Why did I come today? I wondered. My Christmas 1 contained several people that claimed they wanted nothing, but I knew their feelings would be hurt 2 I didn"t buy them anything, so gift buying was 3 but fun. Hurriedly and 4 , I finished shopping and joined the long checkout lines. In front of me were a boy of about 5 and a younger girl. She carried a beautiful pair of shiny, gold house slippers. When we finally 5 the checkout register, the girl 6 placed the shoes on the counter. She treated them as though they were a 7 . "That will be $6.09," the cashier said. The boy 8 his pockets. He finally came up with $3.12." I guess we will have to put them back," he 9 said. "We will come back some time, maybe tomorrow." With that statement, a soft 10 broke from the little girl. "But Jesus would have loved these shoes," she cried. "Well, we"ll go home and work some more. Don"t cry. We"ll surely 11 ," he said. Quickly I handed $3.00 to the cashier. These children had waited in line for a long time. And, 12 , it was Christmas. Suddenly a pair of arms came around me and a small voice 13 said, "Thank you, lady." "What did you 14 when you said Jesus would like the shoes?" I asked. The boy answered, "Our mommy is sick and going to 15 . Daddy said she might go before Christmas to be with Jesus. "The girl spoke," My Sunday school teacher said the streets in heaven are shiny gold, just like these shoes. Won"t mommy be 16 walking on those streets to 17 these shoes?" My eyes 18 as I looked into her tear-stained face. "Yes," I answered, "I am 19 she will." Silently I thanked God for using these children to 20 me of the true spirit of giving. |
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1-5: B A C C A 6-10: D B D A B 11-15: C D A B C 16-20: D B C A D |
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阅读理解。 | When his young son was ill, Mr Wei took him to a clinic (诊所). They were the first of the day and did not have to wait long. The nurse took the boy into the doctor"s room while Mr Wei waited outside. After a few minutes, the doctor came out of his room and spoke to the nurse. "Have we got a screwdriver (螺丝刀)?" he asked her. The nurse looked in a drawer (抽屉) and found a screwdriver. She gave it to the doctor and he went back into his room. A few minutes later he came out again. "I need a saw (锯)," he said to the nurse this time. Again the nurse looked in the drawer. She found a saw and gave it to the doctor. He went back into his room. A few minutes later the doctor came out of his room for the third time. "I"m going to need a hammer," he said. For the third time the nurse looked in the drawer. Shp found a hammer and gave it to the doctor. This time, Mr. Wei could not keep quiet." Excuse me," he said:"but what is wrong with my son? And what are you doing to him?" "I haven"t examined him yet," the doctor said. "I"m still trying to get my hag open." | 1. Mr. Wei"s son was _____. | [ ] | A. waiting in a queue B. angry about his waiting C. impatient (不耐烦) to get in to see the doctor D. the first person to be seen by the doctor | 2. The doctor came out to _____. | [ ] | A. ask for some tools B. shout at the nurse C. look in the drawer D. explain something to Mr. Wei | 3. The underlined word "hammer" in the 4th paragraph means _____. | [ ] | A. a kind of medicine B. a piece of medical equipment C. a kind of everyday tool D. a piece of furniture | 4. At last, Mr. Wei _____. | [ ] | A. offered to help the doctor get his bag open B. wanted to be there when his son was examined C. was worried about his son D. helped the nurse look for the hammer | 5. Which would be the best title for this passage? | [ ] | A. Mr. Wei and His Son B. The Doctor"s Job C. The Right Tools for the Bag D. A New Way to Treat Patients | 完形填空。 | Sometimes, I doubted if there was any love between my parents. Every day they were 1 earning money. They didn"t 2 in the romantic 13 that I read in books. For them, "I love you" was too luxurious (奢侈) When he was 14 working, my father had a bad temper. One day, my mother was 15 a quilt. I sat beside her and looked at her. "Mom, I have a question to ask you," I said. " 16 is it?" she replied. "Is there any love between you and Dad?" I asked 17 . My mother stopped her work and raised her head with 18 in her eyes. She didn"t answer immediately. 19 she continued her work. I was very 20 because I thought I had 21 her. But at last, my mother said 22 , "Susan, look at this thread. Sometimes it is 23 , but most of it disappears into the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong. If life is a 24 , then love should be a thread. It can hardly be 25 anywhere, but it"s really there. Love is inside." I listened carefully but I didn"t 26 her until the next spring when my father became seriously ill. