Anyone, whether he is an official or a bus driver, should be ______ respected.

A. equally        B. especially       C. naturally        D. generally

 

I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us      chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell    . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I     the countryside for some place I could rent for the     possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road    the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was       , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner ,rented it, and      a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me,      slowly, they started teaching me the      of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began     to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a       American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of        .

What I had believed in, all those things I thought were        for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.          on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my        with my neighbors.

Four years later, I moved back into       . I saw many people were having a really hard time,         their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to        a handful of people .There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in         if we hadn’t banded together.（团结起来）

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about       we can all get by together.

1.A. equally       B. separately              C. violently                      D. naturally

2.A. off                  B.  over                     C. apart                       D. out

3.A. searched                B. left                                 C. toured                D. crossed

4.A. cheapest       B. largest                     C. fairest                  D. fullest

5.A. at                    B. through               C. over                       D. round

6.A. occupied             B. abandoned            C. emptied                      D. robbed

7.A. turned          B. approached                   C. cut                       D. cleared

8.A. but                 B. although                       C. otherwise                    D. for

9.A. benefit              B. lesson                  C. nature                D. art

10.A. looking         B. staying                        C. swinging                      D. turning

11.A. wild            B. real                   C. different                     D. remote

12.A. neighborliness B. happiness                    C. friendliness       D. kindness

13.A. unique        B. expensive                    C. rare                  D. necessary

14.A. Down        B. Up                   C. Deep                   D. Along

15.A. cooperation          B. relationships                  C. satisfaction            D. appointments

16.A. reality         B. society                        C. town                  D. life

17.A. creating                B. losing                 C. quitting                        D. offering

18.A. put in          B. turn in                        C. take in                        D. get in

19.A. yards          B. shelters                      C. camps                         D. cottages

20.A. when          B. what                 C. whether                      D. how

 

—The poor weather was _________ responsible for the crash.

—I’m with you on that. Carelessness was also to blame.

A. equally      B. increasingly      C. badly         D. partly

 

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was   31   to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She   32   the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old   33   thinking that she wouldn’t live   34   from then on.

Over the years, I   35   and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,   36   a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an)   37   trying (难受的) day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang   38  .

A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,   39   into my son’s room with a box of   40  . After 16 years, I still   41   Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about   42   since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she   43   the path for those people who were less   44   than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be   45  .

Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt   46  . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was   47  . From this person that I thought would have no   48   of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously (神奇的)   49   and we moved north, but I owe Helen   50   that I can never repay.

A. walking                 B. riding                      C. running                    D. driving

A. lived                            B. survived                   C. existed                            D. escaped

A. mind                     B. brain                        C. head                        D. thought

A. equally                  B. calmly                            C. quietly                            D. normally

A. studied                  B. moved                            C. worked                    D. 1ived

A. suffering               B. causing                    C. bearing                    D. catching

A. normally               B. particularly               C. necessarily                D. eventually

A. up                         B. off                           C. back                        D. down

A. ran                        B. walked                     C. rolled                       D. moved

A. tissues                 B. presents                    C. pills                         D. candies

A. realized                B. knew                       C. recognized                D. reminded

A. her life                B. her son                     C. her family                D. her work

A. clear                    B. smooth                     C. clean                        D. open

A. rich                     B. healthy                     C. strong                      D. fortunate

A. money                 B. hope                        C. pity                         D. medicine

A. small                   B. pitiful                      C. weak                        D. shameless

A. admitted                     B. beaten                      C. hurt                  D. hospitalized

A. use                      B. value                       C. meaning                   D. quality

A. treated                 B. worsened                  C. relieved                    D. recovered

A. some money         B. some tissues              C. a debt                   D. a hope

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

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。

Doing community service work, I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a   36   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 getting to the homeless shelter I passed out the remaining meals. I had the containers with my   40   cookies in them and began to   41   , offering them to anyone near me.

I    42    an old gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me    43   in the eye and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I had, and his eyes    44    a little bit and he said, “No one has    45    called me sir.” He was completely taken aback.

It struck me. 

I explained I had been raised that    46    color and social status, everyone deserved     47    . It made me    48    to think that just because he was homeless, no one    49   him the honor. It broke my   50   , and I couldn’t help   51   cry. I just didn’t understand    52   no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every    53   person deserves to be treated with dignity. Years later, I still carry that memory and the    54   it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can    55   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. useless                              B. careless                 C. homeless                        D. hopeless

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. A. right                       B. even               C. still                   D. just

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

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

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

47. A. happiness                         B. truth                       C. respect                           D. help

48. A. strong-minded                B. sad                      C. frightened             D. pleased

49. A. handed                     B. afforded            C. provided               D. supplied

50. A. eyes                                   B. mind                       C. opinions                          D. heart

51. A. but                                      B. and                         C. until                                 D. or

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

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

54. A. stories                               B. lessons                  C. experiences                   D. tears

55. A. equally                               B. hardly           C. really                               D. finally