They crossed in front of me as I was driving ...

They crossed in front of me as I was driving out of the store parking lot. My first reaction was anger at being delayed for a whole ten seconds. I quickly became patient when I realised that this was an elderly couple.

The man leaned on his wife who walked in front of him. He not only used her for support but it was obvious that he was blind. The two of them worked as one---each needing the other to function in this fast-changing world.

That little example of true strength changed my whole personal perception(理解) of life that day. Suddenly I wasn’t so mad about having to work a few extra hours on Saturdays. I had my strength, and I was still relatively young.

That picture of those two elderly people walking with dignity and strength stayed with me the entire week. My life wasn’t so bad after all. I had my health and a good job. I had a wonderful, supportive wife. I started to think---not only was I lucky to have it all, but so was that wonderful old couple, who, despite the trials and sufferings of a long life, still had the love and support of each other to carry them through this world.

There are so many people out there just like that couple. My wife and I sometimes picture ourselves in our old age, walking arm-in-arm into the sunset. That image always gives us a warm feeling of comfort. Just remember, none of us would be here if it wasn’t for our elders. We should all have a little extra time and patience when it comes to helping our elder friends.

1.When the author was about to drive away, the couple __________________.

2. After he saw the couple, the author would _________________.

3. What did the author think of the couple?

4. From the passage, we learn _______________________.

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As I was driving out of the store parking lot, they crossed in front of me．My first reaction was filled with 36  at being delayed for a whole ten seconds．But I quickly became 37  when I realized that it was an elderly 38  ．

The man leaned on his 39  who walked in front of him．He not only used her for 40  but it was obvious that he was blind．The two of them _________41  as one—each needing the other to 42   in this fast-changing world．

That little example of true strength 43  my whole personal perception(理解) of life that day．Suddenly I wasn’t so 44  having to work a few extra hours on Saturdays．I had my 45 ，and I was still 46  young．

That picture of those two elderly people walking with dignity(尊严) and strength 47  me the entire week．My 48  wasn’t so bad after all．I had my health and a good job．I had a wonderful，       49 wife．I started to think—not only was I 50  to have these all, but so was that wonderful old couple，who， _51  the trials and sufferings of a long life，still had the love and support of each other to 52 them through this world．

There are so many people out there just like that couple．My wife and I sometimes 53 ourselves in our old age, walking arm in arm into the sunset. That image always gives us a 54  feeling．Just remember, none of us would be here if it wasn’t for our elders．We all should spend a little extra time and patience, 55  helping our elder friends．

1.A . tension           B. anger            C. surprise             D. puzzle

2.A. nervous                B. worried          C. patient              D. satisfied

3.A. couple                 B. driver               C. policeman            D. truck

4. A. friend                B. daughter             C. wife                 D. mother

5. A. fun               B. free                 C. support              D. care

6.A. worked             B. stood            C. thought              D. considered

7. A. warn              B. point                C. remind               D. function

8.A. ruin               B. remove           C. change               D. fail

9.A. sure of                B. mad about            C. excited with         D. curious about

10.A. courage           B. freedom          C. dream            D. strength

11.A. similarly             B. extremely        C. naturally        D. relatively

12.A. agreed with           B. stayed with     C. happened to     D. connected with

13.A. family                B. plan             C. life            D. salary

14.A. supportive            B. famous               C. active          D. pretty

15. A. lucky                B. fit             C. willing              D. eager

16.A. unless                B. despite              C. owing to        D. since

17.A. challenge             B. value            C. carry                D. arrange

18. A. picture              B. share            C. compare          D. teach

19.A. sad               B. bitter          C. serious            D. warm

20. A. in case of           B. regardless of        C. as a result of      D. when it comes to

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They crossed in front of me as I was driving out of the store parking lot (停车场)．I would be delayed for a whole ten seconds. However，I realized that it was an elderly couple who were briefly delaying my departure (出发)．No more anger.

The man leaned on his wife who walked in front of him. He not only used her for support but it was obvious that he was blind. She was his eyes as well. The two of them worked as one—each needing the other to function in this fast­changing world.

That little example of true strength that day changed my whole personal perception of life. Suddenly I wasn't so mad about having to work a few extra hours on Saturday. I had my strength，and I was still relatively young.

That picture of those two elderly people walking with dignity and strength stayed with me the entire week. My life wasn't so bad after all. I had my health and a good job. My wife always gave me good advice whenever I needed it. I started to think—not only was I lucky to have it all，but so was that wonderful old couple，who，despite the trials and hardships of a long life，still had the love and support of each other to carry them through this world.

There are so many people out there just like that couple. My wife and I sometimes picture ourselves in our old age，walking arm­in­arm into the sunset. That image always gives us a warm feeling of comfort. Just remember，none of us would be here if it weren't for our elders. We should spend an extra minute to listen and learn when it comes to helping our elder friends. They need it.

