In a class I teach for adults, I recently did the “unpardonable．” I gave the class homework!

The assignment （任务） was to “go to someone you love   36   the next week and tell them you love them．It   37   to be someone you have never   38   those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time．” That doesn’t   39   like a very tough assignment,   40   you stop to realize that most of the men  were over 35 and were   41   in the generation of men that were taught that expressing emotions is not “macho （男子汉气概的）．” Showing feelings or crying （heaven forbid!） was just not done   42  this was a very threatening assignment for some．

At the   43   of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to   44   what happened when they told someone they loved them．I fully expected one of the   45   to volunteer, as was usually the   46  , but on this evening one of the men raised his hand．He appeared quite moved and a bit   47  ．As he unfolded out of his chair, he began by saying, “Dennis．I was quite   48   with you last week when you gave us the assignment．I didn’t think that I had   49  to say those words to and   50  , who were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my conscience （良知） started talking to me．It was telling me that I   51   exactly who I needed to say I love you to．You see, five years ago, my father and I had a heated   52   and really never resolved it since that one．We   53   seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings．But   54   then, we hardly spoke to each other．So last．Tuesday   55   I got home, I had convinced myself．I was going to tell my father I loved him．”

A．after          B．before          C．for             D．within

A．has to        B．ought to        C．had better     D．can

A．told           B．said           C．talked           D．spoken

A．look          B．hear          C．listen           D．sound

A．when         B．until            C．that             D．unless

A．born          B．grown          C．raised           D．risen

A．And           B．But             C．So             D．For

A．beginning      B．end           C．middle          D．stating

A．announce      B．share           C．answer          D．ask

A．men           B．adults           C．students         D．women

A．case           B．thing           C．story            D．experience

A．afraid        B．shaken          C．terrible         D．worried

A．happy        B．pleased         C．angry           D．satisfied

A．everybody     B．nobody          C．someone       D．anyone

A．else           B．except          C．beside           D．besides

A．thought      B．considered       C．knew         D．guessed

A．disagreement B．encouragement C．disappointment D．discouragement

A．imagined       B．risked           C．avoided         D．escaped

A．still               B．even            C．just           D．only

A．by the time    B．at the time       C．for the time      D．during the time

I was driving home one evening about 5, stuck in traffic, and the car started to die— I hardly managed to get into a gas station, glad only that I would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck(拖车). Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the “ Quickie Mart” building, then suddenly she slipped(滑倒) on some ice and fell down, so I got out to see if she was okay.

When I got there, it looked like she had been overcome by weep than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked exhausted with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up and gave it to her. It was a coin.

At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban packed full of stuff and three kids in the back, and the gas pump(汽油泵) reading $4.95.

I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying “I don’t want my kids to see me crying,” so we stood at the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California for Christmas and that things were very hard for her right now.

I took out my credit card and swiped(刷磁卡) it through the card reader on the pump so that she could fill up her car completely, and I bought 2 big bags of food for her kids in the car who attacked it like wolves. While it was fueling, she asked, “So, are you an angel or something?” I said, “At this time of year, angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses common people.”

It was unbelievable to be part of someone else’s miracle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. Sometimes, angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter(摆动) of their wings.

1.. Caught in traffic, the author still felt happy because      .

    A. she could fill up her car to get home in time[来源:Z,xx,k.Com]

    B. the woman who needed help was waiting there

    C. she could find a warm place to wait

    D. she could do something for others in the gas station

2.. The young woman cried because      .

    A. her situation was very terrible      B. her kids wouldn’t listen to her

    C. she was too tired                    D. she fell down and got injured

3.. It can be inferred from the passage that     .

    A. the author was driving carelessly on the way home

    B. the young woman was interested in long driving

    C. the young woman didn’t want to see her kids crying

    D. the kids were extremely hungry at that time

4.. According to the passage, we can say that the author     .

    A. was a kind person                    B. liked to deal with others’ business

    C. had no thought for others            D. was a real angel

 

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden（负担）with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless. I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

 

60．What does Kerrel tell us about her father?

A．He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.

B．He depended on the nurses in his final days.

