Education from My Father
My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are1that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of2.
When I was small I was somewhat3of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in4that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better5later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.
What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds6it traveled to the ground like a spark. When it traveled7the air it made the air so hot that it8. Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to9the space. He clapped his hands together very loud,10to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that11.
He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was12. It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could13and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were14to the universe. Our warmth was going to15the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I16feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.
I am sure there were many other lessons that I17but no longer remember. What I did18, in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were19but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been20in science.

1.
1. A.
  others
2. B.
  few
3. C.
  some
4. D.
  all
2.
1. A.
  science
2. B.
  nature
3. C.
  weather
4. D.
  universe
3.
1. A.
  sure
2. B.
  fond
3. C.
  tired
4. D.
  afraid
4.
1. A.
  depth
2. B.
  words
3. C.
  gestures
4. D.
  data
5.
1. A.
  understanding
2. B.
  knowledge
3. C.
  command
4. D.
  confidence
6.
1. A.
  but
2. B.
  and
3. C.
  for
4. D.
  or
7.
1. A.
  above
2. B.
  to
3. C.
  along
4. D.
  through
8.
1. A.
  shone
2. B.
  burned
3. C.
  expanded
4. D.
  broke
9.
1. A.
  fill
2. B.
  make
3. C.
  avoid
4. D.
  break
10.
1. A.
  trying
2. B.
  proving
3. C.
  hoping
4. D.
  pretending
11.
1. A.
  clap
2. B.
  remark
3. C.
  voice
4. D.
  crash
12.
1. A.
  cold
2. B.
  bright
3. C.
  clear
4. D.
  foggy
13.
1. A.
  explore
2. B.
  foresee
3. C.
  imagine
4. D.
  identify
14.
1. A.
  committed
2. B.
  exposed
3. C.
  related
4. D.
  led
15.
1. A.
  heat
2. B.
  protect
3. C.
  extend
4. D.
  light
16.
1. A.
  ever
2. B.
  also
3. C.
  even
4. D.
  still
17.
1. A.
  selected
2. B.
  arranged
3. C.
  absorbed
4. D.
  delivered
18.
1. A.
  consider
2. B.
  promise
3. C.
  explain
4. D.
  learn
19.
1. A.
  memories
2. B.
  blankets
3. C.
  mysteries
4. D.
  thunders
20.
1. A.
  engaged
2. B.
  interested
3. C.
  successful
4. D.
  skillful

It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning.Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed.
"I wish I could sleep1more," says Liu.
The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen2School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the3curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning.4Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p.m.to 7 p.m..
During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and5home by six.
" My teacher6us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel7" , she says.
In primary school, Liu8taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon.On Sunday morning, she had to do9at home.In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class.
"I didn't have time to rest,10on Friday night," Liu recalls.
The family has a monthly11of about 1,700 yuan.Liu Zifan' s12classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term.
" I think it' s13the money," Liu' s father says." We do everything we can to provide her with good education,14she will get a good job in the future."
Chinese children face15pressures on study.Some parents make their children study16 First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an17 in exams.Most Chinese18believe high academic credentials (成绩) mean a better school, a brighter future.So they19their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special20, which later might be a stepping stone to a good school.

