Dear Laura,
I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you ____.
I wanted to do something very ___ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ____ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ___ it looked almost new. I was so ____ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.(一套服装)
I could ____ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I hardly slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to start the coffee, tea, and morning food. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a __: “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so __. It had been a long-standing (长期存在的) joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ____ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one.” was my husband’s response.(反应)
I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ____ this expensive gift.
Of course, the house awoke, and my son was excited with my reaction. Many kisses were ____, and I immediately wanted him to ___ my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ____ what I was expecting. Then I ____ that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still exists(存在) and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to __ this story with me.
Yours,
Hilary
P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.
A．an example B．advice C．support D．courage
A．polite B．similar C．special D．private
A．played B．studied C．traveled D．worked
A．after B．before C．unless D．until
A．sure B．fond C．proud D．confident
A．perhaps B．really C．almost D．hardly
A．note B．notice C．word D．sign
A．disturbed B．frightening C．surprised D．surprising
A．give B．take C．draw D．teach
A．present B．afford C．find D．order
A．exchanged B．happened C．helped D．lost
A．tear B．open C．check D．receive
A．purely B．basically C．obviously D．exactly
A．realized B．remembered C．imagined D．supposed
A．send B．publish C．share D．write
That day was like any other day in his life. After school Michael walked past the shop in the street corner. He stopped to some shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He wanted to have a pair of shoes for his birthday. He walked away sadly and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him if she could. But he also knew very well she had money. He decided not to go home , as he looked worried and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat down on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheel chair. He noticed that the boy moved the wheels with his hands. Michael looked at him carefully and was to see that the boy had no feet. He looked at his own feet. “It is better to be without shoes than feet.” he thought. There was no reason for him to so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in his life.
A．see B．look at C．hear D．notice
A．gladly B．nearly C．really D．quickly
A．something B．what C．nothing D．anything
A．little B．a little C．much D．lots of
A．at once B．then C．just now D．at all
A．pleased B．excited C．surprised D．interested
A．up B．through C．out D．down
A．much B．still C．even D．less
A．out of B．with C．without D．having no
A．look B．feel C．appear D．seem
Yesterday I didn’t feel well, so I had to stay at home. my mom thought I was just too tired. Later she _ _ my temperature. It was 38.5℃. She found I got a and she took me to the . I don’t like hospitals or doctors. the doctor was very kind, I was afraid. The doctor told me I should lie down and . He said I should drink some and eat more fruit. The doctor also gave me some for my sore throat. Then my mother and I back home. To be at home is good, but the cold is . I hoped I would feel better soon.
A．First B．Then C．Next D．Later
A．did B．took C．had D．got
A．fever B．toothache C．headache D．stomachache
A．school B．factory C．park D．hospital
A．So B．But C．Although D．Because
A．play B．study C．rest D．exercise
A．hot water B．coffee C．cold water D．juice
A．balls B．honey C．medicine D．fruit
A．took B．came C．had D．kept
A．sore B．good C．weak D．bad
Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.
There the workers of the dead mail offices have ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages, expecting that something will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be forever; there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months, some people who are are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the bidder (出价者).
A．impatient B．important C．unclear D．inactive
A．turn off B．eat up C．sell out D．throw away
A．sent B．returned C．lent D．sold
A．no B．various C．silly D．cruel
A．people B．time C．clues D．books
A．funny B．inside C．useless D．outside
A．phone B．mirror C．TV set D．computer
A．stored B．put C．bought D．borrowed
A．bored B．interested C．worried D．satisfied
A．cheapest B．cleverest C．highest D．easiest
I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
“ one of you did this?”
We all the step. There was a child’s handwriting in chalk there. I was very . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so afraid. When he asked me, I lied, “Not me, Dad.”
The others denied (否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us must have done it. But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the to tell the truth.
To find out who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to write exactly what you see on the step.”
I tried my best to write the words . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.
He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them. “ none of you will admit(承认) to have done it, then I will punish you all.” I stood there and said . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
“I did it.” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was grounded for a month.
We didn’t that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry because of it. That was the time I let anyone take the blame for me.
A．smile B．ache C．change D．look
A．Whose B．Which C．What D．Who
A．looked up at B．looked over on C．looked down at D．looked around at
A．surprised B．amazed C．interested D．frightened
A．chance B．courage C．condition D．cause
A．differently B．carefully C．clearly D．slowly
A．Since B．Because C．As D．For
A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
A．worry about B．think about C．talk about D．care about
A．first B．second C．last D．other
“Where is the university（大学）?”This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge(剑桥大学) ask. But no one can give them a answer, for no one can find any walls the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, , museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and of the thirty-one colleges.
Cambridge was a common town before the first students and teachers 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Cranta, and the river was once the Cam. A was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now there are over 100,000 people in it. Many young students in
other countries to study at Cambridge. It has become a well-known place all around the world.
A．true B．clear C．right D．real
A．on B．around C．near D．by
A．libraries B．parks C．zoos D．markets
A．parents B．farmers C．workers D．teachers
A．yet B．already C．very D．also
A．reached B．got C．arrived D．arrived in
A．said B．called C．spoken D．talked
A．bridge B．building C．station D．house
A．smaller B．slower C．faster D．cleaner
A．stop B．hate C．dream D．need
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