In the first week after arriving in the new city for further study, I fell and broke my leg. I was really ___36___by the kindness of my new roommate. “We are family now,” she said when she __37__me lying in my bed with a swollen leg, unable to move. She took me to ___38__ by taxi to get my leg examined. The driver was so___39__ that we arrived there very quickly. After that, my __40___continued helping me though I told her I could do things on my own.

So many blessing I had never expected came to me when I was alone and helpless. Bus drivers picked me up from anywhere they saw me. Many people __41__ the door for me. Such things were small but __42___ for a person on walking sticks.

___43___for people’s kindness, I did whatever I could to make people laugh. I made many jokes about my two sticks and the bad fall. And I tried not to __44__ a single time about what had happened. I also tried to be kind to other students who were injured. I took time to __45__ with a girl in a wheelchair who always ate lunch alone.

I soon realized that pain can be__46__ by mental strength. I could see that although I was using physical sticks, there were hundreds of mental sticks I could depend on. I also saw that sometimes ____47____ situation can be good. There are choices to discover great kindness in the world.

1.                A.touched        B.saved          C.cured    D.supported

 

2.                A.heard          B.left            C.found    D.viewed

 

3.                A.hotel          B.hospital         C.playground    D.library

 

4.                A.patient         B.angry          C.kind D.brave

 

5.                A.driver          B.doctor          C.family    D.roommate

 

6.                A.cleaned        B.moved         C.opened   D.decorated

 

7.                A.hard           B.impossible       C.different D.useless

 

8.                A.In turn         B.In reply         C.In return D.In addition

 

9.                A.complain       B.advise          C.miss D.enjoy

 

10.               A.study          B.discuss         C.practise   D.chat

 

11.               A.reduced        B.gained         C.caused    D.limited

 

12.               A.busy           B.unpleasant      C.puzzled    D.tiring

 

 

In western countries, especially in America, some social customs have lasted still today. For example, ladies first, that is to say, women in those countries are respected(尊重) in many ways.

In the U.S. and Europe, you will see men usually open doors for women and women generally walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant unless the man have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or to give other services. On the street, men almost walk or across the street on the side of the ladies which is closer to traffic, but if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them.

1.In this passage, “customs” especially refers to _______.

A.what a group of people usually do

B.what people in western countries do

C.what people in eastern countries do

D.what people in united states do

2.When you introduce a group of people in English, you will probably begin with  _____.

A.Men and women                        B.Women and men

C.Gentlemen and ladies                    D.Ladies and gentlemen

3.In which country people may think it strange that men should open doors for women?

A.England           B.Italy              C.Japan             D.Germany

4.Which of the following statements is not true?

A.In Europe, a man generally follows a woman when they enter a restaurant together.

B.In America a man who walks ahead of a women always gives services.

C.In the U.S, women almost always walk closer to the running cars.

D.In the U.S, men should always walk by the side of the ladies.

5.Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of this passage?

A.In western countries, some social customs have lasted till today.

B.Women in western countries are respected in many ways.

C.Men usually open doors for women in the U.S. as well as in Europe.

D.Men show respect for women by giving them good services.

 

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