1.
1. A.
  any
2. B.
  some
3. C.
  even
4. D.
  far
2.
1. A.
  Secondary
2. B.
  Training
3. C.
  Language
4. D.
  Primary
3.
1. A.
  super
2. B.
  extra
3. C.
  huge
4. D.
  usual
4.
1. A.
  In
2. B.
  For
3. C.
  At
4. D.
  On
5.
1. A.
  get
2. B.
  stay
3. C.
  leave
4. D.
  drive
6.
1. A.
  orders
2. B.
  recommends
3. C.
  persuades
4. D.
  suggests
7.
1. A.
  sleepy
2. B.
  tired
3. C.
  cold
4. D.
  thirsty
8.
1. A.
  stopped
2. B.
  finished
3. C.
  enjoyed
4. D.
  started
9.
1. A.
  housework
2. B.
  washing
3. C.
  homework
4. D.
  writing
10.
1. A.
  besides
2. B.
  including
3. C.
  since
4. D.
  except
11.
1. A.
  pay
2. B.
  cost
3. C.
  income
4. D.
  money
12.
1. A.
  weekend
2. B.
  Sunday
3. C.
  everyday
4. D.
  Saturday
13.
1. A.
  wasteful
2. B.
  worth
3. C.
  valuable
4. D.
  worthy
14.
1. A.
  so that
2. B.
  since
3. C.
  now that
4. D.
  while
15.
1. A.
  challenging
2. B.
  increasing
3. C.
  developing
4. D.
  changing
16.
1. A.
  ahead
2. B.
  hard
3. C.
  late
4. D.
  away
17.
1. A.
  average
2. B.
  achievement
3. C.
  advance
4. D.
  advantage
18.
1. A.
  teachers
2. B.
  students
3. C.
  friends
4. D.
  parents
19.
1. A.
  send
2. B.
  hope
3. C.
  take
4. D.
  wish
20.
1. A.
  strength
2. B.
  interest
3. C.
  talent
4. D.
  skill

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, “1 would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 2 .”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him,3all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went4and landed in the grass.
I ran over to him.5I 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 it6, he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the top student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the7to prepare a graduation speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was8.So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’11 be9!” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to10those who helped you make it through those tough 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 best11you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with12as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend13me from doing the unspeakable.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the14of your actions. With one small gesture you can 15a person’s life. For better or for worse.

1.
1. A.
  How
2. B.
  When
3. C.
  Why
4. D.
  Where
2.
1. A.
  stupid
2. B.
  clever
3. C.
  wonderful
4. D.
  anxious
3.
1. A.
  throwing
2. B.
  knocking
3. C.
  taking
4. D.
  snatching
4.
1. A.
  lost
2. B.
  sending
3. C.
  broken
4. D.
  flying
5.
1. A.
  While
2. B.
  As
3. C.
  Because
4. D.
  Once
6.
1. A.
  passed by
2. B.
  came up
3. C.
  went on
4. D.
  turned out
7.
1. A.
  pride
2. B.
  honor
3. C.
  pleasure
4. D.
  chance
8.
1. A.
  excited
2. B.
  nervous
3. C.
  proud
4. D.
  crazy
9.
1. A.
  great
2. B.
  famous
3. C.
  praised
4. D.
  honored
10.
1. A.
  reward
2. B.
  remember
3. C.
  thank
4. D.
  congratulate
11.
1. A.
  chance
2. B.
  gift
3. C.
  help
4. D.
  favor
12.
1. A.
  wonder
2. B.
  anxiety
3. C.
  disbelief
4. D.
  pride
13.
1. A.
  protected
2. B.
  freed
3. C.
  warned
4. D.
  saved
14.
1. A.
  price
2. B.
  use
3. C.
  power
4. D.
  meaning
15.
1. A.
  destroy
2. B.
  change
3. C.
  save
4. D.
  understand

Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.
The book1 many types of selections on a wide2of topics. These selections provide practice on3 different reading skills to get the4of the writer. They also give students5 in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for6comprehension, and critical reading.
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is7when you are trying to decide8 careful reading is desirable or when there is not9to read something carefully.
Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading.10 , in this case the search is more11.To scan is to read quickly in order to12specific information. When you read to find a13 date, or number you are scanning.
Reading for thorough comprehension is14 reading in order to understand the total15of the passage.16 this level of comprehension the reader is17 to summarize the author’s ideas but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.
Critical reading demands that a reader18 judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reedit19posting and answering questions such as “Does my own experience support that of the author?”, “Do I20 the author’s point of view?” And “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?

