I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I used to give a lot of money to the homeless, feeling 　41 for them. But as time passed, I became a mom with no home, a huge 　42 , and hardly any income. As a result, I 　43 　giving money to the people on the side of the road and became very 44 .

Things started to change for me 　45 . I had a home, a backyard for my daughter, and plenty of food, and I started to 　46 myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the 47, “Will work for food.” I 　48 . My daughter commented. “Mommy, you used to always give money to those people in 　49” I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for 50 , or other bad things.” She didn’t respond. 51 when I said that, I didn’t feel right.

Three days later, I was driving to 　52 my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep 　53 me said, “Just help the guy.” So I 　54 down my window, and he ran over excitedly. He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I 55 into my ashtray (煙灰缸) and strangely enough, there 56 three quarters and two pennies.

I picked them up and gave them to him. He 　57 with joy and tears in his eyes. “Wow, you just made it 58 for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you so much; the 　59 that had this great sale is leaving in 20 minutes!” It was a moment I’ll 　60 　forever. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best gift in life—GIVING.

41. A. angry 　　　 B. sorry　　　 C. grateful　　 D. strange

42. A. debt　　　 B. burden　　 C. disease　　　　 D. problem

43. A. continued　 B. appreciated　 C. hated　 D. stopped

44. A. rich　　　 B. pleased　　　 C. relaxed D. upset

45. A. slowly　　 B. immediately　 C. quickly 　D. greatly

46. A. save　　　 B. pull　　　　 C. run　　　　　　 D. feed

47.A. determined　 B. sign　　　　 C. child　　　　　 D. advertisement

48. A. ran away　 B. turned back　 C. passed by　　 D. sped up

49. A. danger　　 B. love　　　 C. need　　　　　　 D. sadness

50. A. life　　　　 B. book　　 C. food　　　　　　 D. smoking

51. A. And　　　 B. So　　　　 C. But　　　　　　　 D. Even

52. A. bring up　 B. carry out　　 C. pick up D. take out

53. A. on　　　　 B. inside　　 C. behind　　　　　 D. over

54. A. rolled　　 B. pushed　　 C. blew　　　　　　 D. took

55. A. reached　　 B. went　　　 C. knocked 　　 D. shouted

56. A. hid　　　 B. stood　　　 C. slept　　　　　　 D. lay

57. A. stood up　 B. turned up　　 C. set out D. burst out

58. A. possible　 B. meaningful　 C. wonderful　　　　　　　　 D. interesting

59. A. plane　　　 B. bus　　　　 C. woman 　　　 D. man

60. A. thank　　 B. respect　　 C. remember 　 D. hold

 Only when he left his home_____ to know how important the family was for him.

  A. did he begin   B. had he begun   C. he began    D. he has begun

 Everybody present at the meeting agreed to stick to the ___ that everyone should be treated fairly.  

A. purpose     B. republic    C. principle    D. guidance

 We must do something to _____ the river ________.

  A. stop… from polluted           B. keep…being polluted  

C. prevent… being polluted        D. stop…from polluting

―I’m taking part in the gardening competition to be held in our city next month!

―_           !

A．Wonderful        B．Enjoy yourself   C．Congratulations     D．Good Luck

 Children are bored of their studies because they are ______ to do better than they can.

   A. hoped           B. advised          C. suggested        D. expected

Your advice on how to improve my written skills ______ to me.

A. are very important　 B. is of very importance　 C. are great helpful　 D. is of much help

—So you didn’t say hello to him last night?

—Well, I stopped and smiled when I saw him, but he ______ me and walked on.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. ignored　　　 B. refused　　　 C. recognised　　　 D. missed

—Adam was late for class yesterday.

—Yes. It is the third time that he 　　 late this week.

　 A. was　　　　 B. is　　 C. has been　　　　 D. had been

 The reason ____ he explained was ______ he was ill and unable to go to school.

   A. why; that                B. why; because            C. which; because     D. which; that