Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was enough to escape the flood, so when the water had and the other houses were there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, Anna took in one of the families that had lost in the flood and she her home with them until it was for them to rebuild their house．
Anna＇s friends were when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to ．
“Well,” Anna her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very , because her husband had been killed in the and she had a lot of children I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our ,she said to her children．
The children were and happy to get such a present．They the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”
A．accident B．flood C．fire D．earthquake
A．below B．big C．high D．small
A．reduced B．come C．disappeared D．appeared
A．rising B．standing C．flowing D．falling
A．so B．for C．but D．since
A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything
A．gave B．shared C．found D．built
A．necessary B．important C．obvious D．possible
A．worried B．disappointed C．satisfied D．puzzled
A．them B．him C．herself D．us
A．supply B．grow C．support D．educate
A．asked for B．talked with C．turned up D．explained to
A．sad B．rich C．poor D．happy
A．storm B．rain C．war D．flood
A．because B．which C．that D．as
A．get B．make C．send D．buy
A．boy B．student C．teacher D．girl
A．child B．daughter C．present D．sister
A．angry B．lovely C．excited D．sorry
A．disliked B．gained C．led D．welcomed
A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to 1 his studies. There he wrote down his 2 for a course in English, but after the first 3 , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer 4 this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had 5 to another course, so he was 6 when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English 7 at the end of this year.
The lecturer had 8 a difficult paper, which followed his 9 closely, and he was eager (急切的) to see 10 this student would answer the questions. He 11 the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they 12 him and he examined them 13 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he 14 the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one, so he 15 for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I 16 you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your 17 carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your 18 .”
“I’m very 19 about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 20 what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.”
A．value B．continue C．improve D．begin
A．questions B．answers C．problems D．name
A．week B．lecture C．meet D．sight
A．heard B．regretted C．noticed D．believed
A．adapted B．devoted C．gone D．changed
A．surprised B．angry C．pleased D．unhappy
A．test B．subject C．note D．course
A．discovered B．prepared C．invented D．found
A．ideas B．reports C．lectures D．texts
A．when B．what C．why D．how
A．hoped B．proved C．expected D．wished
A．showed B．gave C．handed D．reached
A．carelessly B．carefully C．slowly D．happily
A．enjoyed B．kept C．did D．examined
A．cared B．called C．sent D．looked
A．promise B．know C．advise D．guess
A．lessons B．paper C．notebook D．exercises
A．wisdom B．experience C．method D．explanation
A．glad B．nervous C．bitter D．sorry
A．realized B．understood C．remembered D．suffered
“I am going home to Denmark, Son, and I just want to tell you I love you.”
In my dad’s last telephone call to me, he __36__ that line several times in half an hour. I wasn’t listening at the right level. I heard the words, but not the message, and__37__not their deeper meaning. I believed my dad would live to be 100 years old, __38__my great uncle lived to be 107 years old. I hadn’t felt his __39__over Mum’s death, understood his loneliness or__40__most of his friends had left the world. He often asked my brother and me to create grandchildren__41__he could be a devoted grandfather. I was too busy with my business to really listen.
“Dad’s dead,” sighed my brother not long after dad went back to Denmark.
I was__42__ and just cried for the loss of my dad. This isn’t the __43__it’s supposed to happen. If I had known these were to be dad’s final days, I would have asked to go with him to Denmark. If I had been really listening and thinking, I would have offered comfort during his final hours. After all, a loved one should hold his hand and__44__him as he makes the transition(过渡) from reality to another world. Dad __45__ his departure(离开) repeatedly, but I__46__it. I felt sadness, pain and regret. Why had I not been there for him? He’d always been there for me. In the mornings when I was nine years old, he__47__come home from working 18 hours and __48__ me up by patting my back lightly with his strong powerful hands and whispering, “Time to get up, Son.” __49__I was dressed and ready to go, he had put my schoolbag in my bicycle basket. Recalling these__50__moments with dad brings tears to my eyes.
Now my heart is still in__51__because dad was there for me and I wasn’t there for him. My hearty__52__is: always, always seize the moment to__53__ your love with your loved ones, and keep them__54__when they leave the world. Experiencing the__55__of death with one you love will make you understand the meaning of life better.
A．held B．repeated C．signed D．declared
A．possibly B．fortunately C．certainly D．occasionally
A．and B．so C．as D．while
A．sorrow B．shock C．disappointment D．disadvantage
A．achieved B．regarded C．admitted D．realized
A．in case that B．so that C．now that D．for fear that
A．speechless B．hopeless C．useless D．homeless
A．thing B．result C．case D．way
A．comfort B．believe C．blame D．educate
A．abandoned B．afforded C．announced D．allowed
A．damaged B．missed C．lost D．replaced
A．would B．should C．could D．might
A．dress B．bring C．break D．wake
A．The moment B．The first time C．In time of D．By the time
A．terrible B．sweet C．stressful D．delighted
A．trouble B．danger C．confusion D．pain
A．advice B．wish C．dream D．aim
A．provide B．spare C．share D．mix
A．safe B．company C．alive D．informed
A．possibility B．process C．strength D．warning
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of 44 students in the classroom on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the 45 thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
It 46 the class some time to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one 47 the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the 48 of each student on a separate sheet of paper and 49 what everyone else had said about that individual.
