Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck’s bedroom skylight. The 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder. It was 11 p.m. The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, Massachusetts. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out.
Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom, but the phone didn’t work. Lubeck realized he was trapped. “I started panicking,” he says.
His daughter and young granddaughters, who lived with him, were away for the night. No one will even know I’m home, he thought. His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless.
Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubeck’s closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wife. Wentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector. He jumped out of bed, grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise.
He dialed 911. “Is anyone there?” he called out as he approached the house. Wentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house.
Then he heard, “Help me! I’m trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubeck’s bedroom.
“I ran in and yelled,‘Don, where are you?’ Then I had to run outside to catch my breath.”
After one more attempt inside the house, he gave up and circled around back. But there was no way to get to him. “I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a ladder,” says Wentworth. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed.
Wentworth and Lubeck don’t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help, Wentworth will be there.
Lubeck still chokes up when he tells the story. “I was alone,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Jeremie.”
【小题1】According to the text, Lubeck___________.

For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then from across the street someone came walking.

It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat, a soft hat and rubber-soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking. No one was in sight. It was a street with two rows of about fifty small houses and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest to the child’s house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoky air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly，but clearly enough to show the smooth skin of a woman’s face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coat, reached the doorway of the child’s house. She put a key in the lock quickly, pushed the door open and stepped inside, then closed the door without looking round. She began to breathe hard.

She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, then went up the stairs quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing(楼梯平台). She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom hand-basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back; but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs, and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small washroom that she wanted. Two rooms remained; the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child’s bed and the child.

1.The lights of the car passing the end of the street showed that ______.

2.After the woman closed the front door, she ___________.

3. When she was upstairs, the woman _______.

4. Once she was in the house, the woman behaved as if what she was looking for ____

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，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项填出。

“What kind of Thanksgiving can I provide?” I said to myself．Living in a small house and still jobless，I  36   to make ends meet．

Still，I counted my blessing（知足）when I  37  that a young family in a nearby home lost  __38  to a flash fire．I watched as the entire community went to their  39  ：A church provided shelterk#s^5*u；others gathered food，bedding and clothing．Lines of busy people willingly gave their time   __40   their money．

The afternoon before Thanksgiving，two women came to our house  41  donations（捐赠物品）．Although we had  42  to spare，I helped early items to their car，  43  in my heart to give more．

As we stood   44   chatting，my little Helen，only three，shouted，“Wait! Don’t anybody move．”She rushed into the house，complaining，“We   45  something!”

I looked apologetically at the ladies，but  46  I could follow her，Helen was back outside．carrying her  47   toy bear，which I had made for her birthday just two months before．

“Mommy，”her green eyes searched my   48  ，“the little girl doesn’t have any toys．I have to give it to her．”

My heart quaked．I thought about the few  49  Helen had and how many hours I had spend sewing（缝）this one．Now she wanted to  50  it away．We stood in silence，the ladies  51  at me．I struggled with my feelings．I thought of all the things we needed and didn’t have．

Everyone held their  52  as I bent down to face Helen．“Of course，Helen．”My voice nearly  __53   ，“you’re right．We forgot the toy．How  54  of you to remember!”

And I  55   my own heart would never be as big as the one pounding（砰砰地跳）in my daughter little chest．

36．A．struggled   B．decided      C．prepared   D．happened

37．A．expected   B．announced         C．learned      D．believed

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

39．A．trouble       B．help   C．experience         D．work

40．A．except for  B．instead of        C．rather than D．as well as

41．A．collecting   B．reporting   C．requiring    D．allowing

42．A．less    B．more C．little   D．much

43．A．refusing     B．offering      C．waiting       D．wishing

44．A．downstairs         B．upstairs     C．outside       D．inside

45．A．needed       B．gave  C．remembered     D．forgot

46．A．since  B．before        C．when D．though

47．A．expensive  B．favorite      C．friendly       D．ugly

48．A．face   B．head  C．heart D．body

49．A．books          B．clothes       C．friends        D．toys

50．A．take   B．throw         C．give    D．put

51．A．aiming        B．shouting    C．glimpsing   D．staring

52．A．words         B．steps C．breath        D．hands

53．A．broke B．failed C．appeared   D．stopped

54．A．proud          B．thoughtful C．natural       D．clever

55．A．admitted   B．wished       C．explained   D．realized

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

    “What kind of Thanksgiving can I provide?”I said to myself．Living in a small house and still jobless，I  36   to make ends meet．

Still，I counted my blessing（知足）when I  37  that a young family in a nearby home lost  __38  to a flash fire．I watched as the entire community went to their  39  ：A church provided shelter；others gathered food，bedding and clothing．Lines of busy people willingly gave their time   __40    their money．

    The afternoon before Thanksgiring，two'women came to our house  41  donations（捐赠物品）．Although we had  42  to spare，I helped early items to their car，  43  in my heart to give more．

As we stood   44   chatting，my little Helen，only three，shouted，“Wait!Don’t anybody move．”She rushed into the house，complaining，“We   45  something!”

    I looked apologetically at the ladies，but  46  I could follow her，Helen was back outside．

carrying her  47   toy bear，which I had made for her birthday iust two months before．

    “Mommy，”her green eyes searched my   48  ，“the little girl doesn’t have any toys．I have to give it to her．”

    My heart quaked．I thought about the few  49  Helen had and how many hours I had spend sewing（缝）this one．Now she wanted to  50  it away．We stood in silence，the ladies  51  at me．I struggled with my feelings．I thought of all the things we needed and didn’t have．

    Everyone held their  52  as I bent down to face Helen．“Of course，Helen．”My voice nearly  __53   ，“you’re right．We forgot the toy．How  54  of you to remember!”

    And I  55   my own heart would never be as big as the one pounding（砰砰地跳）in my daughter’s little chest．

36．A．struggled  B．decided     C．prepared   D．happened

37．A．expected   B．announced       C．learned     D．believed

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

39．A．trouble     B．help  C．experience       D．work

40．A．except for B．instead of         C．rather than       D．as well as 

41．A．collecting B．reporting  C．requiring  D．allowing

42．A．less   B．more C．little  D．much

43．A．refusing    B．offering    C．waiting     D．wishing

44．A．downstairs       B．upstairs     C．outside     D．inside

45．A．needed     B．gave  C．remembered     D．forgot

46．A．since B．before      C．when D．though

47．A．expensive B．favorite    C．friendly    D．ugly

48．A．face  B．head  C．heart D．body

49．A．books       B．clothes      C．friends      D．toys

50．A．take  B．throw       C．give  D．put

51．A．aiming     B．shouting   C．keeping    D．staring

52．A．words       B．steps  C．breath       D．hands

53．A．broke       B．failed       C．appeared   D．stopped

54．A．proud       B．thoughtful C．natural      D．clever

55．A．admitted   B．wished      C．explained  D．realized