44.　 A. courage 　　 B. joy　　 C. hurt 　 D. determination

43.　 A. Wondering 　　　 B. Thinking 　 C. Finding　　　 D. Pointing

42.　 A. unless 　　　 B. though 　　 C. so 　　 D. since

41.　 A. sitting 　　　 B. crying C. standing 　 D. speaking

55. A. It was B. This was 　 C. There were D. They were

答案：36-40 CCABA　 41-45　 ADBCD　 46-50　 CBADB　 51-55 BCAAD

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河北省唐山一中10-11学年高二上学期期中考试

After my 26 second-graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats. But Duane was still 　41 　there. Duane was a bright and lovable student, 　42 　his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking. 　43 　that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong. As he looked up, I could see the 　44 　in his dark eyes.

“Mrs. Brown, aren’t you going to open my present for you?” he asked 　45 . “I put it on your desk.”

Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me. I noticed my gift 　46 　to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box 　47 　a matchbox. As I opened it, the 　48 　of two beer caps surprised me. Duane 　49 　me that they were two earrings. He had noticed that I 　50 　wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones.

I was 　51 　by Duane’s creativity and thoughtfulness. 52 　birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might 　53 　to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I 　54 　to wear these precious earrings given by this 　55 　child?

As I placed the earrings on my ears, my 　56 　clapped(鼓掌), and Duane stood proudly beside me.

　　 Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk. It 　57 　me of Duane’s act of kindness and of the lessons he taught me. Although his 　58 　at home was bad, Duane continued to see the good in life. Although poor, he still wanted to 　59 . Whenever I see Duane’s gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having 　60 　reaching a student, I’ll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart.

54. A. those　　 B. these　 C. that　　 D. this

53. A. out 　　 B. back　 C. up　　　 D. off

52. A. look　　 B. a read C. a look D. looked

51. A. No 　　 B. Yes　　 C. Really D. Not yet

50. A. borrow B. buy　　 C. lend　　 D. sell