When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way home, Dad 36 stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn’t 37 it, but I could pray from the 38 we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or 39 and go home empty-handed. That corner 40 either mouth-watering excitement or 41 .
On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the 42 sound of his offer. It 43 . “Would you like an ice cream today?”“That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said, “It sounds good to me too, Son. How would you like to treat today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled. I could afford it. I had a weekly allowance of 25 cents, plus some 44 for odd jobs (零活). And 45 it was my money, ice cream wasn’t a good use of it. In a fit (冲动) of 46 , I said, “Well, in that case, I guess I’ll 47 .” My father just said, “Okay, Son.”
But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to 48 . But he just said, “That’s okay, we don’t really need one.” I felt 49 for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn’t mind, or 50 act disappointed.
I 51 that generosity goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than “thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the 52 ice cream I’d ever had.
I’ll tell you one more thing. We went on another 53 the next week. As we 54 the corner, I said, “Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My 55 .”
A．never B．hardly C．frequently D．strangely
A．expect B．rely C．wait D．get
A．month B．day C．weekend D．time
A．finish B．drive C．turn D．return
A．encouraged B．meant C．suggested D．instructed
A．anger B．shame C．happiness D．disappointment
A．funny B．surprising C．interesting D．beautiful
A．came B．spoke C．rang D．flew
A．extra B．limited C．little D．easy
A．after B．while C．when D．although
A．sadness B．regret C．curiosity D．selfishness
A．accept B．pay C．pass D．resist
A．turn back B．keep up C．stop by D．give in
A．unsatisfied B．awful C．angry D．crazy
A．even B．never C．only D．somehow
A．knew B．learned C．imagined D．recognised
A．dearest B．worst C．cheapest D．best
A．snack B．view C．trip D．corner
A．crossed B．left C．saw D．approached
A．service B．treat C．joke D．code
Mrs Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, Mrs Amatuli asked me if she could 36 my sandwiches. She explained that I could use the money to buy a 37 lunch from the cafeteria（自助餐厅）. I was 38. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was 39 expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to 40 again the next day.
You can understand my 41 when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always 42 about the cafeteria food but I was very 43 of them.
When we 44 lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to 45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn’t care why, 46 it gave me a few minutes of her precious 47 so I was very quiet as she explained.
You 48 , she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate 49 on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn’t 50 to get home and tell my Mom that from then on I wanted fish on Fridays. 51 my Mom understood why, she gladly fixed fish for me on Fridays. From then on, every Friday I could get in 52 with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about the cafeteria food—it 53 great to me!
I realize now that Mrs Amatuli 54 have fixed herself a fish sandwich on Fridays. She bought my sandwiches because she saw a little girl who was pleased over the simple
55 of having a hot lunch.
A．buy B．have C．try D．eat
A．cheap B．big C．hot D．delicious
A．sad B．disappointed C．confused D．excited
A．rather B．too C．very D．quite
A．use B．eat C．fill D．carry
A．mind B．anxiety C．delight D．interest
A．complained B．worried C．talked D．cared
A．fond B．hopeful C．proud D．envious
A．bought B．finished C．had D．prepared
A．explain B．discuss C．tell D．cover
A．as B．while C．so D．but
A．idea B．attention C．advice D．thought
A．think B．believe C．see D．say
A．chicken B．beef C．vegetables D．fish
A．expect B．wait C．wish D．long
A．Because B．So C．Before D．After
A．touch B．line C．way D．trouble
A．tasted B．sounded C．looked D．smelled
A．should B．need C．could D．must
A．act B．question C．measure D．gesture
Back in 2007, I rented（租） a room in Johor Bahru, Malaysia while studying for my Masters programmed（硕士课程） in Singapore. I travelled daily by 36 across the Johor- Singapore Causeway(穿越湿地的堤道) for my 37 , which were usually in the evening. It was quite 38
by the time I got back to the bus station in Johor Bahru, and I would still need to take another bus home.
One night, I 39 the last bus and didn’t have enough money to take a taxi. With no other choice, I decided to 40 the two-kilometer journey home, which would have been fine 41
I were not so tired that day. It also didn’t 42 that the route was pretty rough（凹凸不平的）and dark. But I walked forward with 43 , with the promise of a night’s rest 44 me on. After walking for a few minutes, a car 45 in front of me. The driver, who looked 46 , asked where I was headed. “Not many people walk through here,” he said, and 47 me a ride. He really 48 me up as he went out of his way to get me to my apartment.
What was more 49 , however, was the story behind it. During the ride, the driver told me that when he saw me walking, it made him think of his 50 who used to walk to work by the
51 road and though he often saw his uncle on the way, he had 52 offered a ride as he was headed in a different direction. 53 his uncle passed away because of an illness, and until today he still feels 54 for not being kinder to his uncle. So when he 55 me walking that night, he just had to stop and help.
A．bus B．bike C．car D．train
A．job B．classes C．tasks D．home
A．early B．late C．cold D．hot
A．caught B．took C．missed D．left
A．drive B．enjoy C．run D．walk
A．if B．though C．because D．unless
A．suggest B．help C．say D．mean
A．pleasure B．hunger C．fear D．difficulty
A．pushing B．turning C．holding D．putting
A．pulled B．stopped C．broke D．went
A．concerned B．disappointed C．excited D．worried
A．had B．asked C．offered D．got
A．cheered B．brought C．gave D．picked
A．worse B．interesting C．upset D．meaningful
A．grandfather B．uncle C．father D．mother
A．busy B．new C．main D．same
A．sometimes B．always C．often D．never
A．Sadly B．Exactly C．Gradually D．Actually
A．puzzled B．lucky C．guilty D．grateful
A．knew B．saw C．recognized D．followed
Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more 36 and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which comes from the printed papers 37 on streets.
