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(一)

Pass Your Love On

Waiting for the airplane to take off， I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then， an air hostess approached me and asked， “Would you mind ___1___ your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only ___2___ seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏繃帶)， a black-and-blue face， and a sad expression.

“___3___ am I going to sit there，” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke， “She needs help.” Finally， I ___4___ to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She ___5___ in a car accident and now was on her way for ___6___.

When the snack and juice arrived， it did not take me long to ___7___ that Kathy would not be able to ___8___ herself. I considered ___9___ to feed her but hesitated， as it seemed too ___10___ to offer a service to a ___11___. But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more ___12___ than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat， and ___13___ she was uncomfortable to accept， she ___14___ as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip， my heart ___15___， and the ___16___ was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached ___17___ my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love ___18___ flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us ___19___. When we ___20___ to serve another， we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.

1. A. losingB. changingC. takingD. giving

2. A. comfortableB. suitableC. availableD. favorable

3. A. No problemB. No wayC. NowhereD. No doubt

4. A. decidedB. wantedC. regrettedD. promised

5. A. wasB. would beC. used to beD. had been

6. A. treatmentB. travelC. pleasureD. business

7. A. knowB. sayC. realizeD. recognize

8. A. eatB. feedC. chooseD. support

9. A. offeringB. needingC. stoppingD. trying

10. A.impoliteB. farC. closeD. fast

11. A.girlB. neighborC. passengerD. stranger

12. A.unusualB. directC. importantD. shameful

13. A.whenB. althoughC. sinceD. as

14. A.refusedB. wonderedC. criedD. did

15. A.had warmedB. had jumpedC. had brokenD. had cheered

16. A.lifeB. money C. timeD. energy

17. A.belowB. throughC. acrossD. beyond

18. A.seldomB. neverC. hardlyD. sometimes

19. A.separateB. independentC. silentD. upset

20. A.happenB. stretchC. waitD. continue

(二)

I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter， so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she ___1___ to be having a good time in the other room. No problem， I figured. But then it got a little too ___2___ and I shouted， “What are you doing?” No response. I ___3___ my question and heard her say， “Oh…nothing.” Nothing?

I got up from my desk and ran out ___4___ the living room， where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick ___5___ into the bathroom. I had her ___6___! I told her to turn around. She ___7___. I pulled out my big Daddy voice， “Young lady， I said turn around!”

___8___， she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was ___9___ with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes. I heard ___10___ voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you… You should know… How many times have you been ___11___ What a bad thing to…” it was just a matter of my picking out which old ___12___ I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But ___13___ I could let loose， I looked ___14___ at the sweater on her. In big ___15___ it said. “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL (天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and， ___16___ seeing bad girl who didn’t listen， I saw a little angel full of ___17___ that I had come dangerously close to ___18___. “Sweetheart， let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how ___19___ you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t ___20___ the chance to prove what a perfect little angel he had given me.

1. A. happenedB. likedC. appearedD. pretended

2. A. longB. quietC. calmD. strange

3. A. askedB. answeredC. raisedD. repeated

4. A. intoB. ofC. fromD. for

5. A. wayB. turnC. changeD. progress

6. A. followedB. scoldedC. corneredD. fooled

7. A. laughedB. listenedC. agreedD. refused

8. A. SlowlyB. EagerlyC. AngrilyD. Unfortunately

9. A. filledB. markedC. printedD. covered

10. A. everyB. suchC. anyD. one

11. A. toldB. beatenC. frightenedD. forbidden

12. A. reportsB. noticeC. adviceD. words

13. A. asB. whenC. sinceD. before

14. A. upB. downC. inD. on

15. A. signsB. lettersC. messagesD. figures

16. A. because ofB. instead ofC. in spite ofD. as a result of

17. A. valueB. sadnessC. pitiesD. tricks

18. A. preventingB. getting rid ofC. destroyingD. doing wrong on

19. A. dirtyB. uglyC. specialD. silly

20. A. haveB. getC. takeD. miss

(三)

Sare Niccoli， the 17-year-old daughter of a rich textile owner was freed by her kidnappers (綁匪) after 118 days. She said she ___1___ most of the time in a tent in the woods ___2___ one foot tied to a tree. ___3___ was freed late on Friday ___4___ her family paid a ___5___ of $1.8 million， the largest ransom (贖金) ___6___ paid in Italy.

“I was ___7___ well，” the girl told the ___8___ during the interview， “Biscuits， cakes， often hot food and ___9___ stewed beef.” She said her nearly four months in ___10___ was spent in a tent pitched (set up) in a ___11___ area.

“I never ___12___ their faces and when they ___13___， they changed their voices in nasal tones (speaking through nose passage) on ___14___，” she said. “They kept ___15___ that the only thing they wanted was the money and that they didn’t want to have ___16___ to do with me or my family.”

The high ___17___ student， who was seized by three face-covered and ___18___ men on July 2， 1983 from her family’s ___19___ villa (別墅) in Tuscany， said she still had no idea ___20___ on earth she had been held.

1. A. gotB. hadC. tookD. spent

2. A. andB. includingC. withD. although

3. A. SheB. Her friendC. Her fatherD. Her mother

4. A. soB. afterC. unlessD. if

5. A. lotB. amountC. totalD. figure

6. A. moneyB. everC. possiblyD. being

7. A. treatedB. understoodC. consideredD. tested

8. A. familyB. reportersC. policeD. friends

9. A. a bitB. at timesC. somewhatD. containing

10. A. prisonB. trapC. troubleD. dark

11. A. dangerousB. woodedC. kidnappingD. farm

12. A. watchedB. rememberedC. sawD. looked at

13. A. criedB. sangC. spokeD. laughed

14. A. purposeB. averageC. holidayD. time

15. A. repeatingB. doingC. talkingD. asking for

16. A. nothingB. somethingC. everythingD. anything

17. A. society B. familyC. classD. school

18. A. armedB. handedC. kidnappedD. terrified

19. A. countryB. cityC. textileD. downtown

20. A. whichB. whatC. whyD. where

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(一)1~5 BCBAD6~10 ACBAA11~15 DCBDA16~20 CDDAB

(二)1~5 CBDAB6~10 CDADA11~15 ADDBB16~20 BACCD

(三)1~5 DCABC6~10 BABBC11~15 BCCAA 16~20 DDAAD