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. After they were back, every day in the morning, my mother 27 my father to walk slowly along the country road. My father had never been so gentle. The doctor had said my father would 28 in two months. But after two months he still couldn"t walk by himself. "Dad, how are you feeling now?" I asked him one day. "Susan, don"t worry about me," he said gently. "To tell you the truth, I just like 29 with your mom." Reading his eyes, I knew he 30 my mother a lot. | ( )1. A. interested in ( )2. A. act ( )3. A. times ( )4. A. back from ( )5. A. washing ( )6. A. How ( )7. A. immediately ( )8. A. sorrow ( )9. A. But ( )10. A. sorry ( )11. A. interested ( )12. A. clearly ( )13. A. inside ( )14. A. thread ( )15. A. seen ( )16. A. misunderstand ( )17. A. asked ( )18. A. recover ( )19. A. living ( ) 20. A. loved | B. busy in B. work B. spaces B. late for B. sewing B. Why B. carefully B. fear B. Then B. anxious B. embarrassed B. sadly B. visible B. quilt B. felt B. understand B. sent B. walk B. staying B. understood | C. devoted to C. live C. ways C. kept from C. spreading C. Where C. in a low voice C. excitement C. Therefore C. sad C. puzzled C. attentively C. short C. family C. kept C. complain of C. helped C. work C. being busy C. admired | D. used to D. speak D. thoughts D. tired from D. folding up D. What D. in a romantic tune D. surprise D. Thus D. terrified D. troubled D. thoughtfully D. long D. home D. got D. agree with D. supported D. satisfy D. walking D. depended on | 完形填空。 | 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 1 the crowd of boys on the playground. She 2 from them all. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 3 . She would practice dribbling (运球) and shooting over and again, sometimes until 4 . One day I asked her 5 she practiced so much. She looked 6 in my eyes, and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can 7 is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be 8 . My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count." Well, I had to give in to her-she was 9 . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 10 in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was 11 . "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I am just too short." The coach told her that at her height she would probably 12 get to play for a top-ranked team, 13 receive a scholarship. So she 14 stop dreaming about college. She was 15 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 did not 16 the power of a dream. He told her 17 she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 18 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 Califomia Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter (招聘人员). She was indeed offered a 19 . She was going to get the college education that she had 20 and worked toward for all those years. | ( )1. A. through ( )2. A. brought out ( )3. A. only ( )4. A. dark ( )5. A. how ( )6. A. worriedly ( )7. A. go ( )8. A. worse ( ) 9. A. determined ( )10. A. covered ( )11. A. the affair ( )12. A. ever ( )13. A. far more ( )14. A. should ( )15. A. overjoyed ( )16. A. understand ( )17. A. even if ( )18. A. anything ( )19. A. prize ( ) 20. A. dreamed of | B. across B. showed out B. lonely B. dawn B. when B. shyly B. get B. better B. encouraged B. enclosed B. the wrong B. even B. much less B. must B. moved B. experience B. as if B. nothing B. medal B. accepted | C. over C. stood out C. simply C. midnight C. why C. quietly C. enter C. the best C. fixed C. dropped C. matter C. once C. much fewer C. can C. embarrassed C. learn C. that if C. something C. scholarship C. thought of | D. into D. worked out D. alone D. daybreak D. what D. directly D. attend D. the worst D. fascinated D. buried D. the matter D. never D. many more D. may D. heartbroken D. believe D. only if D. everything D. position D. appreciated | 阅读理解。 | Farmer Ed Rawlings smiles as he looks at his orange trees. The young oranges are growing well in Florida"s weather. Warm sunshine and gentle rains, along with Ed Rawlings" expert care, they will produce a good crop of" oranges this year. But Ed has to fight against Florida"s changeable winter weather. In January and February, temperatures can destroy Ed"s entire orange crop. Having farmed in Florida for the past 35 years, Ed Rawlings is prepared for the frosts. When temperatures drop below freezing, Ed tries to save his crop by watering his orange trees. The water freezes and forms a thin layer of ice on the trees. Strange as it may sound, this thin layer of ice actually keeps the fruit warm. What happens is simple. When the trees are watered, the water loses heat and becomes ice. The warmth of the heat it loses is sucked in by the fruit and keeps its temperature at a safe level. Ed Rawlings has effectively used this method to save many