I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives, We stopped on a red light, and as always, there was a lot of activity outside the cars near the     . People walked in, between the cars       newspaper. water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It' s a familiar      in most poor developing' countries.         

   While we were    for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of     in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It's       unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively     clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of      his way around the spaces. He was blind.

   Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he     got to the outside of our car. Out of      , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and     , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to     the change. However, with his-superior sense of touch, he quickly      his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum's      . It was the exact change. T he cars behind us were really getting out of control,       we decided to go on our way.

   I      and even cried when I got home. Here's a blind man, born in       ,trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He      our sympathy. Life hasn't been      to him, yet he's giving it his best shot. I think that is what       is all about . facing life bravely.

1.A. signs      B. crossroads    C. stations     D. theatre  

2.A. giving      B. buying     C. selling      D. throwing

3.A. scene      B. play       C. activity      D. street

4.A. watching    B. asking      C. waiting      D. changing 

5.A. blocks     B. crossings     C. turns       D. cars

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

7.A. expensive   B. fashionable    C. ragged      D. splendid

8.A. pushed    B. drove       C. cleared      D. felt

9.A. eventually   B. quickly      C. frequently     D. happily

10.A. curiosity    B. sympathy     C. thirsty       D. politeness

11.A. impatiently   B. casually      C. naturally      D. carefully

12.A. keep     B. return       C. borrow      D. count

13.A. searched for  B. went through    C. turned over     D. looked for

14.A. hand     B. arm        C. face       D. lap

15.A. still      B. yet        C. so        D. but

16.A. gave up   B. set off      C. held on      D. broke down

17.A. pain     B. poverty      C. sadness      D. loneliness

18.A. refused    B. enjoyed       C. doubted      D. cheated

19.A. rich     B. unfair        C. kind       D. bad

20.A. kindness   B. courage       C. experience     D. challenge

After the board meeting, Frank began to tell us of his childhood. “I grew up in San Pedro. My dad was a fisherman and had his own 　36 . But it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he 　37 enough to feed the family.”

He looked at us and said, “I 　38 you could have met my dad. He was a big man and strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he　 39 like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and overalls with the rain hat　 40 down over his brow. No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish.”

Frank’s voice 41 a bit as if he were back to his childhood. “When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. His truck was older than he was, which you could hear coming for 42 . As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to 43 .”

“When the truck stopped, it would throw out a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like 　44 would be standing around and watching. Then he would 　45 　and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so 　46 for me at that time.”

He paused and then went on, “I 　47 that day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school, he had his 　48 big smile. He started to lean toward me, 　49 I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.”

“It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this 　50 look on his face. My dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear 　51 . I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked out of the windshield. ‘You are right,’ he said, ‘You are a big boy --a man. I won’t kiss you any more.’”

Frank got a funny look on his face, and tears began to well up in his eyes as he spoke. “It wasn’t long 　52 that when my dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet stayed 　53 but not dad.”

I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again, “Guys, you don’t know 　54 I would give to have my dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek ... If I had been a 　 55 , I would never have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.”

36. A. house　　　　　 B. truck　　　　　　　　　　 C. boat　　　　　　　　　 D. car

37. A. caught　　　　 B. received　　　　　　　　 C. made　　　　　　　　 D. took

38. A. think　　　　　 B. wish　　　　　　　　　　 C. hope　　　　　　　　 D. mean

39. A. looked　　　　 B. tasted　　　　　　　　　　 C. felt　　　　　　　　　　 D. smelled

40. A. pulled　　　　　 B. taken　　　　　　　　　　 C. put　　　　　　　　　　 D. laid

41. A. worked　　　 B. rose　　　　　　　　　　　 C. lost　　　　　　　　　 D. dropped

42. A. blocks　　　　 B. streets　　　　　　　　　 C. hours　　　　　　　　 D. moments

43. A. appear　　　　 B. escape　　　　　　　　　 C. disappear　　　　　 D. flee

44. A. the students B. everybody　　　　　　 C. somebody　　　　　 D. the teachers

45. A. come over　 B. lean over　　　　　　　 C. go over　　　　　　 D. turn over

46. A. exciting　　　 B. frightening　　　　　　 C. embarrassing　　 D. surprising

47. A. remember　　 B. believe　　　　　　　　　 C. think　　　　　　　　 D. imagine

48. A. unusual　　　 B. common　　　　　　　 C. ordinary　　　　　　 D. usual

49. A. and 　　　　　 B. but　　　　　　　　　　　 C. so　　　　　　　　　　 D. therefore

50. A. surprised　　 B. excited　　　　　　　　　 C. moved　　　　　　　 D. worried

51. A. up 　　　　　 B. down　　　　　　　　　　 C. off　　　　　　　　　　 D. away

52. A. since　　　　　 B. before　　　　　　　　　 C. after　　　　　　　　　 D. from

53. A. on 　　　　　 B. in 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. off　　　　　　　　　　 D. out

54. A. if　 　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　　　　　　 C. which　　　　　　　 D. what

55. A. student　　　　 B. boy　　　　　　　　　　　 C. child　　　　　　　　 D. man

We decided to cut down trees in front of the window because it ________ the sunlight．

1. A.
   blocks out
2. B.
   brings out
3. C.
   breaks out
4. D.
   gives out

Water is very important to living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices, factories and schools. Water is needed everywhere.
There is water in seas, rivers and lakes. Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the desert part of the world, there is some water in the air. You can not see or feel it when it is a part of the air. The water in the seas, rivers and lakes is a liquid, the water in the air is a gas, and we call it water vapour (蒸气).
Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small drops of water. They may also be made of snow crystals(结晶体). Snow crystals are very very small crystals of ice. Ice is frozen water. It is a solid. There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter.
Water may be a solid or a liquid or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as hard as a stone. When it is a liquid, you can drink it. When it is a gas, you can not see or feel it.
【小题1】Where can we find water?

Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side. But Hell's Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17. If you were a kid from the neighborhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal. Not an actor.
Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls -- and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. "I wasn't a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life," he says.
He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender. "My father said, 'Stop this craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter.' “But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft.
Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hell's Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother's killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept pitching it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.
Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money, sold his house. He and Haggis kept pushing. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little, Moresco delayed his salary.
Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three -- Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell's Kitchen.
At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. "If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems," he says, "think about other ways to get it done."
【小题1】 Rearrange the following statements in terms of time order:
a. His work Half-Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off-Broadway theater
b. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.
c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.
d. He started learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something diiferent.
e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.

A．He wnted to give his girlfriend a surprise.

B．His girlfriend did not allow him to do this.

C．He was afraid of being laughed at.

D．He had no talent for acting.