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Blameless

　　I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites．They were completely different from my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately．Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin．

　　In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened．

　　“Who did this?”my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen．

　　“This is all your fault, Katharine,”my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke．

　　From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other．We set a place for blame at the dinner table．

　　But the Whites didn’t worry about who had done that．They picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives．The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died．

　　In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York．The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen．Proud of having a new driver’s license(驾照)，Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip．She showed off her license to everyone she met．

　　The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah’s new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached less ?crowded areas, they let Amy take over．Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat．After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel．She came to a crossroads with a stop sign．Whether she was nervous or just didn’t see the sign no one would ever know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping．The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car．

　　Jane was killed immediately．

　　I was slightly injured．The most difficult thing that I’ve ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died．Painful as it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child．

　　When Mr．and Mrs．White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room．Sarah had a few cuts on the head; Amy’s leg was broken．They hugged(拥抱)us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at seeing their daughters．They wiped away the girls’ tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her crutches(拐杖)．

　　To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said,“We’re so glad that you’re alive．”

　　I was astonished．No blame．No accusations．

　　Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign．

　　Mrs．White said,“Jane’s gone, and we miss her terribly．Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back．But Amy has her whole life ahead of her．How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister’s death?”

　　They were right．Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago．She works as a teacher of learning-disabled students．She’s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane．

(1)

How did the author’s parents differ from the Whites?
[　　]
A．	The author’s parents were less caring．
B．	The author’s parents were less loving．
C．	The author’s parents were less friendly．
D．	The author’s parents were less understanding．

(2)

How did the accident occur?
[　　]
A．	Amy didn’t stop at a crossroads and a truck hit their car．
B．	Amy didn’t know what to do when she saw the stop sign．
C．	Amy didn’t slow down so their car ran into a truck．
D．	Amy didn’t get off the highway at a crossroads．

(3)

The Whites did not blame Amy for Jane’s death because ___________．
[　　]
A．	they didn’t want Amy to feel ashamed and sorry for the rest of her life
B．	Amy was badly injured herself and they didn’t want to add to her pain
C．	they didn’t want to blame their children in front of others
D．	Amy was their youngest daughter and they loved her best

(4)

From the passage we can learn that ___________．
[　　]
A．	Amy has never recovered from the shock
B．	Amy changed her job after the accident
C．	Amy lost her memory after the accident
D．	Amy has lived quite a normal life

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　　Chair Miller and his crew picked up a new B-24 at California’s March Field on Christmas Eve, 1943, and prepared to fly to England．But they decided to have“one more hamburger”before going out for the distant land of fish and chips．

　　As the airmen sat in a local restaurant, a beautiful young waitress approached．“I understand you’re going to England,”she said to Miller．Then she told him that her fiancé, an aviation gunner like Miller, was stationed there．

　　The woman said she was waiting for him to provide an address so she could send him a picture of herself．“You might run into him,”she told Miller hopefully．“Would you take it?”

　　Miller knew it was unlikely he’d ever see her fiancé．But he didn’t want to disappoint the woman．He took the picture and placed it in his wallet．Later he realized he hadn’t even asked the man’s name．Then he was on to Europe and the war．

　　On August 9,1944, Miller’s plane was shot down, and he was forced to parachute to an island off the coast of Holland．Captured by the Nazis, he spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war．

　　It was on Christmas Eve that someone told him a 19-year-old American prisoner down the hall was badly depressed and possibly suicidal(有自杀倾向)．Miller decided to pay the man a visit．

　　To break the ice, he mentioned the POW band he’s started, with the help of the Red Gross．The young man, he learned, played the saxophone．The two began to exchange details about their families．Was he married, the kid asked．“Yeah, since 1938,”responded Miller．

　　“Have you got her picture?”the soldier asked．So Miller reached for his wallet, and pulled out a photograph of his wife．

　　“She’s beautiful!”the young man responded．Then he noticed that a second picture had fallen out, and an expression of wonder crossed his face．“Where did you get that?”Miller told the story of the waitress at the California hamburger stand．

　　“That’s my fiancée,”the surprised man said．Miller kept his promise to the beautiful girl back home and turned the picture over to its rightful owner．

(1)

The reasonable connection between Miller and the young man is that ________．
[　　]
A．	they were in love with the same waitress
B．	they played with the same POW band
C．	they were kept prisoner in the same camp
D．	they both served as gunners in a new B-24

(2)

The underlined words“To break the ice”would probably mean“________”．
[　　]
A．	to keep warm in icy surroundings
B．	to start a conversation after a silence
C．	to get rid of the ice around the house
D．	to escape from the freezing place

(3)

It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
[　　]
A．	Miller did not ask about the young man’s name on purpose
B．	the young man killed himself on account of missing his fiancée
C．	Miller joined in the war against the Nazis and was captured
D．	the young man got the photo of his fiancée by accident

