Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael 21._____ to his sister in Mommy’s tummy.
The pregnancy progressed 22._____for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every minute. But complications 23.__ during delivery. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious 24._____. With siren (警报)howling in the night, the ambulance 25.____ the infant to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
26.______ inch by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had 27.______ a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral.
Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come 28 _____the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never 29______in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael 30._______they liked it or not.
She 31.______ him in an oversized scrub suit and 32.____ him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse33. _____him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually 34._____ lady glared into the head nurse’s face, her lips a 35.____ line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby 36.____ the battle to live. And he began to sing 37._____ the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray"
38. ______ the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became 39._____ and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away — " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten’s purr.
Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,… " Michael’s little sister relaxed as rest.
Funeral plans were 40______. The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!A. talked B sang C. played D whispered
A. quietly B peacefully C hopefully D normally
A. arose B. raised C rose D aroused
A situation B condition C place D position
A took B sent C carried D rushed
A The years B The months C The weeks D The days
A fixed up B made up C built up D set up
A until B before C after D when
A asked B allowed C admitted D acquired
A no matter B even if C whether D as if
A put B dressed C wore D fit
A marched B forced C hid D followed
A required B replied C recognized D regarded
A warm-hearted B well-managed
C mild-mannered D cold-blooded A firm B strong C hard D tough
A losing B lost C to lose D having lost
A in B on C at D with
A Finally B Instantly C Patiently D Interestingly
A calm B quiet C slow D fast
A put off B put away C put up D put down
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans.With each passing day everyone became more ____ waiting for the final school bell.Upon its ____ everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes.I had often ____ what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so ____ for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves.But something made David ____.I can still remember he was always ____ a smile and willing to help.He always ____ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor.We never talked much.He ____ just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly ____ home.
Weeks passed and the ____ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of ____ before the holiday break.I smiled in ___ as the last of them hurried out the door.Turning around I saw David ____ standing by my desk.
“I have something for you,” he said and ____ from behind his back a small box.____ it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it.I lifted the lid and to my ____ saw nothing.I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s ____.”
“Oh no it isn’t,” said David.“It’s full of love.My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes ____ I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given ____ to.After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ___ the little empty box set on my desk.
A.anxious B.courageous C.serious D.cautious
A.warning B.ringing C.calling D.yelling
A.scolded B.wondered C.realized D.learned
A.modestly B.naturally C.inaccurately D.inappropriately
A.popular B.upset C.special D.funny
A.expressing B.delivering C.wearing D.sharing
A.practiced B.wandered C.studied D.stayed
A.would B.should C.might D.could
A.aim at B.turn to C.put off D.head for
A.argument B.excitement C.movement D.judgment
A.school B.year C.education D.program
A.relief B.return C.vain D.control
A.weakly B.sadly C.quietly D.helplessly
A.searched B.found C.raised D.pulled
A.Holding B.Handing C.Sending D.Leaving
A.delight B.expectation C.appreciation D.surprise
A.cheap B.empty C.useless D.improper
A.as B.until C.because D.though
A.advice B.support C.attention D.command
A.from B.behind C.over D.towards
One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face first into the mud. David her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom” , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked .
One day, David's teacher announced a homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the . Happily Susan cried out, “It !”
In July 1999, David was national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his cane is becoming well accepted.
A.Where B.while C.when D.then
A.fell B.touched C.lay D.dropped
A.stood by B.rushed to C.looked at D.ran around
A.Firmly B.Easily C.Quickly D.Shakily
A.slowly B.frequently C.freely D.heavily
A.hiding B.certainly C.possible D.waiting
A.method B.disease C.trouble D.hope
A.few B.little C.much D.more
A.useful B.strange C.common D.special
A.appearance B.invention C.experience D.experiment
A.reminded B.encouraged C.occurred D.hit
A.fastened B.stuck C.fixed D.tied
A.So B.And C.For D.But
A.might B.would C.did D.need
A.pen B.hand C.cane D.nail
A.watched B.supported C.noticed D.helped
A.street B.ice C.yard D.square
A.works B.operates C.succeeds D.helps
A.declared B.received C.won D.praised
A.more slowly B.more carefully C.more clearly D.faster
My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina to spend a week with my husband in Florida.We were__ _about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and __ her Dad terribly.
As usual on the Charlotte-to-Miami flight, the plane was totally__ . Because we did not get our boarding passes until we__ at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were __ by the aisle(过道). I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, __ we could be together. They __ , saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats.
Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a _ several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and _ the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row_ refused to move elsewhere. She was very__ about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody__ to help her.
There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on __ . Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, "Ma’am, I think we can help you." He then __ five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was __ for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without _ , and the mother's relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was beginning to panic at the _ of not being next to me. I told her that there wasn’t anything I could do. __ , the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, __ to me and asked, "Would you and your daughter like our seats?" __ to himself and the Scoutmaster. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat.
