Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith and me. So I asked him,
"Keith, have I done anything that really 1 your feeling?"
Immediately, he said, "Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special 2 that I really wanted but you 3
gave it to me."
The 4 was that I"d completely forgotten about it. I 5 , "Is there anything else I"ve done wrong, but didn"t
apologize for?"
Again, his 6 was immediate, "Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the 7 because
Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and 8 in a hurry. Remember?"
"Well, you left and 9 the suitcase." I couldn"t believe he 10 all the details! "After you came back from the
hospital you were 11 . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and 12 had been thrown all over the
place. And you 13 me."
"And you didn"t do it?" I asked. "No, I didn"t. I was just searching for my gift."
My heart sank. I felt 14 . I hugged Keith and asked him to 15 me. His honesty made me think of our other
son, Kevin. Maybe I"d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the 16 question. Kevin"s answer was as
immediate as his 17 , "Last Christmas you 18 us a special toy, but you forgot about it."
19 Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised.
The 20 thing wasn"t the toy. The problem was I"d made a promise too lightly and didn"t keep it as their father. |
( )1. A. showed
( )2. A. toy
( )3. A. never
( )4. A. challenge
( )5. A. continued
( )6. A. suggestion
( )7. A. hospital
( )8. A. settled down
( )9. A. replaced
( )10. A. remembered
( )11. A. satisfied
( )12. A. nothing
( )13. A. praised
( )14. A. inspired
( )15. A. support
( )16. A. same
( )17. A. mother’s
( )18. A. bought
( )19. A. Though
( )20. A. strange | B. attended
B. book
B. often
B. message
B. apologized
B. blame
B. church
B. set off
B. forgot
B. imagined
B. worried
B. somebody
B. punished
B. hopeless
B. criticize
B. direct
B. father’s
B. borrowed
B. Because
B. interesting | C. hurt
C. picture
C. always
C. idea
C. complained
C. action
C. school
C. went on
C. brought
C. discovered
C. happy
C. everything
C. helped
C. terrible
C. suspect
C. easy
C. sister’s
C. promised
C. Since
C. difficult | D. expressed
D. candy
D. ever
D. fact
D. explained
D. answer
D. garden
D. got up
D. opened
D. knew
D. angry
D. nobody
D. educated
D. encouraged
D. forgive
D. funny
D. brother’s
D. left
D. Until
D. important |
答案
| 1-5: CAADA 6-10: DABBA 11-15: DCBCD 16-20: ADCAD |
举一反三
| 完形填空。 | A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little "gift" in its mouth-a
dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to 1 it as the bunny (小兔子) that 2
Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt 3 , believing his cat had killed Mary"s bunny.
My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan. 4 from the cat"s mouth the dead animal, which by now
was a 5 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to 6 the
dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blow-dried the bunny 7 it looked pretty good.
Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it 8 in the cage. He
managed to make the bunny look very 9 there in his little box.
The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people 10 around the rabbit
hutch (笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend 11 to go over and act like any normal 12
neighbor and find out what was going on.
When he got there, Mary"s mother said to my friend, "You won"t believe this! It"s a(n) 13 thing! Mary"s
bunny 14 a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…"
Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters 15 .
When we get caught doing something 16 , for example, we may 17 to cover it up with a lie. But just like
Mary"s bunny, the result is 18 what we expected. We 19 looking foolish. We would have been better off
admitting we were wrong and accepting the 20 . What do you think of it? | ( )1. A. treat
( )2. A. looked for
( )3. A. pleased
( )4. A. Looking
( )5. A. dirty
( )6. A. dress up
( )7. A. whenever
( )8. A. carefully
( )9. A. serious
( )10. A. cheered
( )11. A. wished
( )12. A. anxious
( )13. A. strange
( )14. A. passed away
( )15. A. more
( )16. A. exciting
( )17. A. refuse
( )18. A. often
( )19. A. get down
( )20. A. consequences | B. catch
B. got along
B. terrible
B. Removing
B. lovely
B. bring up
B. though
B. strangely
B. accurate
B. gathered
B. decided
B. discouraged
B. difficult
B. ran away
B. worse
B. perfect
B. attempt
B. just
B. end up
B. opportunities | C. appreciate
C. belonged to
C. confused
C. Preventing
C. gifted
C. clean up
C. before
C. especially
C. balanced
C. ran
C. hesitated
C. wise
C. committed
C. set out
C. better
C. strange
C. promise
C. always
C. go through
C. expectations | D. recognize
D. resulted from
D. excited
D. Hearing
D. strange
D. make up
D. until
D. wonderfully
D. natural
D. looked
D. meant
D. curious
D. annoying
D. went up
D. faster
D. wrong
D. pretend
D. never
D. set out
D. choices | | 阅读理解。 | The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold
wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated (愤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a
box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next
morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out
the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don"t you know, when you give someone a present, there
is supposed to be something inside?" The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh,
Daddy, it"s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They"re all for you, Daddy."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold
box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss
and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with
unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no
other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this. | | 1. The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for _____. | A. wasting gold
