I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _36_ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d 37 ?” Just when I started to 38 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 39 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 40 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t 41 . Somebody had thought 42 of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 43 Christmas there special and memorable, I 44 remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 45 for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I 46 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 47 with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were 48 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 49 them that they couldn’t open their presents 50 every child had come forward. Finally the 51 they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 52 up the room. The 53 in the room was obvious, and 54 wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew 55 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
A．sending B．receiving C．making D．exchanging
A．found B．prepared C．got D．expected
A．doubt B．hope C．suggest D．accept
A．broke in B．settled down C．turned up D．showed off
A．relief B．loss C．achievement D．justice
A．blamed B．loved C．forgotten D．affected
A．highly B．little C．poorly D．enough
A．present B．first C．recent D．previous
A．hardly B．instantly C．regularly D．occasionally
A．strength B．independence C．importance D．safety
A．kept up with B．caught up with C．came up with D．put up with
A．none B．few C．some D．each
A．fine B．special C．helpful D．normal
A．reminded B．guaranteed C．convinced D．promised
A．after B．until C．when D．since
A．chance B．gift C．moment D．reward
A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered
A．atmosphere B．sympathy C．calmness D．joy
A．it B．such C．something D．everybody
A．by B．till C．for D．from
I was 14 when Mr. Ingram hired me as a farmhand. It was the first time I was actually for work. One day Mr. Ingram found an old truck that was in the soft,sandy soil of our field. It was full of melons that someone had tried to from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud.
Mr. Ingram explained that the truck’s owner would be soon, and he wanted me to watch and learn. It wasn’t long a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons. They looked really .
Calmly Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to some watermelons from us.”
There was a long before the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you for them?”
“Twenty-five cents each.”
“Well, I suppose that would be enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man said.
It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t forgive your , you’re going to run out of friends.”
A．trusted B．ready C．paid D．offered
A．stuck B．broken C．deserted D．lost
A．remove B．steal C．sell D．hide
A．purchasing B．bargaining C．returning D．searching
A．till B．before C．that D．since
A．astonished B．anxious C．familiar D．angry
A．borrow B．buy C．steal D．carry
A．break B．discussion C．watching D．silence
A．getting B．offering C．paying D．finding
A．necessary B．helpful C．easy D．fair
A．stopped B．avoided C．handled D．taught
A．mistakes B．neighbors C．enemies D．Melons
Having a son as a woman who has only really been around women can be a strange experience. I sometimes tell my husband that raising our 3-year-old boy someone dropped me off on another planet where I didn’t know the _ and had no map.
My son makes me laugh like no other, but his desires and interests sometimes do feel as _ to me as another galaxy(银河系). He has taught me so much about the bigger man in my life (my husband) and even more about _ in general.
When I get mad at my husband now, I look at our son and _ . He was once as sweet and precious as my son, even if he is so _ now.
My mother-in-law’s attitude used to be confusing to me, but now I kind of _ it. I love my son violently. If some woman ever _ him, she’d be punished for that.
_ my daughter can’t find something, she searches. But my son is _ calling, “Mommy! Daddy! Where is my toy?” It’s so much like my husband. He will also spend 0.1 seconds _ before calling out to me and _ where the butter, cheese, or coat is. My son has taught me it’s a male thing. _ , that doesn’t mean I won’t break of it. I _ will. Isn’t that what all moms say?
My husband showers every day on most _ days. But on the weekends or on vacation? Forget it. Now I understand that. My son hates bath time and _ the whole time. I have to fight with him and reward him to get _ .
Nothing is sweeter for a mom than her baby boy. My son and daughter are equally _ to me, but in a different way. He tells me he loves me and how _ I am. I wish I could bottle that sweetness and _ it for the teen years.
A．feels like B．competes with C．contributes to D．turns out
A．connection B．movement C．language D．change
A．risky B．mild C．foreign D．classic
A．interests B．planets C．kids D．men
A．stop B．grow C．rise D．burst
A．exciting B．confusing C．touching D．annoying
A．set B．get C．make D．take
A．approaches B．hurts C．ignores D．persuades
A．Before B．Because C．If D．Unless
A．sincerely B．immediately C．fortunately D．obviously
A．guessing B．imagining C．wondering D．looking
A．thinking B．telling C．asking D．debating
A．However B．Moreover C．Otherwise D．Therefore
A．finally B．probably C．mainly D．definitely
A．cold B．rainy C．meeting D．working
A．laughs B．screams C．talks D．sings
A．weak B．tight C．clean D．clever
A．close B．welcome C．strange D．similar
A．regretful B．beautiful C．skillful D．shameful
A．remind B．exchange C．save D．appreciate
It happened towards evening, when I was resting in a cafe. I a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then came to me.