A.worried B.excited C.anxious D.eager
A.loved B.considered C.imagined D.missed
A.full B.crowded C.empty D.overweight
A.reached B.arrived C.landed D.knocked
A.divided B.blocked C.separated D.connected
A.in case B.even if C.as if D.so that
A.prevented B.refused C.agreed D.promised
A.panic B.hurry C.rush D.seat
A.however B.otherwise C.therefore D.instead
A.too B.even C.ever D.also
A.concerned B.curious C.particular D.content
A.suggested B.offered C.provided D.supplied
A.duty B.watch C.board D.spot
A.took B.cost C.paid D.spent
A.convenient B.available C.probable D.comfortable
A.permission B.excuse C.apology D.complaint
A.thought B.end C.feeling D.sense
A.Immediately B.Puzzlingly C.Clearly D.Amazingly
A.turned up B.turned around C.turned out D.turned away
A.sticking B.keeping C.waving D.referring
A little part of me thought about going to another checkout line.This one had the shortest ,there was only one guy in it,but he was in a and there seemed to be some difficulties .
We stepped in behind him.At first, he to be having difficulty getting his groceries onto the counter.But after a while,I realized that what he was actually doing was it into two parts.
I offered to help,but he and the checkout lady had it under .He asked Julie if she would mind putting his basket away.Then he for his wallet which was in a bag on one side of his chair.The he was positioned and the fact he only had one usable arm this troublesome for him,so I helped there.
The checkout operator came around and gave him his and the goods he needed to have to hand.She one bag of groceries over a handle at the back of his chair.
I offered to get the other bigger bag and he said,“No. you could do me a favor.Take that bag along to the entrance and give it to Angela."
Angela,it ,was collecting food for people who might go hungry! I hadn’t even her before.
This guy,in spite of the limitations,had bought more than twice as shopping as he needed—and given the bigger bag away to help people!
He didn’t let the fact that he needed help him from being a help.He may have been limited ,but his heart was more than able to overcome all that.
A figure B.space C.queue D.time
A.supermarket B.wheelchair C.helmet D.uniform
A.going on B.holding on C.paying off D.setting down
A.happened B.used C.seemed D.pretended
A.selecting B.wrapping C.handing D.separating
A.charge B.control C.improvement D.settlement
A.empty B.heavy C.large D.broken
A.felt B.in search of C.seized D.reached
A.spot B.direction C.distance D.way
A.caught B.carried C.made D.solved
A.basket B.bag C.wallet D.change
A.arranged B.hung C.loaded D.connected
A.And B.But C.So D.Or
A.turned out B.found out C.pointed out D.put out
A.already B.always C.otherwise D.fairly
A.noticed B.known C.understood D.greeted
A.many B.much C.few D.little
A.wealthy B.ordinary C.other D.normal
A.stop B.require C.lead D.persuade
A.financially B.morally C.mentally D.physically
Three boys and three girls boarded the bus to Fort Lauderdale, dreaming of golden beaches as the gray cold of New York disappeared behind them. They noticed an old man, who sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, ill-fitting suit, never , and his dusty face his age.
He was in his seat like a stone, and the young people began to about him, trying to his life and his age. Deep into the night, outside Washington, one of the girls went up to him and introduced herself. “Want some wine?” He took the glass and drank.
Slowly and he told his story. His name was Vingo, he had been in in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home. “When I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn't it, if the kids kept asking questions, if it too much, she could just forget me, I'd understand.”
“Last week, knowing I would be , I wrote her again. We used to live in Brunswick and there's a big oak tree just as you come into town. I told her that if she would me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I'd and come home with her. If she didn't me, forget it, no handkerchief, and I'd go on through.”
“Wow,” the girl exclaimed. She told the others, and soon all of them put their faces against the window, waiting for the of Brunswick.
Then Brunswick was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming , all except Vingo. Vingo sat there , looking at the oak tree. It was almost with yellow handkerchiefs, 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a huge flag of , blowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, the old man rose and his way to the front of the bus to go home.
A.moving B.leaning C.stopping D.heading
A.proved B.masked C.betrayed D.abandoned
A.rooted B.annoyed C.relaxed D.alarmed
A.hear B.care C.wonder D.speak
A.bother B.describe C.imagine D.know
A.away B.in C.out D.over
A.terribly B.eagerly C.painfully D.casually
A.hospital B.prison C.company D.work
A.support B.believe C.stand D.ignore
A.lasted B.influenced C.cost D.hurt
A.hopeless B.convenient C.successful D.free
A.take B.refuse C.call D.write
A.get out B.get off C.get on D.get in
A.remember B.believe C.miss D.accept
A.entrance B.beauty C.existence D.approach
A.amazingly B.joyfully C.definitely D.desperately
A.shocked B.puzzled C.terrified D.depressed
A.covered B.surrounded C.spotted D.dotted
A.wishes B.welcome C.victory D.success
A.felt B.forced C.made D.pushed