阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
The subway train moved back and forth, its wheels producing more loud sounds than ever against the tracks. Outside the window was just the  21  cold of winter. The carriage was filled with frozen self-centered, bored  22 .
Suddenly a little boy  23  his way in between grown-up legs.  24  his father stayed by the door, the boy sat next to the window, surrounded by  25 , half-awake adults. What a brave child, I thought. As the train entered a tunnel (隧洞), something totally  26  happened. The little boy slid down from his seat and put his  27  on my knee. For a moment, I thought that he wanted to go  28  me and returned to his father, so I moved a bit. But instead of moving on, the boy held his  29  up towards me. He wanted to tell me something, I thought. I  30  to listen to what he had to say. Wrong  31 ! He kissed me softly on the cheek.
Then he returned to his  32 , settled down and cheerfully started looking out of the window. But I was  33. What happened? A kid kissing an unknown grown-up on the train? To my amazement, the kid  34  to kiss all my neighbors. 
Nervous and puzzled, we looked questioningly at his father. “He’s so happy to be  35 .” the father said. “He’s been very sick.”
The train stopped and the father and son got down and  36  into the crowd. The doors closed. On my cheek I could still  37  the child’s kiss -- a kiss that had caused  38  soul-searching. How many grown-ups go around kissing each other  39  the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege of living? What would happen  40  we all just started being ourselves?
The little boy has given us a sweet but serious lesson: Don’t let yourself die before your heart stops!

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was in middle school, I was one of the smaller players on the basketball team. In our first game of the season, we were   31  to face a good team, all of whom were tall guys. Naturally, at my   32 , it would have been easy to be   33  by our competitors.
On game day, my basketball coach called me over to him. He was a strong and tough coach, and in his   34  rough manner said, “Joel, you’re not that   35 , but let me tell you that size doesn’t matter. Don’t be afraid. What   36  is right down in here.” He pointed his finger at his  37  as he continued, “Joel, you’ve got a big heart, and you’re to   38  it this year.”
When I heard the coach’s   39  , I stood taller than usual! I thought to myself: The coach believes in me! My confidence   40  and I played better that year than I’d ever done before.
It’s   41  what we can achieve when we know somebody really believes in us. That coach took a little time to make a big   42   . He took time to make me confident in myself. If we’re going to   43  the best in people, we need to sow seeds of   44  .
As the saying goes, “Love looks for a way of being constructive.”   45  , love looks for ways to help improve somebody else’s life.
When people are   46  us, they should leave better off than they were before. People should feel   47  and inspired after spending any time with you and me  48  feeling discouraged or defeated.
Remember, there’s   49  greater investment（投资）in life than in being a people builder. Relationships   50  much more to us than our achievements.
【小题1】

Charles R. Drew was a medical student at Columbia University in New York. Before he graduated, he wrote an article __36___ blood bank, that is, the storing of blood. Up till then, a lot of people had died from loss of blood __37___ there was no blood bank.
When the United States entered the Second World War, it became __38___ to set up blood banks. Dr Drew became _39___ of the Red Cross’s first blood bank. When the Red Cross __40___ blood banks to collect and store blood for men __41__ in battle, black American gave blood along with the whites. At ___42__ their blood was not accepted. Later blood from the blacks was ___43___ but was stored in a __44___ place from “white” blood. Although the best doctors __45___ that there was _46___ difference at all between the blood of blacks and whites, the Red Cross, with the support of the government, __47___ to separate black blood from white blood.
After the war, Dr Drew was ___48__ from Washington with three other doctors to attend a medical meeting in a southern state. In northern Carolina their car went __49___ a ditch（深沟）and Dr Drew was _50___ hurt. He had lost __51__ blood by the time a passing car took him to the __52___ hospital. But they were stopped at the gate of the hospital. “__53__him to the hospital for blacks.” No matter __54___ they said, they could not get into the hospital. They had to take him to the __55___ hospital, but on the way Dr Drew died because he had lost too much blood.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Sam’s uncle had an old bird which sat in its cage all day. One day his uncle said, “It is too expensive to   36  that bird. We will get rid of it.” But Sam wanted to   37   the bird.
Sam’s grandfather told him that the bird was once a famous   38   bird. Now   39 people knew it. His grandfather took the bird out, and then quickly took his arms away.  The bird opened its huge   40  and flew into the sky. After a few minutes, it   41  with a small rabbit, cut it open and started to   42  it.
The next morning, Sam asked his uncle out. Sam did   43   his grandfather had done, but the bird   44   to the ground and stood still. Sam’s uncle   45  . Later his grandfather told him that the bird only hunted in late afternoon when light was less   46  . Sam asked his uncle to come out before   47  . This time the bird caught a mouse. His uncle was quiet with   48  , but laughed again, “We can’t eat mice, so this bird is   49  .” And he sold the bird without telling Sam.
Before Sam found the bird was   50  , two angry men arrived in a car. They   51   his uncle and said, the bird couldn’t hunt and they wanted their money back. Sam’s uncle looked   52  and said, “I have spent it. But… don’t worry!” He   53   at Sam, “Sam will show you 54   to make the bird hunt! It’s a great bird, isn’t it, Sam?” Sam opened the door of the car and took out the   55  . It flew away and disappeared forever.

Sam’s uncle had an old bird which sat in its cage all day. One day his uncle said, “It is too expensive to  1  that bird. We will get rid of it.” But Sam wanted to   2   the bird.
Sam’s grandfather told him that the bird was once a famous  3   bird. Now  4  people knew it. His grandfather took the bird out, and then quickly took his arms away.  The bird opened its huge   5  and flew into the sky. After a few minutes, it  6  with a small rabbit, cut it open and started to   7  it.
The next morning, Sam asked his uncle out. Sam did 8   his grandfather had done, but the bird  9  to the ground and stood still. Sam’s uncle 10 . Later his grandfather told him that the bird only hunted in late afternoon when light was less   11  . Sam asked his uncle to come out before   12 . This time the bird caught a mouse. His uncle was quiet with   13  , but laughed again, “We can’t eat mice, so this bird is   14  .” And he sold the bird without telling Sam.
Before Sam found the bird was  15  , two angry men arrived in a car. They 16   his uncle and said, the bird couldn’t hunt and they wanted their money back. Sam’s uncle looked 17  and said, “I have spent it. But… don’t worry!” He 18  at Sam, “Sam will show you 19   to make the bird hunt! It’s a great bird, isn’t it, Sam?” Sam opened the door of the car and took out the  20  . It flew away and disappeared forever.