13-year-old Frank had received many presents he wanted. But Frank was not __36__ because this was his first Christmas without his brother. Frank said to his parents that he would __37__ to see a friend. __38__ it was cold outside, Frank put on his new jacket and took presents on his new sled(雪橇).
As Frank walked, he saw a house with the __39__ hanging over a fireplace. A woman was seated near them __40__. The stockings reminded Frank of the ones beside him and his brother. A sudden thought __41__ Frank.
So he knocked on the door. “__42__?” the sad voice of the woman answered. “May I come in?” “Please” she said, seeing his __43__ full of gifts, and thinking he was making a collection, “but I have no food or gifts for you. I even have __44__ for my own children.”
“That’s not why I am here,” Frank replied. “Please __45__ any present you like for your children from this sled.”
“Why, God bless you!” the __46__ woman answered. She chose until the stockings were full. “Won’t you tell me your __47__?” she asked. “Just call me the Christmas Scout,” Frank replied.
The visit __48__ the boy touched, with an unexpected __49__ in his heart. He understood that his sorrow(悲伤) was not the only sorrow. He __50__ all the gifts, including the new jacket.
“Where are your presents, Frank?” asked his father as he __51__ the house. “ I handed them out to other children.”
“Frank, how could you do so?” his mother asked in anger. The next morning, he came downstairs and __52__ his parents listening to Christmas news on the radio. Then the announcer spoke: “Merry Christmas! Several families __53__ their children were made happy by the gifts from a boy. No one could __54__ him.” Frank felt his father’s arms go around his shoulders, and he saw his mother smiling __55__ her tears.

小题1:	A．lovely B．astonished C．lonely D．happy

小题2:	A．leave B．turn C．grow D．become

小题3:	A．When B．Since C．Where D．Though

小题4:	A．present B．light C．stockings D．tree

小题5:	A．sleeping B．crying C．smiling D．laughing

小题6:	A．appeared B．worried C．occurred D．struck

小题7:	A．Why B．What C．Yes D．When

小题8:	A．stocking B．pocket C．sled D．bag

小题9:	A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything

小题10:

A．buy B．borrow C．bring D．choose

小题11:

A．amazed B．encouraged C．tired D．bored

小题12:

A．address B．name C．number D．school

小题13:

A．started B．left C．felt D．performed

小题14:

A．joy B．surprise C．sorrow D．disappointment

小题15:

A．took away B．gave up C．gave away D．picked up

小题16:

A．visited B．came C．passed D．entered

小题17:

A．made B．saw C．looked D．suggested

小题18:

A．believed B．complained C．reported D．forecast

小题19:

A．respect B．think C．realize D．recognize

小题20:

A．by B．besides C．without D．through

When I was six years old, my parents and I were in London for a one-month vacation. One day when my mother and I were   36  down Oxford Street, I felt too   37  to walk any more, so I asked my mother to take the subway.
At first, she    38  to take it because she said the weather was very    39  and it was better to walk. I started    40  . She told me to stop immediately, but I didn’t pay attention to what she was    41 . For about an hour, I didn’t stop crying. My mother became very   42 with me. I didn’t stop. I just ran away from her. I ran as    43 as I could.
The street was really crowded, so she couldn’t    44  me. Then, I entered one of the biggest shops. There was a coffee house on the second floor. I went    45 , sat in a chair, and started crying again. All of the people in the coffee shop came around me. They were   46 to me, but I didn’t understand English at all. After that, they    47  the police station, and a policeman came to the coffee shop. He tried to talk to me, but I just    48  crying. Then he took the small bag that I was    49  , opened it and found my hotel address and     50  number. When he phoned the hotel, my    51  answered the phone.
In the end, the policeman took me to the    52 . My father was standing in front of the hotel door. He talked to the policeman, and then he asked me what had    53  and where my mother was. I told him everything, and I also told him that I was    54  that my mother was very angry with me.
When my mother came back, she was crying. But when she saw me, she hugged me and kissed me. She talked to my father about everything.    55  of them told me not to do anything like that in the future because maybe one day I wouldn’t find anyone to help me. They wouldn’t forgive me if I did it again.

