It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet ______. The loaded plates I carried ______ to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn’t seem able to do anything  ______. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream ______ a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father ______ at me as he handed my tip. “Well done,” he said, “you’ve _____ us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness  ______. I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I’d like my first day, I said, “______!” Those few words of praise had ______ everything. Praise is like ______ to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And ______, while most of us are only too______ to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are ______ to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Why-when one word of praise can bring such______?

 It’s strange how mean we are about praising. Perhaps it’s  ______ few of us know how to accept it. It’s ______ rewarding to give praise in areas in which______ generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. An artist gets admired for a glorious picture, a cook for a ______ meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are ______ just right? In fact, to give praise ______ the giver nothing but a moment’s thought and a moment’s effort.

11．A. rested B. hurt    C. broke  D. slipped

12．A. remained    B. looked C. seemed      D. appeared

13．A. new    B. special C. nervous      D. right

14．A. order  B. price   C. material      D. chair

15．A. stared B. smiled C. glanced      D. nodded

16．A. called on    B. looked after       C. passed by   D. thought of

17．A. arrived       B. continued   C. disappeared       D. developed

18．A. Oh      B. Well    C. Fine    D. Terrible

19．A. made  B. changed     C. found  D. improved

20．A. heat    B. warmth      C. snowstorm D. sunlight

21．A. then    B. thus    C. therefore    D. yet

22．A. ready  B. doubtful     C. satisfied     D. disappointed

23．A. unable B. unwilling    C. likely   D. anxious

24．A. attention     B. choice C. pleasure     D. difficulty

25．A. because      B. when  C. what   D. where

26．A. finally B. especially    C. silly    D. fortunately

27．A. effort  B. attempt       C. deed   D. feeling

28．A. daily   B. light   C. perfect       D. poor

29．A. done   B. sold    C. chosen       D. given

30．A. adds   B. leaves  C. offers D. costs

Girls are born to imagine, particularly those at the age of seventeen or eighteen.   16 , I was one of them and sometimes I would go to extremes. That was exactly what happened several days ago, causing me great embarrassment.

I was waiting for my train home at the station when a boy   17  at my side. His beautifully-curved face, his fashionable clothing and everything else about him, was so  18  that I just couldn’t help gazing (注视) at him. What was more   19  was that, he was also stealing some   20  at me, which made me blush (脸红) to the ends of my ears! Still, I tried to be calm and   21  that nothing had happened. However, once again when our eyes met, I could hear my heart   22  wildly, with an inner voice yelling, “Oh, my goodness, he is driving me   23 !” Shortly, I lowered my head to   24  his eyes, but my thoroughly red face had revealed (泄露) 25 .

To my pleasant surprise, my   26  came true this time, as the handsome guy was drawing

  27 ! “Oh, please! Don’t   28 . Look at me. I am so sweaty and sloppy (多情的). Please don’t   29  my telephone number. You know I will give it to you without   30 , and that is so unladylike!” I was still struggling and trembling when he   31  right in front of me. “Excuse me...” he said with a slight hesitation. His voice was so nice, but I wish I had not   32  it, for in the end, he said: “I am sorry, but could you please give me my   33  back? Yours is over there.” Oh, my God! Nothing could have been more   34  when I handed his bag back to him, as shame almost brought me to tears.

From that, I drew a big   35 : never imagine too much if someone gives you a few glances.

   Willie Stewart still remembers his first day of kayaking through the grand Canyon. He was getting bounced around in the roughest white water he had ever seen. There was nothing the river threw at him.

   There he was in a 40-pound boat, with only a few months of training and one arm. Tied to his left shoulder was a prosthetic limb(假肢)that he’d had for just about a week. The plan was to paddle(划) for 20 days over 227 miles of the roughest white water in the United States. It was one of the most remarkable adventures that the Grand Canyon had ever seen.

  It started with a casual phone call in the spring of 2005. A good friend, Mike Crenshaw, finally got a permit from the National Park Service to lead a private party of 16 boaters down the Colorado River that coming August. He had a slot（位置） open for Willie, “Was he interested ?”

