About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college,I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while 1        at the cash register in the gift shop,I saw a (n) 2       couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. Perhaps there was something wrong 3        the girl's legs. I felt some sympathy for her.

  As I looked 4        at this girl,I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. I then 5        she had no arms or legs,just a head,6       and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.

  As the couple 7        her up to me,I was looking down at the register. I 8       my head to?ward the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the 9        from her grandparents,I looked back at the girl,who was giving me the cutest,largest smile I have ever 10       .

  All of a sudden her handicap was 11        and all I saw was this beautiful girl,whose smile just 12        me and almost instantly gave me a completely new 13        of what life is all about. She took me from a 14       ,unhappy college student and 15        me into her world;a world of smiles,16       and warmth.

  That was ten years ago. I'm a 17       business person now and 18        I get down and think about the 19        of the world,I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she 20        me. After all,the world is filled with smiles.

(   ) 1. A. working   B. studying   C. lying   D. relaxing

(   ) 2. A. young   B. elderly   C. hardworking   D. kindhearted

(   ) 3. A. with   B. without   C. of   D. in

(   ) 4. A. closer   B. farther   C. lower   D. higher

(   ) 5. A. thought   B. believed   C. felt   D. realized

(   ) 6. A. hand   B. neck   C. arm   D. foot

(   ) 7. A. wheeled   B. led   C. hugged   D. dragged

(   ) 8. A. shook   B. lowered   C. turned   D. stretched

(   ) 9. A. gift   B. handbag   C. money   D. wallet

(   ) 10. A. discovered   B. felt   C. found   D. seen

(   ) 11. A. gone   B. come   C. disappeared   D. appeared

(   ) 12. A. melted   B. surprised   C. interested   D. encouraged

(   ) 13. A. sense   B. taste   C. way   D. arrangement

(   ) 14. A. rich   B. poor   C. hopeless   D. miserable

(   ) 15. A. put   B. changed   C. brought   D. divided

(   ) 16. A. respect   B. love   C. honesty   D. friendship

(   ) 17. A. successful   B. smart   C. popular   D. super

(   ) 18. A. if   B. since   C. whenever   D. though

(   ) 19. A. meaning   B. people   C. trouble   D. secret

(   ) 20. A. asked   B. told   C. reminded   D. taught

  Sarah came running in and said , " Look at what I found! ”Over the 1        of the paper I was reading came a snake skin which caused me to jump. " Isn't it 2      ?" said my wideeyed seven-year-old daughter. I 3       the snake skin and thought 4        myself that it really was not that beautiful,5      I have learned never to appear 6        with young children,because 7       they see for the first time is elementary to their 8        of beauty and creativity.

  "Why does the snake shed (蜕皮) its skin?" Sarah asked. I wanted to 9        every opportu?nity to teach my child that there is almost always something 10        the obvious and that there is always something else going on besides 11        she sees in front of her.

"Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves," I 12      .As is so often the case in my family,the 13       subject leads to another and another,until we are 14        something quite different.

  "Why do they have to renew themselves?" Sarah asked.

  "We 15       need to shed our skins,those coatings that we 16        ourselves with ," I said to my child. " We 17        some things and find other things unwanted or unnecessary. This snake 18        needs this skin. It is probably too tight for him,or he probably does not think he looks as smart in it 19        he once did. It is like he has bought a new suit."

  Of course,I am sure this explanation will not 20        scientists. But Sarah was getting the point that renewal is part of progress as well as what we need to keep and what we need to cast off.

(   ) 1. A. top   B. distance   C. bottom   D. tip

(   ) 2. A. ugly   B. strange   C. beautiful   D. dirty

(   ) 3. A. took away   B. stared at   C. closed up   D. stuck with

(   ) 4. A. of   B. over   C. about   D. to

(   ) 5. A. so   B. though   C. but   D. and

(   ) 6. A. unconcerned   B. helpful   C. unfair   D. addicted

(   ) 7. A. anything   B. something   C. everything   D. nothing

(   ) 8. A. point   B. sense   C. meaning   D. mind

(   ) 9. A. seize   B. support   C. hide   D. select

(   ) 10. A. into   B. beyond   C. within   D. above

(   ) 11. A. what   B. where   C. that   D. when

(   ) 12. A. whispered   B. explained   C. introduced   D. swore

(   ) 13. A. classic   B. final   C. advanced   D. original

(   ) 14. A. discussing   B. debating   C. deciding   D. thinking

(   ) 15. A. seldom   B. never   C. often   D. once

(   ) 16. A. touch   B. cover   C. take   D. move

(   ) 17. A. make use of   B. get away from   

        C. get interested in   D. end up with

(   ) 18. A. no longer   B. for ever   C. once more   D. not until

(   ) 19. A. for   B. with   C. like   D. as

(   ) 20. A. satisfy   B. interrupt   C. forgive   D. realize

 Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado's history. We were on "evacuation alert (疏散警报) ”.If we got the 1        to evacuate,we would have to leave imme?diately.

  We 2       suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn't 3        these things were valuable,but time was. We moved the computers,with which I wrote for news?papers and made a 4      . We took family pictures off the 5        and packed them in boxes.

  Then we took a hard look at all that 6        There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a 7       to my family. And there was the piano my wife Bev 8        to play when she was a little girl. Not of great 9        in itself,but another family connection.

  The thought of 10       something passed down from our families saddened me deeply,11 I'd never been much attached to things. It's about what they 12      family and love. They each had a(n) 13       to tell,and some of them spoke in the 14        of our parents and grandparents.

  The fire 15        reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 16      . I also realized just how fortunate I had been 17      . I saw just how rich my life had been. Someone 18       said, " There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money."And now I 19      . I was indeed rich. I was rich in family,rich in memories,rich in everything that really 20       .

  I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.

(   ) 1. A. answer   B. call   C. chance   D. task

(   ) 2. A. sold   B. bought   C. searched   D. packed

(   ) 3. A. worry   B. care   C. think   D. doubt

(   ) 4. A. mark   B. living   C. sign   D. plan

(   ) 5. A. walls   B. ceilings   C. windows   D. albums

(   ) 6. A. left   B. burnt   C. remained   D. unmoved

(   ) 7. A. present   B. connection   C. symbol   D. treasure

(   ) 8. A. learned   B. agreed   C. forgot   D. refused

(   ) 9. A. quality   B. taste   C. value   D. sense

(   ) 10. A. knocking out   B. picking out   

       C. giving away   D. leaving behind

(   ) 11. A. but   B. unless   C. even though   D. or

(   ) 12. A. contained   B. included   C. represented   D. gathered

(   ) 13. A. idea   B. lie   C. right   D. story

(   ) 14. A. sounds   B. voices   C. speeds   D. feelings

(   ) 15. A. never   B. once   C. seldom   D. finally

(   ) 16. A. returned   B. spared   C. stopped   D. found

(   ) 17. A. in another way   B. in return   C. at last   D. at most

(   ) 18. A. curiously   B. accidentally   C. wisely   D. coldly

(   ) 19. A. promised   B. knew   C. announced   D. thanked

(   ) 20. A. affects   B. desires   C. helps   D. counts

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