Helen was loved as a friendly 1ady by a11 who knew her. She had belonged to the same church for almost all her adult lire and was highly 36.______. Poor Helen was well into her 90’s. Since her husband passed away，she moved in with Jennifer, her young granddaughter. However, life is 37._______. One night driving home from the store, Jennifer was hit dead by a drunk driver. Once again, Helen was alone.
The 38._______ of losing those closest to her and the loneliness of being all alone were 39.______ she could bear. She changed--she fell into 40._______ and hopelessness. Naturally, people around her saw the change. But nobody seemed to know how to 41._______ her. Months passed. It was now December, and the holiday season was 42._______ to be harder than Helen imagined it would be. She felt like she was 43._______, slowly inside. She wondered if she would see Christmas this year.
44._______, the second Sunday of December, the Sunday School teacher came to her with a special request. Would she be 45.______ enough to help decorate the tree that was in the middle of the children’s classroom? Each child had handmade a special decoration to 46.______ on the tree, and they needed assistance. Helen attempted to 47._______ refuse, but the teacher said that the children had requested she be the 48._______ that year. It was important to them for some reason, the teacher whispered.
The night of the special event, Helen was present and wore the best smile. The 49.______ of the young children was bittersweet, which held memories of her dear Jennifer. For the first time in months, though, you could see her eyes 50._______ through tears. She was happy that the children had 51.______ her. Most decorations had been placed on the tree 52._______ a group of nine children came and sat in front of her. Each of them either had no grandmother any longer, 53.______  had never even known theirs. This was a very special celebration and union. In the middle lay a gift-wrapped box 54._______ for her with a card reading “Our Grandma, with love. ”
Christmas this year wasn’t unkind to Helen. No, it was a new 55._______, a brand-new start and nine new reasons to her…

Helen was loved as a friendly 1ady by a11 who knew her. She had belonged to the same church for almost all her adult lire and was highly 36.______. Poor Helen was well into her 90’s. Since her husband passed away，she moved in with Jennifer, her young granddaughter. However, life is 37._______. One night driving home from the store, Jennifer was hit dead by a drunk driver. Once again, Helen was alone.

The 38._______ of losing those closest to her and the loneliness of being all alone were 39.______ she could bear. She changed--she fell into 40._______ and hopelessness. Naturally, people around her saw the change. But nobody seemed to know how to 41._______ her. Months passed. It was now December, and the holiday season was 42._______ to be harder than Helen imagined it would be. She felt like she was 43._______, slowly inside. She wondered if she would see Christmas this year.

44._______, the second Sunday of December, the Sunday School teacher came to her with a special request. Would she be 45.______ enough to help decorate the tree that was in the middle of the children’s classroom? Each child had handmade a special decoration to 46.______ on the tree, and they needed assistance. Helen attempted to 47._______ refuse, but the teacher said that the children had requested she be the 48._______ that year. It was important to them for some reason, the teacher whispered.

The night of the special event, Helen was present and wore the best smile. The 49.______ of the young children was bittersweet, which held memories of her dear Jennifer. For the first time in months, though, you could see her eyes 50._______ through tears. She was happy that the children had 51.______ her. Most decorations had been placed on the tree 52._______ a group of nine children came and sat in front of her. Each of them either had no grandmother any longer, 53.______  had never even known theirs. This was a very special celebration and union. In the middle lay a gift-wrapped box 54._______ for her with a card reading “Our Grandma, with love. ”

Christmas this year wasn’t unkind to Helen. No, it was a new 55._______, a brand-new start and nine new reasons to her…

