Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun   36 — to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were    37  . When the students    38  
their assignment, she found most of them drew some pictures of their family, teachers, friends or neighbors.
Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a   39   boy. He didn’t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and sad. He   40  played with other children during the break   41  they kindly invited him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and   42   him to be confident. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a   43 . Nothing else. His abstract image   44   the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother’s hand, for mother’s hand gives children warmth and   45  . Another child guessed it was a police officer’s hand, because the police   46  people and care for people. And so the discussion   47 .
When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas’ desk,   48  down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, “It’s   49 , teacher.” Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was   50  and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She   51   how often she had said to him, “Take my   52 , Douglas. We’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.”
The story speaks of   53  thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship. They might not always say “  54 ” out, but they’ll remember the hand that you   55 out to give them love and be grateful to you always.
【小题1】..

A．search

B．question

C．meet

D．protect

完形填空部分（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）

  阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses  36    Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were __37    there with no roof and no walls and all covered with __38   , her house was    39   quite all right.

     Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children ,    40    Anna took in one of the families that had lost   41    in the flood and she  42   her home with them until it was    43   for them to rebuild their houses.

    Anna's friends were   44    when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give   45   so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to   46   .  

"Well," Anna   47  her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I  48   lived found herself very poor, because her husband   49    in the war and she had a lot of children,   50    I have now. The day before Christams, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for   51    this year, so I’m going to   52    only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back   53    a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were    54    to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister.   55    was that Christmas present.”

36．A．down below       B．just around         C．next to       D．above

37．A．rising B．appearing  C．falling         D．standing

38．A．water         B．trees C．dust   D．mud

39．A．just    B．already       C．yet     D．still

40．A．so       B．but     C．for      D．since

41．A．nothing      B．everything C．anything    D．something

42．A．made B．found C．shared        D．built

43．A．possible     B．necessary  C．important  D．valuable

44．A．worried      B．disappointed      C．puzzled      D．impressed

45．A．them B．herself        C．them all     D．her

46．A．support      B．supply         C．grow  D．keep

47．A．explained to       B．asked for   C．talked with         D．spoke as

48．A．actually      B．then   C．before        D．later

49．A．had killed   B．might be killed   C．had been killed  D．killed

50．A．for      B．as       C．like     D．that

51．A．you     B．us       C．Christmas D．your birthday

52．A．get     B．send  C．buy     D．make

53．A．for      B．from  C．like     D．with

54．A．sad     B．happy         C．worried      D．sorry

55．A．It        B．She     C．Such   D．I

It’s difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain.  36  enough blood, the brain can live only three to five minutes. Usually doctors can’t fix the hurt  37  such a short time.

Dr Robert White thinks he knows a  38  of help. He thinks doctors should make the hurt brain  39  to live for 30 minutes without blood. This gives the doctor  40  time to do something for the brain. Dr White experimented his  41  on fifteen monkeys.  42  he taught them to do different jobs. Then he operated on them. He made the monkeys’ blood go  43  a machine. When the brains’  44  was 10℃, he stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes, he turned the blood back on. He  45  the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were almost  46  before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the job the doctor  47  them.

Dr White’s idea works well on monkeys. He thinks it will work on  48 . He think it will help with heart problems. A person  49  die when his heart stops; doctors can  50  it again. The problem comes: when the brain is without blood for about 5 minutes, it  51 . If doctors start the heart again after 5 minutes, the person has  52  body but a dead brain. Maybe in the future, doctors will  53  Dr White’s idea. When the person’s heart stops the doctor will  54  cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no  55  the brain.

The world always makes way for the dreamer.

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler  1   everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling, I  2   there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to          3    people feel like that.” My father asked me  4   I meant. “I want to be a motivational （激励人的）speaker just like Mr. Zigler,”  I replieD．A   5   was born.

Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others.  6   a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company   7   as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my  8  . Many people were  9   that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked  10   I would risk everything for a dream.

I made my  11   to start my own company and leave my secure（无忧虑的）position after

  12   a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a  13   that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a  14   to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a   15  ?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that  16   I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was  17  .

Having made that decision, I was immediately  18  . One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no  19  . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better joB．And I was able to book several   20   engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.

1．A．rise     B．blow C．put    D．raise

2．A．left     B．came C．arrived     D．slipped

3．A．get      B．hope  C．make D．cheer

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

5．A．dream B．idea   C．girl   D．speaker

6．A．After  B．Before      C．Because    D．While

7．A．beginning   B．working    C．acting       D．regarding

8．A．life     B．love  C．income     D．career

9．A．disappointed      B．moved      C．surprised   D．delighted

10．A．when B．why  C．if      D．how

11．A．plan  B．promise    C．decision    D．mind

12．A．attending  B．joining     C．entering    D．holding

13．A．newspaper       B．book C．report       D．speech

14．A．day   B．second      C．week D．moment

15．A．help  B．job    C．god   D．company

16．A．everything       B．anything   C．nothing     D．something

17．A．alive B．dead  C．missing     D．born

18．A．examined  B．searched   C．checked    D．tested

19．A．help  B．harm C．income     D．money

20．A．selling      B．speaking   C．writing     D．listening

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Having said goodbye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home.  16 excited, Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alax  17 from time to time. The family were  18 from trip．

   But about three hours later things began to   19  . It was starting to snow. Alvin sped up the car,   20 to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now. Because it was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to   21 down. The snow on the   22 was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to   23 on it. Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow   24 the engine refused to start again．

“The snow doesn’t seem to   25  . Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she  26  to walk． So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But   27  was to come. Soon they lost their  28 and had to walk aimlessly on and on．

Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they were  29  that poor Alax would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alax   30 made them filled with courage, warmth and strength. They  31 and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had countless falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their   32  again．

One, two, three, … seven days passed. On the eighth day,   33   at last came from Alvin’s parents, the police and local people. But the young   34  had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frost-bites(冻伤). Fortunately, there was  35  seriously wrong with little Alax．

1. A．Still           B．Even           C．Yet            D．Ever

2. A．cried           B．jumped         C．smiled         D．sang

3. A．taking          B．having         C．enjoying       D．starting

4. A．work            B．change         C．come           D．finish

5. A．phoning         B．deciding       C．thinking       D．hoping

6. A．get             B．slow           C．go             D．look

7.A．land             B．highway        C．fields        D．car

8. A．walk            B．sit            C．stay           D．wait

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

10. A．fall           B．end            C．continue      D．melt

11. A．liked          B．preferred      C．decided        D．wished

12. A．better         B．something      C．nothing        D．worse

13. A．hope           B．luck           C．way            D．money

14. A．certain        B．afraid         C．sorry          D．sure

15. A．happy          B．silent         C．alive          D．dead

16. A．slept          B．walked         C．watched        D．ate

17. A．heads          B．eyes           C．hands          D．feet

18. A．danger         B．help           C．luck           D．news

19. A．husband        B．wife           C．couple         D．baby

20. A．everything     B．anything       C．something      D．nothing