13-year-old Frank had received many presents he wanted. But Frank was not __36__ because this was his first Christmas without his brother. Frank said to his parents that he would __37__ to see a friend. __38__ it was cold outside, Frank put on his new jacket and took presents on his new sled(雪橇).
As Frank walked, he saw a house with the __39__ hanging over a fireplace. A woman was seated near them __40__. The stockings reminded Frank of the ones beside him and his brother. A sudden thought __41__ Frank.
So he knocked on the door. “__42__?” the sad voice of the woman answered. “May I come in?” “Please” she said, seeing his __43__ full of gifts, and thinking he was making a collection, “but I have no food or gifts for you. I even have __44__ for my own children.”
“That’s not why I am here,” Frank replied. “Please __45__ any present you like for your children from this sled.”
“Why, God bless you!” the __46__ woman answered. She chose until the stockings were full. “Won’t you tell me your __47__?” she asked. “Just call me the Christmas Scout,” Frank replied.
The visit __48__ the boy touched, with an unexpected __49__ in his heart. He understood that his sorrow(悲伤) was not the only sorrow. He __50__ all the gifts, including the new jacket.
“Where are your presents, Frank?” asked his father as he __51__ the house. “ I handed them out to other children.”
“Frank, how could you do so?” his mother asked in anger. The next morning, he came downstairs and __52__ his parents listening to Christmas news on the radio. Then the announcer spoke: “Merry Christmas! Several families __53__ their children were made happy by the gifts from a boy. No one could __54__ him.” Frank felt his father’s arms go around his shoulders, and he saw his mother smiling __55__ her tears.

13-year-old Frank had received many presents he wanted. But Frank was not __36__ because this was his first Christmas without his brother. Frank said to his parents that he would __37__ to see a friend. __38__ it was cold outside, Frank put on his new jacket and took presents on his new sled(雪橇).

As Frank walked, he saw a house with the __39__ hanging over a fireplace. A woman was seated near them __40__. The stockings reminded Frank of the ones beside him and his brother. A sudden thought __41__ Frank.

So he knocked on the door. “__42__?” the sad voice of the woman answered. “May I come in?” “Please” she said, seeing his __43__ full of gifts, and thinking he was making a collection, “but I have no food or gifts for you. I even have __44__ for my own children.”

“That’s not why I am here,” Frank replied. “Please __45__ any present you like for your children from this sled.”

“Why, God bless you!” the __46__ woman answered. She chose until the stockings were full. “Won’t you tell me your __47__?” she asked. “Just call me the Christmas Scout,” Frank replied.

The visit __48__ the boy touched, with an unexpected __49__ in his heart. He understood that his sorrow(悲伤) was not the only sorrow. He __50__ all the gifts, including the new jacket.

“Where are your presents, Frank?” asked his father as he __51__ the house. “ I handed them out to other children.”

“Frank, how could you do so?” his mother asked in anger. The next morning, he came downstairs and __52__ his parents listening to Christmas news on the radio. Then the announcer spoke: “Merry Christmas! Several families __53__ their children were made happy by the gifts from a boy. No one could __54__ him.” Frank felt his father’s arms go around his shoulders, and he saw his mother smiling __55__ her tears.

1.                A．lovely          B．astonished      C．lonely    D．happy

2.                A．leave          B．turn           C．grow D．become

3.                A．When          B．Since           C．Where   D．Though

4.                A．present        B．light           C．stockings  D．tree

5.                A．sleeping        B．crying          C．smiling   D．laughing

6.                A．appeared       B．worried         C．occurred D．struck

7.                A．Why           B．What           C．Yes  D．When

8.                A．stocking        B．pocket         C．sled D．bag

9.                A．anything        B．nothing         C．something D．everything

10.               A．buy           B．borrow         C．bring D．choose

11.               A．amazed        B．encouraged     C．tired  D．bored

12.               A．address        B．name          C．number   D．school

13.               A．started         B．left            C．felt   D．performed

14.               A．joy            B．surprise        C．sorrow    D．disappointment

15.               A．took away       B．gave up        C．gave away D．picked up

16.               A．visited         B．came          C．passed    D．entered

17.               A．made          B．saw            C．looked    D．suggested

18.               A．believed        B．complained     C．reported  D．forecast

19.               A．respect        B．think           C．realize    D．recognize

20.               A．by            B．besides         C．without   D．through

20 years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a ___1__ up at a building that was dark ___2___ a single light in a ground floor window. After a long pause, a small woman in her 80’s stood before me.

   “Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took her small suitcase to the cab, and then returned to ___3____ the woman. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “ It’s nothing.” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the ___4___ I would want my mother treated.”

“Riverside Street, please. But could you drive through downtown?”

“ It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I don’t mind,” She said.“ I’m in no ____5__. I am on my way to a hospice.” I looked in the back view mirror. Her eyes were full of ___6___. “ I don’t have any family __7___.” She continued. “The __8___ says I don’t have very long.” While we were driving through the city, she showed me the building where she had once worked. Sometimes she asked me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would ___9___into the darkness, saying ___10___. Not until the first ray of the sun ___11___up the sky did we get to the address she had given me.

“How much do I ___12___you?’ she asked.

