As I got up today, I smelt fresh coffee. I woke up to a cup of it with some biscuits on my bedside table. This reminded me of , the old school and college days, when mom used to wake me up by serving a cup of coffee. The taste is still so in my memories.
A thought hit me, "I was in bed, so who prepared this coffee for me? Is it a dream?"
I pinched（掐）myself, ouch... that hurt, which meant I was not . I walked out of the room with the cup of coffee, my roommate. I asked him whether he prepared that for me, and the answer was YES.
I was relaxed somehow my heart wanted him to say NO, because I wanted to be in a that my mom prepared it for me. The whole reminded me of mom and I her at that moment.
On my way to my office, I was thinking about those days when mom used to cook my meal. I could not any single day when I slept without food. But now, I no longer the food mom cooked.
This very thought tears to my eyes and I decided to call up mom. I reached the office and gave her a call.
The first thing she asked was, "Is everything all right?" I was . And I thought, "How the time has ."
When I was with her, I used to call her after every hour when I was out with my friends. In those days she asked me what was wrong, as she knew that it was my habit. My call at this point of the day to her meant that I was in .
Time has changed, she is still the same, and it is who have changed.
A．drink B．find C．prepare D．cook
A．home B．comfort C．warmth D．kitchen
A．smelling B．cooking C．steaming D．pouring
A．deep B．heavy C．fresh D．recent
A．funny B．possible C．realistic D．sudden
A．thinking B．dreaming C．working D．reacting
A．in place of B．in favor of C．in search of D．in case of
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．sense B．relief C．sorrow D．belief
A．scene B．loss C．care D．matter
A．hated B．expected C．missed D．questioned
A．last B．every C．tasty D．complete
A．check B．count C．remember D．cover
A．pack B．finish C．imagine D．enjoy
A．brought B．caused C．pushed D．raised
A．careless B．speechless C．rootless D．homeless
A．influenced B．passed C．flied D．changed
A．never B．still C．often D．almost
A．peace B．surprise C．trouble D．progress
A．my roommate B．she C．the situation D．I
During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father's car to drive to a New Year's Eve ____ to be held in Vermont. The father was ____ about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year's Eve. The ____ that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.
So he drove to Vermont, got completely ____ and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to ____ the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the infamous sobriety (not drunk) ____. However, the policeman ____ him out. He was ____ standing off to the side while the others were ____ the police officer how well they could walk a ____ line, etc.
At 7:00 a.m., his father got up to answer the ____. There were ____ policemen there. They asked him if he was the ____ of that red FIAT. He replied, "Yes, I am," One of the policemen asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.
When the young man ____ himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of ____. Upon questioning, he ____ that he was driving the car, but when asked if he had been ____, he said, "No!" When the policemen asked if he could see his car, he was unable to remember the ____. He said that it was in the garage.
And when the four of them walked out to look at the car，instead of looking at the car he had driven the ____ before, they saw a ____ car parked there.
A．party B．meeting C．concert D．sports meeting
A．sure B．worried C．curious D．anxious
A．suggestion B．condition C．conclusion D．agreement
A．excited B．tired C．drunk D．pleased
A．stop B．get out of C．drive D．get into
A．punishment B．test C．education D．talk
A．gave B．made C．missed D．found
A．considered B．required C．suggested D．left
A．showing B．explaining C．asking D．telling
A．long B．straight C．calm D．direct
A．telephone B．call C．doorbell D．question
A．two B．many C．four D．one
A．manager B．father C．student D．owner
A．stood B．found C．put D．took
A．trouble B．test C．danger D．accident
A．believed B．told C．admitted D．said
A．driving B．hurting C．missing D．drinking
A．drive B．test C．time D．line
A．day B．morning C．afternoon D．night
A．similar B．familiar C．police D．damaged
Cancy was reunited with her parents. But she was stolen as a baby on Aug. 4, 1987.
“It’s a(n) feeling. Now I can sleep,” mother Joy White said after her grown-up daughter over the weekend, “ I’ve been for all these years. I never took her picture off my dresser. I never looking for her.”
Cancy was not yet a month old she was stolen. She had a and her worried parents took her to hospital.
A woman dressed as a got close to Joy White in the emergency room(急救室) and told her everything would be . Joy went home to rest. When she to the hospital ,Cancy was gone.
, a girl known as Nejdra grew up in Bridgeport. As a teenager, she began to doubt that she wasn’t concerned with the family that her. And she was puzzled that she was able to get a copy of her birth certificate(证明).
Finally, she began to do some on the Internet. On a website, she found a photo of a baby named Cancy.
The site got in touch with Joy White on Jan.4 and her a baby photo taken by the family who raised Nejdra.
“I was shouting. I was so ,”Joy said, “ I saw the picture I said, ‘That’s my daughter.’ I saw myself in her.”
DNA tests Nejdra is Cancy --- the daughter of Joy White and Carl Tyson.
“I already knew in my heart that this was my daughter,” Tyson said. “All I could is to shed tears.”