1.What was the author's first reaction when he was stopped by the old couple?

A．He showed great pity for the couple.

B．He didn't mind at all.

C．He got angry at being delayed.

D．He waited patiently.

2.Before meeting the old couple，the author had a(n)________attitude towards life.

A．energetic　　 B．enthusiastic

C．desperate　　 D．negative

3.The main message that the author wants to get across in the last paragraph is that________．

A．everyone should live with dignity and strength

B．we should be patient when dealing with old people

C．old people can teach us many important lessons

D．happiness lies in a positive attitude towards life

4.What do we know about the author?

A．He and his wife are in their old age.

B．He has a good but busy job.

C．His life is very bad actually.

D．He and his wife often walk arm­in­arm.

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I suddenly noticed them cross before my car as I was driving out of the store parking lot. I would be ________ for a whole ten seconds. ________ , I realized that it was an elderly couple who were ________ blocking my departure. No more ________　 .

The man leaned on his wife who walked in front of him. He not only used her for 　 ________　 but it was obvious that he was ________　 ．She was his eyes as well. The two of them ________　 as one — each needing to function in this fast-changing world. Suddenly I wasn’t so 　 ________　 about having to work a few extra hours on Saturday. I had my ________　 , and I was still relatively young.

That scene of those two elderly people ________　 with dignity stayed with me the entire week. My life wasn’t so bad 　 ________ . I had my health and a good job．My wife always gave me good ________ whenever I needed it. I started to think — not only was I lucky to have it all, ________　 so was that wonderful old couple, who, ________　 the trials and hardships of a long life, still had the love and help of each other to 　 ________　 them through this world．

There are so many people out there just like that couple. My wife and I sometimes 　 ________　 ourselves in our old age, walking arm-in-arm into the sunset. That image always gives us a warm feeling of ________　 . Just remember, 　 ________ of us would be here if it weren’t for our elders. We should spend an ________　 minute to listen and learn 　 ________ it comes to helping our elder friends. They need it.

1.A. called    B. delayed    C. warned    D. watched

2.A. Thus    B. Therefore    C. However    D. Even

3.A. slowly    B. anxiously    C. impatiently    D. briefly

4.A. wait    B. anger    C. quarrel    D. time

5.A. support    B. memory    C. courage    D. success

6.A. deaf    B. ill    C. dying    D. blind

7.A. lived    B. united    C. worked    D. trusted

8.A. surprised    B. mad    C. excited    D. satisfied

9.A. love    B. family    C. wealth    D. strength

10.A. walking    B. smiling    C. talking    D. thinking

11.A. by chanceB. at last    C. on purpose    D. after all

12.A. food    B. advice    C. ideas    D. power

13.A. also    B. as    C. and    D. but

14.A. though    B. during    C. despite    D. since

15.A. allow    B. carry    C. adapt    D. devote

16.A. picture    B. predict    C. accept    D. admit

17.A. comfort    B. enjoyment    C. connection    D. relation

18.A. all    B. neither    C. none    D. any

19.A. entire    B. exact    C. awesome    D. extra

20.A. if    B. when    C. because    D. as

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A few weeks ago I was at the comer store, and there stood an old lady in front of me in line. She seemed very ______ when the cashier asked her to pay $ 38.00. She had about $ 5.00 in her wallet, and she began to ______. The cashier became very ______, telling her that she cannot buy these ______ because she didn’t have enough money. So, I told the cashier not to ______ it, and that I would ______ the difference. The cashier gave me a funny look,______ I really felt for this woman.

Anyway, I paid for my groceries and ______ the store. When I got outside, I saw the lady standing there. I asked her what was ______. She said that she could not remember where she lived, and she began to cry again. I said some names of the ______ around the area but she had no clue (线索). Just then, a car ______ and a woman jumped out of the car. It was this lady’s daughter. I ______ that her mother couldn’t find her way home. The daughter told me that she had Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默病) and that she had been ______ off a lot lately. Then the daughter ______ that her mother had 3 - bags of groceries and wondered ______ she got the money to pay for them. I was not ______ if I should tell her that I paid for them, but I did.

The daughter wanted to pay me back, but I ______. The daughter said “Thank you” and I said “Good bye”.

I felt so ______ and happy right through the day, because making others feel ______ makes me feel good. I know that if this ______ happened again, I would do the same thing.