orange crops. But Ed still faces some difficulties. The trees should "be watered at the exact moment the temperature drops to the freezing point. Also, just the right quantity of water must be used. Too much water can form a thick layer of" ice that will break the trees" branches. Another difficulty is that wind blows away the heat. So Ed has to worry about not only when but also how often his trees should be watered, and how much water should be used. Computer technology may help Ed Rawlings with some of these worries. With equipment, air and soil temperatures and wind speed can be measured. The information is fed into a computer which can tell when temperatures drop to freezing. The computer can correctly decide the quantity of water to be used and how frequently the trees should be watered. Ed Rawlings will find looking after his orange trees a lot easier with the help of a computer, and we"ll all have the benefits of computer-age oranges. | 1. The passage is mainly about _____. | [ ] | A. a farmer"s care for his orange trees B. the different uses of computers C. growing oranges in Florida"s changeable weather D. different ways of crop protection | 2. Ed tried to protect his crops by _____. | [ ] | A. using a wind machine to drive away the cold air B. equipping them with a computer C. watering them at the proper time D. picking his fruit at the first sign of frost | 3. In the writer"s eyes, computers _____. | [ ] | A. are too expensive for small farmers B. can be a valuable tool for the farmer C. can be used to help oranges grow bigger D. cannot take the place of the farmer"s experience and judgement | 4. Which of the following is NOT NECESSARY for Ed Rawlings to do? | [ ] | A. He should decide the quantity of water for the orange trees as soon as the temperature drops to the freezing point. B. He should decide the exact moment when the orange trees should be watered. C. He has to water the orange trees more often in January and February. D. He has to judge how often he should water the orange trees. | 5. According to the passage, computer technology can _____. | [ ] | A. get rid of the need for crop protection B. help the farmer get a better harvest C. tell the farmer why outdoor temperature changes D. prevent the temperature from dropping to the freezing point | 阅读理解。 | I made a pledge (发誓) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts. The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经 的) passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change. And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks great on you. "Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and pleased, maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, "Evelyn"s been alone here with the kids all the week and now she wants to stay with me." We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites. So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that"s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love. There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. Last night at our cottage,p reparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression. " What"s the matter?" I asked her. "Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress, "do you know something I don"t?" "What do you mean?" " Well...that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago...our doctor...did he tell you something about me? Tom, you"ve been so good to me...am I dying?" It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing. "No, honey," I said, wrapping her in my arms. "You"re not dying; I"m just starting to live." | 1. In the first paragraph, "No ifs, ands or buts" probably means ____. | [ ] | A. unnecessarily B. unexpectedly C. impossibly D. unconditionally | 2. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage _____. | [ ] | A. with his family B. with Evelyn C. alone D. with his children | 3. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because _____. | [ ] | A. she looked lovely in her new clothes B. he had made a lot of money in Wall Street C. he was determined to be a good husband D. she was seriously ill | 4. The underlined words "one thing" in the text refer to the fact that _____. | [ ] | A. he praised her sweater, which puzzled her B. she insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated C. he knew something about her illness but didn"t tell her D. he was so good to her that she thought she must be dying | 5. By saying "I"m just starting to live", Tom means that _____. | [ ] | A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life B. he is just beginning to enjoy his life as a loving husband C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change D. he is beginning to feel regretful for what he did to his wife |
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