1.
1. A.
  contains
2. B.
  uses
3. C.
  put
4. D.
  writes
2.
1. A.
  sense
2. B.
  variety
3. C.
  kind
4. D.
  subject
3.
1. A.
  making
2. B.
  understanding
3. C.
  speaking
4. D.
  employing
4.
1. A.
  message
2. B.
  secret
3. C.
  content
4. D.
  nature
5.
1. A.
  power
2. B.
  point
3. C.
  practice
4. D.
  opinion
6.
1. A.
  better
2. B.
  basic
3. C.
  general
4. D.
  thorough
7.
1. A.
  suitable
2. B.
  interesting
3. C.
  wrong
4. D.
  true
8.
1. A.
  that
2. B.
  if
3. C.
  when
4. D.
  why
9.
1. A.
  interest
2. B.
  habit
3. C.
  time
4. D.
  desire
10.
1. A.
  Moreover
2. B.
  Anyway
3. C.
  However
4. D.
  Therefore
11.
1. A.
  funny
2. B.
  concentrated
3. C.
  perfect
4. D.
  important
12.
1. A.
  deal with
2. B.
  get in
3. C.
  go over
4. D.
  find out
13.
1. A.
  common
2. B.
  different
3. C.
  fine
4. D.
  particular
14.
1. A.
  carefully
2. B.
  slowly
3. C.
  quickly
4. D.
  perfectly
15.
1. A.
  design
2. B.
  explanation
3. C.
  meaning
4. D.
  feeling
16.
1. A.
  To
2. B.
  On
3. C.
  At
4. D.
  In
17.
1. A.
  impossible
2. B.
  able
3. C.
  difficult
4. D.
  simple
18.
1. A.
  makes
2. B.
  finds
3. C.
  puts
4. D.
  offers
19.
1. A.
  lacks
2. B.
  requires
3. C.
  demands
4. D.
  affords
20.
1. A.
  tell
2. B.
  express
3. C.
  share
4. D.
  argue

My neighbor’s children love playing hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) as all children do, but no one1that a game they played last week would be reported in the local newspaper.
One afternoon, they were playing in the vacant lot (空地)down by the corner. Young Paul, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to2. His sister, Natalie, had3her eyes and was counting to ten when Paul noticed the mail box at the corner and that the metal door was standing open. The mailman had just4several bags of mail and had carried them to his truck which was standing a few feet away. Paul climbed5the mail box and pulled the door closed so hard that it6. Soon realizing what he had done, he became7and started crying. At that time, Natalie was looking for him everywhere but could not find him. It was8that she happened to stand at the corner for a minute and heard her brother’s cries. She9ran to tell the mailman who hurried back from his10to unlock the metal door. Paul was now11, but he had such a bad fright that he could not stop crying. The mailman, however, soon found a way of making him12again. He told him that the next time he wanted to hide in a mail box, he should remember to put a stamp on himself!

1.
1. A.
  realized
2. B.
  warned
3. C.
  imagined
4. D.
  wondered
2.
1. A.
  hide
2. B.
  watch
3. C.
  rest
4. D.
  sleep
3.
1. A.
  opened
2. B.
  shut
3. C.
  raised
4. D.
  wiped
4.
1. A.
  lost
2. B.
  found
3. C.
  taken out
4. D.
  put in
5.
1. A.
  through
2. B.
  over
3. C.
  out of
4. D.
  into
6.
1. A.
  broke
2. B.
  fell down
3. C.
  opened
4. D.
  locked
7.
1. A.
  surprised
2. B.
  frightened
3. C.
  excited
4. D.
  angry
8.
1. A.
  lucky
2. B.
  a pity
3. C.
  possible
4. D.
  strange
9.
1. A.
  suddenly
2. B.
  slowly
3. C.
  immediately
4. D.
  carelessly
10.
1. A.
  home
2. B.
  truck
3. C.
  mail box
4. D.
  post office
11.
1. A.
  found
2. B.
  hidden
3. C.
  happy
4. D.
  free
12.
1. A.
  laugh
2. B.
  cry
3. C.
  climb in
4. D.
  play

Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her 1was to become a concert pianist or blues singer.
Everything 2when she was 20 years old. She became sick with what doctors 3was typhoid fever(伤寒)and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine4her to become5deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always6.
Shirley would never give up playing the piano, 7she did decide to change8. She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English. In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for 9. She wanted to be 10and work full-time.
For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C.11 , in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor (宿舍监管员). Shirley supervised young women who12in the university during the school year. She also taught English. Somehow she found time to13graduate school at Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1972, Shirley received her M.A. degree.
Always14a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID),which 15deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.
This16woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D. She made17in 1992, 18she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.
Dr. Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and19many rainbows searching for her dream. With courage and20, she never gave up.

1.
1. A.
  job
2. B.
  interest
3. C.
  dream
4. D.
  duty
2.
1. A.
  changed
2. B.
  disappeared
3. C.
  stopped
4. D.
  ended
3.
1. A.
  said
2. B.
  agreed
3. C.
  found
4. D.
  thought
4.
1. A.
  allowed
2. B.
  caused
3. C.
  encouraged
4. D.
  enabled
5.
1. A.
  almost
2. B.
  totally
3. C.
  actually
4. D.
  gradually
6.
1. A.
  played
2. B.
  loved
3. C.
  performed
4. D.
  remembered
7.
1. A.
  and
2. B.
  so
3. C.
  but
4. D.
  even if
8.
1. A.
  career
2. B.
  interest
3. C.
  life
4. D.
  attitude
9.
1. A.
  information
2. B.
  help
3. C.
  a job
4. D.
  an assistant
10.
1. A.
  happy
2. B.
  independent
3. C.
  free
4. D.
  confident
11.
1. A.
  However
2. B.
  Therefore
3. C.
  Then
4. D.
  Besides
12.
1. A.
  worked
2. B.
  studied
3. C.
  lived
4. D.
  played
13.
1. A.
  attend
2. B.
  observe
3. C.
  describe
4. D.
  advertise
14.
1. A.
  interested in
2. B.
  busy with
3. C.
  concerned about
4. D.
  ready for
15.
1. A.
  teaches
2. B.
  promises
3. C.
  pays
4. D.
  offers
16.
1. A.
  amazing
2. B.
  strict
3. C.
  wealthy
4. D.
  beautiful
17.
1. A.
  progress
2. B.
  history
3. C.
  suggestions
4. D.
  excuses
18.
1. A.
  after
2. B.
  while
3. C.
  until
4. D.
  when
19.
1. A.
  found
2. B.
  watched
3. C.
  followed
4. D.
  appreciated
20.
1. A.
  determination
2. B.
  intelligence
3. C.
  strength
4. D.
  pride

A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon1into complaints about pressure in work and life.
While the guests were talking, the professor went to the2and prepared coffee. Then he3with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups — porcelain (瓷) , plastic, glass, crystal, some4looking, some expensive, some delicate (精致) — telling them to5themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee6hand, the professor said, “If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up,7behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is8for you to choose the best for yourselves, that is the9of your problems and pressure. Be assured that the cup itself10no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. Though11all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you12the best cups directly. And then you began13each other’s cups.”
The professor paused and then went on, “Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and14in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and15life and they do not change the16of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we17to enjoy the coffee God has18for us. God brews the coffee, not the cup…Enjoy your coffee!
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just19the best use of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the20to God.

