The lady with the white fence（籬笆）taught me to leave the gale to life open.. .
My husband died in an accident and I became very angry. I hated being alone. One day, as I was   43   down a busy street, I suddenly noticed a new fence around a house. I pulled off to really watch it. It was such a good   44   that I was deeply touched. I could not send   45 away. The fence still smelled of fresh paint.
“Hello!" I came up and said to a lady in the back garden, “I came to see the fence. It's so beautiful!"
“Oh! The fence is not there for me," the lady explained to me in a calm voice, “I live alone. _ 46_so many people pass by every day, and I think they may be pleased to see something really attractive.     47   stop like you and come up to have a chat. "
"But weren't you sad when they expanded (拓寬) the road and everything changed so much?"
"Change is part of life and takes part in    48   us who we are. When something we do not
like happens to us, we have two choices—to become a    49   person or to become a better person."
Her reply changed my life. I carefully left the gate open and drove on   50   a new feeling inside me. I could not tell  51  it was, but I could feel the thick stone wall around my angry heart breaking off. And  52   a pretty white fence was built. I decided that I would keep the gate open for everything and everyone that came my way.
小題1:
A．walkingB．ridingC．drivingD．running
小題2:
A．streetB．paintC．houseD．job
小題3:
A．itB．themC．myselfD．her
小題4:
A．ButB．ThusC．AndD．As
小題5:
A．FewB．A fewC．EveryoneD．None
小題6:
A．findingB．tellingC．catchingD．making
小題7:
A．fitterB．bitterC．smarterD．sweeter
小題8:
A．withB．forC．toD．by
小題9:
A．whenB．whereC．whoD．what
小題10:
A．beyondB．onceC．insteadD．though

小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:C
文章大意：在“我”經(jīng)歷了喪夫之痛后，對生活失去了信心。但一個婦女的話給了我很大的啟迪，讓“我”明白了：只要你敞開心扉，人人都可以走進(jìn)你的生活。
小題1:從文章中最后一段的第一句話可知“我”在開車。
小題1:句意是“那是如此好的一項(xiàng)工作以至于我被深深地打動了”。
小題1:根據(jù)上一句的意思，“我”有點(diǎn)樂不思蜀了。Send sb, away把某人送走。
小題1:根據(jù)句意應(yīng)該是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。
小題1:肯定句應(yīng)用a few意為“有一些人”。
小題1:句意為“改變是生活中的一部分，并使我們明白我們是誰�！�
小題1:對比關(guān)系，由后面的better推測它的反義詞bitter.
小題1:帶有，具有用with.
小題1:句意是“我說不出它是什么”。應(yīng)該用what.
小題1:句意是“相反，建立了一個漂亮的白色的柵欄”。
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Jenny 是一名《Heart To Heart》電臺主持人，昨天她接到一名九年級李湖同學(xué)的熱線電話，李湖向Jenny訴說了很多苦惱。假如你是Jenny, 請給李湖同學(xué)提出一些合理的建議。
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