Last Sunday， Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City． A number of（1）_____ had been set up for the homeless in the area．
My husband was not available to（2） our two sons， so I took 9﹣year﹣old Tony and 5﹣year﹣old Toby with me． Many of the people we（3） had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes．My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their（4） ideas about how people lived in the world．
"Why don't they buy food（5） us？" "Why don't they have homes？"…
We talked about the（6） people ended up in that type of situation． And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them． "Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources （资源），"I（7） ．
I was（8） that my boys would make too much noise． But to my（9） ， the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them． Many said how fun it was to have（10） children around．
After dinner， I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men．He was（11） them talk about sports． To be honest， I had（12） realized that he was such a good listener．（13）______ some people returned to their tents， I heard Tony say to them，"Thanks so much for having dinner with us．" I could see that his simple words had（14） them greatly． I hugged him a little tighter （更紧的） because what he said had touched me too． It was a great reminder that treating people with（15） can lift all of us up．
（1）A． houses |
B． shops |
C． tents |
D． schools |
（2）A． look up |
B． look after |
C． look into |
D． look for |
（3）A． raised |
B． served |
C． saved |
D． admired |
（4）A． good |
B． different |
C． strange |
D． common |
（5）A． like |
B． from |
C． for |
D． with |
（6）A． excuses |
B． wishes |
C． interests |
D． reasons |
（7）A． explained |
B． agreed |
C． realized |
D． suggested |
（8）A． angry |
B． worried |
C． mad |
D． crazy |
（9）A． sadness |
B． regret |
C． surprise |
D． excitement |
（10）A． polite |
B． active |
C． intelligent |
D． hard﹣working |
（11）A． agreeing with |
B． running after |
C． depending on |
D． listening to |
（12）A． never |
B． always |
C． ever |
D． usually |
（13）A． If |
B． Although |
C． As |
D． Because |
（14）A． touched |
B． disappointed |
C． hurt |
D． shocked |
（15）A． power |
B． smile |
C． respect |
D． encouragement |
When Li Ming （return） to his hometown last year，he visited his old head teacher．
She wants to become a famous （sing） when she grows up．
I didn't watch TV last night， because my TV set was （break）．
May I use （you） mobile phone，please？I left my phone at home．
nce there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it．Both the vegetables and the t（86） made the garden look wonderful．
No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree c（87） get on well with each other．The vegetables hated the tree．They thought the tree did not leave them e（88）____ light to survive（幸存，活下去）．On the other hand，the tree hated the vegetables．He complained（抱怨） that the vegetables drank nearly all the water b（89） it could get to him．
The situation（情况） became worse and worse．One day，the vegetables got angry and decided to use up all the w（90） in the ground so that the tree would dry up．The tree fought back（反击） by stopping giving the vegetables shade（树荫） from the hot sun．Soon they both began to dry up．
Neither（两者都不） of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable f（91）___ when he saw it becoming worse．When the gardener did that，the tree and the vegetables really felt how t（92） they were．There seemed to be no ways to solve（解决） the problem，but one of the vegetables，a small pumpkin realized（意识到）what was h（93） ，and decided to deal with it．Though there was little water and it was too hot，the little pumpkin did all he could to grow…F（94） ，he grow very big，the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition．At the same time，the tree and the vegetables grew better．They realized（认识到） that it was b（95） to help each other than to fight．
From then on，they worked together and lived in harmony（和谐） with these around them．