Back in 2007, I rented（租） a room in Johor Bahru, Malaysia while studying for my Masters programmed（碩士課程） in Singapore. I travelled daily by   36   across the Johor- Singapore Causeway(穿越濕地的堤道) for my   37  , which were usually in the evening. It was quite   38 

by the time I got back to the bus station in Johor Bahru, and I would still need to take another bus home.

One night, I   39   the last bus and didn’t have enough money to take a taxi. With no other choice, I decided to    40   the two-kilometer journey home, which would have been fine    41 

I were not so tired that day. It also didn’t    42   that the route was pretty rough（凹凸不平的）and dark. But I walked forward with   43   , with the promise of a night’s rest    44   me on. After walking for a few minutes, a car   45   in front of me. The driver, who looked   46  , asked where I was headed. “Not many people walk through here,” he said, and   47    me a ride. He really    48   me up as he went out of his way to get me to my apartment.

What was more   49   , however, was the story behind it. During the ride, the driver told me that when he saw me walking, it made him think of his   50   who used to walk to work by the

  51   road and though he often saw his uncle on the way, he had    52   offered a ride as he was headed in a different direction.    53   his uncle passed away because of an illness, and until today he still feels   54   for not being kinder to his uncle. So when he    55   me walking that night, he just had to stop and help.

A．bus           B．bike            C．car           D．train

A．job           B．classes          C．tasks          D．home

A．early         B．late             C．cold            D．hot

A．caught       B．took            C．missed          D．left

A．drive         B．enjoy          C．run             D．walk

A．if             B．though       C．because          D．unless

A．suggest      B．help          C．say             D．mean

A．pleasure    B．hunger          C．fear            D．difficulty

A．pushing      B．turning         C．holding         D．putting

A．pulled             B．stopped         C．broke           D．went

A．concerned    B．disappointed  C．excited          D．worried

A．had          B．asked           C．offered          D．got

A．cheered       B．brought        C．gave            D．picked

A．worse        B．interesting     C．upset           D．meaningful

A．grandfather  B．uncle           C．father          D．mother

A．busy          B．new            C．main            D．same

A．sometimes  B．always           C．often           D．never

A．Sadly         B．Exactly         C．Gradually        D．Actually

A．puzzled       B．lucky           C．guilty           D．grateful

A．knew         B．saw             C．recognized      D．followed

Back in 2007, I rented（租） a room in Johor Bahru, Malaysia while studying for my Masters programmed（碩士課程） in Singapore. I travelled daily by   36  across the Johor- Singapore Causeway(穿越濕地的堤道) for my   37 , which were usually in the evening. It was quite   38 
by the time I got back to the bus station in Johor Bahru, and I would still need to take another bus home.
One night, I   39  the last bus and didn’t have enough money to take a taxi. With no other choice, I decided to    40  the two-kilometer journey home, which would have been fine    41 
I were not so tired that day. It also didn’t    42  that the route was pretty rough（凹凸不平的）and dark. But I walked forward with   43  , with the promise of a night’s rest    44  me on. After walking for a few minutes, a car   45  in front of me. The driver, who looked   46 , asked where I was headed. “Not many people walk through here,” he said, and   47   me a ride. He really    48  me up as he went out of his way to get me to my apartment.
What was more   49  , however, was the story behind it. During the ride, the driver told me that when he saw me walking, it made him think of his   50  who used to walk to work by the
  51  road and though he often saw his uncle on the way, he had    52  offered a ride as he was headed in a different direction.    53  his uncle passed away because of an illness, and until today he still feels   54  for not being kinder to his uncle. So when he    55  me walking that night, he just had to stop and help.

In-line skating（滾軸溜冰）is a fun sport that everyone can enjoy. Follow these safety tips to keep skating safe and fun.
Step 1: Gear up!
Even before you put on your skates, put on all your safety gear（護具）.
Step 2: Buckle up!
Strap（綁緊）on your skates. Make sure they fit well and are snugly（緊貼）around your ankles. This helps your ankles stay strong and straight.

