On my birthday this year, I decided to do something very different. I had been   36   so much and I wanted to reach out to bring happiness to someone else. So, that   37  , I bought some flowers and went to a hospital. I had no   38   who I was going to present the flowers to, but I would find someone who needed   39  .

I asked the nurses in the hospital, who thought it   40   that I didn’t have anyone in particular to see.   41  , they gave me the room number of a(n)   42   lady, who needed some comfort.

I entered the room with the flowers. The elderly woman looked up, staring at me   43  . She was greatly moved when I told her about my   44   in being there. She was an amputee(被截肢者) and she explained to me that she was very worried   45   they were going to fit her with prosthetic leg(假肢). She knew that as she was getting used to the “  46 ”leg, she would be in  47  .

Later, in the following two hours, we  48  a lot and both felt very happy. I  49   until it was dark. I will always remember how   50   she was the moment she received the flowers from me—a   51  . She called me her angel and said she had no more   52  .

I   53   that story with my neighbor and she   54  that she was going to do the same thing on her birthday. And I hope that she will   55  others to be kind and do the same thing. You never know you might be considered someone’s angel one day.

A. shown            B. told                  C. given                D. bought

A. dusk              B. afternoon          C. hour                 D. night

A. belief            B. sense                C. message            D. idea

A. paying attention to              B. cheering up

         C. looking after                    D. looking down upon

A. strange        B. lucky              C. difficult         D. true

A. Instead        B. Still               C. Besides          D. Therefore

A. young         B. old                C. happy           D. strong

A. angrily        B. suddenly        C. quickly          D. confusedly

A. purpose       B. experience      C. failure            D. trouble

A. unless         B. but                     C. because         D. until

A. thin          B. long                    C. short            D. new

A. surprise       B. pain                    C. need            D. sight

A. talked         B. asked             C. imagined        D. smiled

A. left            B. stood             C. stayed          D. rested

A. painful      B. shy               C. embarrassed   D. moved

A. stranger     B. friend             C. relative       D. doctor

A. fun            B. interest            C. fear                  D. challenge

A. repeated    B. shared             C. said             D. told

A. agreed         B. forgot            C. joked         D. promised

A. force          B. warm                   C. allow         D. encourage

用课本中学过的短语或者结构完成下列句子。（75和76小题各1.5分，其余每小题2分，共15分）

1. 我们应该充分利用每一分钟。

We should try to ______ ______ ______ ____ every minute.

2. 这是在两国交战的时期。

This was a time ______ the two countries _____ _____ _____.

3. 随着时间的推移，我们相信一切都会更美好。

_____ _____ ______ ______, we are sure that everything will be better .

4. 黄昏时我碰巧在楼上，窗户是开着的。

I ______ ______ ______ upstairs at dusk ______ the window was open.

5. 我们迫不及待地要见到他们。

We _______ ______ ______ to see them!

6. 说实在的，很多人把名和利看得很重。

To be honest, a lot of people ______ great _______ _____ becoming rich and famous.

7. 你们应该多关注我生活的热带雨林。

You should ______ more ______ _____ the rainforest _______ I live.

8. 跑步、游泳、划船和一些团队项目是在夏季运动会上进行的。

_____ ______ in the Summer Olympics _______ you have the running races, together _____ swimming, sailing and all the team sports.

One day, when old Jacob and little Jacoble were walking home, the sun began to go down. Old Jacob was thinking of his house and little Jacoble didn’t know what to think. Then he thought of a wonderful idea, and he cried, “Jacob! Do you know what I saw yesterday? I saw a green rabbit. It was flying in the air and it was so big, even bigger than an elephant!”
“You saw that with your own eyes?” asked old Jacob. “Of course I did,” said Jacoble proudly. “It’s a good thing that you really saw that big, flying, green rabbit,” said old Jacob, “because that old bridge we are going to walk over is a very strange one. As soon as anyone who hasn’t told the truth comes on it, the bridge breaks in two.” They continued walking.
“Jacob,” said Jacoble a little later, “you know that big, green, flying rabbit I saw yesterday ... Well, it wasn’t really flying, and ... it wasn’t quite as big as an elephant ... but it was very big, about the size of a horse!” “Big as a horse?” asked Jacob as they got closer to the bridge and little Jacoble began not to feel so well.
“Jacob,” said Jacoble. “That big, green rabbit I saw yesterday, well, I had something in my eye and so I couldn’t see that well. It wasn’t a very big rabbit but it was green. Yes, that’s what it was — all green!”
Old Jacob didn’t say a word. He just walked over the bridge. But Jacoble didn’t go after him because he was afraid and he knew why he was afraid. He stood at the bridge and said, “Oh, Jacob! You know that rabbit I saw yesterday. It wasn’t green. No. It was just a little, brown rabbit.”
Then he was not afraid of anything any more and he ran happily over the bridge.
【小题1】We know from the text that the story happened ______.

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其音标与所给单词的读音相同的选项。

dusk

A. [d??sk]            B. [dusk]         C. [djusk]            D. [desk]    

latter 

       A. ['leit??]          B. ['l??t??]          C. ['lɑ:t??]            D. ['let??]      

attitude

       A. ['??titju:d]        B. [??ti'tju:d]       C. ['??titju:d]        D. ['??titu:d]  

nation

       A. ['nai????n]           B. ['ni????n]        C. ['neis??n]           D. ['nei????n] 

disaster

       A. [di'zeist??]          B. ['disist??]           C. [di'zɑ:st??]       D. [de'sɑ:st??]