Our children grew up on jelly(果酱) sandwiches.Even my husband and I sometimes have one late at night with a glass of milk.
I wasn’t the jelly maker in this ____.My motherinlaw was.The only contribution I made to the jelly making was to ____ baby food jars，which my motherinlaw would ___ with the tasty gel(胶滞体) and send back home with us.For the past 22 years，____ I wanted to make a jelly sandwich，all I had to do was ____ one of those little jars of jelly.Jelly making was just a way of life for my motherinlaw.She always followed the same ____—from picking the fruit to setting the ____ jelly on the homemade shelves.
My motherinlaw passed away last December.Among the things in the house to be ____ by her children were the ____ canned goods.Each of her children chose from the many jars of tomato juice，green beans and jelly.When my husband ____ his jars home，we carefully put them away in our kitchen.
The other day I reached the kitchen for some jelly，and there it was.Sitting all ____ on the far side of the shelf was a small jar.The lid was rusty.As I picked up the jar，I suddenly realized something that I had ____ to see earlier.Yes，this was the ____ jar we would ever have from the patient，____ hands of my motherinlaw.It seemed like such a ____ thing，and most days it was something that was taken for granted.But today it seemed a valuable ____.I put the jelly back on the shelf.
We have many things that ____ belonged to my motherinlaw.These are the kinds of things that we expect to pass on to our children.But I’m just not ____ to give up this last jelly jar，and all the ___ its presence allows me to hold onto.The jar of jelly won’t keep that ____.It will either have to be eaten or thrown out...but not today.
A．market B．village C．family D．group
A．save B．throw C．choose D．paint
A．cover B．fill C．provide D．decorate
A．before B．whenever C．though D．since
A．turn on B．take up C．pick out D．reach for
A．example B．routine C．passion D．rule
A．mixed B．changed C．finished D．boiled
A．destroyed B．moved C．donated D．divided
A．tasty B．expensive C．common D．suitable
A．brought B．packed C．sent D．left
A．alone B．patiently C．worriedly D．along
A．forgotten B．expressed C．considered D．failed
A．last B．particular C．delicious D．large
A．poor B．painful C．loving D．shaking
A．small B．new C．strange D．good
A．experience B．treasure C．opportunity D．prize
A．already B．only C．once D．still
A．afraid B．eager C．ready D．upset
A．lessons B．memories C．efforts D．feelings
A．safe B．light C．soft D．long
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阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was . I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big for the kids was the fun of Christmas .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for to share by all five of us.
The big arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ___ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, to be angry again. This is what she told me:
“I was looking thinking of what to buy, and I to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so as I did that day.
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I was taking a bus. The driver didn't to start the bus soon because it was not yet .A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story , not to anyone particular. On her way to the station, half of her was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked .
When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor（售票员；列车员） began to collect the fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he that he had spent all his money as he accidentally got on a wrong bus and now was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor's side and repeated the conductor's .
The woman was watching the incident. the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered（干涉，介入，干预）.
“Stop him! Can't you see he's only trying to get home”
“He doesn't have any money!” the driver .
“Well, that's no to throw him off the bus.” She insisted.
Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here's his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a time.
All heads turned to the woman. “It's only money,” she shrugged(耸肩).
She rode the rest of her way home a happy smile, with the money she'd lost earlier .
On the road of life, the help of strangers can our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the will be when we make it a little smoother for others!
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
Is the world really going mad? ____day I was sitting in a restaurant _____ a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly_____ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was _____ with smoke. I asked with an apology for_____ to open a window to stop myself _____!
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without _____ that people are _____ the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and _____ the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to _____ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him _____ when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down _____ it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of ____ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can _____ should, be treated properly. House building, road _____, and industrial development are all earthmoving(or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of _____ created over millions of years. I would like to _____serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be _____ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural _____.
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完型填空，阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their nightclothes. Mary had _ __ them a story and finally they were asleep. “Babysitting（照看）the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely ____,” she thought.
“Sleep,” she considered, “if only I could!” But she had difficult homework to complete. Leaning back, she ____ her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable. Whoever said babysitting was a (an) __ _ way to make money obviously hadn’t met the three boys, she thought. The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim. Mary’s ___ felt heavier and heavier. I mustn’t sleep, she thought — which was __ _ what she did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon __ _ that she was a world-famous chef（主厨）. She made a __ __ and wore diamonds and designer clothes. Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or __ __ — her favorite hobby. She _ __ took the leading role in her own TV show.
That is, until she became too __ __. “I am definitely the best in the world,” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish. But _ __ seemed to go right. She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger. Despite all the troubles, she __ __ to get the chicken into the dove. Soon, smoke blanketed the room. The chicken was on fire.
___ set in, but Mary could not run — she was __ ___to the spot. She tried hard to move, but could not, __ __ a sharp sound awoke her.
She got shocked and confused — __ __ was pouring from the kitchen. Rushing to investigate, she was met by three ____little faces and some very burnt bread. “Sorry, we were hungry and you were __ __, so we tried to make some bread,” explained a boy. Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed. She__ __ them never to fall asleep on the job again!
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion(热情) for writing poetry(诗). I gave up all my other hobbies, such as ______ stamps and spent all my ____ time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible time soon got me ____ trouble at school. If a lesson did not interest me, I ______ take out my notebook and ______ poems in class. Of course I ____ ___ this very cautiously(小心地), but it was not ________ I got caught. One day while I was __ ____ writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up _____ the teacher standing over me, fuming with anger (=" getting" very angry) because I was not _____ attention. He tore the poem up, with a____ not to waste time in his lesson._____ I felt certain that I had written a good poem,___ _ that evening I wrote it out again from ________ . Not long after, I read _____ a poetry contest and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up ______ , I got a letter informing me I had won first________. Everyone at school was very impressed,_____ the geography teacher, who______ me more carefully than ever. He _____ that I not write poetry in his class!
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