One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__21___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be    22___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him,   23 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went   24 and landed in the grass.
My   25 went out to him. So, I ran over to him. 26 I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it   27 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the   28 student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the   29  to prepare a 30 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 31 . So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be  32!” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to   33 those who helped you make it through those   34  years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best   35 you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with   36 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 37 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend   38  me from doing the unspeakable.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the   39 of your actions. With one small gesture you can   40 a person’s life. For better or for worse.

【小题1】
A.HowB.WhenC.WhyD.Where
【小题2】
A.stupidB.cleverC.wonderfulD.anxious
【小题3】
A.throwingB.knockingC.takingD.snatching
【小题4】
A.lostB.sendingC.brokenD.flying
【小题5】
A.heartB.headC.handsD.thought
【小题6】
A.WhileB.AsC.BecauseD.Once
【小题7】
A.passed byB.came upC.went onD.turned out
【小题8】
A.topB.hardestC.favoriteD.luckiest
【小题9】
A.prideB.honorC.pleasureD.chance
【小题10】
A.classB.schoolC.graduationD.college
【小题11】
A.excitedB.nervousC.proudD.crazy
【小题12】
A.greatB.famousC.praisedD.honored
【小题13】
A.rewardB.rememberC.thankD.congratulate
【小题14】
A.happyB.excitingC.oldD.tough
【小题15】
A.chanceB.giftC.helpD.favor
【小题16】
A.wonderB.anxietyC.disbeliefD.pride
【小题17】
A.killB.enjoyC.testD.hurt
【小题18】
A.protectedB.freedC.warnedD.saved
【小题19】
A.priceB.useC.powerD.meaning
【小题20】
A.destroyB.changeC.saveD.understand

Last year, two days after Christmas, we kicked China out of the house. Not the country obviously, but bits of plastic, metal, and wood with the words “Made in China”. We kept what we already had, but stopped bringing any more in. because it had coated our lives with toys, and useless stuff. Sometimes I worried about jobs sent overseas, but price triumphed over virtue at our house. We couldn’t resist what China was selling.
But on that dark Monday last year, an unease feeling washed over me as I sat on the sofa. It wasn’t until then that I noticed a fact: China was taking over the place.
It stared back at me from the empty screen of the television. I spied it in the pile of tennis shoes by the door. It glowed in the lights on the Christmas tree and watched me in the eyes of a doll lying on the floor, I slipped off the couch and sorted gifts into two piles: China and non-China. The count came to China, 25, the world, 14. Christmas, I realized, had become a holiday made by the Chinese. Suddenly I wanted China out.
I persuaded my husband, and on Jan. 1 st, we started a-year-long household embargo on Chinese imports. The idea wasn’t to punish China. And we didn’t fool ourselves into thinking because we wanted to measure how far it had pushed in. We wanted to know what it would take in time, money, and worry to kick our China habit!
In the spring, our 4-year-old son started a campaign to support “China things”. “It’s too long without China,” he cried. He kept at me all day. I have discovered for myself that China doesn’t control every aspect of our daily lives, but if you take a close look at the underside of boxes in the toy department, I promise it will give you pause. “When we can buy China things again? Let’s never stop.” My son said.
After a year without China I can tell you this: You can still live without it, but it’s getting costlier by the day. And a decade from now I may not be brave enough to try it again.
【小题1】 The best title for the text could be _______.

A.China Free Living: A Trouble One
B.A Year without “Made in China”
C.Why I Choose “Made in China”
D.“Made in China”: Good or Bad
【小题2】 According to the passage, why did the author stop bringing in things “Made in China”?
A.Because she wanted to bring back job opportunities for her natives.
B.Because she has a strong sense of nationalism against “Made in China”.
C.Because she wanted to learn what life would be like without “Made in China”.
D.Because too much stuff made in China was take over her house.
【小题3】 The Underlined word “embargo” in the forth paragraph means ________.
A.reactionB.ban
C.restrictionD.cancellation
【小题4】The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is ________.
A.to tell the readers an interesting experience
B.to describe the trouble facing a housewife
C.to explain the importance of Chinese goods
D.to show the difficulty without Chinese goods

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  1  a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  2  moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of 3  for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they  4  their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 5  he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  6  my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  7  them but I still needed to write them, I 8  until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  9 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,   10  two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and   11  , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 12  short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   13  happy to have Marc back. Since I was  14  making lunch for his younger brother, I    15   one for Marc, too. Imagine my  16  when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son,   17  his lunch.

