Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents．Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the tuition fee for my brother and me．They don’t in‘the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV．My father has a bad temper，it’s easy for him to lose his temper．One day，my mother was sewing a quilt．I sat down beside her and looked at her．
“Is there any between you and Dad?”I asked her in a very low voice．
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with in her eyes．She didn’t answer immediately．Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt．
at last I heard my mother say the following words．
"Susan，”’She said . “Look at this thread．Sometimes it appears，but most of it disappears in the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable(耐用的)．If life is a ，then love should be a tead．It can be seen anywhere or anytime，but it’s really there．Love is ．”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next ．At that time，my father suddenly got sick seriously．My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month． After they were ，every day in the morning and dusk，my mother helped my father walk on the country road．My father had never been so ．Along the country road，there were many beautiful flowers，green grass and trees．The sun gently shone through the leaves．All of these the most beautiful picture in the world．The doctor had said my father would in two months．But after two months he still couldn’t walk alone．We were all worried．
“Dad，how are you feeling now?”I asked him one day．
“Susan，”he said gently，“To tell you the truth，I just like with your mom．I like this kind of life．” his eyes，I knew he loved my mother deeply．
Once I thought love meant flowers，girls and sweet kisses．But from this ，I understand that love is just a in the quilt of our life．Love is inside，making life strong and warm．
A．expensive B．low C．cheap D．high
A．play B．talk C．act D．perform
A．silently B．carefully C．certainly D．happily
A．money B．love C．time D．distance
A．surprise B．joy C．disappointment D．satisfaction
A．So B．But C．And D．For
A．sadly B．excitedly C．regretfully D．thoughtfully
A．trouble B．pleasure C．quilt D．cloth
A．hardly B．often C．always D．ever
A．valuable B．inside C．true D．priceless
A．winter B．autumn C．summer D．spring
A．free B．back C．fine D．ready
A．continuously B．worriedly C．constantly D．slowly
A．gentle B．perfect C．pleased D．thankful
A．put up B．took up C．made up D．set up
A．run B．recover C．stand D．work
A．walking B．1iving C．sitting D．chatting
A．Examining B．Seeing C．Noticing D．Reading
A．practice B．observation C．experience D．activity
A．thread B．thing C．jewel D．light
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。
Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843,and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While ________ her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(n) ________ in medicine. At 18 she married and ________ a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a ________.Her husband supported her decision.
________ ,Canadian medical schools did not ________ women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study ________ at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to ________ her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte ________to Montreal and set up a private ________ .Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a ________ doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte ________ herself operating on damaged limbs and setting ________ bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practising without a licence. She had ________ a doctor’s licence in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was ________.The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to ________ her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to ________ her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887,she applied to the Manitoba Legislature to ________ a licence to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte ________ to practise without a licence until 1912.She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993,77 years after her ________a medical licence was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
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When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful． The help of others is a good to help us pull through write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）． To make it a realistic as well as exciting , I decided that I had to make a jump myself ．Unluckily, I’m not good at any , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping．
My friend Mr． Smith was willing to give me a ． He took me to a ground school． The first day’s included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) For this, I had to wait until the following ．
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield． , a heavy parachute was put on my back． Then I was to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway． Once on board, the plane was soon ． I began to feel nervous． As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 13 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane． The line was to pull my parachute after I jumped．
“Get , Henry,” Harry said． I moved carefully to the door．I wanted to , “NO, no, no!” But no word came．
“Jump!” Harry called ． “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched． It worked All at once I was very happy． Then I felt a quick ． My big parachute had opened! It was the best I ever had． I looked down． There were rivers, trees, fields and houses． I heard the soft sound of the air． This was ．
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many of my friends have experienced of a four-day step: on the first day, they meet each other and their mobile numbers; on the second day, he sends her a short saying how he has madly, passionately and hopelessly fallen in love with her; and on the third day, he her out to see a movie, then he holds her hand in ; so on the fourth day, they become a common couple among the thousands of young on campus．
Since I am not the president of university, I don’t want to say that there should be a/an on public display of affection． But I just feel whether it is the best way to our love in publiC． Well, unfortunately, I haven’t __ my Mr． Right now． To tell the truth, I really feel of those young lovers． But deep in my heart, I more than once how I should meet my Mr． Right, and how we should display our love in publiC． My imagination was like this: That would be a rainy Sunday afternoon, and I was in the library． Suddenly, my hands stop at a book called A Beautiful Mind, and at the same time, another boy out his hand for the same book． “Excuse me．” he saiD． Then I my eyes, and I saw a handsome tall boy, just like Beckham, with a high nose and a blushing smile looking at my face． Oh, I was drunk with the beautiful feelings — I really found him． We’ve found our in reading books, and from then on, we should go to the bookstores in our city whenever we were ． And the best scene in my mind to show our love in public is we lie on the grass land on my campus, and I read a part of Jane Eyre to him, and he reads a part of Oliver Twist to me． Don’t you think it is a romantic for the young lovers to show their love to each other?
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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 ________to his sister in Mommy’s tummy(肚子)．He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her．
The pregnancy progressed ________for Karen until the labor pains came．Soon it was every five minutes ...every minute．But something serious ________during delivery．Finally, Michael’s little sister was born．But she was in serious ________ ．With siren(警报) howling in the night, the ambulance________the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St．Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee．
The days passed by．The little girl got________ ．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 ________a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral(葬礼)．
After two weeks in Intensive Care, it looked as if a funeral would come ________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 ________ in Intensive Care．But Karen made up her mind to take Michael ________they liked it or not．If he didn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive．
She________ him in an oversized suit and ________him into ICU．He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse ________him as a child, “Get that kid out of here now!” The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually________ lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, saying in a ________tone of voice, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside． He gazed at the tiny baby ________the battle to live．And he began to sing．________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…”
________the baby girl responded． The pulse rate began to________down and became steady．
“Keep on singing, Michael．” encouraged Karen．“You never know, dear, how much I love you．Please don’t take my sunshine away…”As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's breath 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, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her．
Funeral plans were________．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!
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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，选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项。
“Mum，can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night，please？It’s Friday，and we don’t have any .Can I，please？”Mum was sitting at the kitchen table.Dad was next to her，resting his head on his arms.Mum could that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.
“I’m so sorry，James，” she said.
“I’m never allowed to have friends come to the house？Why，Mum？” James asked sadly，almost in .
“I know it’s for you，” Mum said softly.“But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little...strange.And then they would make fun of you.”
“No，they wouldn’t，Mum，” James protested.“We’re not at all.We’re just ordinary people.”
Mum sighed heavily.“To tell you the truth，James，my neck has been so painful that it’s given me a heavy .And your poor father—he doesn’t feel .He really needs a rest.”
“I can help，Mum！” James said.“ I can make you and Dad feel better，can Brett come over？Please？”
“Well...” Mum began.
“Great！Thanks，Mum！” James almost shouted.“Just sit there，don’t move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and what he needed—two spanners(扳手)．“Hang on，Mum，” he said.“This won’t take a second.” After some ，James was finished.With a smile of on his face he said，“There！How does that feel？” “Oh，James，” Mum said.“That’s much better！How did you do it？”
“Easy，” James said .“Dad had tightened your neck bolts(螺栓) too much！I just them slightly！I learned that in robotic science at school.”
“What about your father？Can you him？” asked Mum.
“I’ll try，” James replied.He up Dad’s hair at the back of his neck，and plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head.Then he turned the on.Dad opened his eyes and immediately.“He just let his run too low，that’s all，” James said.“Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow？”
“I guess so，” replied Mum.“Your friends will just have to that we are a very unusual family.Thanks，son！”
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