Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, for a new life. They found out that the new baby was going to be a girl, and every day Michael sang to his in Mommy’s tummy.
The days went by. The little girl got after the birth. The doctor told the parents, “There is very hope. Be prepared for the worst.” They had fixed up a special in their home for the new baby, but now they a funeral.
Michael kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to to her,” he said. If he didn’t see sister now, he might never see her . She dressed him in an oversized suit and marched him into ICU, but the head nurse him as a child and shouted. “Get the kid out of here now! No children are .” The mother rose up strong, and the mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed into the head nurse’s face. “He is not leaving he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny infant the battle to live, and he began to sing. In the pure voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray....”
Instantly the baby girl . The pulse rate became calm and steady.
“You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my away.”
“The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I I held you in my arms.....”
Michael’s little sister relaxed.
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s !
NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. LOVE IS SO POWERFUL.
A．baby B．relative C．boy D．girl
A．delight B．play C．prepare D．study
A．mother B．sister C．parents D．father
A．worse B．well C．better D．terrible
A．much B．big C．some D．little
A．bed B．room C．chair D．toy
A．planned B．attended C．held D．expected
A．talk B．smile C．sing D．dance
A．afraid B．asleep C．awake D．alive
A．treated B．viewed C．promised D．recognized
A．refused B．allowed C．attended D．forbidden
A．seldom B．usually C．rarely D．constantly
A．when B．after C．if D．until
A．winning B．getting C．losing D．fighting
A．hearted B．broken C．wonderful D．frightened
A．cried B．laughed C．responded D．answered
A．sunshine B．sister C．happiness D．gift
A．knew B．saw C．hoped D．dreamed
A．song B．voice C．love D．smile
A．SIMPLY B．UNBELIEVABLY C．STRANGELY D．EASILY
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
An old man was dying. One by one his relatives visited him. Even relatives and friends he hadn’t seen for years ________ him to say farewell. They all ________ their deep love for him. ________ each came to him, the old man held each person by their ________ and spoke to each. To one he said, “Yes, I love you.” To ________ he said, “I go without any ill will.” To a third one he said, “Peace be with you.”
And so to each person he said such ________ words. Then the old man ________ Nasrudin (a wise man in the Middle East). When Nasrudin came in, he stood on one side, ________ everyone and listened to what they said and what the dying man said to them. After a while, Nasrudin ________ his hands in the air, and when everyone ________ to hear him, Nasrudin said , “Fools! Why didn’t you visit him in his good ________ ? You didn’t love him when he was healthy, but you love him when he is dying!”
After that, Nasrudin turned to the ________ man and shouted, “Fool! Why didn’t you live with such nice feelings all the days when you were________ and fully alive?” With that, Nasrudin left the ________. The old man ________ and said, “At last I’ve heard the ________ . It is a blessing to ________ having heard the truth.” The old man died ________ .
What about the others? They returned to their ________ business of life and continued as they always had been. And Nasrudin? When he returned to his ________ just outside the old man’s house, the donkey made a long high sound, “Hee-haw! Hee-haw!” Nasrudin said, “Yes, I know... You’re right... Live well; die well...”
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完形填空,阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂上。
We all often deal with people who complain about the failures and troubles of their daily lives. Life ________ to be full of problems for them. I would like to think such a life ________ unusual. If there were no problems in your job, then your ________ would hire a much less capable person than you to do the things that don’t ________ much thought. In the business world, those who are able to solve difficult problems are the ones who are the most ________ to the employer.
Many times the problems or challenges we face ________ us to grow and become more capable. The runner who ________ for the mile run in the Olympics by running downhill will have no chance of winning the medal ________ . The runner who trains by running uphill is far more likely to ________ the speed and endurance(忍耐力) needed to win the medal.
