阅读理解。 What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt
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face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he
never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were
leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked.
The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath
a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love
writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of
the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he
did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I
felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.
Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad"s face as he unwrapped those swirling
black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.
B. having a debater
C. reading a message
D. leaving for Wyoming
B. a story about a kid
C. a call from the mother
D. a text about Christmas
B. the author
C. William Blake
D. Edgar Allan Poe
B. drawing the background by hand
C. painting the letters in three colors
D. matching the words with pictures
B. To suggest making gifts from one"s heart.
C. To explain how computers help create gifts.
D. To describe the gifts the author has received.
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working at a grocery store to the fast food industry.
Now I still remember my first day at a fast food restaurant three years ago. I wanted to save up
money and buy my own car, so I applied everywhere I could that summer. The restaurant called me right
away and I thought to myself, this is going to be easy. Within four hours of my first shift (轮班), I had
angry customers who complained how slow I was. I watched in fear as a kid spilled his milk everywhere,
and I heard the words that no 16-year-old boy or anyone for that matter wants to hear:"Mike, there"s a
problem in the men"s bathroom and you might want gloves for this one." I realized right away that working at the restaurant was not going to be a picnic. The manager expected a clean environment and, particularly, fast service with a friendly smile.
Over three years later I still work at that restaurant whenever I go home during vacations. I love my
co-workers there and all the customers know who I am. Every morning the same senior citizens come in
and get their morning coffees. They chat with us workers and joke around. Our smiles have just as much
to do with them making us a part of their everyday lives as the coffee does.
From my first job at the restaurant, I learned teamwork and devotion. I also learned staying positive
no matter how rough things seem to get. I will forever carry the experience that I gained at the restaurant
with me as I go forward in my life.
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2. What did the manager particularly expect the workers to do? (No more than 14 words) (3 marks)
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3. Why does the author still work at the restaurant during vacations? (No more than 13 words) (2 marks)
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4. What did the author learn from his first job? (No more than 13 words) (3 marks)
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, my parents 1 my entire world and turned it upside down 2 they told me they were getting a divorce(离婚).
I couldn"t believe that our family was going to 3 . Though I always knew my parents weren"t very happy
and they often 4 , I still wanted my family to stay the same.
My life changed completely 5 the divorce . My mother and I moved into a small apartment across
town , 6 my father and brother , Bill , stayed in our house . I now became a 7 whenever I went to see my dad and Bill on the weekends . And immediately I had my soon-to-be stepfather , Dan , whom I showed no 8 in . I was depressed , especially after Dan and my mother married and I realized that there was
no 9 that things could change back to the way they were.
Even though I 10 all Dan"s attempts to get to know me and wasn"t very 11 to him , he never gave
up on me. 12 , I began to trust him . I realized that we actually
had some things in 13 , especially when it came to movies and TV shows . We 14 a lot of time together hanging out watching TV. That gave us a
chance to talk and get to know each other.
Better still , Dan showed an interest in me that I had never experienced from my own father. Dan was
always around when I needed 15 on school or friends . Once I began to warm up to Dan , th
e three of us began spending a lot of time together . We often went out to eat and took short trips . 16 , I
discovered that I had the happy family that I had always wanted.
I now realize my parents were 17 about getting the divorce . Their divorce was the best thing to
happen for all of us . My father also found happiness-he 18 and had another child , my half-sister ,
Michelle.
At 13, I learned an important 19 -change is not always the worst thing that can 20 , Sometimes , it is
just what we need the most.
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| Once upon a time there was one storyteller who wanted to search for a real-life story. He reached a village and took a cottage for rent. After 1 in the village throughout the month, the storyteller couldn"t find one. 2 , he decided to stop his search. The next day, while sitting in the cottage, he suddenly heard a voice - a woman was 3 someone. The voice was coming from the big 4 behind his cottage. It sounded like the woman was abusing her 5 . The storyteller didn"t like it, 6 he was happy to finally get his story. 7 the conversations each day, he added them to his story. Though he couldn"t 8 the characters of his story, he started 9 the mother-in-law, as she seemed to be a bad woman. Before he finished his 10 , the storyteller wanted to see the 11 once, so he climbed the wall. There he saw the mother-in-law sitting in a 12 . It seemed that she was disabled. He saw the old lady trying to 13 a food item on the table near her wheelchair. But because of her 14 , she couldn"t rea  ch it and the daughter-in-law looked like she was enjoying the old lady"s 15 nearby. Suddenly the old lady fell from the wheelchair and started 16 her daughter-in-law. The storyteller went back and 17 changed the ending of the story and was surprised at how 18 it was compared to what he once thought it would be. Truly he found both a real-life story and a real-life 19 : Never judge a situation unless you know all the aspects well. Sometimes you can"t imagine your 20 from the reality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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er the 4 I had of going to school."Learning English is not 5 ," my mother said.She cheerfully 6 the two of us work together to learn the language at home.The 7 and 
began reading together and 14 five new words a day.My mother,with