1.
1. A.
  stopped
2. B.
  looked
3. C.
  became
4. D.
  turned
2.
1. A.
  kitchen
2. B.
  bedroom
3. C.
  study
4. D.
  living-room
3.
1. A.
  went
2. B.
  got
3. C.
  returned
4. D.
  turned
4.
1. A.
  plain
2. B.
  clean
3. C.
  ugly
4. D.
  fine
5.
1. A.
  enjoy
2. B.
  help
3. C.
  offer
4. D.
  devote
6.
1. A.
  for
2. B.
  by
3. C.
  in
4. D.
  with
7.
1. A.
  falling
2. B.
  leaving
3. C.
  hiding
4. D.
  keeping
8.
1. A.
  natural
2. B.
  formal
3. C.
  necessary
4. D.
  important
9.
1. A.
  answer
2. B.
  cause
3. C.
  result
4. D.
  reason
10.
1. A.
  adapts
2. B.
  puts
3. C.
  applies
4. D.
  adds
11.
1. A.
  as
2. B.
  that
3. C.
  what
4. D.
  which
12.
1. A.
  cared for
2. B.
  called for
3. C.
  looked for
4. D.
  went for
13.
1. A.
  facing
2. B.
  eyeing
3. C.
  smelling
4. D.
  tasting
14.
1. A.
  condition
2. B.
  attitude
3. C.
  position
4. D.
  situation
15.
1. A.
  contain
2. B.
  include
3. C.
  control
4. D.
  experience
16.
1. A.
  quality
2. B.
  color
3. C.
  cost
4. D.
  style
17.
1. A.
  manage
2. B.
  start
3. C.
  hope
4. D.
  fail
18.
1. A.
  shown
2. B.
  taken
3. C.
  sent
4. D.
  provided
19.
1. A.
  keep
2. B.
  make
3. C.
  take
4. D.
  hold
20.
1. A.
  complex
2. B.
  remains
3. C.
  rest
4. D.
  complaints

Dear Sarah,
You have every right to feel betrayed by your friend if she did tell your secrets to others, but it seems 1that she did. You say that you are best 2; well, best friends talk about their 3and try to 4them. If she is a good friend, you should apologize for blaming her.
5you still have doubts, you should think about why you don’t believe her. Was it because you were ashamed of your mark 6your behavior? Did you feel jealous of your friend’s 7? If so, the problem 8with you, not her. Try not to sound too proud of 9when discussing your marks in front of others.
However, if you feel that she is very 10at keeping secrets and likes to embarrass you in public, you had better find a new friend.

1.
1. A.
  important
2. B.
  unlikely
3. C.
  necessary
4. D.
  unfair
2.
1. A.
  students
2. B.
  players
3. C.
  friends
4. D.
  learners
3.
1. A.
  problems
2. B.
  teachers
3. C.
  questions
4. D.
  studies
4.
1. A.
  love
2. B.
  solve
3. C.
  find
4. D.
  help
5.
1. A.
  As
2. B.
  While
3. C.
  Because
4. D.
  If
6.
1. A.
  or
2. B.
  and
3. C.
  with
4. D.
  along with
7.
1. A.
  clothes
2. B.
  family
3. C.
  parents
4. D.
  marks
8.
1. A.
  goes
2. B.
  fights
3. C.
  deals
4. D.
  lies
9.
1. A.
  you
2. B.
  yourself
3. C.
  them
4. D.
  themselves
10.
1. A.
  good
2. B.
  clever
3. C.
  bad
4. D.
  expert

In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call 1and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did 2the water. Any kind of 3ride seemed to give him pleasure. 4he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being 5the water, moving through it, 6it all around me. I was not a strong 7, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my 8. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and 9those summer days with my father, who 10 come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the 11person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go 12 his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me 13anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk 14 he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his 15. But my father always 16and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s 17.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get 18 an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood,; the rest is 19.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but 20, in that childhood, look at us.

