I ran across an old photo of him the other day, thinking of some old things. He’s been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.

1_____ was his favorite recreation(娱乐). He had so much 2_____ in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 3_____ him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you 4 _____ throw one in.

That 5 ____ me of that night, 6_____ he brought back a small box that he found somewhere--- how 7_____ nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 8_____ easily have been half  a race. The box wasn’t a god one. It was just a 9______ old piece that somebody 10______. Still it was something he wanted, probably 11_____ there was some difficulty in transportation（运输）. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we 12 _____ him trying to get the box up onto the porch(门 厅). It sounded 13_____ two or three people were trying to tear the house 14 _____. We came downstairs and turned on the 15_____ light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 16_____somehow. And he was just holding his own(坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 17_____ dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a 18____ place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token(象征)of his strength in such matters. 19____, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 20_____ of his skill.

1.A.Fighting         B. Swimming       C. Barking         D. Running

2.A.fun             B. trouble           C. danger         D. difficulty

3.A.stop            B. make             C. get            D. have

4.A.will             B. do               C. did            D. would

5.A.reminds          B. warns           C. tells            D. suggests

6.A.which           B. while            C. as             D. when

7.A.Far             B. long             C. old            D. heavy

8.A.could           B. can             C. should          D. would

9.A.priceless        B. worthless         C. valuable         D. important

10.A.kept           B. forgot           C. deserted（遗弃） D. remained

11.A.because        B. only if          C. even if           D. in case

12.A.saw           B. heard           C. watched          D. caught

13.A.like           B. that             C. as if             D. at least

14.A.up            B. in              C. away             D. down

15.A.hall           B. kitchen           C. bedroom         D. porch

16.A.rolled         B. stopped           C. caught           D. broken

17.A. at           B. before             C. till              D. during

18.A.distant        B. nearby            C. silent            D. busy

19.A.In all          B. As a result        C. At last           D. After all

A.proud         B. tired             C. ashamed          D. doubtful

 It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)from a(n) ___1___ injury. I had ___2___ whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, ___3___ for the 3,000-meter run.

“Ready … set …” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed ___4___ me. I felt ___5___ as I fell farther and farther behind.

“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest ___6___ I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps (圈) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. “Maybe I should ___7___,” I thought as I moved on. ___8___, I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran ___9___ and decided not to ___10___ in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it, ___11___ my foot did heal.

 When I finished, I heard a cheer— ___12___ than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and ___13___, the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.” I was leaving ___14___ several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.

“Courage? I just ___15___ a race!” I thought. “I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?”

Suddenly I regained ___16___. I decided to ___17___ track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always ___18___ in medals and victories, but in the ___19___ we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, ___20___ the people who don’t give up when they lose.

1. A. slighter  B. worse     C. earlier    D. heavier

2. A. expected      B. supposed    C. imagined   D. doubted

3. A. late    B. eager   C. ready     D. thirsty

4. A. from behind   B. ahead of  C. next to   D. close to

5. A. ashamed B. astonished  C. excited D. frightened

6. A. cheer     B. shout  C. cry    D. noise

7. A. slow down     B. drop out    C. go on  D. speed up

8. A. Therefore   B. Otherwise   C. Besides   D. However

9. A. with delight    B. with fear  C. in pain    D. in advance

10. A. play     B. arrive   C. race  D. attend

11. A. even if   B. only if  C. unless   D. until

12. A. weaker     B. longer      C. lower  D. louder

13. A. well enough     B. sure enough   

   C. surprisingly enough   D. strangely enough

14. A. while       B. when    C. as     D. since

15. A. finished   B. won    C. passed      D. lost

16. A. cheer   B. hope   C. interest   D. experience

17. A. hold on   B. turn to   C. begin with    D. stick with

18. A. measured   B. praised   C. tested  D. increased

19. A. sadness     B. struggles    C. diseases   D. tiredness

20. A. or     B. nor    C. and     D. but

When I was 11, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. In the end, I became so angry that I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.” I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Dad. He refused to take it.” That’s just for you,” he said.
“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
【小题1】What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint? 