The ________thing that ever happened to boxer Gene Tunney was that he ________ both hands in the ring. But at that time his manager felt that he could________ again punch(重击) hard enough to be the heavyweight champion. Instead, Tunney ________ that he would become a scientific boxer and win the title as a boxer, not a slugger(重击者). Boxing historians will tell you that he developed into one of the best boxers who ever fought. They ________ will tell you that as a puncher, he would not have had a chance ________Jack Dempsey, who was considered by many to be the hardest ________ in heavyweight history. Tunney would never have been champion ________ he had not had the problem of his broken hands.
The ________ time you meet with a difficult climb, obstacle or problem, you should ________ and say, “Here’s my chance to __________.”
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I put my sunglasses on and took a deep breath. With her hand held ________ in mine, we started walking down the street to her first day of school. I knew that she would be crying; she always cries when she is anxious about new ________ .
As we walked, she asked, “ What if ________ talks to me?”
“ I know that your ________ will talk to you. She’ll help you find your seat and she’ll even ________ you all to each other. And you already know two friends in the class from preschool. They are ________ too, I bet.”
She ________ and started to play with her backpack strap. It’s the backpack that we spent 20 minutes ________ up the night before. And the same one she slipped her small stuffed animal puppy into ________she thought I wasn’t looking this morning.
“ What if I get shy and can’t talk to anyone?”
“ You might feel shy at first,” I said to her, “ ________ give yourself a little time and you’ll realize that you are having fun and feeling more ________ .”
She looked up at me and smiled, as we waited at a stop sign. “ I’m ________ but really excited.”
“ What are you most excited for?”
“________.”
I laughed because this was the same girl who weeks before told me she was ________ from running one block down the street and needed to rest and drink water to ________ .
As we turned the corner, her face dropped. The massive group of students gathered everywhere overwhelmed her and her face ________ fell as the tears swelled up in her eyes.
“ You can do this, sweetie. Everyone has a place to queue up in ________ ; let’s go find yours.”
We lined up with her class and just as she was about to cling to my leg ________ , her friend from preschool stood next to her. In a second, she ________ . As the teacher began to walk them all into the school, she was not ________ , not holding onto me, but smiling. I held my husband’s hand, feeling happy and proud.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My mother-in-law passed away when she was 76. My wife and I drove to ________ her belongings, deciding what to keep, give away or throw out. Nettie lived on little all her life, ________ we expected no hidden fortunes, but we were ________ .
In early spring every year, Nettie would make a(n) ________ . “I’m making the Easter pies,” she would say, “so nobody should bother me.” Nettie wrapped the pies and labeled each for the intended ________. Her doorbell would start ringing at noon as relatives came to ________ this family present.
In the fridge, my wife and I ________ some pies and looked at each other in ________ , saying nothing. Then we ________ the pies one by one and put them in a plastic bag. We left her apartment for the last time, ________ holding the pies.
That night, as we ________ at the table for dinner with our children in our home, my wife ________ us the pies. I’d eaten my mother-in-law’s pies for more than 20 years, and they ________ tasted good. But this time the pies tasted better than ever. With each ________ I remembered everything Nettie had meant to all of us over the years---how she had ________ her daughter as a single mother and loved her grandchildren. I could actually taste her kind and ________ spirit.
Afterwards, my wife pointed towards one last pie labeled “Nettie”. “I’m saving this one, ”she said. There Nettie’s ________ remains, untouched, unseen, but never ________ . Other families leave behind ________ stuff such as jewelry, but Nettie left us her simple pie. That single pie will be our heirloom（传家宝）and ________ our hearts forever.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I ________ a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a ________ moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of ________ for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they ________ their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious (有自我意识的), and ________ he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer ________ my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to ________ them but I still needed to write them, I ________ until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move ________ for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, ________ two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and ________ , becoming a technical worker in Sacramento. ________ short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was________ happy to have Marc back. Since I was ________ making lunch for his younger brother, I ________ one for Marc, too. Imagine my ________ when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, ________ his lunch.
“Did I do something ________ ? Don’t you love me ________ , Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I ________ asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
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