Once upon a time there were two brothers who lived near each other. One day, they had a ___36___ because of some small things. And neither was willing to ___37___ each other.
One morning, there was a knock at door of the elder brother. He  38 _ it and found a man standing beside the door. “I’m a carpenter(木匠). I’m  39__ a few days’ work. Perhaps you would have a few small jobs I could help with.”  
“Yes,” said the elder brother. “I do have a job for you. ___40___ at that farm across the small river. It is my younger brother’s. We had a quarrel, so I won’t like to see his place or his __41___ any more. I want you to build me a 8-foot ___42___.” 
The man said, “I think I understand the situation. Don’t worry. I’ll be able to do a job that makes you __43__.” So the elder brother was very glad and left for the town nearby.
In the evening, the carpenter had just ___44___ his job when the elder brother returned. But he was __45___ to find, instead of a fence, before him, stood a __46____, which went from one side of the river ___47__ the other! On the other __48____ of bridge, was his younger brother.
“Do you know the name of the bridge?” The carpenter asked.
“No,” the elder brother was __49___. 
“OK, I can tell you. Its name is understanding and __50___,” the carpenter smiled.
Suddenly they began to understand ___51___. Surely, between two brothers there should be a bridge rather than a _52____. Standing on the bridge, they _53___ each other’s hands with ____54__ in their eyes. 
“Could you stay another few days? I’ve a lot of other work for you,” said the elder brother. “I’d love to ___55___ on,” the carpenter said. “But I have many more bridges to build.”

Jane’s mother worked on the farm from dawn till dark, which just could make ends meet(量入为出，收支平衡). To make Jane live a  36  life, Mother was very careful about spending money.  37 , Jane didn’t understand her. Every day Mother was busy with her 38 while Jane was studying at school, so they had little time to enjoy themselves.
One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even 39 to her, so she decided to go   40  with Jane to make Jane happy.
On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were   41 in white clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes. He said  42 there was an accident, they might be easily 43 in their ski clothes. Mother couldn’t  44 them, so she refused.
Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing happily on the  45 when suddenly the snowfield began to  46  .It was the snowslide (雪崩).They ran a long way and 47 the snowslide finally, but they couldn’t find their way. Later, a helicopter (直升机) was flying above,  48  people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was  49 because she had hurt her head seriously and  50 dropped on the snow. Just then an idea struck Mother. She cut her wrist(手腕)  51 and then bright red blood dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. At last Jane  52 , but Mother died.
Every time I  53 the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel  54 , I believe anyone who hears the tragedy will  55 Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.

After visiting China，most of the foreign friends said they would never forget the time ________ they had spent in China.

A man worked in a post office. His job was to handle all  36  that had unclear addresses. One day he came across a letter which was  37  to God. He opened it and it  38  , "Dear God, I am an 83-year-old woman and I live on a very small pension (养老金). Yesterday someone stole my  39  . There was a hundred dollars in it, which was all the money I had  40  until my next pension comes. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, and I have invited my last two friends for  41 . Without that money, I have  42  to buy food with. I have no family to  43  , and you are my only  44  . Can you please help me?" The man was  45  , and went around showing the letter to all the other workers. Each of them  46 their wallets and donated a few dollars. By the time he  47  his showing, he had collected 96 dollars.  48  then he sent it to the old woman. Thanksgiving Day came and went. The workers 49  forgot about it. Then one day, there came another letter from the old lady to God. All the 50  gathered around when the letter was  51 . It read, "Dear God, how can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your kindness, I was able to  52  a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very  53  day, and I told my friends about your  54 gift. Thank you very much!" Seeing this, all the workers felt 55  with the nice thing they had done. They looked into each other’s eyes and smiled.
【小题1】

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the
rewards of unselfish service.
Because the entire village lived on fishing, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of emergency. One night, the winds   31  , the clouds burst and a strong storm overturned a fishing boat at sea. The crew in trouble   32  the SOS. The captain of the rescue rowboat team   33  the alarm and the villagers   34  in the town square overlooking the sea. When the team started their rowboat fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited   35  on the beach, holding lamps to   36  the way back.
An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared through the fog and the   37  villagers ran to greet them. Falling   38  on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more   39   and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have surely   40  the rescue boat and all would have been lost.
   41  , the captain called for another volunteer team to   42  the survivor. Sixteen
-year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed his arm, crying, "please don't go. Your father   43  in a shipwreck  (船只失事) 10 years ago and your elder brother, Paul, has been lost　　44  for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left."
Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go.    45  everyone said I can't go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service   46 , we all need to take our turn and do our part. Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and   47  into the night. "
Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like a century.    48   the rescue boat dashed through the fog with Hans standing up in the bow.    49  his hands, the captain called, "did you find the lost man?"    50  able to control himself, Hans excitedly cried back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it's my elder brother, Paul!"
31. A. stilled                    B. screamed              C. stopped            D. calmed
32. A. set about          B. sent out         C. came up with   D. took over
33. A. sounded          B. set             C. took             D. made
34. A. gathered          B. followed         C. fought          D. struggled
35. A. nervously         B. angrily          C. fearfully        D. happily
36. A. hope              B. light            C. expect            D. try
37. A. promising         B. hoping          C. cheering           D. standing
38. A. uncomfortable     B. exhausted       C. disturbed             D. painful
39. A. villagers          B. sailors          C. captains            D. passengers
40. A. pushed           B. pulled          C. overturned          D. settled
41. A. Anxiously         B. Strangely        C. Unexpectedly      D. Doubtfully
42. A. look after         B. look for         C. lookout           D. look on
43. A. died              B. pulled          C. went               D. interrupted
44. A. in the fire         B. at sea           C. on strike          D. in the war
45. A. How about         B. What for        C. What if          D. What with
46. A. comes                    B. goes                     C. flies                     D. climbs
47. A. appeared          B. disappeared     C. came                 D. went
48. A. Therefore         B. Firstly          C. when              D. Finally
49. A. Making           B. Keeping         C. Showing              D. Cupping
50. A. Hardly                   B. Only                    C. Seldom                 D. Always