In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory____course about 20 years ago.

The professor ____the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans（豆）, and invited the students to _  _how many beans the jar contained. After ____shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the ____ answer, and went on saying,” You have just ___an important lesson about science. That is Never____ your own senses.”

Twenty years later, the ___could guess what the professor had in mind. He ____himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting____into an unknown world

Invisible（无形的）to the     ,which can be discovered only through scientific         .But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even         the invitation. She was just        to understand the world. And she        that her firsthand experience could be the        .The professor, however, said that it was      .he was taking away her only      for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and         ,”the women says, “and I did the only thing I could do.  I           the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”

1.A .art      B. history    C. science      D. math

2.A. searched for  B. looked at         C. got through   D. marched  into

3.A. count          B. guess    C. report   D. watch

4.A. warning      B. giving    C. turning away D. listening to

5.A. ready          B. possible         C. correct D. difficult

6.A. learned      B. prepared       C. taught   D. taken

7.A. lose      B. trust         C. sharpen         D. show

8.A. lecturer       B. scientist     C. speaker         D. woman

9.A. described    B. respected C. saw        D. served

10.A. voyage       B. movement          C. change D. rush

11.A. professor     B. eye          C. knowledge       D. light

12.A. model       B. senses         C. spirit          D. methods

13.A. hear         B. make         C. present        D. refuse

14.A. suggesting    B. beginning      C. pretending      D. waiting

15.A. believed      B. doubted       C. proved         D. explained

16.A. growth        B. strength      C. faith            D. truth

17.A .firm          B. interesting      C. wrong           D. acceptable

18.A. task          B. tool         C. success          D. connection

19.A. cruel         B. proud       C. frightened       D. brave

20.A. dropped       B. started      C. passed           D .missed

On their wedding day, a young farmer decided to give his wife a present.The present was a mirror,and it made his wife very   26   because she had never seen herself before    27   in the waters of a pond or stream. When she looked in the mirror and saw her lovely   28  , the young woman laughed with   29  .The farmer was joyful, too. He knew he was lucky to have such a beautiful   30  .

After a few years,the young wife gave birth to a baby girl. But the birth was  31  and the young woman died. The farmer felt   32  sad that he put all his wife’s things   33   in in a box, including her   34   mirror.

The mirror   35   in the box for many years.

The daughter   36  , and with each year she  37  more and more like her mother. One day, her father took her to a quiet garden and   38  her about her mother and the mirror she so loved. The girl was so __39__ what her father said that she could not control (控制) herself. She took out her mother’s old things and __40_the mirror. She  41  the mirror in front of her face and looked   42  into it:“Father,father,come here,”she  43  ,“It’s mother. Her face is in the mirror.”

The face in the mirror is the girl’s face,   44  her father didn’t say a word.

He could not  45  . Tears were streaming down his face.

1.A. concerned      B. proud         C. happy       D. anxious　　

2.A. near          B. except         C. between      D. from　　

3.A. picture           B. face           C. hands         D. legs　　

4.A. kindness      B. excitement      C.joy           D. sadness　

5.A. decision      B. present         C. mirror       D.wife　　

6.A. difficult     B. long           C. wonder        D. usual　

7.A. very          B. so             C. rather        D. such　　

8.A.up            B. away            C. down        D. off　　

9.A. favourite      B. new      C. strange       D. broken　　

10.A. put           B. held         C. lay            D. kept　

11.A. thought           B. studied      C. worked         D. grew　　

12.A. acted         B. looked        C. laughed       D. sounded　　

13.A.told           B. asked          C. begged      D. persuaded　　

14.A.amazed at      B. frightened by       C. tired of      D.interested in　

15.A. felt             B. found        C. cleaned     D. watched　　

16.A. lifted         B. tried           C. dropped     D. shook　

17.A. carelessly     B.clearly          C. slowly      D. carefully

18.A. answered      B. cried               C. asked      D. smiled　

19.A. but              B. and              C. as          D. since　　

20.A. sit            B.believe         C. speak       D. stand　

On the tip of a tree which had lost all its other leaves，two still remained hanging from one branch：Ole and Trufa．For some reason unknown to them，Ole and Trufa had __1__ all the rains and winds．But Ole and Trufa believed the answer __2__ in the great love they bore one another．One leaf can do __3__ for another when the wind blows，the rain pours．__4__，Ole encouraged Trufa at every opportunity．

At times during cold and stormy nights，Ole would __5__：“My time has come，Trufa，but you hang on!”

