Passage 1 A Second Chance
Something in Stephen Pearman’s voice moved Robert Fredy one cold day two years ago. Pearman had come close to Fredy’s 1 at a crossroad in New York City, hoping to earn some money 2 washing his windshield(挡风玻璃). Fredy waved to indicate he wasn’t interested.
Pearman leaned into the window. “Come on, mister, give me a break. I need a 3 .” he said.
In the seconds before traffic 4 moving again, Fredy, then general manager of the Berkeley-Carteret Hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey, handed Pearman a business card and told him to call 5 he was serious. “My friends told me he was just making a joke about me,” says Pearman, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver. “But I believe that he was a 6 businessman.”
The next day, 29-year-old Pearman appeared again 7 Fredy. Fredy gave him a job and three meals a day, and 8 him pocket money while training him.
Today, Pearman works full time setting up the hotel’s meeting rooms. In the past two years, he’s found an apartment, married and paid back Fredy’s money.
“ There’s no future in washing windshields,” says Pearman. “Mr Fredy gave me a second chance, and I 9 the best use of it.”
Ordinarily Fredy is very 10 with New York’s street people. “But Pearman seemed so honest and open, 11 for an opportunity rather than just money,” Fredy says. “ I don’t hand my business card to 12 anybody. But I’m glad I handed it to Pearman that day.
( ) 1. A. house B. school C. company D. car
( ) 2. A. in B. by C. for D. with
( ) 3. A. help B. rest C. job D. money
( ) 4. A. tried B. kept C. stopped D. started
( ) 5. A. if B. as C. since D. because
( ) 6. A. kind B. rich C. happy D. strict
( ) 7. A. after B. before C. for D. to
( ) 8. A. got B. gave C. lent D. borrowed
( ) 9. A. did B. put C. made D. found
( ) 10. A. serious B. helpful C. friendly D. careful
( ) 11. A. working B. asking C. taking D. paying
( ) 12. A. just B. even C. only D. though
Passage 2
On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her 1 had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back home from work as usual.
The lady wondered, “Is the man going to 2 me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise, he 3 and said with a smile, “Can I help you, madam?”
After forty 4 , the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.
“No, that’s 5 , madam,” he said. “ I was just helping someone in 6 . If you really want to pay me back, I hope whenever you see someone in need, you should give him a hand.”
A few minutes later, the lady 7 a shabby(破旧的) house by the road. She remembered Robert’s words, so she stopped.
The hostess warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was a 8 family and that they need help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady 9 500 dollars on a table and went away quietly.
Robert came home later than before, thinking how 10 their life was. His wife was pregnant（怀孕）and the baby was to be born the next month but there was not 11 money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything is going to be all right. A 12 has helped us out.”
Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.
( ) 1. A. bike B. car C. boat D. bus
( ) 2. A. help B. save C. kill D. find
( ) 3. A. ran B. agreed C. stopped D. left
( ) 4. A. days B. homes C. minutes D. years
( ) 5. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
( ) 6. A. picture B. rain C. danger D. need
( ) 7. A. saw B. heard C. smelt D. felt
( ) 8. A. terrible B. sad C. poor D. rich
( ) 9. A. threw B. forgot C. gave D. left
( ) 10. A. exciting B. interesting C. hard D. happy
( ) 11. A. many B. enough C. some D. few
( ) 12. A. driver B. doctor C. stranger D. teacher
Passage 3
My parents turned my whole world upside down when they told me they were getting a divorce（离婚）. I couldn’t believe our 1 was going to break up.
It changed my life completely. My mother and I 2 into a small apartment across town, while my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house.
And very soon I 3 my soon-to-be stepfather（继父）, Dan. Even though I wasn’t very 4 to him, he never gave up on me.
As time went on, I realized that we had some things 5 , especially when it came to movies and TV shows. We began to 6 a lot of time together hanging out. It gave us a chance to know each other.
Better still, Dan was always 7 when I needed advice on school or friends. 8 I grew to warm to Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together. We often went out to eat and took short trips. Eventually, I discovered I had the 9 family that I had never had before.
My father also 10 happiness—he remarried and had another 11 , my half-sister, Michelle.
At 13, I learned an important truth 12 is not always for the worse. Sometimes, it is just what we need most.
( ) 1. A. family B. school C. group D. class
( ) 2. A. walked B. ran C. flew D. moved
( ) 3. A. met B. had C. knew D. heard
( ) 4. A. nice B. clever C. cool D. pretty
( ) 5. A. in common B. in order C. in need D. in surprise
( ) 6. A. waste B. spend C. save D. lose
( ) 7. A. around B. away C. off D. out
( ) 8. A. Although B. Before C. Once D. Until
( ) 9. A. complete B. new C. happy D. small
( ) 10. A. missed B. found C. gave D. thanked
( ) 11. A. father B. wife C. son D. child
( ) 12. A. pity B. change C. silence D. difference
Passage 4
Anna lived on the side of a valley(山谷). One summer, there was a very big flood（洪水）, and a lot of 1 down below Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was 2 enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were 3 there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was still quite all right.
Her house was quite small and there were only two small bedrooms, her husband was dead when the children were very young, and she had four children, 4 Anna took in one of the families that had lost everything in the flood and she 5 her home with them until it was 6 for them to rebuild their house.
Anna’s friends were puzzled（困惑）when they saw Anna do this. They could not 7 why Anna wanted to give herself so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 8 . Life would be even harder when another family joined them.
“Well,” Anna 9 to her friends, “at the end of the First World War ,a woman in the town where I then lived in Germany found herself very poor, because her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of 10 ,as I have now.
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to 11 only one gift for all of us and I am sure we will all be glad to have it. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our gift.’ she said to her children.”
The children were very excited and happy to get such a gift. They 12 the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. I was just that Christmas gift.
( ) 1. A. trees B. stones C. houses D. animals
( ) 2. A. hard B. high C. big D. small
( ) 3. A. flying B. rising C. landing D. standing
( ) 4. A. so B. but C. as D. while
( ) 5. A. built B. found C. shared D. searched
( ) 6. A. possible B. necessary C. important D. difficult
( ) 7. A. doubt B. think C. realize D. understand
( ) 8. A. support B. supply C. grow D. educate
( ) 9. A. went B. explained C. sent D. talked
( ) 10. A. money B. house C. children D. friends
( ) 11. A. leave B. make C. buy D. get
( ) 12. A. welcomed B. visited C. disliked D. believed
完形Keys:
Passage 1: 1-5 DBCDA 6-10 ABCCD 11-12 BA
Passage 2: 1-5 BACCB 6-10 DACDC 11-12 BC
Passage 3: 1-5 ADBAA 6-10 BACCB 11-12 DB
Passage 4: 1-5 CBDBC 6-10 ADABC 11-12 DA
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