I work in a company in India which has branches in Germany and the UK，so I        take business trips to these places．We have a tradition at the company that anybody coming back to India from a foreign country gets      for all the other members of the company．Naturally the chocolates are finished in no time because everyone      them and tries to get as many as possible．
I        that the housekeeping staff members never had the chance to get even a single chocolate maybe because they were not as quick as others to take the chocolates．I felt it was        to them．
Recently, I came back to India from Munich and I had        a lot of chocolates for them．I met one of the housekeeping staff members called Babu．I gave him a packet of chocolates and told him to distribute(分發(fā))them       in his department．His face lit up with joy and thanked me again and again，which made me very happy．
But the      didn’t end here．The best part of it was that Babu actually distributed the chocolates to        in the company equally instead of just distributing them among members in his        ．So it was so touching for me to see this.
I find it really hard to        why we，who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies，do not feel like        but just think about how to get more．       ，Babu，who earns only just about enough to raise his family, was so generous and did not even        one extra chocolate for himself．I want to request all of us learn from Babu for being so      and caring!
小題1:
A．rarelyB．seldomC．neverD．often
小題2:
A．giftsB．chocolatesC．1ettersD．postcards
小題3:
A．lovesB．deservesC．smellsD．touches
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)rguedB．thoughtC．noticedD．mentioned
小題5:
A．unfairB．strangeC．specialD．important
小題6:
A．receivedB．exchangedC．discoveredD．bought
小題7:
A．carefullyB．equallyC．generouslyD．positively
小題8:
A．managementB．meetingC．storyD．discussion
小題9:
A．everyoneB．nobodyC．someoneD．a(chǎn)nyone
小題10:
A．shopB．neighborhoodC．clubD．department
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)pologizeB．believeC．understandD．predict
小題12:
A．fightingB．sharingC．competingD．communicating
小題13:
A．ThereforeB．ThusC．HoweverD．So
小題14:
A．keepB．packC．stealD．store
小題15:
A．humorousB．cleverC．faithful D．kind

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:A
小題6:D
小題7:B
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:D
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:C
小題14:A
小題15:D

