Pulled from the rubble （碎砖）of the big earthquake after eight days of unimaginable suffering, 8- year-old Kiki Joachin caught the world’s attention. Today he and his 21  struggle to rebuild their home, their lives and their hopes.
When the terrible earthquake broke out, Kiki’s mother 22  from the porch （门廊）of their apartment building  23  her five –year-old-son, David, who was outside fetching water. 24  injured by falling concrete （水泥），she tried to dig through it and  25 toward her five other kids who were 26  in the ruins of their home.  27 , she could make little progress.
For eight days Kiki and his  28  were buried beneath. They curled  (蜷缩)  their bodies in a (n)  29  space, with no food or water, hardly able to move; nearby lay the  30  of their three other siblings（兄弟姐妹）. Kiki 31  as his sister covered them with her T-shirt.
On the eighth day, a neighbour  32  her possessions heard Kiki’s  33  cries for water. Two  34 spent the next four hours 35 drilling through the rubble and finally  36  Kiki and his sister. As Kiki was  37  by the firefighters from the hole, he made a victory gesture.
Now Kiki hopes to be an engineer when he grows up, so he can help 38  his country. His father wants to start a  39  for his family, maybe selling rice and beans, to be able to put another room on the house so his kids can sleep better. Meanwhile, his father and mother are   40 for what they have and the survival of the three children.

When my son was first diagnosed with autism （孤独症）, it was a very hard time for us．In some ways it was a  16_ because we finally knew the name．of the disease after visiting many hospitals, but it also  17__ years bf uncertainty, and we didn't know what  18_was like．
When I  19__the news with my coworkers, I was so surprised but happy to receive so much immediate   20  from them ．They were focused on what we_21___, not how it would affect my ability to work．
One coworker in particular was  22__, She was always kind and considerate; She called me into her  23__ a few days later, and gave me a（n） "  24__stone''．It is a small stone with an indention （凹陷）for your  25__, It gives you something to  26__ when you're worried ． rubbing your thumb around on this stone．It was a lovely 27__．It turned out to be an effective way to reduce anxiety．
She then made a permanent offer to 28_ us to any appointment or testing we needed． Considering the fact that we_ 29__ 90 minutes from where most．treatments took place, this was a（n）  30_offer．She made it very clear to me that this offer  31_last-minute trips or emergencies．Anytime we needed to go anywhere , She was willing to be our transportation．
We never did need to bother her,   32__ knowing it was there and that she was so willing to 33__ made it feel like we were much less _34  ．
I'm very grateful to her and．  35__ around us who came together to be a support system in our time of need．We were really moved by the level of support we received．

【小题9】

A．-fear B．peace C．anger D．worry

It amazed me—every time I saw Joe，he was smiling.It didn’t ____ whether he had to stop at a stop light，or if he were the seventh person in ____ at the bank，and the service stopped just before he got there.Joe ___ smiled.It made me wonder why he seemed so ____ every day.

Having observed Joe with other people，I ____ something else also.Joe asked people how they were doing，and really seemed to listen to their ____.If someone were hurting，he had __7__ for him and kind words，and offered to ____ in any way he could.

It made me think...What if I tried to smile more？A(n) ____ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store.I smiled as I went up and down the aisles...and people I didn’t even ___ smiled back at me.Some even ____！The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a ____ time saw me smile and ____ talking...and，you guessed it.He made a shy little attempt at a smile.The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart ____ a person to reach something...I could get that for him.The smile even transferred over to him，and he ____me.

As I drove home，I was smiling.I ____ what I had just learned，and when someone passed me and gave me a(n) ____，I smiled at him.He looked puzzled.

Now I know a smile is a small thing，but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day？I couldn’t believe how ___ I felt.Nothing in my life had changed，____ maybe it had.For what I learned was that such a small thing could ____ not only my spirits，but those around me as well.