小题1:	A．running B．walking C．visiting D．driving

小题2:	A．tired B．mad C．happy D．sad

小题3:	A．agreed B．refused C．suggested D．managed

小题4:	A．horrible B．windy C．nice D．cold

小题5:	A．talking B．laughing C．singing D．crying

小题6:	A．hearing B．regarding C．thinking D．saying

小题7:	A．angry B．strict C．satisfied D．familiar

小题8:	A．excitedly B．slowly C．quickly D．carelessly

小题9:	A．search B．educate C．forgive D．follow

小题10:

A．outside B．inside C．upon D．down

小题11:

A．advising B．talking C．listening D．coming

小题12:

A．called B．remembered C．measured D．left

小题13:

A．stopped B．preferred C．regretted D．continued

小题14:

A．catching B．carrying C．gaining D．buying

小题15:

A．serial B．lucky C．phone D．license

小题16:

A．mother B．guide C．father D．waiter

小题17:

A．hotel B．shop C．street D．station

小题18:

A．forgotten B．happened C．damaged D．lost

小题19:

A．worried B．concerned C．afraid D．angry

小题20:

A．None B．Either C．Neither D．Both

Winston Churchill was born into a famous family．His father was a successful politician．However, as a boy, Churchill was considered a slow learner in school．Later he entered the Army and saw action in various countries．
In October 1900, Churchill began his political career．For the next sixty years Churchill’s work as a great politician was both brighter and more difficult than his father’s had been．In 1939 German attacked Poland．Churchill prepared to fight．In 1940 he became the Prime Minister of English．
France fell．The Germans fought their way through Western Europe．It looked as if Britain was about to lose the war．Was it now possible to ask for peace, and listen to Hitler?
Churchill spoke: “I have nothing to offer but blood, hard work , tears and sweat… You ask what is our policy? I will tell you, it is to fight, by sea , by land and air, with all our force and with all the strength that God can give us．You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory．”
The Germans began moving their armies to the French coast and prepared to go to war with British．The British had not enough guns to go around．Churchill gave the answer: “ We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be．We shall fight on the coast ; we shall fight on the landing grounds; we shall fight in the fields and in the streets; we shall fight in the hills; we shall never give up．”
By his courage and hard work, Churchill heartened his people and other nations fighting together against Hitler．Victory finally came when the Germans lost World War II．
Churchill died in 1965 and was given a state funeral．This was a fitting payment to one of all the greatest men the world had ever seen．
小题1:Churchill ______ before he became a politician．

A．was a slow student	B．was an army man
C．helped his father in his career	D．had little interest in politics

小题2:The Germans attacked British _______．

A．after France was defeated	B．before France fell
C．soon after Poland was attacked	D．before Churchill became the Prime Minister

小题3:The underlined word “heartened” probably means ______ in this passage．

A．surprised

B．encouraged

C．asked for

D．called for

小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Churchill had worked as a politician for more than sixty years．

B．The writer admired and respected Churchill very much．

C．Churchill was not so clever as his father．

D．Churchill was one of the most inspiring, brave and wise leaders in the British history．

When I learned that 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble —a word game, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggests we give her a computer to play against herself. I wasn’t sure whether my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of the computers.
It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything.
She has been the one teaching me all my life: to cook and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.
   It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing. This proved to be a bigger challenge to her, so I gave her some homework. I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces. 
“Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked.
“No, of course not,” I said.”They already know how to use a computer.”
 My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏). For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years.
小题1:What does the author do?

A．She is a cooker

B．She is a teacher

C．She is a housewife

D．She is a computer engineer

小题2:The author decided to give her mother a computer _____.

A．to let her have more chances to write letters

B．to support to her in doing her homework

C．to help her through the bad times

D．to make her life more enjoyable

小题3:The author asked her mother to write her a letter _____.

A．because her mother had stopped using the telephone

B．because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother

C．so that her mother could practice what she had learned

D．so that her mother could be free from the housework

I was driving around downtown one afternoon in the winter. I   1  a red light and stopped. As I was   2 , I saw a young guy standing on my left. He was   3  in the face and holding a cardboard sign with some   4  on it. When you’re in the heart of downtown, it’s pretty   5  to see homeless people asking for   6 . Generally, I would pass them, but this time when I glanced over the sign, I   7 . 
I can’t remember what the sign said exactly, but it was something like: “  8  money / food, have stomach cancer, homeless, anything helps.”
I didn’t know why, but for some   9  this particular sign struck me. The   10  had just turned green, and there was a line of lunch rush hour traffic behind me. I went back and forth in my    11  a hundred times in that next   12  about whether I should do something. “Should I help?  13  on? Should I do something?”
I didn’t. I did nothing.
The traffic moved  14 , and I went with it. About a block（街区）or two away, my heart had sunk simply for this guy. I felt so   15  for him. So, I decided to go back and ask him  16  I could buy him lunch and hear his story.
It took me about five minutes to   17  and back on to the same street where I had seen him. It was just five minutes — but he was   18 .
“Where did he go so fast?” I wondered. So, there was   19  left to do except drive on. 
If you get a special nudge（想做的事）from inside you,   20  consider acting on it. Don’t miss out — for yourself and for that other person.

