When I was twelve years old , my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids , Michigan（密歇根州） ．Many of our new __1___ weren’t very welcoming ．Some of the adults said ___2__ that we should return where we came ___3____ ．The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from ___4__ ．

Most of my teachers ___5__ took no notice of me , but not Dorothy Bean , my history teacher ．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being __6___ , but she didn’t say this to me ．Miss Bean ___7__ her respect for me by teaching me just like ___8__ else ．Instead of being unnoticed , I was given a __9__ to show that I was smart ．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me ___10__ myself ．She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult questions ．Was Thomas Jefferson __11__ to buy Louisiana from France ? ___12__ ? She expected me to have an opinion and to be able to __13___ it up ．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for yourself was the real key to __14____ ．

One day , when I was not paying attention in class , Miss Bean suddenly __15___ an eraser at me ．Unbelievably , the eraser hit me right on the hand and __16___ my pencil flying ．The whole class was ___17__ at first , then started laughing ．This incident became famous in school and , ___18__ it happened to me , the students wanted to get to __19__ me ．So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target , and how I became just another __20___ in school ．

1．A．friends　　 B．schoolmates　　 C．teachers　 D．neighbors

2．A．kindly　　 B．surprisingly　　 C．angrily　　 D．happily

3．A．to　　　　 　 B．from　　　 　 C．for　　　 　 D．in

4．A．school　　 B．street　　 C．office　　 D．downtown

5．A．hardly　　 B．simply　　 C．never　　 　 D．only

6．A．taught　　 B．considered C．welcomed　 D．treated

7．A．kept　　　 　 B．expected　　 C．showed　 　 D．refused

8．A．anyone　　 B．anywhere　 C．someone　 　 D．wherever

9．A．question　　 B．chance　　 C．test　　　 D．place

10．A．worry about　 B．look about　 　　　　　　 C．work for　 D．think for

11．A．necessary　　 　　　　　　 B．important　　 C．right　　　 　 D．known

12．A．How　　　　 B．Where　　　 C．When　　 　 D．Why

13．A．back　　　　 　　　　　　　 B．set　　　　　 C．put　　　　 D．give

14．A．respect　　　 　　　　　　 B．education　　 C．friendship D．children

15．A．aimed　　　　 　　　　　　　 B．threw　　　　 C．passed　　 　 D．found

16．A．sent　　　　 B．left　　　　　 　　　　　　 C．made　　　 　 D．sprang

17．A．excited　　 B．frightened　　 　　　　　　 C．moved　　 　 D．shocked

18．A．so　　　　 　 B．then　　　　 　　　　　　　 C．because　　 D．whether

19．A．ask　　　 　 B．know　　　　 C．praise　　　 D．understand

20．A．kid　　　　 　 B．problem　　　 C．friend　　　 　 D．example

I lay there buried alive under our house when the bomb hit our city. The great 1_started by the bomb came nearer and nearer to us as workers tried to 2 us. “Hurry! ” they cried to one another as the flames(火焰) came nearer. At last they reached us and 3 me and my mother out from under everything 4 the flames reached us .

Later, as I thought of the pilot of the plane that _5_ the bomb on our city, I cried, “I hate him. I hate him.” The people with marked faces from the _6_ of the bomb made me cry, “I hate him.” I saw people suffering (遭受) a terrible, _7 death. Again and again I cried as I saw these people, “I hate him!”

Some time later, that man appeared in a meeting I _8 . As I looked at him, I _9 him very much. Then I listened to what he told us of his _10 the day when he dropped the bomb on our city. I heard him say, “When I flew over the city_11 we dropped the bomb, I cried, ‘Oh, God ,what have I _12 ’.” I could see that he found it _13 to speak of that day.

As this happened I suddenly _14 my hatred (仇恨) of him was _15 . It only made me unhappy also. As I did this, it was as if a heavy load (负担) _16 my shoulders. Then I decided to _17 him. I did so and my life was _18 .

I now help those who suffer from _19 other people. I try to help them to _20 everyone, as I am now able to do.

