Much meaning can be conveyed with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.

Do you have such kind of 36 ? In a bus you may look at a 　37 , but not too long. And if he is 　38 that he is being stared at, he may feel 　39 .

The same is in 　40　 life. If you are looked at for more than 　41 , you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is 　42 wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward other’s 　43 at you that way.

Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and 　44 . But things are different when it 　45 to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a Woman for more than 10 seconds and 　46 to avert（移開(kāi)）his gaze, his intentions are 　47 , that is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is 　48 her.

49 , the normal eye contact for two people 50 in a conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener 　51 , in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking about, to tell him that he is attentive. If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, 　52 he tries to dominate（控制）you, you will feel embarrassing.

In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to 　53 only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that 　54 cannot express.

Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific 　55 .

36. A. experience 　　 B. thought　　　　　　　　 C. feeling　　　　　　　　 D. attitude

37. A. conductor　　　 B. driver　　　　　　　　　 C. tourist　　　　　　　　 D. stranger

38. A. looking　　　　　 B. sensing　　　　　　　　 C. telling　　　　　　　　　 D. deciding

39. A. interested　　　　 B. stupid　　　　　　　　　 C. uncomfortable　　　 D. angry

40. A. social　　　　　　 B. daily　　　　　　　　　　 C. family　　　　　　　　　 D. school

41. A. friendly　　　　　 B. authentic　　　　　　　 C. special　　　　　　　　 D. necessary

42. A. anything　　　　 B. somewhere　　　　　 C. nothing　　　　　　　　 D. anywhere

43. A. interest　　　　　 B. stare　　　　　　　　　　 C. appreciation　　　　 D. notice

44. A. attentive　　　　 B. positive　　　　　　　　 C. aggressive　　　　　　 D. active

45. A. comes　　　　　　 B. hopes　　　　　　　　　 C. tries　　　　　　　　　　 D. seems

46. A. starts　　　　　　 B. refuses　　　　　　　　 C. manages　　　　　　　 D. aims

47. A. dirty　　　　　　　 B. unhealthy　　　　　　 C. obvious　　　　　　　 D. unfair

48. A. admiring　　　　 B. enjoying　　　　　　　 C. cheating　　　　　　　 D. selecting

49. A. Therefore　　　 B. Otherwise　　　　　　 C. Altogether　　　　　　 D. However

50. A. engaged　　　　　 B. attracted　　　　　　　 C. trapped　　　　　　　　 D. invited

51. A. all the time　　　 B. from time to time　 C. all the way　　　　　 D. back and forth

52. A. in case　　　　　 B. as if　　　　　　　　　　 C. even though　　　　 D. so that

53. A. mothers　　　　　 B. children　　　　　　　 C. lovers　　　　　　　　　 D. teachers

54. A. looks　　　　　　　 B. eyes　　　　　　　　　　 C. smiles　　　　　　　　　 D. words

55. A. situation　　　 B. circumstance　　 C. environment　　 D. condition

We recently treated our now-adult son and his girlfriend to a seafood feast, near Cocoa Beach, Florida. Our server, a grandmotherly woman skilled in the art of___36___, flew around the ___37___juggling dishes and drinks while treating customers as individuals. She remembered their ____38___tastes, likes and dislikes –all of which she’d learned after only the briefest ___39___.

At the end of the meal, she presented the bill, and then went to___40___ the growing crowd of other dinners. My husband ___41___with a credit card, added her___42____, and we were off.

“Mr. Goldsmith!” our waitress ran out of the dinning room waving a receipt at him, “Thank you. ”

He looked at her as though he didn’t __43___. We’ve all seen that universal__44__ of confusion—eyebrows drawn together and head cocked to one side

“What did you give her?” I asked in a stage whisper, ___45___if he had done something __46__ or made a calculation error.

“Wow, Dad,” our son said, __47__like an awestruck 10 –year-old. “I’ve never seen a waitress ___48___anyone out of the restaurant to say ‘thank you’ for the tip.

