閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。

  My teenage son Karl became withdrawn(孤僻的) after his father passed away. As a 35   parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him, but the more I tried, 36    he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six failing grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate. I 37    him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.

One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleased for 38 . “ Please God(上帝，求求你), I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I’m giving the whole thing up to you. ”

I was at work when I got a phone call. A man 39    himself as the headmaster. “ I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences. ” Before he could say another word, I choked up(說不出話) and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this 40  . “ I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands. ” For a moment there was 41   on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “ Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.

Karl’s next report card showed a marked 42    in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I 43   that his teachers were astonished(震驚的) at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that 44   from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “ That was me. I thought I’d play a 45   but when I heard what you said, it really hit me 46   I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.” 

35．A．good                   B．single     C．responsible        D．successful

36．A．the best         B．the less     C. the most        D．the more    

37．A．sent         B．forced      C. allowed        D. pushed

38．A．help                   B．method     C．reasons      D．explanation

39．A．regarded        B．considered         C．introduced    D．looked

40．A．student                B．teacher      C．father            D. stranger

41．A．cry                B．silence          C．laugh         D. answer

42．A．achievement     B．failure      C．improvement   D. exchange

43．A．noticed         B．saw        C. knew           D．learnt

44．A．advice          B．report          C．encouragement         D．call

45．A. game            B．match      C．joke                    D．role

46．A. how long       B．how much       C．how often     D．how many

通讀下列短文，掌握其大意，然后在各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中選出一個最佳答案。

Once again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept   31  _. I had just turned eleven years old the week before. It was almost dark; I was tired, scared, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn    32 _ into the police.

As darkness fell, I made my way over to the city park   33 _ on Park Street. I entered the darkened area and sat down on one of the wooden benches（長凳）.“Well, hello, young man.” A voice came from    34 _ me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. I could feel my heart beating in the side of my neck. I could   35  _ catch my breath. I looked back and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows. She found I was    36 _ because of feeling cold, so she took off her large scarf and covered it   37  _ my shoulders.   38 _ my eyes, she asked me if I need something to eat. After I said “yes”, she held out her hand and told me to take the very letter
  39  _ I was unable to see to the store owner. I looked at her outstretched arm but saw    40 _ in her hand. However, I   41  _ my hands slowly, acting as though I was taking something from her hand.

I came to a store with a   42  _ sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, very slowly I held out my hand which has nothing in it toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something else.   43  _, she immediately turned and walked to the back of the store for the food I need. After that, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park where the old woman was.“Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?” I asked. Without replying to me,__44__     she told me the persons who wanted to help    45 _ in need would never need the magic letter any more. With these words, she stood up, kissed me on the forehead, removed the large scarf from my shoulders and disappeared into the darkness.

31. A. jumping       B. running         C. walking           D. hiking

32. A. himself       B. myself          C. themselves        D. yourselves

33. A. finding       B. having          C. laying            D. lying

34. A. before        B. beside          C. behind            D. after

35. A. nearly        B. almost          C. also              D. hardly

36. A. breathing     B. speaking        C. shaking           D. running

37. A. above         B. around          C. in                D. beside

38. A. Looking into B. Looking at      C. Looking after     D. Looking over

39. A. where         B. that            C. what              D. who

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

41. A. pulled out    B. pushed out      C. reached out           D. handed out

42. A. boy           B. policeman       C. man               D. woman

43. A. Amazingly     B. naturally       C. happily           D. luckily

44. A. so            B. instead         C. however           D. though

45. A. another       B. other           C. the other         D. others

When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in   41   .

    One hot summer afternoon, I was   42   down the highway to New York when another car suddenly   43   into my lane(車道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n)   44   driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.

    I was    45   with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to（注意） the lane change, and he   46   did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away   47   after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(彎道) and found the   48  car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked   49   . As there was no telephone nearby and the nearest services were twenty miles away, I decided to    50    and see what the problem was.

   The man’s car had a flat tire(癟胎). Although he had another tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to   51   him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I  52   the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt   53   after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier   54  my car run off the road.

You can really enjoy great   55 from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.

