朝阳区
Communication with a Stranger
Last weekend I sat on the bus talking with excitement and so ready to spend time in New York City with one of my best friends from college. As I took the window seat and wore headphones over ears, I almost didn't __36__the elderly man sitting beside me.
Two hours passed and I was still absorbed in my own world. __37__the elderly man asked me a question, a simple question __38__ the bus's Wi-Fi connection, which turned into a two- hour __39__. In fact, it directly __40__ my personal life.
We talked a lot about my dreams, my fears and my life. I __41__ more with this stranger on the bus than I have with any friend or family member in months. Maybe it had something to do with me just being __42__ to let anyone I know close to me. I was __43__ that the stranger was not only so deeply interested in getting to know me, but also just as willing to __44__ me to my greatest abilities. He listened carefully to every word I said and made some useful __45__ at times. Instead of politely __46__ his head when I mentioned my major, he told me that my strong liking seemed to be psychology, but not the one I was studying. He said that he knew I would face difficulties if I studied psychology and that he fully understood my __47__ for the failure.
This elderly man made me __48__ the plans that I had laid out for my life with just that simple statement. He helped me realize that my neatly __49__ plan for the next five years of my life wasn't all that neat, but actually complex and filled with __50__. Most of all, he helped me __51__ the complex, not stay away from it because of my fear for the unknown. I _52__ a lot from talking with the elderly stranger.
A few days later, he emailed me, saying, \"I think you're __53__ for great things no matter what you decide to do.\" The email was filled with words of __54__. In a few hours a stranger showed me a sense of kindness that made me realize that life is sometimes __55__ but it is going to be okay. 36. A. check B. notice C. excuse D. believe 37. A. Then B. Instead C. Again D. Also 38. A. through B. with C. during D. about
39. A. introduction B. explanation C. conversation D. competition 40. A. affected B. controlled C. interrupted D. created 41. A. searched B. shared C. demanded D. reviewed 42. A. sorry B. curious C. anxious D. afraid
43. A. puzzled B. bothered C. amazed D. disappointed 44. A. push B. invite C. treat D. admit
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45. A. choices B. suggestions C. decisions D. efforts 46. A. raising B. dropping C. turning D. nodding 47. A. regret B. change C. fear D. desire 48. A. prepare B. develop C. approve D. question 49. A. replaced B. organized C. discussed D. predicted 50. A. uncertainty B. danger C. responsibility D. conflict 51. A. identify B. ignore C. seize D. accept
52. A. suffered B. increased C. benefited D. experienced 53. A. leaving B. heading C. watching D. caring
54. A. encouragement B. protection C. admiration D. description 55. A. stable B. normal C. painful D. serious
BADCA BDCAB DCDBA DCBAC
东城区
Running for a Dream
I will never forget that November day. It was hotter than normal. This was the __36__ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come __37__ me. I saw worry and __38__ on my father’s face. Then the race began!
For the first two and a half miles. I felt __39__. I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled __40__ and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the __41__ required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races，I didn't __42__ out in the front，I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.
Then without warning，my strength began to decrease. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I __43__ see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into __44__ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them __45__ weight.
I watched as runners rushed by me. __46__ I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed. I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the __47__ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled (爬), inch by inch, across the finish line. Voices, both __48__ and familiar, cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep __49__ until the very end.
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The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to __50__ to. I whispered, “I’m so sorry , Dad, I'm so sorry I __51__ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just __52__, All that matters is that you did your best.”
