The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold, ___1___ passengers.
Suddenly a little boy ___2___ his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the ___3___ grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father ___4___ very strange happens suddenly. The ___5___ little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee. ___6___, I think that he wants to ___7___ me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his ___8___ up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the ___9___. Wrong again! What I do receive is a ___10___ kiss on the cheek.
The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am ___11___. What just happened? A child is kissing ___12___ grown-ups on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are certainly ___13___. Nervous and a little surprised, we ___14___ at the father. When he sees our questioning ___15___ as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue(线索).
“He’s so happy to be alive,” the father says. “He has been very sick.”
Father and son ___16___ into the crowd moving toward the exit. The doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still ___17___ the child’s kiss—a kiss that has triggered(触发) some soul-search inside me. How many ___18___ kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege(特权)of ___19___?
The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful you don’t let yourself ___20___ before your heart stops!

Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判)for them, because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．
One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．
Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．
She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even
offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female
baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，
New York．
【小题1】Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because      

Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判) for them，because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．

One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备) game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．

Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，New York．

1.Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because

A．they wanted to make her happy

B．she called them brothers

C．no one else wanted to do it for them

D．she knew the rules well and was fair

2.Amanda went to Hawarden in order to

A．serve as umpire

B．make money

C．watch her brother play

D．help the local teams

3.Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game

A．in her P．E．classes at school             B．in an umpire training school

C．by watching and playing the games          D．from her mother，a baseball umpire

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire

B．A Family of Baseball Fans

C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa

D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

Whenever you want to make a decision, just make sure to think twice and confirm it. This is what we learn from the following story. While two old beggars were sitting on a ? ? ?? street corner, they watched helplessly as scores of people walked by. Some purposely ? ? ? them and others too caught up in their own cares didn’t even notice their ? ? ?? . Every so often, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the?? ? ?? which lay in front of them.

As the crowd began to die down, they started to ?? ? ???? their things and head for their evening?? ? ? . Just as they were getting ready to leave, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a ? ? ??? man—they could tell that from his finely tailored business suit.

The first beggar whispered to the second with ?? ? ??? , “He’s coming our way!”

The two tried not to look??? ? ??? at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldn’t ?? ? ??? gazing up with anticipation??? ? ??? he reached into his pocket and took something out.

“Thunk” was the only sound they heard as what looked like a piece of hard ? ? ?? , wrapped in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man ??? ? ??? and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.

“How insulting(侮辱人的)!” said the first beggar. “He could have ?? ? ??? left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he mocks us with a piece of rock candy. Who does he think we are???? ? ?? ? There’s no way we can even eat this—we have no ?? ? ?? .” He picked up the object and threw it into the gutter.

“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” the second beggar thought. “I can’t chew it, but I can suck on it? ? ?? , and the sugary juices will stay in my ?? ? ??? for a long time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet！”

With that, he ? ? ??? the white tissue paper, but to his ? ? ?? , there was no hard rock candy inside. However, into his fingers fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.

1.A. distant??????? B. busy?????????? C. broad????????? D. narrow

2.A. aided???????? B. observed?????? C. noticed???????? D. ignored

3.A. existence????? B. situation?????? C. appearance????? D. expression

4.A. hats????????? B. hands???????? C. pockets???????? D. bowls

5.A. put up??????? B. cover up?????? C. pack up???????? D. end up

6.A. party???????? B. flat??????????? C. shelter???????? D. shadow

7.A. wealthy?????? B. healthy??????? C. poor?????????? D. proud

8.A. confusion???? B.happiness?????? C.excitement?????? D.amusement

9.A. carelessly???? B. calmly???????? C. sadly?????????? D. directly

10.A. help???????? B. escape???????? C. wait??????????? D. prevent

11.A. then???????? B. while????????? C. as????????????? D. since

12.A. cake???????? B. candy????????? C. coin??????????? D. bill

13.A. quit???????? B. declined???????? C. turned????????? D. returned

14.A. easily??????? B. hardly????????? C. suddenly??????? D. finally

15.A. Babies?????? B. Children??????? C. Adults????????? D. Old men

16.A. hands??????? B. teeth??????????? C. bowls????????? D. money

17.A. in a while???? B. for a while?????? C. after a while????? D. once in a while

18.A. pocket?????? B. hand??????????? C. mouth?????????? D. hat

19.A. threw??????? B. undertook??????? C. unfolded???????? D. wrapped

20.A. satisfaction??? B. amazement??????? C. horror???????? D. disappointment

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
One day before Christmas, all of us children from the Children's Home Society Orphanage(孤儿院) were taken to the Mayflower Hotel in downtown to attend a Christmas party.
After the man on the stage said a prayer      （祈祷）, we were told to 　36　 . Within minutes we were   37   a meal which was fit for a king. I ate   38 I could eat no more. As we ate, Santa Clause came walking out onto the  39 . The kids cheered with  40 . Everyone began clapping their hands and yelling as   41 as they could.
I too was excited   42  but I knew better than to yell（叫喊）out loud or to jump up and scream. Mrs. Winters, the head matron, sat only three seats from me. She had   43  it very clear to everyone that we were tobehaveourselves in "a proper manner" and that there was to be "no yelling or shouting".
One orphan   44 was led up onto the stage and each kid was handed a   45  by Santa Claus himself.
As the line became shorter and shorter my   46  finally came. He smiled at me. Then he reached over and handed me a   47  box which had two gold ribbons(丝带) on it. As I leaned(向前倾) to take the box I tripped and I   48 to my knees. Santa reached over and helped me to my feet.
"Move  49  Kiser." called out Mrs. Winters.
I was now leaning against Santa Claus' leg and I was looking   50  into his eyes. His face was less than an inch from mine.
"Can I   51  you Santa?" I asked him.
The next thing I knew Mrs. Winters had caught me up by my shirt collar and was  52  me away from the line of children.
I sat down in my chair just crying. Once in a while I would  53  at the stage to see if my gift was still sitting by Santa Claus.
When we all lined up waiting, I  54 "HO HO HO" coming from behind me.
As I   55 , there stood Santa Claus holding my large box. Then he knelt down and he hugged my neck as hard as he could.
36. A. stand up           B. go out               C. sit down            D. keep silent
37. A. taken               B. served               C. brought             D. supplied
38. A. until                  B. unless               C. before               D. after
39. A. table                   B. hotel                 C. seat                   D. stage
40. A. encouragement  B. excitement        C. disappointment D. astonishment
41. A. loud                  B. big                   C. high                  D. low
42. A. outside               B. beside              C. aside                 D. inside
43. A. took                  B. made            C. demanded         D. warned
44. A. at a time          B. at one time        C. at time’s            D. at time
45. A. favor                      B. box                C. gift                  D. medal
46. A. turn                   B. way                 C. chance              D. gift
47. A. golden                      B. yellow              C. small                D. large
48. A. sat                     B. fell                  C. dropped            D. turned
49. A. by                     B. on                 C. in                    D. out
50. A. quickly            B. directly            C. immediately      D. finally
51. A. tell                            B. call                  C. hug                  D. leave
52. A. pushing              B. keeping             C. stopping            D. pulling
53. A. look                 B. jump              C. put                 D. stand
54. A. watched           B. found               C. heard                      D. observed
55. A. turned around      B. turned up          C. turned away       D. turned down