“I’ve changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back.” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas, written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched everyone’s heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.

But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father there too, either in your mind or heart. I find that my parents, who died years ago, still linger (留连) in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all my mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven’t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.

It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence has been to face the aggressors（入侵者）, and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, which gives me pause.

I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live together, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.

According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ___________.

   A. puts forward the subject of the text

   B. shows the author’s pity on the kid

   C. serves as an introduction to the discussion

   D. makes a clear statement of the author’s views

In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us____________.

   A. how much he misses his parents now

   B. why his parents often appear in his dream

   C. when Lucien will get over all his sadness

   D. how proud he was when he succeeded in life

What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?

   A. Proud.            B. Happy.        C. Disappointed.         D. Worried.

In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is _____________.

   A. to leave a precious memory to the people related

   B. to have a high sense of duty to the whole society

   C. to care what others will remember and treasure

   D. to share happiness and sadness with his family

What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?    

   A. Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.

   B. Advise parents stay with their children safely at home.

   C. Spend every day meaningfully in memory of death.

   D. Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.     

It was on a summer burning afternoon in Denver．The sky was blue and the wind was blowing slightly．A man from a big 36  with a new wagon （马车） and a beautiful pair of horses was 37 along a country road．He did not 38  much attention to 39  he was going．Pretty soon he realized that he was 40  , but he continued to drive, 41  to find his way or to meet someone who could tell him how to 42  to the town．
It was a long 43  road．For several hours he kept on driving．44  it was almost dark, he saw in a cornfield a tall farmer plowing （犁） the land．He stopped his 45  team of horses near the fence and called out, "Hello, farmer"
"Hello, yourself" the farmer replied, 46  plowing．
"Where does this  47  go ?"
"I haven't ever seen it go anywhere．It always 48  right where it is " , said the farmer, without stopping his work．
"How far is it  49  the next town?" said the stranger, speaking a little louder．
"Don't know, never  50  it " replied the farmer．
By this time the city man was getting 51  , "What do you know? You're the biggest 52  I ever saw"
The farmer 53  the plow and turned and looked for a long time at the city man．Then he said scornfully （轻蔑地） , "Maybe I don't know much．54  I am a fool．But 55  I'm not lost!"

完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。将正确选项答案涂在答题纸上。
I was wandering through the streets when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.I wanted very much to get a new suit and throw off my old    36   .But … I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note.I went in    37    asked if they had a cheap    38   .The fellow I spoke to    39    no answer at first,looked me up and down,noticed that I was almost in rags,   40    said, “just a minute.”
I waited till he    41   his work.Then he took me into a dark back room.He looked through the suits and    42   the cheapest one for me.I put it on.It didn’t fit,   43    it was new and I was anxious to have it,so I said:
“Could you wait a few days for the money?I haven’t any small change on me.”
The fellow looked at me    44    and said, “Oh,you haven’t?Well,of couse,I know that gentlement like you carry only    45    notes.”
I was    46    and said, “My friend,you shouldn’t judge a stranger always by the clothes he wears.I’m quite   47     to pay for this suit.But I’m afraid you can’t change the note.”
“Why do you think we can’t change your note?   48    the contrary,we can!”
I handed the note to him and said: “Oh,very well,I apologize.”
He    49    it with a smile,and then as he looked at the note,his smile froze.   50    the note in his hand,he stood there,unable to talk or move.
36.A.way         B.friend            C.watch       D.clothes
37. A.and         B.but              C.so         D.when
38. A.cloth        B.clothing          C.suit        D.suits
39. A.make        B.makes           C.making       D.made
40. A.have finished  B.had finished       C.will finish   D.is finishing
41. A.have finished   B.had finished       C.will finish   D.is finishing
42. A.choose        B.pick             C.find       D.selected
43. A.so           B.or              C.but         D.and
44. A.warmly        B.hardly          C.coldly       D.kindly
45. A.large         B.small           C.some       D.strange
46. A.mad         B.sorry            C.hurt       D.welcome
47. A.anxious        B.able            C.tired       D.worried
48. A.To           B.For            C.In          D.On
49. A.receiving      B.to receive       C.received       D.will receive
50. A.Holding        B.To hold        C.Held       D.To be held

A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day．“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn’t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?”

True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild．Without manners, we’re no more than animals．Actually, that’s not true．I’ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other．Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line．

My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time．We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I’m sorry．And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable．

I can’t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners．While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother’s teachings were paying off．

Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful．

While I regret that I haven’t been a perfect example, I’m still working on it．I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me．I didn’t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics．

1.What did the writer’s friend most probably complain about?

2.The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”．

3.We learn that the writer’s mother __________．

4.What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?

5.We can infer from the passage that the writer _________．

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon(马车)and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  1 to where he was going. Pretty soon he  2  that he was lost, but he  3 to drive, expecting to find his way or to  4 someone who could tell him how to get back to the  5 .

It was a long  6 road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost   7 , he saw in a  8  a tall farmer ploughing the land. He stopped his  9 team of horses near the fence and called out, “Hello, farmer.”

“Hello, yourself,”  the farmer replied,  10 ploughing.

“Where does the horse   11 ? He asked without knowing his languages mistakes.

“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   12 stays right where it is,” said the farmer,   13     stopping his work.

“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man, speaking a little  14 .

“Don’t know. I never  15 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 16 . “What do you know? You’re the biggest fool I  17 saw.”

18  stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  19 at the city man. Then he said, “Maybe I don’t know much.   20  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!”

1.                A．signs           B．orders          C．attention  D．direction

2.                A．realized        B．recognized      C．accepted D．received

3.                A．stopped        B．used           C．wanted   D．continued

4.                A．miss           B．meet           C．look D．lose

5.                A．town           B．country         C．capital    D．village

6.                A．lonely          B．busy           C．dirty D．crowded

7.                A．at noon         B．at night         C．raining   D．dark

8.                A．truck          B．pile            C．field D．store

9.                A．strong          B．tired           C．weak D．tiring

10.               A．but            B．went on        C．stopped   D．still

11.               A．go            B．lead up         C．get   D．show

12.               A．always         B．often          C．sometimes D．seldom

13.               A．began          B．still            C．without   D．already

14.               A．clearly         B．lower          C．more loudly    D．more politely

15.               A．judged         B．measured       C．saw  D．studied

16.               A．sad            B．lovely          C．friendly   D．angry

17.               A．ever           B．often          C．even D．never

18.               A．Still            B．Not            C．With  D．Finally

19.               A．gladly          B．immediately     C．in silence  D．excitedly

20.               A．Really          B．Perhaps        C．Certainly  D．Fortunately