“Stop 47 him!Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?” “He doesn’t have any money!” the driver 48 .
“Well,that’s no 49 to throw him off the bus,”she insisted.
Then she reached inside her blouse,took out her 50 money,and handed it to the conductor.“Here’s his fare and mine.Just stop giving him a 51 time.”
All heads turned to the woman.“It’s only money,”she shrugged.
She rode the rest of the way home 52 a happy smile,with the money she’d lost earlier 53 . On the road of life,the help of strangers can 54 our loads and lift our spirits.How much sweeter the 55 will be when we make it a little smoother for others! 36.A.try 37.A.empty
B.care
B.full
C.decide C.crowded C.carefully
D.intend
D.ready D.calmly D.wealth D.fortunately D.excited D.found
38.A.tearfully 39.A.fare
B.seriously
B.possession C.money B.happily B.weak
B.declared
C.secretly
C.unhappy C.admitted C.get on
40.A.strangely 41.A.unsatisfied 42.A.explained 43.A.get off 44.A.begged 45.A.request 46.A.Unless 47.A.attacking 48.A.warned 49.A.problem 50.A.spending 51.A.busy
B.start
D.stop
D.thanked
B.scolded C.praised
B.action
B.Although
C.suggestion
C.Until C.blaming C.shouted C.matter
D.command
D.When D.wronging D.repeated
B.bothering
B.whispered
B.need B.collected
B.cold
D.reason
D.borrowed D.fearful
C.remaining C.hard
52.A.giving 53.A.forgotten 54.A.move 55.A.world
B.wearing C.taking C.earned C.lighten
D.forcing D.returned D.carry
D.friendship
B.used
B.increase B.journey
C.smile
答案 36.D 37.B 38.A 39.C 40.D 41.C 42.A 43.A 44.A 45.D 46.D 47.B 48.C 49.D 50.C 51.C 52.B 53.A 54.C 55.B
Passage 9
(08·四川)
One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter.For several weeks she had been 16 me to play chess(棋)with her,so I suggested a game and she eagerly 17 .It was a school night,however,and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 18 my moves,because she 19 to go to bed;she had to get up at six in the morning.I 20 she had strict sleeping habits, 21 I thought she ought to be able to 22 some of this strictness.I said to her,“ 23 ，you can stay up late for once.We’re having 24 .”We played on for another fifteen minutes,during which time she looked 25 .Finally she said,“Please,Daddy,do it quickly.”“No,”I replied.“If you’re going to play it 26 ,you’re going to play it slowly.”And so we 27 for another ten minutes,until 28 my daughter burst into tears,and 29 that she was beaten. Clearly I had made 30 .I had started the evening wanting to have a 31 time with my daughter but had 32 my desire to win to become more 33 than my relationship with my daughter.When I was a child,my desire to win 34 me well.As a parent,I 35 that it got in my way.So I had to change. 16.A.guiding 17.A.followed 18.A.change 19.A.agreed 20.A.knew 21.A.so
B.asking B.expected
B.repeat B.needed B.learned B.for
C.training
C.replied
D.advising D.accepted D.pass D.hated D.heard D.or D.give up D.Come on D.success D.angry D.regularly
C.hurry C.begged C.guessed
C.but
22.A.put up 23.A.As usual 24.A.patience 25.A.excited 26.A.well
B.take up C.pick up
B.Go ahead B.luck
C.By the way C.fun
B.proud B.again
C.anxious C.fairly
27.A.discussed 28.A.nervously 29.A.promised 30.A.a mistake 31.A.free
B.continued B.immediately
C.counted
D.argued D.suddenly
D.discovered
C.strangely
B.admitted
C.wondered
B.a decision
C.an attempt
C.full
D.an effort
D.happy D.reduced D.interesting
B.different
32.A.managed 33.A.important 34.A.offered 35.A.realized
B.recognized
B.attractive
C.allowed C.practical
B.served C.controlled C.imagined
D.taught
D.explained
B.apologized
答案 16.B 17.D 18.C 19.B 20.A 21.C 22.D 23.D 24.C 25.C 26.A 27.B 28.D 29.B 30.A 31.D 32.C 33.A 34.B 35.A
Passage 10
(07·重庆)
In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my __36__, it was the same score. Later that evening, I _37_ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our _38_ much better than an IQ(智商) test. We _39_ that Michael‘s score must have been a __40___ and we should treat him ___41___ as usual. We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _42 _ grades in the school, especially _43_ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort. Michael _44_ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than _45_. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University. On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I _46_ the ceremony (典礼) at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the _47_ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say _48_, ―My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn‘t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!‖ It is his special way of thanking us for the _49_ we had in him. Interestingly, Michael then _50_ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had _51_ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be _52_. Children often do as _53_ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, _54_ of them. That is, tell a child he is ― _55_‖, and he may play the role of a foolish child. 36. A. joy B. surprise C. dislike D. disappointment 37. A. tearfully B. fearfully C. cheerfully D. hopefully 38. A. student B. son C. friend D. doctor
