When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in   16   .

    One hot summer afternoon, I was   17   down the highway to New York when another car suddenly   18   into my lane(車道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n)   19   driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.

    I was    20   with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to the lane change, and he    2l   did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away    22   after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(彎道) and found the   23   car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked   24   . With no telephone nearby and the nearest services twenty miles away. I decided to    25    and see what the problem was.

    The man’s car had a flat tire(癟胎). Although he had a spare tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to   26   him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my Air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I   27   the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt   28   after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier   29   my car ran off the road.

You can really enjoy great   30   from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.

1. A. need        B. school        C. danger          D. summer

2.A. walking     B. riding         C. running         D. driving

3. A. fell         B. floated        C. came           D. climbed

4.A. active       B. experienced    C. frightened       D. energetic

5. A. unhappy     B. satisfied       C. familiar         D. friendly

6. A. even        B. certainly       C. almost         D. simply

7.A. quickly      B. quietly        C. politely        D. carefully

8. A. new         B. red           C. same          D. other

9.A. excited      B. relaxed        C. surprised       D. worried

10. A. stay         B. research       C. stop           D. hide

11.A. punish       B. train          C. help           D. encourage

12.A. began       B. finished        C. took           D. continued

13.A. good        B. sorry          C. angry          D. shy

14. A. noticed      B. made          C. watched        D. heard

15.A. friendship    B. success        C. excitement      D. happiness

 

A young man was about to finish school. For a long time he had   26   to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well   27   it, so he  told him that a sports car was all he wanted.

    Then on the morning of his graduation（畢業(yè)）,he was called to his father’s room. His father told him how   28   he was to have such a fine son, and told him how   29   he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.  30  , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible（圣經(jīng)）with his name on it. Angrily, he raised his   31   to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible? ” He then   32   out of the house, leaving the Bible.

    Many years passed and the young man was very   33   in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family.  34   that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him   35   that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a   36   telling him that his father had died. He had to go home immediately and take   37   of the things that his father left him.

    When he began to search through his father’s important

papers, he saw the still new Bible,   38      as he had left

it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to      39 

the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag（標(biāo)牌）

dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the 

  40      of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN

FULL”. Sadness and regret（悔恨）filled his heart.

          

1.A．expected                    B．believed        C．enjoyed                   D．felt

2.A．a(chǎn)fford                          B．spend                       C．cost              D．pay

3.A．excited                   B．proud                        C．a(chǎn)ngry                     D．a(chǎn)nxious

4.A．far                           B．much                        C．long                    D．often

5.A．Interested                  B．Tired                         C．Surprised               D．Relaxed

6.A．hand                           B．head                         C．voice                       D．sound

7.A．looked                         B．moved                      C．walked                    D．rushed

8.A．careful                         B．helpful                     C．wonderful             D．successful

9.A．Wanting                B．Suggesting              C．Noticing                 D．Realizing

10.A．on                                 B．since                         C．a(chǎn)fter                  D．from

11.A．bag                                B．ticket                        C．phone                     D．book

12.A．care                           B．part                         C．notes                 D．time

13.A．just                                B．only                           C．a(chǎn)lways                    D．a(chǎn)lready

14.A．use                                 B．open                         C．turn                         D．close

15.A．place                         B．date                          C．test                    D．name

 

Jean is a bright young woman from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has almost everything that money can buy. But the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.

  So Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ. She likes being anonymous (匿名的) talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and made a lot of friends.

  Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and he lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had the same interests in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them many hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot the time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: he was a tall, good-looking young man with big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.

  When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him, so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of the rock singer they liked most. But when Jean knocked in David’s door in San Francisco, she found that the special friend she had written to was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

1.Jean is quite lonely because ________.

   A. she has got everything

   B. her family is too rich

   C. she has no time to stay with her family

   D. her family are too busy to be with her

2.Jean spends time talking on QQ in order to _________.