Step 3: Fall down!
You probably do not usually try to fall. But it is good to practice falling on skates. Fall forward onto your knee pads. Put out your hands and let your wrist guards hit the ground. See? Are you surprised that it doesn’t hurt?
Practice falling until it is easy to fall forward and get up again. If you are not afraid to fall, you will try new things. Knowing how to fall will help you be a better skater and find your balance. When you can stay balanced, you won’t fall as much.
Step 4: Stop!
Make sure you can stop on your skates. The quickest and safest is probably the brake stop. The brake is usually on the back of the right skate.
The brake stop:
Roll forward with your skates pointing the same way. Let your right skate roll a little forward. Bend your knees as if you are sitting down. Then press your right heel down hard. This will make your brake pad drag on the ground until you stop.
The T stop:
Roll forward with your skates pointing the same way. Then turn your right foot out so the toes are pointing to your right. Drag your right skate. Let the wheels drag on the ground until you come to a stop.
Another way to stop is to run or jump onto the grass.
Step 5: Roll around!
Find a flat, smooth place to practice. Do not skate in streets. Parks and playgrounds are good places to practice. Look for “No skating” signs to make sure you can skate there.
【小題1】According to the article, which of these steps are most important for a new skater?

In-line skating（滾軸溜冰）is a fun sport that everyone can enjoy. Follow these safety tips to keep skating safe and fun.
Step 1: Gear up!
Even before you put on your skates, put on all your safety gear（護具）.
Step 2: Buckle up!
Strap（綁緊）on your skates. Make sure they fit well and are snugly（緊貼）around your ankles. This helps your ankles stay strong and straight.
Step 3: Fall down!
You probably do not usually try to fall. But it is good to practice falling on skates. Fall forward onto your knee pads. Put out your hands and let your wrist guards hit the ground. See? Are you surprised that it doesn’t hurt?
Practice falling until it is easy to fall forward and get up again. If you are not afraid to fall, you will try new things. Knowing how to fall will help you be a better skater and find your balance. When you can stay balanced, you won’t fall as much.
Step 4: Stop!
Make sure you can stop on your skates. The quickest and safest is probably the brake stop. The brake is usually on the back of the right skate.
The brake stop:
Roll forward with your skates pointing the same way. Let your right skate roll a little forward. Bend your knees as if you are sitting down. Then press your right heel down hard. This will make your brake pad drag on the ground until you stop.
The T stop:
Roll forward with your skates pointing the same way. Then turn your right foot out so the toes are pointing to your right. Drag your right skate. Let the wheels drag on the ground until you come to a stop.
Another way to stop is to run or jump onto the grass.
Step 5: Roll around!
Find a flat, smooth place to practice. Do not skate in streets. Parks and playgrounds are good places to practice. Look for “No skating” signs to make sure you can skate there.
【小題1】According to the article, which of these steps are most important for a new skater?

In the face of tragedy，you must of course let yourself feel: Cry without holding back, shake with fear, yell out in anger, accept and follow your feelings. This is part of the wise approach to tragedy: The Upward Path — the feeling of emotions, the acceptance of them, and the coupling of the emotional mind with wisdom. Along this path, you'll take the experience — no matter how sad or upsetting — as a learning event, just as a11 other points on your journey will prove to be. While tragic, you must recognize this is still a chance for all involved to grow. You should let both sadness and joy, fear and courage, dark and light fill your world, and learn to find your steady, calm center in the midst of the opposing forces. This is the Upward Path. Use the event as a chance to gain balance and discover wisdom — the wisdom of love and of letting go, of non-attachment and non-resistance, and using this experience to eventually help others in need of guidance.

Being able to relate to others who have also experienced tragedy and inspire in them hope — of recovery, and of moving forward — is perhaps the greatest gift you can receive from tragedy. Turn the negative into positive, the pain into connection. After you've taken appropriate time to be sad, to feel your own pain, you should make it your work，your goal, your purpose to connect with others who need help. Show them how you've experienced feelings, achieved

balance，and gained wisdom that you would never have otherwise had the chance to learn.

FEEL, but do not FEED on tragedy. Rather, let it inspire you to go beyond the person who you were before. With demise comes renewal, so let this loss be also your rebirth. No matter how hopeless it seems, no matter how difficult this becomes, you have the power to transform yourself into someone greater than you ever knew you could be.

1.When following the Upward Path, the person facing tragedy should _______.

A. free his emotions

B. hold back his feelings

C. fill his world with positive ideas

D. give in to tragedy and all opposing forces

2.According to the author， the greatest gift one gets from tragedy is being able to _______.

A. seek solutions from others

B. forgive others and move on

C. stay calm and resist change

D. understand and help others

3.The purpose of the passage is to _______.

A. analyze the causes of tragedy

B. suggest a way of dealing with tragedy

C. tell people how to prevent tragedy

D. encourage people to build friendship after tragedy