One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head   36 . Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with   37  and fear.

With growing   38  I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely   39  ours. This would be a good opportunity to   40  my children, so I explained their difficult  41  to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.

“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll   42  what we have with them.”

I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously   43  the boys and I filled one box with canned food.

While I   44__ our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and   45  some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched   46  as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.

“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.

The boys placed the toys they had   47  to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll  48  tightly to her chest. She   49  in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a   50  kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.

“Oh, honey,” I said. “You   51  to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”

Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy.   52  she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”

I stared at Meghan for a long moment,   53  how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.

It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but   54  to let go of things we cherish, isn’t it?   55 , the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.

1.                A．off            B．up             C．down D．round

2.                A．smile          B．confusion       C．joy  D．anger

3.                A．happiness       B．friendship       C．puzzle    D．interest

4.                A．matched        B．equaled        C．compared D．suited

5.                A．help           B．complain        C．change   D．teach

6.                A．experience      B．problem        C．situation  D．process

7.                A．give           B．share          C．send D．spare

8.                A．as             B．since           C．though   D．because

9.                A．came through    B．broke through    C．sorted through D．got through

10.               A．donate         B．leave          C．keep D．sell

11.               A．hopefully       B．anxiously       C．depressingly    D．quietly

12.               A．separated       B．chosen         C．bought    D．confirmed

13.               A．hugged         B．tied           C．grasped   D．caught

14.               A．settled         B．regretted       C．paused    D．cried

15.               A．precious        B．final           C．hearty    D．lovely

16.               A．wouldn’t like   B．ought not       C．had better not  D．don’t have

17.               A．Also           B．Yet            C．Maybe    D．Though

18.               A．knowing        B．wondering      C．realizing   D．expecting

19.               A．available        B．necessary       C．important  D．hard

20.               A．However       B．Therefore       C．Otherwise D．Moreover

Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also  21  on her career（职业）road.

Though the accident brought her bright career to a  22  , she didn’t give up. In the  23 

months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed an artificial（人造的）  24  made from rubber filled with sponge（海绵）. So  25  she wanted to go back to  26  after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she believed in  27  and could realize her dream,   

28  she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing —  29  to balance, bend, stretch, walk, turn, twist and twirl.

After every public recital（个人表演）, she  30  ask her dad about her performance. “You

  31  have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get  32  . In January 1984, Sudha made a historic  33  by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a great manner that it  34  everyone to tears and this  35  pushed her to the number one position again. That evening when she asked her dad the  36  question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as a praise.

Sudha’s comeback（恢复，复原）was  37  moving an event that a film producer  38  to make the story into a hit film.

When someone asked Sudha how she had  39  to dance again, she said quite simply, “YOU DON’T NEED FEET TO DANCE.”  40  is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.

One day a wealthy family went on a trip to the countryside. The father wanted to 1 his son how 2 people live 3 they spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor 4 .

When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, “My dear son, how was the 5 ?” “very 6 , Dad!” answered the boy. “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked．“Yeah!” answered the son. “And what did you learn?” asked the father. The son answered,” I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a 7 that reaches to(延伸到) the middle of the garden and they have a creek(小溪) that has no 8 . We have imported lamps(进口灯具) in the garden and they have the 9 . Our patio（天井） reaches to the front yard, 10 they have a whole horizon(旷野).” When the little boy was 11 , his father was speechless.

His son 12 ,”Thanks Dad 13 showing me how 14 we are!”

Isn’t it true that it all depends 15 the 16 you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude(乐观的态度) 17 life you’ve got everything! You can’t buy 18 of these things, 19 still you can have all the material possessions(财富) you can imagine, provisions(储备) for the future, etc．But if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing!

Attitude is 20 ! Make a decision to have a good, positive and productive attitude （积极，乐观，上进）every day!

