― Did you tell Holmes about what happened to the train?

― No, I didn’t. He had rushed off towards the station ______ I could say anything more.

A. until            B. before               C. when                D. as

--- You told Holmes about what happened in the train?

---No，I didn’t. He had rushed off towards the station________I could say anything more．

　 A. before　　　　 B．until　　　 C．when　　　　　 D．a(chǎn)s

The day was Thankful Thursday. It's a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive contribution. On this particular Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do. At noon, I drove to a McDonald’s with my daughters because they kept complaining that they hadn’t had enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some homeless people in the street and we bought lunch for them.

We were about to complete when we found a small woman standing at the corner, asking for change. We handed her some food, and then started to head home. Suddenly from the mirror of the car, I saw the woman waving at us, so I had to turn around and stopped where the small woman stood. She walked to our car, and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done anything like this for me before." I replied, "Well, I'm glad that we were the first." Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, "So, when do you think you'll eat your lunch?"

    She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I'm not going to eat this lunch." I was confused, but before I could say anything, she continued. "You see, I have a little girl of my own at home and she just loves McDonald's, but I can never buy it for her because I just don't have the money. But you know what…tonight she is going to have McDonald's!"

    I don't know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our Acts of Kindness were too small to have effect on those poor people. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa's words: "We cannot do great things — only small things with great love."

1.

 According to this passage, the small woman was ______.

A. too happy to stand at the corner       

B. too eager to ask for more food

C. too poor to buy McDonald’s             

D. too busy to care for her daughter

2.

What can we know from the passage?

A. The author finally realized what she did was of use to the poor.

B. The author would stop doing her acts of kindness to the poor.

    C. The author’s daughters found their mother cried at the end of the day.

    D. The author’s daughters would make friends with the woman’s daughter.

3.

What would be the best title of the passage?

A. No Pains No Gains                           

B. No Pleasure Without Pain

C. No Small Act of Kindness                

D. No Sweet Without Sweat

The day was Thankful Thursday. It's a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive contribution. On this particular Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do. At noon, I drove to a McDonald’s with my daughters because they kept complaining that they hadn’t had enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some homeless people in the street and we bought lunch for them.
We were about to complete when we found a small woman standing at the corner, asking for change. We handed her some food, and then started to head home. Suddenly from the mirror of the car, I saw the woman waving at us, so I had to turn around and stopped where the small woman stood. She walked to our car, and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done anything like this for me before." I replied, "Well, I'm glad that we were the first." Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, "So, when do you think you'll eat your lunch?"
She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I'm not going to eat this lunch." I was confused, but before I could say anything, she continued. "You see, I have a little girl of my own at home and she just loves McDonald's, but I can never buy it for her because I just don't have the money. But you know what…tonight she is going to have McDonald's!"
I don't know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our Acts of Kindness were too small to have effect on those poor people. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa's words: "We cannot do great things — only small things with great love."
【小題1】
According to this passage, the small woman was ______.

The day was Thankful Thursday. It's a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive contribution. On this particular Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do. At noon, I drove to a McDonald’s with my daughters because they kept complaining that they hadn’t had enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some homeless people in the street and we bought lunch for them.
We were about to complete when we found a small woman standing at the corner, asking for change. We handed her some food, and then started to head home. Suddenly from the mirror of the car, I saw the woman waving at us, so I had to turn around and stopped where the small woman stood. She walked to our car, and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done anything like this for me before." I replied, "Well, I'm glad that we were the first." Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, "So, when do you think you'll eat your lunch?"
She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I'm not going to eat this lunch." I was confused, but before I could say anything, she continued. "You see, I have a little girl of my own at home and she just loves McDonald's, but I can never buy it for her because I just don't have the money. But you know what…tonight she is going to have McDonald's!"
I don't know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our Acts of Kindness were too small to have effect on those poor people. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa's words: "We cannot do great things — only small things with great love."

1. 1.

   According to this passage, the small woman was ______.

   1. A.
      too happy to stand at the corner
   2. B.
      too eager to ask for more food
   3. C.
      too poor to buy McDonald’s
   4. D.
      too busy to care for her daughter
2. 2.

   What can we know from the passage?

   1. A.
      The author finally realized what she did was of use to the poor.
   2. B.
      The author would stop doing her acts of kindness to the poor.
   3. C.
      The author’s daughters found their mother cried at the end of the day.
   4. D.
      The author’s daughters would make friends with the woman’s daughter.
3. 3.

   What would be the best title of the passage?

   1. A.
      No Pains No Gains
   2. B.
      No Pleasure Without Pain
   3. C.
      No Small Act of Kindness
   4. D.
      No Sweet Without Sweat

He asked me just to sit down and drink some water ____ I could say anything about my travel plan.

