Thanksgiving Day was fast approaching and many people were preparing for the holiday．Dora Smith gave her class an assignment－to draw a picture of something which they would like to be 1 ．
Miss Dora thought her students' family would 2 the holiday with turkey and other traditional food of the season and'-these would be the 3 of most of her students' art works．And so they were．
But Rueben' s picture was kind of 4 ．He drew a hand．Nothing else, just an empty hand, which soon aroused the 5 of his classmates．Whose hand could it be? One child 6 it was the hand of a fanner, because farmers 7 turkeys．Another suggested a police officer, because the police 8 and care for people．Still others guessed it was the hand of God, 9 God feeds us．Arid so actively the discussion went－until the teacher almost 10 the young artist himself．
When the students had begun other assignments．Miss Dora 11 at Rueben's desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was．Little Rueben looked away and said in a low voice, "It's 12 , teacher．"
Rueben' s words reminded Miss Dora of the times when she had 13 his hand and walked with him here or there．She remembered how 14 she had said, "Take my hand, Rueben, we'll go out-side．"Or, "Let me 15 you how to hold your pencil．" Or, "Let' s do this together．” Rueben was most thankful for his teacher' s 16 ．Brushing aside 17 , the．teacher went on with her work．
The story shows 18 gratitude．It suggests something related to teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it 19 to the Ruebens of the world．They might not always say 20 , but they' ll remember the hand that reaches out．
“Do you think we’ll win?”ten-year-old Tyrus Lucas asked his mother 1 he wrote his name on the entry(参赛作品)to Cartoon Network's toy sweepstakes．
“We can 2 ,”said his mother, a divorced mother who worked as a teacher and struggled to 3 her kids．She didn’t have much cash for 4 ．A week later the phone rang．“Your son won our drawing!”a woman 5
“Great,”cried his mother, “Which 6 did he win?”
“All of them．A thousand toys!”
The next Saturday when the doorbell of their home rang, Tyrus, not 7 the surprise, opened the door and his face 8 up．“Mum,” he cried．“Cartoon Network is here?”
So were dozens of 9 kids who had run over to the cartoon-covered truck．They jumped 10 as hundreds of toys tumbled from the truck's back doors．
Tyrus thought he could 11 his whole room with them．But as he looked at the children around him, he 12 ．The others in their working-class neighborhood didn’t have 13 either．
“Here,”he said, 14 a doll to a little girl．Then he handed a boy a Lite Brite．“Take 15 you want,” Tyrus told the kids－and they did, 16 him over and over．
Tyrus kept several games, but he wasn't done giving．“Why don't we give some to your 17 , Mom?” he asked．They 18 almost l00 toys to the elementary school where she worked．“The first thing my son thought of was to 19 ,”his mother says, beaming．“I’m so 20 of him．”
(1)
[ ]
A．
though
B．
as
C．
as long as
D．
so that
(2)
[ ]
A．
guess
B．
ask
C．
wait
D．
try
(3)
[ ]
A．
support
B．
promise
C．
treat
D．
consider
(4)
[ ]
A．
drawings
B．
extras
C．
food
D．
contests
(5)
[ ]
A．
declared
B．
explained
C．
celebrated
D．
praised
(6)
[ ]
A．
prize
B．
pay
C．
toy
D．
wealth
(7)
[ ]
A．
seeing
B．
helping
C．
knowing
D．
enjoying
(8)
[ ]
A．
lighted
B．
looked
C．
turned
D．
set
(9)
[ ]
A．
attractive
B．
warm
C．
helpful
D．
excited
(10)
[ ]
A．
off
B．
out
C．
clown
D．
up and down
(11)
[ ]
A．
join
B．
fill
C．
teach
D．
look
(12)
[ ]
A．
worried
B．
stopped
C．
laughed
D．
examined
(13)
[ ]
A．
much
B．
them
C．
little
D．
qualities
(14)
[ ]
A．
showing
B．
moving
C．
handing
D．
driving
(15)
[ ]
A．
wherever
B．
however
C．
whenever
D．
whatever
(16)
[ ]
A．
troubling
B．
disturbing
C．
reminding
D．
thanking
(17)
[ ]
A．
school
B．
friends
C．
students
D．
children
(18)
[ ]
A．
contributed
B．
delivered
C．
sold
D．
lent
(19)
[ ]
A．
take
B．
create
C．
give
D．
forgive
(20)
[ ]
A．
fond
B．
proud
C．
sure
D．
kind
完型填空：
Mr．Smith is well-known in Washington because of his many social blunders(stupid mistakes)．Recently he received an invitation 1 a dinner party．Although he did not know the hostess, he 2 the invitation．
At dinner, he was 3 beside a woman full of dignity(尊严)．The woman tried to be 4 even though she had never met Mr．Smith before．She spoke 5 , whenever he spoke to her．Between the first and the second 6 of the meal, she turned to Mr．Smith and said,“Do you 7 ,that gray-haired man at the end of the table?The one 8 glasses．”
“Ah, yes．Who is he?”asked Smith．
“He’s the Secretary of the interior!”she replied．
Mr．Smith said,“So 9 is the Secretary of the interior!I'm afraid that I find very little to 10 about him ,although he is the Secretary．”
The woman sat still and did not reply．Mr．Smith continued in spite of her 11 ．“I really can’t see how he received his 12 , unless he is perhaps a relative of the President．”
“It hardly 13 whether you like the Secretary or not,”she said．“He was 14 because the President thought he was the man for the 15 ．If he does the job well, you should have no complaint．”
“That’s just it,”said Mr．Smith．“No one 16 the things he does, unless be is a complete 17 !”
