_____________half an hour earlier, you would have met the famous writer.

There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we_________gave up.

----Why didn’t you get the job that pays more?

-----Because I like what I____________.

----Have you put your hands ________a job?

-----No, I have applied ________several companies, but none has given me an answer.

John，an academically excellent young man，went to apply for a management position in a big company．The director did the last  36 ．

The director asked，“Who paid for your school fees?” John answered．“My  37 did．When I was young，my father  38 ．”Then he continued．“  39 was your mother?” John answered，“My mother worked as a  40 cleaner．”Hearing this, the director asked John to  41  his hands．John reached out his hands that were  42 and perfect．The director said，“I have a  43 ．when you go home，clean your mother’s hands and see me tomorrow．”

John felt  44 but did it．His tears fell  45 he cleaned his mother’s hands．He noticed  for the first time that her hands were so  46 ．Also John  47 that it was this pair of hands  that washed clothes every day to  48 him．After cleaning his mother’s hands，John  49 washed all the remaining clothes for her．

Next day，John went to the director’s office. Tears in eyes，John was asked to  50 his  feelings．“Now I know what is  51 ．Without my mother，there wouldn’t be the  52 me today．By helping my mother，I see how  53 it is to get something done．I have also come to know the value of family relationship．”

The director smiled，This is what I am  54 ．I want a person who can appreciate the help of others，a person who knows the sufferings of others and a person who  55 put money as his only goal in life．You are hired．”

People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms (体育馆). Here, people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.

How do people climb the wall? To climb, you need special shoes and a harness (保护带) around your chest to hold you. There are ropes (绳索) tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the next piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult part is to control your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harness and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.

Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stronger.

1.What can we infer from the passage?

2.The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is _________.

3.The word “workout” underlined in the last paragraph most probably means      .

4.Why does the author write this passage?

The following notice is posted in the bus station.

Time Table:

●Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, from7:00 a.m. and every half-hour thereafter, until 11:30 p.m. (7 days a week)

●Buses leave Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m. to 11:40 p.m. (7 days a week)

●Evening rush hours (5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.); Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City every 15 minutes.(Monday—Friday)

●Holidays Buses leave every hour on the hour, each direction.(Trip time:30minutes each way)

●All tickets must be bought at Window 12, the Railway Station, New York City, or at the Brennan Station Window BEFORE boarding buses.

1.If you want to take a bus in the evening rush hour, you should take the ____                       in the Railway Station, New York City on Monday.

2.You’ll go back home from work in Brennan. Which of the following bus will you take?

3.Where should passengers buy their tickets?

My husband Ollie had retired from teaching and we were making plans to travel together to Florida. Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak. Weeks passed and it became clear that Ollie was near death, but I prayed day and night that he could get better.

One of us was always in Ollie’s hospital room—either me, or our grown children, Bruce and Karen. One day, in his broken and weak speech, Ollie told Bruce, “Go home. You should be with Gwen.” Gwen was Bruce’s wife. They had been married for six years and lived hundreds of miles away. Gwen was about to have a baby. We felt an extra sadness, knowing Ollie would never see his first grandchild.

“I don’t want to leave you, Dad,” Bruce said. Ollie repeated, “You should be with Gwen.” Reluctantly, Bruce left. “When the baby comes,” he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know.” A few days later, around 2 p.m., Ollie awoke from a sleep. He turned and looked at me. I sat close to hear his weak words. “The baby is coming now. It’s a boy,” he said. For a moment his eyes were filled with tears. Then he went back to sleep again. Not long after that, Karen ran into the room. “Bruce called,” she said, a smile lighting her face. “Gwen gave birth to a healthy baby boy around two o’ clock.”

Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.

1.Ollie didn’t travel to Florida because________.

2.Why did Ollie want Bruce to be with Gwen?

3.The underlined word in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.

4.What can we learn from the passage ?

Hi！Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble—and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉).

　　ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.

　　Here's an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.

　　There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages. Here's another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.

　　A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more." The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, "There's room for one more."

　　Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!

　　Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.

1.According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ________.

2.ESP lets people know _________.

3.In the last paragraph the underlined word "coincidences" probably means _______.

4.This article is mainly about ________.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When I was 16 years old，a boy gave me an important gift. __71__

It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was very far away.__72__I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt very heart broken. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.

Then the other day, my classmates talked happily with their friends ,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual.__73__I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.

__74__I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!

One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!  75  I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

E.     That smile changed my life.

F.     It’s practically impossible to make friends here.

G.    As a result, no one knew who I was.