1.
1. A.
  desire
2. B.
  joy
3. C.
  anger
4. D.
  worry
2.
1. A.
  avoid
2. B.
  refuse
3. C.
  praise
4. D.
  love
3.
1. A.
  boat
2. B.
  bus
3. C.
  train
4. D.
  bike
4.
1. A.
  But
2. B.
  Then
3. C.
  And
4. D.
  Still
5.
1. A.
  on
2. B.
  off
3. C.
  by
4. D.
  in
6.
1. A.
  having
2. B.
  leaving
3. C.
  making
4. D.
  getting
7.
1. A.
  swimmer
2. B.
  rider
3. C.
  walker
4. D.
  runner
8.
1. A.
  hopes
2. B.
  faiths
3. C.
  rights
4. D.
  fears
9.
1. A.
  spending
2. B.
  saving
3. C.
  wasting
4. D.
  ruining
10.
1. A.
  should
2. B.
  would
3. C.
  had to
4. D.
  ought to
11.
1. A.
  next
2. B.
  only
3. C.
  other
4. D.
  last
12.
1. A.
  away from
2. B.
  out of
3. C.
  by
4. D.
  inside
13.
1. A.
  put up
2. B.
  break down
3. C.
  play with
4. D.
  work out
14.
1. A.
  the moment
2. B.
  the first time
3. C.
  while
4. D.
  before
15.
1. A.
  fishing net
2. B.
  office things
3. C.
  wooden chair
4. D.
  lab equipment
16.
1. A.
  stood up
2. B.
  set out
3. C.
  showed up
4. D.
  turned out
17.
1. A.
  fine
2. B.
  strange
3. C.
  terrible
4. D.
  funny
18.
1. A.
  the student
2. B.
  the assistant
3. C.
  myself
4. D.
  himself
19.
1. A.
  memory
2. B.
  wealth
3. C.
  experience
4. D.
  practice
20.
1. A.
  which
2. B.
  who
3. C.
  what
4. D.
  whose

I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I ’m left1. Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other2？
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,3children from different races and religions played and studied4in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone s5from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and Iwas an Indian Hindu——we just 6our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice，well7or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we'd8the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to9the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his 10.
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail s family later returned to their village, and I11touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I12my destination. The driver acknowledged my13but did not move off. Instead, he looked14at me.“Raddar?" he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so15addressed (称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two 16we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something 17to describe.
If we can allow our children to be 18without prejudice, they'11 build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be19their side through' thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and20we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, 44we happy few, we band of brothers".

1.
1. A.
  interested
2. B.
  pleased
3. C.
  puzzled
4. D.
  excited
2.
1. A.
  parties
2. B.
  cities
3. C.
  villages
4. D.
  races
3.
1. A.
  why
2. B.
  which
3. C.
  how
4. D.
  when
4.
1. A.
  together
2. B.
  around
3. C.
  alone
4. D.
  apart
5.
1. A.
  drop
2. B.
  throw
3. C.
  move
4. D.
  roll
6.
1. A.
  refused
2. B.
  made
3. C.
  sought
4. D.
  accepted
7.
1. A.
  paid
2. B.
  meant
3. C.
  preserved
4. D.
  treated
8.
1. A.
  explore
2. B.
  search
3. C.
  discover
4. D.
  desert
9.
1. A.
  get through
2. B.
  deal with
3. C.
  come across
4. D.
  take away
10.
1. A.
  arrival
2. B.
  choice
3. C.
  effort
4. D.
  company
11.
1. A.
  lost
2. B.
  gained
3. C.
  developed
4. D.
  missed
12.
1. A.
  stated
2. B.
  ordered
3. C.
  decided
4. D.
  chose
13.
1. A.
  attempts
2. B.
  instructions
3. C.
  opinions
4. D.
  arrangements
14.
1. A.
  anxiously
2. B.
  carelessly
3. C.
  disappointedly
4. D.
  fixedly
15.
1. A.
  familiarly
2. B.
  strangely
3. C.
  fully
4. D.
  coldly
16.
1. A.
  departures
2. B.
  months
3. C.
  years
4. D.
  decades
17.
1. A.
  possible
2. B.
  funny
3. C.
  hard
4. D.
  clear
18.
1. A.
  them
2. B.
  themselves
3. C.
  us
4. D.
  ourselves
19.
1. A.
  from
2. B.
  by
3. C.
  with
4. D.
  against
20.
1. A.
  still
2. B.
  otherwise
3. C.
  then
4. D.
  instead

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