Internet shopping is a new way of shopping. Nowadays, you can shop for just about anything from your armchair. All you need is a computer which is  31  to the Internet. Shopping on the Internet is becoming   32   . In the United States, people  33  over US $ 2.5 billion on Internet Shopping in 2010. This figure is expected to   34  US $ 18 billion by the year 2012.
People can   35 for a variety of products on the Internet. Physical（物质的）products   36   items such as books, CDs, clothes and food. These types of products are the most common purchases through the Internet. You can also buy   37  products such as on-line news or magazine stories, or you can download computer    38  through the Internet. Services such as   39  airline tickets, reserving (预订) hotels or renting cars are also available on the Internet. You can also go shopping on the Internet for entertainment services and take part in on-line   40  .
Internet shopping offers a number of   41  for the shoppers. One of the most important advantages is   42  . You can shop whenever you like as the on-line shops are open 24 hours a day and you don’t have to   43  with other shoppers at the checkout counters. Secondly, it is easy to   44  what you are looking for on the Internet. Even out-of-print books may be ordered on line. Finally, it is often   45  to buy goods through the Internet, because you can pay less money for what you want than in a real supermarket.

It’s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail — which,    31  , he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something    32  in the company should ever do.
I wish I   33   give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow —    34  it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I’m    35  , experienced and I know better.
   36  I work with some very kind and compassionate(富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to   37  by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar    38  they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “    39   ” person here.
One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who    40  the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely    41  about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would   42  to such an extremely embarrassing incident.
As I expected, Lois didn’t pass over the   43   when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly,   44  with empathetic consideration. She listened to my   45  . Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n)   46  .
“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to    47  that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s   48  . It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her   49  to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”
I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those   50  words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.

Mearl Jacobs’ body was at the funeral home. The memorial service was   31   for the next day. We   32  in the family room to tell stories, sharing   33  of her. She had lived a life   34  with stories. Most people didn’t know that she had worked for thirty years at Rockwall International to help the homeless, or that   35   she really didn’t care much for baseball, she loved listening to the   36   because her son loved baseball.

Before long the   37  turned from stories about Mearl to stories of how she changed and   38   the lives in the room.

Her daughter Carol, said, “Just a few hours before Mom died she said she wanted to go home. I asked her if she   39   back to her apartment. She said, ‘NO!’ I asked, ‘Home in Heaven?’ ‘YES!’”

A series of love and   40   was realized that night. Mearl had lived a life that affected the young and old   41  . When she did so, you became a different person, a   42   and reformed person. She was   43  that way. She knew how to show the things that really   44  in the life. She   45  for values that she held dear and she always seemed to know how to influence people and to accept them “as is”. He grandkids talked of her   46  acceptance of them, no matter what.

Some things have to be seen to be understood, such as love, forgiveness and acceptance. Mearl knew how to help you   47  . She had always shown total   48   to the family and friends – to people.

The next day Mearl was   49  the topic. We buried the body, but she lives in all those, present and   50  . She is always there, giving and loving.

1.A．canceled           B．ordered          C．set              D．left

2.A．gathered           B．waited           C．cried            D．consulted

3.A．dinner             B．memories         C．possessions      D．success

4.A．mixed              B．combined         C．compared         D．filled

5.A．unless             B．until            C．if               D．although

6.A．games              B．songs            C．operas           D．stories

7.A．argument           B．comment          C．background      D．conversation

8.A．rescued            B．shaped           C．lost             D．prevented

9.A．meant              B．moved            C．dated            D．went

10.A．curiosity         B．envy             C．kindness         D．sympathy

11.A．equally           B．hopefully        C．eventually       D．properly

12.A．happier           B．better           C．milder           D．ruder

13.A．interested        B．shocked          C．puzzled          D．gifted

14.A．lacked            B．troubled         C．mattered         D．admitted

15.A．made up           B．stood up         C．watched out      D．reached out

16.A．unnecessary       B．unusual          C．unconditional    D．unfamiliar

17.A．see               B．improve          C．explain          D．remove

18.A．appreciation B．devotion        C．determination          D．operation

19.A．almost            B．still            C．ever             D．even

20.A．beyond    B．behind   C．within   D．outside

To celebrate the end of our exams, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant.We__26__hamburgers and Coca Cola at the counter. When our__27__came,I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap (带子) got__28__on a chair and the tray (托盘) that I was holding slipped__29___my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents,__30___on a man who was just about to__31___a bite of his sandwich. I stared,greatly___32__,as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.
Then I___33__my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of__34__.Instead,he said “It’s OK” to_ 35__me before he disappeared into the washroom.
Still shaky and unsure___36__to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look___37__.A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and___38__our table, my heart almost stopped
___39__.I thought he was going to ask for my father’s_ 40 __and call him.
　　To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said,“__41___yourself new hamburgers. ”He then walked_ 42___without even finishing his food.
　　He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse,___43__he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still__44___in this world. I will never___45__his actions.

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about  26  in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the  27 went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of  28  — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some  29  , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the  30 .
When all the students  31  a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have  32  , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up,  33 the plain and cheap ones. While it is  34  for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the  35 of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no  36  to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even  37 what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee,  38  the cup, but you  39  went for the best cups … And then you began  40 each other's cups. "
"Now consider  41 : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain  42 , and the type of cup we have does not determine, nor  43 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we  44 to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don't let the cups   45 you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "