My Forever Valentine 我永远的“情人”

Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought   1   him as my “Valentine man”.

My first recollection of the   2   he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was   3   “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to   4   my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is   5   difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember   6   that ring with pride that all the cards in the world   7   not surpass (超越).

  8   I grew older, the gifts gave   9   to heart-shaped boxes filled with my   10__   chocolate and always included a   11   card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became   12   of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less   13  , and I took for granted that the Valentine would   14   be there. I had   15   my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite   16  .

His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a   17   of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a   18_        of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.

Those things never   19  , nor does the memory of a man who never   20   being my Valentine.

A. of    B. about        C. up      D. over

A. memory    B. magic    C. puzzle D. presents

A. read B. written       C. shown D. signed

A. recover    B. resemble    C. represent    D. replace

A. much      B. little   C. great   D. less

A. having     B. owning      C. wearing      D. watching

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

A. Because    B. Since     C. When  D. As

A. room       B. way    C. honour       D. seat

A. favorite   B. lovely    C. dear    D. precious

A. usual     B. common     C. strange       D. special

A. less       B. little   C. more   D. much

A. important    B. beautiful   C. familiar      D. standard

A. surely     B. always  C. regularly    D. often

A. let  B. kept    C. placed D. remembered

A. suitable    B. enough C. effective    D. sacred

A. signal    B. certificate   C. consequence      D. reminder

A. tradition    B. hobby C. habit       D. custom

A. lose       B. die      C. miss    D. appear

A. thought     B. wanted       C. tried     D. stopped

Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack．But without a heart transplant（移植）her life was in constant   21  ．

    Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very   22  : finding a donor heart that   23  Maria’s blood type could take years．  24  , Carmen was determined to save her mother．She kept   25   hospitals all over the country．

    Days stretched out．By Christmas, Maria had trouble   26  from one end of the room to the other．Carmen lost all hope．She fell into a   27  of the hospital, crying．

“Are you okay?” a man asked．   

Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her   28  ．This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t   29  it through the night．Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind．He knew Cheryl had always wanted to   30  something from herself．Could her   31  go to Carmen’s mother?

After reviewing the data, doctors   32  Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect   33  for Carmen’s mother．They were able to   34  the transplant．

That cold night, when Cheryl was   35  dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door．She was   36   for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently．Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange   37  as they hugged and cried．

On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s   38  with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on．”

One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria   39  with Cheryl’s heart．Yes, Cheryl’s loving

heart would go on, for it was   40  in another loving mother’s chest．

A．change            B．danger       C．disorder        D．pain

A．small             B．distant          C．hard          D．precious 

A．matched           B．replaced      C．controlled    D．cooperated

A．Certainly           B．Otherwise     C．However       D．So

A．finding           B．phoning       C．touring         D．interrupting

A．rolling             B．running        C．walking       D．jumping

A．corner             B．bed             C．man            D．nurse

A．mother           B．story           C．error           D．dream

A．put               B．support         C．pass            D．make 

A．save               B．recycle         C．donate          D．separate

A．heart             B．brain         C．husband         D．spirit

A．informed           B．warned          C．congratulated   D．reminded

A．copy              B．fit              C．variation        D．baby

A．give up            B．carry out        C．search after     D．put off

A．noticed            B．predicted        C．found          D．declared

A．praying          B．begging       C．decorating      D．singing

A．belief             B．love          C．bond         D．relief

A．funeral            B．operation        C．performance     D．anniversary

A．passed away        B．woke up       C．left behind      D．dressed up

A．active            B．alive           C．necessary        D．changeable

___ most of the earth’s surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious.

A. As B. Once C. If D. Although

从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1.character 

A．coach            B．stomach           C．merchant         D．cheque

2.surprise  

A．purpose          B．further           C．surround          D．furniture

3.precious      

A．recent            B．secret            C．president         D．scene

4.natives       

A．loves             B．faces             C．mistakes          D．dresses

5.participate   

A．grammar          B．particular          C．apartment         D．regular

 

My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would __36__ what I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought __37__ was very important to us as humans, so I said, "My ears, Mommy."  She said, "No. Many people are __38__. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."

       Several years passed __39__ she asked me again. Since making my first __40__, I had often thought of the correct answer. So this time I told her, "Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes." She looked at me and told me, "You are __41__ fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind."

      __42__ the years, Mother asked me a couple more __43__ and always her answer was, "No, but you are getting __44__ every year, my child." Then last year, my Grandpa died. Everybody was heart broken. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our __45__ to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, "Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?"

       I was __46__ when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a __47__ between her and me. She saw the __48__ on my face and told me, "This question is very important. It shows that you have really __49__ your life." I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, "My dear, the most important body part is your __50__."  I asked, "Is it because it holds up your head?" She replied, "No, it is __51__ on them a crying friend or loved one can rest their head. I only hope that you have enough __52__ and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry __53__ when you need it." Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a __54__ one. It is sympathetic to the pain of __55__.

A. notice          B. believe in   C. doubt      D. guess at

A. love         B. health       C. sound      D. sight

A. blind           B. deaf        C. invisible     D. thoughtful

A. while          B. once       C. after       D. before

A. discovery     B. decision     C. attempt      D. suggestion

A. learning       B. thinking     C. growing     D. changing

A. Before         B. Till         C. Beyond      D. Over

A. ways           B. things     C. questions    D. times

A. stronger       B. taller       C. smarter      D. nicer

A. duty          B. turn        C. pity        D. chance

A. shocked     B. satisfied     C. interested   D. excited

A. game         B. test         C. match       D. secret

A. worry        B. puzzlement C. regret       D. pain

A. enjoyed     B. found      C. disliked      D. lived

A. shoulders   B. feet         C. hands        D. hair

A. how          B. because      C. why        D. whether

A. respect       B. favor      C. love        D. fun

A. by          B. on          C. above      D. for

A. valuable     B. useful     C. selfish      D. precious

A. others        B. the deaf      C. Grandpa     D. the blind