---- Why are you in such a hurry?

  ---- My girlfriend ____ for Shanghai. I’m going to the airport to see her off.

       A. is leaving                 B. has left              C. was leaving       D. left

Not many foreigners can say that they have lived in China for as long as I have. Perhaps some can hack(應(yīng)對(duì)) it for about two or three years and then they want to either go back home or move on to another country. As for me, I cannot get 36 of this place. I love it here so much and I honestly believe that I am very comfortable here. It feels just like 37. And, here 38 the story.

It was August 2001 and I had just said 39 to my family and friends as I 40 to Los Angeles International Airport to catch my 41 to Incheon, South Korea which would then 42 me to Beijing. When I arrived in LA I was very excited and a little 43 because I didn't know what to 44 when I arrived in China. It 45 like receiving a wrapped gift and you had no idea what was in it 46 you opened it. As I 47 the Korean Airlines 48 desk I gave the attendant(空乘人員) my ticket. He looked at me and said, "I'm sorry, sir. This flight was yesterday." I was in 49 and lost for words. The attendant told me I had to wait several hours until they could 50 whether I could get onto another flight.

I was so afraid at this time that I called my mother and frantically(狂亂地) told her," I missed my flight! I don't think I can go to 51! I'm better off going back to Washington, DC!" That's when she 52 I call my leader in China and ask whether I could still go there. Looking 53 all of the papers I found a phone number and called the Beijing office. 54, my leader was there and assured me I could still join the group. Also, KAL had a seat for me on the next flight. So, after 24 hours and a 55 in Korea, I arrived in Beijing. I don't know what my feeling was, but I wasn't tired because I had finally arrived and I just wanted to look around the city. As I traveled to the hotel in the car I saw all the wonderful buildings, friendly people and interesting sites. I was so happy to be here.

I wanted to be just like those big kids I saw wearing their medals and carrying their ribbons(綬帶). So I__ __the cross?country team at my school.

? However, I was very slow in the team. In races, I would finish almost____. I'd always have to____in the longer races.The__? __races and at least 100 people competing in it made me really____. Every time I stopped, 10 people would__? __me. But I still couldn't push myself to keep going, even though I____watching them go by me. After every race, I'd go home and burst into tears.

? Then one of my friends joined the cross?country team, too. She never got tired and didn't get cramp(抽筋) in her legs. I just didn't understand how that was____! I'd been running much longer than she had, but she could run__? __while I had to suffer. She even came 8th in a big race with over 200 people in it! My____was lower than ever and I wanted to quit badly.

? I didn't, ____. Even a whole month before a race, I'd get so nervous that I felt like I might give up. Still, I____to quit. I still had that____appearing in my mind and I hung on to it.

? Finally, I realized the reason why the bigger races made me so nervous was that I was always worried that I wasn't____for them. I started to practice at home almost every day. I____a plan that had me running almost three kilometers every day, which helped me build up a steady____.

? When the time came for the big race, all the practice really____. I stopped only once and my pace was much better.

? I was____of myself for sticking with it even though it was really hard and I'd even wanted to quit. I showed myself that I was____enough to keep going. That was what made me feel good about myself and gave me confidence.

? The next time I'm faced with a tough____, I will know that I can take it up. None of this would ever have happened if I had quitted!

1.A.liked??? ????????????? ????????????? B. admired? ????????????? ?? ??? C. supported ????????????? ?? D. joined

2.A.best??? ????????????? ????????????? B. first? ????????????? ????????????? ?? C. last? ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. least

3.A.stop???? ????????????? ??? B. rest ????????????? ????????????? ?? ??? C. breathe ????????????? ?? D. suffer

4.A.exciting? ????????????? ??? B. tiring ????????????? ????????????? ?? C. interesting ????????????? ?? D. disturbing

5.A.nervous ????????????? ????????????? B. frightened ????????????? ?? C. sad? ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. angry

6.A.help ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. encourage ????????????? ?? C. leave ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. pass