1.                A．valued         B．rewarded       C．approved D．respected

2.                A．funny          B．challenging      C．boring    D．diverse

3.                A．weakness       B．coldness        C．sadness   D．tiredness

4.                A．other than      B．more than       C．rather than    D．1essthan

5.                A．nervousness     B．anxiety         C．depression    D．separation

6.                A．acknowledge    B．distinguish       C．appreciate D．comfort

7.                A．desired         B．pictured        C．aiming    D．proving

8.                A．crying          B．dying           C．moving   D．struggling

9.                A．Gradually       B．Recently        C．Then D．Meanwhile

10.               A．kind           B．optimistic       C．patient    D．enthusiastic

11.               A．base           B．place          C．hide  D．set

12.               A．politely         B．personally      C．seriously  D．unwillingly

13.               A．volunteer       B．visitor          C．teacher   D．assistant

14.               A．view           B．thought        C．sight  D．scenery

15.               A．staring         B．shining         C．looking    D．1ighting

16.               A．helped         B．treated         C．invited    D．amused

17.               A．while          B．when          C．as    D．after

18.               A．or             B．nor            C．and  D．but

19.               A．intended       B．written         C．sent  D．1eft

20.               A．ending         B．process        C．goal  D．beginning

Helen was loved as a friendly 1ady by a11 who knew her. She had belonged to the same church for almost all her adult lire and was highly 1. Poor Helen was well into her 90’s. Since her husband passed away，she moved in with Jennifer, her young granddaughter. However, life is 2. One night driving home from the store, Jennifer was hit dead by a drunk driver. Once again, Helen was alone.
The 3 of losing those closest to her and the loneliness of being all alone were 4 she could bear. She changed--she fell into 5 and hopelessness. Naturally, people around her saw the change. But nobody seemed to know how to 6 her. Months passed. It was now December, and the holiday season was 7 to be harder than Helen imagined it would be. She felt like she was 8, slowly inside. She wondered if she would see Christmas this year.
9, the second Sunday of December, the Sunday School teacher came to her with a special request. Would she be 10 enough to help decorate the tree that was in the middle of the children’s classroom? Each child had handmade a special decoration to 11 on the tree, and they needed assistance. Helen attempted to 12 refuse, but the teacher said that the children had requested she be the 13 that year. It was important to them for some reason, the teacher whispered.
The night of the special event, Helen was present and wore the best smile. The 14 of the young children was bittersweet, which held memories of her dear Jennifer. For the first time in months, though, you could see her eyes 15 through tears. She was happy that the children had 16 her. Most decorations had been placed on the tree 17 a group of nine children came and sat in front of her. Each of them either had no grandmother any longer, 18  had never even known theirs. This was a very special celebration and union. In the middle lay a gift-wrapped box 19 for her with a card reading “Our Grandma, with love. ”
Christmas this year wasn’t unkind to Helen. No, it was a new 20, a brand-new start and nine new reasons to her…

1. 1.
   1. A.
      valued
   2. B.
      rewarded
   3. C.
      approved
   4. D.
      respected
2. 2.
   1. A.
      funny
   2. B.
      challenging
   3. C.
      boring
   4. D.
      diverse
3. 3.
   1. A.
      weakness
   2. B.
      coldness
   3. C.
      sadness
   4. D.
      tiredness
4. 4.
   1. A.
      other than
   2. B.
      more than
   3. C.
      rather than
   4. D.
      1essthan
5. 5.
   1. A.
      nervousness
   2. B.
      anxiety
   3. C.
      depression
   4. D.
      separation
6. 6.
   1. A.
      acknowledge
   2. B.
      distinguish
   3. C.
      appreciate
   4. D.
      comfort
7. 7.
   1. A.
      desired
   2. B.
      pictured
   3. C.
      aiming
   4. D.
      proving
8. 8.
   1. A.
      crying
   2. B.
      dying
   3. C.
      moving
   4. D.
      struggling
9. 9.
   1. A.
      Gradually
   2. B.
      Recently
   3. C.
      Then
   4. D.
      Meanwhile
10. 10.
    1. A.
       kind
    2. B.
       optimistic
    3. C.
       patient
    4. D.
       enthusiastic
11. 11.
    1. A.
       base
    2. B.
       place
    3. C.
       hide
    4. D.
       set
12. 12.
    1. A.
       politely
    2. B.
       personally
    3. C.
       seriously
    4. D.
       unwillingly
13. 13.
    1. A.
       volunteer
    2. B.
       visitor
    3. C.
       teacher
    4. D.
       assistant
14. 14.
    1. A.
       view
    2. B.
       thought
    3. C.
       sight
    4. D.
       scenery
15. 15.
    1. A.
       staring
    2. B.
       shining
    3. C.
       looking
    4. D.
       1ighting
16. 16.
    1. A.
       helped
    2. B.
       treated
    3. C.
       invited
    4. D.
       amused
17. 17.
    1. A.
       while
    2. B.
       when
    3. C.
       as
    4. D.
       after
18. 18.
    1. A.
       or
    2. B.
       nor
    3. C.
       and
    4. D.
       but
19. 19.
    1. A.
       intended
    2. B.
       written
    3. C.
       sent
    4. D.
       1eft
20. 20.
    1. A.
       ending
    2. B.
       process
    3. C.
       goal
    4. D.
       beginning

C

　　This summer vacation,Xiaokai,a high school student in Guangzhou,planned to spend his time surfing the Internet,playing basketball and watching TV.

