To celebrate the end of our exams, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant. We 1 hamburgers and Coca Colar at the counter. When our 2 came, I started walking towards an empty table.  By  bad luck, my purse strap(带子) got 3 on a chair and the tray(托盘that I was holding slipped 4 my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, 5 on a man who was just about to 6 a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly 7, as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.
Then I 8 my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of 9. Instead, he said “It’s OK” to 10 me before he disappeared into washroom.
Still shaky and unsure 11 to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look 12 . A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and 13 our table. My heart almost stopped 14. I though he was going to ask for my father’s 15 and call him.
To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “16 yourself new hamburgers.” He then wa lked 17 without even finishing his food. He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, 18 he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still 19 in this world. I’ll never 20 his actions.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      ordered
   2. B.
      made
   3. C.
      arranged
   4. D.
      demanded
2. 2.
   1. A.
      food
   2. B.
      turn
   3. C.
      bill
   4. D.
      menu
3. 3.
   1. A.
      fixed
   2. B.
      caught
   3. C.
      cut
   4. D.
      tied
4. 4.
   1. A.
      by
   2. B.
      in
   3. C.
      from
   4. D.
      out
5. 5.
   1. A.
      knocked
   2. B.
      fell
   3. C.
      stood
   4. D.
      hung
6. 6.
   1. A.
      take
   2. B.
      taste
   3. C.
      swallow
   4. D.
      chew
7. 7.
   1. A.
      discouraged
   2. B.
      disappointed
   3. C.
      shocked
   4. D.
      annoyed
8. 8.
   1. A.
      rolled
   2. B.
      rubbed
   3. C.
      narrowed
   4. D.
      closed
9. 9.
   1. A.
      bitterness
   2. B.
      anxiety
   3. C.
      anger
   4. D.
      sorrow
10. 10.
    1. A.
       satisfy
    2. B.
       comfort
    3. C.
       encourage
    4. D.
       praise
11. 11.
    1. A.
       how
    2. B.
       who
    3. C.
       what
    4. D.
       when
12. 12.
    1. A.
       mild
    2. B.
       honest
    3. C.
       calm
    4. D.
       modest
13. 13.
    1. A.
       pushed
    2. B.
       approached
    3. C.
       drew
    4. D.
       laid
14. 14.
    1. A.
       beating
    2. B.
       breaking
    3. C.
       sinking
    4. D.
       trembling
15. 15.
    1. A.
       help
    2. B.
       position
    3. C.
       number
    4. D.
       job
16. 16.
    1. A.
       Prepare
    2. B.
       Buy
    3. C.
       Find
    4. D.
       Cook
17. 17.
    1. A.
       on
    2. B.
       around
    3. C.
       up
    4. D.
       away
18. 18.
    1. A.
       so
    2. B.
       since
    3. C.
       although
    4. D.
       but
19. 19.
    1. A.
       kindness
    2. B.
       happiness
    3. C.
       politeness
    4. D.
       brightness
20. 20.
    1. A.
       forget
    2. B.
       refuse
    3. C.
       oppose
    4. D.
       ignore

【小题1】The theatre has very good access for the      (残疾人)
【小题2】Mary is an old lady of great          ( 尊贵 )
【小题3】The Olympic m      is “Swifter , Higher , Stronger .
【小题4】She went on holiday alone ---- she’s very i       .
【小题5】She took a year’s leave of a       from her job .
【小题6】He g       from high school and went to college last year.
【小题7】My father has          ( 辞职 ) as Minster of Education.
【小题8】You need a health          ( 证明 ) if you want this job.
【小题9】The youth should have great a      .
【小题10】Fresh air is b      to one’s health.
【小题11】She lost everything she owned as a direct ________________(后果).
【小题12】It will take a lot of energy to get them ________________(支持)this policy.

It was shortly before midnight, and Dr Patricia was getting ready for bed. The phone rang on the end of the line was a woman about to break a promise.
The woman was her mother’s neighbor. Flora Harris had made the neighbor swear she wouldn’t tell her daughter she’d had a heart attack and was in the hospital, for fear her daughter would worry. The neighbor wisely decided to disobey orders.
Harris desperately wanted to get to the hospital immediately, but she couldn’t. She lives in Washington, D. C, and her mother lives in California.
For the past year a half, Harris has gone to Los Angeles every other month to take care of her mother. Flora Harris takes care of her husband, James, who’s 91 and has Alzheimer’s disease. They live in their own home, and a caregiver comes to help them a few hours a day.
Harris is one of many Americans facing the heartache of how to take care of aging parents from afar. She’s often worried, not to mention exrtemely busy with a demanding job, two teenage daughters and the frequent trips to California.
In some ways, Harris is lucky. She has the resources to make the trips to Los Angeles. Plus, Harris is a doctor who treats the elderly.
“But it’s still tough,” she says. “I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like, and it’s not a pretty picture. My father’s going to need diapers (尿布). There will come a time when he won’t recognize me and he’s easily excited. I worry he’s going to be violent and hurt my mother.”
So what do you do when you live a continent away from your aging, sick parents? There are no magic answers. You can hire someone to help, but you can’t oursource it completely.
【小题1】Why was the woman thought to have broken a promise?

It was New Year’s Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he cast them on the earth, where few more hopeless people than himself now moved towards their certain goal --- the tomb. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.
The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads --- one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and filled with soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled.
He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, “O youth, return! O my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I’ll choose the better way!” But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.
He saw the lights flowing away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall down from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself. His regret, which was like a sharp arrow, struck deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, who entered on life together with him. But they had made their way to success and were now honored and happy on this New Year’s Night.
The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents’ early love for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. With shame and grief he dared no longer look towards that heaven where his father lived. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry: “Come back, my early days! Come back!”
And his youth did return, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year’s Night. He was still young though his faults were real; he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which leads to the peaceful and sunny land.
Those who still wander on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain: “O youth, return! Oh give me back my early days!”
【小题1】We can learn from the passage that ____.