I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after college graduation. I had been there before my mother became a minister.

Two weeks later, 1 told my mother I was bored. She said, "Here're the car keys. Go and buy some fruit.    36   , I jumped into the car and speeded off.

Seeing me or rather my  37 , a boy sprang up (跳起来), 38   to sell his bananas and peanuts. "Banana 300 naira. Peanut 200 naira!"

Looking at his black-striped bananas, I   39   to 200 total for the fruit and nuts. He   40   . I handed him a 500 naira note. He didn't have   41   , so I told him not to worry. He was    42    and smiled a row of perfect teeth.

When, two weeks later, I    43    this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society. I should   44   this country as the son of a  45   . But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it was so    46    to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.

"What's up?" I asked. He answered in   47    English, "I ... I no get money to buy book." I took out two 500 naira notes. He looked around    48    before sticking his hand into the car   49    the bills, One thousand naira means a lot to a family that    50   only 50,000 each year.

    The next morning, security officers told me, "In this place, when you give a little, people think you're a fountain of Opportunity (机会)."

     51    it's right, but this happens everywhere in the world. I wondered if my little friend had actually used the money for    52   .

 After six months' work in northern Nigeria, I returned and saw him again standing on the road.

    "Are you in school now?"

    He nodded.              

    A silence fell as we looked at each other, then I    53    what he wanted. I held out a 500 naira note. "Take this."

   He shook his head fiercely and stepped back    54  hurt.

   "It's a gift." I said.

    Shaking his head again, he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts. "I've been waiting to    55    these to you."

 

36. A. Encouraged 

B. Disappointed    

C. Delighted     

D. Confused

37. A. car           

B. mother         

C. driver        

D. keys

38. A. willing       

B. afraid          

C. eager        

D. ashamed

39. A. got down      

B. bargained down

C. put down     

D. took down

40. A. explained    

B. promised       

C. agreed       

D. admitted

41. A. change       

B. notes          

C. checks       

D. bills

42. A. troubled      

B. regretful       

C. comfortable  

D. grateful

43. A. ran after    

B. ran into        

C. ran over      

D. ran to

44. A. protect       

B. enjoy          

C. help         

D. support

45. A. minister      

B. headmaster     

C. manager     

D. president

46. A. lucky         

B. amazing       

C. funny        

D. common

47. A. old           

B. broken         

C. traditional    

D. modem

48. A. proudly       

B. madly         

C. curiously     

D. nervously

49. A. for           

B. with           

C. at           

D. upon

50. A. spends        

B. pays           

C. makes       

D. affords

51. A. Possibly      

B. Actually       

C. Certainly     

D. Fortunately

52. A. joys      

B. nuts            

C. books        

D. bananas

53. A. asked         

B. imagined       

C. reminded     

D. realized

54. A. when         

B. as if           

C. even if       

D. after

55. A. send          

B. provide        

C. sell          

D. give

In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, ___1__ that the building was ___2___.

After the unforgettably shock, he ___3___ the promise he had made to his son: "No matter ___4___, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to ___5___ his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his ___6___to his son. He rushed there and started ___7___ the ruins.

As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, ___8___: "It's too late! They're all dead! ___9___, face reality, there's nothing you can do!" To each parent he responded with ___10___: "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.

Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know ___11___: "Is my boy ___12____ or is he dead?" He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...1 hours...then, in ___13____ hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son's __14____. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" He heard back, "Dad!?! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you __15____ me and __16____ you saved me, they'd be saved. You promised, 'No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you!' You did it, Dad!"

"What's going on in there? " the father asked.

"There are 14 of us __17____ __18____ 33, Dad. We're scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you're here. When the building collapsed, it made __19____, and it saved us."

"Come out, boy!"

"No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, __20____ I know you'll get me! No matter

what happens, I know you'll always be there for me!"

1.A.only discovering B.only to discover C.only realizing D.only to realize

2.A.as flat as a pancake B.as high as a mountain

C.as strong as an ox D.as weak as a kitten

3.A.memorized       B.forgot           C.kept            D.remembered

4.A.what         B.what happen      C.which          D.who

5.A.fill             B.fill in          C.come         D.burst

6.A.picture          B.promise          C.present        D.encourage

7.A.digging          B.digging through    C.digging out       D.digging into

8.A.to say           B.said            C.and saying        D.saying

9.A.Come out         B.Come again       C.Come on        D.Come off

10.A.one word          B.one sound       C.one row       D.one line

11.A.for himself       B.of himself        C.by himself        D.to himself

12.A.live             B.living           C.alive               D.lively

13.A.3             B.the 3            C.3th         D.the 3th

14.A.sound          B.voice           C.noise           D.tone

15.A.will save B.would save C.save D.would have saved

16.A.when           B.because          C.even if          D.though

17.A.remained         B.missing          C.left             D.gone

18.A.for            B.behind           C.out of           D.over

19.A.a promise        B.space           C.room           D.a triangle

20.A.because B.though C.when D.even though

I had spent over five exhausting(令人疲乏不堪的) years on my essay for my Ph. D(哲学学士). and was anxiously preparing for my oral boards which were to be held in California, and I had  36  a flight through Minneapolis, where I was to change  37 . My flight was very late, and I was soon in an all—out run to  38  my flight. I had to stop to catch my  39 on a moving sidewalk when I  40 a woman in her fifties   41 with a carry-on bag.
I don’t know   42  , but I looked at her face and blurted out, “Are you going on flight 567 to California?”
She responded, “Yes.”
“So am I ,” I responded.“Give me your bag. I’ll run   43 and tell them to wait for you.” I took her bag and started running again. I   44 onto the plane and told a flight attendant that one more passenger was behind me and to please   45 the plane for her. I   46 myself with her bag, and a few moments later she arrived and was the last person on the plane   47 they closed the doors and   48  . After the plane leveled off, I   49 the bag to her, and she smiled at me and thanked me.
I didn’t sleep a wink in the hotel and arrived at the   50 at seven o’clock in the morning. The  51 kept me waiting for an hour in a room. I walked into the boardroom and was initially frightened by all the   52 in their robes. As I slowly   53 at the faces of all the board members, I noticed the bright face of a woman. She gave me a smile   54 a young schoolgirl. It was the same woman whose bag I had carried ahead the night before.   55 , whenever I made a mistake on any questions, she did a great job of relaxing me.