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“A robbery ．．．” a voice came from the radio．John was driving home late last night from a trip, and now he was having trouble staying   36   ．He turned   37  the radio and tried to fix his attention on the   38  , but his eyes kept on closing．
　　It was   39  that he noticed the hitchhiker （搭便车者） by the road． 40  even thinking about what he was doing, he stopped the car．
　　“To Midrille?” “Get in．” The hitchhiker got in and immediately John was   41   that he had picked him up．The young man    42   a strange face and long hair．When John asked him questions about himself, he changed the   43  ．
　　John   44  the news．He began to sweat and his thoughts   45  nervously to all the money he was   46  ．
　　At the next small town he stopped his car and said, “I’m sorry．I’m so   47   that I can’t drive you to Midrille．I think I’ll find a   48  and spend the night．”
　　The young man slowly   49  into his pocket．“This is it!” thought John．At that   50 moment he considered shouting for help, but instead of a gun, the hitchhiker pulled out several    51   ．“Oh, no．I don't want your money．Just get out．Okay?”
　　The young man looked    52  ．He insisted on   53  John the money．John watched until his   54  had disappeared from sight, then stepped on the    55  and drove out of town．

Chair Miller and his crew picked up a new B-24 at California’s March Field on Christmas Eve, 1943, and prepared to fly to England. But they decided to have “one more hamburger” before going out for the distant land of fish and chips.

As the airmen sat in a local restaurant, a beautiful young waitress approached. “I understand you’re going to England,” she said to Miller. Then she told him that her fiancé, an aviation gunner like Miller, was stationed there.

The woman said she was waiting for him to provide an address so she could send him a picture of herself. “You might run into him,” she told Miller hopefully. “Would you take it?”

Miller knew it was unlikely he’d ever see her fiancé. But he didn’t want to disappoint the woman. He took the picture and placed it in his wallet. Later he realized he hadn’t even asked the man’s name. Then he was on to Europe and the war.

On August 9, 1944, Miller’s plane was shot down, and he was forced to parachute to an island off the coast of Holland. Captured by the Nazis, he spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war.

It was on Christmas Eve that someone told him a 19-year-old American prisoner down the hall was badly depressed and possibly suicidal（有自杀倾向）. Miller decided to pay the man a visit.

To break the ice, he mentioned the POW band he’s started, with the help of the Red Gross. The young man, he learned, played the saxophone. The two began to exchange details about their families. Was he married, the kid asked. “Yeah, since 1938,” responded Miller.

“Have you got her picture?” the soldier asked. So Miller reached for his wallet, and pulled out a photograph of his wife.

“She’s beautiful!” the young man responded. Then he noticed that a second picture had fallen out, and an expression of wonder crossed his face. “Where did you get that?” Miller told the story of the waitress at the California hamburger stand.

“That’s my fiancée,” the surprised man said. Miller kept his promise to the beautiful girl back home and turned the picture over to its rightful owner.

1．The reasonable connection between Miller and the young man is that ________.

A．they were in love with the same waitress

B．they played with the same POW band

C．they were kept prisoner in the same camp

D．they both served as gunners in a new B-24

2．The underlined words “To break the ice” would probably mean “______”.

A．to keep warm in icy surroundings

B．to start a conversation after a silence

C．to get rid of the ice around the house

D．to escape from the freezing place

3．It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A．Miller did not ask about the young man’s name on purpose

B．the young man killed himself on account of missing his fiancée

C．Miller joined in the war against the Nazis and was captured

D．the young man got the photo of his fiancée by accident

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I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I used to give a lot of money to the homeless, feeling 31 for them. But as time passed, I became a mom with no home, a huge 32 , and hardly any income. As a result, I 33 giving money to the people on the side of the road and became very 34 .

Things started to change for me 35 . I had a home, a backyard for my daughter, and plenty of food, and I started to 36 myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the 37 , “Will work for food.” I 38 . My daughter commented. “Mommy, you used to always give money to those people in 39 .” I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for 40 , or other bad things.” She didn’t respond. 41 when I said that, I didn’t feel right.

Three days later, I was driving to 42 my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep 43 me said, “Just help the guy.” So I 44 down my window, and he ran over excitedly. He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I 45 into my ashtray (烟灰缸) and strangely enough, there 46 three quarters and two pennies.

I picked them up and gave them to him. He 47 with joy and tears in his eyes. “Wow, you just made it 48 for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you so much; the 49 that had this great sale is leaving in 20 minutes!” It was a moment I’ll 50 forever. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best gift in life—GIVING.

1. A．angry B．grateful C．sorry D．strange

2. A．problem B．burden C．disease D．debt

3. A．continued B．stopped C．hated D．appreciated

4. A．rich B．bitter C．relaxed D．pleased

5. A．slowly B．immediately C．quickly D．greatly

6. A．save B．pull C．run D．feed

7. A．determination B．sign C．child D．advertisement

8. A．ran away B．turned back C．passed by D．sped up

9. A．danger B．love C．need D．sadness

10. A．life B．book C．food D．smoking

11. A．And B．So C．But D．Even

12. A．bring up B．carry out C．pick up D．take out

13. A．on B．inside C．behind D．over

14. A．rolled B．pushed C．blew D．took

15. A．reached B．went C．knocked D．shouted

16. A．hid B．stood C．sat D．slept

17. A．burst out B．turned up C．set out D．stood up

18. A．wonderful B．meaningful C．possible D．interesting

19. A．plane B．man C．woman D．bus

20. A．thank B．remember C．respect D．hold

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