A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée(未婚妻).The man was very poor 26 the girl was rich. The young man wanted to give her a 27 on her birthday. He wanted to buy something  28 for her, but he had no 29  how to do it, as he had very little 30 .
The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there; rings, gold watches, diamonds but all these things were   31  .There was one thing he could not take his eyes   32  .   33  was a beautiful vase. That would be a wonderful present for  34 . He had been looking at the vase for half an hour  35  the manager asked what had happened to him. The young man told him everything. The manager felt  36  for him and decided to help him. A brilliant idea   37  him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great 38  , the young man saw a vase   39  into many pieces. The manager said, “I can help you. I shall order my servant to   40  it and take it to your fiancée. When he enters the room, he will   41   it.”
On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very   42 . Everything happened as he had   43  ．The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was   44 on everybody's face. When the vase was unwrapped, the guests saw that  45 was packed separately.
【小題1】.

A．when

B．while

C．a(chǎn)s

D．because

A．burst

B．broken

C．got

D．turned

Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant. It was his attitude  21  made the waiters follow him. He was a natural motivator (鼓舞人心的人). If a(n)  22  was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him/her how to look on the  23  side of the situation.
This attitude really made me  24, so one day I asked him, “I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person  25. How can you manage it?”
“Every time something bad happens, I can choose to  26  it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining and I can 27  the positive side of life. Why don’t we just do that later?” Jerry said.
Jerry told me an unusual story out of his experience. One day he left the back door of his restaurant  28  and was robbed by three men. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from  29 , slipped off the combination (開啟號碼的號碼組合). The robbers got angry and  30 him.
31 , Jerry was found quickly and taken to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of care, Jerry  32  with fragments (碎片) of the bullets (子彈) still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the  33 . I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. “Did you lose consciousness? Weren’t you  34 ?” I asked.
“No,” Jerry said, “35  when I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.”
“A nurse asked if I was allergic (過敏的) to anything. ‘Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped  36  as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘37 !’”
“Over the laughter, I told them, ‘Please  38  on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”
Jerry survived  39  the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. Attitude, after all, is  40 .

Mr. Hall was a rich businessman and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river.
The river usually __16__ over in winter, and one year __17__ happened very early, so that by Christmas time it was covered with really __18__ ice. People could walk across it safely.
The sight of this ice gave Mr. Hall __19__. He decided to have a big Christmas party on the ice. He would have all the furniture in his living-room _ 20 _ out onto the ice. He would have pretty colored lights _ 21 _  all around, and they would have a wonderful party. So he sent out __22__ to all his important friends, and on Christmas Eve they all began to _ 23   his house and then went onto the ice. They were all in very good _ 24   and thought that it _25_a wonderful idea of Mr. Hall to have a party on the ice.
The party   26   until late at night, and as the _ 27   guests said their merry Christmas, Mr. Hall was pleased with himself for the __28   party.
He had drunk rather  29   at the party, so he did not wake up very early __30  morning. In fact, it was   31  midday when he got up and looked out of the window at the spot where the party was held last night. __32__ he saw there made him wonder whether he was still  33 _. He closed his eyes, opened them again but there was no mistake! The ice had ­­__34   up in the early sunshine and had carried all his living-room furniture out to __35  .
【小題1】

A．flows

B．flowed

C．freeze

D．froze

閱讀下面短文,從短文后所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。
Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The angels were   26   a small space in the cold basement instead of in the comfortable guestroom. As they made their   27   on the hard floor, the older angel saw a   28   in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked   29  , the older angel replied, "Things aren’t always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to he house of a very poor but  30 farmer and his wife. After   31   what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they   32   have a good night’s rest. When the sun   33  the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife   34 . Their cow, whose milk had been their only   35   , lay dead in the field. The younger angel was angry and asked the older angel, “How could you   36   this happen? The first man had everything,   37   you helped him. The second family had   38   but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die   39   help them. ”
"Things aren’t always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we   40   in the basement, I   41   there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.   42  the owner was greedy and unwilling to share, I covered the wall so that he wouldn’t   43   it."
"Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came   44   his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem."
Sometimes that is   45  what happens when things don’t turn out the way they should.
【小題1】

