A few weeks ago, I followed a friend into an art supply store．I found him picking out tubes of water-color paint, which __36__ me because he’s not an artist.
"I   37  up for a water-color class, and it starts next week," he said．"I really don’t have  38_ for it, but it was on my list of 50 things to do before I die, so I _39__ it．Every few months I look at the list and decide what to focus on next． 40  I had the list, I complained a lot about what I was  41 _ in my life．Now I just bury myself in doing these things．Write your own list．and you’ll   42  what I mean．"
So that night．I did just that, and he was right．The list revealed （显露出） a whole lot about what was __43__ to me．It also revealed how _44___ behind I am at getting to the things I really want．
I filled up the first twenty __45__ quickly, but then began to think carefully．
Eventually I __46_ items I’ve thought about for years, and __47__ I’ve carried with me since I was young．When I  48  the list later, some entries surprised me．
First, I want to _ 49_ much more, particularly now that my children are   50_ and can go with me to see the world．I would like to take them to bike through Denmark and camp in the Canadian Rockies．
I’m also surprised to _51_ some things on the list that need to be done soon．If I’m going to learn to roller-blade （轮滑）, __52_, I’d better start before I turn 50．
Like my friend, I now have an alternative to __53__．When I’m bored with life, I take out my list．
My friend told me the _54_ was preparing the ground so that life could work in mysterious ways．"If you want your ship to come in, you must build a dock （码头）," he said．
Thanks to my _55__, I’m working on some big docks．

“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I’m going to have a   16 performance tonight．I hope you’ll come．Here is the  17 ．” She left in a hurry, disappearing in the crowds of people  18  ．
"Is that true?" I asked myself．She was a quite  19  girl．I had never seen her making up or wearing attractive clothes, for she did not know how to   20  indeed．
I arrived at the   21  with the ticket, and found my seat．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would   22  from a hard time before her turn, for I had no   23  of art, but her performance was   24  watching, no matter how long I would wait．Time went slowly．I  25    with myself not to fall asleep．
"Let’ s welcome the next exciting dance - Latin !"   26  filled the hall at once．
I opened my eyes as large as possible,  27 to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the stage．Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully  28  in the Latin music．At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly   29 on the splendid stage．   
After all the performance   30  , I waited for her at the gate．
"Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and  31 as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen．
"How do you feel?" There was not a little bit tired  32  on her face．
"  33 !" I answered．
"Thank you! I knew it would be．" She could not  34  her excitement, laughing like a child．Looking at the shining crystal high-heeled shoes in the wonderful starry night, I   35 that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight   16  .
I worked in a   17  doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run   18  than usual. It seemed I was going to be late  19 home and my husband, being the   20  person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe if I hurried, I could still _21 __it home.
I was heading inside to   22  for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for   23  to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just _24_ a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be   25 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making   26 . One of them was   27  trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the   28 ?”
A look of   29  crossed the woman’s face.
“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a (an)   30  since I had just made up my mind to do   31  that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right   32  me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to   33 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband   34 me, “So you aren’t ever late any more.”
I said, “Sometimes it’s   35  to be late.”

It was a cold, wet day on June 6, 2010, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to   36  , Wasana stared at the   37  . Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that   38   at the back of the classroom.
He   39   large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡) at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Wasana   40   the water, wondering why it looked so   41  . Then it hit him — the   42   was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes. Fearing a  43   disaster, he shouted   44   at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run, run, don’t stay here! The   45   on the hill is going to fall on us!”
Chaos(混乱) broke out as the  46   ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers  47   Wasana, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground.
Just then Principal Gurusinghe drove into the school. Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening. After   48   the site, Gurusinghe knew the school was in   49  . The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down   50  .
51   a group of teachers and older students, Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too   52  : ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Gurusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth   53  their classrooms. Thanks to Wasana’s   54   action and careful observation,  55   was hurt in the incident.

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he  41   his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always _42__ his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,  43   to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the   44 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the  45 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be  taken down for  46 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying  47  for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 48  fake（假货）. When he was  49  of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 50  cost nearly 100,000, into pieces  51  hearing Glen’s words. Glen was  52 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 53  . For many times of entry-exit  54  he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and  55  him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if  56  reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be  57  according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep  58  on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of  59  , which he would remember as the  60  of his success forever.

