A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful   1 , and knowing her husband could   2  it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the   3 , her husband told her how   4  he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He   5  her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and   6  a Bible.

  7 , she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so   8  that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very   9  in business. She owned two large companies. She   10  her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to   11  him. But before she could, she   12  a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and   13  things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness   14  her heart. She saw the still new

  15 , just as she had left it years before. With   16 , she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring   17  from the Bible to the floor and a  18  could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LUV U ALWAYS”.

  19  your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the   20 .

1.                A．watch          B．ring            C．coat D．box

2.                A．afford          B．like            C．design    D．guess

3.                A．holiday         B．performance     C．birthday  D．meeting

4.                A．proud          B．kind           C．sorry D．brave

5.                A．lent           B．asked          C．gave D．moved

6.                A．carried         B．found          C．missed   D．held

7.                A．Politely         B．Lightly          C．Patiently  D．Angrily

8.                A．calm           B．upset          C．grateful   D．careless

9.                A．failing          B．lonely          C．successful D．poor

10.               A．wondered      B．hoped         C．realized   D．explained

11.               A．visit           B．understand      C．catch D．help

12.               A．passed         B．wrote          C．sent  D．received

13.               A．take care of     B．pay for         C．look for   D．give away

14.               A．covered        B．broke          C．left   D．filled

15.               A．car            B．Bible           C．letter D．table

16.               A．smiles          B．laughter        C．tears D．interests

17.               A．hid            B．dropped        C．disappeared    D．made

18.               A．book          B．pen           C．flower D．card

19.               A．If             B．But            C．Although  D．So

20.               A．hand          B．eye            C．face  D．heart

B

The first time I saw Carlos I would never have believed he was going to change my life. I had my arms full of books and I was tearing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. It was Carlos.

“My, you’re tall,” he said.

Of course, the class began to laugh. Angry, I walked to my seat without a word.

I glanced back to see if Reed Harrington was laughing with the rest. That would be the last straw. But Reed was studying chemistry and did not seem to be aware of anything else. I didn’t know why I considered Reed my friend. Maybe just because he was a good two inches taller than I. Anyway, every time I blew out my birthday candles and made a wish, it was for a date with Reed Harrington. “Take that seat,” Mr. McCarthy told the proud newcomer Carlos, pointing to the only empty one, in the back of the room.

Carlos smiled broadly.“But I need a couple of dictionaries.” Again the class laughed, but now they were laughing with Carlos, not at him. He had been here only 10 minutes and already he had them on his side.

It was the school elections that made me think of Carlos again. Reed Harrington was voted president and Carlos vice?president.“How come?” I kept asking myself.“How come this shrimp(虾) who’s only been in town for a little over a month gets to be so popular.”

So on that morning, I stopped Carlos and said,“It doesn’t seem to bother you—being short.” He looked up at me.“Of course I mind being short. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. When I realized I was going to have to spend my life in this undersized skin, I just decided to make the best of it and concentrate on being myself.”“You seem to get along great,” I admitted.“But what about me? Nobody wants to date a girl taller than he is.”“The trouble with you is you’re afraid to be yourself. You’re smart. And you could be pretty. In fact, you might be more than pretty.” I felt myself turning red...

55.It’s a story about______.

A.a tall boy and a short girl      B.a short boy and a tall girl

C.a tall boy and a tall girl        D.a short boy and a short girl

56.From the story, we can see the boy Carlos is______.

A.handsome and humorous       B.humorous and confident

C.handsome and popular         D.honest and popular

57.The underlined sentence “That would be the last straw” suggests that the writer______.

A.cared much about Reed’s attitude

B.thought Reed was different from the rest

C.couldn’t stand Carlos making fun of her

D.hoped Reed was unaware of the event

58.According to the passage, what happened in the end?

A.Carlos and the author hurt each other.

B.Reed and the author fell into love with each other.

C.The author changed attitude and turned to be confident.

D.Carlos was finally elected president of student committee.

 “Sixteen,” I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper, asked that day, but I will never forget my   36  . As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started  37  . I felt like the   38  person in the world..

Mrs. Cooper fixed them with a firm look. Then she said: “We’re all here to  39 .”

