Coin confusion
Rachel looked through troubled eyes at her sister and said, "I wouldn't have thought Eric would be a thief." Her sister Sarah replied, "Whoa, that's a accusation to make against your best friend!"
Rachel remembered two days ago when she had brought out her coin collection for Eric to . At the end of that day, Rachel's mother asked her to do her a favor, so she asked her friend," Is it okay if I leave you for a few minutes?" Eric said, "Go ahead. I’ll clean up here," at the piles of coins on the floor.
When Rachel returned, it never occurred to her to her coins until two days later that she realized some quarters were .
Sarah said, "Why don't you just ask him?"
"Ask him what? Hey, best friend, did you my coin collection?" Rachel thought for a moment, if that would be a good idea. The theft of her collection left her with a feeling of "How could I have misjudged my friend's ?"
The next day Rachel went to Eric's house. Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn't be . In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed as Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind, Eric had obviously stolen from her. Rachel finally could not stand it anymore and stood up. Suddenly, Eric ,"I can't stand it anymore!" Rachel was astonished at hearing her own burst forth from her friend! Instead of sounding , Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.
"Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait." Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the . Laid out in front of her were all of the quarters from her coin collection. Each quarter was in its own in a new collection case. Each quarter shone like it was new.
Rachel felt rush over her neck and ears. She said , "Thank you! This means... a great deal to me." She was grateful that Eric had cut her before she said something she would . Eric was exactly the type of person she wanted as a friend!
A．repeated B．false C．baseless D．serious
A．clean B．store C．choose D．see
A．working B．gesturing C．playing D．glaring
A．seek B．select C．check D．collect
A．destroyed B．messed C．missing D．decreasing
A．replace B．steal C．pick D．remove
A．deciding B．knowing C．asking D．minding
A．stupidity B．abandon C．failure D．betrayal
A．favour B．character C．appearance D．method
A．still B．confident C．generous D．silent
A．when B．so C．after D．if
A．expressed B．condemned C．yelled D．argued
A．purpose B．choices C．desire D．thoughts
A．shocked B．curious C．guilty D．cruel
A．jar B．box C．can D．bag
A．spot B．form C．condition D．style
A．air B．heat C．wind D．sweat
A．absently B．unwillingly C．weakly D．fearfully
A．off B．down C．in D．up
A．suspect B．explode C．tolerate D．regret
I was working as a consultant(顾问) in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents with something important. It was a big 16 . At the same time, my mother was in the 17 stages of cancer. .
I worked during the day and 18 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was 19 and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My promise was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, 20 my evenings were very hard. I didn’t want to 21 the president with my situation. 22 I felt someone at the company wanted to 23 what was going on. So I told the vice-president of Hunan Resources, asking him not to 24 the information with anyone.
A few days 25 , the president called me into his office. I 26 he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were 27 on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large 28 , looked me in the eye and said, “I 29 your mother is very ill.”
I was totally 30 by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my 31 subside(平息)，and then he 32 said a sentence I will never forget: “Whatever you need.” That was it. His 33 and willingness to both let me be in my pain and to offer me 34 were qualities of compassion(同情) that I 35 with me to this day.
A．honour B．success C．challenge D．task
A．previous B．final C．fine D．developing
A．walked B．rode C．ran D．drove
A．tiring B．exciting C．boring D．frightening
A．as if B．after all C．even though D．now that
A．help B．puzzle C．cheat D．bother
A．or B．yet C．and D．so
A．know B．realize C．hear D．announce
A．enjoy B．learn C．share D．hide
A．after B．ago C．before D．later
A．knew B．figured C．doubted D．found
A．working B．getting C．living D．going
A．room B．office C．desk D．computer
A．guess B．hear C．believe D．think
A．hit B．got C．made D．caught
A．crying B．explaining C．talking D．worrying
A．suddenly B．sadly C．gently D．carefully
A．happiness B．understanding C．excitement D．sadness
A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
A．take B．bring C．help D．carry
A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 36 ___my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I happened to 37 ___an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to 38____. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was 39 ____, I thought, perhaps this is not a 40 topic. Well, I’d 41____ change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? 42 ___the way, have you ever 43 ____ there?”
“Certainly, everyone back home will 44 ___me if I leave China without seeing 45 ___” It was great. I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of 46 ____.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ 47 _____ !” I couldn’t 48 ____asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do 49___”, he answered, gently surprised.
I said, “Didn't you say 'You don’t say'?”
Hearing this, the Englishman 50 ____to tears. He began to 51 ____, “'You don't say' actually means 'really?'. It is an 52 ___of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention 53____ English idioms.”
