For Lee Ann Laraway, polio(脑灰质炎) has made almost everything in life just out of reach. But what her hands can't retrieve, her assistant can. Meet Jeannie, a three-year-old help, has become Lee Ann's arms and legs.

    Jeannie understands no fewer than 72 commands. To get a feel for what that means, Lee Ann takes us on a shopping trip in San Jose. First stop: The bank, where she got cash from the teller. From the bank, it's on to the drug store, where Jeannie got a candy bar for Lee Ann. Then Jeannie helped pay the cashier, and got change hack.

    "When you have a really good working animal, they come and interact with you all the time," Lee Ann said. While there's no argument that Jeannie is an ordinary animal, she wasn't born that way. She was tutored and trained here at a facility that has become the final legacy of one of the Bay Area's most beloved figures.

    Canine Companions for Independence sits on twelve acres of land in Santa Rosa donated by late Peanuts cartoonist Charles Shultz, Here, handlers work with specially selected labs for hours a day— but not every dog will make the cut.

    The work is serious Business. In the case of hearing dogs, the animals alert their disabled owners to everything from ringing telephones to doorbells.

    Other dogs will work with severely disabled patients like eight-year-old Noah Habib of Mountain View who communicates with a special computer. "I like it when new people come up to ask me about my dog," he says. "People are really interested in the dog and will come over and ask to pet her and ask to play with her, and ask about what she does, and these are people that normally might not approach us and want to talk to Noah," says his Dad.

    And back in San Jose Lee Ann is arriving home with Jeannie and her groceries. With just one chore left—opening her own door. "You can train a dog to do a lot of things," said Lee Ann. "You cannot give them the heart to do the job, and that is what a good working dog has."

Lee Ann's dog Jeannie cannot ______.

     A) get cash at the bank                        C) pay a cashier for her

     B) take on a telephone for her                   D) open the door

Canine Companions for Independence is a place for ______.

     A) severely disabled children to have practice

     B) people to donate money or legacy

     C) ordinary dogs to be coached

     D) people to learn business

Which of the following can replace the phrase "make the cut" (Line 3, Para 4)?

     A) become a good working dog                  C) hurt the coach

     B) become a helpful star                        D) hurt itself

According to Lee Ann, you cannot train an ordinary dog ______.

     A) to put things on people's laps                 C) to always interact with its owner

     B) to alert deaf people                          D) to love working

It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I was triage nurse (分诊护士) that day. I didn’t _36_many patients, so I was not happy about having to _37_ on Christmas. Just then, five bodies _38_at my desk: a pale woman and four small children.

“Are you all sick?” I asked _39_.“Yes,” the woman said weakly. But when they got to describe their problems, things got a little _40_. Two of the children had headaches, _41_ they weren’t holding their heads like headache sufferers _42_ do. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to work to _43_ it.

_44_ was wrong, but I didn’t say anything except that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her. She _45_ , “Take your time; it’s _46_ in here.”

Then I checked the chart after the admitting clerk had finished registering the family. No _47_–- they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.

I looked out at the family huddled by the Christmas tree. The smallest one was pointing at the television and exclaiming something to her mother. The oldest one was looking at an ornament on the tree.

I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a _48_ family in the waiting room. The nurses, irritated about having to work on Christmas, suddenly felt _49_ for a family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into _50_, much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. Only this time it was a Christmas emergency.

We were each entitled to a free meal in the hospital cafeteria on Christmas Day, so we _51_ that meal and prepared a banquet for our Christmas guests. We needed presents. We put together oranges and apples in a basket. From various departments, we _52_candies, crayons and other suitable items. As seriously as we met the physical _53_ of the patients that came to us that day, our team worked to meet the needs, and go beyond the _54_ , of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas Day.