He was in an unfit shirt, pale and weak. He looked about eleven or twelve. No sooner begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He bent down, my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was concentrating on his job when heavy rain began to pour . People rushed into the cafe for protection from the . More and more people crowded in and gradually the boy from me.
Hours passed, and turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered the boy had been. I thought he would not my leather shoes, and I would have to walk back home on in the night.
When it was near midnight the rain , people started to go out. The cafe closed. I had to move to the door. I was surprised to see the boy sleeping on the floor with his head leaning a box. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he me. Then he opened the hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.
I paid him and wrapped around him his unfit shirt, which my leather shoes. After saying goodbye to the boy, I was home, with the image of the boy stay in my mind.
A．put on B．dressed C．wore out D．wore
A．agirl B．a woman C．a boy D．an old man
A．looking B．look C．to look D．looked
A．had I B．I had C．I did D．did I
A．taking up B．took on C．taking off D．took off
A．in B．down C．on D．up
A．wind B．rain C．snow D．fire
A．separated B．connected C．joined D．divided
A．this B．that C．what D．it
A．there B．where C．how D．what
A．polish B．clean C．return D．turn
A．feet B．my bare feet C．my foot D．my own foot
A．started B．began C．ended D．came
A．was to be B．was C．had been D．has been
A．over B．with C．under D．against
A．cover B．shook C．grasped D．caught
A．thanked B．made out C．recognized D．passed
A．wallet B．arms C．shoes D．package
A．was wrapping B．was wrapped C．had wrapped D．wrapped
A．on the way to B．on a way C．in my way D．on my way
Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his time, he likes to get out in the country and take some of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which to his uncle in the afternoon. They the night there, so that they could out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember he was. He turned over and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he that he was at the and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the . Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk , because they didn’t want to up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle hot coffee and took some sandwiches Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera and started out.
A．busy B．spare C．enough D．limited
A．foods B．drawings C．paintings D．pictures
A．trips B．buses C．animals D．mountains
A．after B．when C．until D．unless
A．led B．stuck C．got D．belonged
A．cost B．spent C．slept D．took
A．start B．begin C．walk D．step
A．telephone B．machine C．computer D．clock
A．where B．how C．who D．what
A．quickly B．sleepily C．quietly D．suddenly
A．imagined B．pronounced C．forgot D．remembered
A．mountain B．town C．farm D．station
A．dressed B．ordered C．eaten D．prepared
A．bathroom B．kitchen C．study D．bedroom
A．seemed B．felt C．tasted D．smelled
A．many B．soundly C．much D．highly
A．wake B．go C．put D．come
A．of B．with C．in D．by
A．that B．what C．after D．before
A．cover B．supply C．operator D．equipment（设备）
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday．It was such a beautiful day that I drove to go for a look in the country．
On the way back , my car stopped．It was gas on a lonely road far from a town．I decided to walk I found someone who could ome gas．
I had walked almost a mile I finally found a house near the road．I was glad to see it, it was getting dark．
I knocked at the door and a little old lady long white hair answered．She said,
“I waiting for you for a long time．Come in． is almost ready．”“But I only come some gas,”I answered．I couldn’t imagine she was talking about．“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You used to like tea．”
I quickly explained that my car was out of gas, she didn’t seem to hear me．She just calling me Alfred and talking about how long since she had seen me．She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to ． she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could．
Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed．When I told the man about my he said,“Oh, that’s Miss Emily．She lives herself in that big house．She’s out of her mind, but she wouldn’t hurt ．She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago．The day before their wedding he left home and came back because of the war．”
A．school B．home C．town D．country
A．run out of B．out of C．burning D．running out
A．until B．when C．so that D．because
A．fetch B．sell C．buy D．send
A．before B．so C．after D．since
A．if B．but C．because D．though
A．with B．of C．had D．wore
A．was B．am C．had been D．have been
A．Gas B．Coffee C．Tea D．Lunch
A．for B．with C．without D．buy
A．when B．what C．why D．that
A．but B．though C．and D．so
A．suggested B．kept C．stopped D．enjoyed
A．had it been B．it had been C．has it been D．it has been
A．stay B．leave C．speak D．answer
A．Before B．As soon as C．As long as D．After
A．incident B．affair C．experience D．adventure
A．on B．for C．by D．with
A．anyone B．someone C．everyone D．none
A．Soon B．often C．never D．seldom
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