My daughter Julie and I went shopping this morning. A little part of me thought about going to another checkout line. This one had the shortest queue, there was only one guy in it, but he was in a ______ and there seemed to be some complications going on.

Well, I stamped on that little part, and we stepped in _______him. At first, he seemed to be having _____ getting his groceries onto the conveyor belt(输送带). But after a while, I _____ that what he was actually doing was dividing them into two lots.

Still, getting the stuff up there was no_______ task in itself. I ____to help, but he and the checkout lady had it under_____. He asked Julie if she would ______ putting his empty basket away. Then he ______for his wallet which was in a pouch(小袋子)on one side of his chair. The way he was positioned and the fact he only had one usable______ made this quite a stretch for him, so I helped there.

What must it be like, I ________, to be so dependent on other people like that?

The checkout operator came around and gave him his _______ and the items he needed to have to hand. I offered to get ________bigger bag and he said, “ No. but you could do me a favor. Take that lot along to the entrance and give it to Angela.”

I _____did that, leaving Julie with our shopping. Angela, it turned out, was collecting food for people who might otherwise go ___! I hadn’t even noticed her before.

This guy, despite the limitation that his ________condition imposed(强加于) on him, had bought more than twice as much shopping as he needed. He may have been _________ physically, but his heart was more than capable of ________ all that. And it changed my idea of _______ when I realized that the help he had given was ________ the help he had received.

1.A. taxi?????? ????????????? B. wheelchair????????? ????????????? C. grocery???????? ????????????? D. bench

2.A. before????? ????????????? B. behind????????????? ????????????? C. near????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. beyond

3.A. difficulty??? B. potential???????????? ????????????? C. doubt???????????? D. ability

4.A. regretted??? B. recognized??????????? ????????????? C. requested????????? D. realized

5.A. special????? B. obvious????????????? ????????????? C. easy??????????? ????????????? D. necessary

6.A. struggled? ????????????? B. offered??????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. forced???????????? D. preferred

7.A. control???? ????????????? B. consideration?????? ????????????? C. repair?????????? ????????????? D. attack

8.A. mind?? ????????????? ????????????? B. finish?????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. enjoy???????? ????????????? ????????????? D. escape

9.A. hoped??? ????????????? B. chose?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. reached????????? ????????????? D. begged

10.A. leg???? ????????????? B. knee????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. foot?????? ????????????? ????????????? D. arm

11.A. warned??? ????????????? B. wondered?????? ????????????? ????????????? C. feared????? ????????????? ????????????? D. insisted

12.A. change???? B. bill??????????? ????????????? C. note??????????? ????????????? D. coin

13.A. more???? ????????????? B. another???????? ????????????? ??? C. other???????? ????????????? ????????????? D. the other

14.A. desperately? B. faithfully????????????? C. sadly???????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Gratefully

15.A. thirsty?????? B. tired?????? ????????????? ??????? C. hungry??????? ????????????? D. crazy

16.A. mental?????? B. natural??????????? ????????????? C. official???????? ????????????? D. physical

17.A. admired ????????????? B. limited?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. forgotten?????? ????????????? D. accepted

18.A. overcoming?? B. keeping?????????? ????????????? C. passing??????????? D. destroying

19.A. pride??????? B. patience????? ????????????? ????????????? C. dependence??????? D. bravery

20.A. other than??? B. more than???????? ????????????? C. less than????? ????????????? ????????????? D. rather than

I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, ___2___, asked if I’d like ___3___. I needed to start ___4___ for college, so I said yes. I ___5___ after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most ___6___. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost ___7___ we had at that time ___8___ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___9___. I’ve always remembered the ___10___ I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.

I ___14___ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.

I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.

In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___ I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.

1. A. maps       B. titles         C. articles                  D. reports

2. A. the reader     B. the college student   C. the shop owner      D. the customer

3. A. a book         B. a job        C. some tea                D. any help

4. A. planning          B. saving      C. preparing          D. studying

5. A. read           B. studied          C. cooked            D. worked

6. A. boring           B. surprising        C. satisfying          D. disappointing

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

8. A. in need         B. in all          C. in order          D. in store

9. A. worried        B. satisfied        C. excited          D. puzzled

10. A. pride        B. failure           C. regret          D. surprise

11. A. doctor        B. store owner     C. bookseller        D. TV reporter

12. A. pay         B. cost         C. afford         D. spend

13. A. shame              B. honour         C. horror            D. danger

14. A. advised       B. forced        C. persuaded      D. permitted

15. A. action        B. program    C. treatment         D. operation

16. A. repaired       B. connected             C. injured           D. improved

17. A. pleasure        B. sadness        C. interest            D. disappointment

18. A. at the TV station               B. in the Students Union

C. at the U. S. Forest Service          D. at McCarley’s Bookstore

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

20. A. readers       B. viewers     C. customers    D. passengers

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D），选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Several months ago I was involved in a car accident. That moment  36   my views on life.All my life 1 had been waiting  37   I could get my driver's  38   and my first car. When I  39  got my license and my dad brought the car to the house, I felt very  40  . From that day on, the most  41  thing in my life was that car. Every day I would get home and  42   what else I could do to make it better. My car was my  43   and joy and when 1 had fixed it up into "perfect" condition, I finally began to  44  it. Every time I got into my car I felt the greatest, _ 45   nothing could stop me, but one day I was  46   that just like every other person, I could be broken.

One night, though it was too  47   outside to see clearly, I was in the  48  with my friends. I felt unstoppable while driving,   49   soon enough I was shown that I wasn't. While driving down a main street I felt 1 was  50  the car. It was flying. When I  51  what was happening, the only thing I could do was protect my friends from being hurt badly.

