阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Loving Kindness Is Twice Blessed
I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so 1.
As I was sitting at my desk, I 2it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her 3.
Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I 4to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift, 5to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have 6of a birthday this year. As always, 7, she sounded cheerful and was happy that I 8.
After I hung up, I couldn’t 9the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day. 10feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I 11gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise 12me I’d done the right thing and were a generous 13for the little effort it had taken.
When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a 14friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had 15my own!
Isn’t that the way it is 16we take the time and make the 17to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who 18.”
Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with 19to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to 20. And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.
1.A. positive B. special C. nervous D. proud
2.A. explained B. remembered C. complained D. informed
3.A. family B. training C. school D. work
4.A. continued B. decided C. agreed D. refused
5.A. prepared B.surprised C. disappointed D. bored
6.A. little B. many C. much D. few
7.A. therefore B. besides C. though D. otherwise
8.A. admitted B. apologized C. succeeded D. called
9.A. experience B. shake C. imagine D. understand
10.A. Almost B. Even C. Never D. Still
11.A. finally B. luckily C. unhappily D. hardly
12.A. promised B. advised C. convinced D. reminded
13.A. response B. contribution C. reward D. share
14.A. careless B. curious C. weak D. lonely
15.A. troubled B. made C. wasted D. taken
16.A. why B. where C. when D. how
17.A. suggestion B. friend C. call D. effort
18.A. tries B. receives C. expects D. cares
19.A. opportunities B. dreams C. choices D. regrets
20.A. everyone B. something C. someone D. everything
----- Can you use chopsticks, John?
----- ________ . I once stayed in China for two years.
A．No problem B．It all depends
C．I’m sorry, but yes D．You can forget it
Since the Obama administration took office, the China—US relations ________ positive development thanks to joint efforts of both sides, President Hu said at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, April,12,2010.
A．witnessed B．were witnessed C．had witnessed D．have witnessed
The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, ________ I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere.
A．if B．before C．though D．unless
某中学生英语报正在向广大中学生征文。请以“Why a sense of humor is important”为题写一篇英语短文，向该报投稿。内容包括：
1.幽默能体现个性；
2. 幽默有益于身心健康；
3. 幽默能融洽与他人的关系。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.请在答题卡上作答。
Why a sense of humor is important?
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以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：请在答题卡上作答。
John stayed up late last night, so while he woke up in the 1._________
morning, it was already 9 o’clock. He thought, “I was late for 2._________
school.” Then he got dressed quickly and washed him 3._________
in no more than ten seconds and hurried into living-room 4._________
where his mother was preparing for breakfast. Before his mother 5._________
could say anything, he told her, “Mum, it is too late that I 6._________
have no time enjoy my breakfast. Good-bye!” With these words 7._________
he got his schoolbag but ran out. On the way to school, he 8._________
rode fast. It took him ten minutes, four minutes less than usually, to 9._________
come to the school gate. To his great surprises, it was closed. “Ha! 10._________
It is Saturday! How forgetful I am today!”