On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the whole class was 50 . “Really?” she heard whispered. “I never knew that I 51 anything to anyone!” and, “I didn’t know others liked me so much” were most of the comments. No one ever 52 those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn’t 53 . The exercise had completed its 54 . The students were 55 with themselves and one another.
That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was 56 in Vietnam War and his teacher 57 the funeral of that special student. After the funeral, most of Mark’s former classmates left. Mark’s mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak to his teacher.
“We want to 58 you something,” his father said, taking a 59 out of his pocket.
“They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might 60 it.”
Opening the wallet, he 61 removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded, and refolded many times. The teacher knew without 62 that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had said about him.
“Thank you so much for doing that,” Mark’s mother said. “As you can see, Mark 63 it.”
A．other B．others C．the others D．the other
A．worst B．nicest C．smallest D．biggest
A．cost B．took C．paid D．spent
A．handed in B．took out C．set down D．turned off
A．number B．address C．name D．home
A．read B．explained C．expressed D．listed
A．smiling B．crying C．singing D．playing
A．meant B．marked C．referred D．concerned
A．wrote B．recited C．mentioned D．examined
A．decide B．conduct C．include D．matter
A．plan B．decision C．purpose D．function
A．excited B．worried C．satisfied D．disappointed
A．killed B．injured C．wounded D．frightened
A．joined B．attended C．took D．held
A．give B．tell C．ask D．show
A．wallet B．book C．gift D．watch
A．remind B．recognize C．review D．recommend
A．suddenly B．quickly C．carefully D．surprisingly
A．looking B．saying C．hearing D．noticing
A．lost B．found C．remembered D．treasured
Michel is a young girl who works for the police 36 a handwriting expert. She has helped 37 many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents.
When she was fourteen, Michel was already 38 interested in the differences in her friends' 39 that she would spend hours 40 them. After 41 college she went to France for a 42 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is 43 for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover _44 of what she needs to know simply 45 looking at the writing with her own eyes, 46 she also has machines 47 help her make 48 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often 49 great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good 50 of what kind of person the 51 is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow 52 I didn't like his handwriting." She says. But she 53 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 54 she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 55 , however.
A．with B．by C．like D．as
A．search B．follow C．catch D．judge
A．so B．too C．quite D．extra
A．books B．letter C．tongues D．handwriting
A．writing B．studying C．settling D．uncovering
A．attending B．finishing C．starting D．stepping into
A．powerful B．natural C．special D．common
A．main B．safe C．easy D．impossible
A．most B．nothing C．little D．sight
A．with B．by C．of D．about
A．so B．for C．thus D．but
A．they B．in which C．that D．those
A．up B．out C．for D．into
A．of B．to C．with D．for
A．test B．sign C．means D．habit
A．thief B．criminal C．writer D．policeman
A．whether B．unless C．if D．after
A．adds B．tells C．repeats D．cries
A．before B．after C．so D．and
A．necessary B．all right C．important D．quite easy
Last winter, when I was heavily pregnant(怀孕), I was visiting my sister and brother-in-law’s house. I had to park my car in a nearby parking lot because they didn’t have a place for parking. The snow was extremely heavy and there was lots of 1 on the ground, so not many people dared to go out that evening! When I left their house and 2 to my car around 11pm, I noticed that my car was the only one 3 .
Surrounded by silence, I rushed into the car nervously. When I finally tried to 4 away, my wheels began to spin(打滑). I realized I was stuck! I wondered what I should do. 5 , in my rear-view mirror(后视镜), I saw four teenage boys 6 my car. They were walking side by side in a line and behaved a bit like 7 ------ at least I thought that was what they looked like. My car was in a very 8 area and I was so frightened when I saw them. I was certain they were coming to my car to 9 me.
Terrified, I just froze. One of the young men tapped on my window 10 and said, “Excuse me, Madam, would you like some 11 ? You seem to have a problem with the car.” Still a little afraid, I said, “I am stuck.” And the young man said, “It’s okay. Stay in your car and we’ll 12 you out of the snow.” And they did! When they finally got my car out of the snow, they 13 and waved good-bye to me. I rolled down my window and thanked them, 14 to have judged them so poorly.
People like to judge the person they come across, and they are in turn judged by others. It’s natural that we judge others, but when we do this, we shouldn’t 15 the old saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”
A．sand B．ice C．stone D．water
A．looked B．escaped C．returned D．pointed
A．left B．destroyed C．prepared D．sold
A．walk B．run C．drive D．get
A．Actually B．Suddenly C．Obviously D．Finally
A．damaging B．touching C．hitting D．approaching
A．robbers B．students C．policemen D．soldiers
A．secret B．bright C．lonely D．dirty
A．support B．harm C．serve D．warm
A．rapidly B．loudly C．helplessly D．gently
A．change B．advice C．fun D．help
A．pull B．push C．lead D．put
A．waited B．shouted C．smiled D．joked
A．sorry B．delighted C．confident D．frightened
A．hate B．stop C．follow D．forget
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