I’d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to ? ? ? and get the tools to fix the problem. It certainly wasn’t ? ? ? doing this with a white shirt and suit on.

Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled up beside me. A man got out and offered to? ? ? ? me. Seeing tattoos (紋身) on his arm, I became ? ? ? as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But ? ? ? I could say anything, he had already begun to take the tools to change the? ? ? ? . While watching him, I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This ? ? ? me.

Then, without warning, it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, I unwillingly agreed. When I settled into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. I replied with much ? ? ? when seeing an old woman there. It must be his mother, I thought. To my surprise, the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you ? ? ? the tyre.” “I am grateful for his help,” I said. “Me too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he ? ? ? at the church and taught disadvantaged students for free.

??? Finally, Jeff helped me change the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he refused it. As we shook hands to say goodbye I apologized for my stupid ? ? ? at the first sight of him, and this incident warned us that we shouldn’t judge people by the way they ? ? .

1.A. stop????????????? B. move????????????? C. see????????????? D. look

2.A. difficult????????????? B. easy? ????????????? C. bad????????????? D. polite

3.A. lift????????????? B. carry????????????? C. drive????????????? D. help

4.A. discouraged? ????????????? B. disappointed ????????????? C. frightened? ????????????? D. astonished

5.A. as????????????? B. before????????????? C. until????????????? D. when

6.A. tyre????????????? B. suit????????????? C. shirt????????????? D. tools

7.A. puzzled????????????? B. embarrassed????????????? C. calmed????????????? D. concerned

8.A. fear? ????????????? B. relief? ????????????? C. satisfaction????????????? D. delight

9.A. taking on? ????????????? B. fighting for? ????????????? C. picking out? ????????????? D. struggling with

10.A. volunteered? ????????????? B. studied ????????????? C. grew ????????????? D. performed

11.A. ignorance????????????? B. words????????????? C. reaction????????????? D. comment

12.A. drove????????????? B. walked????????????? C. behaved????????????? D. looked

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll   16   that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous   17  .”

Mother was right,   18   I discovered after   19   from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way   20   sports announcer. I hitchhiked（搭便車） to Chicago and knocked on the door of   21   station—and got   22   every time. In one   23  , a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t   24   hiring inexperienced persons. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a   25  .” she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local   26   to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I   27  . The job sounded just right for me.   28   I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom   29   me. Dad   30   me the car to job-hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had   31   hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my   32   boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator   33   I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood next to me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an   34   game.

On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words: “if you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment”. I often   35   what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

1.A. realize        B. recognize      C. request          D. receive

2.A. disappointment B. excitement   C. pressure        D. anxiety

3.A. what  B. as C. when    D. how

4.A. studying     B. working         C. living     D. graduating

5.A. up to B. out at    C. up for   D. down to

6.A. every          B. many     C. a few     D. some

7.A. taken down        B. broken down         C. turned down          D. put down

8.A. room B. image    C. studio   D. stage

9.A. risk    B. avoid     C. mind     D. regret

10.A. trouble    B. chance C. choice  D. change

11.A. adviser     B. athlete  C. photographer        D. composer

12.A. applied    B. assisted          C. approved      D. admitted

13.A. And        B. But      C. However       D. So

14.A. reminded         B. praised C. demanded    D. informed

15.A. supplied  B. provided       C. prepared       D. offered

16.A. still  B. even     C. already D. yet

17.A. distinction        B. frustration     C. impression    D. expression

18.A. until          B. when    C. while     D. as

19.A. visible      B. bitterness      C. imaginary      D. satisfactory

20.A. think         B. suspect C. doubt    D. wonder

根據(jù)下列各句句意和空白之后的漢語提示詞，在答題卷指定區(qū)域的橫線上寫出對應詞的正確完整形式，每空只寫一詞。
【小題1】We usually have a class meeting on __________ (星期一)afternoon.
【小題2】It’s bad manners to __________ (打斷……講話)others when they are talking. 
【小題3】We know that __________ (克隆)brings us benefits as well as problems.
【小題4】They are interested in talking about what they will do when they __________ (退休).
【小題5】He found the road has blue and white signs with __________ (海鷗) on them to show the way to go.

