A young Scottish lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!” She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to . Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew , and the daughter became more and more stubborn in her way of life.
No was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having heard of her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in of her daughter. She stopped at of the rescue missions(收容所) with a simple speech. “Would you allow me to this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat listening to the service, all the while letting her wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?
She couldn’t until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!” she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too to be true.
It was night, but she was so by the message that she started walking home. the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and her way timidly. As she knocked, the door open on its own. She thought someone must broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s , the young girl ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s . The daughter said, “I was so worried and thought someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been .”
A.modern B.religious C.awful D.simple
A.earn money B.help others C.get free D.become famous
A.lonelier B.slower C.angrier D.older
A.contract B.contact C.link D.difference
A.sight B.charge C.search D.need
A.each B.both C.none D.every
A.print out B.look at C.give off D.put up
A.record B.advice C.message D.notice
A.sensitively B.absent-mindedly C.devotedly D.carefully
A.eyes B.hands C.thoughts D.imaginations
A.help B.move C.wait D.listen
A.After B.Since C.Until D.As
A.lucky B.good C.happy D.certain
A.astonished B.touched C.interested D.ashamed
A.By B.At C.During D.Before
A.had B.led C.made D.held
A.seemed B.blew C.proved D.flew
A.safety B.health C.danger D.life
A.backs B.hearts C.shoulders D.arms
A.pushed B.opened C.locked D.fixed
Years ago, I worked in an office in Halifax. We had large windows overlooking a busy street. I stood by one of them. When a woman in a passing car __36__and made eye contact, naturally, I __37__.
It was the beginning of a year of window antics(古怪行径). When things were __38 _, I stood in the window and waved at the passengers who looked up. And this made me laugh- work __39__ was washed away.It didn't __40__ long to attract the following - a man with a construction truck, the carpool crowd and the business lady with her children….When waving became ___41___, I made signs: "Hi!", "Hello!", "Be Happy!" I ___42__ them in the window and waved.
Christmas approached. Job cuts were announced. Several co-workers would ___43___their jobs. Stress reached a high point. Everyone was ___44__. We needed something to break the tension.While working a night __45 _, a red lab jacket __46_ my attention.I used my __47__ andturned it into a Santa’s costume. The next day my co-workers gathered around me and __48 _for the first time in weeks.Just then my boss walked through the door. He looked up, saw me, paused, __49__ his head, turned and left.
I __50_ trouble. The phone on the desk rang. It was my boss. "Mike, come to my office!" Entering his office, I felt nervous. "Mike... "That was all he managed to say. Tears _51__ in his eyes, as I sat silent and confused. When he regained __52_ , he said, "Thanks, Mike! With the job cuts, it's been hard to enjoy the __53__season. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it.”
That evening, and every evening of the Christmas season, I stood __54__ in the window and waved to my __55_ . The bus crowd waved wildly, and the little children smiled at the strange Santa. My heart filled with joy. For a few minutes each day, we could forget the loss of jobs.
A.speeded up B.broke down C.looked up D.pulled though
A.shouted B.hid C.left D.waved
A.slow B.bad C.right D.important
A.pleasure B.stress C.experience D.challenge
A.spend B.take C.cost D.pay
A.encouraging B.embarrassing C.moving D.boring
A.saw B.read C.posted D.painted
A.lose B.seek C.finish D.take
A.terrified B.satisfied C.depressed D.exhausted
A.class B.shift C.club D.party
A.pulled B.attracted C.deserved D.attacked
A.imagination B.relation C.experience D.strategy
A.spoke B.laughed C.acted D.returned
A.nodded B.shook C.raised D.lower
A.took B.put C.feared D.avoid
A.fell B.formed C.dried D.disappeared
A.confidence B.balance C.control D.strength
A.Labor B.Christmas C.Thanksgiving D.National
A.luckily B.eagerly C.proudly D.naturally
A.boss B.children C.co-workers D.fans
Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __36__ play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed, __37__ she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively. __38__ she stopped, he asked, “Is there __39__ else?” Dahlia added more details and began __40__ bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia __41__ talking, he said, “It must __42__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia __43__ her father’s embrace(拥抱)and support as she cried __44__ more in his arms. Then as __45__ as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and __46__ announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are __47__ a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I __48__ ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be __49__ to me. ”
Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __50__ her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __51__ her own?
There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that __52__ : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __53__ attention and took her seriously as she __54__ her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated(证实)the feelings she __55__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.
