Last spring, I was fortunate to be chosen to participate in an exchange study program. In my application letter, I was careful to   21  how much I wanted to see France; evidently, my excitement really came through in my words. Once I   22   that I was going, all I could think about was the fun of foreign travel and making all sorts of new and   23  friends. While traveling was inspiring and meeting people was   24  , nothing about my term in France was what I   25 .       

The moment I arrived in Paris, I was   26  by a nice French couple who would become my host parents. My entire experience was joyous and exciting  27  I received some shocking news from my program coordinator（协调人）: there had been a death in my host parents’ extended family. They had to travel outside France for several weeks. That afternoon, I had to   28  out of one family’s house into another. The exchange coordinator told me I’d have a   29  this time and asked whether I could share a bedroom with an English speaker. To avoid the temptation(诱惑) to   30 my native language, I asked not to be   31  with an English-speaking roommate. When I got to my new room, I   32  myself to my new roommate Paolo, a Brazilian（巴西人） the same age as I, whom I was surprised to find playing one of my favorite CDS! In just a few hours, we knew we’d be good friends for the rest of the   33  .      

I left France with many   34  , so when people asked me what my favorite part of the trip was, they are always   35  to hear me talk about my Brazilian friend Paolo and scores of weekdays in class, weeknights on the town, and weekends   36  France we enjoyed together. I love how people   37  seem so different, but end up being so   38  . The most valuable lesson I gained from studying in France wasn’t just to respect the friend people   39  to respect all people, for your next best friend could be just a continent away. I would recommend an exchange program to anyone who wants to experience foreign cultures and gain meaningful  40  .   

1.                A．discuss         B．express         C．announce D．argue

2.                A．approved       B．knew           C．warned   D．denied

3.                A．stubborn       B．anxious         C．universal  D．interesting

4.                A．boring         B．upsetting        C．exciting   D．promising

5.                A．expected       B．liked           C．doubted  D．feared

6.                A．sponsored      B．witnessed       C．greeted  D．supported

7.                A．until           B．when           C．since D．while

8.                A．move          B．travel          C．walk D．rush

9.                A．housekeeper    B．leader          C．roommate D．colleague

10.               A．learn          B．appreciate      C．speak D．master

11.               A．combined       B．fitted          C．involved   D．placed

12.               A．added         B．introduced      C．devoted   D．adapted

13.               A．term           B．week          C．month D．vocation

14.               A．presents        B．suitcase        C．stories    D．dreams

15.               A．surprised       B．disturbed       C．embarrassed   D．concerned

16.               A．analyzing       B．exploring       C．describing D．investigating

17.               A．need          B．shall           C．must  D．can

18.               A．generous       B．independent     C．similar D．distant

19.               A．and           B．but            C．or    D．so

20.               A．instructions     B．friendships      C．facts  D．data

I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice ________ I pickedup the phone.

I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I  1  a room with two double beds and the bathroom was too 2  for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was   3   and my stepmother had   4  us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no  5_   of what to do with me. And that’s when my other family   6  .
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home   7   their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I   8  with them for the next seven years.
Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She   9   I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders. As far as I could tell, for the Beaches there was no 10 between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I 11  college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance they _12_ when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew 13  about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su.        When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _14  his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely   15__ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
   16  the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n) 17  that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed(麻痹的) by my _18 , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
Now I   19 family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was 20  , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate

You have no idea how she finished the relay race________ her foot wounded so much.

A．for         B．when         C．with         D．while

An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow landed in front of the window. The father 16 his son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow."17 a few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just 18 you that it’s a crow." After a little 19 , the father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n) 20 tone could be heard in the son’s 21 . "It’s a crow, a crow!"

A little later, the father went to his room and 22 with an old diary which he had 23 for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to 24 it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my 25 was sitting with me on the sofa.

When a crow was 26 by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I 27 to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him 28 each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel 29 answering the same question." If your 30 become old, don’t treat them or look 31 them as a burden(累赘). Instead be warm and 32 to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to 33 my parents happy forever, for they have 34 for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their 35 love to me."

1.                A．demanded      B．asked          C．commanded   D．tested

2.                A．Before         B．During          C．After D．Within

3.                A．told           B．reminded       C．called    D．consulted

4.                A．sigh           B．doubt          C．breath   D．while

5.                A．sad            B．angry          C．pitiful    D．gentle

6.                A．face           B．mind           C．voice D．pace

7.                A．came up        B．came out        C．came back D．came on

8.                A．kept           B．gathered        C．collected D．searched

9.                A．tear           B．read           C．write D．recite

10.               A．son            B．daughter       C．brother   D．father

11.               A．lying           B．wiping         C．sitting D．spying

12.               A．required       B．repeated       C．recalled   D．replied

13.               A．lovingly        B．carefully        C．deeply    D．lightly

14.               A．puzzled        B．worried        C．amazed   D．annoyed

15.               A．parents        B．relatives        C．families   D．teachers

16.               A．up            B．upon          C．down D．into

17.               A．wise           B．kind           C．strict D．generous

18.               A．send           B．pray           C．own  D．see

19.               A．frightened      B．hunted         C．cared D．waited

20.               A．pleasant        B．limited         C．useful D．selfless