My husband has been ill in hospital for two months and I have learned to make do with very little (凑合过日子).
One Sunday afternoon, I went to buy a for my daughter with my friend. A woman who was also buying books in the bookstore saw me and said, “I you must be having a hard time.” I just smiled and said, “I’m okay. I have eight dollars and I have food at home, so I’ll be .”
About ten later she came up to me and said, “Can I take a look at the book that you’ve ? It seems very interesting!” I said all right and gave it to her.
Just then called me and I immediately went out. I returned she thanked me and my book.
On my way home my friend who was driving said, “You told me you didn’t had much ?” I replied, “I don’t.”
She said, “Oh yes, you do!” I assured (向……保证) her I had two dollars left, but still she insisted I plenty of money.
“Look at your book in your bag,” she . “There’s a hundred dollar bill in it.” I turned over the page and got so ! There actually was a hundred dollar that seemed to have fallen out of my book!
I her, very surprised, and said, “I don’t know that came from. I have no idea because I certainly did not have a hundred !”
I thought and thought about the money for days after that. Then I realized it must have come from who asked to borrow my book in the bookstore. How of her! And what a wonderful gift to when I am down to my last two dollars!
A．storybook B．toy bear C．birthday cake D．concert ticket
A．suggest B．wish C．hear D．think
A．sad B．upset C．fine D．honest
A．hours B．minutes C．days D．weeks
A．written B．chosen C．hidden D．finished
A．someone B．nobody C．everyone D．anybody
A．Since B．When C．Before D．Because
A．threw away B．asked for C．looked into D．gave back
A．wisdom B．money C．water D．patience
A．never B．always C．only D．once
A．had B．spent C．lost D．won
A．said B．cried C．ordered D．shouted
A．worried B．satisfied C．surprised D．relaxed
A．letter B．card C．picture D．bill
A．looked at B．quarreled with C．believed in D．laughed at
A．why B．how C．what D．where
A．bags B．books C．stores D．dollars
A．the lady B．the writer C．my friend D．my daughter
A．foolish B．kind C．energetic D．proud
A．make B．refuse C．invent D．receive
This is a true story of Mother’s Sacrifice during the Japan Earthquake. After the earthquake, the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman’s house. They saw her dead body through the cracks. However, her was strange as she knelt on her knees; her body was forward, and her two hands were supported by an object. The collapsed house had on her back and head.
With many difficulties, the leader of the rescue team put his hand a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman’s body. He was that this woman would be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away .
He and the rest of the left the house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reason, the team leader was by a force to go back to the house for the dead woman. This time, he carefully passed his hand through the cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with , “A child! There is a child!”
The whole team worked together. They carefully the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a three-month-old boy in his mother’s body. , the woman had used her body to protect her son when the house collapsed. The little boy was still sleeping when the team leader picked him up.
The medical doctor came quickly to examine the little boy. he opened the blanket, he saw a cellphone inside the blanket. There was a text on the screen. It said, “If you , you must remember that I love you.” This cel
lphone was passed around from one hand to another among the rescuers. Everybody that read the message . As is known, it is mother’s love that protects us from cold and hunger, but at certain points, it is mother’s love that shelters us from danger and death.
A．expression B．position C．pose D．behavior
A．placing B．leaning C．falling D．relying
A．stood B．covered C．slipped D．crashed
A．across B．beyond C．through D．beneath
A．hoping B．confirming C．determining D．predicting
A．in advance B．for sure C．on purpose D． in honour
A．team B．villagers C．doctors D．volunteers
A．arouse B．attacked C．grasped D．driven
A．broad B．smooth C．narrow D．deep
A．sorrow B．excitement C．satisfaction D．disappointment
A．removed B．discovered C．wrapped D．folded
A．delivered B．blocked C．held D．treasured
A．Unfortunately B．Obviously C．Coincidently D．Hopefully
A．helplessly B．unconsciously C．peacefully D．bitterly
A．Until B．Since C．Before D．After
A．telephone B．letter C．information D．message
A．survive B．wake C．live D．spot
A．relieved B．sighed C．signed D．wept
A．unconditional B．permanent C．fundamental D．unbearable
A．mean ingful B．critical C．controversial D．influential
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的最佳选项。
The Little Angel
Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?” The surgeon said, “I’m ____ . We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.”
Sally __ __ into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the __ __?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers ____ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study. He said it might ____ somebody else. “I said no at first, ____ Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.’”
“My Jimmy had a heart of ____, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.
Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy’s ___ _ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was ___ _. It was even harder to enter the ___ _ house. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son’s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room ___ _ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, ___ _ herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally ___ _. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said,
“Dear Mom,
I know you’re going to ___ _ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more ___ _ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to ___ _ a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.
Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more. The cancer is all ___ _. I don’t have to stand that ___ _ any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I’m a Special Angel! I love you, Mom.”
A．worried B．happy C．sorry D．grateful
A．make B．pass C．win D．like
A．knocked B．looked C．got D．sank
A．house B．church C．hospital D．university
A．lovingly B．anxiously C．patiently D．angrily
A．donate B．move C．show D．lend
A．affect B．help C．protect D．impress
A．for B．but C．so D．and
A．gold B．stone C．wisdom D．bravery
A．toys B．clothes C．belongings D．letters
A．long B．smooth C．difficult D．dangerous
A．empty B．familiar C．big D．old
A．roughly B．exactly C．especially D．possibly
A．put B．cried C．sent D．buried
A．wrote B．spoke C．slept D．awoke
A．understand B．forgive C．leave D．miss
A．with B．around C．on D．in
A．save B．host C．adopt D．visit
A．lost B．gone C．cured D．spotted
A．depression B．sadness C．pain D．stress
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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In 2000 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year .
