I wondered_____ that made him so upset．

A．how it was             B．which did it          C．what it was         D．who did it

One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City，Calif.，to New Orleans.In the middle of the desert，I came upon a young man standing by the roadside.He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand.I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need.Now you are a fool for helping.With gangs，drug addicts，murderers，rapists，thieves lurking everywhere，“I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.

Several states later I was still thinking about the hitch?hiker.Leaving him standing in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.

Does anyone stop any more？I wondered.I recalled Blanche DuBois’s famous line：“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”．Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days？One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money，relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans.What kind of Americans would he find？Who would feed him，shelter him，carry him down the road?

The idea intrigued me.

The week I turned 37，I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life.So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny.It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar.I would only accept offers of rides，food and a place to rest my head.My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina，a symbol of all the fears I’d have to conquer during the trip.

I rose early on September 6,1994，and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50?pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles：“America”．

For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states.As I traveled，folks were always warning me about someplace else.In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming；in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice as in Iowa.Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went.I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger，even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.

1.Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?

A．Because he failed to notice this man.

B．Because he was driving too fast.

C．Because he thought the young man didn’t need help.

D．Because he was afraid of being tricked.

2.What was it that made the author upset?

A．Leaving the young man alone in the desert.

B．Being considered a fool.

C．Making the decision of not offering help so easily.

D．Keeping thinking about the young man.

3.The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ________.

A．find out how long he could survive without help

B．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment

C．find out whether strangers would offer help to him

D．figure out how strangers thought of his plan

4.The following part might probably ________.

A．describe how he fooled the strangers

B．describe how strangers went out their way to help him

C．explain why people refused to help strangers

D．explain how he overcame his difficulties? on the way

Recently I had completely changed my views about life after a talk with one of my friends. He told me despite being  31  , he was happy and   32  that it was because of something he saw in Thailand.

A few years ago he was  33 feeling sad and was touring Thailand. He said right in front of his very eyes, he saw a mother 34  her child's right hand with a knife. The helpless  35 in the mother's eyes and the scream of the 36  four-year-old child still remained in his mind.

The 37 mother made the child handicapped (disabled)  38   he could go out on the streets to beg.   39 by the scene, he dropped a small piece of bread he was eating.

And almost at once, several children  40   around this small piece of bread covered with sand, 41  bits from one another. It was the 42   reaction of hunger. He then went to the nearest bakery and bought every single loaf of bread.   43  he gave out the bread to the children (mostly handicapped), he  44    cheers and bows from these  45  children. For the first time in his life, he understood  46  people could give up their 47  for a loaf of bread. He came to  48 how fortunate he was to be able to have a sound body, have a job, have a family, have the chance to  49  about food that didn't taste good, and have the many things that these people in front of him   50  dreamed of having. Perhaps life wasn't bad at all.

1.                A．in poor health    B．on a diet        C．in debt   D．out of work

2.                A．mentioned      B．recalled        C．explained D．insisted

3.                A．certainly        B．absolutely       C．seriously  D．really

4.                A．took off        B．cut off          C．put out   D．put off

5.                A．impression      B．appearance      C．expression    D．anger

6.                A．unbelievable    B．troublesome     C．terrified  D．painful

7.                A．angry          B．upset          C．crazy D．hopeless

8.                A．unless          B．in case         C．so that   D．because

9.                A．Puzzled         B．Shocked        C．Wondered D．Attracted

10.               A．turned         B．looked         C．sat   D．gathered

11.               A．offering        B．taking          C．sharing    D．giving

12.               A．natural         B．physical        C．mental    D．emotional

13.               A．Since          B．Until           C．As   D．If

14.               A．accepted       B．received        C．heard D．rejected

15.               A．unfortunate     B．polite          C．energetic  D．greedy

16.               A．whom          B．what           C．when D．how

17.               A．honor          B．identity         C．dignity    D．belief

18.               A．think of        B．conclude       C．realize    D．recognize

19.               A．argue          B．comment       C．complain  D．decide

20.               A．even          B．never          C．ever  D．hardly

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　　Philip was 9--in a Sunday school class. But other students did not welcome him because he was “___1___” with a serious illness.

　　One Sunday after Easter, the teacher ___2___ some plastic eggs that pull apart in the middle and gave one to each child.

　　On that beautiful ___3___ day each child was to go outdoors and ___4___ for himself a symbol of “new life” and place it ___5___ the egg.

　　They would then ___6___ their eggs one by one, and explain ___7___ his find was a symbol of “new life”.

　　The youngsters ___8___ around on the appointed（指定的）day.

　　One child had found a flower. All the children shouted at the lovely ___9___ of new life. Another egg was opened to show a ___10___. Some of the children laughed. “How can it be a symbol of ‘new life’?” one asked.

　　“I knew everybody would get flowers and leaves,” ___11___ one little boy said, “So I got a rock to be different.”

　　The teacher opened the last one, and there was ___12___ inside.

　　“That’s stupid,” someone said.

　　The teacher ___13___ a tug（拽）on his shirt. It was Philip. He said, “It’s mine. I did do it. It’s empty. I have ___14___ life because the tomb is ___15___.”

　　The class fell silent.

　　From that day on Philip became part of the group. They ___16___ him. Whatever had made him different was never ___17___ again.

　　That summer Philip ___18___.

　　On the day of his funeral（葬礼）, nine 8-year-old boys and girls ___19___ the reality of death and marched up to the tomb--not with flowers but with their gift of ___20___ --an empty egg.