Once Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a  40 about what we hoped to do in the future. I wrote: “I want to be a  41 like Mrs. Cooper.

She wrote on my report, “You would  42  an outstanding teacher  43  you are determined and you try hard.” I was to carry those  44  in my heart for the 27 years.

After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children.

We needed every penny just to  45 . College and teaching were out of the question.

Then one day I thought of my  46  of how I wanted to help children. I talked it over with my family and  47  to attend college classes in the  48 before work. And when I got home from work, I would  49 . Finally, after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher.

Not long after I started  50 , something happened that brought the  51  rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and  52 the mistakes.

One girl got halfway through, became  53  and stopped. As the other children laughed, 54  rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to have a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed  55  of the class with a firm look. “We are all here to learn,” I said.

1.                A．question        B．answer         C．result    D．reaction

2.                A．talking         B．shouting        C．discussing D．laughing

3.                A．stupidest       B．happiest        C．least amusing  D．most important

4.                A．work           B．learn           C．play D．watch

5.                A．letter          B．song           C．report    D．story

6.                A．teacher        B．friend          C．reporter  D．parent

7.                A．develop        B．change         C．return    D．make

8.                A．because        B．unless          C．until D．before

9.                A．reports         B．words          C．teachers  D．classmates

10.               A．get by          B．get past        C．go by D．go ahead

11.               A．plan           B．work           C．dream D．idea

12.               A．supposed       B．promised       C．decided   D．agreed

13.               A．evenings       B．mornings       C．afternoons D．nights

14.               A．sleep          B．study          C．rest D．play

15.               A．studying        B．writing         C．thinking   D．teaching

16.               A．teacher        B．life            C．past  D．feeling

17.               A．correct         B．prove          C．check D．read

18.               A．mad           B．excited         C．confused  D．confident

19.               A．water          B．tears           C．seat  D．smiles

20.               A．half           B．most           C．the whole  D．the rest

Recently, I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive, the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight  1   before setting down. High desert winds had   2   the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be   3   the city for a few minutes waiting to  4   . We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened   5   there might be a few bumps（颠簸）. Well, that few minutes turned into about four-five minutes, including a ride that would make a roller coaster（过山车）6  by comparison. The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt   7   and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess, that’s not a good thing to have happen in a（n）   8    space because it only  9   to increase the discomfort of the situation.

About twenty minutes into the adventure, the entire airplane became very   10  . There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be  11   noticed. Every passenger simply held on for dear life …except one. A 12   was having a good time! With each bump of the   13  , he would let out a giggle（咯咯的笑）of delight. As I observed this, I   14    that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his    15  . He neither thought about the past nor about the future. Those are what we grown-ups have learned from   16   . He was   17   the ride because had not yet been taught to fear it. Having understood this, I took a deep breath and  18  back into my seat, pretending I was   19   on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even   20    to giggle once or twice, much to the chagrin（懊恼）of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.

1．A．mistake                B．delay                  C．change                        D．wind

2．A．forced                 B．warned               C．swept                  D．reminded

3．A．watching              B．visiting                 C．circling                  D．crossing

4．A．arrive                  B．enter                 C．stop                    D．land

5．A．if                     B．though                C．because                 D．while

6．A．light                   B．pale                  C．easy                          D．quick

7．A．sick                   B．nervous               C．angry                         D．afraid

8．A．empty               B．narrow                C．secret                   D．open

9．A．happens               B．continues              C．fails                    D．serves

10．A．quiet                B．hot                   C．dirty                    D．crowded

11．A．partly               B．gradually             C．shortly                D．clearly

12．A．pilot               B．baby               C．guard                  D．man

13．A．seats               B．passengers          C．flight                  D．airplane

14．A．realized              B．hoped               C．agreed                 D．insisted

15．A．health                B．safety             C．joy                   D．future

16．A．teachers           B．books              C．experience            D．practice

17．A．learning               B．taking                 C．missing             D．enjoying

18．A．sat                   B．lay                 C．went            D．rode

19．A．nearly                B．finally                 C．really              D．suddenly

20．A．attempted             B．managed             C．wanted              D．decided