“What for?” Trufa asked．“Without you，my life is __6__．If you fall，I’ll fan with you．”

One day just as Trufa spoke these words，what they two had __7__ all these months happened--a wind came up and tore Ole __8__ from the branch．Soon Ole disappeared from sight and Trufa was left all alone on the tree．

As long as it was still day，Trufa managed somehow to __9__ her sorrow．But when it grew dark and cold，she __10__ despair．Somehow she felt that the blame for all the leafy __11__ was laid on the tree．Leaves fell，but the trunk stood tall，and _12__ rooted in the wood．No wind，or rain could __13__ it．

One night，Trufa dozed off．The next morning，to her __14__，she found that she was no longer __15__ on the tree．The wind had blown her down while she was asleep．She __16__ now that she wasn't just a leaf that __17__ the wind，but that she was __18__ of the universe．

Next to her lay Ole，and they __19__ each other with a love they hadn't been aware of before．This wasn't a love that depended on chance，but a love as powerful and __20__ as the universe itself．

1．A．suffered                B．survived               C．escaped                 D．avoided

2．A．resulted                 B．brought                C．lay                      D．came

3．A．little                      B．much                   C．favor                     D．few

4．A．But                       B．Still                     C．Though                  D．Otherwise

5．A．complain               B．say                      C．request                  D．announce

6．A．regretful                B．senseless              C．different                 D．happy

7．A．expected                B．intended               C．feared                    D．imagined

8．A．open                     B．active                  C．loose                     D．alive

9．A．appreciate              B．win                     C．afford                    D．bear

10．A．stepped into         B．caught in              C．took in                   D．sank into

11．A．fortunes               B．changes               C．misfortunes            D．chances

12．A．firmly                  B．slightly                 C．deeply                    D．tightly

13．A．upset                   B．blow                    C．touch                     D．make

14．A．delight                 B．amazement           C．disappointment       D．satisfaction

15．A．hanging               B．staying                 C．leaving                   D．sticking

16．A．thought                B．remembered           C．considered             D．knew

17．A．decided on           B．held on                C．concentrated on      D．depended on

18．A．some                   B．any                      C．part                       D．one

19．A．presented             B．treated                 C．provided                D．greeted

20．A．pure                    B．brief                    C．permanent              D．free

On a cold December morning, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were  1  warmly and equipped with the video we had been dying to watch. I was feeling a little  2 , as I was carrying our shopping, bags of snacks and the video.

They were so heavy that I decided to  3  some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can (垃圾箱)when I  4  a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag  5  his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started  6  it.

I suddenly felt very guilty (内疚). I knew this man would take  7   he could get, so I walked up to him and  8  the drink and some snacks over to him. The man, __9  lines on his face and wrinkles (皱纹)on his forehead, looked up in  10  and took what I gave him.

A huge smile spread across his face and this  11 _me to feel indescribable (难以描述的)_ 12 . I felt like I couldn’t be  13  with myself, but then he said: “Wow, first someone gives me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some  14  food; this is my daughter’s lucky day!”

He thanked me  15  and started off on his bike. I even heard him whistling a song as he  16 away. I now  17  what is meant by the saying “giving is getting”. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can  18  help and everyone will be helped by showing  19 .

The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind wheneverI have the  20  to do something nice.

1. A. worn                    B. having                 C. dressing            D. dressed

2. A. excited                 B. puzzled                     C. tired                  D. satisfied

3. A. pick out                B. eat up                       C. put down          D. throw away

4. A. heard                   B. noticed                     C. helped              D. watched

5. A. with                  B. by                           C. out of            D. at

6. A. living through     B. looking through         C. staring at           D. searching for

7. A. all what                B. that                        C. all               D. which

8. A. turned                  B. sold                       C. handed           D. took

9. A. over                            B. because                    C. about                      D. with

10. A. surprise                     B. terror                       C. fear               D. excitement

11. A. left             B. affected                    C. made             D. caused

12. A. disappointment    B. shame                      C. satisfaction        D. victory

13. A. sadder                B. angrier                            C. happier              D. crazier

14. A. cheap                 B. tasty                        C. junk                  D. useful

15. A. happily            B. critically                   C. patiently            D. curiously

16. A. walked         B. rode              C. ran           D. died

17. A. remember           B. understand                C. appreciate          D. recognize

18. A. require                B. receive                     C. recommend              D. offer  

19. A. kindness             B. violence                    C. fantasy              D. preference

20. A. chance               B. desire                       C. purpose             D. feeling