Sometimes，I doubted that there was any love between my parents．Every day they were 1 earning money．They didn’t 2 in the romantic 3 that I read in books．For them，“I love you”was too luxurious(奢侈)．When he was 4 working，my father had a bad temper．

    One day, my mother was 5 a quilt．I sat beside her and looked at her．“Mom，I have a question to ask you，”I said．

    “ 6  is it?”she replied．

    “Is there any love between you and Dad?”I asked 7 ．My mother stopped her work and raised her head with 8 in her eyes．She didn’t answer immediately．9  she continued her work．

    I was very 10 because I thought I had 11 her．But at last，my mother said 12，“Susan，look at this thread．Sometimes it is 13 ，but most of it disappears into the quilt．The thread really makes the quilt strong．If life is 14 ，then love should be a thread．It call hardly be 15 anywhere，but it’s really there．Love is inside．”I listened carefully but I didn't 16  her until the next spring，when my father became seriously ill．My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month．

    After they were back，every day in the morning，my mother 17 my father to walk slowly along the country road．My father had never been so gentle．The doctor had said my father would 18 in two months．But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself．

    “Dad，how are you feeling now?”I asked him one day．

    “ Susan，don’t worry about me，”he said gently．”To tell you the truth，I just like 19 with your mom．”Reading his eyes，I knew he 20 my mother a lot．

1．A．interested in      B．busy in       C．devoted to        D．used to

2.A.act               B．work        C．live            D．speak

3.A.times             B．spaces       C．ways           D．thoughts

4．A．back from      B．late for       C．kept from       D．tired from

5．A．washing       B．sewing       C．spreading       D．folding up

6．A．How          B．Why         C．Where         D．What

7．A．immediately     B．carefully       C．in a low voice    D．in a romantic tune

8．A．sorrow        B．fear          C．excitement      D．surprise

9．A．But          B．Then          C．Therefore       D．Thus

10．A．sorry        B．anxious        C．sad            D．terrified

11．A．interested       B．embarrassed   C．puzzled         D．troubled

12．A．clearly          B．sadly        C．attentively       D．thoughtfully

13．A．inside          B．visible        C．short           D．long

14．A．a thread         B．a quilt       C．a family         D．a home

15．A．seen            B．felt         C．kept            D．got

16．A．misunderstand    B．understand   C．complain of      D．agree with

17．A．asked           B．sent         C．helped         D．supported

18．A．recover          B．walk        C．work          D．satisfy

19．A．living           B．staying       C．being busy     D．walking

20．A．loved           B．understood    C．admired        D．depended on

 “Imagine you are walking along the road. Suddenly you fall over and all the passers-by burst into laughter. You feel very  1  and think the world is laughing at you. But in fact, five minutes later, they have  2  it ever happened.” The other day when I came across these words in an article, I didn’t agree with the _ 3   . He thinks the best thing to do in this kind of situation is to pretend nothing has happened, and so avoid   4   trouble.  I admit that we should keep   5     because “Your tears will only remind others of what happened, while your   6   can let them forget it.” But this is far from satisfactory. We should do everything to make things better.

I used to be a(n)    7   girl and not very good at math. Our new math teacher asked me a question and I still remember how I hung my head in  8   when I couldn’t answer it. “If you don’t know the answer, just tell me.” the teacher said, “If you don’t, how can I know whether you know the answer or not?” All of my classmates burst into laughter. My face turned red but the teacher  9  me to go to the blackboard and  10  what I knew. If I had  11   the words in the article, I would have given up. But I tried my best. And to everyone’s   12 , I succeeded! The teacher smiled and said, “Well done! I   13   you could do it!” Since then, I have become active in math as well as in other subjects. I used to think doing math exercises was a waste of time. But now, I know whatever I do can make things better. Everyone is the  14   of his own fate.

If we make mistakes, we should take on an active  15  . Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.