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、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One summer morning, I was walking in the street when I ran into a stranger passing by , “I’m  36  !” was my reply, Then he said,“Excuse me, too, I even didn’t notice you.” We were very  37  , this stranger and I. Then we went on our   38   after saying good-bye.
But at home,  39  story is told. How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen,  40  I cooked our meal, my daughter walked up to me, very still. When I turned round, I nearly  41  her down. “Get out of the   42  !” I shouted with a frown. She stepped away  43  , with her little heart broken. I didn’t realize how rudely I had spoken.
That night, when I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice spoke to me and said, “While 
44   with a stranger, you are    45   and polite, but with those you love, you are quick to get   46  ---- Go and look around the   47  floor, you will find some flowers she brought for you. She   48  them herself --- pink, yellow, and your favourite blue. She stood there quietly , and you   49   saw the tears in her eyes.”
By this time my   50   had begun to fall. I quietly went and knelt by her bed, “  51 ， my dear, ” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked for me ?” She smiled , “  
52   them in a napkin（纸巾）just for you. I knew you’d like them, especially the   53
.” I said , “ I’m so sorry that I  54  them today ---- And I  55   have shouted at you that way.”
36. A.angry         B.sorry        C.excited         D.surprised
37. A.calm          B.happy        C.polite          D.careful
38. A.road          B.talk         C.argument        D.way
39. A.a different     B.the same    C.a surprising    D.a moving
40. A.after          B.as           C.before          D.if
41. A.put           B.turned       C.knocked         D.threw
42. A.way           B.line         C.place           D.road
43. A.hurriedly     B.silently       C.angrily         D.excitedly
44. A.going         B.fighting      C.talking         D.meeting
45. A.excited       B.calm         C.quiet           D.pleased
46. A.moved         B.angry        C.puzzled         D.surprised
47. A.bedroom       B.dining room  C.sitting room    D.kitchen
48. A.bought        B.picked       C.stole           D.made
49. A.almost        B.hardly       C.never           D.even
50. A.hair          B.flowers      C.tears           D.daughter
51. A.Get up        B.Stand up     C.Wake up         D.Sit up
52. A.put           B.wrapped      C.tied            D.found
53. A.red           B.pink         C.blue            D.yellow
54. A.destroyed     B.forgot       C.noticed         D.missed
55. A.shouldn’t    B.couldn’t      C.mustn’t        D.needn’t

Suddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in that dark tunnel(隧道).

We waited. We expected the lights to come on again soon. But nothing happened. Then I began to smell something. Yes, I could smell smoke. So I asked myself, “Is this train on fire?” People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!” they cried.

Then the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames appearing. “If something does not happen soon,” I said to myself, “I will be burnt alive!”

But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. I thought, “No one can save me from certain death but God. Only God can make a way for any of us to escape death in this train.”

Before the flames reached me, I found the open door and I climbed out of the train into the dark tunnel. Then as quickly as I could, I ran from the burning train down the tunnel. Now as I ran I could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for help. I knew I could do nothing to help them, so I ran on.

Then for two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel. At last I saw a light in the distance. I asked myself “Why did God enable me to escape death?” I decided, “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help other people experience what He could do for them.”

What caused the woman next to me to fall?

A. The fire.           

B. Fear.           

C. The smoke.      

D. Anxiety.

The passengers failed to escape because ________.

   A. they didn’t find the way out

   B. they were too frightened to move

   C. the fire and smoke were too much

   D. too many people were in their way

What would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from the tunnel?

   A. Going home.                      

B. Blaming himself.

   C. Calling reporters.                   

D. Returning to help.

Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?

I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” Then I heard a noise. It was like a door opening. It was on my right hand side. So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from.

   A. Between Paragraph 2 and 3.           

B. Between Paragraph 3 and 4.

   C. Between Paragraph 4 and 5.           

D. Between Paragraph 5 and 6.