My mother asked me to go to several garage sales(宅前旧货出售)with her one cool morning. We finally 36 at a pleasant house in the woods . The elderly 37 told me that he and his wife were retired teachers. As we were searching, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her 38 to someone, and I immediately 39 who she was. She looked at me and said, “You’re Lisa Miller.” I looked at her 40 , for it had been nearly thirty 41 since I had been in her class. My mother immediately said sorry to her for any 42 I might have made. She did that again after learning that I wasn’t the sweet little child. She thought that if this woman 43 me after so many years, I must have done something 44 . My teacher looked at my mother and 45 Said, “Oh, no, she was very good.” My teacher 46 that during the last week of school , I 47 her a plant from my mother’s garden. It was a lamb’s ear. She took us to her garden where she planted the lamb’s ear . Over the years it 48 . As I look down her driveway(车道) with lamb’s ears on both sides, she said , “Every day when I leave my house and drive up the driveway, I think of you. And when I come home they 49 me , I think of you.” Tears 50 my eyes. There at her home was a piece of my life that she had raised. At that moment , she taught me more about 51 than I could imagine. We give pieces of ourselves every day 52 thought . We seldom imagine the effects that we have on others’ lives. The piece may grow and spread, becoming a(n) 53 part of a life. In the end it isn’t the big things that matter, 54 the small things that make all the 55 in the world. 36. A. started B. searched C. stopped D. left 37. A. worker B. owner C. buyer D. player 38. A. price B. address C. name D. age 39. A. realized B. forgot C. learned D. guessed 40. A. surprised B. worried C. bored D. tired 41. A. months B. years C. days D. weeks 42. A. future B. fight C. excuse D. trouble 43. A. considered B. saw C. remembered D. found 44. A. terrible B. lucky C. friendly D. special 45. A. loudly B. silently C. angrily D. softly 46. A. explained B. reported C. warned D. ignored 47. A. stole B. bought C. chose D. brought 48. A. disappeared B. died C. fell D. spread 49. A. accept B. send C. greet D. help 50. A. gave up B. came into C. turned to D. took away 51. A. life B. garden C. plants D. lessons 52. A. with B. by C. without D. through 53. A. necessary B. unimportant C. large D. whole 54. A. though B. but C. because D. so 55. A. effort B. way C. decision D. difference
答案:36-40 : CBCAA 41-45: BDCAD 46-50: ADDCB 51-55: ACABD