1. A. nervous       B. excited          C. afraid                D. embarrassed

2. A. realized       B. recognized       C. forgotten          D. remembered

3. A. speaker       B. reader           C. announcer         D. author

4. A. ordinary      B. extra            C. necessary          D. usual

5. A. confident     B. smart            C. calm              D. strong

6. A. smile         B. worry            C. courage           D. satisfaction

7. A. shy           B. energetic         C. happy             D. clever

8. A. joy           B. pride             C. shame            D. surprise

9. A. forced        B. invited            C. asked         D. pushed

10. A. bring up      B. put down         C. think about        D. show off

11. A. obeyed       B. suspected         C. rejected           D. understood

12. A. expectation    B. disappointment    C. delight           D. surprise

13. A. hoped        B. knew             C. doubted          D. regretted

14. A. architect      B. owner            C. host              D. inspector

15. A. position       B. attitude           C. value            D. response

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式.（每空只写一词）

1. --My daughter has passed the exam.

-- C_________________! She is really intelligent.

2. In order to improve his oral English he spent most of his time practicing p________ the words.

3. When he s_______ his head, I knew he didn’t agree with me.

4. With the help from all over the world, everything in Wenchuan has more or less returned to n__________.

5. Don’t be too p_________ about food and clothing.

6. China _________ （成功）feeds 22%of the world’s population with only 7% of the world’s land.

7. She is only an unknown actress, while he is one of the famous __________（导演）.

8. Jane and Betty are going on ________（各自的） holidays in a few days’ time.

9. She_______（划;点燃） a match and lit the candles on the birthday cake.

10. She found she had left her wallet at home immediately she _______（登；上） the plane.

Once, my father and I were waiting to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there only one family? _?? us and the counter, who made a big ?? on me. There were eight children, all probably under 12. You could ?? they weren’t rich. Their clothes weren’t expensive but ? . The children were well-behaved., standing in line behind their parents and ? talking about what they would see that night.

One could ? they had never been to the circus before. The mother was holding her husband’s hand while the father was smiling in ? . The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly ? , “Eight for children and two for adults, please.”

The ticket lady told him the price. The man’s wife let go of ? hand, her head dropped, and his lip began to tremble. The father leaned a little ? and asked, “How much did you say?”

The ticket lady ? the price. The man didn’t have enough money. ? was he supposed to turn and tell his kids that he didn’t have enough ? to take them to the circus? Seeing this, my father put his hand in his pocket, ? a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then my father? _? down, picked up the bill and said the man, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.”

The man knew what was going on. He wasn’t begging for it but certainly ? the timely help in such an ? situation. He took my father’s ? in both of his, squeezed(紧捏) tightly onto the ? , and with a rear running down his cheek, he replied, “Thank you, sir. This really _? a lot to me and my family.”

1.A. before????????????? B. between????????????? C. behind????????????? D. besides

2.A. difference????????????? B. effort????????????? C. impression????????????? D. suggestion

3.A. tell????????????? B. agree????????????? C. believe????????????? D. suppose

4.A. clean????????????? B. shabby????????????? C. simple????????????? D. common

5.A. disappointedly????????????? B. bitterly????????????? C. excitedly????????????? D. carelessly

6.A. sense????????????? B. expect????????????? C. doubt????????????? D. Recognize

7.A. surprise????????????? B. turn????????????? C. silence????????????? D. pride

8.A. laughed????????????? B. announced????????????? C. commented????????????? D. responded

9.A. my????????????? B. his????????????? C. her????????????? D. their

10.A. backwards????????????? B. away????????????? C. closer????????????? D. farther

11.A. refused????????????? B. recited????????????? C. reduced????????????? D. repeated

12.A. When????????????? B. Where????????????? C. How????????????? D. Why

13.A. time????????????? B. money????????????? C. chance????????????? D. courage

14.A. pulled out????????????? B. pulled up????????????? C. picked out????????????? D. picked up

15.A. jumped????????????? B. lay????????????? C. knocked????????????? D. reached

16.A. appreciated????????????? B. admired????????????? C. rejected????????????? D. offered

17.A. interesting????????????? B. embarrassing????????????? C. enjoyable????????????? D. unbelievable

18.A. pocket????????????? B. wallet????????????? C. arm????????????? D. hand

19.A. ticket????????????? B. bill????????????? C. pound????????????? D. paper

20.A. pays????????????? B. costs????????????? C. means????????????? D. gives