   A. tell others that she is from a good family

   B. find someone to talk to

   C. learn more from the QQ talking

   D. find a good boy friend

3.The real name of the special friend she made on QQ is _______.

   A. David     B. Jean     C. Jim      D. Linda

4.Which of the following sentences is Wrong according to the passage?

   A. Neither David nor Linda is a real name.

   B. Jim was a tall, good-looking young man.

   C. Jean went to San Francisco with her father.

   D. Both Jim and Jean like rock music.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

   A. A Real Surprise          B. A Talk on QQ

   C. A Bright Young Girl      D. A Good-looking Boy

 

A girl complained to her father about her hard life．She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up．She felt tired of fighting and fighting．One problem had been finished but another came over．
Her father，a cook，took her into the kitchen．He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸) them．After boiling，in the first pan was put some carrots，the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee．
The girl waited impatiently (不耐煩的)，confused by what her father did．About 20 minutes later，her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl．He took the eggs and put them in a bowl．After that the coffee was poured into a cup．“My sweet heart，what do you see？” he asked．
“Carrots，eggs and coffee，” she replied．
Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots．She did so and felt that the carrots were soft．After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them．After peeling (剝開(kāi)) them，she got the eggs，cooked and hard．The last，the father let her smell the coffee． She asked，“What did you do this for，F(xiàn)ather？” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience—the boiling water，but each had a different result． The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak．The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked． The coffee was very special，they could change water．“Who are you？” asked her father．“When bad luck knocks at your door，what is your decision? Are you carrots，eggs or coffee？”
【小題1】The girl complained about her hard life because she didn't ________．

A．want to give up	B．finish one problem
C．know what to do	D．get tired of fighting

【小題2】The girl's father took her to the kitchen to ________．

A．a(chǎn)sk her how to boil eggs

B．show her how to make coffee

C．teach her how to be a cook

D．tell her how to face difficulties

【小題3】After about twenty minutes，the carrots became ________．

A．soft

B．hard

C．salty

D．sweet

【小題4】The underlined word “fragile” in the passage means “________”．

A．美味的

B．易碎的

C．特別的

D．可憐的

【小題5】What can we learn from the passage?

A．The girl's father liked to eat some kinds of food．

B．Bad luck always knocks at strong people's doors．

C．Boiled carrots，eggs and coffee had the same result．

D．People should make right decisions when in trouble．

When I was 18 years old, one morning, my father told me to drive him into a town, about 40 miles away. I had just learned to 36，so I agreed with pleasure. When we came to the town, something was wrong with the car. Then I took the car to a nearby garage to have it  37 and promised to pick Dad up at 4 pm. Because I had a few hours to spend, I decided to go to the  38 .However I became   39 interested in the film that I forgot the time. When the last film finished, it was 6 o’clock.
I was afraid Dad would be  40 and never let me drive again, so I drove back quickly to meet Dad and made an excuse(借口) 41 my being late. I’ll never forget the cry he gave me: “I’m disappointed that I feel you have to tell a lie to me, Jack. I’m angry, not with  42 but with myself. I have failed  43 I’ve brought up a son who can not even tell the truth to his own father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about  44 I have done wrong all these years.” 
Dad began  45 along the road. I begged(乞求)all the way, telling him how I drove behind him for 40 miles, at a speed of 5 miles an hour. It was the most unforgettable lesson. I have never told a lie to him ever since.

【小題1】

A．drive B．work C．live D．travel

【小題2】

A．made B．repaired C．waited D．parked

【小題3】

A．concert B．bookstore C．shop D．cinema

【小題4】

A．very B．too C．so D．fairly

【小題5】

A．excited B．a(chǎn)ngry C．disappointed D．sad

【小題6】

A．a(chǎn)t B．to C．for D．with

【小題7】

A．me B．it C．you D．him

【小題8】

A．so B．because C．a(chǎn)fter D．before

【小題9】

A．where B．when C．why D．how

【小題10】

A．running B．driving C．crying D．walking