Around 5:30 p.m., I was on the bus one day and everybody on the bus was quiet. People had just  36 from work, students had just finished their 37 class and everybody was a little  38  from a long day. It wasn't a particularly good day for me as I was feeling quite tired too. I was just looking outside of the 39 without any specific thought in my mind. It was the same 40  I had seen many times before, people hurrying home.

In front of me, there was a man sitting in the seat who didn't look too clean. 41  he was looking out of the window, the man suddenly 42 to me and pointed at something outside. "Hey, look." He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the  43  he was pointing to and there it was ---- the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful  44 . The mountains were coated with bright pink light and shadows. He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He  45   

" Wow" and " It's so beautiful" again and again. Everybody on the bus  46  the views indeed.

The  47 view also helped me to 48  my long tiring day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more 49  , I was so inspired (鼓舞）to see that this man wanted to 50  the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, total strangers. His 51 act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn't even know I had lost. He made me  52 that I had lost the feelings and the excitement I  53 have everyday. In my daily life, many things had  54  their color and movement. But he 55 me that things are still there ---- they never get lost.

2.A morning        B. important     C. last            D. boring

Around twenty years ago I was going through hard times. I could not find a satisfying job. To my shame, I had to drive a school bus to make ends meet and lived in a friend’s house.
One afternoon, while driving through a quiet suburban (郊外的) neighborhood I was so sad that I kept asking myself “Why has my life become so hard?” “What’s wrong with the world?” Then I pulled over the bus to drop off a little girl and as she passed she handed me a pretty earring, saying she found it on the floor of the bus and I should keep it in case the owner came to look for it.
In the evening, the owner did come to look for her earring. When I handed it to her, she got very excited and continued saying “Thanks, you’re a real gentleman.” I told her that she should thank the little girl who had found it. She said, “Yes, and you are a good driver, too. What a lovely world it is!” Then she left with satisfaction. I was touched by her last words. I had thought something was wrong with the world just because of my poor condition. In fact, nothing was wrong with the world. I should change my attitude towards life. I should be positive about life.   
At first it was hard, and then it got easier. Every day I could find things to make me happy. Then one night there was a phone call for me at my friend’s house from a lady who was a manager in a large hospital. She said she had read my application form and asked me if I would like to work in the hospital. I said yes and got the job. Looking back at the experience I know the most important is to have a positive attitude towards life.
【小题1】We know from the second paragraph that ________.

I remembered that when I was a little child, I used to look for Sunday of the week. Yes, I was so looking forward to an adventure.

Now, I still have a strong affinity for buses. I used to wonder where those gigantic (巨大的) buses finally stopped. On sunshine Sundays, that’s my adventure times. He took me to the bus stop. Time passed, while I was growing impatient, he was smiling, as he always does.

It was really not that easy to get on a bus as often as we do today. I was so worried that the bus driver would have missed us. I waved my hands so high with all my strength. I looked hopefully at him. He didn’t move at all. He was still standing. It seemed that the late and infrequent coming of the bus wasn’t any trouble to him at all.

He took my hand. We managed to find seats on the upper deck. I was so excited. Only sitting beside the windows made me happy. Looking at the rewinding buildings, streets and people through windows from a higher ground was so much fun. Then, he was sitting peacefully by me and whispered to me where the bus finally would stop. I was curious about what would be the next stop of our destination as much as what really means something to him.[www.zxxk.com]

That is me. I know now. I am all he cares. He wants me to be happy, as he always does. That’s the strong bond between father and son. Childhood, naive(天真)  and precious, you showed me the world and the way I look at the world. I am so grateful for your presence in my life. Thanks, you are so wonderful!

1.Who is “he” throughout the text?

A. The brother of the writer.                        B. The son of the writer.                      

C. The father of the writer.                           D. A bus driver.

2.In the second paragraph, what is the probably meaning of “affinity”?

A. Hate.    B. Disappointment.             C. Liking.                      D. Confusion.

3.Where does this text probably come from?

A. A bus guide.                                       B. A student’s diary.

C. An adventure story.                                   D. A transportation report.

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

It was my first day at school. I felt __36__ and scared. I went to all my classes with no friends. I felt no one really __37___ me. I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for the lunch break. Then finally the bell __38____. It was time to get free of the uneasy atmosphere.

