I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I   41   you.” I did not    42   what to say, and I just stood there, looking  43   at him. My first    44    was that he    45   need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all      46   ?”

“Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and   47   what they say.”

The next day I called his teacher to    48    more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted（ 反应） . “Most of the fathers had the    49    response as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first          50     that we try this, I asked the children   51    they thought their parents    52    say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.”

Then the teacher   53   , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of    54   . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express our feelings. A boy    55    tell his father or mother he loves him.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is   56    for some of us to say something that is good for us to say.

That evening when my son   57    to me, I took him in my arms and held on for an    58     moment, saying, “Hey, I love you,    59   .” I don’t know if saying that made    60    of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good.

A. hate          B. love              C. like                D. enjoy

A. realize        B. recognize         C. know               D. find

A .away         B. for               C. down               D. on

A . thought     B. meaning           C. news                D. reason

A. must        B. should            C. could                D. would

A. for           B. with              C. around              D. about 

A. test          B. know             C. understand            D. see

A . talk to      B. chat with           C. find out              D. do with

A. same        B. different            C. usual                D. unusual

A. allowed     B. agreed             C. planned              D. suggested

A. how       B. whether            C. when                D. what

A. would      B. will                C. could                D. can

A. explained   B. prepared            C. informed             D. developed

A. study      B. work               C. health                D. body

A. might      B. can                C. should               D. need

A. easy       B. difficult             C. crazy                D. silly

A. turned      B. shouted             C. went                D. came

A. extra        B. ordinary           C. interesting            D. important

A. either      B. too                 C. also                 D. again

A. all         B. either               C. none                D. neither

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I   41   you.” I did not    42   what to say, and I just stood there, looking  43   at him. My first    44    was that he    45   need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all      46   ?”

“Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and   47   what they say.”

The next day I called his teacher to    48    more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted（ 反应） . “Most of the fathers had the    49    response as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first          50     that we try this, I asked the children   51    they thought their parents    52    say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.”

Then the teacher   53   , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of    54   . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express our feelings. A boy    55    tell his father or mother he loves him.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is   56    for some of us to say something that is good for us to say.

That evening when my son   57    to me, I took him in my arms and held on for an    58     moment, saying, “Hey, I love you,    59   .” I don’t know if saying that made    60    of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good.

1.A. hate          B. love              C. like                D. enjoy

2.A. realize        B. recognize         C. know               D. find

3.A .away         B. for               C. down               D. on

4. A . thought     B. meaning           C. news                D. reason

5. A. must        B. should            C. could                D. would

6.A. for           B. with              C. around              D. about 

7.A. test          B. know             C. understand            D. see

8.A . talk to      B. chat with           C. find out              D. do with

9.A. same        B. different            C. usual                D. unusual

10.A. allowed     B. agreed             C. planned              D. suggested

11. A. how       B. whether            C. when                D. what

12.A. would      B. will                C. could                D. can

13.A. explained   B. prepared            C. informed             D. developed

14.A. study      B. work               C. health                D. body

15.A. might      B. can                C. should               D. need

16.A. easy       B. difficult             C. crazy                D. silly

17.A. turned      B. shouted             C. went                D. came

18.A. extra        B. ordinary           C. interesting            D. important

19.A. either      B. too                 C. also                 D. again

20.A. all         B. either               C. none                D. neither

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I   41   you.” I did not    42   what to say, and I just stood there, looking  43   at him. My first    44    was that he    45   need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all      46   ?”

“Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and   47   what they say.”

The next day I called his teacher to    48    more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted（ 反应） . “Most of the fathers had the    49    response as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first          50     that we try this, I asked the children   51    they thought their parents    52    say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.”

Then the teacher   53   , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of    54   . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express our feelings. A boy    55    tell his father or mother he loves him.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is   56    for some of us to say something that is good for us to say.

That evening when my son   57    to me, I took him in my arms and held on for an    58     moment, saying, “Hey, I love you,    59   .” I don’t know if saying that made    60    of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good.

41. A. hate               B. love                C. like                D. enjoy

42. A. realize             B. recognize            C. know              D. find

43. A .away              B. for                 C. down               D. on

44. A . thought            B. meaning            C. news               D. reason

45. A. must              B. should              C. could               D. would

46. A. for                B. with                C. around              D. about 

47. A. test               B. know               C. understand           D. see

48. A . talk to            B. chat with            C. find out              D. do with

49. A. same              B. different            C. usual                D. unusual

50. A. allowed           B. agreed              C. planned              D. suggested

51. A. how              B. whether             C. when                D. what

52 A. would             B. will                C. could                D. can

53. A. explained          B. prepared            C. informed              D. developed

54. A. study             B. work                C. health                D. body

55. A. might             B. can                 C. should               D. need

56. A. easy              B. difficult             C. crazy                 D. silly

57. A. turned            B. shouted              C. went                  D. came

58. A. extra             B. ordinary             C. interesting              D. important

59. A. either             B. too                 C. also                   D. again

60. A. all               B. either                C. none                  D. neither

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

    Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible  for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

    Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued（继续） to believe that I had cheated on the test.

59. The story took place exactly ____ .

   A. in the teacher’s office      B. in an exam room

   C. in the school                     D. in the language lab

60. The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .

   A. she had not brought a pen with her       

   B. she had lost her own on her way to school

   C. there was something wrong with her own

   D. her own had been taken away by someone

61. The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .

   A. to go on writing his paper  

   B. to stop whispering

   C. to leave the room immediately   

   D. to stay behind after the exam

62. The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____ .

   A. honesty         

   B. sense of duty      

   C. seriousness       

   D. all of the above

I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.

And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”

 “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.

There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.

“What’s the matter?” I asked her.

“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with sorrow, “do you know something I don’t?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”

It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.

“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

56. In the first paragraph, “No ifs, ands or buts” probably means ______.

A. Unintentionally                                     B. Unconditionally

C. Impressively                                           D. Independently

57. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ______.

A.    the doctor said his wife was seriously ill

B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm

C. she looked lovely in her new clothes              

D. he was determined to be a good husband

58. The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What does “one thing” refer to?

A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.

B. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.

C. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

D. He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.

59. By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ______.

A. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband.

B. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life.

C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

D. he is beginning to recover from a serious illness.