I noticed a small boy, ragged but clean, hungrily looking at a basket of freshly picked green peas when I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes．
I paid for my potatoes and went to see the fresh green peas．I couldn't help overhearing the 1 between Mr．Miller, the store owner, and the 2 looking boy．
“Hello, Barry, how are you today?”
“Fine, thank you, Mr．Miller．I'm just 3 the peas．They look good．”
“Anything I can help you with?”
“No, Sir．I'm just admiring these peas．”
“Would you like to take some home?”
“No, sir．I've got 4 to pay for them with．”
“Well, what have you to 5 me for some of those peas?”
“All I get is my marble(弹子)here．”
“I 6 see that．Hmm, the only thing is that this one is blue and I like red．Do you have a red one at home?”
“Not 7 but almost．” Take this sack of peas home with you and let me look at that red marble 8 you come back．”
Mrs．Miller who had been standing nearby, came over to help me and told me, “There are 9 other boys like Barry in our community, and all three are very 10 ．My husband just loves to trade them for peas ,apples, tomatoes, or 11 ．When they come back with their 12 marbles, he decides he doesn't like red 13 and he sends them home with a bag of produce for a green marble or an orange one．”
Several years later, Mr．Miller died．At the 14 I saw three young men with very professional looking．Each young man placed his own 15 hand over the cold pale hand in the coffin(棺材), 16 their eyes．
“Those three young men were the boys．They just told me how they 17 the things Jim 'traded' them．Now, at last, they came to pay their 18 , ”said Mrs．Miller．
With loving 19 , Mrs．Miller lifted the lifeless fingers of her husband．Resting underneath were three shining red 20 ．
While in the army there was nothing I dislike so much as the map-reading course, for the simple reason that I always feel 1 even with a map in my hand．For weeks I had 2 awake at night thinking of the 3 test I would have to face at the end of the course． 4 the evil day arrived．It was my responsibility to lead a small band of soldiers back to camp from the middle of 5 ．We were driven out in a(n) 6 lorry and left in a ploughed field with 7 to get back to camp as quickly as possible．
Well knowing my 8 , the soldiers smiled as they saw me looking at the map and they made all sorts of helpful suggestions．I folded the map up, put it in my pocket, and said that we would 9 east．After walking through the cornfield for over an hour we came to a wide stream．I looked at the map 10 ．It seemed to be 11 with masses of thin blue lines．But Which 12 line was this steam?In despair, we sat down in the cool 13 and I feel like 14 the map into the water．Fifteen minutes later, a boat passed and I asked the boatman if he could give us a 15 to the nearest village．I 16 that we had been out for a walk and 17 got lost．The boatman invited us on 18 and I felt 19 when he told me that he had helped hundreds of soldiers to pass their map-reading test!Not long 20 , we got off that boat and, following the boatman's instructions, took a bus into the village and get back to camp．
(1)
[ ]
A．
stupid
B．
blind
C．
puzzled
D．
lost
(2)
[ ]
A．
suffered
B．
lain
C．
slept
D．
laid
(3)
[ ]
A．
basic
B．
actual
C．
practical
D．
special
(4)
[ ]
A．
At last
B．
At once
C．
As a result
D．
After all
(5)
[ ]
A．
village
B．
downtown
C．
nowhere
D．
forest
(6)
[ ]
A．
closed
B．
advanced
C．
ordinary
D．
damaged
(7)
[ ]
A．
suggestions
B．
directions
C．
information
D．
instructions
(8)
[ ]
A．
weakness
B．
thought
C．
task
D．
strength
(9)
[ ]
A．
head
B．
point
C．
march
D．
guide
(10)
[ ]
A．
gradually
B．
therefore
C．
merely
D．
again
(11)
[ ]
A．
spread
B．
painted
C．
covered
D．
separated
(12)
[ ]
A．
similar
B．
particular
C．
correct
D．
wonderful
(13)
[ ]
A．
tent
B．
shadow
C．
shore
D．
shade
(14)
[ ]
A．
tearing
B．
throwing
C．
striking
D．
destroying
(15)
[ ]
A．
lift
B．
hand
C．
favor
D．
service
(16)
[ ]
A．
declared
B．
pretended
C．
admitted
D．
described
(17)
[ ]
A．
altogether
B．
almost
C．
possible
D．
somehow
(18)
[ ]
A．
board
B．
boat
C．
purpose
D．
platform
(19)
[ ]
A．
afraid
B．
foolish
C．
fortunate
D．
interested
(20)
[ ]
A．
ago
B．
late
C．
afterwards
D．
away
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“Dear Sir, I probably would have written ages ago, only I was not aware(意识到)that you were still alive,” writes a South African schoolgirl called Tyfanny in 1946．“I must have been mixing you up with Sir Isaac Newton．”
