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A Good Custodian
I know a woman who tries hard to be a good custodian.
I pass her every day after school as she pushes her cart down my
hallway.Of course, she is my building's cleaner,
One Tuesday morning I came into school and saw a 36 on my
desk from my custodian,
It seemed that some unbearable first year students had damaged the bathroom in a particularly disgusting way and she had been 37 to clean it.This took 38 than she had expected. She had left the typewritten note on my desk to 39 for not being able to clean my room as she was 40 to do.
At the beginning of the period, I shared her note with my first period 41 When I mentioned that our custodian had apologized to us, their first 42 was to volunteer to seek out and beat up those first year students for making our custodian have to clean up their 43 . It turned out that just about all of my students also knew our custodian by name -all of them responded with smiles and 44 for a long time about this time or that time when she'd 45 each of them in the hallway.That she felt she needed to apologize 46 a strong reaction from many of the kids.
As the class period was about to end, I asked them to 47 the floor like I do every period and thanked them for picking up any garbage 48 it wasn't theirs.My entire class disappeared; they each disappeared instantly 49 their desks to pick up those annoying tiny pieces of paper that 50 so easily from notebooks.One girl made a (an) 51 that I later used with my other classes:" Her job might be to clean the room, but she shouldn't have to clean up 52 us.There's a difference.”
I believe that people know the difference between right and wrong.I believe that people appreciate it when others 53 take care of them.And I believe that people, even adolescents who are not quite yet mature, appreciate it when they see someone who takes 54 in her work. Sometimes we need a 55 of the things we take for granted ...things like a good custodian to take care of us.
36.A.paper B.handbook C.note D.letter
37.A.advised B.persuaded C.allowed D.charged
38.A.shorter B.longer C.mare D.less
39.A.apologize B.regret C.appeal D.complain
40.A.recommended B.believed C.approved D.scheduled
41.A.class B.colleagues C.staff D.members
42.A.answer B.reaction, C.decision D.behavior
43.A.room B.desks C.mess D.chaos
44.A.talked B.asked C.quarreled D.discussed
45.A.visited B.called C.praised D.greeted
46.A.made B.showed C.earned D.accepted
47.A.sweep B.examine C.check D.mop
48.A.even if B.only if C.if only D.if ever
49.A.above B.under C.beyond D.across
50.A.leave B.fall C.fly D.miss
51.A.promise B.agreement C.announcement D.comment
52.A.after B.before C.with D.for
53.A.freely B.gently C.hopefully D.sincerely
54.A.advantage B.pride C.action D.chance
55.A.keeper B.caretaker C.reminder D.observer
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(08·湖北C篇)
One August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs.Carey.Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house.Glancing up, he saw a large wasp’s(黄蜂) nest under the roof.Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting (sting, sting, stung蜇) in summer.He mentioned this to Mrs.Carey, who had opened the door.
“Oh, they don’t bother me,” she said lightly.“I go in and out all the time.”
Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again — to see the wasps flying straight at him.“Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs.Carey.“Get in!”
She stepped quickly inside.Allen ran for his minibus.Too late; they were upon him.Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arms, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.
As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face.An immediate anxiety took hold of him.Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die.But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed.However, what he didn’t know was that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.
Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder.Most frightening, he felt his breathing more and more difficult.He reached for the radio mike(话筒), trying to call the minibus center, but his words were hardly understandable.Signals were also poor that far out.He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Department’s north station.So his best chance was to make a run for it.
Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn.He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock(休克).Just then he reached for the radio mike again.
“Call fire station,” he shouted, concentrating to form the words.“Emergency.Bee sting.Emergency.There in ten minutes.”
“Five-ten,” the center replied.
Hold on, Allen thought.Keep your eyes open.Breathe.Keep awake.
At last he reached the station.Two firemen ran out.Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground.You made it, he thought.
69.It is mentioned in the passage that wasps are more likely to attack when _______.
A.there are huge noises B.strangers are approaching
C.the air is filled with food smell D.the hottest season comes around
70.Allen didn’t know that if stung by wasps again, he would _______.
A.have no after-effects B.suffer from sharper pain
C.surely lose his life D.become more sensitive
71.Allen failed at his first attempt to send his message to the minibus center because _______.
A.he was unable to speak clearly B.his radio equipment was poor
C.he was in a state of shock D.no one was on duty
72.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A.Allen, A Helpless Driver B.Wasps, Bloody Killers
C.A Race Against Death D.War Against Wasps
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Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond (钻石) ring worth £57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked 1 like the first one but was worth only £2,000. He took this to the shop, which 2 it without a question.
Jenkins gave the much more 3 ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife 4 to Paris for a weekend. As to the 5 ring, the shop sold it for £60,000.
Six months later the buyer 6 it back to Silkstone's office. “It' s a faulty (有瑕疵的) diamond.” he said, “It isn't worth the high 7 I paid.” Then he told them the 8 . His wife's car had caught fire in an 9 . She had escaped (幸免), 10 the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great 11 of the fire.
The shop had to 12 . They knew that no fire on earth can 13 damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the 14 diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who 15 it?
A picture of the ring appeared in the 16 . A reader thought he 17 the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which 18 a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman 19 a large diamond ring.“Do you know the 20 with the lovely diamond ring?” the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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