On a cold winter morning I heard someone trying to get their car out of the snow after a snowstorm. After a few minutes I realized they needed a(n) __1.__, so I got dressed ,went __2.__, and pushed the car. It only took about a minute and, __3.__ more cold than sociable(交际的), I walked back to my apartment, __4.__ really seeing the driver.

Months ___5.__ I was at the corner store and the guy in front of me __6._ on paying for the beer I was buying! It felt a bit __7.__ and I had to refuse repeatedly. When I __8.__ the cashier she told me my stuff was already __9.___ and she couldn't take my money.  

So, I was walking back home from the store and that __10.__ guy is fifty feet in front of me, all the way! It __11.__that he's my neighbor, living in the apartment complex(公寓大楼) just after mine!  

As we __12.__ the stairs of our separate apartment buildings I __13.__, "Thanks for the beer!" He replied, "__14.__. Thanks for helping me push my car that time!" 

I didn't __15._ him and told him it wasn't me.  He said "Oh! Okay. Well, still ... enjoy!" 

A few days later I __16._ him getting into his car and I realized __17.__ he was and that it actually had been me who __18.__ him that day!

Maybe one day soon I'll tell him he bought __19.__ for the right guy!

Either way, it feels nice to help, and when you put __20.__ into the world, it eventually comes back to you!  

21.               A．entry          B．push           C．handle    D．drag

22.               A．upward         B．downstairs      C．backwards D．outside

23.               A．feeling         B．looking         C．proving   D．turning

24.               A．unless         B．until           C．without   D．by

25.               A．ago            B．later           C．within D．away

26.               A．insisted        B．depended      C．reflected  D．held

27.               A．awkward       B．joyful          C．curious    D．pleasant

28.               A．offered        B．charged        C．reached   D．rang

29.               A．turned down    B．checked out     C．set aside   D．paid for

30.               A．strange         B．same          C．great D．junior

31.               A．finds out        B．turns out       C．carries out D．works out

32.               A．walked up      B．settled down    C．dried up   D．turned around

33.               A．whispered      B．shouted        C．declared  D．acknowledged

34.               A．No way         B．No wonder      C．No problem    D．No doubt

35.               A．expect         B．remember      C．mind D．appreciate

36.               A．saw           B．heard          C．observed  D．sensed

37.               A．what           B．where         C．who  D．how

38.               A．offered        B．comforted      C．rewarded  D．helped

39.               A．stuff           B．car            C．beer  D．apartment

40.               A．good          B．quality         C．benefit    D．energy

This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.

… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.

When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.

So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.

… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.

And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.

… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

1.                A．compete        B．persevere       C．struggle  D．preservation

2.                A．rest           B．decline         C．quit  D．regret

3.                A．campus         B．downtown       C．farm D．country

4.                A．confident       B．uncertain       C．ambitious D．proud

5.                A．shape          B．instruct         C．organize  D．lead

6.                A．amazing        B．disturbing       C．meaningful    D．unsatisfactory

7.                A．reached out     B．put out         C．gave out  D．made out

8.                A．presented      B．structured       C．learned   D．created

9.                A．copying        B．detecting       C．persuading    D．watching

10.               A．life            B．work           C．school D．business

11.               A．yet            B．even           C．still   D．also

12.               A．get by          B．come by        C．get along  D．come along

13.               A．during         B．through        C．across D．over

14.               A．mine          B．us             C．ours  D．hers

15.               A．for the time being B．long before     C．up to now  D．later on

16.               A．young          B．poor           C．weak D．strong

17.               A．as if           B．if             C．whether   D．unless

18.               A．rising          B．raising         C．arousing   D．arising

19.               A．view           B．stay           C．remark    D．mark

20.               A．goals          B．advantages      C．shortcomings   D．setbacks

This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.

… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.

When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.

So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.

… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.

And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.

… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

1.                A．compete        B．persevere       C．struggle  D．preservation

2.                A．rest           B．decline         C．quit  D．regret

3.                A．campus         B．downtown       C．farm D．country

4.                A．confident       B．uncertain       C．ambitious D．proud

5.                A．shape          B．instruct         C．organize  D．lead

6.                A．amazing        B．disturbing       C．meaningful    D．unsatisfactory

7.                A．reached out     B．put out         C．gave out  D．made out

8.                A．presented      B．structured       C．learned   D．created

9.                A．copying        B．detecting       C．persuading    D．watching

10.               A．life            B．work           C．school D．business

11.               A．yet            B．even           C．still   D．also

12.               A．get by          B．come by        C．get along  D．come along

13.               A．during         B．through        C．across D．over

14.               A．mine          B．us             C．ours  D．hers

15.               A．for the time being B．long before     C．up to now  D．later on

16.               A．young          B．poor           C．weak D．strong

17.               A．as if           B．if             C．whether   D．unless

18.               A．rising          B．raising         C．arousing   D．arising

19.               A．view           B．stay           C．remark    D．mark

20.               A．goals          B．advantages      C．shortcomings   D．setbacks

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　　Mark Twain, as you know, was famous in his day as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell 1 stories.

　　He 2 liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends. One day one of his 3 lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to 4　　a railway ticket for him.

　　“But I 5 enough money to pay for both your ticket and 6 ” Mark Twain said. The friend didn't know 7

　　“We can do this,” said Mark Twain. “We can get on the train and 8 the conductor comes to check the tickets, you can hide under my seat. ”

　　Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets Mark Twain gave him two tickets ---- one for himself and one for his friend. Then he 9 in a loud voice.

　　“My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train he does not like to sit on the seat, but he likes to 10 on the floor under the seat. ”

　　Of course, everyone on the train looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.

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　　Mark Twain, as you know, was famous in his day as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell 1 stories.

　　He 2 liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends. One day one of his 3 lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to 4　　a railway ticket for him.

　　“But I 5 enough money to pay for both your ticket and 6 ” Mark Twain said. The friend didn't know 7

　　“We can do this,” said Mark Twain. “We can get on the train and 8 the conductor comes to check the tickets, you can hide under my seat. ”

　　Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets Mark Twain gave him two tickets ---- one for himself and one for his friend. Then he 9 in a loud voice.

　　“My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train he does not like to sit on the seat, but he likes to 10 on the floor under the seat. ”

　　Of course, everyone on the train looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.

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