There was a terrible rainstorm unexpectedly. The rain caused the streets 36 and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were 37 to go home. Some struggled to __38  a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ___39_ bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I  40 to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most _41_had stopped. After making my way __42__ crowds of people. I finally found a subway line that was __43_. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __44 the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the  45 .So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train __46 my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I got to my office, I was _47_ through, exhausted and 48.
My co-workers and I spend most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __49_I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and 50 reported to work. It is always relaxing, at times like these, when employees so clearly show their 51 to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that  52  message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __53 can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __54_ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately __55__ me and put a smile back on my face.

It was an unforgettable experience. By the time we made it to the 36  , my hands were wet. I 37   he would remember everything I had taught him over and over again. 38 he stopped and asked, “So, Mom, how do you like my 39 ?”
I must admit that his performance was 40 . He had both hands on the wheel. His eyes never left the highway and his handling was far better than I’d ever imagined it would be, 41 it still needed improving.
Several 42 ago, I was teaching him to ride his bike. We started 43 . The third grade primary school student was 44 that his training wheels were taken off. Of course it was a long evening. He 45 several times but always got up quickly and kept 46 until he mastered riding.
Viewing the 47 , I guess it really wasn’t about him driving. It was about him 48 ---gaining more and more independence; not 49 me so much anymore.
He will be a(n) 50 in high school this fall. This will truly be a 51 year for both of us. He’s ready to have one of the best years of his young life and I will have (a) complete mental 52 . For this is probably the last year that my baby will be at home on a(n) 53 basis.
After this school year, he’ll go to college and then into the real world. Things all happen so 54  .
Now I see the time has just arrived for him to perform what he’s learned.
So, I guess you could say his driving lessons are lessons for me too. Yes, I’m being 55  that it’s his time to drive through life’s green lights and move towards his future as smoothly and skillfully as possible.

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Using All Your Strength
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch   11  the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could   12  it?”
His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”
The boy tried   13  to lift, pull and push the branch, but it wouldn’t budge.  14 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it alone.”
“Try again,” his dad said.
This time, as the boy struggled, his father   15    him. Together they pushed the   16  
aside.
“Son, the first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask me to help.”
This is a valuable   17 . There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We are   18      by resources that can be mobilized (調(diào)動) to help us
  19  our goals including family, friends and faith.
Sometimes we   20  to ask for help because of   21  or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of   22  to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we don’t even   23      
asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste.
It’s   24  that we learn to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as discipline, courage, and even love. It also includes   25  resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.
【小題1】.

A．politeness

B．slightness

C．kindness

D．weakness

I think that sleeping is the most wonderful thing in the world. While 36 I do nothing, but close my eyes, leaving all my work behind. In fact, I __37 _get up early nearly every morning.
My classes begin at 8:00, but the teacher asks us to arrive before 7:15 so we have  38  time to prepare for the class. If you are 39  , you’ll lose one point. And when you reach 10 40 , parents’ visit to school will be a must. Though I think it’s 41 , I still don’t want to lose any points.
One morning, my alarm clock 42 . I woke up with a 43  and found that it was already 7:00. What was worse. I lost six points in a  44 , that is to say, I was late every day that week. My teacher said that he 45  me to be late. My friends joked that my 46   was coming soon. I finally 47   to do something. I bought a new 48  . It sings songs on time,  49  I shut it down.
It’s perfect for a lazy cat like me. The first time I 50  it I successfully got up at 6:00 the next morning. Proud of 51 , I took a deep breath and found that the early morning air is surprisingly  52_. I did some reading, finding that English is really beautiful. I hadn’t realized __53  that the morning is so wonderful.
“Life is 54   a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” Just as Forrest Gump said, sometimes we should break our  55 . You may find that a new way can change things for the better.

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When I smoked with my family, I would feel so   16  and good that nothing else in the world seemed so   17 . I thought that smoking weed (煙草) was okay since many of my family members and people at my school smoked.  18  ever happened to them.   19  I started smoking weed a lot more during lunch and after school. I never thought   20  of it. At that time I just wanted to smoke. Then I began to   21 in school. I would   22  classes, come home late and spend all my money. I would spend   23  8 to 18 dollars a day. I never thought   24  that marijuana (大麻) had a bad effect on those things. Maybe my coming to class high (神智恍惚) was the reason why I was failing or coming home late. As I continued to smoke marijuana, I began to notice that I would always have the strong desire to smoke and that I would get   25  cigarettes if I smoked those, but I don’t.   26  I have learned more about marijuana, I have   27  the amount of marijuana that I use. I don’t want marijuana to be the most important in my life. I’m not smoking every day, and not spending as much money. Since I have   28  on my habit, I am   29  more money. I’m ready to go back to school and do good, so that I can make myself  50 . Everyone is always saying how weed   31  your mind and how it solves problems. I think it only brings more   32 . Marijuana is not good for your body or your brain. I’m not trying to tell you not to smoke, I’m just letting you know that marijuana can be   33  to your health, and   34  it may cause some long term negative (負面的) effects. Help yourself now, before it is too late. I don’t want to lecture anyone, just   35  my experience with you.
【小題1】

A young man was one day taking a walk with a professor. As they went along, they saw   36  in the path a pair of old shoes. They guessed the shoes belonged to a poor man who had   37  finished his day’s work in a field close by.
　　The student   38  the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a(n)   39 : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes to see his   40  when he cannot find them.”
　　“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never   41  ourselves in that way. You are   42 , and may give yourself a greater pleasure by helping the poor man. Perhaps we put a   43  into each shoe, and watch his reaction.”
　　The student did so, and they both   44  themselves behind the bushes. The poor man soon finished his work, and came   45  the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While   46  his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something   47 , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin.
He was   48 , and looked at the coin again and again. He then looked around   49  on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and began to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was   50  on finding the other coin.
　　His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his   51 , looked up to heaven and preyed, He spoke of his wife, sick and   52 , and his children without bread. The timely giving, from some unknown hand, would   53  from dying.
　　The student was moved and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better pleased than if you had played your   54  trick?”
The youth replied, “Thank you! Sir! I feel now the   55  of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

【小題18】

A．support B．learn C．treat D．save