Love Is Just a Thread
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the 36 tuition for my brother and me. They don't 37 in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. My father has a bad temper; it's easy for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I 38 sat down beside her and looked at her.
“Is there any 39 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with 40 in her eyes. She didn't answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.
41 at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said 42 .“Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable(耐用的).If life is a
43 ,then love should be a thread. It can 44 be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there. Love is 45 .”
I listened carefully but I couldn't understand her until the next 46 .At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. After they were 47 ,every day in the morning and dusk(黄昏),my mother helped my father walk 48 on the country road. My father had never been so 49 .Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently shone through the leaves. All of these 50 the most beautiful picture in the world. The doctor had said my father would 51 in two months. But after two months he still couldn't walk alone. We were all worried.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan,”he said gently.“To tell you the truth, I just like 52 with your mom. I like this kind of life.” 53 from his eyes, I knew he loved my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this 54 ,I understand that love is just a 55 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
36. A. expensive B. low C. cheap D. high
37. A. play B. talk C. act D. perform
38. A. silently B. carefully C. certainly D. happily
39. A. money B. love C. time D. distance
40. A. surprise B. pride C. disappointment D. satisfaction
41. A. So B. But C. And D. For
42. A. sadly B. excitedly C. regretfully D. thoughtfully
43. A. trouble B. pleasure C. quilt D. cloth
44. A. hardly B. often C. always D. ever
45. A. valuable B. inside C. true D. priceless
46. A. winter B. autumn C. summer D. spring
47. A. free B. back C. fine D. ready
48. A. continuously B. worriedly C. constantly D. slowly
49. A. gently B. perfect C. pleased D. thankful
50. A. put up B. took up C. made up D. set up
51. A. run B. recover C. Stand D. work
52. A. walking B. living C. sitting D. chatting
53. A. Examining B. Seeing C. Noticing D. Reading
54. A. practice B. observation C. experience D. activity
55. A. thread B. thing C. jewel D. light
The story is told about what happened on a flight between a passenger and an air hostess. The passenger rang and told the air hostess (乘务员) that he needed a cup of __36__to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would_37__him the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for_38__sounded, the air hostess was in a hurry. She was kept so_39__that she forgot to deliver (送) him the water. As a result, the passenger was_40__to take his medicine.She_41__over to him with a cup of water, but he_42__it.
In the following hours on the_43__, each time the air hostess passed by the _44__ she would ask him with a smile_45__he needed help or not. But the passenger__46_paid attention to her.
When the passenger was going to get__47__the plane, he asked the air hostess to__48_him the passengers’ booklet (意见薄). She was very__49__. She knew he would write down_50_words, which might result in the loss of her job. _51__with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she_52_the booklet, and cracked a smile, _53_the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times_54_. How can I refuse your twelve sincere(真诚的) smiles?”
That’s__55__! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?
A.coffee B.tea C.water D.cola
A.take B.bring C.carry D.hold
A.food B.drink C.service D.medicine
A.tired B.silent C.calm D.busy
A.delaying B.delayed C.delays D.delay
A.hurried B.went C.came D.got
A.refused B.accepted C.liked D.hated
A.seat B.air C.floor D.flight
A.customer B.passenger C.guest D.visitor
A.whether B.when C.what D.that
A.never B.often C.always D.seldom
A.on B.to C.off D.from
A.hand B.take C.throw D.lend
A.glad B.angry C.curious D.sad
A.good B.sharp C.polite D.nice
A.So B.Because C.And D.But
A.hid B.tore C.opened D.closed
A.if B.for C.after D.when
A.in all B.above all C.or else D.orso
A.wrong B.wonderful C.impossible D.right
Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a 36 job which gets him 37 at five o'clock every morning. He is a38 .
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner39 the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered (递)to the40 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.
In41 , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each 42 on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from 43 , rain or snow. His44 think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him45 .
Billy46 about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest47 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to 48 money from his customers. Since many of them49 during the day, Billy has to collect the money 50 . Sometimes, when Billy is 51 , his older brother has to 52 the newspapers. Once Billy's father had to help as well.
Billy has seventy customers now, 53 he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a54 to Europe, but he will also be happy 55 he wins a new bicycle.
