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When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 36 the move, my father 37 us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 38 that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we're 39 to Arizona."

The words, so small, didn't seem 40 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a train moving across the country. I watched the 41_ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 42 mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 43 into our new home.

44 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 45 explored(探索) our new surroundings.

One afternoon, I was out exploring 46 and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You'd better not 47 that."

I turned around to see an old woman

"Are you new to this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 48 , new to the entire state.

"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 49 ? It must be quite a _50 after living in Boston."

How could I explain how I 51 the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.

"It's vastness," she offered. “That vastness 52 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert -- you can 53 how little you are in comparison with the world. 54 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”

That was it. That was the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 55 would change with just a few simple words.

"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch."

36. A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before

37. A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted

38. A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing

39. A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying

40. A. good B. simple C. big D. proper

41. A. picture B. ground C. scene D. area

42. A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D. explained

43. A. settled B. walked C. hurried D. stepped

44. A. If B. After C. Once D. While

45. A. bitterly B. easily C. proudly D. eagerly

46 A as well B. as usual C. right away D. on time

47. A. move B. dig C. pull D. touch

48. A. of course B. in fact C. after all D. at least

49. A. desert B. city C. state D. country

50. A. luck B. doubt C. shock D. danger

51. A. found B. examined C. watched D. reached

52. A. why B. when C. how D. where

53. A. prove B. guess C. sense D. expect

54. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile

55. A. idea B. life C. home D. family

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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，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day in summer I stepped into a tiny coffee shop to drink a cup of black coffee. As I entered, I found a very old woman bent   【小题1】  a table near the door. Her back was so   【小题2】twisted(弯曲) by some sadness that her face nearly 【小题3】 the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away.
"Poor woman," I thought. "What does she 【小题4】 life? Why does God let people live so 【小题5】 past their prime(黄金时期)?"
As I thought,   【小题6】  aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about    【小题7】 . They talked of how little the shop had 【小题8】  in 70 years... In minutes the two of them were   【小题9】  with laughter.
I looked again at the   【小题10】 woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall,   【小题11】 a picture of myself.
I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.
I was in   【小题12】  spirits. She was laughing, smiling.
I was putting the 【小题13】   of my life together. She had millions of wonderful   【小题14】  to recall.
She was   【小题15】   the day with a good friend. I was   【小题16】  worried about getting old. She was old but it wasn't 【小题17】 her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my   【小题18】  questions about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more 【小题19】  and more sensitive than I was.   【小题20】  has not bent her spirit. But I am always filling my mind with something unpleasant.

Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. My brother, mother and I live in a very rural district on the Big Island of Hawaii. Our farm is at least a dozen miles from the most basic of services. Consequently, we take weekly trips to COSTCO to procure fuel and supplies. About a month ago, we’d finished loading up the SUV and prepared to leave. As I settled into my seat, I glanced down at the roadside, when a piece of paper caught my eye. I picked it up and read it carefully. Instantly, I was grateful I did.
The form turned out to be a receipt from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’ payment of their Vehicle’s Registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their shoes and figured: no one would throw this out, especially if it was current. I also looked over the form for contact or any personal data, perhaps a license tag or telephone number. But that seemed impractical. Although the form had been born on the wind, where in the busy, crowded parking lot would I find the owners? Had it been lying there for a few minutes or a week? So I checked the date, the fees paid, noted the names of the owners and pocketed the receipt. Recalling the parable of the Good Samaritan, I concluded that the best and easiest step to take was to put the form in an envelope addressed to the couple and send it to them by post. Further, I imagined how crazy I’d be if I had misplaced my receipt. Much easier to attempt returning it than to leave them angry, upset, etc. over the loss.
By the end of the week, I received a beautiful thank-you letter from a very grateful and happy couple containing a hand written message and a gift card to use at any Starbuck’s. In her note, the wife explained how a gust of wind snatched their receipt from a pocket in her car’s passenger door. They had panicked and searched crazily for quite some time before giving up. It felt great to know I’d helped someone avoid a major loss by doing something that at first glance seemed minor or even unimportant.
【小题1】What did the author really mean when he said “Instantly, I was grateful I did.”?

