阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B. C和D中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项小涂黑。

One day Reuben saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But he couldn’t        it at that moment.

However, he opened the shop’s door and went inside. Standing        and straight, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted and asked him to        it for some time. The shopkeeper      .

Reuben walked out into the sunlight and thought he would        the five dollars and not tell anybody. Hearing the sound of hammering (敲打), he had a (n)       . People built their own homes using nails (钉子) and       nail bags outside. He could sell them back to the nail factory for five cents a piece. That day he sold two bags and hid the       .

It was evening when Reuben got home. Dora was at the kitchen, ready to serve        as Reuben sat at the table. He looked at his        and smiled.

Every day after school, Reuben        the town, collecting nail bags. On the day the school closed for the summer holiday, Reuben was happier than anyone        he would have more time for his       . Finally, the time had come! He        the coins. It was five dollars in all. Then he headed for the shop. “I have the money,” he       told the owner. And he got his     .

Racing home, Reuben       as he ran to his mother, “Here, Mum! Here!” He      a small box in her big hand. She        it carefully and saw the golden word “Mother” inside the box. It was Mother’s Day. Dora had never received such a       . She smiled happily and held her son in her arms.

1.A. touch          B. send      C. use                   D. afford

2.A. shy     B. proud   C. upset           D. calm

3.A. get     B. hide      C. keep            D. share

4.A. agreed       B. ignored      C. refused                 D. received

5.A. spend         B. raise      C. borrow        D. steal

6.A. idea   B. wish      C. decision          D. secret

7.A. sold   B. needed          C. left                   D. made

8.A. nails   B. shoes    C. bags             D. coins

9.A. lunch         B. dinner  C. customers        D. tea

10.A. sister        B. friend   C. mother        D. neighbor

11.A. left  B. visited   C. cleaned                D. searched

12.A. or    B. but        C. because                D. though

13.A. plan B. duty      C. travel           D. result       

14.A. dropped  B. counted         C. showed                 D. collected

15.A. quietly     B. worriedly      C. cleverly                D. happily

16.A. job   B. reply    C. treasure               D. present

17.A. shouted   B. clapped         C. asked           D. fell

18.A. found       B. placed  C. threw           D. took

19.A. packed     B. checked        C. picked         D. opened

20.A. gift   B. letter    C. word            D. prize

 

I opened my new patient's chart and headed for her room. My son, Eric, had just brought home a disappointing report card, and my daughter, Shannon, and I had argued again about her getting a driver's license. For the next eight hours I wanted to throw myself into helping people who I knew had much more to worry about than I did. Rebekah, mother of three lovely little girls, was only 32, admitted for chemotherapy after breast-cancer surgery, When I gave her an injection, Rebekah shut her eyes tightly and murmured a prayer until it was over. Then she smiled and squeezed my hand. “Before you go, could you get my Bible from the table?" I handed her the worn book. "Do you have a favorite Bible verse?" she asked. "Jesus wept. John 11: 35." "Such a sad one," she said. "Why?""It makes me feel closer to Jesus, knowing he also experienced human sorrow." Rebekah nodded thoughtfully and started flipping through her Bible as I shut the door quietly behind me.

During the following months, her hospital stays became frequent and she worried about her children. One day when I entered her room, I found her talking into a tape recorder. She picked up a notebook and held it out to me. "I'm making a tape for my daughters, " she said. I read the list on her pad: starting school, confirmation, turning 16, first date, graduation. While I worried how to help her deal with death, she was planning for her children's future. She usually waited until the early hours of the morning to record the tapes so she could be free from interruptions. She filled them with family stories and advice，trying to cram a lifetime of love into a few precious hours. Finally, every item in her notes had been checked off and she entrusted the tapes to her husband.

I often wondered what I would say in her place. My kids joked that I was like an FBI agent, with my constant questions about where they’d been and who they’d been with. Where, I thought, are my words of encouragement and love?

It was three o'clock one afternoon when I got an urgent call from the hospital. Rebekah wanted me to come immediately with a blank tape. She was breathing hard when I entered her room. I slipped the tape into the recorder and held the microphone to her lips. "Ruthie, Hannah, Molly, this is the most important tape." She held my hand and closed her eyes. "Someday your daddy will bring home a new mommy. Please make her feel special. Show her how to take care of you. Ruthie, honey, help her get your Brownie uniform ready each Tuesday. Hannah, tell her you don't want meat sauce on your spaghetti. Molly, don't get mad if there's no apple juice. Drink something else. It's okay to be sad, sweeties. Jesus cried too. He knows about sadness and will help you to be happy again. Remember, I'll always love you. I shut off the recorder and Rebekah sighed deeply. "Thank you, Nan, "You'll give this one to them, won't you?" she murmured as she slid into sleep.

A time would come when the tape would be played for Rebekah's children, but right then, after I smoothed Rebekah's blanket, I got in my car and hurried home. I thought of how my Shannon also liked her sauce on the side and suddenly that quirk, which had annoyed me so many times, seemed to make her so much more precious. That night the kids didn't go out; they sat with me long after the spaghetti sauce had dried onto the dishes. And we talked, without interrogations, without complaints，late into the night.

1.From the first paragraph we can learn that ____________ .

A. Nan was in a bad state and wept a lot in her daily life.

B. Nan was not on good terms with her children.

C. Nan was worried about how to help Rebeka deal with her death.

D. Nan laid more stress on attending on her patients than her children.

2.Which of the following scenes was most likely to be seen at Nan’s home before she met Rebekah?

A. The family sat down in a circle and shared an interesting story.

B. After dinner, the children either went out or shut themselves up in their rooms.

C. The son was the headache of the parents while the daughter their comfort.

D. When Eric did poorly at school, the parents comforted him and cheered him up.

3.Which was the most vital message Rebekah left to her children?

A. Bringing home satisfying school report cards 

B. Landing a job after graduation

C. Growing up healthily and happily          

D. Accepting their step-mother into their lives.

4.The writer learnt from Rebekah that a parent’s real concern should be_______.           .

A. protecting the children from the dangers they may be trapped in.

B. having encouraging and loving talks with children.

C. making tape records to guide the children in their future lives.

D. tolerating the children’s annoying quirks.