During the lunch I met a new friend who wore a hat, and __39___ I am Jewish, we got along well, and I was so __40___ when she said, “Sit with us, at our table.” She __41___   to the one next to the door.

So I __42___, and took my tray and was about to walk with her ___43__  the floor, when suddenly I felt a nudge. “Hey, I saw you on the bus,” said a __44__ girl in a long skirt. “I __45___ your Jewish star necklace. You should sit with us.”

At that moment I _46____ around, and to my surprise, I __47___ the nations of the world, isolated themselves. The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Hindus __48___ with Hindus, the Russians with the Russians, and __49___ the Arabs with the Jews. That’s what I saw __50___ my own eyes.

Suddenly, I saw the reason why wars got started in the world. Everyone __51____ to their own kind. The lunchroom was a ___52___  of the world. Why was everyone so  __53___? I was puzzled.

But I wanted a change. Determinedly, I turned __54___ this tall girl, and went with my new friend. There was no enmity(敌意) in the room. I felt relaxed. I built a ___55__ between two worlds when I sat with those different from me. The whole world should get close, not apart.

36. A. nervous              B. happy               C. comfortable              D. sad

37. A. cared for             B. stared at           C. believed in          D. thought of

38. A. sounded              B. rang                      C. came                       D. cried

39. A. when               B. although        C. if                       D. while

40. A. disappointed     B. relieved                C. angry                         D. upset

41. A. went                   B. pointed           C. ran                          D. got

42. A. approved            B. allowed            C. permitted                      D. agreed

43. A. through              B. past                  C. across                      D. along

44. A. beautiful         B. tall                       C. short                    D. plain

45. A. find                   B. like                  C. see                          D. have

46. A. turned                B. looked            C. walked                    D. stepped

47. A. understood       B. recognized        C. noticed                    D. knew

48. A. always             B. still               C. normally               D. occasionally

49. A. also                   B. ever                 C. never                             D. even

50. A. through           B. in                       C. for                              D. within

51. A. stuck              B. turned                C. went                   D. walked

52. A. symbol              B. sign                 C. map                        D. view

53. A. lonely                B. blind                C. strange                  D. independent

54. A. on                      B. to                   C. down                             D. off

55. A. tie              B. bridge       C. friendship           D. relation

第二节：完形填（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21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Backpacking through Africa, I always carried some food with me  21   I couldn’t find something to eat．
I was  22   through a local market one day when I  23  upon a jar of   24  jam．I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the first time I had seen peach．I took it．
For the next few weeks, when I was feeling the need for a little  25  , I would carefully  26   the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit．Mum, delicious．I didn’t   27  it with anybody．It sat safely in my  28  , taken out on only special  29 ．
One cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain．Everybody scattered for  30  and so did I．But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some   31   clothes．
In my hurry to  32  further discomfort, I forgot that the jar of jam was  33  in my clothing．One forceful yank（猛拉）and my  34   jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, smashing into pieces．
I was so sad that I almost cried．And then, in the corner of my eye, I noticed an old woman in rags  35 ．Without hesitating, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked   36 ．
Still  37  , she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the  38  jam and placed it into her toothless mouth．Carefully, like fish bones, she  39  the pieces of glass．She studied the broken container  40  she was certain that there was nothing left．Then she left．
My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me．
21．A．in order that    B．if            C．just in case      D．unless
22．A．looking       B．buying        C．getting        D．running
23．A．depended     B．chanced       C．discovered          D．got
24．A．apple          B．strawberry       C．orange        D．peach
25．A．meal           B．treat           C．rest          D．drink
26．A．remove       B．move          C．discover      D．uncover
27．A．divide         B．eat           C．share          D．enjoy
28．A．pocket        B．pack           C．corner         D．store
29．A．situations        B．conditions       C．atmosphere      D．occasions
30．A．protection       B．shelter        C．cover          D．warmth
31．A．beautiful     B．rain         C．warm          D．dry
32．A．avoid          B．get into       C．defeat         D．overcome
33．A．lying          B．buried         C．covered       D．locked
34．A．expensive        B．valuable      C．precious      D．priceless
35．A．reached       B．appearing        C．running       D．approaching
36．A．all right      B．nice            C．broken        D．fresh
37．A．standing up     B．looked down upon
C．bent over               D．watching out
38．A．delicious     B．remaining       C．extra           D．spare
39．A．swallowed       B．took out      C．ate up         D．spit out
40．A．until           B．unless         C．after               D．before