How old was I? I can’t remember. Maybe I was only 10. It was the first    16    without my father because he was away for something. He left me to fill that sad place in my mother’s heart. It was the Christmas when I stopped being a    17    and tried to play Father Christmas myself. I really wanted to make it happy and bright again. It was the Christmas of the    18   .

Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, a nice    19    shop in our town’s little shopping mall. It was dark green. And it was a    20   , heavy, wool dress coat. Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,” she said in a low voice and    21   .

“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the mirror. She looked good on any clothes,       22    this coat suited her much better. She looked at the    23   , then hung the coat back on the rack, standing there once more to    24    

    Eighty-seven dollars. But I decided to buy it for her. As we moved on    25   the mall, I found some excuse to return and asked one of the Tobias ladies to    26    the coat.

I helped clean every yard(庭院) in our neighbourhood—some yards twice, and soon I got the coat. The store ladies helped me put it in their biggest    27    with bright blue paper and thick silver ribbon(絲帶). I don’t remember    28    I got it home, but I can still feel the wonderful    29    and pride that filled me. I would imagine the big space which the box would take up under our tree. Here it was—joy, peace and    30   —all in the box, waiting for Mom’s surprise.

1.A. Easter         B. Christmas        C. Halloween    D. Thanksgiving

2.A. child          B. son          C. student      D. teacher

3.A. tree           B. bag          C. coat         D. ribbon

4.A. children’s    B. women’s     C. girl’s      D. men’s

5.A. big            B. wide         C. thin         D. long

6.A. tried it on    B. put it on    C. kept it on   D. turned it on

7.A. though         B. or           C. for          D. and

8.A. price          B. design       C. color        D. material

9.A. taste          B. feel         C. sound        D. smell

10.A. through       B. over         C. past         D. across

11.A. sell          B. send         C. keep         D. wash

12.A. tank          B. basket       C. bag          D. box

13.A. how           B. why          C. whether      D. when

14.A. development   B. excitement   C. improvement D. advertisement

15.A. courage       B. confidence   C. love         D. honesty

 

On the night of February 14th, 2011, all the Chinese _________ by Guo Mingyi, a very common worker who ________ more than 180 poor children since 1994.

A. are moved, helps         B. moved, helped   

C. were moved, has helped    D. moved, have been helped

 

Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving 31_________.

At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was 32_________ on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned 33_________, and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 34_________ there I sat, waiting for the light to 35_________, the only human being, for at least a mile in any 36_________.

I started wondering why I 37_________ to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was 38_________ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no 39_________ in going through it.

Much later that 40_________, after I’d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light 41_________ me. I think I stopped 42_________ it’s part of a contract(契約) we all have with each other. It’ s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow 43_________: we don’t go through red lights.

We do 44_________ we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.

I was so 45_________ of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell s someone.

1.                A．fast            B．slowly          C．carefully  D．hard

 

2.                A．late            B．a(chǎn)lone          C．worried  D．a(chǎn)fraid

 

3.                A．green          B．yellow          C．red  D．dark

 

4.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．or             C．so   D．but

 

5.                A．return         B．change         C．start D．continue

 

6.                A．a(chǎn)ttention       B．background      C．direction  D．information

 

7.                A．refused        B．decided        C．prepared D．forgot

 

8.                A．hardly          B．luckily          C．usually   D．clearly

 

9.                A．danger         B．excuse         C．space    D．energy

 

10.               A．moment        B．night           C．a(chǎn)fternoon  D．morning

 

11.               A．depended on    B．looked forward to C．stayed away from    D．came back to

 

12.               A．though         B．unless          C．because   D．until

 

13.               A．me            B．it             C．him  D．us

 

14.               A．what           B．how           C．why  D．that

 

15.               A．tired           B．ready          C．proud D．sorry

 

 

---Did you get to school on time yesterday?

--- No. An unexpected heavy rain ______  the bus ______the station on time.

A．a(chǎn)llowed, reaching	B．stopped, reaching
C．stopped, to reach	D．kept, reaching

 

A teenage girl couldn’t stand（忍受）her family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and    41   years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still ___42___ her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she    43   a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you …Come back home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was so surprised that she couldn’t believe her    44  . “Is that me?” She moved    45   and read the words, “I still love you…” She cried. She couldn’t wait    ___46   back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She    47   her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter looked at each other with excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “   48  is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked    49   you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”

As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents.    50   this way, both parents and children can be happy.

1.	A．a(chǎn) little B．a(chǎn) few C．much D．many

 

2.	A．looking for B．looking after C．looking at D．looking up

 

3.	A．sets on B．puts up C．cuts up D．makes up

 

4.	A．eyes B．ears C．nose D．head

 

5.	A．farther B．further C．closer D．a(chǎn)way

 

6.	A．going B．go C．to gone D．to go

 

7.	A．wake B．wakes C．woke D．waking

 

8.	A．what B．who C．when D．why

 

9.	A．since B．for C．before D．unless

 

10.	A．with B．in C．by D．on