To my family and friends,

I have just started my tour of the area badly affected by the war. Everything is going really well, so no   16 . The land is beautiful but unfortunately it has a lot of   17  too. Let me   18 .

Last week, 120 school girls were   19  by a gas leak（泄漏）. Most have recovered but six are still in   20 . Even though the local government speaks about the   21 of education, most of the kids here only attend school for four hours a day if they are lucky. They are so excited and   22  to learn, but then have to   23  things like being attacked. Most of these kids are   24  and can’t afford a pencil or even paper. So I’m planning a trip to several schools to talk about   25  and to give these kids some of the   26  they need. That is where all of you can help. If you can   27  whatever school supplies you have available, that would be   28  appreciated.

I know how busy you are so thank you for taking the   29  to do this and I will post pictures of this   30  after I return.

Thank you again.

Todd Tucker

A Love Note to My Mom
When I was a little girl, I would often accompany you as you modeled (T台展示) for fashion photographers. It was years later that I finally understood what role modeling   36  in your life. Little did I know you were   37   every penny you earned to go to   38  school.
I cannot thank you enough for   39  you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework, I wandered into the dining room where you were buried   40  piles of law books. I was   41 . Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for   42  ? When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn’t know Moms   43  be lawyers too. You smiled and said, “In life, you can do anything you want to do.”
As young as I was, that statement kept   44  in my ears. I watched as you faced the   45  of completing your studies, starting companies with Dad, while still being a   46   and a Mom of five kids. I was exhausted just watching you       47 . With your words of wisdom in my   48  mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world  49 . I set out to live my life filled with  50 , seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements.
Your words became my motto. I   51   found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary)   52   one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my field. I gained strength every time I said, “Yes, I’ll try that.”
Encouraged by your   53  , I have forged ahead(毅然前行) with my life’s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and   54   meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I’m   55   it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

There was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life.

Fall, 1959, the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin. “Who”, I asked a senior, “is Mrs. McNamara, my 10^th grade English teacher?” He just  1and said something about my being in  2. Soon, I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of  3that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for  4. The next day, when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard  5to the homework reading. We were  6to write an in-class essay about one of the topics. The following day, she would  7the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called  8to stand in front of the class and to  9his/her essay. The class were required to criticize （评论） that essay,  10the grade of everyone in class would be reduced.

The first time that I  11her read-write-criticize method, I had not  12to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant.  13the extreme embarrassment I suffered, standing before my classmates,  14myself. No one laughed at me; no one would be  15enough, or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara’s class. The embarrassment came from  16and along with it came a strong  17not to let it happen again.

Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files; it was easy to see the  18in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamara  19me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself. And I  20. Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.

1..A.nodded             B. laughed         C. apologized      D. shouted

2.A. trouble            B. sorrow          C. danger          D. anger

3.A. behaviour          B. evaluation           C. activity             D. thought

4.A. review             B. performance     C. practice             D. homework

5.A. added              B. related              C. contributed          D. compared

6.A. expected           B. persuaded       C. allowed         D. advised

7.A. collect           B. return               C. send            D. receive

8.A. on purpose         B. at first             C. by chance       D. in turn

9.A. talk through      B. hand over       C. read out             D. show off

10.A. so                B. and              C. but              D. or

11.A. tried            B. adopted         C. examined         D. experienced

12.A. undertaken       B. attempted            C. bothered        D. hesitated

13.A. Remember          B. Predict         C. Bear             D. Imagine

14.A. playing jokes on      B. making a fool of     C. setting a trap for   D. taking advantage of

15.A. brave            B. careless             C. proud           D. selfish

16.A. above             B. within          C. behind          D. below

17.A. tendency         B. preference           C. determination        D. sense

18.A. improvements      B. pains           C. difficulties         D. advantages

19.A. trusted               B. invited              C. forced               D. permitted

20.A. did               B. could           C. had              D. would

At the time my son was born in 1956, I shared a hospital room with a young woman who bore a boy on the same day. Partly because my parents  46 a shop selling flowers, the room was soon  47  with the lovely scent of roses.

　  As the seventh floral arrangement was   48  , I was beginning to feel  49 , for no flowers had arrived for my roommate, Ann. She sat on the edge of her bed and leaned forward to admire the  50  bouquet. She was a pretty young woman, yet there was something about her large, brown eyes that made me think she had known too much  51 , too much sadness for one so young. I had the feeling she had always had to admire someone else’  52  .

　 “I’m enjoying every  53 of this”, she said as though she had read my   54  and was trying to reassure me. “Wasn’t I the lucky one to get you for a   55 ？”

　  I still felt uncomfortable, however.  56   there were some magic button I could push to  57   the sadness in her eyes. Well, I thought, at least,I can see that she has some flowers. When my mother and father came to see me that day, I asked them to send  58 some.

　　The flowers arrived just   59  Ann and I were finishing supper.

　　“More flowers for you,” she said,   60  .

　　“No, not this time,” I said, looking at the     61   “These are for you.”

　　Ann stared at the blossoms a long time, not saying anything. She ran her 62  across the pale blue bouquets and  63 touched each of the sweet roses as though trying to engrave（刻画） them on her 64 .

　　“How can I ever thank you” she said softly.

I was almost embarrassed. It was such a little    65  on my part.

A Love Note To My Mom

When I was a little girl, would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that finally understood what role modeling  16  in your life. Little did I known you were  17  every penny you earned to go to  18   school.

I cannot thank you enough for  19  you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework. I wanted into the dining where you were buried  20   piles of law books. I was  21   .Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for  22   ?When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn’t known. Moms  23   be lawyers too. You smiled and said,“In life, you can do anything you want to do.”

As young as I was ,that statement kept   24   in my ears. I watched as you faced the   25   of completing your studies, staring companies with Dad, while still being a   26   and a Mom if five kids. I was exhausted  just watching you   27   .With your words of wisdom in my   28   mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world   29   .I set out to live my life filled with   30  ,seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements.

Your words became my motto. I   31   found myself in the unique position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary)  32    one of the few women (chief medical reporters) in my field. I gained strength every time I said , “Yes, I’ll try that.”

 Encouraged by your   33   , I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life’s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and   34  meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I’m   35   it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.

1. A. found      B. play       C. kept      D. provided

2.A. saving     B. making     C. donating  D. receiving

3.A. business   B. fashion    C. law       D. medical

4. A. what       B. that       C. which     D. where

5. A. at        B. to           C. upon             D. under

6. A. amused    B. worried      C. puzzled          D. disappointed

7. A. role      B. tests        C. positions        D. shows

8.  A. must      B. ought to     C. need             D. could

9. A. ringing      B. blowing    C. falling      D. beating

10. A. choices      B. chances    C. challenges   D. changes

11. A. professor    B. doctor     C. reporter     D. model

12. A. in danger    B. in action  C. in trouble   D. in charge

13. A. weak         B. powerful   C. youthful     D. empty

14.A. came back    B. closed down  C. went by    D. opened up

15. A. hope         B. hardship   C. harmony      D. sadness

16.A. constantly   B. shortly    C. hardly       D. nearly

17. A. and          B. but        C. or           D. for

18.A. description  B. statement  C. praise      D. introduction

19. A. secretly     B. curiously  C. carelessly   D. eagerly

20. A. doing        B. considering  C. correcting  D. reading