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The other day I decided to come home early because it was such a beautiful day. The   were outside playing in my apartment complex (公寓大楼) and the ice cream truck was whistling its tune. As I    slowly to avoid an accident, I noticed a little boy    at the ice cream truck. He didn’t get anything and he walked away with a    look on his face. I asked the ice cream seller what happened and he said the little boy had no   . I had no cash on me so I drove to my building and went upstairs to    some cash. When I found it, the ice cream seller was    waiting but the little boy had   .

I went in the    I thought he might have gone and I saw a    getting out of her vehicle. I asked her if she had a little boy and she said yes. She then told me that she and her son had gone to the grocery store the day before and had    ice cream but she did not have enough money to buy   .

She quickly went into the    to get her son, and when she    several minutes later, I realized that he was not the    little boy I had seen. This boy was a bit older and his sister came out with him. I took them both to the truck and let them    out what they wanted.

I    told the mom it was not the same boy I was talking about. I    myself to the mother properly and    my baby-sitting services free of charge if she ever needed them. 1 couldn't find the original boy    but 1 hope he gets some ice cream soon.

1.A. cats                           B. kids                                     C. dogs                                  D. students

2.A. walked                          B. ran                                    C. climbed                            D. drove

3.A. knocking                 B. shooting                             C. lying                                  D. looking

4.A. puzzled                         B. curious                    C. disappointed                   D. delighted

5.A. excuse                          B. money                              C. parents                    D. friends

6.A. put away                       B. look for                             C. borrow                    D. lend

7.A. still                            B. anxiously                           C. doubtfully                        D. nervously

8.A. left                                 B. appeared                         C. cried                                 D. escaped

9.A. station                           B. line                                    C. sight                                  D. direction

10.A. woman                        B. girl                                     C. granny                              D. conductor

11.A. chosen                        B. ordered                            C. wanted                    D. eaten

12.A. it                                  B. ones                                  C. them                                 D. those

13.A. house                          B. shop                                  C. truck                                 D. market

14.A. disappeared              B. returned                          C. waited                              D. stayed

15.A. lost                         B. strange                     C. short                                 D. same

16.A. look                    B. pick                                   C. speak                                D. make

17.A. never                          B. seldom                    C. often                                 D. ever

18.A. explained                  B. admitted                           C. devoted                            D. introduced

19.A. denied                        B. resigned                           C. offered                    D. operated

20.A. somewhere               B. everywhere                     C. anywhere                         D. nowhere

Jonathan lived alone in a house，which he looked after carefully．One summer evening Jonathan returned home   1 usual at 4：53．When he opened the front gate， he suddenly noticed something   2 ．There was   3  in the earth in one of the flower beds．Jonathan was just going to blame(责备)the milkman or the postman   4 he noticed that one of the curtains(窗帘)in the front room downstairs was   5  ．Jonathan never did it like that．

He walked up to the porch(门廊)and   6  it quietly．He   7  carefully for a few seconds．  8  could hear nothing．The front door was half-open．Jonathan studied it carefully,  9  if he had forgotten to close it that morning．He had   10 forgotten before．He stepped silently    11 the hall to the door and looked   12  the room．The shadow(影子)of a man was clearly    13 on the far wall in the evening sunlight．He had clearly been standing  14 the door since Jonathan’s return．Jonathan closed the door and turned the key quickly．Then he quietly picked up  15   and began to call   16  ．The thief, a tall young man, tried to climb     17   a window to get out but Jonathan   18   that．He beat him with his umbrella．Three minutes later the police   19  ．Jonathan was a little angry that he had to have dinner later than usual but on the whole night he felt quite pleased with     20  .

1.                A．to             B．1ike           C．as   D．for

2.                A．good           B．beautiful        C．badly     D．strange

3.                                  A．a heavy footprint．   B．a beautiful flower

C．a newspaper                      D．a bottle of ink

4.                A．when          B．while           C．as   D．since

5.                A．trouble         B．out of place      C．wrong    D．shining

6.                A．closed         B．looked         C．opened   D．knocked at

7.                A．watched        B．1istened        C．studied   D．waited

8.                A．and            B．while           C．but D．so

9.                A．seeing         B．wanting         C．wondering    D．waiting

10.               A．always         B．never          C．ever D．sometimes

11.               A．in             B．around         C．over D．across

12.               A．inside          B．out of          C．at    D．after

13.               A．shone （照耀） B．reflected （反射）   C．given     D．put up

14.               A．in front of       B．in the front      C．beside    D．behind

15.               A．a stone         B．a stick          C．a knife    D．the telephone

16.               A．the neighbour   B．his friend       C．the police  D．the thief

17.               A．by            B．onto           C．through   D．to

18.               A．had hoped      B．had thought     C．had wished     D．had noticed

19.               A．1eft           B．arrived         C．reached   D．spoke

20.               A．himself         B．the police       C．the thief   D．the house

It was one of the happiest Saturday mornings I had spent with my daughter, Gigi. That was, until two strangers threw her into their car and sped away. It seemed like a bad dream.I could ____ speak when the police questioned me.

