One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He   36    the first interview; the director did the last interview.

   The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarships in school?” The young man answered, “    37   .”

   “Who paid the school fees for you?”

   “My father passed away   38    I was born, so my mother paid them all.”

   “What did your mother do?”

   “A laundry woman.”

   The director   39    the youth to show his hands. They were smooth and perfect. The director asked, “Have you ever   40    your mother wash the clothes?” The youth answered, “    41   . My mother always wanted me to study and read more books.    42    , she can wash clothes faster than me.”

   The director said, “Please go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow.”

   The youth felt his   43    of getting the job high. When he went back, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt   44   but happy with mixed feelings.

The youth cleaned his mother’s hands   45    . He cried as he did that. It was the first time he had    46   his mother’s wrinkled hands with so many bruises (伤痕) on them. Some bruises were so painful that his mother    47   when they were cleaned. Only by then did he realize it was this pair of hands that assisted him   48    his academic years.

   After finishing cleaning his mother’s    49    hands, the youth quietly washed all the   50    clothes for his mother. That night, they talked for a very long time.

   The next morning, the director noticed the youth’s swollen    51   and asked, “Can you tell me what you have done and    52   in your house?”

   The youth answered, “I cleaned my mother’s hands and also finished washing all the remaining clothes. I know now what    53    is. Without mother, there would not have been my success today.”

   The director said, “This is what I am looking for  54   a manager. I want to hire a person who can value the help of others and who knows the    55   of others. You are hired.”

Dear Aunty,
After years of her crying. I finally gave in and allowed my daughter to have a cat. I now regret my decision. As someone needs to have a clean, tidy house, I no longer feel relaxed in my own home. If I tell her, “sorry, the cat has to go.” She will be heartbroken. What can I do?
-Feline Phobic
Dear Phobic,
I’m an animal lover and on your kid’s and cat’s side. Tell your daughter your problem. Ask her to help you come up with a plan. Perhaps you can agree to allow the cat only in certain areas of the house. This is a chance for your daughter to develop the sense of responsibility owning a pet requires.
Dear Aunty,
I got the highest grade on a biology test. Now the popular kids think I’m brainy, and want me in their lab group. I knew I was being used. Now, they want my homework. What should I do?
-Lily
Dear Lily.
Popularity can come at a price, but it’s no excuse to cheat. Offer to help new friends with their homework, but don’t give them yours.
Dear Aunty,
I’m one of six assistants in a dental(牙科的) office. But I’m new-there just four months. I’ve tried to join conversations, but they just ignore me. They go shopping together. No one invites me. How can I break into the circle?
-Crystal
Dear Crystal,
Humans run in packs like dogs. When a new dog enters the pack, a lot of discovery goes on. So bring cookies for everyone! Then try making friends with one co-worker. Invite her to lunch. When you get familiar with each other, tell her how hard you’re finding the situation at work. chances are, she’ll take you under her wing.
【小题1】Aunty thinks that Phobic should        .

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.    ------ Eleanor Roosevelt

My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with __36__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __37__ great losses.

For the __38__ I felt sorry especially, but I __39__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do __40__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who __41__ my knock, “I know that you are __42__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little __43__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your __44__. I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the __45__ children.”

No one seemed to __46__ giving me a handful of rice, even __47__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __48__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __49__ to the children.

One day, I came to a house that had __50__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and __51__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for __52__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even __53__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to it for food and clothing.

“Consider me your bird.” My __54__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __55__ some peace.

第二节 完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
Monty Roberts, owner of a horse ranch (牧场) in San Ysidro, once told us a story．“When a young man was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to   21   and do when he grew up．In his seven-page paper he described his   22   of someday owning a horse ranch．He drew a   23   floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would   24   on a 200-acre dream ranch．Two days later he received his   25  back．On the front page was a   26   red F．The teacher said, ‘This is an   27   dream for a young boy like you．You have no money．Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.’ Then the teacher   28  , ‘If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your   29   .’ The boy asked his father what he should do．His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own   30   on this．However, I think it is a very  31   decision for you.’   32  , after a week, the boy   33   the same paper, making no   34   at all．He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   35  .’ Monty then turned to us and said, “I tell you this story   36   you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch．I still have that school paper framed (装框) over the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the   37   is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week．When the teacher was leaving, he said, ‘Look, Monty, I can tell you this now．When I was your teacher, I was   38   of a dream stealer．During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams．  39   you had enough determination not to give up on yours.”
Don’t let anyone   40   your dreams．Follow your heart, no matter what.
21．A．be            B．find      C．learn     D．see
22．A．reason         B．goal     C．purpose    D．way
23．A．rough          B．new     C．secret          D．detailed
24．A．live          B．locate       C．sit        D．run
25．A．mark         B．paper     C．plan     D．idea
26．A．large         B．tiny      C．beautiful   D．long
27．A．old           B．imaginative      C．impractical       D．interesting
28．A．shouted       B．smiled      C．replied      D．added
29．A．grade              B．need     C．honesty     D．ability
30．A．time         B．energy      C．mind     D．money
31．A．urgent         B．quick     C．important  D．good
3．A．Actually        B．Finally     C．Gradually D．Usually
33．A．turned down    B．turned around   C．turned to   D．turned in
34．A．comments       B．changes    C．judgment  D．answer
35．A．dream         B．courage    C．interest     D．spirit
36．A．though        B．because     C．until     D．if
37．A．incident       B．event     C．story     D．lesson
38．A．anything      B．nothing     C．everything       D．something
39．A．Fortunately      B．Strangely  C．Curiously  D．Probably
40．A．forget          B．steal     C．know     D．realize