That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco．There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre．With the first performance only a week 1 , I was still learning my lines．I was having 2 dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time．As I walked, I thought seriously about 3 up both acting and San Francisco．City life had become too much for me．
As I walked down 4 streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold．I began running, both to keep 5 and to keep away from any possible 6 ．Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets．
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me．I 7 quickly, half 8 to see someone with a knife or a gun．The street was empty．All I saw was a shining streetlight．Still, the noise had made me 9 , so I started to run faster．Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize 10 the noise had been．It had been my 11 falling to the sidewalk．
Suddenly I wasn't cold or tired anymore．I ran out of the door and back to 12 I'd heard the noise．Although I 13 the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was 14 to be found．
I was about to give up the search when I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to me．When a voice called from the 15 , "Alisa Camacho?" I thought I was 16 ．How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes．"Is this what you're looking for?" he asked, 17 up a small square shape．
It was nearly 3 a. m. by the time I got into bed．I wouldn't get much 18 that night, but I had gotten my wallet back．I also had gotten back some 19 of city life．I realized that the city couldn't be a bad place as long as people were 20 to help each other．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
(1)
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A．
lecture
B．
lesson
C．
training
D．
speech
(2)
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A．
how
B．
why
C．
whether
D．
that
(3)
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A．
star
B．
average
C．
ordinary
D．
important
(4)
[ ]
A．
learn
B．
benefit
C．
take
D．
get
(5)
[ ]
A．
worried
B．
worrying
C．
anxious
D．
eager
(6)
[ ]
A．
keep
B．
talk
C．
pull
D．
take
(7)
[ ]
A．
put
B．
set
C．
placed
D．
kept
(8)
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A．
alone
B．
lonely
C．
tall
D．
strong
(9)
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A．
attended
B．
participated in
C．
join
D．
take part
(10)
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A．
get
B．
realize
C．
make
D．
achieve
(11)
[ ]
A．
alone
B．
aside
C．
away
D．
down
(12)
[ ]
A．
before
B．
when
C．
then
D．
until
(13)
[ ]
A．
fixed
B．
put
C．
kept
D．
paid
(14)
[ ]
A．
run
B．
walk
C．
jog
D．
go
(15)
[ ]
A．
Unfortunately
B．
Repeatedly
C．
Secondly
D．
Luckily
(16)
[ ]
A．
stood
B．
picked
C．
struggled
D．
raised
(17)
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A．
mentally
B．
socially
C．
emotionally
D．
technically
(18)
[ ]
A．
won
B．
defeated
C．
beat
D．
got
(19)
[ ]
A．
yet
B．
however
C．
though
D．
while
(20)
[ ]
A．
pleased
B．
satisfied
C．
proud
D．
ashamed
完形填空。
The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school．Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football．
But there's a big surprise when the movie 1 with two students going crazy in the 2 shooting and killing people．
This is“Elephant”．Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids．American 3 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词)．The student actors 4 their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 5 ．
6 it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes 7 festival in France on May 25．
The film is based on the 8 at a high school in the US, where two boys 9 13 people and then themselves in 1999．
The title of the 10 refers to the old expression about a 11 that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house．
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the 12 ．It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone－fun and friendly, or hard and 13 ．
In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary 14 ．But, there are hints(暗示)of the 15 they feel inside．One of the boys is bullied at school．The other plays violent 16 games．But Van Sant isn't 17 their killings on either bullying or violent video games．In fact, the film doesn't offer any 18 for why school violence happens．
“I didn't want to 19 anything．It's up to the audience to draw its own 20 ,”said the 51-year-old director．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