“She gave us great service. I just thought she deserved a little bump __49___ what I usually give. ”

It wasn’t until later, when I accidentally heard our  __50___retelling the story of the ___51___waitress, that I realized she had given my family something__52__ a “thank you”. She showed our son the importance of __53___hard work and the rewarding sound of “thank you”. Her show of thanks helped a dad earn a bit more __54__from a loving son. And it reminded me just why I __55___this thoughtful, caring man.

36. A. painting           B. smiling                  C. cooking                D. serving

37. A. restaurant        B. sky                       C. corner                  D. table

38. A. common          B. special                  C. considerable          D. delicious

39. A. argument         B. discussion             C. conversations        D. debate

40. A. attend to          B. look for                C. care for                D. find out

41. A. paid                B. called                    C. carried                  D. pushed

42. A. advice             B. suggestions           C. tip                     D. prize

43. A. doubt              B. suspect                 C. happen                 D. understand

44. A. feeling             B. look                      C. attitude                 D. face

45. A. thinking           B. hoping                  C. wondering            D. expecting

46. A. unreasonable    B. appropriate            C. unfair                   D. helpful

47. A. looking            B. sounding               C. doing                    D. imagining

48. A. help                B. keep                     C. drive                    D. follow

49. A. except             B. below                   C. above                   D. within

50. A. son                 B. friend                   C. colleague              D. parent

51. A. excellent          B. skilled                   C. generous               D. grateful

52. A. rather than       B. more than             C. less than               D. no more than

53. A. devoting          B. remembering         C. acknowledging      D. ignoring

54. A. respect            B. sympathy              C. thanks                  D. satisfactory

55. A. trained             B. refused                 C. left                       D. married

I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.

What I 36  most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we 37  ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to 38  his family as cold. When we got into the 39  to go home, his father suddenly appeared. 40  , he began to wash his son’s  windscreen. I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.

I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often 41  me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant 42  or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his 43  me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his 44  morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I 45  him.

When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt 46  . For example, I always return phone calls 47  and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them I had one friend who rarely called, answering my massages with short e-mails. I rushed to the 48  : She wasn’t a good friend! My anger 49  as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I 50  and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was 51  at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be 52  . Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.

Far too often, I ignored their 53  expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my 54  . Over the years, however, I’ve learned to 55  other persons love signs.

36. A. remember        B. enjoy                    C. value                    D. admire

37. A. excitedly          B. nervously              C. silently                  D. instantly

38. A. regard             B. treat                     C. take                      D. think

39. A. bus                 B. train                     C. car                       D. plane

40. A. Punctually       B. Carefully               C. Proudly                D. Coldly

41. A. visited             B. interrupted            C. warned                 D. telephone

42. A. greeting           B. meeting                 C. apology                D. explanation

43. A. interested         B. angered                 C. encouraged           D. surprised

44. A. long                B. short                    C. warm                D. polite

45. A. praised            B. remembered          C. blamed                 D. thanked

46. A. content            B. guilty                    C. curious                 D. disappointed

47. A. in order           B. in turn                  C. without delay        D. without difficulty

48. A. feeling             B. suggestion             C. judgement             D. belief

49. A. disappeared      B. grew                    C. helped                  D. declined

50. A. opened            B. refused                 C. hosted                  D. invited

51. A. depressed        B. upset                    C. fascinated             D. shocked

52. A. uncaring          B. dishonest              C. unhappy               D. uncooperative

53. A. unique             B. common               C. pleasant                D. familiar

54. A. opinion            B. way                      C. mind                    D. life

55. A. send                B. read                      C. give                      D. express

It was Christmas Eve. When Paul came out of his office, a poor boy was walking around the shiny new car,　 36 it. “Is this your car, Mister?” he asked.

Paul nodded, “It is a gift from my brother for Christmas.” The boy was surprised, “You mean your brother gave it to you and it did not cost you anything? Oh, I wish. . . ”He paused.