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a one. The world will be more _ _ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be_ 6 900 million, almost 2 450 million more than in 1995. More people would move into cities, especially cities in _ _ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would_ have 15 million by then.
Food production will _ , but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1995, _ most of the increase would be in countries that _ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is as cities become larger and more houses are built. will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s _ _ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2020 . But they only carried out the situation that_ today. By changing the situation, by_ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is _time for the nations of the world to work a plan of action. But they warned that_ too long making decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A．learning B．project C．notice D．study
A．pleased B．pleasant C．safe D．blue
A．dangerous B．beautiful C．crowded D．terrible
A．no more than B．as many as C．as much as D．as large as
A．developing B．developed C．big D．mountainous
A．none B．each C．all D．neither
A．insist B．reduce C．increase D．continue
A．so B．but C．or D．however
A．already B．hardly C．partly D．never
A．wanted B．lacked C．found D．known
A．destroying B．protecting C．disturbing D．interrupting
A．saved B．lost C．discovered D．found
A．Air pollution B．Water pollution C．Some diseases D．All farmland
A．animals B．plants C．forests D．people
A．must be true B．will come true C．can't be true D．may be wrong
A．happens B．develops C．exists D．makes
A．settling B．working C．answering D．dealing
A．no B．still C．less D．plenty of
A．about B．in C．out D．for
A．working B．suggesting C．spending D．waiting
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
After a long day at school，I walked home with my heavy schoolbag. Sleepy and , I threw my things on the couch and took something from the to eat. I passed by the living room and wished I could watch TV, but I knew my would take me the whole night. I took my schoolbag and went to my room. I tried to understand chemistry and sleepiness at the same time. I tried to keep my eyes and I wanted something to cheer me up.
Later, I the sound of the front door opening. And I waited for it—the sound of my mom singing. Though she sang off-key(跑调), it made me that she was here. I ran down to my mom. We hugged each other and talked for a while. I liked it when my mom was happy. Her seemed to flow (流动) down to me and I got the strength to the stress again.
Sometimes, I wonder how my mom can still be after coming back from work. Every weekday, she wakes up in the morning to go to work and spends an hour on the bus before getting downtown. At a clothing factory, she works standing for the whole day and clothes. After work, my mom at times gets stuck （卡住） in for two hours on her way back home. When I my school life with her work life, I should not be the one to . At least I have some interesting things to do at school, but while drawing patterns, one mistake at work can cost my mom her job. I it when my mom has a positive attitude and lives her life with a joyous heart, which encourages me to do my work well. there may be difficulties, seeing her happy makes me feel , too.
A．heavy B．busy C．hungry D．unlucky
A．classroom B．kitchen C．bedroom D．apartment
A．dream B．program C．homework D．experience
A．downstairs B．outside C．upstairs D．inside
A．break off B．put off C．take off D．fight off
A．opening B．opened C．open D．closing
A．felt B．listened C．raised D．heard
A．disappointed B．tired C．excited D．stressed
A．look B．greet C．complain to D．help
A．stress B．idea C．belief D．energy
A．face B．change C．support D．leave
A．creative B．negative C．competitive D．positive
A．early B．soon C．fast D．late
A．managing B．organizing C．selling D．designing
A．chat B．traffic C．duty D．task
A．switch B．exchange C．connect D．compare
A．complain B．decide C．study D．play
A．achieve B．notice C．appreciate D．challenge
A．However B．While C．As D．Because
A．inspired B．bored C．successful D．important
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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May．After all, it was Mother's Day—and 800 miles her from her parents in Ohio．
She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had how colorful their backyard was spring had arrived．Later, she told her husband how she those lilacs in her parents' yard．“I know where we can find some,” he said．“Get the and come on．” So off they went．
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round．The young woman rushed up to the nearest and buried her face in the flowers．Carefully, she some．
Finally, they returned to their car for the home．The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her ．
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and to a nearby nursing home．She went to the end of the porch（门廊）, where a（n） patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap．The two , bursting into laughter now and then．Later the young woman turned and ran back to her ．As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair with a smile, and held the lilacs ．
“Mom,” the kids asked, “ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so while I have all of you．And anyone would be by flowers．”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband．The next day he some young lilacs around their yard．
I was the husband．Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs．Every Mother's Day our kids purple lilacs．And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman．
A．moved B．kept C．separated D．made
A．learned B．mentioned C．imagined D．realized
A．as if B．so that C．now that D．even if
A．grew B．missed C．watered D．showed
A．cars B．kids C．clothes D．lilacs
A．yard B．hill C．bush D．door
A．bought B．picked C．set D．raised
A．break B．holiday C．trip D．dinner
A．friends B．memory C．honor D．flowers
A．responded B．pointed C．drove D．hurried
A．elderly B．loving C．serious D．sensitive
A．hesitated B．waited C．chatted D．sat
A．family B．mother C．path D．home
A．nodded B．left C．waved D．continued
A．sadly B．politely C．quickly D．tightly
A．why B．when C．how D．where
A．lonely B．confused C．alone D．patient
A．calmed B．persuaded C．disappointed D．cheered
A．arranged B．planted C．dried D．hid
A．find B．gather C．receive D．Sell
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