1.Why did the boy start his job young?
My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make
their beds. But they thought 1 . My complaints, even self-justified(自有道理) 2 , were always
landing on 3 ears. Very often a whole hour"s scolding would end with their 4 into tears. I felt
very frustrated. I realized I needed to 5 my method of "mothering".
One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in
plain 6 , I left the cards: "Dear Bill(the other card was 7 to Sarah), your room was messy
this morning and I"m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy." 8 arriving back, the children
were 9 excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were
fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy 10 for them, thanking them
for their nice "gift" of a clean room and 11 asking them to play a certain violin 12 . Each day,
thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas 13 .
Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little 14 : "If you can finish your homework and
go over your lessons before dinner, I"d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight."
Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in 15 of well-done jobs the
day 16
17 I can"t remember how long "the Room Fairy" continued leaving her love notes. When they
were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its (贴条). The bathroom mirror became
the 18 centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and
changes in plans could be 19 .
all benefited from and 20 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes.
I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable
communication.
( ) 1. A. different ( ) 2. A. crying ( ) 3. A. side ( ) 4. A. crying ( ) 5. A. adjust ( ) 6. A. sentence ( ) 7. A. sent ( ) 8. A. As ( ) 9. A. more than ( )10. A. asking ( )11. A. politely ( )12. A. music ( )13. A. respectable ( )14. A. challenge ( )15. A. response ( )16. A. ahead ( )17. A. Actually ( )18. A. life ( )19. A. sent ( )20. A. learned | B. not B. shouting B. deaf B. bringing B. adopt B. words B. read B. At B. rather than B. waiting B. friendly B. song B. uninteresting B. question B. answer B. before B. Even so B. main B. struck B. appreciated | C. negative C. persuading C. neither C. bursting C. access C. speech C. delivered C. In C. no more than C. praying C. gently C. piece C. incredible C. suggestion C. praise C. over C. Even if C. memory C. posted C. shared | D. same D. beating D. either D. dropping D. addict D. sight D. addressed D. Upon D. other than D. expecting D. toughly D. tone D. fresh D. advice D. honor D. ago D. Though D. reminder D. hanged D. thanked | |||||||||||
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Bill Trew worked on the night shift(夜班) in an old coal mine called Park Deep. Day and night 180 miners worked underground there, more than 6,00 feet 1 .They all took their 2 of night work, but Bill always worked at night. he said he 3 it. One day he came home as usual at half past seven in the morning. He had his "Supper", 4 he called it, and went to bed. An 5 dream troubled his sleep. 6 , the only thing he remembered about it was- a throbbing(跳动) blue light. Bill got up in the afternoon as usual. It was a 7 getting up-because he could still see the blue light in front of his eyes. As the evening 8 darker, the light grew stronger. Bill got ready for the night shift. But by 8 o"clock the blue light was so bright that he could 9 see anything else. He and his wife were very puzzled. Bill had never been 10 before. "Don"t go to work,"Mrs.Trew said. "If it isn"t better 11 tomorrow, I"ll have to send for the doctor." Bill didn"t go to work. He sat in an armchair, 12 but with closed eyes. 13 then the blueness was like a living thing. It surrounded him, silent, throbbing. The family went to bed but Bill wasn"t 14 : he stayed in his armchair. At 11 o"clock a long, loud explosion(爆炸) 15 the ground. Bill opened his eyes and 16 to his feet. The blue light was 17 ! He rushed outside. Someone shouted, "Gas! gas in Park Deep! Oh pity the night shift!" The gas explosion killed 179 men in Park Deep. The mine was destroyed 18 .Bill Trew has never 19 wondering. The blue light: why did it make him the only man 20 for work that night? | ||||||||||||||
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