A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would 　 1　 him the water in ten minutes.

Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for 　2 sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so 　 3 that she forgot to deliver him the 　4 . As a result, the passenger was held up (延误) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him 　5 a cup of water, but he 　6 it.

In the following hours on the flight, each time the stewardess? passed by the 　 7　 , she would ask him with a 　8 whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never paid attention to her.

When he was going to get 　 9 　 the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess? to 　___10___ him the passengers?’ booklet(意见簿). She was very 　 11　 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, 　___12___ with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she 　13 the booklet, and cracked a smile, 　14 the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times 　15 . How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?”

That’s right! Who can refuse your twelve sincere smiles from a person?

1. A. take　 　　　　 B．bring　 　　　　　　　　 C．carry　　 　　　　　 D．hold

2. A. food　 　　　　 B．drink　 　　　　　　　 C．service　 　　　　　 D．medicine

3. A. tired　 　　　　 B．silent　 　　　　　　　　 C．calm　　 　　　　　 D．busy

4. A. water　 　　　　 B．help　　 　　　　　　　 C．milk　　 　　　　　 D．warning

5. A. for　 　　　　　 B．about　 　　　　　　　 C．with　　 　　　　　 D．in

6. A. refused　 　　 B．accepted 　　　　　　 C．liked　 　　　　　　　 D．hated

7. A. customer　 　 B．passenger　　 　　　 C．guest　　 　　　　　 D．visitor

8. A. glance 　　　　 B．look 　　　　　　　　　　 C．smile 　　　　　　　　 D．cry

9. A. on　 　　　　　 B．to　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．off　 　　　　　　　　 D．from

10. A. hand　 　　　 B．take　 　　　　　　　　 C．throw　　 　　　　 D．lend

11. A. glad　 　　　　 B．angry　　 　　　　　　 C．curious　　 　　　 D．sad

12. A. So　 　　　　 B．Because　 　　　　　 C．And　　 　　　　　 D．But

13. A. hid　 　　　　 B．tore　 　　　　　　　　 C．opened　 　　　　　 D．closed

14. A. if　 　　　　　 B．for　 　　　　　　　　　 C．after　 　　　　　　 D．when

15. A. in all　 　　　　 B．above all　　 　　　　 C．or else　　 　　　 D．or so

A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to  16  his studies. There he wrote down his  17  for a course (课程) in English, but after the first  18  , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer  19  this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had  20  another course, so he was   21  when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English  22  at the end of this year.
The lecturer had  23  a difficult paper, which followed his  24  closely, and he was eager (热切的) to see  25  this student would answer the questions. He  26  the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they  27  him and he examined them  28  , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he  29  the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he  30  for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I  31  you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your  32  carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your  33  .”
“I’m very  34  about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 35  what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.”
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A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting( attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The  boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, __36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 37, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the __38__ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest __40__he was unable to touch it. He began to __41__ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 44 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 45 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking 46 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or,  47 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. 48 seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk 49 . At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 50 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 51 like this, the more unhappy he became.
52 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t 53 . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is 54 more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to  55 our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better.

A 7.0 magnitude（级）earthquake killed more than 230,000 people in Haiti. Then an 8.8 magnitude quake killed more than 900 people in Chile. And few weeks later, a 6.0 magnitude quake struck rural eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people.
The earthquakes kept coming hard and fast.   1 It’s not. The problem is what’s happening above ground, not underground, experts say.
  2 They’re rapidly putting up buildings that can’t stand up to earth quakes, scientists believe.
And news reports and better earthquake monitoring make it seem as if earth quakes are increasing all the time.
On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6.0 and 6.9. So far this year there have been 40 earthquakes—more than in most years for that time period. But that’s because the 8.8 quake in Chile caused a large number of strong aftershocks.
Also, it’s not the number of quakes, but their destructive effects that gain attention. The death is largely due to building standards,   3  Paul Earle, a US seismologist, called for better building standards in the world’s big cities.
Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than I million, more than half are likely to be hit by earthquakes.   4 “If you have a problem feeding yourself, you’re not really going to worry about earthquakes,” said Paul.
The earthquakes made everyone start to think   5  “People are paying attention to the violent planet we’re always lived on. Come back an another six moths if there has been no earthquakes, most people will have forgotten it again,” said US disaster researcher Dennis Mileti.

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting( attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The  boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, __36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 37, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the __38__ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest __40__he was unable to touch it. He began to __41__ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.

Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 44 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 45 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking 46 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or,  47 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.

He had tried everything he could think to do. 48 seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk 49 . At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 50 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 51 like this, the more unhappy he became.

52 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t 53 . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is 54 more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to  55 our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better.

2.A so          B then       C. but          D or

3.A. sadder      B angrier     C hungrier      D. tastier

4.A. expanding  B stretching    C. swinging     D. pulling

5.A. strength       B length       C. range        D. height

12.A for            B. with         C. on          D. of

13.A. After          B through      C. without      D. upon

20.A change         B. express       C. forget       D. describe