Dear Mr Brown,
“Do you like my dress?" A little girl asked a passing stranger. "My mommy made it just for me." She said with tears in her eyes. "Well, I think it's very pretty. So tell me , little one, why are you 1 ?" With a quiver(颤动) in her voice the little girl answered，"After Mommy made me this dress, she had to 2 ." "Well, now," said the lady, "with a little girl like you waiting for her, I'm sure she'll be right 3 ." "No ,Madam,you don't understand," said the child through her tears," my daddy said she's up in 4 now with Grandfather. "Finally the woman 5 what the child meant, and why she was crying. Kneeling down she 6 cradled(抱着) the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone. Then suddenly the little girl did something that the woman thought was a bit 7 .She stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and began to 8 .She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the 9 sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small 10 . After the child stopped singing she explained to the lady, "My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me 11 to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me 12 ." "See," she exclaimed, "it did, and now my eyes are13 !" As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve, "Madam, can you 14 a minute? I want to show you something." "Of course," she answered, "what do you want me to see?" Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, "Right here is where my mommy 15 my dress, and here, "pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mommy said that she put all those kisses on my 16 so that I would have her kisses for every booboo (错误) that made me cry." Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a 17 who knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the 18 that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly 19 . She no longer saw a little girl in a 20 dress. She saw a child wrapped…in her mother's love.
A．standing B．smiling C．crying D．talking
A．go out B．run away C．leave away D．go away
A．in B．out C．back D．down
A．sky B．air C．house D．heaven
A．saw B．realized C．recognized D．though
A．gently B．rudely C．happily D．carefully
A．sad B．terrible C．strange D．exciting
A．cry B．shout C．laugh D．sing
A．sweetest B．lowest C．simplest D．slightest
A．bee B．child C．bird D．cat
A．like B．wish C．permit D．promise
A．stop B．begin C．continue D．finish
A．clean B．wet C．dry D．clear
A．leave B．keep C．sit D．stay
A．kissed B．made C．gave D．washed
A．hand B．heart C．body D．dress
A．woman B．soul C．mother D．Person
A．hurts B．problem C．joys D．surprises
A．held B．put C．wore D．hid
A．easy B．beautiful C．attractive D．simple
阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
When I was fifteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been____. Like most English children I learned____at school I had often been to France, so I____speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand English. ___when I went to America I was really looking forward to____a nice easy holiday without any____problems.
____wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a___telephone to give my American friend Danny a____and tell her I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked____he could help me. “Yes”， I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well, that's____，”he exclaimed. “Are you getting____？ But aren't you a bit____？” “Who is talking about marriage？”I replied. “I____want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived. Can you tell me____there's a phone box？“Oh！”he said, “There's a phone downstairs.”
When at last we____meet each other, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. “Don't worry，”she said to me. “I had so many____at first. There are lots of words which are Amercians____differently in meaning from us British. You'll soon get used to all the____thing they say. Most of the____British and American people understand each other！”
A．out B．away C．outside D．abroad
A．Chinese B．Japanese C．French D．Italian
A．get used to B．was used to C．used to D．was able to
A．Once B．But C．So D．Then
A．having B．buying C．giving D．receiving
A．time B．human C．language D．money
A．Too B．Quite C．What D．How
A．cheap B．popular C．public D．good
A．letter B．ring C．news D．information
A．if B．that C．where D．when
A．well B．over C．nice D．ring
A．changed B．expected C．planned D．married
A．small B．little C．old D．young
A．ever B．just C．never D．always
A．where B．how C．why D．what
A．did B．do C．could D．had
A．wishes B．difficulties C．things D．ideas
A．write B．speak C．use D．read
A．terrible B．necessary C．useful D．funny
A．chance B．situation C．condition D．time
Games can be both fun and difficult. Scrabble is a game I like____， but is not an easy one.____ are going to play scrabble tonight. Henry cannot____all the rules, so I will ____them. Do you want to learn? Listen carefully, and we'll play____.
____player takes seven letters. Your letter might be A, S, T, E, B, P and L. You can spell many____with these letters. You can spell TABLE with five of them, and you can spell SAT, LET, BAT, and others with____of them. But you cannot use names of persons, countries, or cities.
You have to be____：some letters are worth more points____others. For example, A, E, L, S and T have one point each. B and P have three points each.____points can be different____words with the same number of letters. SAT will give you____three points, and BAT will give you five. TABLE will give you____points：three for B and four for the other four letters. Use TABLE. You will get____points, and you might win the game.
At the end of the game the players ____ their points. The one____the most points wins.____， you might have one hundred forty points. That is a good____. But I might have one hundred sixty points, and Henry might have one hundred seventy points. Then Henry ____ .
A．first B．most C．last D．least
A．Tom, I and Henry B．Henry, Tom and I C．I, Henry and Tom D．Henry, I and Tom
A．know B．study C．keep D．remember
A．explain B．help C．teach D．play
A．faster B．sooner C．later D．after
A．Either B．Each C．A D．One
A．things B．sentences C．meanings D．words
A．three B．four C．five D．two
A．sure B．careful C．thankful D．certain
A．for B．of C．than D．in
A．A number B．The number of C．A lot of D．Plenty of
A．for B．from C．between D．among
A．more than B．only C．less than D．fewer than
A．five B．eight C．six D．seven
A．much B．less C．more D．some
A．add to B．add up to C．add D．add up
A．with B．has C．gets D．gives
A．However B．For example C．After all D．Such as
A．idea B．points C．score D．way
A．plays B．gets C．wins D．takes
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One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I like____better than driving our truck, ____this time I was not happy. My father had told me I'd have to ask for credit(赊账)at the store.
