完形填空（每小题1分，满分15分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文空白处的最佳选项。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very ________ trying to make money in order to________ the high tuition(学费)for my brother and me. I never hear them say “ I love you”, or see them send birthday to each other. My father has a bad temper(脾气). When he’s very tired from work, it is ________ for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was preparing dinner. I sat down ________ her.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she replied, ________ doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low________ .
My mother stopped her work and ________ her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer and went on cooking.
I was very worried ________ I thought I had hurt her. I didn’t know what I should do. A few days later, my father suddenly got sick ________ .My mother had to stay with him in the________ for a month. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk(黄昏), my mother helped my father walk slowly on the countr road. My father had never been so________ . It seemed they were the most harmonious(和谐的) ________ .
“Dad, how are you ________ now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me. To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. I ________ this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
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Do you know who invented tea? In fact, tea, the most popular drink in the world （after water）, was invented by accident （偶然）. According to an ancient Chinese legend （传说）, the emperor Shen Nong （神农皇帝） tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush （灌木丛） fell into the water and remained there for .The emperor noticed（注意到） that the leaves in the water produced a smell. Later he decided the hot mixture （混合物）. It was quite delicious. And one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.China is the home of tea, has more than 4,000 years of history. People all over China drink tea daily. the three major drink—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by people in the world. Tea from China, along silk and porcelain（瓷器）, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export （出口商品） .Tea leaves mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, becauuse of the mild （温和的） and rich soil there，Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all kinds of tea..Over the past centuries, Chinese people their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. Tea is a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.
A．invented B．found out C．discovered D．tried out
A．Sometimes B．some time C．some times D．some days
A．pleasant B．pleased C．bad D．Terrible
A．not to taste B．to taste C．tasting D．Taste
A．by the way B．on the way C．on its way D．in this way
A．who B．which C．where D．When
A．In B．For C．Of D．By
A．the number of B．a number of C．a large number of D．the largest number of
A．between B．with C．except D．Besides
A．at that time B．from now on C．since then D．since now
A．produce B．are produced C．make D．is made
A．climate B．weather C．condition D．environment
A．interesting B．important C．famous D．Normal
A．had developed B．have developed C．developed D．are developing
A．too B．as well C．either D．Also
One day, my father and I went to the supermarket to buy some fruit. After I looked and chose for a long time, my father bought me pomegranates(石榴) instead of others. I was surprised and , "Why are you buying such ugly fruit? Why not buy apples or pears? Pomegranates don't look as nice as apples or pears." my father heard my words, he said nothing at all. He smiled and I felt my father was so mysterious(神秘的). Only when I got home did I find out why he did so.
As soon as we got home, he took me into the and quickly cut one of the pomegranates with a knife. "Now I will you its real face!" he said. "Wow!" I shouted. What was inside the fruit was completely from its outside. The pomegranate had small "rooms" inside it Each "room" held lots of seeds. And each seed looked like a beautiful shiny diamond(宝石). "Do you it is beautiful?' My father asked. "That shows you can never judge something simply its outside. You must always its inside, too." I suddenly realized that my father's words were not only about fruit, but also about some people like pomegranates. They perhaps are not beautiful, but they can still have beautiful . We can't judge a person only by his appearance.
A．asked B．thought C．called D．told
A．If B．Because C．When D．Since
A．even B．still C．just D．again
A．room B．kitchen C．family D．workshop
A．show B．tell C．give D．find
A．far B．free C．special D．different
A．want B．think C．like D．know
A．for B．by C．in D．with
A．look at B．look like C．look after D．look for
A．faces B．seeds C．words D．hearts
A sad middle student was tired of study ,he decided to go out to search for happiness and wanted to meet God. On his way, he saw an old man on the side of the road watching some cars. The boy sat down him.
When he opened his bag to take some food. He noticed that man looked , so he offered him a piece of cake.
The old man accepted it and gave a smile to the boy. His was so wonderful that the boy wanted to see it again. Then he offered the old man a bottle of water. Once again he smiled at him. The boy was pleased!
They there all the afternoon, eating and drinking without saying a word. it began to grow dark, the boy got up to leave, but before he had gone no more than a few steps, he turned around , ran to the old man and gave him a big hug. The old man gave him his biggest smile.
When the boy arrived home, his mother was by the look of joy on his face. She asked, "What has made you so happy today?" He , " I had lunch with God. He's got the most beautiful smile in the world!" And when the old man returned to his home, he told his family that he had lunch with God.
Too often we overlook(忽视) the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear or
the smallest act of caring . , all of these have the possible power to turn a life around.
A．playing B．sitting C．walk D．smile
A．next B．in front of C．behind D．next to
A．thirsty B．angry C．hungry D．happy
A．smile B．look C．anger D．appearance
A．talked B．stayed C．stood D．walked
A．As B．Although C．Unless D．While
A．down B．back C．away D．up
A．moved B．interested C．excited D．surprised
A．shouted B．cried C．replied D．thought
A．However B．Because C．So D．Though
It was Christmas Eve, 1881. I was 15 and feeling likethe world was for me I didn't have enough money to myself the gift.
Dad came back in and there was ice in his beard "You've been by Widow Jensen's house recently? he asked. Widow Jensen two miles down the road. Her died a year ago and left her with three children "I rode by just today, n Dad continued. " Little Jakey was out looking for wood. They must be out of , Matt. "
We filled our sled (雷橇) high wood. Then we went to the store and Dad bought some food, and a smaller pair of shoes. I knew we didn't have much money, so was Dad buying them so many things?
We got to the Jensen's house "We brought you a few things, madam," Dad said Then Dad Widow Jensen the shoes. She bit（咬） her lower lip (嘴唇) to keep it from trembling and then tears filled her eyes and started running down her face.
My throat seemed to be filled with something, and there were tears in my eyes too. Just then my dream gift seemed very . Dad had given me the look on Widow Jensen's face and smiles of her children He had given me the best Christmas of my life.
A．out B．off C．over D．away
A．catch B．buy C．choose D．control
A．lived B．took C．spent D．drove
A．father B．friend C．husband D．uncle
A．money B．ice C．food D．wood
A．in B．with C．of D．on
A．who B．when C．why D．where
A．handed B．ordered C．picked D．returned
A．beautiful B．great C．impossible D．unimportant
A．two B．three C．four D．Five
Many Chinese students find it difficult English， but not Chinese， because Chinese is own language. Actually， Chinese is to learn than English.
Still some foreign students can speak Chinese so that if you didn’t see them， you would take them for Chinese. What makes them ?
“ For me， conversation is the most helpful. I use every chance to speak Chinese. If you only listen to what others ， you’ll improve your listening ability， but if you talk as much as ， you’ll find you can express yourself much better，” says Ulrike Nootz， a German girl now studying Chinese at Shanghai International Studies University.
Though the Chinese language is difficult， she can learn it well. She thinks that to learn a language one must try to know something about the history of the country. Though Chinese is different from English， the experience of success can be . Conversation， in English learning， very important.A. to learnB. learningC. learn
A. we B. theirC. us
A. very more difficult B. much difficultC. much more difficult
A. wellB. goodC. better
A. successB. succeedC. successfully
A. in B. byC. with
A. say B. talkC. speak
A. can B. possibleC. may
A. the sameB. sameC. the different
A. may be B. maybeC. may