小题1:	A．came up to B．came from C．came up with D．came in

小题2:	A．talking B．walking C．waiting D．resting

小题3:	A．proud B．pale C．happy D．dirty

小题4:	A．painting B．saying C．feeling D．writing

小题5:	A．common B．rude C．special D．unlucky

小题6:	A．respect B．advice C．money D．equipment

小题7:	A．stopped B．returned C．continued D．laughed

小题8:	A．Collect B．Need C．Keep D．Devote

小题9:	A．condition B．purpose C．goal D．reason

小题10:

A．car B．sign C．light D．face

小题11:

A．mind B．pocket C．stomach D．body

小题12:

A．week B．second C．day D．hour

小题13:

A．Hold B．Work C．Come D．Drive

小题14:

A．backward B．upward C．forward D．outside

小题15:

A．important B．upset C．easy D．wonderful

小题16:

A．if B．where C．how D．when

小题17:

A．go out B．turn around C．go away D．turn up

小题18:

A．blind B．caught C．dead D．gone

小题19:

A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything

小题20:

A．jokingly B．recently C．usually D．seriously

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new  1  in high school.
2 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(啦啦队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be      3  for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 4   read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 5   as the list ended without her name. Feeling  6 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was 7  . She moved on to English and history, and was8   to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to  9  math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school    10  . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as 11   as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough 12   for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 13  and left. “Why is high school so  14  ?” she sighed.
Later in 15  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much  16  . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 17   at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  18 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  19 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the   20  fish you can be.”

小题1:	A．processes B．exercises C．challenges D．decision

小题2:	A．Therefore B．Besides C．Otherwise D．However

小题3:	A．difficult B．interesting C．boring D．easy

小题4:	A．editor B．judge C．candidate D．boss

小题5:	A．jumped B．raced C．stopped D．sank

小题6:	A．strange B．lonely C．awful D．happy

小题7:	A．struggling B．complaining C．working D．improving

小题8:	A．ashamed B．relieved C．shocked D．disappointed

小题9:	A．put up B．give up C．worry about D．prepare for

小题10:

A．committee B．team C．radio D．newspaper

小题11:

A．enthusiastic B．realistic C．sympathetic D．artistic

小题12:

A．speakers B．writers C．cheerleaders D．readers

小题13:

A．widely B．brightly C．excitedly D．weakly

小题14:

A．similar B．familiar C．different D．ordinary

小题15:

A．physics B．math C．English D．history

小题16:

A．pleasure B．sorrow C．trouble D．hope

小题17:

A．fit in B．get around C．stay up D．look out

小题18:

A．swim B．escape C．ask D．try

小题19:

A．in return for B．instead of C．in terms of D．in case of

小题20:

A．slimmest B．gentlest C．best D．smallest

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course（课程） so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography（自传）, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says." I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."
But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up —again—and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."
小题1:Why did Mary feel regretful?

A．She didn't achieve her ambition.	B．She didn't take care of her mother.
C．She didn't complete her high school.	D．She didn't follow her mother's advice.

小题2:We can know that before 1995 Mary

A．had two books published	B．received many career awards
C．knew how to use a computer	D．supported the JDRF by writing

小题3:Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her

A．living with diabetes	B．successful show business
C．service for an organization	D．remembrance of her mother

小题4:When Mary received the life-changing news, she

A．lost control of herself	B．began a balanced diet
C．tried to get a treatment	D．behaved in an adult way

It was New Year’s Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he cast them on the earth, where few more hopeless people than himself now moved towards their certain goal --- the tomb. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.
The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads --- one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and filled with soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled.
He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, “O youth, return! O my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I’ll choose the better way!” But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.
He saw the lights flowing away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall down from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself. His regret, which was like a sharp arrow, struck deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, who entered on life together with him. But they had made their way to success and were now honored and happy on this New Year’s Night.
The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents’ early love for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. With shame and grief he dared no longer look towards that heaven where his father lived. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry: “Come back, my early days! Come back!”
And his youth did return, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year’s Night. He was still young though his faults were real; he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which leads to the peaceful and sunny land.
Those who still wander on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain: “O youth, return! Oh give me back my early days!”
小题1:We can learn from the passage that ____.

