The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree. Not  36 with life, I was down. A young boy out of breath  37 me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted(倾斜的) down,  38 with great excitement,“Look what I found!”

In his hand was a flower, and what a  39 sight, with is petals(花瓣) all worn—not enough rain, or too little light.  40 him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I  41 

a small smile and then shifted away. But instead of  42 he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with  43 ,“It surely smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too. That’s why I  44 it; here, it’s for you.”

The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew Imust  45___it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and  46 , “Just what I need.”But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he  47 it mid-air without reason. It was then that I  48 

for the very first time the boy was  49 .

I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun  50 I thanked him for picking the very best one. He smiled, and then ran off to play,  51 of the effect he’d had on my day.

I sat there and  52 how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged(放纵的)  53 ? Perhaps from his heart, he’d been blessed with true  54 .

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not connected with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see__55___, and appreciate every second that’s mine.

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）

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。

We arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak, but his smile was as  36  as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia（肺炎）. My hushand and I stayed with him for the  37  but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local  38  would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him.   39 I longed to be able to let him know that we cared too, even when we weren’t with him.

Then I remembered a   40  tradition（传统）when our children were small When  41 their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They  __42__ notes in the cereal（麦片）box, under a hairbrush, next to the  43   or even in the microwave（微波炉）. For days, their grandparents would  44  as they discovered these reminders of our love.

45  as I tidied Dad‘s kichen and   46   up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were  47 , “Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn’t go bad.” Some expressed my love, “Dad, I   48  you will sleep well in your new  49 .” Most notes were down-stairs where he would stay for several weeks until he  50  strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, “Dad, if you have found this  51 , you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”

Just like his  52   strengthened him physically, these “emotional vitamins” would   53__   his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our  54  phone calls, I asked Dad how he was

__55__. He said, “Pretty good ! I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”

36. A. sure             B. weak       C. happy     D. wild

37. A. day             B. month       C. night      D. weekend

38. A. doctors         B. friends            C. relatives  D. classmates

39. A. But             B. Therefore    C. Besides   D. Though

40. A. city             B. nation       C. family    D. village

41. A. moving         B. entering      C. arriving  D. leaving

42. A. wrote          B. hid          C. mixed     D. stuck

43. A. curtain         B. chair        C. phone     D. window

44. A. find             B. smile       C. regret     D. miss

45. A. Because              B. However     C. While     D. So

46. A. dressed         B. made       C. cleaned   D. ticked

47. A. practical             B. funny       C. uninteresting       D. true

48. A. wish            B. demand       C. hope       D. suggest

49. A. home           B. bed          C. house     D. hospital

50. A. experienced     B. discovered   C. regained D. grew

51. A. word           B. letter        C. note          D. place

52. A. doctors         B. food        C. operation       D. medicines

53. A. change         B. improve      C. cure          D. harm

54. A. regular         B. usual        C. long          D. special

55. A. hving          B. going       C. finding   D. Doing

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, “  36 would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 37 .”

As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him,   38 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt. His glasses went  39 and landed in the grass.

My  40 went out to him. So, I ran over to him.   41 I 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 it  42 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.

Kyle was the  43 student of our class, one of those guys that really found  44 during high school. Therefore he had the honor to prepare a  45 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was  46 . So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be  47 !” He looked at me and smiled.

He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to  48 those who helped you make it through those  49 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 best  50 you can give him.”

I just looked at my friend with  51 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to  52 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend  53 me from doing the unspeakable(不能说出来的).”

Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the  54 of your actions. With one small gesture you can  55 a person’s life. For better or for worse.

When I settled in Chicago，my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a     26        problem and had to go to hospital for a      27    examination.

    It seemed a small    28   compared to the one I was about to face ,but things started to go     29 right from the beginning , Not having a car or    30    the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B.     31   I’d left myself plenty of time, soon it was    32    I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the      33    direction.

    I    34   the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a    35   , who was trying to get past me.     36  , instead of moving on ,she stopped to ask if I was     37   .  After I explained my    38    to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street , where a bus would take me back into the city to my    39     . Sitting there waiting, I felt   40  that someone had been willing to help .    41    , hearing a horn （喇叭） nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend      42      at me to get in, She had returned to offer me a      43   to the hospital.

     Such unexpected      44   from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose    45     , for all things are possible.

1.A. physical        B. traveling     C. social        D. housing

2.A. scientific       B. final         C. previous      D. thorough

3.A. chance         B. challenge     C. success       D. error

4.A. wrong         B. easy          C. fast          D. ahead

5.A. leaving        B. visiting       C. knowing       D. appreciating

6.A. Although       B. Since         C. Unless        D. Once

7.A. strange        B. necessary      C. obvious       D. important

8.A. same          B. right         C. general        D. opposite

9.A. looked at       B. waited for     C. got off        D. ran into

10.A. driver         B. friend         C. stranger       D. gentleman

11.A. Especially     B. Surprisingly    C. Probably      D. Normally

12.A. nervous       B. excited         C. OK          D. dangerous

13.A. idea          B. motivation      C. excuse        D. situation

14.A. appointment    B. apartment       C. direction     D. station

15.A. afraid         B. grateful         C. certain       D. disappointed

16.A. Thus          B. Then          C.  Perhaps     D. Surely

17.A. staring         B. laughing       C. waving       D. shouting

18.A. lift            B. suggestion      C. bike         D. guidebook

19.A. results         B. news          C. kindness      D. appearance

20.A. power         B. faith           C. touch        D. support

I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite  _36__ because there’s a short cut（捷径）to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the   37. So I always try to   38   through it. Today I was trying to do so as usual __39__ something made me stop for a moment. I saw the most beautiful __40__ by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white __41__.

She was short and   42   and had white hair. She was walking __43__ as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her   44 , until she stopped near a rubbish bin（垃圾箱）.

She slowly placed her walking stick ___45__ the rubbish bin. Then she leaned （斜倚着） on it with her right hand. She bent down and _46__ the rubbish. She clearly found it  _47___ and it took her a while. She _48__ some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to __49   herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then   50  walking. It all took her great effort.

There’s no much rubbish and no one ever does ___51__ about it. I was moved to _52__ this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it __53__! I haven’t been able to __54__ thinking about that all day.

I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish of the __55__ if I meet from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.