完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    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。

On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped with the rented video we had been dying to     36  . I was feeling a little   37   , as I was carrying our shopping，bags of snacks and the    38    .They were so heavy that I decided to   39   some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can   40   I noticed a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He _41    a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started _42    it. I suddenly felt very 43  because I was about to do away with a new drink just  44 it was heavy.

I knew this man would take all he could  45    , so I walked up to him and  46   the drink and some snacks to him. The man looked up   47     and took what I gave him. A huge smile spread   48    his face and this caused me to feel indescribable  49    . I felt like I  50   be happier with myself, but then he said, “This is my son’s lucky day!”

With that, he  51    me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him  52   a song as he rode away. I got a warm feeling inside and I knew I had done something good for the man and his family. I now understand what is    53    by the saying “Giving is getting”.

Since then, every time I have the   54   to do something nice, the picture of the man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind. This is the  55    of charity.

1. A. watch              B. look                 C. see                    D. listen

2. A. upset               B. happy                 C. tired                    D. excited

3. A. video              B. books                 C. pizza                 D. clothes

4. A. send off           B. throw away         C. put away            D. send out

5. A. after              B. when                  C. before              D. while

6. A. owned              B. presented         C. held                 D. sought

7.A. going into       B. finding out        C. looking through    D. searching for

8.A. stupid           B. guilty                 C. disappointed            D. happy

9. A. since               B. for                     C. because            D. when

10.A. get                B. search                C. hear                    D. see

11.A. dropped           B. kept                   C. turned                D. handed

12. A. in silence          B. in return           C. in surprise         D. in a hurry

13.A. around                B. across                C. over                      D. to

14. A. regret          B. satisfaction       C. failure                 D. curiosity

15.A. couldn’t       B. shouldn’t           C. needn’t                 D. mustn’t

16. A. smiled          B. told                   C. stared at                  D. thanked

17. A. singing           B. sounding           C. listening                D. making

18. A. referred          B. said                    C. meant                    D. spoken

19. A. time              B. chance                C. idea                    D. effort

20. A. power              B. effect                   C. strength           D. mystery

It all began with a stop at a red light.

????????????? Kevin Salwen was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006 . While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes Coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other.

“Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal.”Hannah protested. The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered （纠缠）her parents about inequity, insisting that she wanted to do something.

????????????? “What do you want to do?” her mom responded. “Sell our house?”

Warning! Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager. Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home.

Eventually, that’s what the family did. The project —crazy, impetuous （鲁莽的） and utterly inspiring — is written down in detail in a book by father and daughter scheduled to be published next month: “The Power of Half.” It’s a book that, frankly, I’d be nervous about leaving around where my own teenage kids might find it. An impressionable child reads this, and the next thing you know your whole family is out on the street.

At a time of enormous needs in Haiti and elsewhere, when so many Americans are trying to help Haitians by sending everything from text messages to shoes, the Salwens offer an example of a family that came together to make a difference — for themselves as much as the people they were trying to help. In a column a week ago, it described neurological evidence from brain scans that unselfishness lights up parts of the brain normally associated with more primary satisfaction. The Salwens’ experience confirms the selfish pleasures of selflessness.

Mr. Salwen and his wife, Joan, had always assumed that their kids would be better off in a bigger house. But after they downsized, there was much less space to retreat to, so the family members spent more time around each other. A smaller house unexpectedly turned out to be a more family-friendly house.

1.The best title for the passage should be “______”.

A. The Less, the Better?????????????? ?????????????

B. An Expected Satisfaction

C. Something We Can Live Without??? ?????????????

D. Somewhat Crazy but Inspiring

2.What does the underlined word “inequity” most probably mean in Paragraph 3?

A. Unfairness.???????????????????? ????????????? B. Satisfaction.

C. Personal attitude.????????????? ????????????? D. Reasonable statement.

3. What does the underlined sentence “Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager.” means? ______

A. Never give a quick answer to an idealistic teenager.

B. Unless a child is realistic, never give an answer immediately.

C. Give an answer if the child is reasonable.

D. Don’t respond to a child's demands firmly without consideration.

4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The Salwens regretted selling their house.

B. The relationship between the family members of the Salwens is much closer.

C. Small houses can bring happiness.

D. The Salwens intend to buy another big house.

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Mercedes Coupe is only an ordinary car which is quite cheap.

