How old was I? I can’t remember. Maybe I was only 10. It was the first    16   without my father because he was away for something. He left me to fill that sad place in my mother’s heart. It was the Christmas when I stopped being a    17   and tried to play Father Christmas myself. I really wanted to make it happy and bright again. It was the Christmas of the    18  .
Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, a nice    19   shop in our town’s little shopping mall. It was dark green. And it was a    20  , heavy, wool dress coat. Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,” she said in a low voice and    21  .
“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the mirror. She looked good on any clothes,       22   this coat suited her much better. She looked at the    23  , then hung the coat back on the rack, standing there once more to    24   
Eighty-seven dollars. But I decided to buy it for her. As we moved on    25  the mall, I found some excuse to return and asked one of the Tobias ladies to    26   the coat.
I helped clean every yard(庭院) in our neighbourhood—some yards twice, and soon I got the coat. The store ladies helped me put it in their biggest    27   with bright blue paper and thick silver ribbon(絲帶). I don’t remember    28   I got it home, but I can still feel the wonderful    29   and pride that filled me. I would imagine the big space which the box would take up under our tree. Here it was—joy, peace and    30  —all in the box, waiting for Mom’s surprise.

My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my   1  which was parked at my office three streets away.

My friends   2  that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant (懷孕的) then. I promised that I’d be very   3 . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she stayed with another friend who needed help   4  her baby.

I walked out of the hotel and started making my way to the car. At the crossing, a van stopped and a man came out with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right   5  me and told me he’d escort (護(hù)送) me. Although I refused, he insisted that he would.

During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was   6 . When we got to the car-park, I thanked him and he went away. I did not get his name and can   7  recognize (認(rèn)出) him now. Did he stop for me? I’ll never know.

So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I noticed two Indian workers   8  in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the working place near my home. I went out and passed them my   9 , telling them they should take and keep it. They were surprised by my action. They were very grateful to me, probably   10  why a stranger was offering such kindness. I was so relaxed and happy that day.

1.                A．money         B．bag            C．car  D．raincoat

2.                A．a(chǎn)rgued         B．received        C．calmed   D．disliked

3.                A．brave          B．careful         C．proud    D．helpful

4.                A．for            B．a(chǎn)bout          C．with D．on

5.                A．through        B．past            C．below    D．beside

6.                A．wet            B．dry            C．tough    D．crowded

7.                A．often          B．even           C．hardly    D．nearly

8.                A．fighting         B．playing         C．working  D．walking

9.                A．umbrella        B．coat           C．love D．kindness

10.               A．trained         B．wondered      C．talked D．refused

 I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of ___36___ litter nearby and realized that no one else was going to pick it up.
    I live ___37___ a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there ___38___ three minutes.I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was ___39___ much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided I had to clean up the forest. I wanted to __40__ happy going there again.
     I ___41___ my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes ____42_____ starting to pick up litter, my bag was full! It had cans, _____43___, broken glass and newspapers in it.
     From then on,  I ___44____ to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I’m often there for three hours. It makes me feel ____45____ to do something for the environment. After each trip, I look at all the litter that I’ve found. If _46___ of it is recyclable, I keep it.
     I __47___ understand why people drop litter. But I will keep picking it up __48___ they stop __49___it.I know I am only doing a small bit ___50_____ the Earth, but I still think it is important.
(    )36.A. seeing                      B. throwing           C. dropping           D. cleaning
(    )37.A. far away from          B. near                  C. nearly               D. alone
(    )38.A. after                        B. for                    C. with                 D. in
(    )39.A. such                        B. very                 C. so                    D. too
(    )40.A. make                       B. feel                  C. look                 D. find
(    )41.A. went                              B. made                C. got                   D. tried
(    )42.A after                         B. later                 C. before              D. of
(    )43.A. juice box                 B. plastic bag        C. bottles              D. waster papers
(    )44.A. had gone                 B. have gone                C. went                       D. will go
(    )45.A. tired                         B. sad                   C. interesting         D. great
(    )46. A. many                     B. some                C. any                  D. much
(    )47. A. didn’t                     B. mustn’t             C. needn’t             D. can’t
(    )48. .A. until                      B. after                 C.as soon as                D. when
(    )49A. to drop                    B. dropping          C. being dropped   D. drop
(    )50.A. helped                     B. to help              C. help                 D. helping

Mr. Strong is a London taxi driver. The following talk is given by him.

“I have been a taxi driver     1     nearly ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night,     2    there is too much traffic during the day. I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon, and I usually    3    between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning.”

“Some     4     things happened late at night.     5     day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her     6     . So I waited in the car    7      she climbed in through the windows.”

    “I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out  8    was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to     9    in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.”

    “Luckily the woman came downstairs. She     10     have gone to sleep and forgotten me and the dog!”

1. A．in                B．for                  C．before             D．a(chǎn)fter

2. A．if                 B．so                   C．though             D．because

3. A．go home       B．go shopping     C．do sports         D．do housework

4. A．sad             B．good                C．strange            D．disappointing

5. A．The other   B．Another      C．The others           D．Other

6. A．money         B．bag                 C．box                 D．key

7. A．until             B．while               C．since               D．a(chǎn)s soon as

8. A．what            B．which              C．who                D．that

9. A．drive            B．walk                C．climb               D．run

10. A．will            B．can                  C．may                D．must

Only by studying hard ________ improve her English soon.

A. she can            B. she did             C. can she              D. did she