Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I the same things thousand and one times, do not me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking (嘲弄) smile. I taught you to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life.
When at some moment I lose the memory or the of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your , the same way I did when you gave your first . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to any more -that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, my mistakes, I always wanted the thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, or angry for seeing me you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, son.
Your father
A．paid B．spent C．cost D．took
A．praise B．think C．repeat D．criticize
A．interrupt B．disturb C．look D．avoid
A．when B．after C．since D．until
A．rest B．word C．shower D．sleep
A．discovered B．invented C．noticed D．assumed
A．knowing B．fearing C．enjoying D．consulting
A．what B．when C．how D．why
A．news B．attitude C．material D．thread
A．talking B．listening C．responding D．appealing
A．where B．how C．that D．when
A．tired B．tiring C．tiresome D．tire
A．leg B．ear C．hand D．mind
A．step B．pace C．laugh D．cry
A．talk B．live C．write D．sleep
A．though B．since C．while D．despite
A．last B．first C．best D．most
A．near B．behind C．below D．against
A．made B．started C．earned D．found
A．mercy B．care C．excuse D．patience
Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, but people in the streets him, especially those who are .
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that ? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's . His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and the street. He looks around at . He stops when he someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he , looking for more people with cold .
On winter days, Mr. Greenberg gloves. During the rest of the year, he gloves. People who have heard about him him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Greenberg doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them .
It runs in the . Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the . A pair of gloves may be a thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
A．know about B．learn from C．cheer for D．look after
A．kind B．poor C．old D．busy
A．name B．chance C．job D．message
A．crazy B．curious C．different D．calm
A．sound B．act C．dress D．feel
A．keep off B．cross over C．drive along D．hurry down
A．people B．street numbers C．traffic lights D．cars
A．chooses B．greets C．sees D．helps
A．turns around B．moves on C．holds up D．hangs out
A．hands B．ears C．faces D．eyes
A．searches for B．stores up C．gives away D．puts on
A．buys B．sells C．borrows D．returns
A．call B．send C．lend D．show
A．enjoyed B．delayed C．remembered D．began
A．dislike B．excuse C．understand D．study
A．sorry for B．satisfied with C．proud of D．surprised by
A．smart B．rich C．special D．happy
A．family B．neighborhood C．company D．city
A．pain B．same C．honor D．cold
A．delightful B．useful C．small D．comforting
My father enjoys bike riding. Ever since I was little, I've always loved going biking with my dad . as I became a teenager, other things began to draw my .Suddenly, it was important to do things with .I saw my dad every evening at home. Why did I have to my Sundays to all day bike trips with him, too? If my indifference (冷漠) hurt him, my father kept , but he would always let me know when he was planning a bike trip I wanted to come.
It was a Sunday morning, and I was in low .Two of my friends had gone to the movies without inviting me. Just then my father my room." It's a beautiful day. Want to go for a , today, Beck?" "Leave me alone!" I impatiently . Those were the last words I said to him before he left the house that .
Several hours later, the police called us, us that Dad had a traffic accident. My father's injuries were serious. It took several days before he could speak. Beside his bed I held his hand gently of hurting him. "Daddy...I'm sorry...""It's okay, sweetheart. I'll be okay."
"No, " I said, "I what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?"
"Sweetheart, I don't anything about that day. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though." He a weak smile. I felt regretful for my thoughtless remark, for I , wanted him to leave me alone. My teacher once told me that have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.
A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Instead
A．sight B．attention C．effort D．energy
A．Dad B．teachers C．friends D．brothers
A．start B． devote C．save D．waste
A．asleep B．busy C．silent D．awake
A．unless B．so that C．in case D．as if
A．conditions B．spirits C．states D．hopes
A．left B． entered C．checked D．knocked
A．picnic B．walk C．ride D．game
A．whispered B．shouted C．announced D．warned
A． morning B．afternoon C．evening D．moment
A．convincing B．informing C．reminding D．phoning
A．generally B．finally C．strictly D．broadly
A．tired B．aware C．afraid D．sorry
A．mean B．think C．care D．discuss
A．hate B．remember C．forget D．like
A．managed B．expressed C．exchanged D．got
A．often B．even C．never D．once
A．apologies B．promises C．words D．smiles
A．experience B． power C．honor D．desire
October is usually a happy time for me ---- my grandchildren , Daniel and Carly , get all excited about Halloween . They often spend time dreaming of their activities and candies a few weeks .
More than anything else, though, they love best. But not just any pumpkins(南瓜). They wanted the ones by their great aunt Margret--- my sister. I to joke that she had a place in her backyard that attracted those kids deeply .That’s where the pumpkins grew. She and the kids the pumpkins, putting a wooden box under each one so it wouldn’t roll down to the ground. Whenever I took my grand children to visit Margaret, they would say hello to her before running into the to see what was going on there. They harvested (收割) them and used the ones for Halloween.
I didn’t know why or how pumpkins grew in such a place Margret had never planted seeds (种子) there before. Maybe she had just an old pumpkin out there. She was good at gardening, though. I hoped that I had been given Margret’s gardening.