I have always known my kids use digital communications equipment a lot. But my cellphone bill last month really grabbed my attention. My son had come up to nearly 2,000 incoming text messages, and had sent nearly as many. Of course, he was out of school for the summer and communicating more with friends from a distance. Nevertheless, he found time to keep a summer job and complete a college course in between all that typing with thumb.

???? I was even more surprised to learn that my son is normal. "Teenagers with cellphones each send and receive 2,272 text messages a month on average, " Nielsen Mobile said.

???? Some experts regret? that all? that? keyboard jabber(鍵盤閑聊) is making our? kids stupid, unable to read non-verbal cues such as facial expressions, gestures, posture and other silent signals of mood and attitude. Unlike phones, text messaging doesn't even allow transmission of tone of voice or pauses, says Mark Bauerlein, author called The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future.

???? Beyond that,? though,? I'm not sure I see as much harm as critics of this trend.? I' ve posted before on how I initially tried to control my kids' texting. But over time, I have seen my son suffer no apparent ill effects, and he gains a big benefit, continuing contact with others.

???? I don't think texting make kids stupid. It may make them annoying, when they try to text and talk to you at the same time. And it may make them distracted. when buzzing text message interrupt efforts to noodle out a math problem or finish reading for school.

???? But I don't see texting harming teens' ability to communicate. My son is as accustomed to nonverbal cues as any older members of our family. I have found him more engaged and easier to communicate with from a great distance. because he is constantly available by means of text? message and responds with faithfulness and speed.

1.What is Mark Bauerlein ' s attitude to texting?

A. It is convenient for teens to communicate with others.

B. It is likely to cause trouble in understanding each other.

C. It is convenient for teens to text and call at the same time.

D. It will cause damage to the development of teens' intelligence.

2.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. For Teens, Texting Instead of Talking

B. For Parents, Caring Much for Their Kids

C. Disadvantages of Texting

D. The Effect of Communication

3.What does the underlined word "distracted" in the fifth paragraph mean?

A. Confused.???????????????????????????? B. Absent-minded.

C. Comfortable.????????????????????????? D. Bad-tempered.

4. The author's attitude to texting is ___________ .

A. objective???????? B. opposed?????????? C. supportive???????? D. doubtful

5.According to the passage,? which of the statements is NOT true?

A. It is normal for a teen to send or receive 60 text messages per day.

B. Texting is a very popular way of communication among teens.

C. The writer limited his son to send or receive messages at first.

D. When texting, teens don't mind talking with you.

The worker I hired to repair my house had just finished a difficult first day on the job. A broken wheel made him an hour late; his ladder (????) fell down when he was painting the roof and now his old truck wouldn' t start. With each problem he shouted angrily, more at himself than at his things. As I drove him home, the man didn't say a word.

I tried talking to the man to kill time. I managed to find out that he had come up from Blue Hills in Victoria with his family six months ago to find a job. This was his first job since moving here. I now knew why his price was lower than any other worker I could find in the local newspaper. He really needed the job. His clothes told me as much.

On arriving, much to my surprise, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked through his front garden he suddenly stopped at a small tree and placed his hands on it. Then, when he opened the door he completely changed. Instead of his troubled face, there was now a warm smile, hugs for his two children and a kiss for his wife.

The following day, I asked him about the tree.

"That's my trouble tree," he answered. "Work troubles aren't welcome at home with my wife and the children. So I hang them on that tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again. "

"And you know what else?" he said smiling,"The next morning I find that there aren't as many as I remember hanging up the night before. "

1.Which of the following things did NOT happen to the worker?

A. His truck broke down.       B. He was late for work.

C. He fell onto the roof.      D. His ladder fell down.

2.When did the worker first arrive in this town?

A. Today.      B. Last night.

C. Six weeks ago.       D. Six months ago.

3.Where did the writer find the worker?

A. Through a newspaper.       B. Beside the trouble tree.

C. In his old house.      D. In Blue Hills, Victoria.

4.Why did the worker touch the tree?

A. To get good luck,         B. To leave his trouble outside.

C. To send good wishes to his family.  D. To clean his hands.