A．He was lucky to notice the paper on the roadside.

B．He was happy to do shopping in the district for it was convenient.

C．He was right to pick the paper up because it was important.

D．He was thankful to pick up the paper because he found it for a long time.

【小题2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the short passage?

A．I rode my car to COSTCO to buy supplies a month ago.

B．The receipt was out of date, so the owner threw it away.

C．I waited on the roadside for the receipt owner for half a day.

D．I called up the owner to take back the receipt.

【小题3】The author decided to give the paper back to the owner because ______.

A．it was useless for him

B．he knew the owner was upset about losing it

C．the owner asked him to do so

D．he knew the owner would reward him for it

【小题4】Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．How I helped the couple	B．The loss of an important receipt
C．The owner of the receipt	D．Little things still mean a lot

Three years ago, five parrots were set free in a wild place of Arizona, thousands of miles from the Channel Islands in Jersey where they had been looked after by zookeepers. No evolutionary strategies informed them how to behave in this new landscape of mountainous pine forest unoccupied by their kind for 50 years. To the researchers’ surprise, they failed to make contact with a group of wild parrots imported from Mexico and set free at the same time. Within 24 hours the reintroducing ended in failure, and the poor birds were back in cages, on their way to the safety of the Arizona reintroduction programme.
Ever since then, the programme has enjoyed great success, mainly because the birds now being set free are Mexican birds illegally caught in the wild, confiscated （没收） on arrival north of the border, and raised by their parents in the safety of the programme. The experience shows how little we know about the behaviour and psychology （心理） of parrots, as Peter Bennett, a bird researcher, points out: “Reintroducing species of high intelligence like parrots is a lot more difficult. People like parrots, always treating them as nothing more than pets or valuable ‘collectables’.”
Now that many species of parrot are in immediate danger of dying out, biologists are working together to study the natural history and the behaviour of this family of birds. Last year was an important turning point: conservationists founded the World Parrot Trust, based at Hayle in Cornwall, to support research into both wild and caged birds.
Research on parrots is vital for two reasons. First, as the Arizona programme showed, when reintroducing parrots to the wild, we need to be aware of what the birds must know if they are to survive in their natural home. We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets, particularly as the Trust’s campaign does not attempt to discourage the practice, but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans.
【小题1】What do we know about the area where the five parrots were reintroduced?

A．Its landscape is new to parrots of their kind.

B．It used to be home to parrots of their kind.

C．It is close to where they had been kept.

D．Pine trees were planted to attract birds.

【小题2】The reintroducing experience three years ago shows that man-raised parrots

A．can find their way back home in Jersey

B．are unable to recognize their parents

C．are unable to adapt to the wild

D．can produce a new species

【小题3】Why are researches on parrots important according to the passage?

A．The Trust shows great concern for the programme.

B．We need to know more about how to preserve parrots.

C．Many people are interested in collecting parrots.

D．Parrots’ intelligence may some day benefit people.

【小题4】According to the passage, people are advised ______.

A．to treat wild and caged parrots equally

B．to set up comfortable homes for parrots

C．not to keep wild parrots as pets

D．not to let more parrots go to the wild

I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother’s words as if it were yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden (负担) with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

1.What does Kerrel tell us about her father?

A. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.

B. He depended on the nurses in his final days.

C. He worked hard to pay for his medication.

D. He told no one about his disease.

2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A. Kerrel couldn’t understand her teacher.

B. Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.

C. Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.

D. Kerrel was too tired to bear her teacher’s words.

3.Why did Kerrel keep her father’s disease a secret?

A. She was afraid of being looked down upon.

B. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.

C. She found no one willing to listen to her.

D. She wanted to obey her mother.

4.Why did Kerrel write the passage?

A. To tell people about the sufferings of her father.

B. To show how little people knew about AIDS.

C. To draw people’s attention to AIDS.

D. To remember her father.

How little Franz regretted the days ______ playing in the woods and fields.

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