Christmas is for giving and sharing, for getting together with family and friends. But mostly it"s for love. I had not believed this until a student, who was called Mark, gave me a wonderful gift one Christmas. Mark was an ll-year-old orphan (孤儿) who lived with his aunt, a middle aged woman greatly annoyed (使 烦恼) with the burden (负担) of 1 for her dead sister"s son. I had not 2 Mark especially until he began staying after class each day to help me tidy up the room. We did this quietly, not speaking much, but enjoying the time of the day. When we did talk, Mark spoke mostly of his 3 , who had alwaya spent much time with him before she passed away. 4 Christmas came near, however, Mark failed to stay after school each day. I 5 him one aftemoon and asked why he no longer helped me in the room."I was making you a 6 ," he said confidently (有信心地) in a low voice. "It"s for Christmas." With that, he left the room in a hurry. He didn"t stay after school any more after that. Finally 7 the last school day before Christmas. Mark walked slowly into the room late that aftemoon."I have a present," he said. "I hope you like it." He held out his hand, and in it wasa tiny wooden box. "It"s beautiful, Mark. What"s in it?" I asked, opening the top to look 8 . "Oh, you can"t see it," he replied," and you can"t touch it, or taste it or feel it, but mother always said it makes you feel good all the time, warm on cold nights, and safe when you"re 9 . "I looked into the 10 box. "What is it, Mark," I asked, "that will make me feel so good?" "It"s 11 ," he said softly," and mother always said it"s best when you give it away." And he tumed and quietly left the room. So now I 12 the small box on the piano in my living room. Yes, Christmas is for joy, songs and nice gifts, but mostly, for love. |
( )1. A. asking ( )2. A. seen ( )3 A. mother ( )4. A If ( )5. A. caught ( )6. A. secret ( )7. A. went ( )8. A. up ( )9. A alone ( )10. A. tiny ( )11. A. love ( )12. A. leave | B. waiting B. known B. teacher B. As B. called B. wish B. returned B. inside B. tired B. empty B. time B. place | C. caring C. found C. aunt C. Because C. took C. surprise C. came C. down C. sad C. strange C. life C. put | D. looking D. noticed D. friend D. Though D. stopped D. wonder D. passed D. round D. ill D. beautiful D. hope D. keep | 完形填空。 | I watched as my little brother was caught in the act. He was sitting in the comer of the living room, a 1 in one hand and my father"s hymnbook (赞美诗集) in the other. As my father walked into the room, my brother cowered slightly (轻微地畏缩). He sensed that he had done something 2 . I could see that he had 3 my father"s new hymnal and scribbled (乱涂) in it. Now he was waiting for his punishment. For my father, books were knowledge. They were important to him. And yet he loved his children. What he did next was 4 . Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down, took the pen from my brother"s hand, and then wrote in the book himself, alongside the scribbles John had made:" 5 work,1959, age 2. How many times have I looked into your beautiful face and into your warm eyes looking up at me and 6 Cod for the one who has now scribbled in my new hymnal. You have made the book sacred (神圣的), as have your brother and sister." "Wow," I thought. "This is 7 ?" The years and the books came and went. Our family experienced what all families go through and perhaps a little bit more. But we always knew our parents 8 us and that one of the proofs (证明) of their love was the hymnal by the piano. Dad taught us about 9 really matters in life: people,not objects; tolerance (宽容), not judgment; love, not anger. Now I, too, am a father. But unlike my father,l do not wait for my daughters 10 to take books from my bookshelf and scribble in them. From time to time I take one down, and give it to one of my 11 to scribble in. And as I look at their artwork, I think about my father and the 12 he taught me. | ( )1. A. book ( )2. A. wrong ( )3. A. dropped ( )4. A. unnecessary ( )5. A. My ( )6. A. asked ( )7. A. decision ( )8. A. loved ( )9. A. why ( )10. A. quickly ( )11. A. children ( )12. A. skills | B. pen B. special B. read B. unbelievable B. Our B. trusted B. explanation B. encouraged B. which B. secretly B. sisters B. rules | C. paper C. dangerous C. borrowed C. interesting C. John"s C. respected C. punishment C. pleased C. who C. carefully C. brothers C. lessons | D. ruler D. different D. opened D. important D. Father"s D. thanked D. excitement D. missed D. what D. suddenly D. parents D. subjecls | 完形填空。 | I stood there listening to my father shout at the top of his voice. The look on his face said that one of us had done something wrong. "Which one of you did this?" We all looked down at the step. There was child"s 1 in chalk there. I was very 2 . I hoped no one could see it. Would he 3 it was me? I was so scared. 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 4 have done it. But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn"t find the courage (勇气) to tell the 5 . To 6 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 7 you see on the step." I tried my best to write the words 8 . I didn"t want dad to be able to tell it was me. He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them, "Since 9 of you will admit (承认) to have done it, then I will punish you all." I stood there and said nothing. The last thing I 10 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 (受 处罚) for a month. We didn"t talk about that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was 11 to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt 12 because of it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me. | ( )1. A. handwriting ( )2. A pleased ( )3. A decide ( )4. A. could ( )5. A. way ( )6. A. look ( )7. A. how ( )8. A. differently ( )9. A. each ( )10. A. gave ( )11. A. safe ( )12. A. afraid | B. painting B. angry B. guess B. should B. truth B. find B. when B. carefully B. some B. hated B. hard B. troubled | C. counting C. worried C. hope C. must C. story C. take C. what C. clearly C. one C. did C. true C. sorry | D. drawing D. frightened D. agree D. may D. secret D. work D. who D. quickly D. none D. wanted D. polite D. lonely | 完形填空。 | Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus (马戏团). This is about the family standing ahead of us. The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but 1 . The children were well behaved. They stood in line, two by two behind their parents, holding hands. They were excitedly talking about the clowns (小丑), elephants and other acts they would see that night. You could 2 that they had never been to the circus before. The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He 3 replied, "I want eight children"s tickets and two adult tickets please, so I can take my 4 to the circus." The ticket lady quoted (报) the price. The man"s wife let go of his hand. The man"s lip started to quiver (颤抖).He leaned (靠) toward 5 and asked again, "How much did you say?" The ticket lady quoted the price again. The man didn"t have 6 money. How was he supposed to tum and tell his eight kids that he couldn"t take them to the circus? My dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and 7 it on the ground. (And we weren"t rich!) Then he 8 down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, ""Excuse me, sir, this 9 out of your pocket." The man knew 10 was going on. He looked into my dad"s eyes, held my dad"s hand in his, and took the $20 bill. With a tear in his eye, he replied,"Thank you, thank you, sir. This really 11 a lot to me and my family." My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn"t get to see the circus that night, but we didn"t 12 . | ( )1. A. clean ( )2. A. find ( )3. A. suddenly ( )4. A. wife ( )5. A. her ( )6. A. much ( )7. A. missed ( )8. A. got ( )9. A. moved ( )10. A. what ( )11. A. takes ( )12. A. worry | B. large B. agree B. proudly B. children B. him B. any B. lost B. reached B. broke B. how B. costs B. care | C. thick C. tell C. safely C. team C. them C. enough C. passed C. went C. fell C. when C. owns C. know | D. warm D. decide D. quietly D. family D. us D. some D. dropped D. looked D. took D. who D. means D. show |
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