“Nothing,” I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She ___13____ onto me tightly, saying “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” Then she walked into the hospice.

 Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ___14__ of a life. I don’t pick up any more passengers for the rest of the day. I drove ___15____, lost in thought.  ___16___ I had refused to take the run?  On a quick ___17___, I don’t think I have done anything more __18___ in my life. We are conditioned to think that our lives ___19__ on great moments. But great moments often catch us _20___ ----beautifully hidden in what others may consider a small one.

1．A．visit              B．pick              C．business         D．appointment

3．A．take              B．bring              C．accompany     D．assist

4．A．attitude           B．manner            C．way           D．means

5．A．trouble             B．hurry             C．time            D．danger

6. A．puzzlement         B．excitement         C．eagerness        D．sadness

7．A．gone             B．stayed             C．left             D．remained

8．A．lawyer            B．doctor            C．neighbor         D．relative

9．A．stare             B．wander           C．disappeared      D．step

10．A．much           B．nothing           C．anything         D．none

11．A came              B．appeared         C．showed          D．lit

12．A．charge          B．owe             C．give             D．cost

13．A．kept             B．held              C．caught          D．seized

14．A．beginning        B．symbol           C．sign             D．closing

15．A．aimlessly         B．deliberately        C．intentionally      D．carefully

16．A．How come       B．So what          C．What if        D．How about

17．A．review          B．pause           C．rest             D．memory

18．A．troublesome      B．important         C．enthusiastic      D．worthless

19．A．depend          B．rely             C．look           D．center

20．A．sudden              B．unaware            C．conscious         D．expected

14 years ago, the nine million citizens of London heard sirens(警报)all over the town. Emergency services, the fire brigade, the ___1___, hospitals and ambulances stood by, ready to go ___2___ action. In railway and underground stations, people ___3___ posters and maps telling them ___4___ to go and what to do in the emergency. This was ___5___ Flood-call. London wasn’t flooded yet. But it is ___6___ that it will be. In 1236 and 1663．London was badly flooded．In1928, many people ___7___ in Westminster, the heart of ___8___ , frowned in floods. And in 1953, 100 people living on the eastern edge of the London suburbs were___9___ again in the floods.___10___, the Greater London council(会议) is taking action to ___11___ this terrible accident happening again. ___12___ the flood wall will not be built until the 1980s. And in the meantime, Londoners ___13___ be prepared．When it ___14___, 50 underground stations will be ___15___ water. Electricity, gas and phone services will be out of ___16___.  Roads will be impossible. It will be impossible to___17___ any of the bridges between North and South London.  Imagine—London ,will ___18___ like Venice.

　　  But the Flood-call didn’t ___19___ panic(惊慌) among Londoners. Most people knew it was just a___20___ One comment from a lady who was walking along the Embankment when the sirens sounded was,“It’s a flood warning, isn’t it? The water doesn’t lock high tome.”

1．A．Londoners

B．police

C．doctors

D．nurses

2．A．up

B．into

C．to

D．it

3．A．saw

B．put up

C．received

D．read

4．A．when

B．what

C．where

D．why

5．A．Exercise

B．Train

C．Drill

D．practice

6．A．impossible

B．necessary

C．possible

D．unnecessary

7．A, living

B．staying

C．lived

D．stayed

8．A．England

B．Europe

C．London

D．world

9．A．saved

B．killed

C．in danger

D．safe

10．A．Then

B．Later

C．At last

D．In the future

11．A．prevent

B．make

C．help

D．control

12．A．And

B．Now

C．So

D．But

13．A．would

B．must

C．could

D．ought

14．A．starts

B．begins

C．happens

D．takes place

15．A．below

B．above

C．under

D．in

16．A．water

B．city

C．action

D．houses

17．A．cross

B．across

C．pass

D．past

18．A．look

B．sound

C．see

D．hear

19．A．take

B．get

C．cause

D．make

20．A．proposal

B．warning

C．joke

D．game

　　  But the Flood-call didn’t ___19___ panic(惊慌) among Londoners. Most people knew it was just a___20___ One comment from a lady who was walking along the Embankment when the sirens sounded was,“It’s a flood warning, isn’t it? The water doesn’t lock high tome.”

1．A．Londoners

B．police

C．doctors

D．nurses

2．A．up

B．into

C．to

D．it

3．A．saw

B．put up

C．received

D．read

4．A．when

B．what

C．where

D．why

5．A．Exercise

B．Train

C．Drill

D．practice

6．A．impossible

B．necessary

C．possible

D．unnecessary

7．A, living

B．staying

C．lived

D．stayed

8．A．England

B．Europe

C．London

D．world

9．A．saved

B．killed

C．in danger

D．safe

10．A．Then

B．Later

C．At last

D．In the future

11．A．prevent

B．make

C．help

D．control

12．A．And

B．Now

C．So

D．But

13．A．would

B．must

C．could

D．ought

14．A．starts

B．begins

C．happens

D．takes place

15．A．below

B．above

C．under

D．in

16．A．water

B．city

C．action

D．houses

17．A．cross

B．across

C．pass

D．past

18．A．look

B．sound

C．see

D．hear

19．A．take

B．get

C．cause

D．make

20．A．proposal

B．warning

C．joke

D．game