Then I knew I had made fool of 54____. Since then I have been more 55 ____with idioms.
A．though B．when C．if D．as
A．look B．meet C．pick up D．find out
A．walk B．talk C．play D．go
A．pleased B．angry C．afraid D．surprised
A．proper B．strange C．safe D．polite
A．to B．better C．not D．like
A．On B．In C．All D．By
A．gone B．visited C．seen D．been
A．look at B．think of C．send for D．laugh at
A．it B．them C．anything D．something
A．fun B．interest C．business D．mountain
A．Really B．Good C．You don't say D．You are right
A．be B．help C．think D．do
A．this B．so C．anything D．me a favor
A．laughed B．cried C．moved D．came
A．explain B．shout C．prove D．say
A．experience B．expression C．explanation D．example
A．for B．to C．at D．in
A．me B．myself C．him D．somebody
A．helpful B．popular C．careful D．satisfied
There were once three little butterfly（蝴蝶）brothers, one white, one red, and one yellow. They played among the flowers in the garden, but never grew tired because they were so happy. One day there came a 1 rain, and it wet their wings. They 2 home, but when they got there they found the door 3 and the key gone. So they had to stay outdoors in the 4 .
Soon they flew to the 5 and yellow tulip（郁金香）, and said, “Friend Tulip, will you open your flower and let us 6 till the storm is over?” The tulip 7 , “The red and yellow butterflies may enter, because they are 8 me, but the white one may not come in.” 9 the red and yellow butterflies said, “If our white brother may not find shelter in your flower, we’ll stay 10 in the rain with him.”
It fained harder and harder, and the 11 little butterflies flew to the white lily and said, “Good Lily, will you 12 your bud（花蕾）a little so we may fly in out of the rain?” The lily answered, “The white butterfly may 13 , because he is like me , but the red and yellow ones must stay outside in the storm..” Then the little white butterfly said, “If you won’t 14 my red and yellow brothers, I’ll stay out in the rain with them. We would rather be 15 than be separated.”
So the three little butterflies flew away. But the 16 , who was behind a cloud, 17 it all, and he knew what good little 18 the butterflies were. So he pushed his face through the clouds, drove away the rain, and 19 brightly on the garden. He dried the 20 of the butterflies, and warmed their bodies. They danced among the flowers till evening. When they flew back home, they found the door wide open.
A．thick B．light C．heavy D．small
A．flew B．walked C．jumped D．moved
A．dragged B．locked C．protected D．repaired
A．tree B．water C．wind D．Rain
A．black B．green C．red D．blue
A．in B．out C．up D．down
A．apologized B．roared C．shouted D．answered
A．from B．like C．through D．with
A．However B．If C．But D．Or
A．inside B．above C．below D．outside
A．poor B．lucky C．rich D．happy
A．close B．shake C．open D．show
A．go out B．come in C．get up D．take off
A．invite B．touch C．trouble D．receive
A．wet B．sorry C．dry D．lonely
A．moon B．sky C．sun D．star
A．noticed B．heard C．reached D．caught
A．sisters B．classmates C．workers D．brothers
A．pointed B．arrived C．shone D．returned
A．wings B．heads C．feet D．legs
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
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to 36 a different life. It was a transitional（过渡的）time in Daniel's life. I wanted to 37 him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the 38 time I had let such moments pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked 39 the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar 40 played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him 41 and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words 42 me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those 43 opportunities. How many times have I let such moments 44 ? I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what they have 45 to me. Or what he might 46 to face in the years ahead. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? 47 as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always 48 never hearing him put his 49 into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so 50 to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. “Daniel,” I said, “If I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world 51 , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I was 52 of was the stubble（短须）on his chin as his face pressed 53 mine. What I had said to Daniel was 54 . It was nothing. And yet, it was 55 .
A．experience B．spend C．enjoy D．shape
A．show B．give C．leave D．instruct
A．last B．first C．very D．next
A．upward B．into C．down D．up
A．sign B．scene C．scenery D．sight
A．interest B．instruction C．courage D．direction
A．failed B．discouraged C．struck D．troubled
A．future B．embarrassing C．obvious D．lost
A．last B．pass C．fly D．remain
A．counted B．meant C．valued D．eared
A．think B．want C．expect D．wish
A．But B．And C．Instead D．So
A．wondered B．regretted C．minded D．tried
A．views B．actions C．feelings D．attitudes
A．important B．essential C．hard D．complex
A．disappeared B．changed C．progressed D．advanced
A．sensitive B．convinced C．aware D．tired
A．by B．against C．on D．with
A．clumsy B．gentle C．absurd D．moving
A．none B．all C．anything D．everything
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