Sixteen is a____age，when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly____of racial discrimination was____a fact of life. I'd seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner____whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were____like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was____. We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner____us?
At Davis's store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded____I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my____to the cash desk, I said____， “I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful____. But Buck's face didn't change. “Sure”， he said____. “Your daddy is____good for it.” He____to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams's sons.”
The farmer nodded in neighborly____. I was filled with pride. James Williams's son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult's respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had____brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew that to____from a Williams：a decent person who kept his word and respected himself____much to do wrong.
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．and B．so C．but D．for
A．prideful B．wonderful C．respectful D．colorful
A．intention B．shadow C．habit D．faith
A．thus B．just C．still D．ever
A．guessed B．suspected C．questioned D．figured
A．watched B．caught C．dismissed D．accused
A．generous B．honest C．friendly D．modest
A．blame B．excuse C．charge D．trust
A．until B．as C．once D．since
A．purchases B．sales C．orders D．favorites
A．casually B．confidently C．cheerfully D．carefully
A．look B．stare C．response D．comment
A．patiently B．eagerly C．easily D．proudly
A．generally B．never C．sometimes D．always
A．pointed B．replied C．turned D．introduced
A．sense B．way C．degree D．mood
A．earned B．deserved C．given D．used
A．receive B．expect C．collect D．require
A．very B．so C．how D．too
Facial expressions carry meanings that depend on situations and relationship. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of____. Yet it has other functions(作用). A smile may____love, politeness, or____true feeling. It is also a source of confusion(混乱)across____. ____， many people in Russia____smiling at strangers in public to be unusual or even suspicious(怀疑). Yet many Americans____freely at strangers in public places. Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong____； some Americans believe that Russians don't smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or mental difficulty, discomfort of anxiety.
Our faces make our emotions and attitudes known, ____we should not try to “read” people from another culture____we would “read” someone from our own culture. The degree of facial expressiveness one shows changes____persons and cultures. The fact that members of one culture do not____their emotions as openly as members of____does not mean____they do not____emotions. Rather, their cultures____them expressing their emotions and attitudes freely.
If we____people whose____of showing emotion are not the same according to____own cultural patterns, we may make the____of“reading”the other persons incorrectly.
A．worried B．surprise C．excitement D．pleasure
A．show B．tell C．sound D．seem
A．cover B．explain C．include D．suggest
A．countries B．cultures C．nations D．oceans
A．In a word B．As a result C．For example D．On the contrary
A．keep B．enjoy C．continue D．consider
A．stare B．smile C．look D．shout
A．direction B．manner C．time D．place
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．as B．though C．unless D．since
A．among B．into C．between D．about
A．find B．form C．express D．control
A．the others B．others C．the other D．another
A．whether B．that C．if D．why
A．experience B．use C．bring D．carry
A．feel B．keep C．prevent D．make
A．think B．observe C．judge D．watch
A．hopes B．ways C．thoughts D．means
A．your B．their C．one's D．our
A．answer B．mistake C．promise D．use
The eyes are one of the most expressive instruments of body language. Keith, seventeen, from Montclair New Jersey, learned the hard way about one____the eyes can make. “I had a____who graded heavily on classroom discussion，”Keith says. “He seemed to have a strong ability to know just when I didn't have the____. I couldn't figure out how he could be so____. Then it dawned on(明白过来)me. ____I didn't know the answer, I would avoid looking at him. When I____know what to say, I always____straight back at him. From that moment on, I____myself to look at him in the eye，____I knew the work or not. That trick has saved me a lot of trouble.”
Many people including some policemen, believe eye contact(接触)is a good____of honesty. If someone can't look at you directly in the eye, then he or she is not playing____， they insist. After many experiments，____， a number of experts have found out that good liars(骗子)can make false eye contact.
Eye contact, though not a____sign of honesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person. When a person looks at you and____to do so, you know his____is placed on you. When he turns his head away, his mind is probably____. ____there are exceptions. A____person may have trouble making and keeping eye contact, no matter how interested he is in the other person. And certain____， such as the British and Germans, are much____oriented(适应)to eyeball-to-eyeball contact than, say, the French and Arabs.
A．letter B．notice C．message D．news
A．student B．headmaster C．friend D．teacher
A．question B．problem C．excuse D．answer
A．slow B．sharp C．dull D．clever
A．Whatever B．Whenever C．However D．Wherever
A．didn't B．did C．don't D．do
A．watched B．glanced C．saw D．stared
A．helped B．forced C．taught D．persuaded
A．when B．whether C．if D．as
A．lesson B．way C．chance D．test
A．honestly B．quickly C．correctly D．really
A．therefore B．however C．actually D．especially
A．real B．exact C．wonderful D．sure
A．stops B．continues C．changes D．hopes
A．attention B．spirit C．strength D．energy
A．anywhere B．nowhere C．elsewhere D．everywhere
A．And B．Or C．But D．So
A．brave B．shy C．stupid D．proud
A．nationalities B．cities C．countries D．languages
A．more B．less C．too D．enough
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