B. Unselfishness has nothing to do with people’s primary satisfaction.

C. Hannah asked her parents to do something charitable and they sold their house.

D. The writer’s children asked him to sell their house.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    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。

On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped with the rented video we had been dying to     36  . I was feeling a little   37   , as I was carrying our shopping，bags of snacks and the    38    .They were so heavy that I decided to   39   some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can   40   I noticed a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He _41    a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started _42    it. I suddenly felt very 43  because I was about to do away with a new drink just  44 it was heavy.

I knew this man would take all he could  45    , so I walked up to him and  46   the drink and some snacks to him. The man looked up   47     and took what I gave him. A huge smile spread   48    his face and this caused me to feel indescribable  49    . I felt like I  50   be happier with myself, but then he said, “This is my son’s lucky day!”

With that, he  51    me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him  52   a song as he rode away. I got a warm feeling inside and I knew I had done something good for the man and his family. I now understand what is    53    by the saying “Giving is getting”.

Since then, every time I have the   54   to do something nice, the picture of the man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind. This is the  55    of charity.

A. watch                  B. look                         C. see                           D. listen

A. upset                  B. happy                      C. tired                        D. excited

A. video                   B. books                       C. pizza                        D. clothes

A. send off               B. throw away              C. put away                  D. send out

A. after                    B. when                       C. before                      D. while

A. owned                 B. presented           C. held                        D. sought

A. going into              B. finding out              C. looking through        D. searching for

A. stupid                    B. guilty                       C. disappointed             D. happy

A. since                   B. for                          C. because                    D. when

A. get               B. search                      C. hear                         D. see

A. dropped                 B. kept                         C. turned                      D. handed

A. in silence             B. in return                   C. in surprise               D. in a hurry

A. around                  B. across                      C. over                                D. to

A. regret                  B. satisfaction               C. failure                     D. curiosity

A. couldn’t                B. shouldn’t                  C. needn’t                    D. mustn’t

A. smiled                 B. told                         C. stared at                   D. thanked

A. singing                B. sounding                  C. listening                   D. making

A. referred               B. said                         C. meant                             D. spoken

A. time                    B. chance                            C. idea                         D. effort

A. power                  B. effect                       C. strength                    D. mystery

完形填空：（共30分，每小题1.5分）

My 14-year-old son, John,  and I                       

 Spotted（挑出，察觉） the coat at the same time.  It was              

hanging at a （an）  36    clothing store. 

The coat had a black velvet collar（天鹅绒衣领）,  delightful

tailoring,  a Fifth Avenue label （标签） and a （an） 37    price of  $28.

We looked at   38   , saying nothing, 39   John’s eyes shone.  Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with   40  ,  but could    41   several hundred dollars new.

    John  42   the coat.  He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious,  studied 43  that soon changed into a smile.  The   44   was perfect.  John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile.  “How did the kids like your coat? ”  I asked.  “They love it. ” He said, carefully    45  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.

Over the next few weeks, the 46  came over John.  Quiet, reasoned discussion was 47  argument.  He became more thoughtful and eager to  48    .  “Good dinner,  Mum, ” he would say every evening.  One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner,  John said,  “You are right,  and I guess I will. ”

When I    49   this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know   50  caused the changes,  she said with laughter,  “It must be his coat! ” At the library,  we  51  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time.  “  52  this be John? ” He asked,  looking up to John’s new height and coat,  and extending his hand,  one gentleman to another.

John and I both knew we should never 53  a person’s clothes for the real person within them.  But there is something to be said for   54   a standard of excellence for the world to see,  for practicing standard of excellence in thought,  speech and behavior,  and for   55 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

1.A. second-hand        B. expensive       C. big           D. cheap

2.A. reasonable         B. unbelievable     C. special        D. average

3.A. each other         B. one another      C. the other       D. others

4.A. therefore          B. however         C. but           D. thus

5.A. adults            B. people           C. parents        D. teenagers

6.A. spend            B. cost             C. pay           D. take

7.A. touched          B. buttoned          C. held          D. obtained

8.A. gesture           B. expression        C. attitude        D. feeling

9.A. color             B. price             C. fit           D. style

10.A. pressing         B. taking            C. hanging       D. folding

11.A. happiness                  B. satisfaction        C. change            D. generosity

12.A. because of             B. instead of         C. aware of               D. full of

13.A. please                    B. understand        C. complain             D. apologize

14.A. mentioned             B. wrote            C. reported               D. explained

15.A. when            B. how              C. what           D. that

16.A. happened         B. came             C. intended        D. decided

17.A. Should           B. Would            C. Must           D. Could

18.A. watch            B. judge             C. mistake         D. consider

19.A. doing            B. showing           C. speaking        D. wearing

20.A. comparing        B. connecting         C. combining       D. matching

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