A．the man returned from a long journey and regretted what he had done

B．the man didn’t enter the deep, dark cave when he was young

C．the man was deserted by his parents when he was only a child

D．the man found it no use crying over the spilt milk

小题2:Why does the author set his story on New Year’s Night?

A．He wants to tell people it’s time to recall the past

B．he suggests the aged man will have a bright future

C．He tries to stress the man’s sad feeling

D．He expects people to share the man’s emotion

小题3:The aged man in the passage can be described as ________.

A．sorrowful, fearful and regretful	B．hopeful, cheerful and peaceful
C．regretful, painful and disappointed	D．disappointed, regretful and hopeful

小题4:The author writes the passage mainly to ________.

A．encourage young people to take the right road	B．help the old man to pick up his confidence
C．describe the old man’s unsuccessful experience	D．show his compassion for the aged man

I remember vividly that first English class in the last term of high school. We boys (there were no girls in the school) were   16  expectantly for the new teacher to appear. Before long, through the door came a tall ordinary-looking man  17  about 40. He said shyly,  “Good afternoon, gentlemen.” His  18 had a surprising tone (语气) of respect, almost  19  he were addressing （向---讲话）the Supreme Court (最高法院)20   a group of youngsters. He wrote his  21  on the blackboard---Wilmer T. Stone-- ,and  22  sat on the front of his desk.. “Gentlemen,” he began, “We are now this  23   ---your last---to continue your study of 24  . I know we shall  25  learning with and from one another. We are going to learn  26  about journalism and how to write your weekly school paper. And   27 we are going to try to  28  the joy of good literature (文学). Maybe some of us will be really   29   in reading and writing. A man who reads 30 a happy life. A man who doesn’t read  31  on the earth with a blindfold(眼罩). If I have to put all my  32  into a single word, it would be: ‘browse(广泛浏览)’”. Mr. Stone went on like that,  33 in a friendly and understanding tone. The 34  of the class came much too soon. And we boys had to 35  the classroom with an unexpected feeling of excitement.
小题1:A waiting  B. looking       C. asking     D. calling

小题2:	A．for B．of C．at D．on

小题3:	A．sound B．voice C．appearance D．look

小题4:	A．as B．if C．as if D．after

小题5:	A．beside B．except for C．instead D．instead of

小题6:	A．addres B．telephone C．name D．word

小题7:	A．then B．but C．so D．suddenly

小题8:	A．feel B．season C．year D．term

小题9:A. math    B. chemistry     C English       D. physics

小题10:

A．begin B．enjoy C．practice D．suggest

小题11:

A．something B．anything C．nothing D．all

小题12:

A．Really B．Especially C．Truly D．Possibly

小题13:

A．feel B．write C．memorize D．accept

小题14:

A．moved B．excited C．interested D．used

小题15:

A．knows B．says C．has D．lives

小题16:

A．runs B．visits C．walks D．chooses

小题17:

A．praise B．trust C．advice D．promise

小题18:

A．speaking B．singing C．telling D．shouting

小题19:

A．beginning B．end C．middle D．time

小题20:

A．keep B．enter C．leave D．reach

There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee（委员会）, the students would be in fear , because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave . A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again . Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.
The professor began to ask. .The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.
Then the professor asked about the cure（药剂,疗法）for the illness , and the student , too , answered just as right . “Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?”
“A full spoon,” answered the student.
“Now you may go out and wait for what you can get,” said the professor. At the same time the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given .Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr. Professor, I’ve made a mistake! A full spoon is too much for the patient. He can take only five drops. ”
“I’m sorry, sir,” said the professor coldly, “but it’s too late. Your patient has died. ”
小题1:The students were afraid of the professor because _______ .

A．they often angered and disappointed him

B．their answers often astonished him

C．their answers seldom satisfied him

D．he often misunderstood them and gave them bad marks

小题2:The student’s description of the illness was ________ .

A．not correct	B．not satisfying
C．completely discouraging	D．accepted

小题3:Before he left the room the student was almost sure that _________ .

A．he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark

B．his last answer had been wrong

C．he had made a mistake

D．he had not done well in the exam

小题4:Which guess is the most reasonable from the passage?

A．The student must have passed the exam.

B．The student may not have passed the exam.

C．The student must have been very happy when he heard, “ Your patient has died . ”

D．The professor must have been very pleased and given the student a good mark.