Question

Ten years ago around Christmas, I was on a Captiva Island beach at sunrise. I was there, seven years old, scraping my fingers through the   36  , with the false hope of finding a treasure larger than the tiny shell fragments (碎片) that   37   the shore.
    A man jogged along the waves   38   my direction. When he came near me, he slowed to a walk. I didn’t notice him   39   he was almost standing over me. Too young to be shy of strangers, I   40   myself up from the ground. It was   41   that I saw what he was holding in his hands. There, perfectly intact (完好的), was a beautiful cream-colored conch (海螺) shell. He smiled as I   42   in amazement, and then, to my shock, handed it to me. I   43   it before me like a diamond, not believing my eyes. How did he know?
    “I think this one has your name on it,” he said, and then continued his   44   down the beach.
    I do not remember his voice, his clothes or   45   his face, but I do still have the seashell, and the greatest lesson I’ve ever learned. The whole flight home I held it in my hand as I   46   his act of kindness. Now the shell sits on my bedside table,   47   as bright and big as it was, because a lot of things have changed, but it is still there, a   48   reminder that there is goodness in the world.
    You see, that man saved me. He saved my belief in the   49   of people. He saved my belief that one can find what means something in life. I   50   my shell every day, and every time I know that I can   51   that day because no matter what, there are good things in my life. In the end, all that we have is what we have   52   for others. The shell is important to me, as important as   53   man who returned to the plane to give me my lost jacket, as important as my   54   my stuffed animal to my neighbor who was moving.
    Making a difference in   55   life, no matter how big or small, is what truly matters, and that is worth all the treasure in the world.

36.	A. water	B. sand	C. air	D. soil
37.	A. surrounded	B. crossed	C. littered	D. poured
38.	A. in	B. from	C. to	D. on
39.	A. as	B. though	C. unless	D. until
40.	A. pushed	B. took	C. dragged	D. kept
41.	A. there	B. later	C. next	D. then
42.	A. replied	B. received	C. stared	D. imagined
43.	A. settled	B. held	C. caught	D. gathered
44.	A. search	B. run	C. work	D. drive
45.	A. even	B. just	C. hardly	D. only
46.	A. referred to	B. turned to	C. thought about	D. called on
47.	A. almost	B. ever	C. seldom	D. not
48.	A. quiet	B. strict	C. cheerful	D. similar
49.	A. ability	B. wisdom	C. honesty	D. kindness
50.	A. clean	B. see	C. bring	D. miss
51.	A. hold on	B. get through	C. go over	D. put away
52.	A. seen	B. lost	C. done	D. planned
53.	A. another	B. each	C. any	D. all
54.	A. comparing	B. returning	C. giving	D. introducing
55.	A. your	B. my	C. someone’s	D. everyone’s

 

Answer 1

36-40 BCADA     41-45 DCBBA       46-50  CDADB     51-55  BCACC