Of course Paul　 37　 what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a 38 like that. But what the boy said jarred Paul all the way down to his feet.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could 　39 a brother like that. ”

Paul looked at the brother in 40 ,then he added, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

“Oh yes, I would love that.”

After a short ride, the boy, with his eyes shining, requested, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

Paul 　41 . He though the knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong　 42　 .

“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

He ran up the steps. Then in a 　43 while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming quickly. He was carrying his little crippled（瘸腿的）brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then pointed to the car.

“There she is, Buddy, Just like It old you 44 . His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it cost him 45 . And some day I am going to gave you one just like it . . . then you can　 46 for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas shopping windows. ”

Paul got out and lifted the young boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an 47 holiday ride.

36. A. admiring 　　　　　 B. selling 　　　　　　　　　　 C. examining 　　　　　　　 D. stealing

37. A. realized 　　　　　　 B. recognized 　　　　　　 C. heard 　　　　　　　　　　 D. knew

38. A. Christmas 　　　　 B. brother 　　　　　　　　　 C. car 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. gift

39. A. have 　　　　　　　　 B. share 　　　　　　　　　　 C. be 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. borrow

40. A. astonishment 　　 B. sadness 　　　　　　　　 C. pleasure 　　　　　　　　 D. anger

41. A. accepted 　　　　　 B. smiled 　　　　　　　　　 C. refused 　　　　　　　　　 D. laughed

42. A. next 　　　　　　　　 B. again 　　　　　　　　　　 C. then 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. now

43. A. short 　　　　　　　　 B. long 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. small 　　　　　　　　　　 D. large

44. A. here 　　　　　　　　 B. there 　　　　　　　　　　 C. downstairs 　　　　　　 D. upstairs

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

46. A. drive 　　　　　　　　 B. buy 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. have 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. see

47. A. interesting 　　　　 B. adventurous 　　　　　 C. unforgettable 　　　　　 D. exciting

Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist（打擊樂(lè)器獨(dú)奏演員）in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the   21   of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began   22  piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion（酷愛(ài)）for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my   23  . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the   24  and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never   25   me.”

“My   26   was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can   27   the pitch of a note（音調(diào)高低）by the vibrations（振動(dòng)）I feel through my body and through my   28  . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every   29   that I have.” “I was   30   to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London.

21. A. conditions    B. opinions     C. actions             D. recommendations

22. A. enjoying       B. choosing    C. taking              D. giving

23. A. sight            B. hearing      C. touch                D. taste

24. A. evidence      B. result         C. excuse               D. cause

25. A. left              B. excited       C. accompanied             D. disappointed

26. A. purpose       B. decision      C. promise              D. goal

27. A. tell           B. see             C. hear                    D. smell

28. A. carefulness        B. movement        C. imagination                D. experience

29. A. sense    B. effort         C. feeling                  D. idea

30. A. dissatisfied         B. astonished        C. determined                   D. discouraged

Once upon a time, a rich man wanted to make a trip (旅行) to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to   21   things with. He   22   to take ten servants with him. They would   23   the things to sell and the food to   24   on their trip. Before they started, a little boy ran up to   25   and asked to go with them.

       The rich man said to the little boy, “Well, you may go with us. but you are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my   26  , you can’t carry a   27   load (擔(dān)子). You must choose the lightest one to carry.” The boy thanked his master and chose the   28  load to carry. That was bread.

“You are   29.” said his master, “That is the biggest and the heaviest one.” The boy said   nothing and lifted the load gladly.

       On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were 30        except the little servant. Do you know why? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town.

21. A. eat            B. buy                   C. change             D. get

22. A. decided        B. liked                  C. hoped        D. tried

23. A. take             B. bring                 C. carry                 D. borrow

24. A. cook            B. eat                    C. buy                    D. drink

25. A. the food              B. the servants           C. the road             D. the rich man

26. A. family          B. guests           C. servants              D. things

27. A. heavy          B. light                  C. small                   D. difficult

28. A. smallest              B. lightest              C. biggest                 D. weakest

29. A. brave           B. right                  C. clever              D. foolish

30. A. afraid          B. happy            C. angry                    D. tired

       Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more __21__, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its _22____everyone would run for their coats and go hone, everyone except David.

