Many years ago I drove a taxi for extra money mainly from the downtown to the 36 , beside the Greenwood Racetrack..
Each time a taxi drove up to the station, many kids would run along the   37  . One   38   kid would open the passenger door and say, “  39  , sir.” The passenger would always say thanks and give the kid a   40  . It was a routine that everybody knew.
One day I noticed a boy, who was   41   than most of them but was pushed away by even the smallest kid. He never pushed back.   42  , he would even step aside when others pushed forward. But he never   43  .
Then as I was   44   to the sidewalk, all the other kids were running after a taxi   45  mine. They didn’t notice mine.
The boy saw me and walked toward my taxi. As I pulled up I made sure that I stopped in a 46  with the passenger door right beside him. He   47  the passenger door and said, “Good luck at the track, sir.”
  48 , the man did not tip him a quarter. Instead he   49 , “Get out of my way!” He pushed him aside so   50  that the boy fell down and was badly hurt. I got out of my car quickly,   51  find that the man disappeared in the crowd.
So I looked for the kid. I decided to give him $20 for all his   52 . But he was far up ahead, walking out of the station   53 .   54 , I never saw him again. I’d like to find him and tell him that if only he had stuck around a little longer I would have given him a whole $20.
I learned an important lesson from the boy. When things seem so   55  that you are ready to give up, that is the time when things are most likely to turn around for you.

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。

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling   36   , but I always knew he was   37    . He never criticized us, but used   38    to bring out our best. He'd say,“If you pour water on flowers, they  flourish. If you don't give them water, they die.” I   39   as a child I said something   40   about somebody, and my father said, “   41   time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it's a reflection of yourself.” He explained that if I looked for the best   42    people, I would get the best   43  . From then on I've always tried to   44  the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad's also always been very    45    . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   46   a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a    47   stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,    48    any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad   49   me to go into law. And I've   50    regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,    51     I didn't pursue my    52   . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”

As   53   turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national    54    for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I'd like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad   55   me.

A．biologist     B．manager       C．lawyer       D．gardener

A．strict         B．honest         C．special       D．learned

A．praise        B．courage        C．power       D．warmth

A．think        B．imagine      C．remember    D．guess

A．unnecessary        B．unkind      C．unimportant          D．unusual

A．Another      B．Some         C．Any         D．Other

A．on          B．in            C．at           D．about

A．in case       B．by turns       C．by chance    D．in return

A．revise        B．set          C．review       D．follow

A．understanding    B．experienced      C．serious      D．demanding

A, taking up     B．making up     C．picking up           D．keeping up

A．suggestion B．decision       C．notice         D．choice

A．and              B．as                  C．even if              D．as if

A．helped            B．allowed      C．persuaded    D．suggested

A．always            B．never        C．seldom              D．almost

A．rather     B．but           C．for          D．therefore

A．promise   B．task           C．belief               D．dream

A．which B．he            C．it           D．that

A．newspaper B．magazine      C．program             D．project

A．controlled   B．comforted      C．reminded            D．raised

阅读下在短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A woman id her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door. She spent all her time taking care of the tree. But the children nearby drover her    1by making fun of her. They would climb her tree and then run away with pears,     2“Aunty Misery” at her.

One evening, a passer by asked to    3for the night. Seeing that he had an   4Face, she let him in and gave him a nice    5. The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer (巫师), thanked her by granting (允准) her   6that anyone who climbed up her tree  7not be able to come back down until she   8it.

     When the children came back to steal her   9, she had them stuck on the tree. They had to beg her

long   10she gave the tree permission to let  11go. Aunty Misery was free from the   12at last.

One day another man    13her door. This one did not look trustworthy to her,   14she asked who he was . “I am Death, I’ve come to take you   15me.” said he.

Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to  16some pears from my dear tree to remember the 17

it brought to me in this life. But I am too    18to climb high to get the best fruit. Will you be so   19as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr. Death climbed up the tree   20and was immediately stuck to it. No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go.

1.A. hopeless    B. painful   C. dull   D. crazy

2.A. calling     B. shouting   C. announcing  D. whispering

3.A. stay       B. live       C. hide     D. lie

4.A. interesting  B. honest    C. anxious    D. angry

5.A. gift      B. kiss      C. treat     D. smile

6.A. suggestion     B. demand      C. permission D. wish

7.A. could     B. should     C. might    D. must

8.A. permitted   B. promised      C. answered    D. declared

9.A. branch    B. food    C. tree     D. fruit

10.A. after      B. while     C. since       D. before

11.A. it        B. them      C. him        D. her

12.A. trick     B. question     C. trouble     D. difficulty

13.A. stepped into   B. left for       C. stopped at    D. walked around

14.A. so      B. but         C. although       D. because

15.A. with     B. off         C. upon         D. for

16.A. choose      B. pick      C. shake      D. hit

17.A. honor       B. pleasure   C. hope      D. excitement

18.A. light        B. short      C. old       D. thin

19.A. proud       B. kind       C. fine      D. smart

20.A. disappointedly       B. cheerfully      C. unwillingly     D. eagerly

Good afternoon, everyone,
I’d like to introduce my friend Christy to you all. Christy is a great example of how one person with 1   can make her dream a reality, so she should win the Student of the Year Award.
Christy loves to ride bikes. She does not just ride along city streets, 2   . She is interested in 3   trail (小路) rides. 4    Christy knew that people who love riding had to travel 5   the city to locate good bike trails, so she 6   to do something.
Christy knew that Roosevelt Park had a clean, lively creek（小溪） 7   through it. 12 miles of land around the creek was 8   used. Christy decided to get together with other trail9  to ask the city council to 10  a bike path along the unused land. Christy   11  a petition (请愿书). She and other riders asked all of their biking friends if they would12   the list, and they gathered 300 signatures. The city council evaluated the 13   and, more 14  , agreed to allow the bike trail.
The 15   took two months of work, and now Roosevelt Park has a 16   bike trail. It has many ups and downs; it is a great ride. This trail is becoming one of the community’s important 17   spots. I can’t 18   with Christy when we ride together, but I am glad that she decided to work hard to begin the 19     of the Roosevelt Park bike path. Christy 20   this award because she acted on her dream, causing a community to come together.
Thank you!

A man has returned three library books to a Melbourne library—21 years overdue（误期）.The books were returned to Sam Merrifield Library with a (n)__ 21___note and a $50 bill.

    ___ 22___Margaret Young was pleased that the books had been returned. They were in excellent___23__ , except for the one that the borrower admitted had been damaged by a___24___.

“They’re all spy books. We were just surprised and___25 ___that he has returned the books, ___26 ___after so many years,” Mrs. Young said.