These printed things 38 newspapers but have hardly anything to do with 39 . You can only find reading materials badly made up there---some are too strange for anyone to 40 , others are frightening stories of something 41 .However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 42 reading, which 43 them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares（噩梦）and immoral（邪恶）ideas in 44 . Homework is left 45 , and daily games are lost.
These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, 46 they are, we never know, are 47 their silent money.
The sheep-skinned wolf’s story seems to have been forgotten once again .Why not 48 this kind of thing? Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers. 49 ,the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it. 50 you may even find several children, driven by the curious natures, 51 one patched paper, which has travelled from hand to hand.
It really does 52 to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 53 teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young 54 need more interesting books to help them 55 those ugly papers.
A．teachers B．writers C．readers D．students
A．found B．sold C．printed D．put
A．depend on B．work out C．look like D．act as
A．it B．them C．children D．young people
A．understand B．think C．believe D．know
A．more important B．still worse C．even better D．very good
A．poisonous B．wonderful C．interesting D．useful
A．takes B．spends C．pays D．costs
A．use B．sight C．common D．return
A．undone B．unknown C．much D．less
A．who B．what C．whoever D．whatever
A．using B．making C．spending D．wasting
A．stop B．forbid C．separate D．leave
A．Happily B．Luckily C．Unfortunately D．Badly
A．Seldom B．Always C．Hardly D．Sometimes
A．take B．share C．get D．hold
A．harm B．good C．favor D．wrong
A．worried B．puzzled C．surprised D．disappointed
A．writers B．teachers C．parents D．readers
A．get off B．come into C．break down D．get rid of
On a cold November afternoon，my mother and 1 were walking home from a 21 ．We were dressed 22 ．1 was feeling a little 23 as 1 was carrying our shopping，and decided to throw away something．So I started to walk towards a 24 when I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us．He 25 over to another nearby dustbin and started looking through it．
I suddenly felt very guilty because 1 was about to throw away a new drink just because it was
26 ．1 walked up to him and handed the 27 and some snacks over to him．The man looked up 28 and took what I gave him．
A huge smile 29 across his face and this 30 me to feel indescribable satisfaction．I felt I couldn’t be happier 31 myself．But then he said：“Wow，this is my son’s lucky day!”
With that，he thanked me happily and started off on his bike，I 32 heard him whistling a song as he rode away．
I got a warm 33 inside．I now understand 34 is meant by the saying “giving is getting”．
Although it only 35 a little action and a few words，I gained and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month．Everyone in the world needs 36 ，everyone can 37 help and everyone will be helped by 38 kindness．
The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind every 39 I have the chance to do something nice．
This is the 40 of charity．
A．store B．school C．hospital D．factory
A．poorly B．coldly C．warmly D．expensively
A．glad B．interested C．bored D．tired
A．street B．dustbin C．toilet D．corner
A．walked B．looked C．thought D．took
A．cheap B．heavy C．tasteless D．full
A．money B．toys C．drink D．clothes
A．in silence B．in surprise C．in interest D．in a hurry
A．spread B．came C．went D．ran
A．forced B．helped C．made D．caused
A．with B．to C．at D．for
A．still B．never C．even D．ever
A．opinion B．mind C．idea D．feeling
A．which B．what C．that D．it
A．cost B．took C．spent D．asked
A．1ove B．money C．help D．drink
A．give B．send C．offer D．have
A．showing B．expressing C．1ending D．saying
A．moment B．day C．minute D．time
A．aim B．meaning C．strength D．power
In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was 36 working and Christmas was the one day of the year 37 the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children 38 it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even 39 — smelling it, 40 it and loving it. Usually they tried to preserve(保护) it for so 41 that it often went bad before they ate it.
This year John knew he would soon be 42 enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it 43 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday.
Christmas day finally came. The children were so 44 as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big 45 . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart 46 . He turned and ran back to the 47 room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears.
Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a 48 on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John 49 his head, he saw a big juicy 50 all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by 51 a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him.
John never forgot the sharing, love and personal 52 his friends had shown him that Christmas day. 53 that day, after he became rich, every year he 54 send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His 55 was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit!
A．forced B．passed C．taken D．spent
A．as B．when C．while D．which
A．needed B．wanted C．valued D．liked
A．months B．days C．years D．seasons
A．tasting B．watching C．pressing D．touching
A．much B．soon C．long D．far
A．old B．strong C．tall D．experienced
A．seriously B．carefully C．secretly D．softly
A．nervous B．excited C．pleasant D．eager
A．cry B．disappointment C．surprise D．noise
A．jumped B．stopped C．broke D．settled
A．cold B．small C．old D．lonely
A．look B．tears C．comfort D．smile
A．shook B．lifted C．put D．turned
A．gift B．surprise C．orange D．wonder
A．sharing B．breaking C．eating D．taking
A．feelings B．affairs C．relation D．sacrifice
A．In return for B．In case of C．In memory of D．In search of
A．must B．would C．might D．should
A．desire B．idea C．meaning D．thinking
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