David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _23___what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __24__for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __25__. I can still remember he was always __26__a smile and willing to help. He always __27__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__28__just smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__29__home

Weeks passed and the __30___over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of __31__ before the holiday break. I smiled in ___32 __ as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David __33__ standing by my desk.

“I have something for you, “he said ___34__ from behind his back a small box. __35__it to me, he said anxiously. “open it. ” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my __36__ I saw nothing, I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s__37__.”

“Oh no it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”

Tears filled my eyes __38__ I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given____39__to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning __40__the little empty box set on my desk.

21. A. anxious      B. courageous          C. serious               D. cautious

22. A. waning       B. ringing              C. calling              D. yelling

23. A. scolded    B. wondered            C. realized               D. learned

24. A. modestly     B. naturally           C. inaccurately         D. inappropriately

25. A. popular       B. upset              C. special                 D. funny

26. A. expressing  B. delivering            C. wearing                D. sharing   

27. A. practised     B. wandered           C. studied               D. stayed 

28. A. would B. should             C. might       D. could

29. A. aim at B. turn to             C. put off      D. head for

30. A. argument    B. excitement               C. movement       D. judgment

31. A. school B. year                 C. education         D. program

32. A. relief    B. return             C. vain         D. control

33. A. weakly        B. sadly             C. quietly       D. helplessly

34. A. searched     B. found             C. raised      D. pulled 

35. A. Holding       B. Handing                 C. Sending          D. Leaving

36. A. delight        B. expectation             C. appreciation   D. surprise 

37. A. cheap   B. empty             C. useless     D. improper  

38. A. as              B. until                C. because    D. though

39. A. advice B. support            C. attention          D. command

40. A. from  B. behind             C. over          D. towards

Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work.

There is one _41_ blue flower that has always caught my eye. I’ve_42_ that it blooms only in the _43_ hours. The afternoon sun is too _44_ for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.

This spring, I _45_ a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the _46_ window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often _47_ that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would _48_ great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers _49_ , “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them. ” Gee, I don’t want to get my good _50_ dirty. Whatever the reason, I _51_ stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel（鏟子）one year to be used for that expressed _52_ .

One day on my way home from work, I was _53_ to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were _54_ . I thought to myself, “Way to go, you_55_ too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. ”

A week ago we were shocked and saddened to _56_ that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor（晚期腦腫瘤）. _57_ we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the _58_ between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband’s sister and us.

And yes, _59_ I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and _60_ them to my wildflower garden.

41. A. particular         B. expensive              C. previous               D. colorful

42. A . imagined        B. felt                       C. noticed                 D. heard

43. A. morning          B. daytime                 C. afternoon              D. night

44. A. warm              B. important              C. weak                    D. responsible

45. A. bought            B. rent                      C. started                  D. managed

46. A. bedroom          B. hall                       C. study                    D. kitchen

47. A. doubted           B. thought                 C. agreed                  D. dreamed

48. A. smell               B. look                      C. prove                   D. become

49. A. wondering       B. complaining           C. saying                  D. thinking

50. A. car                  B. flowers                 C. clothes                 D. hands

51. A. seldom            B. sometimes             C. often                    D. never

52. A. satisfaction      B. disappointment      C. purpose                D. anxiety

53. A. surprised         B. saddened               C. encouraged           D. ashamed

54. A. unhappy          B. lonely                   C. gone                     D. alive

55. A. waited             B. drove                    C. went                    D. stopped

56. A. realize             B. learn                     C. observe                D. decide

57. A. Surprisingly     B. Generally              C. Obviously             D. Unfortunately

58. A. love                B. difference             C. secret                   D. connection

59. A. since               B. unless                   C. if                         D. before

60. A. transport         B. steal                     C. invite                    D. pull

Louisville, Kentucky is a place where basketball is an important part of life, and taking my  36   to an NBA exhibition game is very special. Little did I realize how  37  the evening was going to be! It was blowing some mean wind. Josh  38  my hand as we crossed the parking lot and  39  for famous Freedom Hall.  40  eight years old, he still felt it was okay to hold his father’s hand, and I felt grateful, knowing that this kind of moments would pass  41 .

