Even though it was only October，my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more_36__ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its__37__ everyone would run for their coats and go home，everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often__38__ what kind of home life David had，and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so__39__for the cold winter months without a coat，boots，or gloves. But something made David__40__.I can still remember he was always__41__a smile and willing to help. He always__42__ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__43__ just simply smile and ask what else he could do，then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44__ home.
Weeks passed and the__45__ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__ before the holiday break. I smiled in__47__ as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David__48__ standing by my desk.
“I have something for you，”he said and__49__ from behind his back a small box.__50__ 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__51__ I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said，“The box is nice，David，but it’s__52__.”
“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___53__I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given__54__ to. After that Christmas，David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning__55__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．practised 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
To a watching world, Mike and Mary Murray were a perfect couple. They had been high school sweethearts.
And they ______ to have a happy marriage. Mike had a good job, and Mary was able to ______ home with their children. They owned their home and ______ kids, two cars, and a family dog. ______ to Mike, after seven years of marriage, something was terribly wrong. The Murrays had ______ their material goals and Mike ______, “Now what?” He began to look to his job for fulfillment and often worked 60 hour ______. Mary poured herself into the children. It was so ______ for her to turn her focus from Mike to 6-month-old Eric and 2-year-old Brittany.
And now the marriage seemed ______. Their lives were traveling in two different directions. They no longer really communicated---yes, they answered ______ questions, but they didn’t talk ______ as they had in the early years of their marriage. Mike felt trapped. “I ______ had time to do things that I wanted to,” he said. Mike did not share his feelings with Mary. Instead, he followed the slippery path of many others---he became involved with (与……纠缠不清) a woman at work, who was ______ her husband. It began as a simple friendship. “I was able to listen and she was able to listen,” Mike recalls.
Mary ______ the battle in Mike’s soul. “He wasn’t home as much, and we weren’t talking as much, ” she said. “I was wrapped up in the kids and I just couldn’t imagine anything ever ______.” The situation became worse when the Murrays attended a wedding and began to argue. Mary asked Mike if he was seeing ______ and he said, “Yes. It’s just an emotional(情感的)thing.” Mike can still remember the ______ of hurt and total surprise on Mary’s face. She was troubled, and he knew that he had turned against his best friend ______ high school. The expression on her face jarred(刺激) him into ______, and he began to understand the ______ he was doing to his family.
A．happened B．appeared C．looked D．had
A．live in B．study at C．stay at D．be out of
A．one B．no C．three D．two
A．Luckily B．As C．Thanks D．But
A．arrived B．reached C．got to D．made
A．surprised B．understood C．wondered D．asked
A．a week B．for a week C．on a week D．over a week
A．difficult B．comfortable C．apply D．easy
A．empty B．separate C．full of job D．true of life
A．simple B．surface C．scientific D．social
A．at all B．anything C．heart to heart D．in pain
A．really B．likely C．always D．never
A．loved by B．separated from C．different from D．cared by
A．knew B．understood C．admitted D．had no idea of
A．to take place B．to happen C．happening D．done
A．her B．someone else C．the matter D．anything
A．look B．face C．feeling D．want
A．since B．from C．to D．of
A．fact B．reality C．her life D．his life
A．good B．wrong C．harm D．harmful
A young girl, Hattie, stood outside a small church from where she had been turned away because it was too crowded. A kind pastor carried her ______ and found a place for her to sit in the back. He also told
her they could build a ______ Sunday school by raising money.
The pastor didn't see ______ again until he heard from her parents some two years later. Hattie had sadly died and her parents called for the kind-hearted pastor, who had treated their daughter ______, to handle the final arrangements. As her poor little body was ______, a worn and wrinkled purse appeared in front of them. Inside was found 57 cents and ______, reading "This is to help to build the little church bigger ______ more children can go to Sunday school."
For two years she had saved for this offering of ______. When the pastor ______ read that note, he knew immediately what he would do. ______ this note and the cracked, red pocketbook to the pulpit, he ______ the story of her unselfish love and devotion.He challenged his deacons (助祭) to get busy and raise enough money for the larger building. ______ the story doesn't end there!
A newspaper learned of the story and ______ it.It was ______ by a rich man who offered them a parcel of land worth many thousands.When told that the church couldn't pay so ______, he offered it for a(n) ______payment.
Church members made large donations.Checks _____ from far and wide.Within five years the little girl's ______ had increased to $250,000.00,Her unselfish love had paid large shares.
When you visit Philadelphia, look up Temple Baptist Church, with a ______ capacity of 3,300.In one room may be seen the ______ of the sweet face of the little girl, whose 57 cents made such remarkable history.