1.A.work? B．happen

C．matter? D．last

2.A.order B．debt

C．hand? D．line

3.A.always B．eventually

C．immediately? D．still

4.A.naughty? B．happy

C．active? D．humourous

5.A.decided B．judged

C．noticed? D．considered

6.A.answers? B．complaints

C．excuses D．comments

7.A.guidance? B．respect

C．sympathy? D．protection

8.A.perform? B．attempt

C．bother? D．help

9.A.experiment? B．life

C．project? D．program

10.．A.meet? B．touch

C．know? D．contact

11.A.glared? B．greeted

C．approached? D．escaped

12.A.spare? B．long

C．hard? D．great

13.A.stopped? B．tried

C．kept? D．enjoyed

14.A.persuaded? B．accepted

C．supported? D．needed

15.A.thanked? B．changed

C．encouraged? D．invited

16.A.worried about? B．thought about

C．talked over? D．looked over

17.A.gesture? B．address

C．call? D．ticket

18.A.normal? B．great

C．reasonable? D．complicated

19.A.so B．for

C．but? D．till

20.A.release? B．admire

C．display? D．lift

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely   36   from all other animals. Language is a means of   37   , but it is much more than that. Many animals can   38   . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers   39   other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything,   40   things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key   41   in the fact that different words can be   42   together in different ways, according to   43   to communicate different meanings.

Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing can   44   humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract   45  , whether about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an extremely complex   46   that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most   47   of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to   48   . The speaker has to translate thoughts into  49   language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the   50   of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to   51    what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to   52   the spoken words, understand the pattern of   53   of the words (sentences), and finally   54   the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But once started, it is of course a(n)    55   process.

1.A. apart                      B. off                               C. up                      D. down

2.A. advertisement   B. communication   C. discovery                  D. invention

3.A. transfer           B. move                         C. convey                    D. communicate

4.A. to                            B. from                             C. over                             D. on

5.A. only             B. almost                    C. even                    D. just

6.A. stays                      B. situates                    C. hides                             D. lies

7.A. stuck                     B. joined                           C. rung                             D. controlled

8.A. rules                     B. scales                       C. laws                      D. standards

9.A. combine         B. contain                      C. define                      D. declare

10.A. activities            B. thoughts                   C. effects                           D. chances

11.A. expectation    B. progress                C. process                  D. produce

12.A. aspects         B. abstracts               C. angles                     D. assumptions

13.A. anybody              B. another              C. other                           D. everybody

14.A. body                    B. gesture             C. written                     D. spoken

15.A. growing    B. fixing                     C. beginning              D. building

16.A. put out                 B. take down                  C. draw up                          D. figure out

17.A. identify      B. locate                    C. reveal                        D. discover

18.A. performance    B. organization      C. design                      D. show

19.A. regulate    B. justify                    C. release                           D. interpret

20.A. slow                     B. interesting                 C. continuous           D. serious

【小题1】In the past, some cultures used tattoos as an a_________ to costumes.
【小题2】Learning English as a foreign language is very difficult in the a_________ of a native language environment.
【小题3】To a_________ a high level of fluency and accuracy in a foreign language, you need to be surrounded by it.
【小题4】Inner beauty refers to the kind of attraction found in a wide r_________ of personal qualities.
【小题5】I didn’t have any money left, so I went to the bank to c_________ a cheque.
【小题6】I asked my daughter to help make the decision, as I believe she is m_________ enough.
【小题7】In a foreign country, you can n_________ the price by using your fingers.
【小题8】There is no c_________ view on beauty.
【小题9】Eye r_________, I see the moon so bright.
【小题10】 Rowan had some speaking problems in his childhood, so he c_________ for this by talking very deliberately.
【小题11】“Beauty and Beast” c_________ a message that should be evident to all of us—you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.
【小题12】Mr. Bean creates humour through a s_________ of simple and funny acts.
【小题13】Body language can therefore make people’s feelings more t_________ as it is not easy to lie with our bodies.
【小题14】He finds the taste of the raw hamburger truly d_________.
【小题15】Black humour finds the funny side of sad or d_________ events.
【小题16】The “OK” gesture in America can c_________ offence in Germany.
【小题17】A person who is feeling uncomfortable will often hold their body in a very r_________ manner, and have a t_________ look about their mouths.
【小题18】Romanticism was a literary and a_________ movement.
【小题19】Smile is one form of body language that receives u_________ approval.