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I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a ________ over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always ________ . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was ________ . I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t ________ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big ________ for the kids was the fun of Christmas ________ .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking ________ what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for ________ to share by all five of us.
The big ________ arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and ________ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ________ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, ________ my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually ________. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything ________ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ________ to be angry again. This is what she told me:
“I was looking ________ thinking of what to buy, and I ________ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ________ for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and ________ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so ________ as I did that day.
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Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they register online, which may lead to some unexpected trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a(n) 36 of her grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she 37 hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men 38 the girl’s house. They demanded to speak to her to find out where the grandmother’s house was, 39 they could get the money they had seen. 40 , the girl was not home at the time, so the robbers 41 a small amount of cash from the mother and left.
Because the 42 is still under investigation, local police aren’t saying 43 else about it. It’s not known yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers 44 the girl in the past.
Two other 45 were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girl’s father and brother. Luckily, no one was 46 . The robbers left peacefully after 47 that the girl was not home and that no one else there knew anything about the 48 that had appeared in the photo.
Police in both Britain and Australia are using the case to 49 citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites 50 doing so. The police say it is 51 that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address, 52 that the robbers knew the girl in another way. 53 , they suggest, a posting by a friend on their site could have 54 such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those posting on other pages that 55 the girl’s name.
A．picture B．story C．blog D．video
A．kept B．made C．let D．got
A．knocked at B．looked at C．broke into D．ran into
A．even if B．so that C．as soon as D．in case
A．Usually B．Suddenly C．Fortunately D．Finally
A．spent B．left C．asked D．took
A．robber B．family C．case D．girl
A．few B．many C．little D．much
A．ignored B．knew C．remembered D．followed
A．members B．adults C．characters D．neighbors
A．escaped B．harmed C．killed D．buried
A．showing B．realizing C．discovering D．recognizing
A．cash B．grandmother C．house D．website
A．inform B．accuse C．rob D．warn
A．enjoy B．stop C．keep D．consider
A．possible B．important C．necessary D．strange
A．so B．or C．and D．but
A．Besides B．However C．Therefore D．Instead
A．taken up B．set up C．put away D．given away
A．included B．drew C．contained D．attracted
The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during the break .She seemed so small as she pushed her way __36__ the crowd of boys on the playground . She___37__ from them all.
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing __38__.She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until __39__. One day I asked her __40__ she practiced so much. She looked __41__in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can __42__ is that if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. I want to be __43__. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."
Well, I had to give it in to her--- she was __44__.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head __45_ in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was _46___. "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I'm just too short." The coach told her that at her height she would probably __47__get to play for a top ranked team,__48__offered a scholarship. So she _49___stop dreaming about college.
She was __50___ and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just didn't __51__ the power of a dream. He told her __52__she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, __53___could stop her except one thing-- her own attitude. He told her again," if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter（招聘人员）. She was indeed offered a __54__ .She was going to get the college education that she had __55___and worked toward for all those years.
A．across B．through C．over D．into
A．brought out B．showed out C．stood out D．worked out
A．only B．lonely C．simply D．alone
A．dark B．dawn C．midnight D．daybreak
A．how B．when C．why D．what
A．worriedly B．shyly C．quietly D．directly
A．go B．get C．enter D．attend
A．worse B．better C．the best D．the worst
A．encouraged B．determined C．fixed D．fascinated
A．covered B．enclosed C．dropped D．buried
A．the affair B．the matter C．matter D．the wrong
A．ever B．even C．once D．never
A．far more B．much less C．much fewer D．many more
A．should B．must C．can D．may
A．overjoyed B．moved C．embarrassed D．heartbroken
A．understand B．experience C．learn D．believe
A．even if B．as if C．that if D．only if
A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．prize B．medal C．scholarship D．position
A．dreamed of B．accepted C．thought of D．appreciated
In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my 16 , it was the same score.
Later that evening, I 17 told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agreed that we knew our son much better than an IQ test. We decided that Michael’s score must have been a 18 and we should treat him 19 as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year, he got 20 grades in the school, especially in biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael 21 Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student. Soon afterwards, his teacher permitted him to take more courses than 22 . In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I 23 the ceremony (典礼) at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the 24 IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say 25 , “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the 26 we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then asked for another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had 27 the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be 28 .