“Sir!”said the woman all her 18 ．“Do you know who l am?”
“No,”replied Mr．Smith．
“I am the Secretary’s wife,”she said coldly．
Mr．Smith was 19 , but he went on in spite of his embarrassment(困窘)．“Madam, do you know who I am?”
“No, I don’t,”the woman replied．
“ 20 !”cried Mr．Smith, as he quickly left the table．
(1)
[ ]
A．
by
B．
of
C．
to
D．
for
(2)
[ ]
A．
got
B．
preferred
C．
took
D．
accepted
(3)
[ ]
A．
seated
B．
placed
C．
arranged
D．
kept
(4)
[ ]
A．
lively
B．
careful
C．
friendly
D．
patient
(5)
[ ]
A．
calmly
B．
politely
C．
plainly
D．
perfectly
(6)
[ ]
A．
course
B．
choice
C．
pause
D．
turn
(7)
[ ]
A．
recognize
B．
see
C．
remember
D．
know
(8)
[ ]
A．
on
B．
putting
C．
with
D．
cleaning
(9)
[ ]
A．
there
B．
this
C．
here
D．
that
(10)
[ ]
A．
honour
B．
respect
C．
admire
D．
look
(11)
[ ]
A．
appearance
B．
coldness
C．
sadness
D．
action
(12)
[ ]
A．
position
B．
invitation
C．
possession
D．
instruction
(13)
[ ]
A．
minds
B．
expects
C．
happens
D．
matters
(14)
[ ]
A．
picked out
B．
selected
C．
made out
D．
chosen
(15)
[ ]
A．
business
B．
job
C．
service
D．
chance
(16)
[ ]
A．
wishes
B．
does
C．
needs
D．
cares
(17)
[ ]
A．
joker
B．
dreamer
C．
fool
D．
stranger
(18)
[ ]
A．
manner
B．
dignity
C．
wealth
D．
quality
(19)
[ ]
A．
moved
B．
interested
C．
frightened
D．
shocked
(20)
[ ]
A．
Thank goodness
B．
Great fun
C．
Thank you
D．
Big mistake
完型填空：
It was only in the eighteenth century that people in Europe began to think mountains were beautiful． 1 that time, mountains were 2 by the people living on the plain, 3 by the city people, to whom they were wild and 4 places in which one was easily 5 or killed by terrible animals．
Slowly, however, many of the people who were living 6 in the towns began to grow tired of 7 ．They began to feel interested in looking for things which could not be explained, for sights and sounds which produce in a feeling of fear and excitement． 8 in the 9 century, people began to turn away from the man-made 10 to untouched country, and particularly 11 places where it was dangerous and wild．High mountains began to be 12 for a holiday．
Then, mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport．To some people, it is something greatly 13 about getting to the． 14 of a high mountain：a struggle against nature is finer than a battle 15 other human beings．And than, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult 16 , what a 17 reward it is to be able to look 18 on everything within 19 !At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down 20 ．
(1)
[ ]
A．
After
B．
In
C．
At
D．
Before
(2)
[ ]
A．
hated
B．
liked
C．
feared
D．
observed
(3)
[ ]
A．
however
B．
further
C．
sometimes
D．
especially
(4)
[ ]
A．
exciting
B．
interesting
C．
dangerous
D．
alone
(5)
[ ]
A．
fallen down
B．
lost
C．
discovered
D．
caught
(6)
[ ]
A．
unhappily
B．
lonely
C．
comfortable
D．
easily
(7)
[ ]
A．
them
B．
it
C．
themselves
D．
that
(8)
[ ]
A．
Yet
B．
So
C．
However
D．
But
(9)
[ ]
A．
last
B．
recent
C．
eighteenth
D．
early
(10)
[ ]
A．
country
B．
houses
C．
town
D．
planet
(11)
[ ]
A．
to
B．
at
C．
in
D．
for
(12)
[ ]
A．
importam
B．
right
C．
necessary
D．
popular
(13)
[ ]
A．
pleasant
B．
interested
C．
dangerous
D．
terrible
(14)
[ ]
A．
foot
B．
spot
C．
top
D．
tip
(15)
[ ]
A．
with
B．
to
C．
against
D．
between
(16)
[ ]
A．
light
B．
climb
C．
walk
D．
running
(17)
[ ]
A．
surprising
B．
satisfactory
C．
disappointing
D．
astonishing
(18)
[ ]
A．
behind
B．
up
C．
down
D．
around
(19)
[ ]
A．
miles
B．
minutes
C．
seeing
D．
sight
(20)
[ ]
A．
above
B．
below
C．
under
D．
away
完型填空：
Mr．Jones woke early one morning, before the sun had risen, it was a beautiful morning, 1 he went to the window and looked out．He was surprised to see 2 middle-aged professor, who walked in the university just up the road from Mr．Jones’s house, 3 the direction of the town．He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was carrying an umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag．Mr．Jones thought that he must have 4 by the night train, and decided to walk to the university instead of taking a taxi．