1．A．show　　 　　 B．give　 　　 C．send　　 　　 D．tell

2．A．happy　 　　 B．sorrow 　　 C．rich　　 　 D．poor

3．A．thus　　 　 B．so　　 　　 C．therefore D．when

4．A．house　 　　 B．home　 　　 C．family　 　 D．room

5．A．journey　 　 B．trip　　 　　 C．stay　　 　 D．travel

6．A．bad　　 　　 B．good　 　　 C．well　　 　 D．badly

7．A．river　　 　 B．lake　　 　　 C．canal　　 　 D．pool

8．A．endless　 　 B．ending　 　 C．end　　 　　 D．ended

9．A．sun　　 　　 B．stars　　 　 C．planet　 　 D．electricity light

10．A．yet　　 　 B．however 　 C．so　　　 　　 D．though

11．A．finished 　 B．finishing C．completed 　 D．completing

12．A．adding　 　 B．added　 　 C．saying　 　 D．said

13．A．for　　 　 B．of　　　 　　 C．with　　 　 D．about

14．A．poor　　 　 B．rich　 　　 C．glad　　 　　 D．happy

15．A．in　　　 　 B．on　　 　　 C．for　　 　　 D．about

16．A．method　 　 B．manners 　　 C．way　　 　　 D．means

17．A．of　　　 　 B．for　　 　　 C．towards 　 D．at

18．A．nothing　 　 B．any　 　　 C．some　 　　 D．everything

19．A．then　　 　 B．but　 　　 C．though　 　 D．so

20．A．anything 　B．nothing 　　C．everything 　D．something

War, money and power are a few things that countries and people are concerned about．1  I agree that those things are important, I believe that everyone should start to  2  more on a growing problem—global warming．

       Global warming will not only  3  our country and our generation, but also the entire  4 and future generations．It is  5  because the weather has been a lot wanner over the past few years which  6  the melting（融化）of the ice in the Antarctic．This will soon cause water levels to  7  and flood parts of the world．

       Many people ignore this problem because they feel _8_  they can't do anything about it and have more  9  things to worry about．If we all  10  so, then our ozone layer （臭氧层） will be  11  and the planet will no longer be able to make life continue to exist．We should do our best to limit the use of our planet's  12  resources （资源） and keep our air clean．  13  , future generations will suffer from our  14  ．

       Some might feel that they can't stop global warming from  15  ．But if every single person does his or her part in keeping the air clean, then it will become a  16  effort．Sure, there are some things that cause pollution and that we won't be able to  17  change．This may include cars burning oil, but we can  18  adjust some of these things．People can start carpooling, taking the bus, riding their bikes, or  19   just walking．

       If everyone takes  20  now, I believe we can start seeing remarkable results within a few

years．

1．A．When                   B．As                      C．How                  D．Though

2．A．depend                 B．focus                  C．hang                  D．remark

3．A．annoy                  B．interrupt              C．affect                 D．confuse

4．A．world                   B．continent             C．industry              D．climate

5．A．failing                  B．completing           C．changing            D．occurring

6．A．lies in                   B．results in             C．suffers from       D．escapes from

7．A．reduce                 B．rise                     C．drop                   D．move

8．A．as if                      B．in case                C．even though         D．if only

9．A．popular                 B．suitable                C．important            D．difficult

10．A．do                      B．keep                    C．like                     D．find

11．A．protected             B．strengthened        C．destroyed            D．surrounded

12．A．unlimited             B．natural                 C．recycled              D．industrial

13．A．Therefore            B．Otherwise            C．However             D．Instead

14．A．illnesses              B．failures                C．decisions             D．mistakes

15．A．continuing           B．arriving               C．improving            D．disappearing

16．A．physical              B．mental                 C．national               D．worldwide

17．A．slightly                B．folly                    C．hardly                 D．slowly

18．A．at least                B．at most                C．at first                 D．at last

19．A．yet                      B．even                    C．still                     D．thus

20．A．time                  B．turns                   C．action                D．arms