I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and business woman. When Mum   21  in October 2007,I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me      22      .I was distraught（忧心如焚的）. Some days later, I was     23      that a guy who was working with us that day. “could probably have made a fortune     24    the necklace he found.”  25     .he returned it. Hearing how I’d     26    Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be  27  —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”

I come to Morzaine ,a small ,friendly village in the Alps and___28_ fell in love with it .What was __29__to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life .I kept travelling between London and here and felt _30__than I had in months .In December 2008 , I was __31_as a hotel manager and moved here full time .

A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning , I didn’t want to discuss___32__, because the sadness of losing Mum__33__felt great. Paul understood that and never___34__me but, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own ___35__.

We want to give our guests a ___36__ feel, so each room is themed(以……为题) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom ---- a tiny chair which ___37___ be in her bedroom is set in one room.

We are having a wonderful life Mum ___38___ naturally part of it, _39___ there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the __40__ she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us .

1.

A.died             B. came            C. returned          D. visited  

2.

A. burned          B. disappeared       C . broke            D. dropped   

3.

A.shown           B. comforted        C. persuaded         D. told    

4.

A. hiding           B. stealing          C. selling            D. wearing 

5.

A.Luckily         B. Naturally        C. Surely             D. Hopefully  

6.

A.nursed         B. cured           C. missed             D. guarded  

7.

A.long           B. hard           C. merry            D. free      

8.

A. suddenly      B. finally          C. nearly           D. immediately  

9.

A.said           B. proved         C. supposed         D. judged      

10.

A.smarter        B. higher          C. firmer            D. lighter     

11.

A.honored      B. hired          C. regarded          D .trained     

12.

A. travel        B. business         C. children          D. marriage   

13.

A.recently       B. once           C. still             D. first        

14.

A.left           B. pushed         C. surprised         D. interrupted   

15.

A.hotel          B. restaurant      C. home              D. shop     

16.

A.homely         B. lively        C. motherly          D. friendly    

17.

A.ought to       B. used to        C. might             D. could      

18.

A. takes         B. keeps         C. looks             D. feels      

19.

A. unless         B. while         C. because           D. though    

20.

A. money         B. chair        C. house             D. necklace    

When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being "replaced". We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the " new" stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.
Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn't my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. " You'll recognize this one," she said, smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.
【小题1】The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".

Dad loved children. And he always wanted a   21  family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us all to visitors.
Once, Dad   22  presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, “And this is our   23  model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all, we are   24  the 1953 model some time next month.”
But what he   25  most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted   26  that he had seen eleven people in our car, not   27  Mum and Dad.  28  , Dad called out over his shoulder, “You   29  the second baby up from the front here, Mister.”
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure whether he was telling us the   30  . Mum, who was a psychologist, once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the   31 . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was   32  except that one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been   33 . When he pointed at the child that had been   34  Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear. He   35   next door.”

I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and business woman. When Mum   21 in October 2007,I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me      22     .I was distraught（忧心如焚的）. Some days later, I was     23     that a guy who was working with us that day. “could probably have made a fortune     24   the necklace he found.”  25    .he returned it. Hearing how I’d     26   Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be  27 —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”
I come to Morzaine ,a small ,friendly village in the Alps and___28_ fell in love with it .What was __29__to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life .I kept travelling between London and here and felt _30__than I had in months .In December 2008 , I was __31_as a hotel manager and moved here full time .
A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning , I didn’t want to discuss___32__, because the sadness of losing Mum__33__felt great. Paul understood that and never___34__me but, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own ___35__.
We want to give our guests a ___36__ feel, so each room is themed(以……为题) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom ---- a tiny chair which ___37___ be in her bedroom is set in one room.
We are having a wonderful life Mum ___38___ naturally part of it, _39___ there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the __40__ she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us .
【小题1】

A．hiding

B．stealing

C．selling

D．wearing

Dad loved children. And he always wanted a  1  family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us all to visitors.
Once, Dad   2  presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, “And this is our  3  model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all, we are   4   the 1953 model some time next month.”
But what he   5   most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted   6  that he had seen eleven people in our car, not  7 Mum and Dad.   8  , Dad called out over his shoulder, “You   9  the second baby up from the front here, Mister.”
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure whether he was telling us the 10. Mum, who was a psychologist, once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the  11 . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was 12  except that one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been  13 . When he pointed at the child that had been  14  Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear. He  15  next door.”