It was a Sunday morning, and I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn’t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It’s a beautiful day.”

   “No! Leave me alone!” Those were the last words I said to him that morning.

    My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and went. I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital”.

When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me my father’s injuries were extensive. “Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there’s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib(肋骨) might have pierced(穿透) a lung....”

    My mother may have said more, but I didn’t hear. I didn’t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled those words at him earlier in the day?

   It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.

   “Daddy... I am so sorry....”

   “It’s okay, sweetheart. I’ll be okay.”

   “No,” I said, “I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”

   My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said, “Sweetheart, I don’t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though.” He managed a weak smile.

    My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.

1.The author was in bad mood that morning because ______.

  A. his father had a terrible accident

  B. he couldn’t drive to the mall with his friends

C. his friends hadn’t invited him to the cinema

  D. his father didn’t allow him to go out with his friends

2. Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital?

  A. Because he didn’t go along with his father.

 B. Because he was rude to his father that morning.

  C. Because he failed to come earlier after the accident.

  D. Because he couldn’t look after his father in the hospital.

3.The reason why the author’s father said he forgot everything about that day is that___.

 A. he had a poor memory            B. he didn’t want to forgive his son

 C. he just wanted to comfort his son    D. he lost his memory after the accident

4.What lesson did Beck learn from the matter?

 A. Don’t treat your parents badly.      

 B. Don’t hurt others with rude words.

 C. Don’t move the injured in an accident.

D. Don’t be angry with friends at small things.

 

      to take my English textbook, I had to borrow one from a schoolmate.

A．Forget            B．To have forgotten   C．Forgotten         D．Having forgotten

 

 But for the help of my English teacher, I      the first prize in the English Writing Competition. 

A. would not win                        B. would not have won   C. would win    D. would have won

 

单词拼写 （满分 5分 ）

1.It is necessary for you to__________(系牢) your safety belt when you drive.

2.The cruel and________________(贪婪的) woman was punished by the two boys.

3.I remember you mentioned the same thing on a _________(以前的) occasion.

4.I felt very g__________ for forgetting her birthday again.

5.She’s been____________(故意地) ignoring him all day.

6.I decided to c____________ all my efforts on finding somewhere to live.

7.He got hurt during the football match and the i__________ was serious.

8.The old man was sent to hospital because of high blood p_____________.

9.There is a wide v____________ of patterns to choose from.

10.With the a_________ of my English teacher, I have made rapid progress in English.

 

Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese ___16___ at my face, but I pushed them aside. My mom believed I would learn when I was ready. But the ___17___ never came.

On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was ___18___ at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He ___19___me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”

“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some right now with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for ___20___.

“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I ___21___ the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish ___22___ surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fisherman. But he ___23___ my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased with their impatience. With every ___24___, the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger---my blood boiling---___25___ me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu， please.” “ Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd burst into laughter. My face turned ___26___ and I ran back home ___27___, expect for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.

Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at ___28___. Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.

Sometimes, I laugh at my fish ___29___, but , in the end .the joke is on me. Every laugh is a culture ___30___; every laugh is my heritage (传统)fading away.

A. custom                        B. games          C .characters                     D. language

A. success                     B. study                 C. time                                 D. attempt

A. aim                          B. joke                   C. nod                                   D. stare

A. cared about             B. laughed at       C. argued with                   D. asked after

A. decision                       B. permission  C. information          D. preparation

A. repeated                B. reviewed               C. spelled                            D. kept

A. farm                    B. stand                      C. pond                                D. market

A. guessed                       B. forgot                     C. doubted                          D. ignored

A. second                    B. effort                      C. desire                              D. movement

A. forcing                       B. allowing                 C. persuading          D. leading

A. bright                         B. blank                      C. pale                                      D. red

A. open-mouthed        B. tongue-tied C. empty-handed     D. broken-hearted

A. service           B. home                      C. risk                      D. root

A. trade                       B. deed                       C. challenge                  D. incident

A. thrown           B. lost                         C. divided                  D. reflected