 After the accident I don't remember much, but I do remember the  52  I was in, not only physical but also the thought that the lives of others were  53  for a few seconds and I may have dropped them. The memory of that day will never  54  me. I learned that material things should   55  be the most important things in your life. I also learned that I need to appreciate the things and people around me.

1.A. formed B. changed  C. replaced D. moved

2.A. until  B. after    C. when D. since

3.A. test   B. guide    C. advice   D. license

4.A. finally    B. happily  C. actually D. immediately

5.A. interested B. surprised    C. excited  D. embarrassed

6.A. difficult  B. comfortable  C. successful   D. important

7.A. notice B. watch    C. see  D. find

8.A. pride  B. memory   C. task D. inspiration

9.A. repair B. check    C. drive    D. clean

10.A. though    B. as if    C. even though  D. despite

11.A. shown B. decided  C. thought  D. appeared

12.A. cold  B. wet  C. dark D. fine

13. A. office   B. house    C. school   D. car

14.A. so    B. because  C. but  D. before

15.A. taking advantage of   B. losing control of

C. making use of        D. putting an end to

16.A. expected  B. realized C. accepted D. wondered

17.A. situation B. surprise C. hospital D. pain

18.A. in my hands   B. within my reach 

C. beyond my imagination   D. at my mercy

19.A. impress   B. leave    C. trouble  D. interrupt

20.A. always    B. sometimes    C. never    D. mainly

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

   Helen Keller suffered from a strange sickness when she was only 19 months old. It made her completely blind and deaf. For the next five years she had no way of successfully communicating with other people. Then a teacher Anne Sullivan arrived from Boston to help her. Miss Sullivan herself had once been blind. She tried to teach Helen to live like other people. She taught her how to use her hands as a way of speaking. Miss Sullivan stayed with Helen for many years. She taught Helen how to read, how to write and how to speak. She helped her to get ready for school and college. More than anything, Helen wanted to do what others did, and do it just as well. In time Helen did go to college and completed her studies with high honors. But it was a hard struggle. Few of the books she needed were written in the Braille language that the blind could read by touching pages. Miss Sullivan and others had to teach her what was in these books by forming words in her hands. The study of geometry and physics was especially difficult. Helen could only learn about squares, triangles and other geometrical forms by making them with wires. She kept feeling the different shapes of these wires until she could see them in her mind.

   Helen Keller died on June 1st, 1968. She was 87 years old. Her message of courage

and hope remains. She is respected world-widely as a pride of human beings.

[写作内容]

1．以约30个词概括短文的要点。

2．以“Efforts And Success”为主题，写一篇120字左右的短文，描写你自己的经历。要点包括：

(1) 原来的状况；

(2) 对付困难的做法；

(3) 努力后的具体表现或效果；

(4) 你自己对Efforts And Success的感想。

[写作要求]

1．可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文的句子；

2．描写的经历可以是真实的或者是虚构的；

3．作文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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, “__36__ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 　37__.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him, 　38 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 　39　 and landed in the grass.

My 　40 went out to him. So, I ran over to him. 41 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 　42　 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.

Kyle was the 43 student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 　44 to prepare a 45 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 46　 .So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be 　47 !” He looked at me and smiled.

He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to　 48 those who helped you make it through those　 49 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 　50　 you can give him.”

I just looked at my friend with 　51 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 52 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 　53 me from doing the unspeakable.”

　 Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the 　54 　　of your actions. With one small gesture you can　 55 a person’s life. For better or for worse.

【小题1】 A. How 　　　　　B. When 　　　　　　C. Why 　　　　　　 D . Where

【小题2】. A. stupid　 B. clever　　　　 　　C. wonderful　　　 　　D. Anxious

【小题3】. A. throwing 　 B. knocking 　C. taking　　　　 　　D. Snatching

【小题4】 A. lost 　 B. sending　　　 C. broken　　　 　　 　　D. Flying

【小题5】 A. heart 　B. head　　　　 　　 　　C. hands　　　 　　 D. thought

【小题6】 A. While　　　 　　　　　 B. As　　　　　 　　 C. Because　　　 　 D. Once

【小题7】 A. passed by 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. came up C. went on　　　 　　D. turned out

【小题8】 A. top 　 B. hardest　　　 　　 　　C. favorite　　　 　　 D. Luckiest

【小题9】 A. pride 　B. honor　　　 　　 C. pleasure　　　 　　　 D. Chance

【小题10】A. class　 　B. school　　　 　　　 C. graduation　　 　 D. College

【小题11】A. excited B. nervous　　　 　 　　C. proud　　　　 　　 D. Crazy

【小题12】A. great　 B. famous　　　 　　　　 C. praised　　 　　　D. Honored

【小题13】A. reward 　B. remember 　　　 C. thank 　 D. Congratulate

【小题14】A. happy 　 B. exciting　　　 　　　　 C. old　　　　　 　　 D. Hard

【小题15】A. chance　 　B. gift　　　　　 　　　　 C. help　　　　　 　　 D. Favor

【小题16】A. wonder 　　B. anxiety　　　　 C. disbelief　　 　　 D. Pride

【小题17】A. kill　　　　 　B. enjoy　　　　 　　 C. test　　　　　 　 D. Hurt

【小题18】A. protected B. freed 　　C. warned　　　　 　　　 D. Prevented

【小题19】A. price B. use　　　　　 　　C. power　　　　 　 D. Meaning

【小题20】A. destroy 　B. change 　 C. save　　　　　 　 D. understand