracted high school senior Bridget Meaney. She says she had trouble with math in the seventh grade. “I think the teachers are good, but they can’t teach at a speed that’s perfect for everyone,” she said. “I like the idea of learning something in class but then going back and pressing pause or rewind and actually getting a deeper understanding of it.”

Originally, Khan kept his lessons short because of YouTube restrictions. Now, he thinks short is better. “Education researchers now tell me that 10 minutes is how long someone can have a high level of concentration. And anything beyond that and your brain switches off,” he said.

For Khan, teaching math, science, and finance is just the beginning. He says he’s ready to expand his YouTube site to include other subjects as well.

1.What gave Khan the idea of teaching math online?

A. His success in helping his cousin learn math.

B. His discovery that many students found learning math difficult.

C. A suggestion made to him at a local high school.

D. His interest in Internet teaching.

2.Why does Khan never go on camera?

A. He’s too shy to show his face on camera.

B. It’s restricted by YouTube for education videos.

C. He wants to keep distance from the viewers.

D. He wants to create a more relaxed learning atmosphere.

3.From the passage, we know that ________.

A. Khan travels to many schools to promote his lessons

B. Khan plans to include more subjects in the future

C. Khan gives live math lessons every day for free

D. Khan set up the Khan Academy with his wife

4.Why does Bridget Meaney like Khan’s lessons?

   A. Khan teaches seventh grade math better than her teacher.

   B. The lessons can be watched repeatedly until fully understood.

   C. She can perfectly follow the pace of Khan’s teaching.

   D. She cannot concentrate when learning in class.

5.What does Khan mean by “short is better” in the 6^th paragraph?

   A. Keeping the lessons short can ensure better concentration.

   B. YouTube recommends short lessons for its site.

   C. Short lessons encourage students to return to the website.

   D. Students enjoy short mathematics lessons more.

 

完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并将答案填入答题卡中。

When I was younger, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific event that was 36 for me. We spent four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless in the streets. After that we went to a(n) 37 shelter.

I was in high school at the time and my sister was too 38 to take part. She wanted to 39 , so she made sixty cookies for us to take and 40 to people. When we got to the homeless shelter we passed out the remaining 41 we had left. Next, we began making sandwiches and pairing them with other goodies(好吃的东西)and 42 them with the crowd. I had the cans with my sister’s cookies in them and began to walk around, offering them to anyone near me.

I 43 an older gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a 44 ?”He stopped and turned around, 45 ，“What did you say? Did you call me sir?” And I told him I had, and his eyes watered a little bit and he said, “No one has ever called me sir. 46 ”

It  47  me to the core（彻底地）.

I explained I had been taught that everyone deserved respect. It 48  me to think that just because he was homeless, no one afforded him the 49 which every person should get. It broke my 50 , and I couldn’t help but cry. I just didn’t understand 51 no one ever called him sir. Just because he didn’t have money or a place to live in. Every single person 52 to be treated with dignity(尊严). Years later, I 53 carry that memory and the lessons it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted as 54 gestures can really make a(n) 55 in someone’s life. 

36	A	important	B	attractive	C	puzzling	D.	memorable
37	A	safe	B	dangerous	C	homeless	D.	animal
38	A	excited	B	young	C	naughty	D.	eager
39	A	help	B	join	C	grow	D.	pay
40	A	get around	B	get over	C	hand out	D.	hand in
41	A	water	B	paper	C	coins	D	meals
42	A	shared	B	mixed	C	threw	D.	made
43	A	caught	B	approached	C	limited	D.	called
44	A	shelter	B	talk	C	rest	D.	cookie
45	A	asking	B	refusing	C	smiling	D.	eating
46	A	Seldom	B	Always	C	Generally	D.	Never
47	A	moved	B	struck	C	impressed	D.	influenced
48	A	saddened	B	interested	C	ordered	D.	forced
49	A	reward	B	honor	C	gift	D.	home
50	A	confidence	B	plan	C	heart	D.	nervousness
51	A	whether	B	when	C	how	D.	why
52	A	learns	B	deserves	C	leads	D.	chooses
53	A	still	B	yet	C	ever	D.	just
54	A	generous	B	nice	C	simple	D.	political
55	A	decision		B   choice	C	difference	D	invention