My son was badly hurt in a fire. After he___31___from a series of treatments, the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months___32___it took long for the skin to stop shrinking （收缩）。 So, he had to return to college with a visible 10-inch___33___on his face.
I said to my son, “Keaton, ___34___ will pay any more attention to your scar ___35___ you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother ___36___ .” He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head ___37___ high — glad he was alive.
___38___ , everyone has scars and shortcomings. Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better, ___39___ you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer ___40___ .
But you see, like Keaton’s scar, people will only judge you by your looks, or your ___41___ , or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false ___42___ .
One of my friends in college was very ___43___ . At first, when people met him, they noticed his ___44___ for about 10 seconds. This man felt ___45___ about himself and spent most of his time ___46___ about other people’s comfort and welfare. ___47___ , people ignored his looks. What people ___48___ was his kindness and his concern for them. He didn’t act in an ugly way so people didn’t treat him as an ugly man.
Therefore, concentrate on what you value ___49___ yourself, because if you can see that beautiful person, everyone you are in contact with will see the same __50____ .
31. A. cured B. recovered C. improved D. returned
32. A. because B. though C. until D. before
33. A. cut B. wound C. injure D. scar
34. A. no one B. anyone C. everyone D. someone
35. A. as B. like C. than D. when
36. A. another B. others C. all D. us
37. A. put B. held C. taken D. hung
38. A. After all B. In conclusion C. In fact D. Above all
39. A. as long as B. if C. even if D. as if
40. A. house B. telephone C. job D. car
41. A. clothes B. hairstyle C. figure D. salary
42. A. means B. standards C. comments D. rules
43. A. smart B. optimistic C. rude D. ugly
44. A. manners B. expressions C. looks D. actions
45. A. lucky B. worried C. good D. sad
46. A. inquiring B. asking C. knowing D. caring
47. A. Completely B. Gradually C. Obviously D. Suddenly
48. A. wanted B. understood C. brought D. saw
49. A. within B. beyond C. except D. above
50. A. kindness B. concern C. beauty D. perfection
答案 31.B 32.A 33.D 34.A 35.C 36.B 37.B 38.C 39.B 40.D 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.C 45.C 46.D 47.B 48.D 49.A 50.C
Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun 36 --- to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were 37 . When the students 38 their assignment, she found that most of them drew some pictures of their parents, teachers, brothers, sisters, friends or neighbors. “What 39 students! How wonderful the pictures are!” She thought.
Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a 40 boy. He didn’t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and __41__. He seldom __42__ with other children during the break __43__ they kindly invited him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and encouraged him to be confident and have a good time with his classmates. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a __44__. Nothing else. His abstract image _45__ the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother’s hand，for mother’s hand gives children warmth and __46__. Another child guessed it was a farmer’s hand, because farmers raise turkeys. Still others thought it was a police officer’s hand, because the police __47__ people and care for people. And so the discussion __48__.
When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas’ desk, __49__, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, “ It’s __50__, teacher.” Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was __51__ and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She __52__ how often she had said to him, “Take my __53__, Douglas. We’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” or “Let’s do this together.”
The story speaks of __54__ thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and
parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the children like Douglas. They might not always say “__55__” out, but they’ll remember the hand that you reach out to give them love and be grateful to you always.
36. A. assignment B. question C. suggestion D. solution
37. A. sorry B. regretful C. thankful D. responsible
38. A. gave in B. handed in C. put off D. called off
39. A. lovely B. honest C. brave D. friendly
40. A. strong B. kind C. different D. humorous
41. A. slow B. strict C. angry D. sad
42. A. played B. exercised C. joked D. lived
43. A. because B. though C. as D. since
44. A. hand B. face C. ear D. leg
45. A. reduced B. ruined C. inspired D. used
46. A. comfort B. praise C. sorrow D. coldness
47. A. search B. question C. meet D. protect
48. A. ended B. succeeded C. continued D. failed
49. A. stood up B. pulled down C. looked up D. bent down
50. A. his B. yours C. my mother’s D. my father’s
51. A. disappointed B. annoyed C. tired D. touched
52. A. forgot B. regretted C. recalled D. understood
53. A. hand B. book C. lesson D. gift
54. A. rather than B. more than C. anything but D. nothing but
55. A. I’m sorry B. Take care C. I’m all right D.Thank you
答案 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.D 42.A 43.B 44.A 45.C 46.A 47.D 48.C 49.D 50.B 51.D 52.C 53.A 54.B 55.D
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large___36___across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would___37___his taxi on the road. I ___38__why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home __39__work, leave his taxi and go out for his__40__affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was___41__.
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I ___42__ to be outside one evening two weeks___43___, when the garage door was ____44__and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）！ It shook me completely___45___I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But___46___inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）___47___. He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and___48___him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）___49___.
We go to bed every night and ___50___ every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a___51___as close friends or go for a vacation as a___52___. We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we__53____the social ladder—how much bigger and better a____54__we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on___55___we are than what we do!
36. A. window B. garage C. door D. yard
37. A. park B. stop C. check D. repair
38. A. knew B. understood C. asked D. wondered
39. A. for B. out of C. without D. from
40. A. business B. national C. personal D. public
41. A. wasteful B. meaningful C. wonderful D. plentiful
42. A. appeared B. intended C. expected D. happened
43. A. later B. more C. ago D. before
44. A. broken B. fine C. shut D. open
45. A. once B. before C. when D. until
46. A. far B. deep C. long D. little
47. A. driver B. engineer C. father D. son
48. A. called B. made C. elected D. turned
49. A. experience B. earning C. life D. position
50. A. stay up B. wake up C. stay home D. go home
51. A. competition B. performance C. debate D. party
52. A. family B. company C. team D. whole
53. A. build B. climb C. stand D. lay
54. A. house B. garage C. car D. taxi
55. A. who B. what C. which D. where
答案 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.A 44.D 45.C 46.B 47.C 48.A 49.C 50.B 51.D 52.A 53.B 54.D 55.A