　　But Xiaokai's parents tried to make him read some classics at home.In their yees,reading the classics would do his son much more good than other activities.

　　Though his room was full of the classic books,he had just finished reading one of them,The Old Man and the Sea.

　　"I picked up the book just because it was not very thick,"he said."Nothing impressed me at all after reading."

　　Xiaokai is not alone in today's China.Now most of the teenagers are fond of reading martial arts stories,cartoons and popular magazines.Theose classics cannot get them interested at all.

　　Parents areworrying about this phenomenon(现象).They always tell their chilren to read the classsics,which is supposed to help their children improve their academic studies.

　　Ms Li made a classics reading plan for her daughter,but her daughter refused to carry it away.She just finished less than 10 pages of the Dream of Red Chamber(阁楼) during the whole summer vacation. Ms Li sighed,"What's wrong with the children today?"

　　It is the same with teachers.One middle school Chinese teacher once prepared a chart(图表) of Interpersonal relationship in the best-known novel Dream of Red Chamber for his students. They were asked to remember how the characters are related to each other while preparing for the final exam.

　　To improve the situation in which the fastfood culture (快餐文化) seems to be winning over teenagers,parents are expected to understand their children's interests, and guide them to read the books instead of forcing them,according to some experts.It is not necessary for the kids to read the classics in their childhood.They can read classics after having their own life experience.

　　64.Xiaokai read only one classic book because _______.

　　A.he didn't have more

　　B.he wasn't interested in the classics

　　C.it took him a lot of time

　　D.he just acted on his parents' advice

　　65.When the writer says"Xiaokai is not alone",she means that ________.

　　A.many others don't like classics either

　　B.some parents and teachers support Xiaokai

　　C.Xiaokai is not the family's only child

　　D.Xiaokai often reads together with others

　　66.Which belong,or belongs,to the fastfood culture according to the article?

　　A.The old Man and the Sea.

　　B.The Dream of Red Chamber.

　　C.Martial arts stories.

　　D.The books filling up Xiaokai's room.

　　67.Who would be more likely to stand on the side of that Chinese teacher?

　　A.The students.    B.The parents.      C.The experts.     D.The writer.

Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is　 36　 for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the sane　 37　 night after night. One would

 38　 them to know their parts by heart and　 39　 have cause to falter（结巴）.Yet　40　is not always the case.

　　A famous actor in a　 41　 successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat　 42　 had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act，a gaoler（监狱长，看守）would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.　 43　 the noble was expected to read the letter at each　 44　 ,he always insisted that it should be written out in full.

　　One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke　 45　 his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the　 46　 of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed（使显露）the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then，the gaoler　 47　 with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the　 48　and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in　

 49　 as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly,　50　 to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then，squinting（眯着眼看）his eves，he said,“The light is　 51　.Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.　52　 that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied，“The light is indeed dim，sir. I must get my　 53　”With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s　 54　 ，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the　 55　 copy of the letter which he proceeded（继续进行）to read to the prisoner.

　　36．A. fortunate B. unfortunate C. happy D. unhappy

　　37．A. lines B. words C. plays D. roles

　　38．A. want B. ask C. expect D. wish

　　39．A. always B. never C. sometimes D. often

　　40．A. such B. the thing C. one D. this

　　41．A. highly B. high C. poorly D. poor

　　42．A. where B. what C. which D. who

　　43．A. Because B. Even though C. When D. Though

　　44．A. play B. performance C. role D. case

　　45．A. with B. in C. on D. to

　　46．A. pages B. joke C. lines D. contents

　　47．A. appeared B. disappeared C. came out D. came in

　　48．A. room B. cell C. stage D. office

　　49．A. English B. French C. order D. full

　　50．A. worded B. surprised C. anxious D. afraid

　　51．A. bright B. dim C. dark D. out

　　52．A. To see B. To find C. Seeing D. Finding

　　53．A. glasses B. lines C. light D. letters

　　54．A. surprise B. satisfaction C. anger D. amusement

　　55．A. usual B. old C. unusual D. new