One day I was doing an experiment in front of the classroom, wearing my favorite shirt. A voice came, “Nice shirt”. Then another   1  said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Jimmy’s mother works for my family. We meant to throw the shirt away, but gave   2   to her instead.” Hearing the words, I was embarrassed. It was Mike. Mom worked for his family.
In the evening, I told my mom what had happened. She was silent for a while and then called her employer, “I will   3  work for your family.” That night, she knew her life’s   4   was something greater. She decided to find a more meaningful job.
The next day she   5   with the headmaster of a local public school. She was told that she could not teach without a proper education. So Mom decided to   6  a university.
A year later, she went back to the headmaster. He said, “You are serious, aren’t you? I think I have a   7   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with some mentally disabled children with little or   8  chance of learning.” Mom accepted the opportunity very   9  .
For almost three years, she saw many teachers give up on the children and   0  , feeling   upset. Then one day, the headmaster   11   in her classroom, saying, “We have watched how you  12   the children over the last three years and admire your hard-working spirit. We all agree that you should be the   13  of this class.”
My mom spent over 20 years there. I was proud of her   14  she never gave up and also showed me how to deal with   15   situations. During her career, she was chosen as “Teacher of the Year”.
【小題1】

Children find meanings in their old family tales.  
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,    21   all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times   22   his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   23    , he loaded his family into the car and   24    them to see family members in Canada with a   25   ,“there are more important things in life than money. ”
The  26   took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a   27    house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was  28    that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t.    29     , their reaction echoed （共鳴） their great-grandfather’s. What they   30    was how warm the people were in the house and how  31     of their heart was accessible.  
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children   32    hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing   33     in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university   34    of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to   35  parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.  The   36    is telling the stories in a way children can   37    . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that   38    , “When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s   39    , and make eye contact （接觸） to create “a personal experience”,. We don’t have to tell children   40  they should take from the story and what the moral is. ”
【小題1】.

My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job，when I was six years old，was   36    the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young，so he taught me   37   to do it efficiently(有效地)，telling me to   38   to re-shine(再擦亮) the shoes if the customer wasn’t    39 .
Working in the restaurant was a cause of great   40  because I was also working for the good of the family. But my father   41  that I had to meet certain standards(標(biāo)準(zhǔn)) to be part of the team. I   42   to be punctual(守時的)，hard-working，and polite to the    43 .
I was   44   paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he   45  give me $10 a week. He said,“OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And for the times you bring    46  your friends for free soft drinks?” He   47   I owed him about $40 a week.
I remember returning to Seattle after being    48  in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted(升遷) to Captain at that time. And full of pride，I walked into my parents’ restaurant，but the   49  thing Dad said was，“How about your   50   up tonight?” I couldn’t   51  my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t   52   as far as Dad was concerned，I was just   53   member of the team. I reached for the mop(拖把). Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a   54    is above all. It has nothing to do with   55   that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.
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A. cleaning          B. shining        C. removing       D. keeping
37.
A. why                B. what           C. when           D. how

