It was very cold outside my car. I did not want to get out of it we passed by a cafe. Suddenly I noticed a short old man with some bits of cloth shaking with the cold. He was waiting for anyone who would him a coin or a cup of hot coffee.
I asked my to go over and hand this old man something. He into my husband’s face, smiled and said, “ .” I felt so happy and I wished the old man could live the cold night.
I was sure to meet him again and find out how he was the next , as I have to pass this way every day. I did so the next evening, and he remembered the and came up to my window and at me. This time I offered him a of food. He reached out for the bag and I gave him my hand. He the food, smiled and said, “May God bless you.” I looked at the old man and he me think of my father.”
I do hope all of us will remember that maybe one day, it could happen to one of us, please do not pass by a person without offering at least a word of love and a kind smile or an act of kindness of any kind.
A．after B．when C．before D．if
A．covered B．tied C．filled D．provided
A．send B．give C．greet D．accept
A．father B．son C．husband D．friend
A．watched B．knocked C．came D．looked
A．Excuse me B．Beg your pardon C．Take it easy D．Thank you
A．in B．through C．under D．off
A．year B．month C．week D．day
A．office B．gift C．car D．shop
A．smiled B．pointed C．called D．shouted
A．box B．bag C．bottle D．basket
A．held B．ordered C．dropped D．received
A．got B．forced C．made D．allowed
A．so B．and C．or D．but
A．quiet B．sick C．poor D．shy
【2013河南】先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked which were strange. His people had to use words in a way to answer these questions.
Once he asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Birbal entered the palace. Birbal the habit of the king. He understood the at once and asked, "May I know the question so that I can for an answer?"
Akbar said, "How many crows (乌鸦)are there in this city?"
even a moment's thought, Birbal replied "There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, my lord".
"How can you be so ?” asked Akbar.
Birbal said, "Make you men , My lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives elsewhere".
Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal's wise answer.
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【2014河南】先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
“It’s raining cats and dogs!” Grandpa shouted.
Little Richie came running to the window. He wanted to see the falling from the sky. He looked out of the window, but it was that there were no cats or dogs. He only saw small pools of water on the ground.
“Man, it’s really coming down out there!” Uncle Bob agreed he looked out of the window, too. Richie scratched his head (挠头). What was coming down? First they talked about cats and dogs that be seen. Now someone said “it”. What was going on with these ?
“Wow!” Aunt Susie shouted as she looked out of the window. “It’s raining really hard.”
Richie his aunt. “It is raining hard,” he agreed, “but are the cats and dogs?”
Grandpa laughed. “Richie, that just it’s raining really hard.”
“So why didn’t you just say that?” Richie . It was irritating (恼人的) when people spoke like they were not speaking English at all.
“We did. You just didn’t understand these .” Richie’s cousin said with a big smile.
“Well, now I do.” Richie said.
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【2014扬州】完形填空
A first-grade student whose best friend is battling cancer thought that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough—he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the time he was going through.
Seven-year-old Vincent Butterfield the only way was to cut off his hair in support of his best friend Zac who lost his hair through chemotherapy (化疗).
Zac Gossage is receiving treatment but goes to Union Central Elementary School in Missouri every day, that’s where he gets to play on the swing with Vincent. Vincent found out that Zac might his hair because of the chemotherapy treatment. So one day, he showed up in the first grade class wearing a . He said to his teacher Mrs. Koester, “I have a surprise for Zac.” And he pulled off his cap and other saw that he already had all his hair off.
“I did it just to make Zac feel he’s not the only one without any .” said Vincent.
Vincent has also been raising money for his best friend after learning how his chemotherapy treatments are. He asked his mother to make than 20 scarves and gloves. He and his mother them at the price of 10 dollars each, raising over $200 for Zac. The encouragement from Vincent seems to be working. Though Zac is receiving treatments, he has missed any days of school. He knows that Vincent is out on the playground, waiting for him at break.
When asked friendship was, Vincent looked at his friend Zac, thought for a(an) and responded, “It’s a beautiful thing.”
Clearly, wisdom doesn’t always come with age.
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【2014长沙】词语填空
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。
This morning I got an e-mail from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University.
The made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.
Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes. , his little hand knocked over (打翻) a bottle of paint on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess (一团糟). “Oh, my God!” My wife rushed in angrily. I looked at my son, and his small face was filled with .
I and held his hand, “Take it easy, Roy. Now let’s do something to make it look .” I took out a . “You see, Dad is a magician (魔术师), I can change it into a big tree.”
His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.
We spent the whole afternoon and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew something happened.
The night before Roy left for Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he had knocked over the paint. “Since then I’ve worried about making mistakes,” he continued, “I believe I can always ways to solve the problems.”A. call B. e-mail C. card
A. Suddenly B. Luckily C. Gladly
A. happiness B. hope C. fear
A. cried B. smiled C. shouted
A. nice B. bad C. wrong
A. drum B. brush C. clock
A. washing B. cooking C. painting
A. dangerous B. boring C. special
A. never B. always C. sometimes
A. put out B. hand out C. find out
【2014连云港】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每題所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly before the deadly disaster of the typhoon. Bernadette Tenegra, a 44-year-old high school teacher, was in her which was on the bank of a river. The Tenegra family together in their shelter to keep away from the storm. They thought that the powerful storm would die out soon as it did . So they were just hanging on there.
But things didn’t happen they had thought, the water rose with a frightening speed and their house fell down, sweeping away the occupants (居住者)，including Tenegra’s husband and her other daughter. They were able to struggle to , but the 6-year-old Tenegra was against the strong wind and water, along with sharp deadly debris (残骸). Bernadette made her way to the child and was holding her and kept her to keep on.
“I crawled (爬) over to her, and I tried to pull her up. But she was too and wasn’t able to make it. It seemed she had already , ” Tenegra said, crying. “I screamed but it didn’t work.”
The mother said that she would never forget the last words of her daughter before , “Ma, just let go, just let go. Save . I love you forever.
“Yolanda”, the super typhoon destroyed a great number of houses and buildings. The 6-year- old Tenegra her life. She has just seen a small part of this wonderful world that short lifetime, while the whole world witnessed all the beauty of her.
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