A.hardly B.seldom C.ever D.never
A.so B.but C.and D.then
A.Before B.When C.While D.Since
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.crying B.running C.talking D.saying
A.kept B.started C.stopped D.hated
A.hurt B.ache C.injure D.wound
A.got B.received C.accepted D.admitted
A.many B.some C.any D.no
A.soon B.quickly C.suddenly D.fast
A.surprisingly B.angrily C.sadly D.cheerfully
A.building B.buying C.making D.repairing
A.shouldn’t B.won’t C.daren’t D.can’t
A.polite B.cruel C.rude D.nice
A.get over B.get away C.get along D.get through
A.for B.on C.by D.in
A.did B.followed C.went D.worked
A.full B.incomplete C.half D.undivided
A.sent out B.threw out C.put out D.poured out
A.expressed B.showed C.said D.strengthened
I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother
and his friends were all 36 of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they37 that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought38 for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother 39 me the ticket. I was really40 !
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our41 . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became42 . I could barely make out the stage in the43 . We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band44 the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t45 what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as46 asa jet engine. I could47 the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just48 that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to49 . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the50 and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just51 from a long sleep. My ears were still52 with the beat of the last song.
After the53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while,54 , I listen to one of their songs and55 I’m back at that first show.
A.members B.fans C.friends D.volunteers
A.guessed B.thought C.discovered D.predicted
A.flowers B.drinks C.clothes D.tickets
A.offered B.booked C.returned D.found
A.relaxed B.excited C.embarrassed D.encouraged
A.seats B.entrance C.spots D.space
A.comfortable B.serious C.nervous D.quiet
A.silence B.darkness C.noise D.smoke
A.fell upon B.got through C.stepped onto D.broke into
A.forget B.bear C.repeat D.hear
A.loud B.hard C.sweet D.fast
A.enjoy B.touch C.feel D.digest
A.realize B.understand C.believe D.remember
A.continue B.finish C.delay D.change
A.theatre B.party C.opera D.stage
A.escaped B.traveled C.woken D.benefited
A.aching B.burning C.rolling D.ringing
A.competition B.performance C.interview D.celebration
A.besides B.otherwise C.instead D.though
A.decide B.regret C.imagine D.conclude
When I was growing up, I seldom heard the words “I love you” from my father. If your father never 1 them to you when you are a 2 , it gets more and more 3 for him to say those words as you get older. To tell you the truth, I could hardly 4 when I heard those words from my father. Neither could I remind when I had last said those words to 5 . I decided to 6 my shyness aside and make the first move. 7 hesitating for some time, in our next 8 conversation, I spoke out the words suddenly, “Dad ... I love you!”
There was a 9 at the other end. It wasn’t after a while did he awkwardly(笨拙地) reply, “Well, 10 to you!” I laughed and said, “Dad, I 11 you love me, and when you are ready, I know you will say what you want to say.”Fifteen minutes later my mother called and 12 asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”
A few weeks later, Dad 13 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the 14 was (were) rolling down my cheeks as I finally “ 15 ” the love. As we both sat there in tears, we 16 that this special moment had taken our father and son 17 to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father 18 escaped death from the following heart surgery. Many times since his return to the usual state of health, I have 19 , if I did not take the first step and Dad did not 20 the surgery, I would have never heard him say those words.
A.speaks B.says C.offers D.provides
A.man B.mother C.child D.father
A.easy B.possible C.delighted D.difficult
A.forget B.remember C.mind D.decide
A.him B.her C.me D.them
A.drop B.let C.set D.lose
A.Before B.After C.When D.Since
A.phone B.email C.letter D.record
A.smile B.voice C.cry D.silence
A.same B.difficult C.true D.similar
A.hope B.know C.wonder D.doubt
A.crazily B.delightedly C.nervously D.terribly
A.concluded B.disturbed C.broke D.carried
A.hairs B.water C.sweat D.tears
A.understood B.expressed C.heard D.saw
A.discussed B.considered C.believed D.realized
A.decision B.development C.relationship D.situation
A.narrowly B.easily C.unlikely D.generally
A.said B.thought C.dreamed D.apologized
A.think B.fight C.fail D.Survive
With the second ring road overpass _______ at present in Chengdu, the local citizens have to choose another way to avoid traffic jam.
A.being constructed B.to construct C.to be constructed D.to be constructed