A.full-time B.strange C.good D.part-time
A.indoors B.outdoors C.down D.up
A.schoolboy B.newspaper boy C.cowboy(牛仔) D.clever boy
A.that B.where C.which D.whether
A.house B.porch(门廊) C.school D.corner
A.autumn B.winter C.morning D.summer
A.newspaper B.magazine C.letter D.email
A.air B.wind C.water D.fire
A.teachers B.parents C.bosses(老板们) D.customers(顾客们)
A.books B.some bread C.a new bike D.tips(小费)
A.makes B.saves C.spends D.pays
A.in B.at C.to D.on
A.give B.borrow C.collect D.catch
A.play B.study C.work D.rest
A.in the morning B.at night C.in the afternoon D.at noon
A.sick B.angry C.at school D.sad
A.carry B.collect C.deliver D.sell
A.then B.but C.so D.for
A.trip B.car C.bicycle D.job
A.because B.whether C.unless D.if
On April 11 Lincoln, Mrs Lincoln and two friends were spending night in talk, when Lincoln suddenly began to discuss his dreams. “I had one the other night. About 10 days ago I went to bed very 36 . I had been up 37 for important letters from the White House for a long time. I could not have been 38in bed when I fell into sleep. I soon began to 39 . There seemed to be a dead silence about me. Then I heard sobs(抽泣), 40a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and 41 downstairs. There the silence was broken by some pitiful(令人可怜的) sobbing, but the mourners(送葬者)were 42 .I went from room to room, no living person was in sight; but the same mournful sounds of distress(悲痛) met me as I 43 along. It was light in all the rooms; 44 was well known to me,but 45 were all the people who were sobbing as if their hearts would 46 ? I was puzzled and frightened. What could be the 47 of all this? I kept on walking until I arrived at the East Room, which I 48 . Before me was a dead body. Around it were soldiers who were acting as 49 ; there were some people 50 pitifully. ‘‘Who is dead in the White House?” I asked.
“The president,” was the answer.
“It’s 51 !”I said to myself and was surprised. How did he die?”
“He was killed by an assassinator (暗杀者)!” was the answer.
“ 52 came a loud burst of crying from the crowd,which woke me from my dream. I slept 53 that night, and although it was 54a dream I have been rather angry about it 55 .”
A.soon B.late C.quickly D.early
A.reading B.answering C.waiting D.paying
A.tired B.busy C.excited D.long
A.dream B.think C.sleep D.wake
A.as if B.even if C.though D.unless
A.looked B.waited C.wandered D.listened
A.out of sight B.sobbing C.talking D.there
A.got B.looked C.passed D.shouted
A.everything B.nothing C.the room D.one mourner
A.why B.where C.how D.what
A.stop B.burst C.break D.die
A.result B.wrong C.matter D.meaning
A.stood B.stayed C.entered D.wandered
A.mourners B.enemies C.servants D.guards
A.shouting B.weeping C.mourning D.working
A.him B.me C.terrible D.sad
A.So B.It C.Then D.Thus
A.no more B.more C.excitedly D.calmly
A.such B.only C.still D.also
A.forever B.at that time C.all along D.ever since
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was 21 of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished22 a driving offence (犯规).
Then one day she nearly 23 her record. A police car24 her, and the policemen in it saw her25 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26 that she would be punished.
When Mrs. Jones came up to the judge(法官), he looked at her seriously and said that she was27 old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red 28 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 29 old age, so that she had not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 30 . Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was31 and took out her sewing (针线). Without saying a word, she32 a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at once.
When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed33 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 34 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. Mrs. Jones’ record 35 unbroken.
A.afraid B.careful C.proud D.full
A.about B.on C.to D.for
A.kept B.won C.missed D.lost
A.watched B.after C.followed D.ran after
A.pass B.go C.run D.rush
A.sure B.Indeed C.certain D.perhaps
A.so B.very C.too D.quite
A.light B.lamp C.sign D.one
A.with B.Because C.for D.of
A.speaking B.saying C.talking D.telling
A.holding B.getting C.carrying D.bringing
A.took B.brought C.picked D.chose
A.both B.all C.neither D.either
A.time B.turn C.chance D.job
A.was B.kept C.seemed D.remained
Megan's Library of Love book drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The_ 21__ to send books to a school _22 _was created by Megan's classmates at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute(悼念)to her.
The project formed out of the desire to23 _Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a _24__ in the life of others. Students have many 25_ of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent 26__ she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her _27_ for learning and reading to create the Library of Love. This project honors Megan's special qualities. In the _28__of one of her classmates, Megan was, “A good daughter, a good student, a good friend. ”We are all blessed to have been a _29_ of Megan's life.
Every February, on Megan's birthday, fifth graders at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School _30 _donations of newly purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “Love books” are truly a __31__ of love meant to _32_ reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local _33 _.The fifth graders also have the _34_ of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker(标签), _35_ the books into categories(类别), and _36_ all the books for shipping.
In the two years since the Library of Love _37 _began, students have collected over 5000 newly purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3419 books were sent to St. Bernard's Parish to help _38 their school library after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the community. In 2007, 1613 books were sent to White Mountain School in Alaska, who _39 _their high school in a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of _40 _to other schools in the future.
A.move B.thought C.idea D.offer
A.in need B.in trouble C.in difficulty D.in pain
A.help B.honor C.keep D.save
A.contribution B.mark C.difference D.start
A.images B.pictures C.stories D.memories
A.effort B.advice C.help D.example
A.interest B.passion C.preference D.determination
A.case B.ideas C.words D.look
A.company B.witness C.part D.friend
A.get B.count C.seek D.collect
A.measure B.force C.gift D.mark
A.push B.reward C.inspire D.connect
A.families B.communities C.factories D.businesses
A.chance B.responsibility C.pleasure D.work
A.dividing B.placing C.sorting D.passing
A.cleaning B.checking C.packing D.examining
A.plan B.organization C.campaign D.project
A.repair B.rebuild C.remove D.restart
A.lost B.ruined C.closed D.escaped
A.comforting B.reading C.encouraging D.writing