On my first visit to India with my husband, we met a really nice woman named Uma on the plane. Talking with her made the long flight      much faster.

     When we arrived. we learned that our bags had      not made the trip with our plane. As we were filling out the      luggage forms, we couldn't help noticing the mountain of unclaimed baggage in a corner. Would we      see our belongings again? This was not a good beginning of our 6-week trip.

       It was now 4 am Saturday morning. The officials had told us there was no      in checking to see if our bags had arrived until Monday. What should we do next?      we  stood there wondering, Uma came over. Learning of our      , she said. "Our driver will soon be here to      me up. Come home with me."

     We entered the steamy early      scene outside. Lots of people were waiting for their loved ones. calling their names and     them into warm hugs as they reconnected.      minutes, Uma said, "There's our car!" We piled into the small car, already      with family members who had come to       Uma home.      

      At the house, Uma's family took us in       we had known one another for a long time. They fed us delicious Indian meals, took us on       of their city and brought us to their favorite temples. On      morning. their driver brought us to the airport, where we were happy to find our bags,       and sound.

      What a gift Uma's       was! In my very first moments on Indian soil. I learned an unforgettable lesson about the warm, generous       of the Indian people. Uma had begun achain reaction that we did our best to      on wherever we went.

1.A. go ahead        B. go by            C. go up              D. go through

2.A. anyhow         B. somehow         C. anyway            D. however

3.A. missing         B. losing            C. gone              D. stolen

4.A. seldom         B. forever           C. even              D. ever

5.A. trouble         B. problem          C. point             D. use

6.A. Before         B. After             C. As               D. Since

7.A. situation        B. condition       C. suggestion         D. conclusion

8.A. call            B. pick           C. get               D. bring

9.A. morning        B. afternoon       C. night             D. evening

10.A. putting         B. turning         C. collecting         D. gathering

11.A. For            B. By            C. Within            D. During

12.A. covered        B. crowded        C. compared         D. charged

13.A. see            B. bring          C. send              D. welcome

14.A. even though     B. as if           C. in case           D. now that

15.A. tours          B. journeys        C. voyages          D. travels

16.A. Friday        B. Saturday         C. Monday         D. Sunday

17.A. quiet          B. good           C. heavy           D. safe

18.A. kindness       B. politeness       C. bravery          D. carefulness

19.A. action         B. spirit           C. state             D. deed

20.A. depend        B. put             C. pass             D. turn

If you happen to find “On the Road” at a gas station or “Who Moved My Cheese?” in your grocery store, it might not be and accident. You could be the unwitting beneficiary of a “bookcrosser”---- a person who on purpose leaves books in public places hoping they’ll be found by strangers.

The idea o leaving a book for someone else to find and enjoy is not new ---- some people have been leaving just-finished books in airports and on buses since the dawn of the hurry-up-and-wait. Creating a system for book-leavers to find out what happened to those books adds a new way to the practice. Bokcrossing.com, the website that encourages books to be “released into the wild”, has more than 18,000 members since its start last year, and averages 112 new participants daily.

Its members have scattered(分发) more than 42,000 novels, self-help books, memoirs, technical manuals and biographies in 45 countries, leaving them in public restrooms, movie theatres, coffee studios or anywhere that they can imagine. The result: a worldwide living library.

Peri Doslu, a California yoga instructor, has dropped three--- one on top of a telephone booth, one on a rock wall at remote Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, and another in one of the studios where she teaches.

“I’m always looking for paces to pass on books,” said Doslu. “To think my book’s going to go off and have this future, and I might even get to know a little bit about it down the road.”

1.If you are an unwitting beneficiary of a bookcrosser, that means_____.

2. Bookcrossers are the people who ____.

3. A bookcrosser may not leave books in _____.

4. Which of the following about Doslu is true?

Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, “Mom, I can’t peel potatoes. I have only one hand.”

Mom never looked up from sewing. “You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes,” she told me. “And don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.

That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her “we’ll see about that” look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.

“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow(肘子). Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached. I’ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.

One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room. “Mom,” I said, weeping, “none of the boys would dance with me.”

For a long time, I didn’t hear anything. Then she said, “Oh, honey, someday you’ll be beating those boys off with a bat.” Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf（为了我）. She had never let me see her tears.

16. Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom’s   attitude when she made the child to peel potatoes?

A. Cruel.             B. Serious.             C. Strict.                   D. Cold.

17. What does the word “that” in paragraph 2 refer to?

 A. complaining  

 B. sewing

 C. “I” have only one hand

 D. to peel the potatoes

18. What does the sentence “I saw her ‘we’ll see about that’ look” imply?

A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.

B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult at all.

C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.

D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.

19. When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open  because ______.

A. they felt sorry for what they had done before

B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt

C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars

D. they were surprised to find the author’s progress

20. The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ______.

A. the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep

B. the child’s experience reminded Mom of that of her own

C. Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

D. in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child’s growth

On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three,   1my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it  2over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down,   3to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of  4with lots of unexpected challenges( 挑战). We went from the "haves" to the “have-nots". Or so we thought.

5what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of   6difficulties. We came to learn that something  7could happen in a disaster . All over the world people   8Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a  9center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of  10had been received and sorted.

      As   11, we opened letter after letter. They gave us   12and became a source of strength for us. We used them to  13ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a  14, or to the "Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or  15in bed living happily and  16.

      These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so   17we offer one of them to you.

Dear Chris,

      My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your  18accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this   19challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you   20.

Yours Sincerely,

Nancy Reagan

1.A.since               B. before           C. when                 D. while

2.A. walked             B. climbed         C. pulled               D. jumped

3.A. able              B. unable               C. suitable             D. unsuitable

4.A. disability             B. possession           C. convenience          D. experience

5.A. So                 B. For                  C. Or                   D. Yet

6.A. sharing           B. separating           C. fearing              D. exploiting

7.A. terrible          B. similar              C. wonderful            D. practical

8.A. wrote for         B. cared for            C. hoped for            D. sent for

9.A. medical            B. postal               C. experimental         D. mental

10.A. news              B. paper           C. equipment            D. mail

11.A. patients              B. a family             C. nurses               D. a group

12.A. effect                B. effort               C. comfort              D. explanation

13.A. encourage        B. express              C. control              D. treat

14.A. cry              B. laugh                C. chat                 D. sigh

15.A. much             B. never                C. even                 D. seldom

16.A. bitterly              B. fairly               C. weakly               D. successfully

17.A. here             B. there                C. therefore            D. forward

18.A. driving          B. flying               C. running              D. riding

19.A. technical             B. different            C. difficult           D. valuable

20.A. nearby           B. close                C. busy            D. alive

On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three,   1   my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it   2   over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down,   3   to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of   4   with lots of unexpected challenges (挑战). We went from the "haves" to the “have-nots". Or so we thought.

      5   what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of   6   difficulties. We came to learn that something   7   could happen in a disaster . All over the world people   8  Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a   9   center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of   10   had been received and sorted.

     As   11  , we opened letter after letter. They gave us   12   and became a source of strength for us. We used them to   13   ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a   14  , or to the "Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or   15   in bed living happily and   16  .

These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so   17   we offer one of them to you.

Dear Chris,

    My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your   18   accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this   19   challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you   20  .

Yours Sincerely,

Nancy Reagan

1. A. since         B. before               C. when             D. while

2. A. walked            B. climbed          C. pulled               D. jumped

3. A. able              B. unable               C. suitable         D. unsuitable

4. A. disability            B. possession           C. convenience      D. experience

5. A. So                B. For              C. Or               D. Yet

6. A. sharing           B. separating           C. fearing              D. exploiting

7. A. terrible          B. similar              C. wonderful            D. practical

8. A. wrote for         B. cared for            C. hoped for            D. sent for

9. A. medical           B. postal               C. experimental     D. mental

10.A. news          B. paper                C. equipment            D. mail

11. A. patients         B. a family         C. nurses               D. a group

12. A. effect           B. effort               C. comfort          D. explanation

13. A. encourage        B. express          C. control              D. treat

14. A. cry              B. laugh                C. chat             D. sigh

15. A. much         B. never                C. even             D. seldom

16. A. bitterly         B. fairly               C. weakly           D. successfully

17. A. here         B. there                C. therefore            D. forward

18. A. driving          B. flying               C. running          D. riding

19. A. technical        B. different            C. difficult            D. valuable

20. A. nearby                B. close                        C. busy                        D. alive