C．He worked hard to pay for his medication.

D．He told no one about his disease.

61．What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．Kerrel couldn’t understand her teacher.

B．Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.

C．Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.

D．Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher’s words.

62．Why did Kerrel keep her father’s disease a secret?

A．She was afraid of being looked down upon.

B．She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.

C．She found no one willing to listen to her.

D．She wanted to obey her mother.

63．Why did Kerrel write the passage?

A．To tell people about the sufferings of her father.

B．To show how little people knew about AIDS.

C．To draw people’s attention to AIDS.

D．To remember her father.

 

If you’re planning on traveling, there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.

First of all, always check and double-check departure (起程) time. It is amazing how few people really do this carefully. Once I arrived at the airport a few minutes after ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10:50. When I arrived at the airport, the clerk at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore, I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting.

The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards, it is still important to have at least a little of the local currency(货币) with you when you arrive in a country. This can be necessary if you are flying to a place few tourists normally visit. A few years ago I was sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I flew there from London via(经由)Dallas, with very little time to change planes in between. I arrived there at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi and because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead.

“Listen! I only take real money!” the driver said angrily. Luckily I was able to borrow a few dollars from a clerk at the hotel, but it was embarrassing (令人难堪的).

The third and last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suit and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.

1.According to the passage, it’s obvious that______

A. The author learns some rules of traveling from his own experience.

B. The author doesn’t plan his trips or journeys carefully.

C. Englishmen like to wear heavy suits wherever they travel

D. The America taxi driver never travels to England.

2.What should you make sure first before setting off?

A. When you will leave.           B. Where you will go.

C. How you will travel           D. Whom you will go with.

3.According to the passage, the driver was angry because_______

A. the author gave him false money

B. the author did not give him the local currency

C. the author did not give him money

D. the author had no enough change

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The author tells people to choose warm places as their travel destinations.

B. You don’t have to take credit cards when traveling.

C. You should know more about the weather of the place you’ll visit.

D. You should take enough change when you travel to other countries.

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.

B. Always check and double-check departure time.

C. It is important to have the local currency with you when you arrive in a country.

D. To find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave.

 

The Best Holiday

 I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter. Emily   41   to buy a mountain bike. She’d been saving her pocket money all year,   42   doing small jobs to earn extra money.

 By Thanksgiving, she had collected only $49. I said, “You   43   have your pick from my bicycle   44  .” “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old.” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950’s models, not the kind a kid today would   45   choose.

As Christmas   46   near, Emily and I went bike shopping. As we left one store, she   __47   a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy?” she asked. “Sorry, I’m out of   48  .”

  Throughout December, Emily continued to   49   hard. Then one day, she made a   __50   announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $ 58 to a volunteer who was really very   51  .

  52   by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute   53   of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children.    54   I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow (发光). Should I   contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t   55   the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later   56   the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very __57  , sir. Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re   58   away one chance to win a girls’ mountain bike.”

Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the   59  ? I like to think it was God’s way of   60   a little girl for a sacrifice beyond her years－while giving her dad a lesson in the process.

A. promised	B. amazed	C. determined	D. organized
A. as well as	B. in addition	C. because of	D. except for
A. need	B. should	C. must	D. can
A. collection	B. contribution	C. shop	D. club
A. seldom	B. likely	C. slightly	D. merely
A. drew	B. became	C. went	D. pulled
A. observed	B. sensed	C. watched	D. noticed
A. charge	B. change	C. control	D. order
A. study	B. try	C. listen	D. work
A. disappointing disappointing	B. surprising	C. formal	D. public
A. agreeable	B. hopeful	C. thankful	D. pitiful
A. Moved	B. Shocked	C. Persuaded	D. Demanded
A. one	B. some	C. two	D. any
A. While	B. When	C. Because	D. Though
A. express	B. describe	C. explain	D. shake
A. returned	B. delivered	C. chose	D. shared
A. sweet	B. healthy	C. happy	D. fair
A. putting	B. giving	C. storing	D. signing
A. present	B. harvest	C. winner	D. chance
A. greeting	B. praising	C. sheltering	D. rewarding