We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears.  36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I  37  to see—or look at—on my way to work each morning.
For three years, no matter  38  the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On  39  days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime  40  out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I  42  all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how  43  I expected to see her each morning. You might say I  44 her.
“Did she have an accident? Something  45 ?” I thought to myself about her  46 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had  47  her. I began to realize that part of our  48  life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar  49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50  walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are  51  markers in our lives. They add weight to our  52  of place and belonging.
Think about it.  53 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by  54  a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though  55 , person?

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
There was a boy who was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The  boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, _36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, _37_, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the _38_ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest _40_he was unable to touch it. He began to _41_ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42_of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to _44_on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to _45_the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking _46_, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, _47_ luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. _48_seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk_49_. At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his _50_, and how he really wanted that apple. The more he _51_like this, the more unhappy he became.
_52_, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “This isn’t_53_.I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is _54_ more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to _55_our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better?

Every evening after dinner, if not     from work,, I will spend some time walking my dog.

One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__1___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be    2___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him,   3  all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went   4   and landed in the grass.
I ran over to him.  5  I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it   6    , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the top student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the   7  to prepare a graduation speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was   8   .So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be   9  !” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to   10   those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best   11    you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with   12    as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend   13     me from doing the unspeakable.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the   14    of your actions. With one small gesture you can   15   a person’s life. For better or for worse.

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a music teacher，I have always known that music touches the soul．It can 3 6  aII kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way．It can be the  37  for each child to find their light．1 would like to  38  a story about it．
For a few years I was  39 with the opportunity to teach disabled students．One of my most 40 students was a five-year-old girl called Vanessa，who had difficuIty walking，and could not speak．We  41  sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to 42 on my lap（膝上）．One of her favorite songs was“John the Rabbit．”It was a clapping and response song where I sang the call and the students  43  twice while singing the repeating phrase，“Oh，yes”Vanessa liked to  44 her hands together with mine and clap with me．We probably performed that song during every class，Vanessa and I clapping together．But she 45  said or sang a word．
One day，when the song was finished，Vanessa turned around，46  me in the eye，clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words“Oh，yes!” I opened my mouth in 47  and for that moment 1 was the one who could not speak．When my heart 4 8  started beating again I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also 49  through music we had  made an awesome connection．
Several years later，I met Vanessa on the street in town．She waved with a big  50 on her face and then clapped her hands twice，imitating the song we had 5 1 so many times in our music class．The little girl，52 her connection with music，left an impression on me that will last forever．Every child has the  53 to learn and grow．It is up to us to 54  the way to reach each and every one of our students．We all must find each child’s  55 ．
36．A．get across    B．put away      C．take over      D．break through
37．A．means       B．direction        C．process         D．effort
38．A．add          B．talk           C．share          D．write
39．A．blessed         B．tired        C．covered       D．filled
40．A．troublesome  B．hardworking  C．memorable       D．sensitive
41．A．most       B．almost         C．nearly         D．mostly
42．A．stand       B．sit          C．1ie            D．jump
43．A．sang        B．said        C．followed       D．clapped
44．A．strike             B．put         C．give          D．shake
45．A．ever        B．never      C．still           D．even
46．A．1ooked        B．saw        C．glared           D．noticed
47．A．horror         B．delight     C．astonishment     D．embarrassment
48．A．immediately  B．fortunately   C．slowly          D．finally
49．A．happy          B．grateful     C．speechless      D．hopeless
50．A．greeting       B．smile      C．expression     D．sign
51．A．performed          B．operated    C．trained         D．organized
52．A．upon       B．through    C．from          D．beyond
53．A．standard      B．ability     C．plan           D．necessity
54．A．discover      B．invent    C．test              D．make
55．A．virtue          B．dream     C．1ight          D．Rhythm