【小题14】

A．conditions B．experiences C．experiments D．chances

【小题20】

A．secret B．lesson C．choice D．belief

Russ was a lovable kid with a variety of communication challenges---a speech impediment (语言障碍), dyslexia (诵读困难), and auditory problems. __41__ today he is walking confidently, standing tall to make an acceptance __42__ for having been chosen one of the “Outstanding Young Citizens” in Ocean County, New Jersey __43__ his remarkable volunteer service in the town of Toms River.
As I listened, I closed my eyes. I found myself __44__ those memorable moments. My mind was full of warm images of Russ as a loving, caring youth, a gentle soul, __45__ his challenges. And now, as he stood at the platform, I knew his heart __46__ be racing. As Russ continued to speak, I thought about the fateful day when he was diagnosed with all those impairments(损伤) and how __47__ his tutors would be if they could see him today. Here he was at twenty-nine, being honored for ten years of service as a volunteer __48__. Russ was __49__ for organizing clothing for the homeless, teaching preschool children about fire safety, and for playing Santa Claus for very sick children by driving up in a fire truck.
Russ thanked his parents for providing him with dignity and for teaching him about morals. Then, pausing for a few seconds, he __50__ us by surprise by touching lovingly on the __51__ of his nephew, Austin. Austin was just three years old when he died from an incurable disease. At that moment, I had to close my eyes again __52__ a different set of tears ran down my cheeks. A silence __53__ the room as Russ owed his volunteer award to Austin. He __54__ his address by lifting the audience up with these words, “Austin taught me how to love.”
I have never thought of this day. __55__, no one had ever thought that Russ would make __56__ as the star of the football team, and he had never been voted “most likely to succeed,” but he __57__ to be a true “star” in his community. Russ became a man of strong character __58__ his unselfish service to others. With so many impairments, Russ now sees and acts __59__ with his heart. His words and deeds inspire everyone who knows him. It is Russ, our son, who has shown us what __60__ is.

【小题1】

A．And B．While C．As D．But

This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience．It happened about three years ago and it has had a 26 effect on me．I would like to show respect here for the two men I do not know 27 but whose actions gave a new 28 to the words — kind and generous．
I was walking down a busy street on a cold, windy day in early 29 , A homeless man, probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes, was 30 for change on a street corner．
A BMW car 31 on the other side of the street and an executive（主管）who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car．He was probably about 32 years old．He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie．He walked33across the street and over to the homeless man．Without saying anything, he first gave him a lot of 34 and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves（手套）, beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks．Then he 35 them to the homeless man．The homeless man took them and stared with a/an 36 mouth．
As he drove off, I couldn’t 37 thinking that it was probably the first time he had 38 the pedal（ 踏板）of that top-brand BMW car with a 39 foot! I stood there and the looks of 40 appeared on my face and the homeless man’s．
Two men of about the same age 41 very different lives had met and the one who was42 in materials had offered 43 than his shoes．He had left this BMW car and 44 down from his high position．He lifted up the other man when he offered respect, 45 and real generosity．

On the first day of the sixth grade, I noticed one little girl called Amy on the school bus. “ Don’t  16  her,” warned Lauren, who sat beside me. “or they will make fun of you.”
Amy had many  17  differences － lots of reasons for other kids to make fun of her. Her eyes weren’t straight. Her glasses were an inch thick. And she had really uneven teeth.
Every day  18  we drove to and from school, kids would shout insults(侮辱) at Amy. “God，what a strange face! Stop  19  me!”“Mr. Rolland (the driver)! Amy took off her glasses, and now her eyes are frightening me.  20  her put them back on!” For a while I shouted my  21  of insults, just so I’d fit in.  22 , I didn’t want them to treat me the same way they treated Amy.
But while I was insulting her, my heart  23  for the girl. I could see that the insults were making her look uglier, because she was so  24  and alone. Then I wanted to  25  her. I just didn’t know how to stop my schoolmates － 26  the night of our class roller-skating party.
Our whole class was there,  27  Amy. Amy didn’t know how to skate, but I could see how much she wanted to have  28  like the rest of us. So I skated over to her and took her by the hand.  29  we began the journey together around the skating rink. She just smiled, and every once in a while she would laugh in excitement.
On the school bus the next morning, there was much  30  about Amy and me skating together. But  31  insulted her or me. And they didn’t do that for the rest of the year. I  32  heard from Amy again after the school year. But I’ve always  33  that I changed her life for the better.
She changed my  34 . After becoming her friend, I no longer tried to impress people by trying to  35  like them. I became myself.

Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened    36   a young man, the son of a(n)   37   baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was    38   , and by midseason he expected to be removed    39  day. The coaches were     40   by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb（杰出的）athlete, but he seemed to have become    41   from his potential.
His    42   seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a     43   and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the    44  , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.
Then play    45  , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning    46  . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly    47   the attention of the parent team, and he was called   48   to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the    49   remark the judge had    50   that day when his baseball career had seemed    51  .
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood    52   my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it.    53  he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s    54   .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just    55   I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so ___36___  that he didn’t know what to do with ___37___.The person who had gone in ___38___ him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. ___39__ James. He felt __40___ that she had already got the ___41___. The problem was that he wanted this job ___42__. It meant ___43___ to him. He had ___44___ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___45___ brilliantly at the interview and __46___ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling ___47___ .He couldn’t ___48___ all those things he had  ___49___ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and ___50___.But no — he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t ___51__ like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very ___52___ with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James ___53___ her . The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly ___54___ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs  ___55____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.