A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to  1  his studies. There he wrote down his  2  for a course in English, but after the first 3 , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer  4  this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had  5  to another course, so he was  6  when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English  7 at the end of this year.
The lecturer had  8  a difficult paper, which followed his  9 closely, and he was eager (急切的) to see  10  this student would answer the questions. He  11  the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they  12  him and he examined them  13 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he  14  the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one, so he  15  for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I  16  you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your  17  carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your  18 .”
“I’m very  19  about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I  20  what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.” 

A few days ago, I was having a meeting in my company. After walking out, I 36  for my car keys in my pocket, only to discover they were not there. 37 , I gave myself a quick personal pat   38  my clothes, but they were not in 39  of my pockets. So, I went back to the meeting room and looked for them in every place _ 40_I had been. Suddenly it occurred to me that I must have left them in the car. Worried and frightened, I quickly 41  for the parking lot.（停车场）
My wife, Diane, has 42  me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition（点火处）. My theory is the ignition is the 43  place so that I won’t lose them. Her theory is that the car will be   44 . As I rushed out of my company, I came to a terrifying 45 . Her theory was right. The parking lot was 46 .
Without hesitation, I called the 47 . I gave them my location（位置）and  48  that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most 49  call of all.
“Honey,” I said in a low voice. I always call her “honey” in times like these. “I 50  my keys in the car, and it has been stolen.”
There was a period of 51 . I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard Diane’s  52 .
“Ken,” she shouted, “I dropped you off!”
Now it was my time to be silent. 53 , I said, “In that case, would you please come and  54  
your dear husband?”
Diane answered, “I will... just as soon as I can have this policeman  55 I didn’t steal your car.”

A boy, about 10 years old, got to my clinic with his sick cat for cure. Thc cat was a tiny beautiful thing, about the boy's own  36  . I could see she was  37   very strong and lovely with the fur of a 38   and Tigress was her name. She  39  me with a friendly nub against my hand.
I  40   her and found a tumor(肿瘤). She had no 41  of recovery. I looked at the fresh-faced boy and back at Tigress. I began to 42  pity on the boy. At such a young age, he had to face to part with his beloved one.
I told him as 43 as I could what I had found, and what it meant. The boy's face twisted (扭曲) and turned away. I sat down and 44  Tigress to give the boy some time to recover. I felt Tigress's old beautiful fur 45  we discussed the possible choice with him: I could give her an operation, which would be very  46   and would not make her live longer than a month, or an  injection and put her to sleep.
After some time, the boy accepted the reality.  "I've seen her 47 recently, so I'd like her to die peacefully." I could see  how  48   it was costing him in making such a 49  .
I asked if he wanted to take her home overnight to say goodbye. He said he just wanted to be 50  with her for a few minutes. I went to get the 51 which I would use to put her to sleep. I could not control the  52  streaming down my face.
She fell asleep, her head  53   in his hand, lovely and quiet, but her owner now had all the 54 . "This is the finest  55   you could give. You bear the pain so that the loved one might rest." The boy nodded and he understood.

A new book about Chinese-style tough parenting has caused debate in the US．Amy Chua, the author of Battle Hymn （颂歌）of the Tiger Mother, is a Chinese-American professor at Yale Law School, also a mother of two．
The  36  methods she used with her daughters would seem   37  to Westerners．In school her daughters weren't allowed to have grades   38  than As．They had to   39 playing the piano or violin even for hours a day．
There has been wide criticism (批评) of Chua's book in the US．"It's a(n)   40  way of parenting," said a professor at New York University, "standards of parenting need to be  41 ．Children need parents to   42  them, not to force them to do things they're probably not interested in．”
Now the criticism seems to have   43  to China．Sun Yunxiao, an expert from the China Youth and Children Research Center spoke to The Beijing News about his   44  .  He argued Chua's method of   45  would limit children from developing their full   46  ．"Some Chinese parents do focus too much on test scores and good degrees," Sun said, "What gets sacrificed (放弃) along the way is their kids’  47 to develop fully and to enjoy life．"
48  critics(批评家)might have sympathy for kids who experience this parenting style, some teenagers quite   49   it．"I think anyone can do well if they work hard enough,” said a 17-year-old boy, "A   50   mother is there to help her kids work hard．"
Others think that Chua has a（n）  51 in setting challenging goals for kids．"It's important for children,” said an American professor, "  52 speaking , kids need to be   53  sometimes．If you urge kids to do well, they are good at it, and they   54  from it．It's good to have high   55 ．”

【小题7】

A．replace B．love C．force D．guide

【小题14】

A．resist B．state C．object D．appreciate

【小题19】

A．count B．work C．help D．benefit

A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the   1  was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of   2   as a result of exhausted battery (无电) . Nothing could be done but to   3   in cold wilderness (荒野). It was eight hours later that day broke, and then   4   of the rescue (援救).
It is almost   5   that he could stand （忍受）the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his   6  : “First of all, I checked up my   7     conditions and found myself not in mortal (致命的) danger. As there was no   8   to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from   9  . In this way I dozed (瞌睡) off.”
His story put an end to my regret (遗憾) for the   10   of an exploration adventure (探险) that happened last year. A group of young men   11   to explore a mountain cave and got lost.   12   to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of   13  . Finally they felt dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the   14   people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the   15   of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to   16   themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering (闪烁) not far away.
Don’t you think you can compare it with   17   itself? When you meet with difficulty in life and work, you are lost in darkness.   18   you it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put up struggle   19 . It seems to be a negative （消极）attitude,   20   a person who can afford to do so must have foresight (远见) as well as a great courage in the first place.