Mr．Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had 5 a long rope to one of the branches so that they could swing on it．
Mr．Jones was 6 to see the professor 7 when he saw the rope, and looked 8 up and down the road．When he saw that there was nobody in sight, he 9 into the garden, put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat on the grass and 10 the rope．He 11 it hard to see whether it was strong enough to 12 his weight, then ran as fast as he could and swung into the 13 on the end of the rope, his grey hair 14 all around his face．Backwards and forwards he swung, 15 taking a few more 16 steps on the grass when the rope began to swing 17 slowly for him．
At last the professor stopped, 18 his tie, combed his hair carefully, put on his hat, picked up his umbrella, newspaper and bag, and 19 his way to the university, looking as 20 and correct and respectable as one would expect a professor to be．
(1)
[ ]
A．
because
B．
as
C．
so
D．
for
(2)
[ ]
A．
strangely-dressed
B．
casually-dressed
C．
ugly-dressed
D．
neatly-dressed
(3)
[ ]
A．
going to
B．
turning to
C．
coming from
D．
moving from
(4)
[ ]
A．
gone
B．
arrived
C．
missed
D．
taken
(5)
[ ]
A．
hanged
B．
tied
C．
joined
D．
put
(6)
[ ]
A．
happy
B．
frightened
C．
surprised
D．
excited
(7)
[ ]
A．
stop
B．
stand
C．
climb
D．
walk
(8)
[ ]
A．
carefully
B．
secretly
C．
carelessly
D．
directly
(9)
[ ]
A．
ran
B．
stepped
C．
moved
D．
jumped
(10)
[ ]
A．
took hold of
B．
grasped
C．
seized
D．
picked
(11)
[ ]
A．
held
B．
waved
C．
pulled
D．
hit
(12)
[ ]
A．
lose
B．
receive
C．
measure
D．
take
(13)
[ ]
A．
sky
B．
garden
C．
house
D．
air
(14)
[ ]
A．
flowing
B．
following
C．
blowing
D．
growing
(15)
[ ]
A．
suddenly
B．
hardly
C．
occasionally
D．
continuously
(16)
[ ]
A．
running
B．
jumping
C．
careful
D．
slow
(17)
[ ]
A．
more
B．
less
C．
too
D．
enough
(18)
[ ]
A．
straightened
B．
tied
C．
united
D．
moved
(19)
[ ]
A．
started
B．
set out
C．
continued
D．
walked
(20)
[ ]
A．
sweaty
B．
joyful
C．
quiet
D．
proud
完型填空：
I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place．The time was about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and I was driving along the road to 1 my daughter from school to swim．I finished my work at 4 o’clock and then went to the post office．Then stopped off at a 2 shop．We liked to have some fruit to eat 3 our swim when we would feel tired．
I was 4 along a high road on my way to my daughter’s school． 5 the road was another one that was built 6 a bridge for cars coming from another direction．I was 7 so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one．
Suddenly I saw the cars 8 me started to move from side to side．Then my car started to 9 ．I didn’t know what was happening．Perhaps 10 had gone wrong with my car．I drove a little more slowly and then I stopped my car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me．
I found 11 in the dark．I couldn’t move．The bottom parts of both of my legs and feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move 12 ．All around me was quiet．But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of 13 ．Then I remembered what had happened．I had been in an earthquake．
For about two hours nobody came．Luckily I could 14 the bag of apples, so at least I had plenty to eat．Then I 15 people climbing towards me．A team of people had come to see if 16 was under the broken road．
I 17 ,“I’m here!”
“How are you doing?”one asked．
“Not too bad,”I said, my feet and 18 feel as if they were broken.”
“We will 19 you out as soon as we can．”
They didn’t get me out 20 the next morning．I had been in my car for fourteen hours．
