Jack was happily trying his new car. The car was good and there wasn’t__ traffic on the roads. Suddenly, a flower shop_32 his attention. He stopped his car and took a closer look at the flowers___ _ there. The beautiful “Mother’s Day” card___ him it was Mother’ Day.
Jack thought about his loving ___ who lived two hundred miles away. So he___ a nice bouquet(束) of pink roses, signed the card and___ the shopkeeper to send it express to his mother. Just___ he got into his car, he noticed a girl standing outside the shop. She was___ the money in her hand. She seemed a little___ . Jack asked, “Can I help you?” She replied in a___ voice, “I want to buy some___ for my mother, but I don’t have enough money.”
Jack asked her to go to the shop with him and____ a big bouquet of red roses for her. She____ him. While leaving the shop, Jack offered her a___ _. She was pleased and her eyes were shining with____ .
On the way, she told him that her mother was dead. So when they arrived, she ran to her mother’s____ _ and placed the bouquet there. Jack was silent for a minute. Then he made a U-turn_____ and drove back to the____ flower shop to take the flowers. He decided to drive down to meet his mother.
He handed his mother the bouquet and said, “I love you, Ma.” She kissed him and asked, “Why did you___ down all the way? You could have simply sent the bouquet to me.” He understood this was a Mother’s Love: mothers think only about their children’s comforts.
A．much B．enough C．any D．little
A．caught B．turned C．kept D．paid
A．planted B．displayed C．transported D．repaired
A．answered B．stopped C．reminded D．failed
A．father B．mother C．brother D．sister
A．discovered B．invented C．chose D．made
A．forced B．requested C．encouraged D．invited
A．while B．since C．after D．before
A．counting B．touching C．taking D．wasting
A．curious B．excited C．angry D．upset
A．pleased B．satisfied C．low D．gentle
A．cards B．candies C．roses D．clothes
A．bought B．lent C．packed D．grew
A．thanked B．praised C．ignored D．respected
A．walk B．present C．ride D．rest
A．happiness B．sadness C．weakness D．kindness
A．grave B．house C．car D．shop
A．nervously B．immediately C．carefully D．painfully
A．old B．beautiful C．same D．only
A．break B．drive C．run D．fly
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。
One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big________on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been your growth in this company passed ________ . We invite you to join the funeral(葬礼) prepared in the ________ .
In the beginning，they all got ________ for the death of one of their colleagues. ________ after a while they started getting ________ to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The _______ in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were ________ to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin(棺材), the more the excitement ________ up. Everyone whispered to each other:“________ on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they________ inside it, they________ became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in________, as if someone had ________ the deepest part of their soul.
There was a ________ inside the coffin；everyone who looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that________ : there is only one person who is ________ to set limits to your growth：IT IS ________ !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of ________；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!
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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, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A couple of weeks ago, I made a trip to Toronto with my granddaughter who just turned three years old. The two of us were on our way to her parents, and my wife---her . who had been gone for over a week. We were all anxious to again and as I pulled out of Mamere and Papere's driveway in Chelmsford, Hailee and 1 were both about the trip and couldn't wait to arrive at our .
When we completed the "SEVEN"-hour trip to Toronto later that day, the reunion was absolutely________ and I can sincerely say I enjoyed every single minute of that journey.
Hailee is at that“1 want to it myself' stage of her life. And if you can just get over the "hurry-up syndrome" we acquire as ,it is wonderful to witness Who knew that putting a straw into the in a juice box for the very first time could be such an earth-shattering（惊天动地的）event? Or being enough to actually open the fridge door for the first time? Or putting on your own on the right feet-would be so ？
I'll never forget the look on her face the day she was able to into my truck by herself. She finally on my seat, holding onto the steering wheel(方向盘) and declared ，“I did it!" And when she could actually put her own seat belt on -what a(n) ！
Have you ever watched a three-year-old to sip a McDonald's milkshake through a straw? It is hard enough for an adult, too. And every time the icy solution(溶液) touched her lips, you could see the in her eyes. I learned that you can't hurry a child through a milkshake.A. followB helpC. blessD. visit
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In a food store I heard a woman say her foot was hurting and that she was going to call a cab. When walking back home, I saw her outside the store, probably for a cab.
I asked her where she was going. She told me a place which was actually on the to the craft store I’d be to. So I asked her to the cab and I’d give her a ride. To my , she said okay without . I wonder if I’d have been so if a stranger made me the same offer!
Where she was going was on the way to where I was going. It was such a interaction. But there was more!
When I had what I went for and was waiting at the checkout, the woman behind me said she had a coupon（优惠券）for 50% off any in the store. She gave it to me because she had a（n） one! I thanked her and gave her a card.
They say “what goes around comes around”, but sometimes it is hard to see how that as there is often a “manifestation（显现）delay”. Each action a ripple （涟漪）that eventually back to us, but sometimes it is much so we forget their connection.
Today the causes and effects have appeared in a linkable manner in . I’m also opening myself to receiving gifts, now or in the future. I can learn so much from others as to how they are to receive gifts in a way I might not have been if the same.
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The first time I left my mother, I was five years old. She told me I couldn’t go out to play I picked up my toys. Who could put up with such ? “I’m running away,” I announced. “Oh, dear, I’ll you. But if you really want to , I guess I shouldn’t stop you. ” Mother got my red coat from the cupboard and my white gloves in a pocket. She walked me to the , kissed me good-bye, and the door behind me. Off I went. As I the house next door, my footsteps . It struck me for the first time that I had no where I was headed, and after a moment, I turned around. on our front steps, I began to consider my immediate . But as the afternoon wore on, I didn't from my place.
Mrs. Ford, our neighbor, took out her rubbish and called, “Hi, honey! How are you doing?”
“I'm ,” I said, and my lips started to tremble.
“You are? Well, I won't you then,” she said, and went back inside.
As darkness fell, I decided to be . I knocked on the door, and when Mother opened it, I walked past her. “I' m giving you another ,” I said, as she enveloped me in a warm hug. I ran away again.
But I , and that’s different. When I left for college, Mother waved until my train pulled out of sight. When I got to the college, I found a she had hidden among my sweaters that read, “We’re so proud of you!”
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To be a real gentleman, you should know that true forgiveness is one of the most remarkable qualities a human can possess!
In the fighting between two countries in the 1970s, a young man was walking from one village to the next when he was by an armed guerrilla fighter from the enemy country．The fighter the young man down the hill where he was to be.
But a（n） thing happened. The young man, who had military training, was able to disarm the fighter. Now, the table was and it was the fighter who was ordered down the hill.
As they walked, , the young man began to reflect on what was happening. Recalling the of his mother, "Love your enemies; do good to those who you." He found he could go no farther.
He the gun into the bushes, told the fighter he was to go and turned back the hill.
Minutes later, he heard footsteps33behind him as he walked．"Is this the end after all?" he . Perhaps the fighter had got the gun and wanted to finish him off. But he continued on, ________ glancing back, until his enemy reached him, only to grab him in a hug and pour out for sparing his life.
Mercy often wears the face of . And though it usually isn't an enemy in uniform-that we are challenged to forgive, we have ________ for mercy every day. Family members and friends, co-workers and neighbors and even strangers have ________ for our forgiveness. You know who they are.
As Mahatma Gandhi said, "The ________ can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. " Be strong. Forgive.
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