In order to separate loving parents from their freshman sons, Morehouse College in Atlanta has held a/an __36___"Parting Ceremony."
When University of Minnesota freshmen __37___ at the end of this month, parental separation will be a little trickier: mothers and fathers will be ___38__ to a reception elsewhere ___39__ students can meet their roommates and talk about dorm room space -- __40__ adult breaking in.
In the latest wave in which superinvolved parents __41___ their children to college, universities are __42__  activities ___43__ to speed the separation. In the age of MSN and twice-daily texts home, ___44__ colleges are urging "sticky parents" to leave sooner so students can __45__ independence.
Grinnell College here, like others, has found it __46__ to make it clear when parents __47__ say goodbye. After computer printers and bags had been carried to dorm rooms, everyone gathered in the gymnasium, students on one side, __48__  on the other.
Shortly __49__, mothers and fathers were urged to leave campus.
Moving their students in usually takes a few hours. Moving on? Most deans can tell __50__ of parents who hang around campus for days. At Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. "We recognize it's a __51__ day for families," Beverly Low, the dean (院長) of first-year students said. Still, during various parent meetings on Colgate's move-in day, Ms. Low and other officials __52__ tell the parents __53__ that "activities for the class of freshmen begin at 4 on time, so parents should leave before 4." she said.
Formal departure ceremonies are unusual __54__ growing in popularity, said Joyce Holl, head of the National Orientation Directors Association. A more common method is for colleges to limit the hour for last hugs.__55___, the parents of Princeton freshmen learn from the move-in schedule, "the rest events are intended for students only."
【小題1】A  formal                 B  informal                 C  casual              D  grand  
【小題2】A  move out              B  move in                  C  move around    D  graduate
【小題3】A  sent                     B  driven                    C  invited             D  called on
【小題4】A  so                        B  but                         C  still                 D  yet
【小題5】A  with                     B  as                           C  where              D  without 
【小題6】A  rescue                  B  deliver                    C  travel                 D  release
【小題7】A  running out          B  taking out        C  carrying out     D  picking out
【小題8】A  wanted                 B  meant                     C  devoted       D  prepared
【小題9】A  in which           B  which                     C  how                D  where  
【小題10】A  form                    B  create                     C  increase           D  develop
【小題11】A  necessary              B  unimportant            C  useless             D  difficult  
【小題12】A  will                            B  need                   C  must            D  would  
【小題13】A  teachers            B  police                     C  professors     D  parents
【小題14】A  before                  B  after                       C  later                D  passed
【小題15】A  news                    B  comments           C  stories             D  shadows
【小題16】A  little                    B  huge                   C  long                D  large  
【小題17】A  plan to                 B  take to                    C  ask to          D  carry to
【小題18】A  rudely                  B  directly                   C  conveniently   D  hardly   
【小題19】A  and                  B  but                         C  however      D  so
【小題20】A  For the time being B  For a long time       C  For example     D  For a change

One day I jumped into a taxi and took off for the airport.
We were driving in the right lane   36   suddenly a black car jumped out of a
parking space   37   in front of us. My taxi driver immediately put his foot on the   38  . The taxi slid a short distance quickly and   39   the other car by just inches! The driver of the black car moved his head around and started   40   at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy; and I mean he was   41   friendly, which is truly beyond my expectation.
  42   I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost  43   your car
and sent us to the   44  !” This is when my taxi driver   45   me what I now call “the Law of the Garbage Truck.”
He   46   that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, disappointment, frustration (挫敗感) and   47  . As their garbage   48  , they need a place to dump (丟棄) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on   49  . Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move   50 . Don’t take it   51  . Don’t take their garbage and   52   it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.                                
The   53   line is that successful people don’t let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with   54  , so “Love the people who treat you   55  . Pray for the ones who don’t”.
【小題1】

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55各題所給的四個選項（A,B,C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
My friend Monty Roberts told me a story about a young boy. One day at school, the boy was asked to write a paper   36  what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven – paper   37  his dream of owning a farm. He put a great deal of his   38  into the paper and the next day he handed it in to his   39 . Two days later he received his paper back. On the   40  page was a large red F with a   41  that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, “  42  did I receive an F?” The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like   43 . Owning a farm requires a lot of money. There’s no   44  a young man could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “  45  you will rewrite this paper, I will reconsider your   46 .”
The boy went home and   47  about it long and hard. Finally, after a week, he turned in the   48 paper, making no changes.
Monty then said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my farm. I   49  have that school paper over fireplace.” He added, “The   50  part of the story is that two summers ago the same schoolteacher   51  30 kids to camp out on my farm. When the teacher was   52 , he said, ‘Look Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream    53 . During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams.   54  you had enough courage not to   55 yours.”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what…
【小題1】