試題分析：通過(guò)公司人員分巧克力作者注意到，服務(wù)人員得不到巧克力，這一次他專門買了一盒巧克力讓一個(gè)叫Babu的服務(wù)人平均分給他所在的部門的人，可是他卻分給了公司所有的人。這讓作者感觸頗深。也號(hào)召大家都要學(xué)會(huì)分享，待人寬厚仁慈 。
小題1:考查副詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．rarely罕見(jiàn)地；B．seldom很少；C．never從不；D．often經(jīng)常。我在印度的一家公司工作，這家公司在德國(guó)和英國(guó)設(shè)有分部，所以我經(jīng)常出差到這些地方。根據(jù)第一句可知，選D。
小題2:考查名詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．gifts禮物；B．chocolates巧克力；C．1etters信；D．postcards卡片。在公司我們有一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)，從國(guó)外回到印度本公司的任何人都要給所有其他成員買巧克力。根據(jù)下一句可知，選B。
小題3:考查動(dòng)詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。 A．loves愛(ài)；B．deserves應(yīng)得；C．smells  聞；D．touches接觸。自然，那些巧克力立刻都被分光了，因?yàn)槊總�(gè)人都喜愛(ài)他們，并盡可能多拿。根據(jù)tries to get as many as possible可知是喜愛(ài)，故選A。
小題4:考查動(dòng)詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．a(chǎn)rgued爭(zhēng)論；B．thought認(rèn)為；C．noticed注意到；D．mentioned提到。我注意到那些服務(wù)人員從來(lái)沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)得到哪怕是一塊巧克力，也許是因?yàn)樗麄儾⒉幌衿渌四们煽肆Φ乃俣瓤臁＿@里是發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)問(wèn)題，用注意到更合適，故選C。
小題5:考查形容詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．unfair不公平；B．strange奇怪的；C．special特殊的；D．important重要的。服務(wù)人員一塊巧克力豆沒(méi)有得到過(guò)，我覺(jué)得這對(duì)他們不公平。故選A。
小題6:考查動(dòng)詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．received得到；B．exchanged交換；C．discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)； D．bought買。最近，我從慕尼黑回到印度，我給他們買了一大堆巧克力。根據(jù)前文和后面的…h(huán)ave the money to buy chocolates可知，選D。
小題7:考查副詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．carefully仔細(xì)地；B．equally平均地；C．generously慷慨地；D．positively肯定地。我遇到了一個(gè)叫Babu的服務(wù)人。我給了他一包巧克力，并告訴他平均分發(fā)給和他在同一部門的人。根據(jù)Babu actually distributed the chocolates to 34 in the company equally可知，選B。
小題8:考查名詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。 A．management管理；B．meeting見(jiàn)面；C．story故事； D．discussion討論。他的臉上洋溢著喜悅和一次又一次地感謝我，這使我非常高興。但這件事并沒(méi)有就此結(jié)束。故選C。
小題9:考查代詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。 A．everyone每個(gè)人；B．nobody沒(méi)人；C．someone有人；D．a(chǎn)nyone任何人。整件事最精彩的是Babu實(shí)際上是把巧克力平均分發(fā)給公司所有的人而不僅僅是他那一個(gè)部門的人。
故選A。
小題10:考查名詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．shop商店；B．neighborhood社區(qū)；C．club   俱樂(lè)部；D. department部門。他不是把巧克力分發(fā)給他所在的部門的人而是公司全體人員，看到這令我感觸頗多。
故選D。
小題11:考查動(dòng)詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．a(chǎn)pologize道歉；B．believe相信；C．understand 理解；D．predict預(yù)測(cè)。我發(fā)現(xiàn)真的很難理解：為什么我們這些人有錢買巧克力和其他好吃的東西，不想分享，只是想著如何得到更多。通過(guò)Babu 的行為和其他人的行為，我思考了這個(gè)問(wèn)題，百思不得其解。故選C。
小題12:考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．fighting斗爭(zhēng)；B．sharing分享；C. competing競(jìng)爭(zhēng)； D．communicating交流。為什么我們有錢買巧克力和其他好吃的東西，不是想要分享，只是想著如何得到更多。根據(jù)前面Babu給全公司的人分巧克力可知，選B。
小題13:考查副詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．Therefore所以；B．Thus因此；C．However但是；D．So所以。前后對(duì)比，所以這里用However，意思是但是。只能掙養(yǎng)家的錢的Babu，卻是這么慷慨，故選C
小題14:考查動(dòng)詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。 A．keep保持；B．pack打包；C．steal偷；D．store儲(chǔ)存。甚至沒(méi)有給他自己多留一塊巧克力。故選A。
小題15:考查形容詞辨析及對(duì)語(yǔ)境的理解。A．humorous幽默；B．clever聰明；C．faithful忠誠(chéng)；D．kind我想要要求我們所有人向Babu學(xué)習(xí)，那么和氣和關(guān)心人！故選D
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“Excuse me,” I said, trying not to be too pushy. Several people had to move    to make room for me to get to the     .
I stepped out,    about the service conditions. Thinking I was going to be late for my dentist appointment, I    into the parking lot.
A woman was coming across the lot in my    . She was walking with determination, and each step sounded very    . I noticed that she looked as if she could breathe fire. It stopped me in my tracks. Had I looked like that? Her body language said that she was having a      day. My anger melted away. I wished I could wrap her in a      but I was a stranger. So I did what I could in a minute    she hurried past me－I smiled. In a second everything changed. She was astonished, then somewhat    . Then her face softened and her shoulders    . I saw her take a deep breath. Her pace slowed and she smiled back at me as we passed each other.
I continued to smile all the way to my car. Wow, it’s amazing    a simple smile can do.
From then on, I became aware of people’s     and my own, the way we show our feelings. Now I use that    every day to let it      me that when facing the world, I can try a smile.
小題1:
A．foundB．dislikedC．keptD．a(chǎn)voided
小題2:
A．hoping B．welcomingC．requiringD．ordering
小題3:
A．paidB．receivedC．weighed D．bought
小題4:
A．died outB．faded outC．burst outD．ran out
小題5:
A．businessB．dutyC．turnD．part
小題6:
A．onB．a(chǎn)boutC．inD．a(chǎn)side
小題7:
A．counterB．officeC．exitD．car
小題8:
A．talkingB．complainingC．worryingD．hearing
小題9:
A．headedB．lookedC．pulledD．turned
小題10:
A．wayB．timeC．directionD．course
小題11:
A．slowB．stableC．lightD．heavy
小題12:
A．rough B．dullC．smoothD．bright
小題13:
A．smile B．hug C．bagD．touch
小題14:
A．until B．thoughC．beforeD．since
小題15:
A．excitedB．frightenedC．cheered D．confused
小題16:
A．trembledB．raisedC．relaxed D．tightened
小題17:
A．whatB．thatC．how D．when
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)ppearancesB．reactionsC．behaviorsD．expressions
小題19:
A．treatment B．a(chǎn)warenessC．conclusionD．a(chǎn)chievement
小題20:
A．remindB．warnC．convinceD．tell

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Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, serious man—not the sort of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager arriving in America, knowing nothing, I wanted a father who could explain the human journey. In college, when friends called home for advice, I would sink into deep depression for what I did not have.
　　Today, at twenty-seven, I have come to rediscover them in ways that my teenage mind would not allow—as adults and as friends with their own faults and weaknesses.
　　One night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, Dad shared the problem with me. Apparently my legal training had earned me some privileges in his eyes. I talked through the problem with Dad, analyzing the purposes of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies(策略).He listened patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I am a simple man.”
　Dad is a brilliant scientist who can deconstruct the building blocks of nature. Yet human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized that he was simply not skilled at dealing with people, much less the trouble of a conflicted teenager. It’s not in his nature to understand human desires.
　　And so, there it was—it was no one’s fault that my father held no interest in human lives while I placed great importance in them. We are at times born more sensitive, wide-eyed, and dreamy than our parents and become more curious and idealistic than them. Dad perhaps never expected me for a child. And I, who knew Dad as an intelligent man, had never understood that his intelligence did not cover all of my feelings.
　　It has saved me years of questioning and confusion. I now see my parents as people who have other relationships than just Father and Mother. I now overlook their many faults and weaknesses, which once annoyed me.
　　I now know my parents as friends: people who ask me for advice; people who need my support and understanding. And I have come to see my past clearer.
小題1:What was the author’s impression of her father when she was a teenager?
A．Friendly but irresponsible.
B．Intelligent but severe.
C．Cold and aggressive.
D．Caring and communicative.
小題2:Why did the author feel depressed when her friends called home?
A．She did not have a phone to call home.
B．Her father did not care about her human journey.
C．Her father was too busy to answer her phone.
D．Her father could not give her appropriate advice.
小題3:After the author overheard her father on the telephone, _________ .
A．he blamed her for impoliteness.
B．he rediscovered human nature.
C．he consulted with her about his problem.
D．he changed his attitude towards the author.
小題4:Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A．My Parents as Friends.
B．My Parents as advisers.
C．My father—a serious man.
D．My father—an intelligent scientist.

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