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(车道). 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(弯道) 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(瘪胎). 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 passenger(乘客) told a flight attendant that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine just as the plane was taking off. She told him that she would bring him the    1   in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the flight attendant felt    2  . She was so busy that she has forgotten to give him the water.    3  , the passenger couldn’t take his medicine on time. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he    4  it.
In the following hours on the flight, each time the flight attendant passed by the passenger, she would ask him with a smile if he needed anything. But he asked for    5 .
When he was getting  6   the plane, the passenger asked the flight attendant to hand him a service review(评论) card. She knew that he would write something    7 , but she politely handed it to him.
Later, she looked at the card and a smile came over her face. “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed    8  or not 12 times in all,” the passenger wrote. “How can I refuse your 12 sincere    9  ?”
   10   after someone does something wrong, no one can say no to 12 sincere smiles.
【小题1】   A. water        B. medicine           C. juice
【小题2】A. excited    B. surprised      C. worried
【小题3】A. After all     B. So far          C. As a result
【小题4】A. took            B. refused                 C. threw
【小题5】A. nothing         B. everything       C. something
【小题6】 A. on             B. off                          C. to
【小题7】   A. unfair                 B. pleasant          C. bad
【小题8】 A. help                   B. drink            C. food
【小题9】. A. smiles          B. invitations           C. advice
【小题10】. A. Though      B. Even              C. If

My mum only had one eye. She cooked for students and teachers to   41   the family when I was young.

One day my mum came to 　42  hello to me in primary school. I was so embarrassed（尴尬的） that I threw her a hateful  43 and ran out.

The next day at school, one of my classmates said, “Your mum only has one eye!” and  44  at me.

I hated my mum and decided to leave her, so I studied very hard. Later I got a chance to go abroad to study and I left my mother.　45　graduation I worked, bought a house and got   46  there. Then I had kids of my own. I was happy with my wife and my kids. But one day someone knocked at my door. It was my 47  !When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I  48  at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!” And to this, my mum 　49  answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have got the wrong  50  ,”and she disappeared.

One day, a letter regarding a school reunion（聚会） came to my house. So I told a 　51  to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house.

My neighbours said that she   52   . I did not have a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

My dearest son,

I am thinking  53 you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your 　54　 .

I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was still an embarrassment to you when you were growing up.

You see…when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you grow up with one eye. So I gave you   55  .

  …  With all my love to you!

Your mother

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Many young people want to be pop stars．Pop stars are rich．Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life．Is that true? The answer is definitely no．In fact, they have very hard lives．They spend much of their time on travel．Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars．The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star．