Only ______ allowed to take part in the speech contest in our class and so the rest ______ disappointed.

Dear all,
Please read Professor Hume’s email about his next lecture on Rosa I’arks.
Susan Miller
Secretary
Dear Susan,
Please forward this message to students of my history class.
Besides the life story of Bosa Parks in the textbook,the students are also required to read the passage below and some related stories that can be borrowed from the school library.
Ted Hume
The early experiences of Rosa Parks (1913-2005),long known as the “mother of the civil rights movement,”were not different from those of many African-Americans at that time.The black woman,however,turned the course of American history in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.“By sitting down,”remarked John Lewis,“she was standing up for all Americans.”
Among the numerous awards Parks received in her life were the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996) and the Congressional Gold Medal(1999).
Parks died on Oct. 24,2005,At St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Montgomery,a large crowd including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice celebrated her life.Rice said she and others,who grew up when the political activities of Parks held public attention,might not have realized her impact(影响) on their lives,“but I can honestly say that without Mrs. Parks,I probably would not be standing here as Secretary of State.”
After her casket(灵柩) was placed at the Capitol,U.S. President Bush,members of Congress and ordinary Americans paid their respects.In American history Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol,a very high regard usually reserved for Presidents of the United States.
【小题1】What is the main purpose of Susan’s email?

Faced with a bill for $ 10,000, ________________ .

John as well as the other staff members who ______ working with this world-famous company ______ to attend its 100th anniversary.

第三节：完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和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。
Mother’s Day was coming，but John had been visiting customers．He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do．
He went into the shop and saw a young man  36  the clerk(店员) to sell him some roses for six dollars，but the clerk just explained that roses were    37   and that his money was not enough.
The clerk looked up at John，  38  her head．Something inside of John was   39  by the boy’ s voice．John had been   40  with his business，and he looked at the clerk and  41    mouthed that he would pay for the roses．
The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars. The young man almost jumped into the  42  and ran from the store with the  43 ．It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of   44 ．
John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the  45  would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her．He drove away from the shop，feeling very  46 ．He caught a  traffic light about two blocks away．As he  47  at the light，he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk．He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates．Suddenly，he  48  that it wasn’t a park but a cemetery（公墓）．
The light  49 ，and John slowly crossed the intersection．He  50   and on an impuise（冲动）got out and began to follow the boy．The young man stopped by a small monument(墓碑) and went to his  51  . He began to cry after he carefully  52  the roses on the grave(墓地)．He stared at the little boy’s heaving（起伏的）body and listened to his crying．
John turned with  53 ，and walked back to his car．He drove  54  to the shop and told her he would  55  the flowers personally．He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her．
36．A．begging              B．ordering             C．forcing               D．threatening
37．A．cheap                  B．beautiful         C．expensive        D．special
38．A．shaking              B．waving               C．shocking                 D．holding
39．A．sensed                   B．touched                  C．hurt                   D．lightened
40．A．influenced                 B．ruined                    C．buried                    D．satisfied
41．A．loudly                    B．silently                   C．gently                    D．calmly
42．A．river                  B．air                          C．lake                   D．hole
43．A．money                    B．flowers                   C．basket                    D．cards
44．A．surprise                  B．fright                        C．excitement             D．sadness
45．A．sending                  B．message                  C．transportation     D．export
46．A．inspired                  B．disappointed            C．good                      D．sorry
47．A．sang                       B．waited                    C．looked                   D．stood
48．A．remembered            B．found                     C．discovered              D．realized
49．A．flashed                  B．changed                  C．disappeared            D．shone
50．A．drove back              B．pulled over             C．broke down            D．settled down
51．A．arms                      B．palms(手掌)            C．feet                   D．knees
52．A．laid                        B．removed                 C．set                         D．grew
53．A．laughter                  B．anger                  C．tears                      D．cruelty
54．A．slowly                    B．quickly                   C．carefully            D．excitedly
55．A．bring                  B．fetch              C．take                   D．fasten