1．A．sound　　　 B．heat　　　　　　 C．fire　　　　　 D．light

2．A．call　　　　 　 B．reach　　　　　 C．find　　　 　 D．help

3．A．put　　　　 　 B．sent　　　　　 C．pulled　　 D．brought

4．A．after　　　 　 B．as　　　　　　 C．when　　　 D．before

5．A．made　　　　 B．dropped　　　 C．attacked　　　 D．set

6．A．noise　　　 B．energy　　　　 C．effect 　 D．power

7．A．slow　　　　 　 B．serious　　　　 C．sad　　　 D．hard

8．A．joined　　　　 B．took　　　　　　 C．attended　　　 D．gave

9．A．hated　　　 B．feared　　　　 C．honored　 D．believed

10．A．activity　　　 　 B．idea　　　　　 C．experience D．opinion　

11．A．when　　　 B．after　　　　　　 C．as　　　　 D．before

12．A．got　　　　 　 B．heard　　　　　 C．done　 　 D．seen

13．A．difficult　　 　 B．easy　　　　　 C．useless　 D．proud

14．A．imagined　　　 B．realized　　　　 C．knew　　　 D．thought

15．A．right　　　　 B．funny　　　　 C．necessary D．wrong

16．A．took away　　 B．took off　　　　 C．fell off　　　 D．fell on

17．A．forgive(原谅) B．kill　　　　　　 C．defeat　　 D．accept

18．A．balanced　 　 B．changed　　　　 C．continued D．ruined

19．A．punishing　　 B．hurting　　　 C．disliking　　 D．hating

20．A．respect　　 　 B．love　　　　　 C．consider　　　 D．move

　 Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife.She burst into 26 ．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 27 ．

　　　 The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the opening and said, " 28　 I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you 29　 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"

　　　 I was 30　 and asked why．

　　　 He explained, "As if the openings were made　 31　 for the sake of special style and reuse．"

　　　 Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 32　 shoe, but all the openings were patched （打补丁） by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 33 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 34 the master's skill．

　　　 Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back．My wife　 35 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it 36 and mend it．"

　　　 Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 37 thread and they 38 a look of ice crystal （冰晶 ） hanging from a winter's branch． 39 , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 40　 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of　 41 !"

　　　 "I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 42, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．

　　　 Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is　 43　 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't　 44　 the existence o f wound, you should not expect people's　 45　 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．

26．A．laughter　 B．cheers　　 C．tears D．speech

27．A．made B．repaired　 C．decorated D．preserved

28．A．Anything　 B．Something C．Everything　　　 D．Nothing

29．A．trust B．inform　　 C．appoint　　 D．convince

30．A．annoyed　 B．confused　 C．disappointed　　 D．discouraged

31．A．on purpose　　　 B．by accident　　 C．in vain　　 D．beyond control

32．A．neither　　 B．any　 C．every D．each

33．A．remaining B．growing　 C．looking　　 D．feeling

34．A．appreciate B．witness　　 C．praise　　　 D．describe

35．A．delivered　 B．checked　 C．washed　　 D．ironed

36．A．outside　　 B．downtown　　　 C．home D．abroad

37．A．red　 B．white C．pink D．purple

38．A．took on　　 B．put on　　　 C．decided on　　　 D．focused on

39．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Anyway　 D．Besides

40．A．sighed　　 B．signed　　　 C．greeted　　 D．paused

41．A．cake B．art　　 C．furniture　 D．jewellery

42．A．pretty　　　 B．attractive　 C．tough　　　 D．ugly

43．A．easy B．improper　 C．likely D．impossible

44．A．change　　 B．imagine　　 C．stand D．prove

45．A．respect　　 B．friendship C．sympathy D．apology

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　　My aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart ailment.

　　Aunt Edith doesn't accept defeat 1 . She began studying medical reports 2 and found an article in a magazine about a (an) 3 heart surgeon（外科医生）, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He 4 the life of someone with the same ailment. The article said Dr. DeBakey's fees（费用）were very high; Aunt Edith 5 not possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone 6 fee she could pay?

　　So Aunt Edith 7 to him. She simply listed her 8 for wanting live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four 9 years, her little-girl dream of 10 and seeing the world. There wasn't a word of 11 --only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really 12 an answer.

　　A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn't 13 to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: “Your beautiful letter 14 me very deeply. 15 you can come to Houston, there will be no charge （收费）for either the hospital or the 16 . Signed--Michael DeBakey.”

　　That was seven years ago. 17 then, Aunt Edith has been around the world. Her three children are 18 married. For her age, she is one of the youngest, most 19 people I know--all because of an open heart surgeon 20 knew how to honor his job, and how to open his own heart.

Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.

Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.

Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.

Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?

In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk’s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.

There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable thoughts that lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it’s started, it’s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.

1. According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our _____.

A. self-respect　　　　 　　　 B. financial rewards

C. advertising ability　 　　　　 D. friendly relationship

2. The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to _____.

A. lying　　 　　 B. stealing　 　　　 C. cheating　 　　　 D. advertising

3. The phrase “bringing the error to the clerk’s attention” (in Para.5 ) means ______.

A. telling the truth to the clerk　　 　 B. offering advice to the clerk

C. asking the clerk to be more attentive　 　 D. reminding the clerk of the charged item

4. How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?

A. We’ll be very excited　　　　 　　 B. We’ll feel unfortunate.

C. We’ll have a sense of honor　 　 D. We’ll feel sorry for the clerk

5. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A. How to Live Truthfully　　　　 　　 B. Importance of Peacefulness

C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect　 　 D. Happiness through Honorable Actions.