What would my grandchildren do this first Halloween after my sister ? I wished there were some other ways to make the day so as to let Daniel and Carly know their great-aunt’s lived on.
Next day I went to the kids. Upon walking in, I was greeted by their quickest hello, “Grandma! Grandma! Come and see!”
“See what? ”
“ Just come!” they said, my hands and pulling me with them. We went outside. There, right on the side of the house, were six pumpkins, growing in a place where had ever been planted before.
I said, “You know what great- aunt Margret would do if she were here…” We all ran to the kitchen to get some . The big pumpkins were used for Halloween. Those left were used to beautify the front doorway. They lasted for and served as an autumn-long reminder for my two little pumpkin kids.
A．earlier B．longer C．ago D．again
A．dessert B．pumpkins C．candy D．toys
A．cooked B．bought C．grown D．placed
A．agreed B．tried C．got D．used
A．safe B．magic C．secret D．strange
A．came across B．looked after C．picked up D．turn down
A．sometimes B．always C．nearly D．hardly
A．workshop B．kitchen C．backyard D．room
A．fresh B．delicious C．big D．expensive
A．unless B．if C．because D．so
A．brought B．thrown C．pointed D．stolen
A．poor B．great C．social D．ordinary
A．died B．slept C．moved D．lost
A．free B．busy C．special D．easy
A．spirit B．group C．idea D．family
A．visit B．advise C．help D．educate
A．washing B．holding C．clapping D．raising
A．Everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．food B．water C．knives D．baskets
A．months B．days C．hours D．weeks
完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分,满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D中)，选出可以填入空白处。
One evening, I was resting in a cafe. I a pair of newly bought white leather（皮革 ）shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in a(n) shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them. He was busy doing his work heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for from the rain. More and more people crowded and gradually separated the boy from me.
Hours passed, and it turned I had no shoes on my feet and where the boy had been. I thought he would not my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.
When it was near midnight the ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café.
The café was to be . I had to move to the door, head . just as I went to the gate, I found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being he held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms. I shook him slightly and woke him up. He up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package , gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the of the boy stayed in my mind.
A．took B．wore C．mended D．owned
A．old B．unfit C．small D．dirty
A．bag B．package C．box D．suitcase
A．seated B．bent C．put D．looked
A．when B．after C．because D．since
A．protection B．rest C．hide D．preparation
A．out B．away C．in D．off
A．dark B．light C．dim D．bright
A．thought B．wondered C．guessed D．imagined
A．shine B．keep C．return D．carry
A．rain B．coffee C．time D．work
A．opened B．locked C．stopped D．closed
A．lowered B．dropped C．raised D．held
A．shortly B．surprisedly C．sadly D．immediately
A．table B．door C．bed D．cafe
A．wet B．bare C．pale D．cold
A．stayed B．as C．jumped D．got
A．finally B．suddenly C．unfriendly D．hurriedly
A．recognized B．forgave C．paid D．inspired
A．feature B．shirt C．image D．form
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Bobby Buns was a very amusing and lively waiter who had his own cafe. He was also very , because during a visit to a he discovered one of the young cows there was pretty . Instead of producing milk, this cow produced milk coffee.
to become rich, Bobby took the cow straight to the city. When he arrived, his wife told him that he should first reorganize the cafe so they had a place to the cow. However, Bobby was so and impatient that he this advice, and took the cow straight to the .
At first the result was quite . The cow was featured in the newspapers and on TV. Customers came from far to taste the delicious fresh milk coffee.
However, after the , it turned out that having a cow in the middle of a cafe was not at all . Every day the cow broke twenty or thirty cups simply by wagging (摇摆) its tail. The cafe smelt terrible. The hay the cow ate got spread all over the place. The cow left so little room in the cafe that there would be fewer customers .
, the authorities came to do an inspection. They gave him such a heavy fine that Bobby almost had to the cafe. Bobby Buns realized that he had to be more patient and . He should until everything was ready before his fresh milk coffee.
, Bobby was a lucky guy. When the cafe was being reorganized, he took the cow back to the village. There he discovered that one of the hens laid chocolate eggs. This time he knew he had to be patient, and wait until everything was . When everything was all , his cafe became the most famous and successful in the whole city.
A．sensitive B．curious C．careful D．fortunate
A．town B．city C．village D．cottage
A．special B．healthy C．heavy D．clever
A．Intending B．Learning C．Continuing D．Failing
A．hide B．kill C．sell D．put
A．confused B．excited C．ashamed D．angry
A．followed B．ignored C．considered D．valued
A．yard B．home C．garden D．cafe
A．impressive B．horrible C．upsetting D．important
A．anxiety B．disappointment C．excitement D．shock
A．strange B．interesting C．natural D．proper
A．joining in B．cutting in C．giving in D．stepping in
A．Unfortunately B．Probably C．Gradually D．Generally
A．forget B．decorate C．close D．discover
A．organized B．eager C．different D．friendly
A．relax B．wait C．predict D．dream
A．dropping B．purchasing C．inventing D．serving
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．However D．Instead
A．prepared B．tried C．remembered D．changed
A．in need B．in place C．in turn D．in peace
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