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Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun 36 --- to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were 37 . Whenthe students 38 their assignment, she found that most of them drew some picturesof their parents, teachers, brothers, sisters, friends or neighbors. “What 39 students! How wonderful the pictures are!” She thought.Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a 40 boy. He didn’t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and __41__. He seldom __42__ with other children during the break __43__ they kindly invited him to. Lucytreated him very well. She always helped him and encouraged him to be confidentand have a good time with his classmates. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a __44__. Nothing else. His abstract image _45__ the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother’s hand，for mother’s hand gives children warmth and __46__. Another child guessed it was a farmer’s hand, because farmers raise turkeys. Still others thought it was apolice officer’s hand, because the police __47__ people and care for people. And so the discussion __48__.When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas’ desk, __49__, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, “ It’s __50__, teacher.” Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was __51__ and felt tearsin her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She __52__ how often she had said to him, “Take my __53__, Douglas. We’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” or “Let’sdo this together.”The story speaks of __54__ thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching andparents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the children like Douglas. They might not always say “__55__” out, but they’ll remember the hand that you reach out to give them love and be grateful to you always.36. A. assignment B. question C. suggestion D. solution37. A. sorry B. regretful C. thankful D. responsible38. A. gave in B. handed in C. put off D. called off39. A. lovely B. honest C. brave D. friendly40. A. strong B. kind C. different D. humorous41. A. slow B. strict C. angry D. sad42. A. played B. exercised C. joked D. lived43. A. because B. though C. as D. since44. A. hand B. face C. ear D. leg45. A. reduced B. ruined C. inspired D. used46. A. comfort B. praise C. sorrow D. coldness47. A. search B. question C. meet D. protect48. A. ended B. succeeded C. continued D. failed49. A. stood up B. pulled down C. looked up D. bent down50. A. his B. yours C. my mother’s D. my father’s51. A. disappointed B. annoyed C. tired D. touched52. A. forgot B. regretted C. recalled D. understood53. A. hand B. book C. lesson D. gift54. A. rather than B. more than C. anything but D. nothing but55. A. I’m sorry B. Take care C. I’m all right D.Thank you答案 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.D 42.A 43.B 44.A 45.C 46.A 47.D 48.C 49.D 50.B 51.D 52.C 53.A 54.B 55.DI moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with alarge___36___across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would___37___his taxi on the road. I___38__why he did not park it in the garage.Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home __39__work, leave his taxi and go out for his__40__affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was___41__.I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I ___42__ to be outside one evening two weeks___43___, when the garage door was ____44__and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）！ It shook mecompletely___45___I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver.But___46___inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a （n）___47___. He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and___48___him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）___49___.We go to bed every night and ___50___ every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a___51___as close friends or go for a vacation as a___52___. We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we__53____the social ladder—how much bigger and better a____54__we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on___55___we are than what we do!36. A. window B. garage C. door D. yard37. A. park B. stop C. check D. repair38. A. knew B. understood C. asked D. wondered39. A. for B. out of C. without D. from40. A. business B. national C. personal D. public41. A. wasteful B. meaningful C. wonderful D. plentiful42. A. appeared B. intended C. expected D. happened43. A. later B. more C. ago D. before44. A. broken B. fine C. shut D. open45. A. once B. before C. when D. until46. A. far B. deep C. long D. little47. A. driver B. engineer C. father D. son48. A. called B. made C. elected D. turned49. A. experience B. earning C. life D. position50. A. stay up B. wake up C. stay home D. go home51. A. competition B. performance C. debate D. party52. A. family B. company C. team D. whole53. A. build B. climb C. stand D. lay54. A. house B. garage C. car D. taxi55. A. who B. what C. which D. where答案 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.A 44.D 45.C 46.B 47.C 48.A 49.C 50.B 51.D 52.A 53.B 54.D 55.A。