As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents in Texas. And every few summers, we’d __16__ the caravan (旅游团队), a group of Airstream trailer owners who __17__ together around the U.S. and Canada．
I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked __18__ to these travels. On one particular __ 19__ ，I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the backseat. My grandfather was __20__ . And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the __21__.
At that age, I’d take any excuse to make estimates(估计) and do minor __22__．At any rate, I decided to do the math for my __23__. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days, estimated the number of __24__ per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I’d come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head into the __25__ of the car, tapped my grandmother __26__ the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed, “At two minutes per puff, you've taken nine years off your __27__!” Because the ad said, every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes __28__ smoker’s life．
I expected to be applauded for my __29__ and arithmetic skills. That’s not what happened．__30__, my grandmother burst into __31__. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. My grandfather was a highly intelligent, __32__ man. He had never said a harsh word to me. He pulled __33__ onto the shoulder of the highway. He stopped and got out of the car, __34__ me, and after a bit of silence，he gently and __35__ said, “Jeff, one day you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.”
1.A. take B. join C. attend D. visit
2.A. work B. study C. travel D. explore
3.A. forward B. backward C. toward D. upward
4.A. holiday B. research C. trip D. return
5.A. talking B. reading C. training D. driving
6.A. scene B. smell C. band D. type
7.A. arithmetic(算数) B. question C. game D. problem
8.A. grandfather B. grandmother C. visitor D. car
9.A. cases B. smokes C. kinds D. puffs(烟头)
10.A. window B. seat C. back D. front
11.A. at B. in C. on D. under
12.A. tour B. life C. distance D. date
13.A. away B. from C. with D. off
14.A. cleverness B. coolness C. happiness D. ability
15.A. Eventually B. Instead C. Unfortunately D. Though
16.A. words B. laughters C. tears D. screams
17.A. stubborn B. determined C. lonely D. quiet
18.A. over B. in C. away D. up
19.A. noticed B. looked C. glared D. glanced
20.A. angrily B. excitedly C. calmly D. coldly
On the mountain _______ and in the temple_______.
A. stands a temple; a monk lives B. a temple stands; he lives
C. standing a temple; living a monk. D. stands a temple; he lives.
---Where did you buy the T-shirt?
---It was in the shopping mall _____ my mother works.
A. that B. where C. which D. from which
_____ with fear, the boy stood still to avoid _______.
A. Filling, punishment B. Filled, being punished
C. Filling, being punished D. Filled, punishing
Tom always feels it necessary that he ________English.
A. learns B. would have learned C. learn D. were to learn
On our arrival, we found Tom _____at the desk and ______a letter.
A. seated, wrote B. sitting, written C. seating, writing D. seated, writing
