I was feeling a little blue. My mother had been laid off from her job, but she said she was OK since her boss wasn't the nicest person   36 .
I got off the college bus and started walking. That's  37  I heard piano music and singing rising above the  38 of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower  39 I could find out where it was coming from.   40 the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a   41 next to her, singing songs about love. The way she was singing  42 me a bit. I stood there watching her   43 for about fifteen minutes, thinking that it must take  44 to perform on her own in public.
Feeling my presence, she looked in my  45 . I walked over and put some money in her carriage. “I have been going through a   46  time lately, but you’re made me hopeful again.”
"I'm happy that I could   47 . Why are you so sad?"
"Well, my mum had got  48 from her job, but I’m not sure what to do….”
"You see, the way you were   49 ," she explained. “Don't look defeated,   50  comes in different ways. If your head is down you might never see it. Smile more ...   51  your head up."
I smiled slightly, amazed by how she was  52 me.
“Why are you playing here?” I asked.
“I am not making music. I study psychology. I often see many  53  people and hope to relieve their   54  and make them think positively by sharing music.”
I smiled a little wider. She was doing a good thing. My heart was touched by a   55 soul.

Long long ago, there was a man who was good at shooting arrows．He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer（射手） of the country．The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir．I know an old man who lives in the forest．He is a much greater archer．Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years．”
The man could not believe what the servant said，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him．Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer．”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder．The young man hid behind a tree，waiting to kill him．He shot an arrow．The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man very deeply．The old man came，took out the arrow and said。“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this．That’s why I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My Master is still alive，and I’m  nothing before him．You must be  with him for at least thirty years．And he is very old，so go fast! Find the old man!”
【小题1】The young archer wanted to kill the old man because_______.

第三节：完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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。
Mother’s Day was coming，but John had been visiting customers．He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do．
He went into the shop and saw a young man  36  the clerk(店员) to sell him some roses for six dollars，but the clerk just explained that roses were    37   and that his money was not enough.
The clerk looked up at John，  38  her head．Something inside of John was   39  by the boy’ s voice．John had been   40  with his business，and he looked at the clerk and  41    mouthed that he would pay for the roses．
The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars. The young man almost jumped into the  42  and ran from the store with the  43 ．It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of   44 ．
John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the  45  would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her．He drove away from the shop，feeling very  46 ．He caught a  traffic light about two blocks away．As he  47  at the light，he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk．He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates．Suddenly，he  48  that it wasn’t a park but a cemetery（公墓）．
The light  49 ，and John slowly crossed the intersection．He  50   and on an impuise（冲动）got out and began to follow the boy．The young man stopped by a small monument(墓碑) and went to his  51  . He began to cry after he carefully  52  the roses on the grave(墓地)．He stared at the little boy’s heaving（起伏的）body and listened to his crying．
John turned with  53 ，and walked back to his car．He drove  54  to the shop and told her he would  55  the flowers personally．He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her．
36．A．begging              B．ordering             C．forcing               D．threatening
37．A．cheap                  B．beautiful         C．expensive        D．special
38．A．shaking              B．waving               C．shocking                 D．holding
39．A．sensed                   B．touched                  C．hurt                   D．lightened
40．A．influenced                 B．ruined                    C．buried                    D．satisfied
41．A．loudly                    B．silently                   C．gently                    D．calmly
42．A．river                  B．air                          C．lake                   D．hole
43．A．money                    B．flowers                   C．basket                    D．cards
44．A．surprise                  B．fright                        C．excitement             D．sadness
45．A．sending                  B．message                  C．transportation     D．export
46．A．inspired                  B．disappointed            C．good                      D．sorry
47．A．sang                       B．waited                    C．looked                   D．stood
48．A．remembered            B．found                     C．discovered              D．realized
49．A．flashed                  B．changed                  C．disappeared            D．shone
50．A．drove back              B．pulled over             C．broke down            D．settled down
51．A．arms                      B．palms(手掌)            C．feet                   D．knees
52．A．laid                        B．removed                 C．set                         D．grew
53．A．laughter                  B．anger                  C．tears                      D．cruelty
54．A．slowly                    B．quickly                   C．carefully            D．excitedly
55．A．bring                  B．fetch              C．take                   D．fasten

One Saturday afternoon, a six-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods __36__ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and __37__ what to do, she began crying. After a while. she__38__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. __39__ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and __40__ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the __41__. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __42__.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy __43__ that his mistress was in danger. He jumped __44__ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a __45__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He __46__ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking __47__ into the air, the dog __48__ through the woods until he found the __49__ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his __50__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He __51__ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__.When she opened her eyes and   53   her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you   54  me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of    55   . That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak

I have a friend named Monty Roberts. He has let me use his horse ranch(养马场)to put on events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
Last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant(流动的)horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be when he grew up.”
“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He put all his heart into the project and wrote about his dream in great detail. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of the buildings, stables and the track, and even a detailed floor plan for a 4000-square-foot house on it.”
“The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later ,he received a large red “F” on his paper with a note, ‘See me after class.’ The boy went to see the teacher and asked why. The teacher told him there was no way for a young boy like him to do that because owning a horse ranch required much money and resources, and then added ‘If you’ll rewrite his paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what to do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it’s a very important decision for you.’”
“Finally, a week later, the boy turned in the same paper without any change and stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.’”
“I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
【小题1】 The teacher gave him an “F” for his written paper because the
teacher thought 　　    .