Tyfanny, who goes on to ask Albert Einstein about the nature of space, received a(n) 1 reply from the great man six weeks later．“Dear Tyfanny,” he writes．“I have to apologize to you that I am still among the 2 ．This will not always be the case, however．”
Tyfanny is one of 60 children whose 3 to one of the greatest scientists of all time are 4 in the book Dear Professor Einstein：Albert Einstein's Letters To and From Children．
The letters are printed 5 as they were written, spelling 6 and all, with some printed in their original handwritten form．
While many letters seek answers to 7 questions, such as “what 8 the sun and planets in space?” or “I want to know what is beyond the sky and my mother said you can tell me,” others are more personal．“I would like to ask if you 9 make any mistakes．” 10 one child．While the children's letters are certainly entertaining, 11 is Einstein's replies that attract the most interest．
12 , he could not reply to every letter, but the letters he did 13 the time to answer showed the human side of the great scientist．Although he 14 his days looking into mathematics and 15 , he was always very fond of children and their boundless curiosity(好奇心)．
For example, it was in a letter to a 12-year-old girl from New York that he made his now well-known remark：“Do not worry about your 16 in mathematics; I promise you that 17 are still greater．”
“This is a beautiful and touching 18 ．It is amazing how intelligent some of the children's 19 are,” said a reader from Georgia, US．“But it is more interesting to get to know the other 20 of Einstein．”
(1)
[ ]
A．
personal
B．
important
C．
public
D．
difficult
(2)
[ ]
A．
great
B．
living
C．
useful
D．
experiences
(3)
[ ]
A．
problems
B．
letters
C．
hobbies
D．
ideas
(4)
[ ]
A．
encouraged
B．
completed
C．
collected
D．
read
(5)
[ ]
A．
hardly
B．
wonderfully
C．
suddenly
D．
exactly
(6)
[ ]
A．
forms
B．
habits
C．
mistakes
D．
manners
(7)
[ ]
A．
small
B．
big
C．
easy
D．
lovely
(8)
[ ]
A．
carries
B．
expects
C．
prevents
D．
holds
(9)
[ ]
A．
ever
B．
no more
C．
no longer
D．
never
(10)
[ ]
A．
reads
B．
writes
C．
repeats
D．
points
(11)
[ ]
A．
which
B．
who
C．
one
D．
it
(12)
[ ]
A．
Clearly
B．
Unhappily
C．
Luckily
D．
Surprisingly
(13)
[ ]
A．
invent
B．
find
C．
search
D．
make
(14)
[ ]
A．
took
B．
paid
C．
spent
D．
cost
(15)
[ ]
A．
biology
B．
chemistry
C．
geography
D．
physics
(16)
[ ]
A．
difficulties
B．
opinions
C．
sadness
D．
future
(17)
[ ]
A．
you
B．
mine
C．
they
D．
yours
(18)
[ ]
A．
story
B．
memory
C．
book
D．
letter
(19)
[ ]
A．
questions
B．
thoughts
C．
methods
D．
curiosity
(20)
[ ]
A．
hand
B．
shape
C．
pleasure
D．
side
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Just recently I had been wondering if there was much point in doing little acts of kindness．So often they get 1 , and occasionally they come back to bite you!
Then, just last week, after a long travel, I found myself 2 at a bus station．The bus was four hours late! So, I guess I wasn't in a good 3 ．
That's when a woman asked me if I had any spare 4 to help her get a bus ticket．
“Oh, sure, ”I said sarcastically(挖苦地)．“How much would you like?”
As I spoke, I mentally kicked myself for my 5 and reached into my bag for some money．As I handed her five dollars, I heard low sounds from her stomach because of real 6 ．
I reached back into my bag and brought out a 7 I had bought earlier．I handed it to her with a(n) 8 that I hoped would make up for my earlier tone of voice．Getting a 9 look at her now, I realized she was extremely tired, like she had had several months of 10 days!
As she took the food, a look of 11 washed over her．In return, she tried to give me a Milwaukee bus ticket! I don't live in Milwaukee and the ticket will probably 12 be used, but I took it．
A few minutes later she came back over, apologized, and told me she was still 13 of five dollars．I took some singles out of my bag and slipped a twenty in there as well． 14 , the voice in my head told me I was being a fool．
Five minutes later she came back again and tried to 15 my twenty．When I said it was for her so she could get something else to 16 , and that I was completely serious and I wasn't taking it 17 , she started crying and hugged me．
From now on, when I wonder if it is 18 trying to help someone, I will remember that woman．Maybe I am really making a 19 for someone．So, sure, sometimes my efforts might not be noticed, and sometimes they might come back to bite me, but they might actually 20 another human being!