After that, the policeman asked me to go home to wait. My friend Gloria came to? ____me. She took my hand and gave me?? ____. It was a picture of a little girl? ____asleep in her bed, standing by the bed was a tall, blond(金发的)__ __.? We prayed and waited by the phone until sunset. The ____ never rang.

Suddenly，the front door swung open. I looked up and ____. There stood Gigi. I cried, throwing my ____ around her. Gigi said：“I was scared. We were going really fast on an old ____ road I'd never seen before. But then a tall man walked out ____ the car，and they ran off the road and hit a tree. Then the tall man ____ the car door and pulled me out. He was really nice，and said I would be okay. I must have gone to ____， because when I woke up it is in front of our house. He must have brought me home.” “But who...how did he know..., where to bring you？”My voice broke. Gigi ____ her head. Just then Gigi noticed Gloria's picture. “That's him！” she ____ at the picture. “Mommy，that's the man who pulled me out of the car！” Gloria and I turned ____. “Are you sure that's the man？” Gloria asked. “Yeah, that's him ____ that he didn't have wings，and he was wearing blue jeans.”

Later that night, the police found the____kidnappers. When questioned, the driver remembered turning away to ____ hitting a tall blond man.

Twenty years have gone by. We have never heard from any one claiming to have?? ____Gigi. There have been no logical explanations for her ____. But from that day on, I believe that all experiences, positive and negative, are given to us for our strengthening and learning.

1.A. hardly??????????? B. hard??????????? C. fully???????????? ????????????? D. full

2.A. sympathize??????? B. support????????? C. comfort????????? D. calm

3.A. a map??????????? B. a picture???????? C. a bag???????????? D. a book

4.A. healthy?????????? B. sound??????????? C. reliable????????? D. reasonable

5.A. angel???????????? B. man???????????? C. maid???????????? D. servant

6.A. phone??????????? B. door bell???????? C. clock???????????? D. radio

7.A. yelled???????????? B. screamed??????? C. whistled????????? D. whispered

8.A. cheeks??????????? B. shoulders???????? C. arms???????????? D. hands

9.A. rocky???????????? B. smooth?????????? C. hard???????????? D. flat

10.A. in back of??????? B. at the bottom of??? C. on the top of?????? D. in front of

11.A. shut???????????? B. fastened????????? C. opened??????????? D. loosened

12.A. rest???????????? B. sleep???????????? C. break???????????? D. yawn

13.A. shook?????????? B. nodded?????????? C. rolled???????????? D. trembled

14.A. referred???????? B. aimed??????????? C. pointed??????????? D. signaled

15.A. sun?burnt?????? B. light???????????? C. weak????????????? D. pale

16.A. rather than?????? B. including???????? C. except??????????? D. other than

17.A. injured????????? B. dead???????????? C. harmed?????????? D. hurt

18.A. stop???????????? B. avoid???????????? C. forbid?????????? D. keep

19.A. released????????? B. relieved????????? C. delivered???????? D. rescued

20.A. escape?????????? B. breakout???????? C. disappearance????? D. flow

I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of it – his way of asking to be petted. I______his begging for affection (喜爱), and ran for the waiting bus.

______, that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me______, “Honey, I have some______news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and______. I’m so sorry.”

“No! It’s not true!” I was______. I couldn’t believe her. “Tippy, come here! Come on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didn’t come. Feeling______, I wandered into the living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was______.

When I got off the bus the next day, the silence at home was deafening.   , my sobs (哭泣) erupted (喷发) like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn’t stop______. I hadn’t even petted him when I left.______could I have known that was my last chance? I cried until I felt empty inside.

Time passed, and against my will, I started to______some things. I realized what little control any of us have over what happens ______ a dog. We can do everything right, but______things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s______. The best way to deal with the hard times is to understand what you   and get them through when they come, and to remember that hard times always______.

I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone______, and that’s the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no______for others like Belle – my new dog.

Best of all, I realized that Tippy______all of my old memories of him. And they come to me every time I call!

1.A．met          B．ignored       C．promised   D．preferred

2.A．However          B．Besides        C．Therefore D．Finally

3.A．excitedly          B．quickly         C．reliably       D．seriously

4.A．good        B．sad      C．dull    D．happy

5.A．escaped B．wounded    C．killed           D．knocked

6.A．in disagreement      B．in anger

C．in silence   D．in shock

7.A．upset        B．sleepy          C．spellbound          D．uncertain

8.A．gone        B．missing        C．alive   D．stolen

9.A．Entirely   B．Actually       C．Finally         D．Frequently

10.A．waiting B．crying C．thinking      D．expecting

11.A．Why       B．What  C．Which         D．How

12.A．forget   B．recall  C．understand         D．change

13.A．to           B．about  C．out     D．into

14.A．surprising      B．bad     C．amazing      D．amusing

15.A．nature B．human         C．life     D．rule

16.A．came through         B．went through

C．looked through D．watch through

17.A．disappear       B．overcome   C．help   D．pass

18.A．grows    B．lives    C．suffers        D．dies

19.A．chance           B．room  C．possibility   D．doubt

20.A．thought of      B．brought up C．left behind          D．picked up

.— Mr White didn't come last night, did he?

　— No. We _____for him . A whole night was wasted.

A．had waited                            B．have been waiting

C．were waiting　　　　　                  D．had been waiting