  “It was the chance of a lifetime,” Stewart said. He had been waiting years for this trip to happen. “How could I refuse ?”

   But before they set off, Stewart had a couple of things to take care of. He had to get a white-water kayak, learn how to use it, and get an arm.

   For most of his life, the rugged 45-year-old man has lived with only his right arm. He lost his left arm in a horrible accident when he was 18.Stewart was doing a summer construction job in Washington, D.C. The trailing end of rope he was carrying got twisted in an industrial fan. Before he could react, the fan reeled in the rope tight and cut his arm just above the elbow.

   He became a bitter young man, angry at the unfairness of what had happened ,and often got into fights. In time, he learned to channel his rage into sports. He joined a rugby team, established a reputation as a fearless player and eventually was elected captain. His days of rage long gone, he found peace and purpose in his life.

41. The underlined word “rugged ” in Paragraph 6 means “______”

   A. poor

   B. stubborn

   C. determined

   D. unfortunate

42. What had urged Willie Stewart to paddle down the Colorado River ?

   A.  His family’s support

   B.  His great determination

   C.  His curiosity

   D.  His dream

43.From the passage we can know that ______.

   A. Stewart was depressed at one time

   B. Stewart lost his left arm 22 years ago

 C. Stewart never complained about the unfairness of life

   D. Stewart was persuaded to kayak through the Grand Canyon

44. What can we learn form the story ?

  A.  An optimist sees the rose ; a pessimist sees the thorn

  B.  Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it

  C.  A change of self is needed more than a change of scene

 D.  If winter comes, can spring be far away ?

Willie Stewart still remembers his first day of kayaking through the grand Canyon. He was getting bounced around in the roughest white water he had ever seen. There was nothing the river threw at him.

   There he was in a 40-pound boat, with only a few months of training and one arm. Tied to his left shoulder was a prosthetic limb(假肢)that he’d had for just about a week. The plan was to paddle(划) for 20 days over 227 miles of the roughest white water in the United States. It was one of the most remarkable adventures that the Grand Canyon had ever seen.

  It started with a casual phone call in the spring of 2005. A good friend, Mike Crenshaw, finally got a permit from the National Park Service to lead a private party of 16 boaters down the Colorado River that coming August. He had a slot（位置） open for Willie, “Was he interested ?”

  “It was the chance of a lifetime,” Stewart said. He had been waiting years for this trip to happen. “How could I refuse ?”

   But before they set off, Stewart had a couple of things to take care of. He had to get a white-water kayak, learn how to use it, and get an arm.

   For most of his life, the rugged 45-year-old man has lived with only his right arm. He lost his left arm in a horrible accident when he was 18.Stewart was doing a summer construction job in Washington, D.C. The trailing end of rope he was carrying got twisted in an industrial fan. Before he could react, the fan reeled in the rope tight and cut his arm just above the elbow.

   He became a bitter young man, angry at the unfairness of what had happened ,and often got into fights. In time, he learned to channel his rage into sports. He joined a rugby team, established a reputation as a fearless player and eventually was elected captain. His days of rage long gone, he found peace and purpose in his life.

1. The underlined word “rugged ” in Paragraph 6 means “______”

   A. poor

   B. stubborn

   C. determined

   D. unfortunate

2. What had urged Willie Stewart to paddle down the Colorado River ?

   A.  His family’s support

   B.  His great determination

   C.  His curiosity

   D.  His dream

3. From the passage we can know that ______.

   A. Stewart was depressed at one time

   B. Stewart lost his left arm 22 years ago

 C. Stewart never complained about the unfairness of life

   D. Stewart was persuaded to kayak through the Grand Canyon

4. What can we learn form the story ?

  A.  An optimist sees the rose ; a pessimist sees the thorn

  B.  Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it

  C.  A change of self is needed more than a change of scene

 D.  If winter comes, can spring be far away ?