“But we worked so __53__, What about our dream?” He reached over for my hand and said, “Don't you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”
It wasn't long before my running shoes were back on, marking a __54__ path for my journey, I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a __55__. What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won. 36. A. dream 37. A. for
B. weather
B. to
C. result
D. day
D. over D. amusement
C. across
38. A. coldness 39. A. proud
B. astonishment
C. excitement
B. great C. nervous
D. afraid
D. practices D. attention
40. A. programs 41. A. sacrifice 42. A. look 43. A. should 44. A. relief 45. A. give 46. A. Where 47. A. trust 48. A. loud 49. A. going 50. A. refer
B. studies C. instructions C. patience
B. potential B. move
C. start
D. come
B. could B. spirit
C. must D. need
D. glory
D. add
C. pleasure
B. feel C. hold
B. Because
C. If
D. Although
D. confidence D. firm
B. emotion B. foreign
C. strength C. soft
B. running
B. talk
C. fighting
C. listen
D. training D. agree D. bored
D. happen D. quickly D. narrow D. race
51. A. frightened 52. A. develop 53. A. late
B. disturbed B. change B. hard B. near B. duty
C. disappointed
C. follow C. closely C. rough C. rank
54. A. new 55. A. wish
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西城区
As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing things for my family. I worked hard at school, and sometimes looked after my younger sister. Still, I found myself regularly resisting the urge to 36 out at home with even the simplest things. Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother 37 me to another town for a piano lesson. During my two-hour lesson, she’d rush to the nearby store and buy a week’s worth of 38 . Given the fact that my mom had driven me twelve miles there, twelve miles back, 39 for my lesson, and bought me a candy bar, you’d think I’d be very 40 to help her bring the groceries into the house. 41 I wasn’t. I generally just brought in an armload and left the 42 for Mom as I ran to my room, shut the door, and started studying. Don’t get me wrong: even back in my room, I felt 43 about not helping my mother more. Deep inside, I wanted to change my 44 . But I also realized that once I did change, there’d be no going back. 45 I took on more responsibility, my parents would start 46 more of me. At age fifteen, I sensed that this one small change would 47 something much bigger: my personal change from a cared-for, spoiled (被宠坏的) child to a more 48 , caring and giving young man. I’ll never forget the Wednesday when I made a(n) 49 to jump in and see what happened. Returning home from the 50 , I disappeared into my room, as usual. But once inside, I felt that deep and burning 51 . Throwing my school books on the bed, I suddenly opened my door and 52 back to the garage to help my mother. How happy I felt that day! Surely, over time, I continued to help out with more housework. The neat thing was, the more I helped out, the 53 I felt about myself and my place in my family. As Mom and Dad realized they could 54 on me more, our trips became far less stressful, too. In short, it was a win-win situation for everyone. Sometimes the little things we put off doing the longest 55 out to be the simplest things to complete. And feeling happy beats feeling guilty any day. 36．A. help B. cry C. start D. work D. guided 37．A. sent B. drove C. walked 38．A. fruits B. flowers C. groceries D. vegetables D. planned 39．A. paid B. fought C. applied 40．A. nervous 41．A. So 42．A. one B. grateful C. confident D. unwilling B. And C. Thus D. But B. other C. next D. rest B. curious C. guilty D. doubtful 43．A. excited 44．A. way B. world C. career D. shape 4
45．A. Since B. Though 46．A. warning 47．A. tell
C. Unless D. Once
B. reminding C. expecting D. informing
D. describe
B. mark C. express
48．A. energetic B. ambitious C. outgoing 49．A. excuse 50. A. duty
B. decision
D. responsible
C. statement D. appointment
D. holiday
B. store C. lesson
51. A. anger B. shame C. delight 52. A. called B. looked 53．A. better B. smarter 54．A. live
D. pleasure
C. headed C. warmer
D. handed D. stronger
B. press C. focus D. count
55．A. turn B. make C. point D. bring
ABCAB DDCAD CBDBC BCADA
海淀区
The Write Feeling
Growing up in a military family, I moved a lot. I mostly went to __36__ with other kids whose parents were also in the military. But when my dad __37__ from the Marines after twenty years of service, I found myself __38__ a civilian school with twelve-year-olds who shared no similar life experience with me.
I was a stranger in a strange land. Everyone in my class had grown up together, and they had no room to __39__ for a newcomer. I wore different clothes, had different thoughts, and spoke with an accent. I __40__ for the first few weeks of school. I had no friends, no activities, and no __41__ of a bright future. To deal with it all, I began __42__ in my diary every day---stories of adventure, of old friends, of feelings that I could not speak. I wrote as if my life depended on it, as if the very next breath I took could not happen __43__ I wrote down words.
One day, my teacher, Mrs. Bush, came to me and asked why I always sat there writing instead of playing with others. I told her I enjoyed writing and __44__ writing to playing. She smiled at me and walked away. About three weeks later, Mrs. Bush gave us a writing assignment. I was __45__ that I could now participate in something I knew I excelled in.
That night I worked and worked on the essay. I wrote with great __46__. It was my one chance to feel
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important and __47__ by the class.
A few days after we handed in our assignments, Mrs. Bush called me up to the __48__ of the classroom. I stood before thirty pairs of eyes looking at me, and I got __49__. Was I in trouble? Did I do something wrong? Then Mrs. Bush told the class how much she __50__ all the work that went into the essay and everyone had done a great job. But, she said, one student stood __51__ as an excellent writer, one with imagination, creativity, and word mastery. That student was me!