Later, as the family walked to the door to _55_, the four-year-old came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”

1.                A.like            B.expect          C.imagine   D.recognize

 

2.                A.work           B.wait            C.return    D.repeat

 

3.                A.turned back     B.looked around    C.showed up    D.showed off

 

4.                A.patiently        B.carefully        C.jokingly   D.doubtfully

 

5.                A.strange         B.smooth         C.natural   D.difficult

 

6.                A.as             B.and            C.but D.so

 

7.                A.sometimes      B.seldom         C.never    D.usually

 

8.                A.reflect         B.produce        C.tolerate   D.prevent

 

9.                A.Something      B.Anything        C.Everything     D.Nothing

 

10.               A.advised        B.added          C.explained D.responded

 

11.               A.fun            B.warm          C.busy D.lucky

 

12.               A.phone         B.work           C.address   D.money

 

13.               A.funny          B.friendly         C.jobless    D.homeless

 

14.               A.care           B.duty           C.compassion D.dissatisfaction

 

15.               A.panic          B.action          C.research   D.discussion

 

16.               A.claimed        B.cooked         C.paid D.accepted

 

17.               A.shared         B.selected        C.discovered D.collected

 

18.               A.problems       B.needs          C.illnesses   D.standards

 

19.               A.power         B.control         C.expectations    D.understanding

 

20.               A.leave          B.enter          C.thank D.talk

 

 

It was Saturday when the entire summer world was bright and fresh. Tom looked at the fence, which was long and high, feeling all enthusiasm leaving him. He dipped his brush into the whitewash before moving it along the top board of the fence. He knew other boys would arrive soon with all minds of interesting plans for this day. As walking past him, they would tease him for having to work on a beautiful Saturday—which burnt him like fire.
He, putting his hands into his pockets and taking out all he owned with the expectation of letting someone paint, found nothing that could buy half an hour of freedom. At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea occurred to him, pouring a great bright light into his mind. He took up his brush and continued to work pleasantly with calm and quietness.
Presently, Ben Rogers came in sight—munching an apple and making joyful noises like the sound of a riverboat as he walked along. Tom went on whitewashing, paying no attention to the steamboat. 
“Hello!” Ben said, “I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush gently along the fence and surveyed the result. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for Ben’s apple while he kept painting the fence.
Ben said, “That’s a lot of work, isn’t it?”
Tom turned suddenly saying “Here you are! Ben! I didn’t notice you.”
“I’m going swimming,” Ben said. “Don’t you wish you could go? Or would you rather work?”
Tom said, “Work? What do you mean ‘work’?”
“Isn’t that work?”
Tom continued painting and answered carelessly, “Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is it suits Tom Sawyer.”
“Do you mean that you enjoy it?”
“I don’t see why I oughtn’t to enjoy it.”
“Does a boy have a chance to paint a fence frequently” said Tom.
Ben stopped munching his apple.
Tom moved his brush back and forth—stepped back to note the effect—added a little paint here and there. Ben watched every move, getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed1. After a short time, he said, “Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
Tom seemed to be thinking for a moment before he said, “No, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. If it was the back fence, maybe you could do it. But this fence beside the street is where everybody can see it. It has to be done right.”
“Oh, come on, let me try. I’ll be careful. Listen, Tom. I’ll give you part of my apple if you let me paint.”
“No, Ben, I’m afraid—”
“I’ll give you all the apple!”
Tom handed the brush to Ben with unwillingness on his face but alacrity in his heart. While the riverboat worked and sweated in the hot sun, Tom, an artist sat in the shade close by, munching his apple, and planning how he could trick more of the boys.
Before long there were enough boys each of whom came along the street; stopped to laugh but soon begged to be allowed to paint. By the middle of the afternoon, Tom had got many treasures while the fence had had three layers of whitewash on it. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, he would have owned everything belonging to the boys in the village.
Tom said to himself that the world was not so depressing after all. He had discovered a great law of human action: in order to make a man cover a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

  1. 1.

    By using “Tom continued painting and answered carelessly”, the author shows Tom ______ when he was talking to Ben.

    1. A.
      made mistakes
    2. B.
      damaged things
    3. C.
      was natural
    4. D.
      wasn’t concentrating
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “alacrity” in the last but two paragraph most probable means “______”.

    1. A.
      kindness
    2. B.
      discouragement
    3. C.
      sympathy
    4. D.
      eagerness
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? ________

    1. A.
      Tom did not want to go swimming at all
    2. B.
      Tom was asked to help Aunt Polly paint the fence
    3. C.
      Tom did not get along well with his friends
    4. D.
      Tom was very busy that Saturday afternoon.
  4. 4.

    We can draw a conclusion from the last paragraph that _______.

    1. A.
      forbidden fruit is sweet.
    2. B.
      a friend in need is a friend indeed.
    3. C.
      all good things must come to an end.
    4. D.
      a bad excuse is better than none.

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