A．surprising B．natural C．wonderful D．uncomfortable
A．helping B．noticing C．dreaming D．meeting
A．surprised B．worried C．amused D．embarrassed
A．kept on B．insisted on C．gave up D．set about
A．when B．if C．until D．so
A．mistake B．habit C．chance D．fever
A．nurse B．student C．friend D．child
A．special B．attractive C．fine D．exact
A．turned B．moved C．got D．returned
A．Besides B．At the same time C．Still D．yet
A．actually B．always C．simply D．luckily
A．served B．saved C．stole D．raised
A．never B．also C．only D．already
A．homework B．tests C．research D．experiments
A．missing B．smiling C．crying D．singing
A．lent B．showed C．bought D．handed
A．excited B．brave C．careful D．friendly
A．Although B．Because C．In case D．As soon as
A．allowed B．suggested C．proved D．wished
A．answer B．do C．guess D．learn
While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an incredible(难以置信的) sight. The was swimming and started with only three men. For one reason or another, two of them had a start, so they were disqualified. That would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to against.
I watched the man off the blocks and knew immediately that something was wrong. Now I’m not an expert but I do know a good dive a poor one, and this was not exactly medal . I listened to the crowd begin to this poor man that was clearly having a time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was he made a few desperate(拼命的) stroke(划水) and you could tell he was exhausted.
But in those few strokes, the crowd had changed. No longer were they laughing, but beginning to . Some even began to things like, “Come on, you can do it!” and he finished his race. The crowd went . Even though he recorded one of the times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other .
In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals, feeling they have been cheated out of gold, or when they act so in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog(败者), a man that gave his all --- knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of his and the spirit of the games.
A．view B．event C．game D．match
A．false B．nervous C．strange D．violent
A．fight B．struggle C．defend D．race
A．set B．bounce C．dive D．fall
A．swimmer B．coach C．judge D．adviser
A．from B．in C．beyond D．between
A．feature B．quality C．example D．sign
A．break off B．stand by C．laugh at D．focus on
A．happy B．wonderful C．satisfying D．tough
A．hopeful B．pitiful C．boring D．skillful
A．intellectual B．smart C．awkward D．excellent
A．support B．quit C．cheer D．hesitate
A．speak B．present C．conclude D．yell
A．eventually B．hardly C．successful D．nearly
A．wild B．angry C．sad D．grey
A．fastest B．luckiest C．worst D．slowest
A．companion B．competitors C．volunteers D．partners
A．somehow B．already C．even D．anyway
A．poorly B．carelessly C．sharply D．proudly
A．advantage B．independence C．determination D．principle
I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs（突破）. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him he thought he was able to be so much more than the average person.
He responded that it all came from a(n) with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to milk from the fridge when he the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.
When his mother came in, shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful you have made! I have seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been . Would you like to get down and in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge.
His mother then said, “ You know, what we have here is a experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can .” The little boy learned that if he the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful !
This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just for learning something new, which is, , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't ,” we usually learn something from it.
A．why B．what C．when D．how
A．capable B．able C．creative D．original
A．coincidence B．experience C．incident D．conflict
A．carry B．bring C．remove D．fetch
A．fell B．lost C．escaped D．dropped
A．rather than B．instead of C．other than D．in place of
A．picture B．mass C．map D．mess
A．rarely B．happily C．frequently D．angrily
A．got B．suffered C．done D．received
A．jump B．play C．enjoy D．lay
A．failed B．successful C．fantastic D．painful
A．strong B．tiny C．thin D．weak
A．get it B．put it C．try it D．make it
A．controlled B．possessed C．occupied D．grasped
A．example B．teaching C．lesson D．instruction
A．anxious B．nervous C．fearful D．afraid
A．situations B．opportunities C．occasions D．turns
A．after all B．above all C．first of all D．in all
A．do B．finish C．go D．work
A．worthy B．costly C．valuable D．interesting
It’s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That’s especially____of children who remain in homes where they’re badly treated____the law blindly favors biological parents. It’s also true of children who____for years in foster (寄养) homes because of parents who can’t or won’t care for them but____to give up custody (监护) rights.
Fourteenyearold Kimberly Mays doesn’t fit ____ of the descriptions, but her recent court victory could____help children who do. Kimberly has been the____of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge____that the teenager can remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have “no legal____”on her.
Shortly after____in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched and sent home with the____parents. Kimberly’s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests____that the child wasn’t the Twiggs’ own daughter, but Kimberly was, thus leading to a custody____with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families____that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting____rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being____.
The decision to____Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made it clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉)__ __her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that she was____just a personal possession of her parents. Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels(取消) all the____of children.
A．terrible B．sad C．true D．natural
A．but B．if C．when D．because
A．settle B．live C．suffer D．gather
A．have B．refuse C．stick D．fail
A．neither B．both C．either D．all
A．merely B．eventually C．successfully D．suddenly
A．victim B．object C．sacrifice D．teenager
A．ruled B．believed C．ordered D．indicated
A．expectation B．action C．effect D．claim
A．birth B．judgment C．operation D．school
A．biological B．own C．kind D．wrong
A．examined B．explained C．decided D．showed
A．battle B．right C．agreement D．decision
A．thought B．quarreled C．agreed D．prepared
A．equal B．same C．visiting D．speaking
A．harmed B．forbidden C．wounded D．hidden
A．make B．leave C．give D．keep
A．by B．through C．on D．in
A．more than B．no more than C．not more than D．less than
A．freedom B．happiness C．rights D．ideas