I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled (searched) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which   41   their search. I found   42   and because of my shaking hands, I could   43   get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked   44   the bars at my jailer（看守监狱的人）. He did not make eye contact with me. I   45   to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette.   46   he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently（无意中）locked with mine. At that moment, I   47  . I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was   48  , perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very   49   not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was   50   a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but   51  , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.

     I   52   smiling at him, now aware of him as a(n)   53   and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new   54   too. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the   55   of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too.   56   without another word, he   57   my cell (牢房) and silently led me out．Out of the jail，quietly and by back routes，out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

“My life was   58   by a smile.” Yes, the smile—the unaffected, unplanned,   59   connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could   60   each other, we wouldn't be enemies. We couldn't have hate or envy or fear.

A. had lost        B. had given           C. had escaped   D. had reached

A. them           B. it                      C. that          D. one

A. barely          B. quickly                 C. possibly      D. 1ikely

A. on             B. through               C. at           D. up

A. gave out        B. let out                C. called out     D. screamed out

A. As               B. before                  C. after                 D. until

A. cried            B. shook               C. refused        D. smiled

A. anger          B. nervousness           C. bitterness      D. sympathy

A. easy              B. hard                C. glad          D. embarrassed

A. even though     B. as well as           C. as though      D. as long as

A. went away       B. dropped out        C. stayed far      D. stayed near

A. kept               B. stopped             C. began        D. forgot

A. stranger            B. enemy               C. opponent      D. person

A. dimension         B. suggestion           C. impression     D. concept

A. cigarettes          B. bags                   C. pictures        D. wallet

A. Intentionally       B. Unconsciously      C. Unwillingly     D. Suddenly

A. unfolded           B. unlocked              C. uncontrolled     D. undefended

A. misled           B. destroyed            C. saved                  D. ignored

A. surprising          B. natural               C. different         D. frequent

A. like              B. expect               C. notice          D. recognize

I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled (searched) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which   1   their search. I found   2   and because of my shaking hands, I could   3   get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked   4   the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. I   5   to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette.   6   he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently locked with mine. At that moment, I   7  . I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was   8  , perhaps it was because, when you get very, one to another, it is very   9   not to smile. In that instant, it was   10   a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but   11  , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.

  I   12   smiling at him, now aware of him as a(n)   13   and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new   14   too. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the   15   of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too.   16   without another word, he   17   my cell (牢房) and silently led me out．Out of the jail，quietly and by back routes，out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

“My life was   18   by a smile.” Yes, the smile—the unaffected, unplanned,   19   connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could   20   each other, we wouldn't be enemies. We couldn't have hate or envy or fear.

1. A. had lost        B. had given        C. had escaped       D. had reached

2. A. them          B. it               C. that              D. one

3. A. barely         B. quickly          C. possibly          D. 1ikely

4. A. on       tudyez.com     B. through          C. at               D. up

5. A. whispered      B. explained        C. called out         D. repeated

6. A. As            B. before           C. after             D. until       

7. A. cried          B. shook           C. refused           D. smiled

8. A. anger          B. nervousness      C. bitterness         D. sympathy

9. A. easy          B. hard             C. glad             D. embarrassed

10. A. when         B. as well as         C. as though         D. as long as

11. A. went away     B. dropped out       C. stayed far        D. stayed near

12. A. kept          B. stopped           C. began           D. forgot

13. A. stranger       B. enemy            C. opponent        D. person

14. A. idea          B. suggestion         C. impression       D. concept

15. A. cigarettes      B. bags              C. pictures         D. wallet

16. A. Intentionally   B. Unconsciously      C. Unwillingly      D. Suddenly

17. A. unfolded      B. unlocked           C. uncontrolled     D. undefended

18. A. misled        B. destroyed           C. saved          D. ignored

19. A. surprising     B. natural            C. different         D. frequent

20. A. like          B. expect            C. notice           D. recognize

I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled (searched) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which   41   their search. I found   42   and because of my shaking hands, I could   43   get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked   44   the bars at my jailer（看守监狱的人）. He did not make eye contact with me. I   45   to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette.   46   he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently（无意中）locked with mine. At that moment, I   47  . I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was   48  , perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very   49   not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was   50   a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but   51  , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.