Children often do as well as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, 29 of them. That is, tell a child he is “ 30 ” , and he may play the role of a foolish child.
A．joy B．surprise C．dislike D．disappointment
A．tearfully B．fearfully C．cheerfully D．hopefully
A．joke B．mistake C．warning D．wonder
A．specially B．strictly C．naturally D．carefully
A．poor B．good C．average D．standard
A．visited B．entered C．passed D．chose
A．allowed B．described C．required D．offered
A．missed B．held C．delayed D．attended
A．high B．same C．low D．different
A．curiously B．eagerly C．calmly D．jokingly
A．confidence B．interest C．pride D．delight
A．received B．accepted C．organized D．discussed
A．imperfect B．impossible C．uncertain D．unsatisfactory
A．hear B．learn C．expect D．speak
A．wise B．rude C．shy D．stupid
A student went to college after 41__ all his school examinations. There he put his name down for world geography. 42_ after the first day, he did not go to 43_ any more. The teacher noticed that this student was 44_ absent and thought that he had changed to 45 class. He was very 46_ when he saw the boy's name on the list(名单) of students 47_ wanted to take the geography examination 48_ the end of the year.
The teacher had prepared a difficult examination paper, which covered 49 he had taught, and he was eager to see 50 this student answered the questions. He expected that his answers would be very 51_; but when he examined his paper carefully, he found only one small mistake in them. 52_ this surprised him very much, he went through the paper 53_, but was still not able to find 54 one mistake, so he sent 55 the student to question him about his work after the exam..
When the student had 56 the room, the teacher said to him, “I know that you came to my class only once on the first day and that you have been absent from all the others. Yet I have found only one small mistake in your paper. 57_ is that?”
“Oh, I'm sorry about that mistake, sir, ”answered the student. “After the examination, I realized 58 I ought to have written. I would not have made that mistake 59 I had been confused(弄糊涂) by your 60_ lecture.”
A．having B．taking C．passing D．failing
A．So B．But C．However D．And
A．it B．lesson C．college D．class
A．always B．once C．never D．sometimes
A．another B．the other C．other D．others
A．angry B．happy C．sorry D．surprised
A．that he B．he C．who D．whom
A．by B．at C．after D．in
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．what B．when C．how D．why
A．good B．full C．nice D．bad
A．For B．As C．So D．Though
A．two times B．twice C．once D．again once
A．more than B．another C．the other D．second
A．with B．to C．x D．for
A．reached to B．arrived to C．arrived into D．come into
A．Why B．What C．How D．Which
A．where B．why C．what D．when
A．unless B．if C．because D．as
A．first B．last C．latest D．certain
We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships and be 1 ．However, when we're 2 , we want to go back to being young and we 3 the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs, 4 pressure and money problems．
Young people believe adulthood 5 freedom from parents and schoolwork．When they get older, they feel that 6 is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To 7 this feeling, people say, "The grass is always 8 on the other side of the fence．"
As 9 , we like to be like adults but as young adults, we 10 to be young again. We think about staying out late and 11 our own money to spend．Suddenly, we see that love can result in 12 hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for 13 the next morning. We find out that adult life is not as 14 as we thought it would be and suddenly, 15 becomes very scary．
Life is 16 ．It gives us time to 17 but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look back wishing we 18 being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the 19 is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have．That is the first step to grow up. 20 life becomes more complex, we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults．
A．comfortable B．dependent C．polite D．independent
A．defeated B．older C．married D．confident
A．like B．forget C．miss D．regret
A．job B．study C．age D．health
A．creates B．shows C．limits D．means
A．adulthood B．childhood C．parenthood D．neighborhood
A．reduce B．experience C．describe D．understand
A．thinner B．greener C．yellow D．colorful
A．researchers B．adults C．teenagers D．elders
A．decide B．wish C．return D．stop
A．making B．worrying about C．having D．showing off
A．healthy B．ambitious C．excited D．broken
A．breakfast B．school C．work D．exercise
A．rich B．busy C．poor D．easy
A．love B．life C．career D．future
A．long B．fair C．short D．beautiful
A．study B．think C．live D．play
A．stopped B．imagined C．enjoyed D．tried
A．reason B．result C．truth D．dream
A．When B．If C．Unless D．Before
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