B. wasting wrapping paper
C. putting the box under the Christmas tree
D. bringing the gift to her father | | 2. What"s inside the box according to the little girl? | A. nothing
B. air
C. kisses
D. gold wrapping paper | | 3. Choose the best title for the passage. | A. The kisses in the box.
B. A girl and his father.
C. A love story.
D. The box under the Christmas tree. | | 完形填空。 | I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had 1 the office to get something to eat. On the way, I 2 a busker (街头
艺人), with a hat in front of him. I had some 3 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to
myself he would 4 use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He 5 like that type-young and
ragged. 6 what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate!
I then 7 I had no right to place myself above 8 just because he was busking.
I 9 and dropped all the coins into his 10 , and he smiled at me, I watched for a while. As 11 as it sounds,
I expected something more to come from that moment-a feeling of 12 or satisfaction, for example. But nothing
happened. 13 , I walked off. "It proved to be a waste of 14 ," I thought.
On my way home at the end of the 15 , I saw the busker again and he was 16 . I watched him pick up the
hat and walk 17 a cafe counter. There he poured the 18 contents into a tin collecting 19 an earthquake fund-
raising (募捐) event. He was busking for charity (慈善)! Now I donate any 20 I have to charity tins and enjoy
the feeling of giving. | ( )1. A. left
( )2. A. led
( )3. A. chocolates
( )4. A. almost
( )5. A. acted
( )6. A. Though
( )7. A. declared
( )8. A. it
( )9. A. waited
( )10. A. rag
( )11. A. selfish
( )12. A. happiness
( )13. A. Disappointedly
( )14. A. words
( )15. A. moment
( )16. A. walking around
( )17. A. around
( )18. A. chief
( )19. A. by
( )20. A. work | B. cleaned
B. chose
B. coins
B. only
B. looked
B. For
B. realized
B. all
B. followed
B. hat
B. awkward
B. sadness
B. Unfortunately
B. effort
B. day
B. passing by
B. in
B. basic
B. for
B. time | C. prepared
C. saw
C. tins
C. rather
C. sounded
C. Therefore
C. expected
C. him
C. stopped
C. pocket
C. innocent
C. love
C. Coincidentally
C. space
C. break
C. packing up
C. behind
C. actual
C. on
C. energy | D. searched
D. fooled
D. drugs
D. still
D. smelt
D. But
D. guessed
D. them
D. arrived
D. counter
D. special
D. hate
D. Comfortably
D. money
D. event
D. running off
D. to
D. total
D. with
D. change | | 阅读理解。 | There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small
butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying
away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
"For your wonderful kindness," the good fairy said to the girl, "I will give you any wish you would like."
The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, "I want to be happy."
The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of
happiness. She would only smile and answer, "The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy
when I was a little girl."
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, that her unbelievable
secret of happiness would die with her. "Tell us, please," they begged, "Tell us what the good fairy said."
The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, "She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed,
no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me." | | 1. _____ the girl felt sad and lonely. | A. There were many friends but
B. There was nobody to love her so
C. There was nothing to do
D. Seeing the butterfly was caught | | 2. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl _____. | A. helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn
B. felt sorrow, but she didn"t go up to help it
C. fell down on it too
D. failed to help it release from the thorn | | 3. The only thing that the little girl wanted was _____. | A. to be rich
B. to have her own parents
C. to have a lot of friends
D. happiness | | 4. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because _____. | A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn"t wanted her to die
B. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died
C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness
D. they wanted to pray for her after her death | | 阅读理解诶。 |  | Buster Brown was a thief-and a good one, too, he thought. He"d never been caught
by the police because he never took chances. He was always prepared for any
unforeseen event or emergency. |
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