41. A. need             B. school        C. danger              D. summer

42. A. walking           B. riding         C. running              D. driving

43. A. fell               B. jumped        C. came                D. climbed

44. A. new                     B. experienced           C. frightened           D. cheerful

45. A. unhappy          B. interested        C. kind                  D. friendly

46. A. even             B. certainly        C. almost               D. simply

47. A. quickly           B. quietly        C. politely               D. carefully

48. A. new             B. red                  C. same                D. other

49. A. excited           B. relaxed         C. surprised             D. worried

50. A. stay             B. search          C. stop                 D. hide

51. A. give               B. train          C. help                 D. encourage

52. A. began            B. finished       C. took                D. continued

53. A. good             B. sorry         C. angry               D. shy

54. A. kept               B. made         C. watched             D. heard

55. A. friendship         B. success       C. excitement           D. happiness

　 The Pope（教皇）arrived at Heathrow Airport and got straight into a car. "I'm rather 36

for a very important meeting, my good man," he told the driver. "Please go as fast as possible." The driver agreed, 37 he couldn't do more than 100 kilometres an hour on that road. The Pope kept asking the driver to go faster. but he failed. It made him 　38 .Then the Pope said, "Look, I really 39 　get to this meeting. It's very important. You sit 40 　and I'll drive."

　 Being a good Catholic（天主教），the driver felt he should do 41 the Pope told him. So they changed their 42　 and went on. The Pope really put his 43　 down and they were doing well over 160 kilometres an hour. But a few kilometers down the road they got pulled over by the police. A policeman came over to the car, looked in and then walked away to call his chief(長官)．

　 “Chief," he said into his radio. “I might have just stopped　 44 really, really important." "Is it the Prime Minister（首相）?”asked the chief. "No," said the policeman, "More important than him." "Well, is it the Queen?" asked the chief. "No, sir," answered the policeman. "More important than her." "Well, who is it then?" asked the chief. "I don't know, sir," said the policeman, "But he has got the Pope 45　 him around."

36. A. waiting　 B. busy　 　C. tired　 　　 D. late

37. A. and　 　 B. so　 　　C. but　 　　　D. or

38. A. pleased　 B. afraid　 C. alone　 　　D. worried

39. A. can　 　　B. have to　 C. mustn't　 　 D. may

40. A. in the back B. in the front　 C. on the floor　 D. in the car

41. A. when　 　B. like　 　C. how　 　　 D. as

42. A. cars　 　 B. clothes　 C. places 　　D. minds

43. A. hand　 　B. foot　 　 C. bag　 　　D. key

44. A. someone　 B. anybody　 C. two persons D. some people

45. A. looking　 B. walking　 C. driving　 　D. turning

The Pope（教皇）arrived at Heathrow Airport and got straight into a car. "I'm rather 36

for a very important meeting, my good man," he told the driver. "Please go as fast as possible." The driver agreed, 　37 he couldn't do more than 100 kilometres an hour on that road. The Pope kept asking the driver to go faster. but he failed. It made him 　38 .Then the Pope said, "Look, I really 39 　get to this meeting. It's very important. You sit 40 　and I'll drive."

　 Being a good Catholic（天主教），the driver felt he should do 41 the Pope told him. So they changed their 42　 and went on. The Pope really put his 43　 down and they were doing well over 160 kilometres an hour. But a few kilometers down the road they got pulled over by the police. A policeman came over to the car, looked in and then walked away to call his chief(長官)．

　 “Chief," he said into his radio. “I might have just stopped　 44 really, really important." "Is it the Prime Minister（首相）?”asked the chief. "No," said the policeman, "More important than him." "Well, is it the Queen?" asked the chief. "No, sir," answered the policeman. "More important than her." "Well, who is it then?" asked the chief. "I don't know, sir," said the policeman, "But he has got the Pope　 45　 him around."

36. A. waiting　 B. busy　 　C. tired　 　　 D. late

37. A. and　 　 B. so　 　　C. but　 　　　D. or

38. A. pleased　 B. afraid　 C. alone　 　　D. worried

39. A. can　 　　B. have to　 C. mustn't　 　 D. may

40. A. in the back B. in the front　 C. on the floor　 D. in the car

41. A. when　 　B. like　 　C. how　 　　 D. as

42. A. cars　 　 B. clothes　 C. places 　　D. minds

43. A. hand　 　B. foot　 　 C. bag　 　　D. key

44. A. someone　 B. anybody　 C. two persons D. some people

45. A. looking　 B. walking　 C. driving　 　D. turning