A few years ago, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington, D.C．Standing outside the Ronald Reagan Center, I heard a voice say, “Can you help me?” When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended．In a natural reflex, I reached into my pocket, pulled out all of my loose change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her．I was annoyed at being bothered by a beggar．But the blind woman smiled and said, “I don’t want your money．I just need help finding the post office.”
In an instant, I realized what I had done．I judged another person simply for what I assumed she had to be．I hated what I saw in myself．This incident re-awakened my belief in humility(谦恭), even though I’d lost it for a moment．
The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant．I left Honduras and arrived in the U.S．at the age of 15．I started my new life with two suitcases, my brother and sister, and a strong, serious-minded mother．Through the years, I have been a dishwasher, mechanic and pizza delivery driver among many other humble jobs, and eventually I became a network engineer．
In my own life, I have experienced many open acts of prejudice (偏见)．I remember a time, at age 17 —— I worked as a waiter, and I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like me．I have also witnessed the same treatment of my family and friends, so I know what it’s like, and I should have known better．
But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am and where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to be going．That blind woman on the streets of Washington, D.C., cured me of my blindness．She reminded me of my belief in humility and to always keep my eyes and heart open．By the way, I helped that lady to the post office．And in writing this essay, I hope to thank her for the priceless lesson．
【小题1】We can learn from the first two paragraphs that _______．

Born in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he had a hole in his heart and “they didn’t think I had a lot longer to live”. But during a later visit to the doctor, his family learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama says. “And I had a second chance.”
During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he saw—barefoot children collecting cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance.
Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need.
He started by telling his friends about his experience and collecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.” He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “She’s dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Knowing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since 2006, the siblings’ organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college.
Fujiyama says students are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23, lives in Honduras full time to coordinate（协调）the group’s building efforts on the ground.
Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didn’t have access to clean water or health care, and they didn’t have a school. Fujiyama’s group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library.

1. 1.

   At the beginning of his organization, ________.

   1. A.
      Fujiyama was supported by many friends
   2. B.
      things didn’t go on smoothly
   3. C.
      Fujiyama had little idea of Honduras
   4. D.
      many famous people joined in
2. 2.

   We can infer that Fujiyama is a _______ man.

   1. A.
      diligent
   2. B.
      mean
   3. C.
      sympathetic
   4. D.
      cheerful
3. 3.

   The underlined word “siblings’ ” can be replaced by __________.

   1. A.
      brothers’
   2. B.
      brother and sister’s
   3. C.
      friends’
   4. D.
      couple’s
4. 4.

   Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

   1. A.
      Help the people in need
   2. B.
      Students lend a hand in America
   3. C.
      Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village”
   4. D.
      Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance

Ⅲ、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a faraway village. One day, on the road, I found the   51   pieces of a mirror. There was a Garman motorcycle accident.
I tried to find all the pieces and put them   52  , but it was not possible, so I kept only the  53    piece and I made it round. I could   54  with it as a toy and became greatly attracted by the   55  that I could reflect（反射）light to dark places where the sun would never shine—in  56 holes and some other dark places. It became a   57   for me to get light into the darkest places I could find.
I   58  the little mirror, and, as I   59  up, I would take it out when I had nothing to  do and  60  the game, As I became a   61  , I grew to understand that this was not    62  a child’s game but a metaphor（象征）for what I might do with my life. I came to    63  that I am not the light or the source of light. But light—truth, understanding, knowledge—is  64  , and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.
I am just a single piece of a mirror whose   65   design and shape I do not know.    66  , with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this   67  —into the black places in the    68    of men—and change some things   69    some people. Perhaps others may see and do the same. This is what I am about. This is the    70  of my life.
51. A. broken                  B. dropped                   C. pointed                    D. sharpened
52. A. back                   B. down                       C. together                   D. up
53. A. best                   B. longest                        C. smallest                    D. largest
54. A. talk                    B. play                         C. flash                        D. share
55. A. idea                    B. fact                          C. decision                   D. reason
56. A. deep                   B. big                          C. pretty                       D. empty
57. A. job                       B. task                         C. game                       D. trouble
58. A. kept                   B. hid                          C. forgot                     D. lost
59. A. came                  B. stood                       C. grew                        D. went
60. A. watch                 B. continue                   C. remember                 D. change
61. A. man                   B. boy                          C. father                       D. grandfather
62. A. always             B. completely               C. really                       D. just
63. A. announce            B. doubt                       C. understand                  D. expect
64. A. absent                 B. home                      C. far                           D. there
65. A. whole                 B. most                        C. half                         D. other
66. A. So                     B. However                  C. Besides                    D. Certainly
67. A. country              B. village                     C. world                         D. city
68. A. hands                 B. brains                      C. eyes                         D. hearts
69. A. on                     B. in                         C. with                        D. like
70. A. way                    B. standard                   C. quality                       D. meaning