A boy, about 10 years old, got to my clinic with his sick cat for cure. Thc cat was a tiny beautiful thing, about the boy's own  36  . I could see she was  37   very strong and lovely with the fur of a 38   and Tigress was her name. She  39  me with a friendly nub against my hand.
I  40   her and found a tumor(肿瘤). She had no 41  of recovery. I looked at the fresh-faced boy and back at Tigress. I began to 42  pity on the boy. At such a young age, he had to face to part with his beloved one.
I told him as 43 as I could what I had found, and what it meant. The boy's face twisted (扭曲) and turned away. I sat down and 44  Tigress to give the boy some time to recover. I felt Tigress's old beautiful fur 45  we discussed the possible choice with him: I could give her an operation, which would be very  46   and would not make her live longer than a month, or an  injection and put her to sleep.
After some time, the boy accepted the reality.  "I've seen her 47 recently, so I'd like her to die peacefully." I could see  how  48   it was costing him in making such a 49  .
I asked if he wanted to take her home overnight to say goodbye. He said he just wanted to be 50  with her for a few minutes. I went to get the 51 which I would use to put her to sleep. I could not control the  52  streaming down my face.
She fell asleep, her head  53   in his hand, lovely and quiet, but her owner now had all the 54 . "This is the finest  55   you could give. You bear the pain so that the loved one might rest." The boy nodded and he understood.

A Faithful Father
My husband ,kissed me  goodbye ，stroked, the baby’s  cheek and then rushed out of the door ，into his busy day. With the cold of the morning fading, I fed my baby and it fell fast asleep. Usually I would place it in bed and quickly have the house somewhat in 36______ ,
This morning ，however, I stayed seated ,just 37_____,with the baby in my arms ,The thoughts  ran into 38______ of the mornings with my husband, a father rushing out of the door to meet the obligations of life. It was only a small jump to thoughts of my own 39______
My mother passed away when I was ten, and as I looked 40 ______I could see how much of a family man my dad was. He went to work every morning and 41______ to his family every evening. He 42______ food, clothing, warmth ，and protection. He was a faithful father.
Setting the baby down ,I dialed the 43 ______ number. I had just realized the 44 ______ of the ordinary—the daily life going on around us that we often took for granted, and that it needed to be 45______
“Hi ，Dad. ” I said, 46______ back tears.
“Hey, Bud- How are you? ” 47______ was in his voice.:
“ Fine, Fm just calling to say. ,, thank you. ” I got it out before my throat 48______ too much for me to speak.
"What for?”
— For getting up and going to work every morning of ray life. Now that I have my' own 49______ and I see my husband doing the same ，I just wanted to thank you for being 50______ ”
There was 51______ for a moment as my dad composed himself ，and with a small . .52______ in his voice he said, “You’re welcome, Bud. ”
I don’t  remember much of the rest of the call, 53______ that moment of revelation (显露） about my father, I will never forget. There are those who are known for their heroic 54 ______，and also those who are known for their fortunes and fame ，but it is the 55 ______everyday fathers who are the true heroes. I’m thankful that my father was one of them.

A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn't move. What was the  36  was that he found himself unable to ask for help ------ his mobile phone went out of   37__ as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but  38__ in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the  39 of rescue.
It is almost  40__ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his  41_ ,“First of all I checked up my  42  condition and found myself not in fatal danger. As there was no  43  to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from  44  . In this way I fell lightly asleep. ”
His story put an end to my regret for the  45  of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men  46  to explore a mountain cave and got lost.  47_ to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of  48  . Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the  49  people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the  50  of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to  51   themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering ( 闪烁 ) far away.
Don't you think that you can compare it with  52  itself ? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are   53  in darkness. Mind you it's unclear yet and you needn't put up struggle  54  . It seems to be a negative attitude,  55    a person who can afford to do so must have foresight as well as great courage in the first place.   

A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair. The golden red sun was  1  . She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery ball. She could hear nothing but the waves and the  2  flying up in the sky.

The   3  relaxed her. After all she had been through, this is what she needed.

She wondered how her parents would  4  , when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking,  5  herself to bungalow 163, where she spent every summer holiday. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been  6  in her house.

It was really getting dark now, the sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting  7  too. She imagined having her favorite  8  on; it kept her really warm. This thought  9  when she finally saw her front door.  10  had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was  11  ; her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now… It all seemed  12  . She couldn’t understand what was  13  on.

She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a（n）  14  written by her father. Reading “Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready, I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents  15  . She went in. Then she

saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, sleeping. Her face looked so tired,   16  she hadn’t slept for days. Jenny would have wanted to wake her up, but she didn’t  17  her tired mother. So Jenny just fell asleep  18  her. When Jennifer woke up something was different…she wasn’t in her mother’s room. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas.

    It   19  so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very  20  .”

1．A．rising                    B．setting                 C．shining                D．landing

2．A．seagulls                 B．angels                 C．parrots                D．rainbows

3．A．condition               B．style                    C．atmosphere          D．weather

4．A．resist                    B．reflect                 C．reject                  D．react

5．A．directing               B．assisting              C．allowing              D．commanding

6．A．tired                     B．thrilled                 C．safe                    D．anxious

7．A．hot                       B．warm                  C．cloudy                D．cold

8．A．cap                       B．sweater               C．slippers               D．jewelry

9．A．aroused                 B．ripened                C．disappeared         D．formed

10．A．Nobody               B．Somebody           C．Everybody           D．Anybody

11．A．  terrified              B．shocked              C．excited                D．disturbed

12．A．declined              B．destroyed            C．designed              D．deserted

13．A．going                  B．marching             C．coming               D．taking

14．A．e-mail                 B．composition         C．letter                   D．note

15．A．study                  B．bed                     C．room                  D．balcony

16．A．in that                 B．as if                    C．now that             D．even if

17．A．force                  B．comfort               C．interrupt              D．blame

18．A．around                B．beneath               C．beside                 D．over

19．A．sounded              B．looked                 C．seemed               D．felt

20．A．annoyed              B．scared                 C．confused             D．embarrassed

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door. “Daddy, may I ask you a question?” “Yeah sure, what is it?” replied the man. “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?” “That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily. “I just want to know. Please tell me. How much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy. “If you must know, I make $20 an hour.” “Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please borrow $10?”

The father was furious, “If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don’t work hard every day for such childish behavior.” The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? About an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.

The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. “Are you asleep, son?” He asked. “No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy. “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man. “It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $10 you asked for.”

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. “Oh, thank you, daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy counted out his money, then looked up at his father. “Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the father grumbled. “Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied. “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

64.When the boy asked his father how much he earned an hour, his father _______.      

A. was very happy                              B. answered him immediately

C. was not willing to tell him                D. didn’t tell him at all

65. Before the boy borrowed his father’s money, he had already saved ______.           

   A. $5              B. $10               C. $15               D. $20

66. At first, the boy’s father _______ his son.

  A. knew what to do about                     B. was anxious about             

  C. didn’t care about                           D. misunderstood

67. From the text we can infer that the boy ______.                                  

  A. wanted to save more money                 B. loved his father very much

  C. hated his father                                    D. didn’t want his father to work