A．away B．off C．inside D．out
A．new B．larger C．higher D．modern
A．Hattie B．children C．church D．school
A．fairly B．badly C．well D．equally
A．buried B．hidden C．burnt D．moved
A．a note B．a letter C．a purse D．a box
A．in case B．now that C．even if D．so that
A．money B．love C．friendship D．donation
A．hopefully B．tearfully C．quietly D．excitedly
A．Carrying B．Holding C．Seizing D．Catching
A．stated B．announced C．spoke D．told
A．So B．But C．And D．Or
A．published B．interviewed C．broadcast D．released
A．discovered B．heard C．read D．watched
A．much B．little C．more D．less
A．$1,000 B．57-cent C．nothing D．$100
A．filled B．paid C．ran D．flied
A．gift B．help C．idea D．thought
A．sitting B．covering C．seating D．including
A．memory B．picture C．bill D．expression
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he ______ his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always ______ his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, ______ to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the ______ made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the ______ customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for ______. Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying ______ for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a ______ fake（假货）. When he was ______ of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch,______ cost nearly 100,000, into pieces ______ hearing Glen’s words. Glen was ______. Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined ______. For many times of entry-exit ______ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and ______ him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if ______ reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be ______ according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep ______ on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of ______, which he would remember as the ______ of his success forever.
A．set up B．took up C．went up D．picked up
A．honors B．mentions C．brings D．owes
A．decided B．refused C．objected D．asked
A．books B．things C．savings D．pounds
A．ordinary B．routine C．regular D．common
A．look B．inspection C．test D．experiment
A．one B．it C．them D．these
A．priceless B．useful C．worthless D．valuable
A．afraid B．proud C．ashamed D．hard
A．that B．what C．as D． which
A．on B．at C．who D．in
A．disappointed B．delighted C．amazed D．satisfied
A．strictly B．quietly C．quickly D．curiously
A．conditions B．experiences C．experiments D．chances
A．stopped B．hoped C．warned D．urged
A．came out B．found out C．sent out D．set out
A．hit B．blamed C．praised D．charged
A．expression B．idea C．thought D．impression
A．honesty B．lies C．goods D．bravery
A．secret B．lesson C．choice D．belief
One cold night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home around one o’clock in the morning after a ______ practice at the theatre. With the opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having ________ handling my part-time job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about ________ both acting and San Francisco. I had ________ too much of the city life.
As I walked down the ________ streets under the tall buildings, I felt very small and cold, so I began ________ both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out ________ a few homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my ________, I heard a sound behind me. I ______ quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me ________ so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I ________ what the noise had been. It had been my wallet ________ to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk ________ for 15 minutes, my wallet was ________ to be found.
Just as I was about to quit the ________, I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to ________. When a voice came from the inside, “Alisa Camcho? ” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde man with an ________ look in his eyes. “Is this ________ you’re looking for? ” He asked, holding up something like a wallet.
Finally, I got my wallet back. I also got back some ________ of city life. I realized the city couldn’t be a bad place as soon as people were willing to ________ each other.
A．comfortable B．serious C．tiresome D．fortunate
A．comfort B．desire C．pain D．trouble
A．setting up B．giving up C．holding up D．picking up
A．expected B．changed C．controlled D．possessed
A．deserted B．crowded C．blank D．narrow
A．running B．jumping C．moving D．marching
A．towards B．except C．including D．between
A．bank B．theatre C．apartment D．office
A．stood B．walked C．turned D．left
A．satisfied B．confused C．frightened D．annoyed
A．turn out B．figure out C．give out D．pull out
A．belonging B．adding C．sticking D．falling
A．gratefully B．anxiously C．skilfully D．delightedly
A．nowhere B．anywhere C．everywhere D．somewhere
A．instruction B．training C．search D．acting
A．it B．him C．someone D．me
A．amused B．unpleasant C．uneasy D．embarrassed
A．what B．who C．whichever D．whomever
A．production B．judgment C．friendship D．appreciation
A．expect B．help C．share D．love
There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t _______ him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seemed to me his only purpose in life was to say “_______” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a ______. Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. ________ my dad — he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.
So that was what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and _______ every penny I could. And when I had enough to buy my car, I _______! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to show it _______ to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only _______ you five dollars.” I offered with a smile.
“I see,” was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a ________ to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house , ________it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n) ________ day. As I dropped my dad off, I ________ him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his ________ from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were ________ lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad worked for the family. My father was a cement finisher(水泥修整工).
In that instant, it ________ to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this ________, no matter how hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him _______ about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to ________ me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s ________ me. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”
His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he cleared his ________ and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”
A．like B．remember C．forget D．care
A．Sorry B．Yes C．No D．Good
A．car B．friend C．job D．bus
A．So B．As C．Not D．Even
A．spent B．earned C．kept D．saved
A．did B．changed C．stopped D．was
A．out B．in C．up D．off
A．pay B．charge C．offer D．accept
A．ride B．leave C．trip D．hurry
A．as B．although C．but D．since
A．ordinary B．hot C．unusual D．special
A．helped B．followed C．left D．watched
A．tools B．clothes C．luggage D．bag
A．fewer B． more C．longer D．less
A．happened B．seemed C．occurred D．appeared
A．now and then B．day and night C．all the time D．day in and day out
A．talk B．complain C．ask D．speak
A．hand B．pass C．lend D．take
A．for B．at C．on D．in
A．hands B．eyes C．throat D．clothes