1.A. excited　　 B. puzzled　　 C. disappointed　　 D. convinced

2.A. cry　　 B. bargain　　 C. argue　　 D. interrupt

3.A. unfair　　 B. uncomfortable　　 C. impatient　　 D. impossible

4.A. diets　　 B. programmes　　 C. details　　 D. items

5.A. ask for　　 B. worry about　　 C. charge　　 D. order

6.A. make　　 B. judge　　 C. pay　　 D. measure

7.A. so　　 B. and　　 C. therefore　　 D. but

8.A. entered　　 B. searched　　 C. left　　 D. closed

9.A. wrong　　 B. matter　　 C. happened　　 D. problem

10.A. goods　　 B. streets　　 C. suggestions　　 D. solutions

11.A. drove out　　 B. pulled down　　 C. drove off　　 D. pulled up

12.A. responded　　 B. explained　　 C. described　　 D. recommended

13.A. travelling　　 B. racing　　 C. wandering　　 D. wondering

14.A. watched　　 B. noticed　　 C. collected　　 D. returned

15.A. why　　 B. where　　 C. when　　 D. whether

16.A. doubtful　　 B. urgent　　 C. jealous　　 D. sure

17.A. refused　　 B. appreciated　　 C. denied　　 D. ignored

18.A. anxious　　 B. pleased　　 C. interested　　 D. relaxed

19.A. well　　 B. content　　 C. good　　 D. proud

20.A. situation　　 B. condition　　 C. surrounding　　 D. experience

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In June 2008,Benita Grist was driving in her hometown of Mississauga as a passenger in the car ahead threw a paper cup out of the window.When Grist horned to express her displeasure, the passenger responded by throwing out a bag.

Instead of annoyed, she decided to do something about it.She organized a one woman litterawareness campaign.She started small,chatting with her neighbors about litter—and asking them to be more conscious of any tendencies they might have to litter.Soon,she noticed local families, kids and all—picking up litter around their homes.”I thought,that’s all it took—for me to open my mouth?” she says.”So I decided to knock on more doors.”

And she didn’t stop there.She approached people on the street,in malls,even in the waiting room before getting an X ray. Grist often started her appeal with something such as,”I hope you don’t think I’m crazy,but...” Yet she was buoyed by the positive response—so much so that in August 2008, she began to contact officials in various levels of government, companies and other institutions in an effort to reach a wider audience.

Through a local Mac’s Convenience Store,Grist managed to contact the company that produces content displayed on their in store monitors.That led to a public service announcement about litter that ran in almost 600 Mac’s stores in Ontario from November 2008 to June 2009. Grist continues to explore every opportunity she has to get the message out.Her grassroots campaign may be different,but she has begun to open people’s eyes about the problem of litter.And thanks to her efforts,in Mississauga,at least,they have begun to do just that.

1.How did Benita Grist start her campaign?

A．She chatted with her neighbors.            B．She quarreled with a stranger.

C．She went door to door,talking.              D．She talked to patients in hospital.

2.The underlined word “buoyed” in Paragraph 4 probably means “-------”.

A．inspired          B．discouraged        C．confused          D．disturbed

3.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Introduction to a one woman litter awareness campaign.

B．How Benita Started the one woman litter awareness campaign.

C．Why Benita Started the one woman litter awareness campaign.

D．Benita and the one woman litter awareness campaign.

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As kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods．“The woods” was our part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse．If I went to a friend’s house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, he’s out in the woods, ” with a tone (语气) of airy acceptance．It’s similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I’m looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or even “away from his desk.” For us ten-year-olds, “being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while.

We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring(探索)．Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today．History seemed to be mostly about explorers．Our explorations, though, seemed to have less system than the historic kind: something usually came up along the way．Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, picking blackberries, digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Italian burial mound.

Often we got “lost” and had to climb a tree to find out where we were．If you read a story in which someone does that successfully, be skeptical; the topmost branches are usually too skinny to hold weight, and we could never climb high enough to see anything except other trees．There were four or five trees that we visited regularly—tall beeches, easy to climb and comfortable to sit in.

It was in a tree, too, that our days of fooling around in the woods came to an end．By then some of us had reached seventh grade and had begun the rough ride of adolescence（青春期．In March, the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter, two friends and I set out to go exploring．We climbed a tree, and all of a sudden it occurred to all three of us at the same time that we really were rather big to be up in a tree．Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria.

1.The author and his friends were often out in the woods to _______.

A．spend their free time                          B．play golf and other sports

C．avoid doing their schoolwork                D．keep away from their parents

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．The activities in the woods were well planned.

B．Human history is not the result of exploration.

C．Exploration should be a systematic activity.

D．The author explored in the woods aimlessly.

3.The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．calm            B．doubtful             C．serious               D．optimistic

4.How does the author feel about his childhood?

A．Happy but short．                    B．Lonely but memorable.

C．Boring and meaningless．               D．Long and unforgettable．

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When I was just out of college, I managed to get my dream job as a trader in New York City on the floor of the American Stock（股票）exchange.

Though it was a proud_______,the job was simply too physically_____—I must stand in a crowd every day, which often_______me in a mindset（心态）that held me back.