     I   52   smiling at him, now aware of him as a(n)   53   and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new   54   too. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the   55   of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I'd never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too.   56   without another word, he   57   my cell (牢房) and silently led me out．Out of the jail，quietly and by back routes，out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

“My life was   58   by a smile.” Yes, the smile—the unaffected, unplanned,   59   connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could   60   each other, we wouldn't be enemies. We couldn't have hate or envy or fear.

 

1.A. had lost        B. had given           C. had escaped   D. had reached

2.A. them           B. it                           C. that          D. one

3.A. barely          B. quickly                       C. possibly      D. 1ikely

4.A. on             B. through                  C. at           D. up

5.A. gave out        B. let out                   C. called out     D. screamed out

6.A. As                B. before                     C. after                   D. until

7.A. cried             B. shook                C. refused        D. smiled

8.A. anger          B. nervousness           C. bitterness      D. sympathy

9.A. easy               B. hard                 C. glad          D. embarrassed

10.A. even though     B. as well as           C. as though      D. as long as

11.A. went away       B. dropped out        C. stayed far      D. stayed near

12.A. kept               B. stopped              C. began        D. forgot

13.A. stranger           B. enemy                 C. opponent      D. person

14.A. dimension        B. suggestion            C. impression     D. concept

15.A. cigarettes        B. bags                      C. pictures        D. wallet

16.A. Intentionally       B. Unconsciously      C. Unwillingly     D. Suddenly

17.A. unfolded           B. unlocked                 C. uncontrolled     D. undefended

18.A. misled           B. destroyed             C. saved                     D. ignored

19.A. surprising         B. natural                 C. different         D. frequent

20.A. like            B. expect                 C. notice            D. recognize

 

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。

No matter how many boos (嘘声) or abuses you get, they shouldn’t stop you from being the champion you are.

When I was in primary school, I was 36 asked by my teachers to sit at the 37 of the class because I was not clever. I was the butt (对象) of class jokes. I was all alone, friendless and 38. I hated school, but my dad would have none of it. He 39 telling me that I was a champion, if I 40 it.

A turnaround 41 one day when I remembered the spelling of the word “cognoscenti”, a word all the other “42” students had forgotten how to spell because they spent their free time 43 me. I raised my hand 44 I wasn’t asked to spell. I stood up and went to the front of the class, with 23 pairs of eyes 45 on me. My teacher grabbed her cane (藤条), ready to beat me if I’d 46. I spelt the word and became a(n) 47 champion. I represented and won for my school, five Spelling Bee championships.

Secondary school had its own share of 48. I was tall but wasn’t good at any 49. I loved basketball and lawn tennis. The first day I held a racket, I was disgraced (使丢脸) by my opponent (对手). He 50 six straight sets without sweat and there I was sweating 51 as if I’d run a marathon, while I hadn’t even made a single point.

My dad’s 52 kept playing in my ears, “Stanley, you’re a champion if you believe it.” I did. Finally, I was not only 53 at lawn tennis and basketball. I was an all-round athlete and 54 won both athletic and academic scholarships to college.

Now, staring at this old racket of defeat that once brought me 55, I can’t help but say to it, “You made me a champion when I believed.”

A. seldom   B. never        C. once        D. always

A. back     B. front        C. outside      D. middle

A. shocked B. satisfied     C. depressed   D. surprised

A. avoided B. preferred   C. forgot       D. kept

A. started    B. imagined   C. liked     D. believed

A. came      B. followed    C. worked      D. paid

A. poor       B. bright        C. dull        D. active

A. picking out    B. getting along with     C. looking after     D. making fun of

A. only if    B. just as     C. as if       D. even though

A. fixed    B. closed       C. held       D. called

A. delay    B. fail        C. fight     D. offend

A. permanent B. frequent        C. instant       D. temporary

A. aims      B. targets     C. reasons      D. challenges

A. sport     B. subject      C. action        D. field

A. moved B. won       C. missed       D. found

A. slightly        B. weakly      C. heavily      D. openly

A. songs    B. voices     C. whispers    D. words

A. good     B. angry      C. strict     D. serious

A. still      B. even       C. yet         D. thus

A. pride    B. joy         C. shame       D. happiness