It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work．I was tired and had a slight   21 ．
I worked in a   22  doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run   23  than usual．It seemed I was going to be late   24  home and my husband, being the   25  person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again． Maybe  26  I hurried, I could still make it home．
I was heading inside to   27  for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter, I heard them asking for   28  to the local hospital．It was the same hospital that I had just   29  a few minutes ago．
The young man at the counter was trying to be   30  in explaining how to get there, with two other people making   31 ．One of them was   32  trying to give them a whole different route back．It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the  33  ?"
A look of  34  crossed the woman's face．
"I'm going right by there," I said, which wasn't a（ an）   35  since I had just made up my mind to do  36  that．
I got in my car and began the journey back．I was trying to watch to be sure they were right  37  me．I took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to   38 ．I felt better than I had all day and my headache was   39  gone．
Later, as I arrived home, my husband teased, "So you aren't ever late any more．"
"Sometimes it's  40   to be late," I said, happy inside my heart．

He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family's cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.

      On the day before the bass（鲈鱼） season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and bass with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure（鱼饵）and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake.

      When his pole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.

      Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass. The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.--- two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.

      "You'll have to put it back, son," he said.

      "Dad!" cried the boy.

      "There will be other fish," said his father.

      "Not as big as this one," cried the boy.

      He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father's voice that the decision was not negotiable. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water.

      The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.

      That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father's cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.

      He was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish---again and again---every time he comes up against a question of ethics（道德规范）.

67. The underlined word “negotiable” in the passage refers to _________.

A. transferable     B. reasonable    C. acceptable    D. reliable

68. When does the architect (the father’s son) think of that bass put back?

A. When he takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.

B. When he builds many famous buildings.

C. When he faces some problems about ethics. 

D. When he pays a visit to his old father. 

69. Which word can not be used to describe the boy’s father?

A. honest    B. noble-minded      C. generous       D. caring

70. From the passage, we can learn _________.

A. how we have a chance to beat the system and take it 

B. how we do the right thing and are strengthened

C. how we master some skills of going fishing

D. how we understand our parents’ words is very important

Everybody has had at least one experience from which he knows the meaning of life. This time, which took place several years ago, but seems as if it just happened.
On an afternoon several years ago, my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister’s dress and picked out a beautiful skirt. “ Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion.” he said．I guess this was the occasion: it was the funeral of my sister, after her unexpected death.
He took the shirt and put it on bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the funeral. Then he closed the drawer and turned to me, “Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you’re alive is a special occasion.”
I’m thinking about his words, and they’ve changed the way I live my life. I’m spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a kind of experience to enjoy, not to suffer. “Someday ”and “one of these days ”are losing their importance  on my vocabulary. If it’s worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now.
Ever since that day, I have been trying very hard not to put off, hold back or save anything that would add laughter and color to our lives. Every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath, truly is a gift. So cherish every day and find the true meaning of your life.
【小题1】Why did Jan buy the beautiful skirt but didn’t wear it?

It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca about his plan for the future. “I’m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it,” Deluca recalls saying. “Buck said, ‘you should open a sandwich shop.’ ”

That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $ 1,000. Deluca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.

But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, “After six months, we were doing poorly, but we didn’t know how badly, because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.

Deluca was managing the store and to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. “We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public, ‘We are so successful, we are opening a second store.’” And they did — in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.

But the partners’ learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their supplies. “It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out,” Deluca says.

And having a goal was also important. “There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have to keep working toward your goal,” Deluca adds.

Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.

1.Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to ________.

A. support his family                  B. pay for his college education

C. help his partner expand business    D. do some research

2.Which of the following is true of Buck?

A. He put money into the sandwich business.

B. He was a professor of business administration.

C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.

D. He rented a storefront for Deluca.

3.What can we learn about their first shop?

A. It stood at an unfavorable place.

B. It lowered the prices to poor management.

C. It made no profits due to poor management.

D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwich.

4.They decided to open a second store because they _________.

A. had enough money to do it

B. had succeeded in their business

C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers

D. wanted to make believe（假装）that they were successful

5.What contributes most to their success according to the author?

A. Learning by trial and error.    B. Making friends with supplies.

C. Finding a good partner.         D. Opening chain stores.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Before dinner my wife wanted me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed that this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly get a little driving  36  . I drove her to the store and  37   my car with her, and then I came back home with my son. He spoke  38   of the car. I was a little proud, for it was the nicest car I had  39   owned.  40  , I said, “Guy, my heart is not  41   that car. I like it but it is just metal. It won’t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that is  42  .”

   It was at that moment  43   I heard a noise on our street. My son went out and then he shouted, “Dad! Holly damaged your car.”

    My heart  44   and my mind was flooded with conflicting thoughts. Was  45   hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: “ Here is a  46   to show Holly what you really love. She will never forget it.” Holly was not hurt  47  , but when I reached her, she was crying and saying over and over again, “Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this car.” I held her in my arms.

    Later that week a friend asked what happened to my car. I told her the whole  48  . Then she said, “That happened to me when I was a girl. After I  49   my Dad’s car, my father,  50  , knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.” Over forty years later she still felt the  51  . It was a deep wound on her soul.

I have repaired my car, but there are  52   some scratches (划痕) on it. Every day they  53  me of the really priceless things in my life. Every day it reminds me of what really  54   in my life. One day, when Holly thinks back on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of  55  .

1.A. practice           B. exercise                 C. training                      D. lesson

2.A. gave                           B. left                          C. kept                             D. got

3.A. admiringly                B. proudly                  C. deeply                         D. curiously

4.A. just                             B. already                  C. even                             D. ever

5.A. Therefore                 B. However               C. Otherwise                  D. Besides

6.A. set up                         B. set aside               C. set on                            D. set down

7.A. temporary                B. metal                     C. nice                              D. contemporary

8.A. when                         B. as                            C. that                              D. until

9.A. struck                         B. sank                       C. beat                                       D. ached

10.A. anyone                    B. someone               C. my car                         D. my son

11.A. chance                    B. time                       C. turn                              D. lesson

12.A. mentally                 B. physically              C. lightly                           D. painfully

13.A. story                        B. truth                      C. explanation                D. process

14.A. borrowed               B. drove                     C. used                             D. ruined

15.A. nevertheless        B. moreover              C. or rather                 D. on the contrary

16.A. guilt                         B. pain                        C. embarrassment        D. terror

17.A. still                           B. yet                          C. just                              D. only

18.A. remember             B. remind                   C. warn                            D. inform

19.A. values                     B. happens                C. cares                            D. matters

20.A. property                 B. equipment                     C. treasure                      D. fortune