Those days life was so hard that I finally wished that I could just be “left alone”.
The thought of going somewhere by myself would give me so much  1 . but then I’d remember when I was alone. Not that  2 _ left me. I was alone by myself in crowded places. It was the   3  that I built around me that would not  4  the outside in or the inside out.
When I was a child, I would play this silly   5 . It was always   6 _ because a place in a corner or under a table would do. My favorite place was simply to pull a blanket over my head. I would lie there and   7 , “Right now no one in the world knows where I am!” That thought was so   8 .
If you knew me well enough this wouldn’t   9  you…I still do it at 60. It drives my dogs crazy, because they find me and start digging at the blanket until they find a way in. All three of them  10  me. That thought is so satisfying, too.
I want you to know that at times we all wish that we could be left _11  . The fact that you can be alone with yourself and enjoy it shows clearly who you are. Imagine for a  12  being locked in a room with someone you  13 . It would be torture. So, if you find peace with being with yourself, that is good. However, if you are trying to build a wall so no one can ever  14 , it can’t happen.
The light of love can find a  15  through the tiniest cracks. You can pull the covers over your head and love will find you.

【小题1】

A．trouble B．experience C．pleasure D．worry

【小题15】

A．way B．help C． love D．hope

Those days life was so hard that I finally wished that I could just be “left alone”.

The thought of going somewhere by myself would give me so much  1 . but then I’d remember when I was alone. Not that  2 _ left me. I was alone by myself in crowded places. It was the   3   that I built around me that would not  4   the outside in or the inside out.

When I was a child, I would play this silly   5 . It was always   6 _ because a place in a corner or under a table would do. My favorite place was simply to pull a blanket over my head. I would lie there and   7  , “Right now no one in the world knows where I am!” That thought was so   8  .

If you knew me well enough this wouldn’t   9   you…I still do it at 60. It drives my dogs crazy, because they find me and start digging at the blanket until they find a way in. All three of them  10   me. That thought is so satisfying, too.

I want you to know that at times we all wish that we could be left _11  . The fact that you can be alone with yourself and enjoy it shows clearly who you are. Imagine for a  12   being locked in a room with someone you  13  . It would be torture. So, if you find peace with being with yourself, that is good. However, if you are trying to build a wall so no one can ever  14 , it can’t happen.

The light of love can find a  15  through the tiniest cracks. You can pull the covers over your head and love will find you.

1.A. trouble                B. experience   C. pleasure     D. worry

2. A. anybody           B. everyone     C. nobody       D. someone

3.A. idea               B. place            C. house        D. wall

4.A. permit             B. stop         C. find         D. turn

5.A. match              B. program      C. competition  D. game

6. A. interesting           B. disappointing    C. easy         D. different

7. A. shout             B. think            C. cry          D. dream

8.A. satisfying         B. shocking     C. important        D. strange

9. A. fear              B. meet         C. surprise     D. excite

10. A. bite             B. join         C. watch        D. excite

11.A. quiet             B. calm         C. alone            D. silent

12. A. change           B. moment       C. rest         D. chance

13. A. respect          B. admire       C. notice       D. dislike

14. A. go out               B. come to      C. get in           D. leave for

15. A. way              B. help         C. love         D. hope

I met Jane Black in university, and soon we became friends．The first time I went to her home I found her family quite different from my own．
In my family, it was always important to place   1 when anything bad happened．
"Who did this? "my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen．
" This is all your  2 , Katharine, " my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher  3 .
From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other．We set a place for blame at the dinner table．
4 ,the Whites didn't worry about who had done what．They picked up the pieces and 5 with their lives．The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died．
In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car  6 from their home in Florida to New York．The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently  7 sixteen．Proud of having a new driver' s license, Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip．She  8 her license to everyone she met．
The big sisters  9 the driving of Sarah' s new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached _10_ crowded areas, they let Amy  11 ．Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat．After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel．She came to a crossroads with a stop sign．Whether she was nervous or just didn't see the sign no one would  12 know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping．The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car．
Jane was killed immediately．I was only  13 injured．The most difficult thing that I’ve ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died．Painful __14_ it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child．
When Mr．and Mrs．White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room．Sarah had a few cuts on the head and Amy' s leg was broken．They hugged us all and cried tears of   15 and of joy at seeing their daughters．They  16 away the girls' tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her crutches （拐仗）.
To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, "We' re so glad that you' re alive．"
I was  17 ．No blame．No accusations．
Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign．
Mrs. White said, "Jane' s gone, and we miss her  18 ．Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back．But Amy has her whole life ahead of her．How can she _19____ a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister' s death?"
They were right．Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago．She works   20  a teacher of learning-disabled students．She' s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane．

三. Choose an appropriate word or phrase in its correct form to complete each sentence.

A、old ; elder; elderly

1. She is an _________ friend of ours.

2. I was much happier in my ________ job.

3. Mary often quarrels with her  _________ sister.

4. He is very active for an ____________man.

5. I feel pretty _________ when I see how the younger generation behaves.

B、some day; one day; the other day

6. I promise I will come back and marry you___________________.

7. _______________I  will get my revenge(愤怒).

8. I remember seeing him somewhere____________.

9 .__________I just feel like quitting my job. But I need the money so I can’t.

A、in disguise; in return; in the flesh; in time; in common; in amazement

10. What can e do ______________for your kindness?

11. I don’t think they’ve got much____________ with their neighbours.

12. He often went out ___________ to avoid the ever-present journalists.

13. They were shaking their heads____________.

14. It was a pleasure to finally meet him____________.

15. I want to be home ________for tea.

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  11  to where he was going. Pretty soon  12_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to refind his way or to 13  someone who could tell him how to get back to the  14  .

It was a long 15 road. For many __16__ he kept on driving. When it was almost dark ，he saw in a field a tall  17  ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his   18 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”

“Hello，yourself，”the farmer___19____，still ploughing .

“Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.

“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   20  stays right where it is，”said the farmer，withoutstopping his work.

“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more   21  .

“Don’t know. I never  22 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 23 .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”

Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  24  at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.   25  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！” 

1.                A．signs           B．orders          C．attention  D．direction

2.                A．realized        B．recognized      C．accepted D．received

3.                A．miss           B．meet           C．look D．lose

4.                A．town           B．country         C．capital    D．village

5.                A．lonely          B．busy           C．dirty D．crowded

6.A seconds     B. minutes           C. hours              D years

7.                A．driver          B．policeman       C．farmer   D．worker

8.                A．strong          B．tired           C．weak D．tiring

9.                A．asked          B．demanded      C．replied   D．ordered

10.               A．always         B．often          C．sometimes D．seldom

11.               A．politely         B．friendly         C．loudly D．angrily

12.               A．judged         B．measured       C．saw  D．studied

13.               A．sad            B．lovely          C．friendly   D．angry

14.               A．gladly          B．immediately     C．silently    D．excitedly

15.               A．Generally       B．Fortunately      C．Certainly  D．Perhaps