The stadium  42  nineteen-thousand-plus fans, and it definitely looked like a sellout as the  43  gathered outside the gate. The expectation of seeing Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls  44  the Washington Bullets sped up our pace across the parking lot, thinking about  45  the game was going to go. The turnstile（十字轉(zhuǎn)門）clicked and Josh hung on to his souvenir ticket stub（票根）like he had just won the lottery! We pushed our  46  to the upper-level seats of the “true” fans.  47  we knew it, the game was   48  way. During a time out, we dashed to order hot dog and Coke and   49  back so that we wouldn’t miss a single part of the game. Things were going as  50  until halftime. I started to talk to some friends nearby when there was a pull on my sleeve, my arm was pulled over by a  51  young Josh, and he began putting a multicolored, woven yarn bracelet（絲織手鐲）around my wrist. It  52  really well, and he was really focused attentively as he carefully made a double square knot（結(jié)）to keep it secure. On this special occasion, I  53  the significance of the moment. With a smile, I told him proudly how I knew this was a “friendship bracelet” and said, “I guess this means we are  54  . ” Without missing a beat, his big brown eyes looking me straight in the face, he exclaimed, “We’re  55  friends. You’re my dad!”

36. A. wife                B. son                       C. friend                   D. student

37. A. ordinary          B. common               C. special                  D. normal

38. A. held                B. had                       C. carried                  D. took

39. A. stood              B. set                        C. walked                 D. headed

40. A. Is                   B. Being                    C. Was                     D. Been

41. A. often               B. suddenly               C. soon                     D. slowly

42. A. sits                 B. seats                     C. includes                D. has

43. A. players            B. audience               C. listeners                D. judges

44. A. with                B. for                       C. to                         D. against

45. A. what               B. that                      C. when                    D. how

46. A. path                B. way                      C. route                    D. track

47. A. After               B. As                        C. Before                  D. Until

48. A. on                   B. in                         C. by                        D. under

49. A. rushed             B. went                     C. came                    D. returned

50. A. planned           B. intended                C. expected               D. attempted

51. A. excited            B. pleased                 C. determined            D. astonished

52. A. fit                   B. suited                   C. matched               D. applied

53. A. knew              B. realized                 C. guessed                D. imagined

54. A. neighbours       B. classmates            C. teammates            D. friends

55. A. no more than   B. not more than        C. more than             D. less than

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a   36   over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always enough. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was   37  . I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and   38   there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas   39  .

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking each other what they wanted for Christmas.   40  , I had saved $120 for presents to share by all five of us.

The big day arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   41   them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered（散開(kāi)）. We had two hours to shop; then we would meet back   42   the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, except my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually   43  . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies　— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be angry again. This is what she   44   me.

“I was looking around thinking of what to buy, and I   45   to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll（玩具娃娃）. So I   46   the card off the tree and bought the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so   47   as I did that day.

36. A. roof             B. hat             C. sky            D. star

37. A. busy            B. serious       C. strict          D. kind

38. A. since           B. unless C. even if       D. although

39. A. shopping      B. travelling    C. parties D. greetings

40. A. Unluckily    B. Instead       C. However    D. Fortunately

41. A. forced  B. reminded    C. invited D. begged

42. A. for              B. on              C. at              D. in

43. A. quiet     B. excited    C. happy        D. ashamed

44. A. asked    B. told            C. showed      D. called

45. A. forgot   B. stopped      C. failed  D. hated

46. A. threw   B. put             C. took           D. cut

47. A. angry    B. bitter          C. patient D. rich