   A. while   B. when   C. if    D. before

When I was in the final year of my graduation studies, I visited a friend’s home for lunch. The moment I reached his house, I found the staircases of his building were not so good and his home was not painted very well. I couldn’t  36  in words but it was not even the type of house in which a typical middle-class Indian family lives.
The greatest things I did find there were his parents. We sat on the ground for lunch because they didn’t have a dining  37 . His mother served us very delicious food, smiled throughout and showed care for the  38  lunch session. I can never forget that.
His father worked as a normal  39  and I wondered if he earned enough money to support their two sons. While we were taking lunch, his father returned home to meet us. When he entered their home, his hands were dark black and his clothes were very dirty. My friend had no  40  about his father and made the introductions.
As soon as his father came in, my friend asked me if I wanted “Papad”（a typical Indian food）to eat. Before I could say anything, the father very gently and kindly  41  it for me, after going through many staircases even though he was looking  42 .
Today, my friend is a leader in a big company. He is able to  43  high rent in Hyderabad and have a new beautiful home. Not only that, he helped his brother  44  in his studies and is still helping.
What I want to say is that I consider  45  as richness in a poor family. The amount of money you make won’t  46  other’s hearts; the only way is with love and kindness. Struggle and bad periods are needed for everyone’s life, as they make us strong. If you have strong willpower, goals and also the attitude of hard and smart work, you can  47  be a successful person in some areas of life.
【小題1】  

He asked me just to sit down and drink some water ____ I could say anything about my travel plan.

   A. while   B. when   C. if    D. before

I'd been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to  51 the problem. It certainly wasn’t  52 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled  53 from behind me. A man got out and offered to  54 me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos（紋身）on his arm, I became  55 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But  56 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the  57 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had  58 me.
Then, without  59 , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I  60 agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much  61 when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my  62 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you  63 with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he  64 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.
The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed me tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he  65 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they  66 . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my  67 . He said, ‘‘I experience that same  68 often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I  69 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a  70 . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’

When I was in the final year of my graduation studies, I visited a friend’s home for lunch. The moment I reached his house, I found the staircases of his building were not so good and his home was not painted very well. I couldn’t  36  in words but it was not even the type of house in which a typical middle-class Indian family lives.

The greatest things I did find there were his parents. We sat on the ground for lunch because they didn’t have a dining  37 . His mother served us very delicious food, smiled throughout and showed care for the  38  lunch session. I can never forget that.

His father worked as a normal  39  and I wondered if he earned enough money to support their two sons. While we were taking lunch, his father returned home to meet us. When he entered their home, his hands were dark black and his clothes were very dirty. My friend had no  40  about his father and made the introductions.

As soon as his father came in, my friend asked me if I wanted “Papad”（a typical Indian food）to eat. Before I could say anything, the father very gently and kindly  41  it for me, after going through many staircases even though he was looking  42 .

Today, my friend is a leader in a big company. He is able to  43  high rent in Hyderabad and have a new beautiful home. Not only that, he helped his brother  44  in his studies and is still helping.

What I want to say is that I consider  45  as richness in a poor family. The amount of money you make won’t  46  other’s hearts; the only way is with love and kindness. Struggle and bad periods are needed for everyone’s life, as they make us strong. If you have strong willpower, goals and also the attitude of hard and smart work, you can  47  be a successful person in some areas of life.

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I'd been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to  36 the problem. It certainly wasn’t  37 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.

Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled  38 from behind me. A man got out and offered to  39 me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos（紋身）on his arm, I became  40 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But  41 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the  42 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had  43 me.

Then, without  44 , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I  45 agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much  46  when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my  47 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you  48 with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he  49 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.

The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed me tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he  50 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they  51 . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my  52 . He said, ‘‘I experience that same  53 often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I  54 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a  55 . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’