“Did I do something   18 ? Don’t you love me  19  ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I  20  asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

1.                A.carried         B.found          C.included  D.held

 

2.                A.difficult         B.special         C.comfortable   D.separate

 

3.                A.congratulation   B.improvement    C.explanation    D.encouragement

 

4.                A.loved          B.answered       C.wrote    D.examined

 

5.                A.lately          B.by the way      C.by the time    D.gradually

 

6.                A.received        B.understood      C.enjoyed  D.collected

 

7.                A.copy           B.read           C.take D.send

 

8.                A.held up         B.gave up         C.followed  D.continued

 

9.                A.out            B.home          C.to college D.to Sacramento

 

10.               A.organizing      B.planning        C.comparing D.completing

 

11.               A.hopefully       B.finally          C.particularly D.certainly

 

12.               A.Because of      B.Instead of       C.Except for D.As for

 

13.               A.especially       B.immediately     C.equally    D.generally

 

14.               A.once          B.again          C.still   D.even

 

15.               A.packed         B.fetched        C.bought    D.filled

 

16.               A.fear           B.surprise        C.anger D.disappointment

 

17.               A.waiting for      B.worrying about   C.caring for  D.asking about

 

18.               A.wrong         B.funny          C.strange    D.smart

 

19.               A.any more       B.enough         C.once more D.better

 

20.               A.interestingly     B.bitterly         C.politely    D.laughingly

 

 

I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. My teacher’s last  36   of the term was called “ Smile”. I am a very friendly person and always  37  at everyone. So I thought this would be very  38 .

Soon after we were given the project, my  39  went out to McDonald’s. We were waiting to be  40 , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to  41 , and even my husband did. There standing behind me were two homeless men  42 .

As I looked down at the short gentleman with  43  eyes, he said, “Good day.” The second man stood behind his friend. I  44  the second man was mentally challenged(智障) and the blue-eyed gentleman was his helper.

The young  45  at the counter asked him what they wanted.

He said, “Coffee is all, Miss.” Because that was all they could  46 .

I smiled and asked the young lady to give me two more breakfast meals on a  47  tray(托盘). I then said to the men, “ I did not do this for you. God is here  48  through me to give you hope.”

When I joined my husband, he smiled at me, saying, “That is  49  God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope.”

I returned to  50  with this story in hand. I  51  “my project” and the teacher read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “Can I  52  this with the class?”

I slowly  53  and she began to read and that was when I knew that we, as human beings, share this to help people and to be  54 .

In my own way I had  55  the people at McDonald’s, my husband, sons, teacher, and every person that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student.

1. A. question     B. project       C. class        D. expression

2. A. smile        B. laugh             C. look         D. stare

3. A. difficult     B. funny            C. important        D. easy

4.A. teacher            B. classmates       C. family       D. children

5. A. ordered       B. served           C. paid         D. called

6. A. run away  B. crowd in        C. shout out        D. move away

7.A. in surprise    B. in silence          C. in rags      D. in fear

8. A. tearful       B. blue             C. closed       D. black

9. A. realized  B. accepted         C. permitted        D. admitted

10. A. helper           B. gentleman        C. lady         D. friend

11. A. drink            B. want             C. take         D. afford

12. A. big          B. separate         C. flat         D. round

13.A. working           B. going            C. getting      D. carrying

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

15. A. college  B. home             C. church       D. McDonald’s

16. A. put up       B. handed out       C. handed in        D. put away

17. A. publish  B. share                C. copy         D. keep

18.A. turned        B. left             C. shook        D. nodded

19.A. forgiven  B. thanked          C. helped       D. remembered

20. A. touched  B. knew             C. forgot       D. recognized

 

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