39. A. argued 40. A. joke 41. A. specially 42. A. poor 43. A. in 44. A. visited 45. A. allowed 46. A. missed 47. A. high 48. A. curiously 49. A. faith 50. A. looked for 51. A. received 52. A. imperfect 53. A. honestly 54. A. hear 55. A. wise
B. realized B. mistake B. strictly B. good B. about B. chose B. described B. held B. same B. eagerly B. interest B. asked for B. accepted B. impossible B. much B. learn B. rude
C. decided
C. warning C. naturally C. average C. of C. passed C. required C. delayed C. low C. calmly C. pride C. waited for C. organized C. uncertain C. well C. expect C. shy
D. understood D wonder. D. carefully D. standard D. for D. entered D. offered D. attended D. different D. jokingly D. delight
D. prepared for D. discussed D. unsatisfactory D. bravely D. speak D. stupid
答案 36.D 37.A 38.B 39.C 40.B 41.C 42.B 43.A 44.D 45.C 46.D 47.C 48.D 49.A 50.B 51.A 52.B 53.C 54.C 55.D
Passage 11
(07·四川)
It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before 36 Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma 37 me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the 38 like me. She said, \—the 39 you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood 40 to the mosquitoes. \Not 41 it, I replied, \
Well, less than a week 42 my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a 43 of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being 44 , but they all proved useless.
Late one 45 in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the 46 of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I 47 my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being 48 she said, \ With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地) 49 her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would 50 on her face. However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (惊奇的), I ran to others' 51 , only to find they were all sleeping 52 as the same thing occurred again and again.
From those bites, I came to 53 my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n) 54 mind about those strange old wives' tales 55 they do have some truth to them.
36. A. leaving B. passing C. visiting 37. A. persuaded B. reminded C. warned 38. A. students B. foreigners C. passengers 39. A. earlier B. longer C. sooner 40. A. grows B. goes C. flows 41. A. expecting B. understanding C. recognizing 42. A. after B. before C. when 43. A. shade B. pile C. cloud 44. A. touched B. bitten C. defeated 45. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening 46. A. noise B. hit C. pain 47. A. woke up B. shouted at C. looked for 48. A. blamed B. interrupted C. moved 49. A. having B. watching C. making 50. A. land B. fly C. fall 51. A. houses B. flats C. rooms 52. A. joyfully B. anxiously C. soundlessly 53. A. tell B. know C. remember 54. A. open B. active C. clear 55. A. and B. so C. because D. finding D. informed D. visitors D. later D. remains D. believing D. as
D. blanket D. discovered D. night D. effect
D. dropped on D. frightened D. helping D. wait D. homes D. worriedly D. accept D. honest D. until
答案 36.A 37.C 38.D 39.B 40.A 41.D 42.A 43.D 44.B 45.D 46.C 47.A 48.B 49.B 50.A 51.C 52.C 53.D 54.A 55.C
Passage 12
(06·北京)
Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 36 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 37 and ill.
My father was 38 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 39 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 40 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 41 about life, and I told them about one of my 42 . I said that we must very often give things up 43 we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always 44 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 45 up. He said, ―But, Peter, I gave up 46 ! What did I gain?‖ I thought and thought, but I couldn‘t think of anything to say. 47 , he answered his own question: ―I 48 the love of my family,‖ I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 49 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I 50 remember his words and become 51 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 52 to give up my small irritations. In this 53 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 54 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one 55 .