三、完形填空

　　　I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier(收银员) __21____ her by name and asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, shook her hand, and said, "Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my ___22___ son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don't know how I'm going to ___23___ the holidays. "Then she gave the cashier food stamps.

　　　My heart __24____. I wanted to help but didn't know how. Should I offer to __25____ her groceries or ask for her husband's situation?

　　　__26__ I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought might help her. It wasn't a handful of cash or an __27____ of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life __28____.

　　　My heart beat faster as I __29____ the woman. "Excuse me," I said, my voice trembling a bit. "I couldn't help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you're going through a really __30____ time right now. I'm so sorry, but I'd like to give you something."

　　　I took a small card out of my purse and ___31___ it to her.

　　　When the woman read the only two words on the card, she began to cry. And through her ____32__, she said, "You have no idea how much this ___33___ to me."

　　　I was a little ___34___ by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didn't know what kind of ___35___ I might receive. All I could think to respond was, "Oh! Would it be OK to give you a ___36___?

　　　After we hugged ___37___,I walked back to my car and began to cry, too.

　　　The words on the card?

　　　"You Matter."

　　　A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave a similar card as ___38___ for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a ____39__ glow(光辉，喜悦)spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started ___40___ them.

　　　21．A．charged B．greeted C．blame D．heard

　　　22．A．confident B．independent C．hopeless D．stubborn

　　　23．A．think about B．give up C．lead to D．get through

　　　24．A．ached B．failed C．beat D．paused

　　　25．A．send for B．provide for C．pay for D．beg for

　　　26．A．As B．Though C．Unless D．Since

　　　27．A．excuse B．offer C．experience D．anecdote

　　　28．A．harder B．wealthier C．simpler D．better

　　　29．A．touched B．found C．balanced D．approached

　　　30．A．happy B．tough C．regular D．long

　　　31．A．handed B．obsessed C．spread D．explained

　　　32．A．reliability B．fears C．tears D．beliefs

　　　33．A．brings B．means C．values D．contains

　　　34．A．worried B．excited C．moved D．shocked

　　　35．A．reaction B．feeling C．expression D．answer

　　　36．A．present B．promise C．hug D．ride

　　　37．A．wildly B．tightly C．anxiously D．eagerly

　　　38．A．progress B．effort C．encouragement D．praise

　　　39．A．warm B．rich C．soft D．fierce

　　　40．A．gathering B．enjoying C．preparing D．sharing

四、单项选择

41．Don't mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking end.

A．give out B．give away

C．give up D．give off

42．Sunglasses will _____ your eyes from sunlight.

A．guard B．prevent

C．protect D．stop

43．John is the tallest boy in the class, _____ according to himself.

A．five feet high as tall as B．as tall as five feet high

C．as five feet high tall as D．as tall five feet high as

44．The middle-aged man is ready to risk _____ his life to save his son.

A．to lose B．lose

C．lost D．losing

45．She is in a poor _____ of health, which worries her mother much.

A．state B．situation

C．position D．condition

46．They stood _____ at each other as if they were enemies.

A．staring B．glancing