The class clapped politely and Mrs. Bush handed me my paper, with the following __52__ on it: \"Malinda, you are an excellent writer. You fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. Please keep on writing and share your __53__ of writing with the world. I am proud of you and glad you are in my class.\"
Mrs. Bush helped me feel a sense of __54__, a place of purpose, and a way to survive a transition in life. She helped me gain __55__ in myself that stayed with me beyond sixth grade. 36. A. church B. school C. war D. work 37. A. separated B. withdrew C. quit D. retired 38. A. visiting B. attending C. running D. leaving 39. A. build B. preserve C. take D. spare 40. A. struggled B. played C. fought D. exercised 41. A. memory B. control C. promise D. need 42. A. reading B. drawing C. writing D. copying 43. A. unless B. once C. while D. after
44. A. compared B. applied C. turned D. preferred 45. A. astonished B. satisfied C. excited D. embarrassed 46. A. anxiety B. curiosity C. wonder D. passion 47. A. impressed B. accepted C. challenged D. envied 48. A. front B. corner C. door D. outside
49. A. annoyed B. disappointed C. worried D. surprised 50. A. appreciated B. expected C. recognized D. enjoyed 51. A. out B. up C. by D. off
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52. A. descriptions B. remarks C. suggestions D. accounts 53. A. advantage B. purpose C. gift D. idea
54. A. responsibility B. belonging C. devotion D. relief 55. A. interest B. imagination C. creativity D. confidence BDBDA CCADC DBACA ABCBD 丰台区
My tenth Christmas was one I was not looking forward to. Money was tight. Mom said we were old enough not to count on 36 . Just being together would be enough. We weren’t the only family in our small community who would have a 37 Christmas. But the knowledge that others were going through the same thing didn’t 38 much. One night we had a small pity party for each other.
“How can I even wear that same old dress one more time?” I 39 . “I know,” said my sister. “I think I might as well give up asking for a 40 .” The next day, Mom told us that she had been saving up and shopping around so that we could give the Walters family a Christmas basket.
“If anyone needs some 41 , it’s the Walters.” Mom reminded us. The Walters! They were the strangest people we knew. How could Mom be so 42 with them when our own family didn’t have enough?
Mom was determined. She packed flour and sugar, a small turkey, some fruits in a basket and asked us to 43 it to the Walters. I really didn’t like to have anything to do with them. Not wanting to be 44 , we left the basket on the doorstep and hid behind a nearby bush.
Seeing the Walters gather up their basket, I asked in whisper, “Did they look happy?” “Well, yeah, happy, but mostly they looked like they were thinking, Maybe we do belong.”
Christmas morning arrived. To my great 45 , I received a fabulous-looking dress. I couldn’t believe it’s for me. I was about to speak 46 we noticed Dad ride up atop a new horse. My sister screamed and ran out. She couldn’t 47 to meet her “gift”. “Mom, how did you do all this?” I asked. “We were 48 for a no-present Christmas.” “Oh, not necessarily 49 but just helping each other. Mrs. Olsen at the dress shop let me bring your gift 7
home. Dad offered to hang up Mrs. Marshall’s tree lights. Mr. Jones had a horse and he was 50 to know we had someone to love it.”
“I thought since you were giving away food to the Walters, we would never have enough. They really don’t have anything to give in 51 .” “We are like a big family. Never 52 who can or who can’t give. The most important is that we should listen to our hearts. Perhaps the right gifts will end up with the right families.”
Mom always knew 53 . Thinking about the expression on the Walters’s faces when they discovered the Christmas basket, I realized their “ 54 ” feeling was more precious than any of the gifts. That was the Christmas that I learned about the magic of 55 . 36. A. games B. parties C. gifts D. trips 37. A. simple B. regular C. grand D. peaceful 38. A. judge B. help C. cover D. pay 39. A. begged B. insisted C. laughed D. complained 40. A. tree B. light C. dress D. horse 41. A. trust B. cheer C. praise D. courage 42. A. patient B. strict C. generous D. popular 43. A. deliver B. award C. show D. lend 44. A. excused B. caught C. realized D. recognized 45. A. relief B. alarm C. fear D. surprise 46. A. since B. when C. after D. before 47. A. expect B. intend C. wait D. decide 48. A. ready B. eager C. known D. responsible 49. A. checking B. trading C. hesitating D. quarreling 50. A. proud B. afraid C. happy D. worried 51. A. return B. store C. vain D. effect 52. A. tease B. forget C. mind D. ignore 53. A. truth B. duty C. dreams D. choices 54. A. inspiring B. relaxing C. satisfying D. belonging 55. A. believing B. giving C. forgiving D. communicating CABDD BCADD BCABC ACADB
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