“Today is the day I start the big diet （节食）,” I told my wife as I raised my hand and   1  , “No chocolate today!”

“Oh, has the hospital gift shop   2   selling it?” she asked.

“No,” I said. “I’ll just have to   3   my strong determination.”

But when I arrived at the hospital, my little friend Benton has been there   4  . I knew my promise would   5   disappear. Because if Benton had things his way, I’d always be eating a piece of candy from the  6   bag he often shared with me.

Benton was an eight – year – old boy who was  7   because of a kind of cancer, which cause him to live in the darkness, when he was fifteen  8   old. For the next twenty – six months, he was in and out of our hospital. For nearly four years, it seemed   9   Benton could beat the disease, until one Friday afternoon in April 2009, when he  10  a headache and lost   11   on his right side. His mom   11  him to the hospital.

Over the next several months, Benton came to our   13   many more times. Each time he came, we   14   say hello, while Benton answered the   15   by holding out a candy from his bag.

So, on that first day of my diet, I went to his room and found Benton lying in his bed, his eyes   16   but not looking into this world.

“We brought his candy bag with us. Would you like to have some?” his mother asked.

Without thinking of my diet, I   17   into the bag and pulled out the first piece my fingers touched. It was my favorite as if Benton had saved one last piece   18   me. At home that evening, I answered a phone about Benton’s   19  . As I   20   it up, I opened the candy and ate it.

1．A．shouted                 B．answered             C．stated                  D．promised

2．A．stopped                 B．continued            C．kept                    D．tried

3．A．base on                 B．depend on            C．insist on              D．keep on

4．A．one                       B．yet                      C．again                   D．early

5．A．suddenly               B．quickly                C．quietly                 D．shortly

6．A．bottomless            B．countless             C．endless                D．belt less

7．A．ill                         B．injured                 C．deaf                    D．blind

8．A．years                    B．seasons               C．months               D．days

9．A．even though          B．as though            C．if only                 D．as with

10．A．found                  B．developed            C．managed             D．provided

11．A．movement           B．touch                  C．motion                D．sight

12．A．hurried                B．brought               C．rushed                D．carried

13．A．home                  B．room                   C．office                  D．hospital

14．A．would                 B．could                  C．should                 D．must

15．A．meeting               B．greeting               C．encouraging         D．praising

16．A．closed                 B．glimpsed              C．glared                 D．opened

17．A．ran                     B．touched               C．reached               D．felt

18．A．at                       B．for                      C．with                    D．on

19．A．illness                 B．blindness             C．death                  D．sadness

20．A．put                     B．hung                   C．set                      D．gave

One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist（心理学家）at a children's institution in England, an adolescent boy showed up in the waiting room. I went out there where he was   41 

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up and down restlessly（烦躁地）.

       Tim wore a black raincoat    42  was buttoned all the way up to his neck(脖子). His face was pale, and he stared at his feet while wringing （扭） his hands nervously(紧张地). He had   43   his father as a baby, and had lived with his mother and grandfather ever since. But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather and mother were killed in a car accident.

       I looked at Tim. He was very   44   and in low spirits . He   45   to talk to me. The first two times we   46  , Tim only sat hunched up （蜷缩） in the chair without saying a word. As he was about to leave after the second visit, I put my hand on his shoulder. He didn't draw  back, but he didn't look at me either.

       "Come back next week, if you like, " I said. I  47  a bit. Then I said, "I know it hurts. "

       He came, and I   48   we play chess. He nodded. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon—in   49  and without making any eye contact. It's not easy for me to 50                      

in chess, but I admit that I made sure Tim won once or twice.

       Usually, he arrived earlier, took the chessboard and pieces and set them up before I even got

a（n）  51  to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my   52  . But why did he   53  look at

me?

       "Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his   54   ." I thought.

       One afternoon, Tim took off his raincoat and put it on the back of the chair. While he was setting up the chess pieces, his face seemed more   55  and his motions more lively.

       Some months later, I sat staring at Tim's head,   56   he was bent over the chessboard. I was thinking about how little we knew about the healing （治疗） process.   57  , he looked up at me. "It's your   58  ," he said.

       After that day, Tim started talking.

       Maybe I gave Tim something, but I learned a lot from him. He showed me how one without any words can   59   out to another person. All it  60   is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, a sympathetic nature and an ear that listens.

41．A．walking        B．jumping   C．sitting      D．jogging

42．A．/       B．that   C．on which  D．what

43．A．hated B．found       C．missed      D．lost

44．A．sad    B．mad  C．calm  D．hard

45．A．liked B．agreed      C．refused     D．meant

46．A．talked       B．chatted     C．laughed    D．met

47．A．stopped    B．hesitated(犹豫) C．worried    D．doubted(怀疑)

48．A．invited     B．hoped       C．advised     D．asked

49．A．satisfaction      B．patience    C．silence      D．excitement

50．A．cheat B．move C．play  D．win

51．A．promise    B．invitation  C．order D．chance

52．A．toleration  B．patience    C．company(陪伴)       D．independence

53．A．sometimes       B．never C．often D．ever

54．A．pain  B．secret       C．ideas D．interests

55．A．serious     B．sad    C．alive  D．pale

56．A．since B．until  C．before      D．while

57．A．Suddenly  B．Nervously      C．Strangely      D．Fortunately

58．A．time  B．turn   C．fault  D．way

59．A．figure       B．leave C．bring D．reach

60．A．works             B．gives             C．takes           D．makes

I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report was made up of ten lines, and it cost me $215.
My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss(解雇) him. And he made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company（保险公司） the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.
【小题1】A good doctor is necessary and important for the author to __________.

A．be properly treated

B．talk with the person responsible for the accident

C．recover before he leaves America

D．eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury

【小题2】The word “charge” in the third paragraph means_________ .

A．be responsible

B．accuse

C．ask as a price

D．claim

【小题3】Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________.

A．friendly

B．selfish

C．professional

D．busy

【小题4】What conclusion can you draw from the story?

A．Going to court is something very common in America.

B．One must be very careful while driving a car.

C．There are more bad sides in America than good sides.

D．Money is more important than other things in the US.

I came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.

After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.

But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report was made up of ten lines, and it cost me $215.

My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss(解雇) him. And he made me pay him $770.

Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company（保险公司） the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.

1.A good doctor is necessary and important for the author to __________.

A．be properly treated

B．talk with the person responsible for the accident

C．recover before he leaves America

D．eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury

2.The word “charge” in the third paragraph means_________ .

A．be responsible     B．accuse            C．ask as a price       D．claim

3.Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very__________.

A．friendly           B．selfish            C．professional       D．busy

4.What conclusion can you draw from the story?

A．Going to court is something very common in America.

B．One must be very careful while driving a car.

C．There are more bad sides in America than good sides.

D．Money is more important than other things in the US.