Manhattan is a walking town and it's difficult to ______when you have a disability. Taxis are expensive and riding the subway _______dozens of steep steps to get below ______.This left me only one________—the bus.

One night, after the _______for my job, I was aching with self-pity________it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop. I became more and more________without an umbrella, thinking I’d never________it in this city. Telling myself, "this city is just too hard" and "maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me".

And then, I ______the most beautiful, short moment. A couple came rolling by on roller skates, hand_______hand as they skated what seemed like the tango. They were all wet but they saw the_____as an opportunity and romance.

I suddenly became grateful for waiting in the rain because I________have missed this beauty___________if I had been in a taxi or on the subway. This, although _______, was an important moment on my journey to discovering the________of achieving health and happiness. When I change my mindset, ______for a moment, to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that________my daily actions, I will be on the road to a healthier, happier life.

1.A. adjustment　　 B. achievement　　 C. agreement　　 D. treatment

2.A. tiring　　 B. boring　　 C. relaxing　　 D. disappointing

3.A. reminded　　 B. expected　　 C. took　　 D. left

4.A. go up　　 B. get around　　 C. set off　　 D. show up

5.A. requests　　 B. supports　　 C. requires　　 D. surrounds

6.A. ground　　 B. street　　 C. town　　 D. city

7.A. change　　 B. chance　　 C. idea　　 D. choice

8.A. struggle　　 B. work　　 C. experience　　 D. influence

9.A. before　　 B. while　　 C. when　　 D. after

10.A. nervous　　 B. curious　　 C. scared　　 D. upset

11.A. get　　 B. make　　 C. put　　 D. watch

12.A. recalled　　 B. observed　　 C. witnessed　　 D. realized

13.A. on　　 B. by　　 C. to　　 D. in

14.A. rain　　 B. tree　　 C. wind　　 D. cloud

15.A. shall　　 B. would　　 C. need　　 D. must

16.A. exactly　　 B. instantly　　 C. entirely　　 D. suddenly

17.A. strange　　 B. small　　 C. normal　　 D. different

18.A. humor　　 B. honest　　 C. power　　 D. principle

19.A. still　　 B. yet　　 C. also　　 D. even

20.A. affect　　 B. follow　　 C. forbid　　 D. harm

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While I was looking out of the window, I saw an old homeless man crossing the street, carrying a suitcase.

Many times I looked on far away, feeling 36for the homeless, but did nothing. I did 37 some money to homeless people when I walked by, but never really interacted (互动) with them.

Though we 38  doing something, yet we push it into the deep corners of our heart because we’re too busy, too 39  , or too afraid of strangers.

Today I did what I 40  thought I could. I walked out and ran after the old man. When I 41 him, I asked him if I could buy him 42 . He looked surprised, but accepted it 43 , warning me that he had a good appetite！

I was 44  and excited at the same time. We went to a45  nearby. I told the waiter to give him whatever he wanted and I would 46it.

I sat down for a moment asking the old man where he47 . He told me he was sleeping behind the court house 48  it was warm there. I promised to give him a few jackets to keep him warm. To my surprise, he49some inexpensive jewelry on the table and chose a glass necklace for me, 50 someone else had given it to him.

I told him I bought him lunch not to get something 51 . But he insisted on my having it.

When it was time to go back to work, I 52for not being able to stay with him and promised to sit down with him for lunch next time and 53  more.

1.                A．worried        B．sorry           C．grateful   D．proud

2.                A．throw          B．pay            C．give D．lend

3.                A．think of         B．complain of      C．hear of   D．remind of

4.                A．lazy            B．proud          C．poor D．shy

5.                A．once           B．never          C．always    D．even

6.                A．reached        B．caught          C．arrived   D．got

7.                A．milk           B．clothes         C．lunch D．newspaper

8.                A．easily          B．angrily          C．anxiously D．happily

9.                A．terrified        B．nervous        C．frightened D．amused

10.               A．restaurant      B．cinema         C．store D．station

11.               A．prepare for     B．wait for         C．pay for    D．call for

12.               A．went          B．belonged       C．worked   D．lived

13.               A．unless         B．because        C．until  D．but

14.               A．put            B．covered        C．took  D．bought

15.               A．crying          B．shouting        C．saying D．whispering

16.               A．in need        B．in return        C．in exchange    D．in sight

17.               A．admitted       B．allowed        C．advised   D．apologized

18.               A．chat           B．play           C．drink D．eat

19.               A．everything      B．nothing         C．anything   D．something

20.               A．honest         B．cool           C．patient    D．kind

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My parents were not happy as they don’t approve ____ out at night．

A．of Mary and me staying                       B．of me and Mary staying

C．to Mary’s and my staying                 D．when Mary and me stay

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