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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We had just finished thirteen miles of hiking in the snowy mountains. We were tired and our muscles  21   as we made our way back to New England.

When I heard that two seats in first class on our next flight were   22   for a small upgrade fee, I jumped at the  23  . We agreed to pay the fee to   24   our tickets. Our spirits lifted   immediately. At least we would  25  our adventure in comfort and style.

Our travel has always been arranged on a budget,  26  flying first class was a new   27  for us. As we   28   the plane, we felt as if we were part of an elite(精英)group. We took our seats and were happy to   29   the other few passengers who could fly in such luxury.

As we chatted away about hiking, waterfalls and bears, I could   30  people around us talking about busy schedules and business meetings. It wasn’t long   31  I realized that these people were   32  to flying in luxury. “They are important people,” I thought to myself.

We  33   that the stewardess(空姐) was working nonstop to ensure the comfort of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat without receiving an   34  .

As the stewardess walked by our   35 , I looked at her and said, “Thank you and I hope you have a great night.” She stopped at our seats with a look of   36   on her face, bent down, looked at me and said, “Excuse me?” I repeated my words and she smiled in a rather   37   way, almost as if I had asked her a question that she did not know how to answer.

“You are the only passenger here to say thank you or say something   38   to me tonight and I really appreciate your kindness.”

The   39  of belonging to an elite group of people in first class disappeared as we heard her words. Our seats in luxury offered us more than a comfortable ride. We were   40  that, without kindness, we would be flying in no class.

21. A. stretched             B. built   w(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m            C. weakened          D. ached

22. A. believable           B. available           C. active                D. visible

23. A. discount              B. opportunity              C. benefit                  D. convenience

24. A. return                 B. protect                     C. upgrade             D. check

25. A. end                    B. start               C. plan                  D. change

26. A. or                B. and                C. but                   D. so

27. A. challenge            B. load                  C. concern             D. experience

28. A. boarded                     B. left                   C. entered              D. crowded

29. A. have                   B. envy                 C. join                  D. appreciate

30. A. see                         B. hear                  C. find                  D. sound

31. A. after                   B. since                 C. before              D. until

32. A. accustomed         B. ready                C. addicted            D. likely

33. A. felt                         B. noticed              C. guessed             D. stated

34. A. advice                B. blame               C. order                D. warning

35. A. seats               B. plane             C. neighbour          D. class  

36. A. amusement          B. disbelief            C. delight                     D. fright

37. A. funny                 B. curious              C. similar                     D. confusing

38. A. impolite              B. nice                  C. interesting         D. valuable

39. A. fear                    B. willingness        C. refusal       w(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m            D. sense

40. A. persuaded           B. reminded           C. suggested          D. wished

Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the week end with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we've both always ___1___ the few times a year when we can see each other.

.Over the ___2___, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was ___3__ around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with ___4___ and was into other ___5___ behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been ___6___ to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her ___7___ him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she ___8__ better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.

I tried to ___9___ her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting ___10___. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was ___11__ to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

By the time she left, I was really worried about her and ___12___ by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come ___13___ to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to ___14___ our friendship - but I didn't. I put the power of ___15___ to the ultimate test. We'd been friends for far too long. The chance was that she ___16___ me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could ___17___ anything.

A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our ___18___, and then she told me that she had ___19___ with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly ___20___ moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

1. A. worried about              B. looked forward to C. paid attention to     D. think of

2. A. weekend               B. months    C. years                D. days

3. A. working               B. falling in love    C. hanging                 D. keeping in touch

4. A. books                   B. girls                  C. friends                     D. drugs

5. A. self-destructive      B. self-respecting  

C. self-confident           D. self-defensive

6. A. explaining            B. reasoning          C. declaring                  D. lying

7. A. on                        B. beside               C. around                     D. to

8. A. did                   B. deserved                C. had                        D. got

9. A. told                 B. convince               C. force            D. warn

10. A. somewhere   B. everywhere               C. nowhere     D. anywhere

11. A. acceptable    B. believable              C. reliable             D. admirable

12. A. exhausted     B. surprised                  C. satisfied            D. terrified

13. A. almost         B. nearly                      C. close          D. over

14. A. stop             B. continue                C. start           D. make

15. A. love            B. friendship   C. truth          D. justice

16. A. thought        B. remembered      C. valued             D. hated

17. A. mean           B. conquer             C. tell                  D. prove

18. A. friendship    B. relationship              C. quarrel              D. conversation

19. A. broken away       B. broken down     C. broken up   D. broken out

20. A. demanding   B. challenging   C. frustrating      D. rewarding

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

                                                      --R. W. E, erson

    It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to   36   her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful    37   in the garden.

    Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs(丁香), he said, “I know where we can find   38   that you want. Get the children and come on.” So they went,   39   down the country roads.

    There on a small hill, they saw a lot of purple lilacs. The young woman ran quickly to    40    the flowers.    41   , she picked a few here and a few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face.

    When they were    42   a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. She had no children with her. They    43   the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the    44   in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny   45   her again and again. She smiled happily, too.

      46   the young mother came back to her car, her   47    asked her, “Who is that old granny?” “Why did you give our flowers to her?”

    “I don’t know her,” their mother said. “But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children. I have all of you, and I   48   have my mother. Just think how much those flowers   49   to her.”

     Hearing    50   their mother said, all the children were greatly   51  .

As we know, everyone needs love. In our society, only more love is   52   to the people, 53     those who are in great    54   , we will feel happy.   55   by this, can we have a better life, a more humorous world.

36. A. expect

B. persuade

C. consider

D. wish

37. A. nature

B. lilacs

C. tree

D. building

38. A. all

B. something

C. anything

D. nothing

39. A. walking

B. rolling

C. driving

D. advancing

40. A. enjoy

B. share

C. compare

D. stress

41. A. Simply

B. Contently

C. Immediately

D. Carefully

42. A. watching

B. passing

C. experiencing

D. finding

43. A. stopped

B. exchanged

C. shook

D. started

44. A. sweets

B. money

C. flowers

D. care

45. A. thanked

B. struck

C. touched

D. communicated

46. A. While

B. When

C. Because

D. Since

47. A. husband

B. friends

C. children

D. mother

48. A. hardly

B. never

C. even

D. still

49. A. meant

B. repeated

C. thought

D. expressed

50. A. how

B. why

C. what

D. which

51. A. separated

B. surprised

C. frightened

D. moved

52. A. combined

B. dragged

C. offered

D. advised

53. A. especially

B. particularly

C. luckily

D. finally

54. A. sorrow

B. excitement

C. courage

D. need

55. A. Then

B. Only

C. So

D. Or

 

 

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