【小题1】
A.preparedB.caughtC.scheduled预定的D.ordered安排好的;
【小题2】
A.trainsB.busesC.planesD.directions
【小题3】
A.catch B.runC.getD.hold
【小题4】
A.flightB.breathC.bagD.companions
【小题5】
A.greetedB.metC.noticedD.seek
【小题6】
A.walkingB.struggleC.carryingD.running
【小题7】
A.howB.whyC.whatD.where
【小题8】
A.beforeB.immediatelyC.fastD.ahead
【小题9】
A.racedB.gotC.solvedD.opened
【小题10】
A.leaveB.holdC.remainD.reserve
【小题11】
A.foundB.tookC.seatedD.occupied
【小题12】
A.afterB.whenC.whileD.before
【小题13】
A.left outB.run awayC.took offD.carried away
【小题14】
A.presentedB.preservedC.provedD.showed
【小题15】
A.placeB.universityC.palaceD.city
【小题16】
A.meetingB.boardC.essayD.argument
【小题17】
A.professorsB.ladiesC.staffsD.teachers
【小题18】
A.staredB.watchedC.glancedD.looked
【小题19】
A.like B.asC.ofD.from
【小题20】
A.Needless to sayB.No matter how
C.What’s moreD.In the end

阅读理解。
     The silent young woman in bed number six is called Jasmine. So am I, but names are only superficial
things, floats on the surface of the water, and we share deeper connections than that. That is why she
fascinates me-why I spend my off-duty time sitting beside her.
      Today is difficult. The ward (病房) is full of patients and I am kept busy emptying bed-pans, filling
out forms, changing dressings. Finally, late in the afternoon, I get a few moments to make coffee, to take
it over to the orange plastic chair beside her bed. I am thankful to be off my feet, glad to be in her
company once again.
      "Hello, Jasmine," I say, as if greeting myself.
      She does not reply. Jasmine never replies. She is down too deep.
      She has been sea-damaged. I too am the daughter of a fisherman, so I choose my words like
fish-hooks, cast them into her ears, imagine them sinking down through cold, dark water. Down to
wherever she may be.
      "I have little time today," I tell her, touching her hair.
      With Jasmine, it is always difficult not to touch. She is that rare thing, a truly beautiful woman.
Because of this, people invent reasons to walk by. I catch them looking, drinking her in, feeding on her.
They are barracuda (梭鱼), all of them.
      Great beauty is something Jasmine and I do not share. I am glad of it.
      "Your father may be here soon," I say. "Last week he said he would come."
      Jasmine says nothing. Her left eyelid flickers, perhaps.
      It is two months since the incident on her father's fishing boat, since she fell overboard, sank, became
entangled in the nets. It was some time before anyone noticed, then there was panic. Her father hauled
her back on board and sailed for home. When he finally arrived, he carried ashore what he thought was
his daughter's body.
      "Jasmine," I whisper. I want her to take our baited (用作诱醒的) name. I want her to swallow it.
      Fortunately, there was a doctor in the village that morning, a young man visiting relatives. It was he
who brought this drowned woman back from the brink, he who told me her story. She opened her eyes,
he said, looked up at her father and spoke a single word-then sank again, this time into coma.
      Barracuda. That is what Jasmine said.
      When her father visits, he touches her hair, kisses her cheek, sits in the orange plastic chair at the
side of her bed and holds her hand. Like my own father, he has the big, brown, life-roughened hands
of a fisherman. He too smells of the sea, and pretends he is a good, simple man.
      Jasmine. We share so much, we are almost one.
      I remember early mornings, my hair touched to wake me, my father lifting me half-asleep from my
bed, carrying me, dropping me into his boat. His voice rough in my ear, his hands rough on my skin. I
never wanted to go, but I was just a child. He did as he wished.
      I remember salt water, hot sun, my mother shrinking on the shore. I remember the rocking of the
boat, the screams of the seagulls.
      "Jasmine, you have a life inside you. Can't you hear it calling?"
      Nothing.
      The ward door bangs, and I see Jasmine's father walking towards us, carrying flowers. He smiles
at me. Even in death, my own child had my father's smile, and Jasmine's will have this man's. I know it.
He stops by her bed and touches her hair. Something stirs deep inside me. I watch Jasmine's eyelids,
waiting for her to bite.
1. Why does the author show special sympathy for Jasmine?
A. They share the same name.
B. Jasmine looks very fascinating.
C. They have much in common.
D. Jasmine's father is very pitiful.
2. From the passage we can learn that Jasmine's father _________.   
A. comes to see his daughter every day 
B. is a good and simple man in the author's eyes
C. took his daughter out to the sea against her will 
D. thought his daughter dead when back to the shore
3. What kind of situation is Jasmine in now? 
A. She is unconscious.
B. She is nearly dying.
C. She is completely deaf.
D. She is in a bad mood.
4. We can learn from the story that __________. 
A. ihe author enjoys her early life on the sea
B. Jasmine was pulled out of water without delay 
C. the author spends her duty time attending Jasmine
D. it was a young doctor who happened to save Jasmine

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