(1)
[ ]
A．
ignored
B．
appreciated
C．
acknowledged
D．
forgiven
(2)
[ ]
A．
examined
B．
trapped
C．
confused
D．
delayed
(3)
[ ]
A．
habit
B．
place
C．
mood
D．
situation
(4)
[ ]
A．
change
B．
time
C．
hand
D．
energy
(5)
[ ]
A．
appearance
B．
attitude
C．
selfishness
D．
experience
(6)
[ ]
A．
pain
B．
anxiety
C．
hunger
D．
fear
(7)
[ ]
A．
souvenir
B．
ticket
C．
gift
D．
cake
(8)
[ ]
A．
shout
B．
smile
C．
apology
D．
praise
(9)
[ ]
A．
quick
B．
gentle
C．
good
D．
cold
(10)
[ ]
A．
dark
B．
tough
C．
mysterious
D．
special
(11)
[ ]
A．
relief
B．
regret
C．
doubt
D．
anger
(12)
[ ]
A．
once
B．
often
C．
sometimes
D．
never
(13)
[ ]
A．
ashamed
B．
aware
C．
short
D．
proud
(14)
[ ]
A．
Eventually
B．
However
C．
Therefore
D．
Besides
(15)
[ ]
A．
return
B．
show
C．
share
D．
earn
(16)
[ ]
A．
do
B．
trade
C．
add
D．
eat
(17)
[ ]
A．
away
B．
out
C．
back
D．
over
(18)
[ ]
A．
hard
B．
fun
C．
useless
D．
worth
(19)
[ ]
A．
difference
B．
profit
C．
decision
D．
suggestion
(20)
[ ]
A．
excite
B．
help
C．
educate
D．
inspire
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As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded “Is there a doctor on board?” announcement．I've been 1 only once-for a woman who had merely fainted．But the 2 made me quite curious about how 3 this kind of thing happens．I wondered what I would do if 4 with a real mid-air medical emergency-without access 5 a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment．So 6 the New England Journal of Medicine last week 7 a study about in-flight medical events, I 8 it with interest．
The study estimated that there are a(n) 9 of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U．S．flights every day．Most of them are not 10 ; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints． 11 13％ of them-roughly four a day-are serious enough to 12 a pilot to change course．The most common of the serious emergencies 13 heart trouble, strokes, and difficult breathing．
Let's face it：plane rides are 14 ．For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly 15 they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level．Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty 16 , but passengers with heart disease 17 experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood． 18 common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis(血栓)-the so-called economy class syndrome(综合症)． 19 happens, don't panic．Things are getting better on the in-flight emergency front．Thanks to more recent legislation(立法), flights with at 20 one attendant are starting to install emergency medical equipments to treat heart attacks．
(1)
[ ]
A．
called
B．
informed
C．
addressed
D．
surveyed
(2)
[ ]
A．
accident
B．
incident
C．
condition
D．
disaster
(3)
[ ]
A．
soon
B．
many
C．
long
D．
often
(4)
[ ]
A．
met
B．
identified
C．
treated
D．
provided
(5)
[ ]
A．
for
B．
by
C．
to
D．
through
(6)
[ ]
A．
before
B．
when
C．
since
D．
while
(7)
[ ]
A．
collected
B．
discovered
C．
conducted
D．
published
(8)
[ ]
A．
consulted
B．
read
C．
consumed
D．
considered
(9)
[ ]
A．
amount
B．
sum
C．
average
D．
number
(10)
[ ]
A．
significant
B．
common
C．
heavy
D．
serious
(11)
[ ]
A．
For
B．
But
C．
And
D．
So
(12)
[ ]
A．
require
B．
engage
C．
inspire
D．
command
(13)
[ ]
A．
include
B．
imply
C．
confine
D．
contain
(14)
[ ]
A．
enjoyable
B．
favorable
C．
peaceful
D．
stressful
(15)
[ ]
A．
who
B．
which
C．
what
D．
that
(16)
[ ]
A．
mentally
B．
easily
C．
neatly
D．
naturally
(17)
[ ]
A．
ought to
B．
used to
C．
may
D．
need
(18)
[ ]
A．
Any
B．
Other
C．
One
D．
Another
(19)
[ ]
A．
Whatever
B．
Whenever
C．
Whichever
D．
Wherever
(20)
[ ]
A．
most
B．
least
C．
worst
D．
best
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Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils(水仙花)before they are over．” I wanted to go, but it was a two－hour 1 from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead．"I will come next Tuesday, " I promised, a little 2 , on her third call．
Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy． 3 , I had promised, and so I drove there．When I finally walked into Carolyn's house and hugged and 4 my grandchildren, I said, " 5 the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is 6 in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see．"
My daughter smiled 7 and said, "We drive in this all the time, Mother．It's all right, Mother, I promise．You will never 8 yourself if you miss this experience．"
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and I saw a small church．On the far side of the church, I saw a hand-lettered 9 that read, "Daffodil Garden"．
We got out of the car and 10 took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path．
Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I 11 and gasped(惊叹)．Before me lay the most wonderful sight．It looked 12 someone had taken a great vat(桶)of gold and 13 it down over the mountain peak and slopes．There were five acres of flowers．"But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn．“It's just one woman”, Carolyn answered．“That's her home．”
Carolyn 14 to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that 15 ．We walked up to the house．On the patio([露台), we saw a(n) 16 " Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the 17 ．
The first answer was a simple one．"50, 000 bulbs(茎)," it read．The second answer was, "One 18 by one woman．Two hands, two feet, and a very little brain．" The third answer was, " 19 in 1958．"
I thought of this woman whom I had 20 met, who, more than forty years before, had begun－one bulb at a time－to bring the beauty and joy to the mountain top．