1.                A．find           B．make           C．fix   D．a(chǎn)void

2.                A．useful          B．easy           C．wise D．lucky

3.                A．up            B．out            C．on   D．round

4.                A．carry          B．lift             C．drive D．help

5.                A．discouraged     B．frightened       C．disappointed   D．a(chǎn)stonished

6.                A．when          B．until           C．a(chǎn)s   D．before

7.                A．tire            B．suit            C．expression    D．shirt

8.                A．embarrassed     B．concerned      C．discouraged   D．puzzled

9.                A．warning        B．realizing        C．knowing  D．waiting

10.               A．directly        B．happily         C．hurriedly  D．unwillingly

11.               A．fear           B．satisfaction      C．relief D．excitement

12.               A．regret         B．a(chǎn)musement     C．surprise   D．delight

13.               A．working        B．repairing       C．fighting    D．struggling

14.               A．studied         B．performed      C．grew D．volunteered

15.               A．refused        B．kept           C．ignored   D．left

16.               A．behaved        B．spoke          C．looked    D．thought

17.               A．selfishness      B．stupidity        C．weakness  D．disability

18.               A．life            B．incident        C．reaction   D．change

19.               A．hardly         B．a(chǎn)ctually         C．finally D．probably

20.               A．point          B．start           C．remark    D．comparison

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The day was Thankful Thursday. It’s a 36 tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive 37 .
My girls shouted “McDonald’s, McDonald’s” as we 38 along a busy Houston road. Suddenly I 39 that almost every crossing I passed through was 40 by a panhandler(乞丐). And then it hit me! All these panhandlers must be hungry, too. Perfect! After we ate, I ordered a(an) 41fifteen lunches and we set out to deliver them. We would pull 42 a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we’d say, “Oh, 43 …h(huán)ere’s lunch.”
We handed our final contribution to a small woman and then immediately 44 back in the opposite direction for home. 45 , the light caught us again and we were stopped at the same crossing where this small woman stood. I was 46 and didn’t know quite how to behave.  
She made her way to our car, “No one has ever done47 like this for me before,” she said with 48 . Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “ So, 49 do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”  
She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, “Oh honey, I’m not going to eat this lunch.” I was 50 ,but before I could say anything, she continued, “You see, I have a little girl and she 51  loves McDonald’s, but I don’t have money. But you know what…tonight she is going to have McDonald’s!”
I don’t know if the kids 52 the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too 53 or insignificant to really effect change. 54 in that moment, I recognized the 55 of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things—only small things with great love.”  
36. A. weekly               B. daily             C. monthly                   D. yearly
37. A. decision                     B. choice           C. contribution              D. plan
38. A. walked               B. ran                   C. wandered                 D. drove
39. A. reminded            B. realized             C. understood               D. thought
40. A. crowded             B. occupied           C. discovered                D. laid
41. A. additional           B. expensive      C. cheap                       D. special
42. A. close                  B. together            C. alongside                  D. throughout
43. A. in fact         B. to tell the truth   C. generally speaking     D. by the way
44. A. faced                  B. headed                 C. took                         D. looked
45. A. Unfortunately      B. Luckily             C. Unexpectedly            D. Hopefully
46. A. excited               B. embarrassed       C. frightened            D. annoyed
47. A. something           B. everything     C. anything                   D. nothing
48. A. amazement          B. fear                  C. sorrow                        D. amusement
49. A. what                B. how                  C. where                      D. when
50. A. shocked                     B. confused           C. pleased                     D. worried
51. A. really                 B. even                 C. just                          D. never
52. A. watched                     B. felt                   C. noticed                     D. recognized
53. A. many                  B. small            C. big                          D. simple
54. A. Therefore            B. Although           C. Meanwhile           D. Yet
55. A. promise                     B. oath                  C. truth                    D. Spirit

—Did you tell Jimmy that we’ve put off the meeting?

—No．He rushed out _____ I could say anything．

         A．in case            B．a(chǎn)fter      C．before            D．unless

I'd been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to  36 the problem. It certainly wasn’t  37 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled  38 from behind me. A man got out and offered to  39 me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos（紋身）on his arm, I became  40 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But  41 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the  42 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had  43 me.
Then, without  44 , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I  45 agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much  46  when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my  47 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you  48 with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he  49 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.
The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed me tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he  50 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they  51 . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my  52 . He said, ‘‘I experience that same  53 often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I  54 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a  55 . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’

I’d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to ? ? ? and get the tools to fix the problem. It certainly wasn’t ? ? ? doing this with a white shirt and suit on.

Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled up beside me. A man got out and offered to? ? ? ? me. Seeing tattoos (紋身) on his arm, I became ? ? ? as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But ? ? ? I could say anything, he had already begun to take the tools to change the? ? ? ? . While watching him, I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This ? ? ? me.

Then, without warning, it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, I unwillingly agreed. When I settled into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. I replied with much ? ? ? when seeing an old woman there. It must be his mother, I thought. To my surprise, the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you ? ? ? the tyre.” “I am grateful for his help,” I said. “Me too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he ? ? ? at the church and taught disadvantaged students for free.

??? Finally, Jeff helped me change the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he refused it. As we shook hands to say goodbye I apologized for my stupid ? ? ? at the first sight of him, and this incident warned us that we shouldn’t judge people by the way they ? ? .

1.A. stop????????????? B. move????????????? C. see????????????? D. look

2.A. difficult????????????? B. easy? ????????????? C. bad????????????? D. polite

3.A. lift????????????? B. carry????????????? C. drive????????????? D. help

4.A. discouraged? ????????????? B. disappointed ????????????? C. frightened? ????????????? D. astonished

5.A. as????????????? B. before????????????? C. until????????????? D. when

6.A. tyre????????????? B. suit????????????? C. shirt????????????? D. tools

7.A. puzzled????????????? B. embarrassed????????????? C. calmed????????????? D. concerned

8.A. fear? ????????????? B. relief? ????????????? C. satisfaction????????????? D. delight

9.A. taking on? ????????????? B. fighting for? ????????????? C. picking out? ????????????? D. struggling with

10.A. volunteered? ????????????? B. studied ????????????? C. grew ????????????? D. performed

11.A. ignorance????????????? B. words????????????? C. reaction????????????? D. comment

12.A. drove????????????? B. walked????????????? C. behaved????????????? D. looked

 一Did you tell him that we’ve put off the meeting？

一No．He rushed out        I could say anything．

A．in ease          B．a(chǎn)fter                C．before           D．unless