I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman."You look36  Come and sit here,she  said. 37   are you going?"
"I don’ t know. I just want to catch a 38          and see what it will be like at the
end."
"I’ m afraid you’ 11 see     39   there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?"
“How can I do that while my heart’s  40  ?” I asked sadly. “My best friend had left me.”
The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don’ t cry, little girl. Ive had a similar experience to you.Thirty- five     41    ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad.I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took     42    to the sea.    43they seemed to know what would happen, so they    44   loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me 45     . How could I    46  my hope to live for one of life’ s problems? Alter that,I worked hard to raise the children.Now They all live 47      and one of lthem has his own family.
Then the woman gave me a     48  ,” We should never wait for the door to 49       before us.We should find the key to the 50  or try to find another way.”
The bus came and I got on it with a smile.
【小題1】A. tired           B. excited        C. happy
【小題2】A. What       B. How          C. Where
【小題3】A. train       B. bus           C. boat
【小題4】A. nothing     B. everything     C. something
【小題5】A. smiling     B. breaking       C. dancing
【小題6】A. days        B. weeks         C. years
【小題7】A. her         B. them         C. him 
【小題8】A. So          B. Or            C. However
【小題9】A. laughed     B. cried          C. spoke
【小題10】A. in           B. out           C. up
【小題11】A. give away    B. give up        C. get up
【小題12】A. happily      B. sadly          C. badly
【小題13】A. cry          B. shout         C. smile
【小題14】A. open        B. close          C. lock
【小題15】A. classroom   B. office          C. door

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor (分娩). The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a coincidence (巧合)! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted (暈). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
【小題1】Why were the fathers there?

Long long ago, a young man found a spring of delicious clean water while he was going through the desert. He brought some back to the oldest man in his village, who had been his teacher before. After a four-day journey he sent the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village happily. The next day, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It went bad because it had stayed in the old leather container(皮革容器) for so many days in such hot weather. The student asked his teacher why he pretended(假裝) to like the awful water. The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for love and kindness. And nothing could be sweeter than these."
　　I think we understand this lesson best when we receive small gifts of love from very young kids. Whether it's a slice of bread or a piece of colored paper, the natural and right response(反應(yīng)) is to show our thanks and happiness because we get love from the gift.
　 To show our thanks doesn't always come naturally. Unfortunately, most children and many adults only see the thing itself. They never feel the meaning of the thing. We should tell ourselves and teach our children about showing thanks and happiness to the persons who give the gifts from their hearts because gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.
【小題1】Where did the young man find the water?