A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was cooking supper, and　 15　 her a piece of paper that he had written something on. After his mother　 16 her hands, she read what on the paper.

For　 17 the grass $5.00

For cleaning up my room this week $1.00

For going to the supermarket for you $1.00

For looking after my baby brother while you went shopping $1.00

For taking out the rubbish　 $1.00

For getting a good report card $5.00

For cleaning up the garden　 $2.00

Total: $16.00

Well, his mother looked at him for a while, and then she picked up a pen, turned 18 the paper he had written on, and this was what she wrote:

For the nine 　19 I carried you while you were growing inside me, free.

For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you, fed you and sung songs for you , free.

For all the tears(眼泪) that you’ve 　20 through the years, free.

When you add it up, the cost of my love is free.

For all the nights that were filled with 　21 , free.

For the toys, food, clothes, and even cleaning your nose, free.

And when you add it all up, the 　22 cost of real love is free.

When the little boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were tears in his eyes. He looked straight 　23 at his mother and said, “Mom, I sure do love you.” And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: 24 IN FULL.

Mary, a 22-year-old young woman, stands in the kitchen of the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel inManila, preparing a cake. It would seem to be ?? ?? for a cook, but Mary is not normal. She has no hands.

Her disability (残疾), however, only slows her down while working. Using other parts of her body, Mary can cut grapes and strawberries into pieces. “When I first saw Mary, I was worried she might hurt herself when using a knife, but that has never been a ?? ?? ,” says the boss of the hotel. “She does not get special treatment and works just as hard as the rest of the cooks.”

Mary has come a long way since the day in September 2002 when she and her uncle were attacked by two men, who were trying to force her family off their land. The 11-year-old girl passed out (晕倒) as she tried to ?? ??? herself from the attack. After she came to her sense, she found her uncle dead and saw her arms broken. Later, the doctors did an operation. They saved her life but could not save her hands.

In 2006, with the help of the family, Mary went to live at the House with No Steps, a Manila rehabilitation (康复) and training centre for disabled people. She learned how to write and do housework there. And more ?? ?? , she became used to her disability. She believed she could live a normal life although she was disabled. She thought she had something important to do in life because she was ?? ??? alive after the terrible attack. After she finished high school, she took a two-year Hotel and Restaurant Management course because she had enjoyed cooking since she was a little girl.

Mary didn’t shy away from the attention when she was reported on television. “I wanted others living with disabilities to believe it’s ?? ??? to live a normal life,” Mary says. “It is difficult to make a living, but I don’t lose hope. I believe nothing is impossible if you dream and work hard.

1.A. attractive????????????? ????????????? B. natural????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. necessary????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. important

2.A. moment????????????? ????????????? ??? B. way????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. problem????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. topic

3.A. save????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. keep????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. prevent????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. protect

4.A. strangely????????????? ????????????? B. importantly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. suddenly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. politely

5.A. yet????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. already????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. just ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. still

6.A. possible????????????? B. excellent????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. simple????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. exciting?????????????

July 21^st, 2007 was a typical English summer’s day – it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5 pm, however, the road into our village was flooded （淹没的）. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the walls, ceilings pulled down.

At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home. So we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from being wet. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just happy to be in a new place. Unluckily, things took longer than expected. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community （社区）. We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that. Although our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere.

We moved back home in August. With December coming, there’s reconstruction（重建）work to be done, so it’s difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I can’t wait- I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I won’t need any gifts-living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all the things we have. Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush-we have our home back, and that’s the main thing.

53 What does the underlined word “amiss” in Paragraph I mean?

A. Wrong.                    B. Missing.                   C. Right.               D. Normal.

54. We can learn from the passage that the family _____.

A. was sick of staying downstairs

B. stayed away for nearly 10 months

C. was happy to live in the wooden house

D. did not deal well with the trouble during the flood

55. What does the writer mainly want to express by telling her story?

A. She valued human feelings more than before.

B. She realized she almost didn’t need anything.

C. She found Christmas gifts could be replaced easily.

D. She thought her own home was the most important.

The man _____ his coat when he walked into the warm room.

A. took away            B. took off         C. took down        D. took out

Where were you standing when the UFO ________?

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