7.A.missed? ????????????? ????????????? B. hated? ????????????? ?? ??? C. avoided ????????????? ?? D. escaped

8.A.equal ????????????? ????????????? B. reasonable ????????????? ?? C. fair ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. tolerable

9.A.quickly? ????????????? ????????????? B. easily????????????? ????????????? ?? ??? C. happily? ????????????? ?? D. hopefully

10.A.strength ????????????? ????????????? B. demand ????????????? ?? ??? C. goal? ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. confidence

11.A.yet ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. either?? ????????????? ?? ??? C. though? ????????????? ?? D. still

12.A.refused? ????????????? B. decided? ????????????? ?? ??? C. failed? ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. wanted

13.A.lesson ????????????? ????????????? B. faith?? ????????????? ?? ??? C. future ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. picture

14.A.suitable ????????????? ????????????? B. active????????????? ????????????? ?? C. ready? ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. well

15.A.took out ????????????? B. mapped out?? ?? C. figured out? ????????????? ?? D. let out

16.A.pace ????????????? ????????????? B. race?? ????????????? ?? ??? C. will? ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. level

17.A.set off ????????????? ????????????? B. paid off ????????????? ?? ??? C. got off? ????????????? ?? D. took off

18.A.sure ????????????? ????????????? B. aware? ????????????? ?? ??? C. proud? ????????????? ?? D. afraid

19.A.strong? ????????????? ????????????? B. patient? ????????????? ?? ??? C. steady ????????????? ????????????? ?? D. devoted

20.A.job? ????????????? ????????????? B. sport ????????????? ????????????? ?? C. competition??? D. challenge

---- Why are you in such a hurry?

---- My girlfriend ____ for Shanghai. I’m going to the airport to see her off.

The church seems cold this morning, even after all the people, friends and family, fill the benches. I sit here in silence, in shock and denial. This was not supposed to happen. What about our dreams, or our plans? We were going to raise our children, travel the world, and grow old together. I’m only 37, a typical housewife. I don’t know if I can do all this alone—two children, no father. What do I do or say?

The faces of so many people confuse me as they come to pay their last respects. Some have real sorrow; I can see it in their eyes. The others seem to just say, “I told you so.” Those famous last words: I-told-you-so. How I can’t stand them. And the pointing fingers as so-called family and so-called friends pick me out of the crowd for others to see. I want to scream and wake up but I can’t do anything but sit there. How can they be so blind? I fell in love with a man. Love knows no boundaries .

He was a good man, hardworking, caring and kind. He was retired from the Navy and a gentleman. He was sensitive to others’ needs, the kind of man that knew what to do or say, how to humor any situation and calm everyone’s fears. I remember our first child was a big surprise to both of us. I remember when I told him the news. He fell off his chair, saying over and over in disbelief, “But I’m almost sixty.” After a few months he started planning our next and even doing his famous little dance whenever he discussed the idea.

A man, thirty years older than I, lies in a coffin. Flowers, the American flag and his VFW comrades surround him, paying tribute（頌詞）to him as the man he really was. And I sit alone here, with our two children, in silence, praying that this cold morning at church is only a nightmare and I will awake to his loving arms again.

1.What can we know from the passage about the writer?

A. She married a man much older than she. 

B. She is going to give birth to their second child.

C. She lost her husband, who was as old as she.

D. She lost her father, whom she loved deeply.

2.From Paragraph Two, we can see ______.

A. the writer didn’t really love the man

B. some of her family members didn’t understand her

C. some of her family members and friends were blind

D. she thought her marriage to the man was a mistake

3. Which of the following can best replace the underlined words “But I’m almost sixty”?

A. I can’t believe it.

B. That’s a lot of trouble.

C. That should have happened long ago.

D. It can’t be my child.

4.Which of the following can’t be used to describe the writer’s feelings for the man?

A. Sad.         B. Loving.        C. Inseparable        D. Complaining.