A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.

　　“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.

　　An old woman was standing at her door.

　　“You boy! Come here this minute!”

　　Slowly the boy   1onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she   2out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her   3old fingers around his arm.

　　“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me   4to my bed. What’s your name?”

　　“Joseph,” he said.

　　The old woman on the bed tried to   5up, raising herself on her elbow（肘）. Water    6from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel   7.

　　“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a   8for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”

　　Joseph looked down at the   9, and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”

　　“I want my silver ring to   10to my daughter.”

　　Joseph bent his small body over the table and   11the pencil slowly across the paper.

　　“There’s my Bible（圣经）,” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a   12Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last   13of a poor old woman.”

　　The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.

　　“Here. Bring it here so I can   14it.”

　　Joseph found the Bible, and,   15the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.

　　“  16me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”

　　He ran out of the house.

　　A cold wind blew through the   17window, but the old woman on the bed   18nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind.   19on the paper were some childish letters. They   20the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”

1.A．rushed B．struggled        C．hurried      D．stepped

2.A．reached    B．let              C．pushed           D．pointed

3.A．firm           B．smooth           C．dry              D．fresh

4.A．back           B．up               C．away    　       D．ahead

5.A．sit            B．get              C．stand            D．wake

6.A．fell           B．burnt            C．burst            D．ran

7.A．ill            B．sick             C．unpleasant       D．funny

8.A．letter         B．note             C．will             D．message

9.A．table          B．pen                  C．paper            D．woman

10.A．send    　    B．go                   C．belong           D．come

11.A．moved 　  B．drew             C．used             D．pulled

12.A．great       B．merry     　   C．splendid         D．real

13.A．hope  　  B．chance           C．opinion          D．wish

14.A．sign  　      B．read             C．remember         D．copy

15.A．setting   B．hiding           C．placing          D．laying

16.A．Hold     B．Leave            C．Excuse           D．Pardon

17.A．large       B．open           C．small            D．pretty

18.A．did　         B．saw              C．felt                 D．knew

19.A．Described B．Printed          C．Recorded         D．Written

20.A．formed    B．spelled          C．organized        D．repeated

 

My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the  1  shelter to pick out a dog to keep her  2  . Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye.  3  these spots, the dog was named Penny.

Grandma and Penny quickly became very  4  to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later  5  Grandma had a stroke（中风）.Grandma could no longer   6  , so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were  7  companions.

After her stroke, it became a real  8  for Grandma to let Penny in and out because  9  was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was   10  from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was   11  Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us  12  Penny browned beef with potatoes in it. I can remember   13  my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.

As the years passed, it was not  14  for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she  15  . As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she   16  on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the   17 , Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her   18  to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her   19  companion by her side.

The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s   20  were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.

1．A．animal                   B．toy                      C．fish                     D．bird

2．A．business                B．firm                    C．company             D．friend

3．A．In spite of             B．Because of           C．Instead of            D．In front of

4．A．linked                   B．fastened              C．attached              D．tied

5．A．before                   B．while                   C．until                    D．when

6．A．think                     B．speak                  C．work                  D．walk

7．A．contrary                B．content                C．confident             D．constant

8．A．problem                B．question              C．practice               D．rule

9．A．the door                B．Grandma             C．the window         D．Penny

10．A．repaired               B．fixed                   C．bought                D．loaded

11．A．  out of                B．ahead of              C．away from          D．apart from

12．A．show                  B．hand                   C．buy                     D．cook

13．A．drawing attention to                             B．making use of     

       C．breaking away from                             D．making fun of

14．A．necessary            B．possible               C．important            D．convenient

15．A．recovered            B．awoke                 C．slept                   D．screamed

16．A．rolled                  B．stood                  C．waited                 D．lay

17．A．kitchen                B．bedroom              C．living-room          D．bathroom

18．A．back                   B．up                       C．off                      D．down

19．A．splendid              B．remote                C．faithful                D．legal

20．A．smell                   B．health                  C．habit                   D．living

Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport．The airline had announced her departure and standing near the security gate，they hugged and he said，“I love you．I wish you enough”

She in turn said，“Dad，our life together has been more than enough．Your love is a11 I ever needed．I wish you enough，too，Dad．”They kissed and she left

He walked over toward the window where I was seated Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry．I tried not to disturb his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking,“Did you ever say good—bye to someone knowing it would be forever?’’

“Yes，I have．”I replied“Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?”“I’m old and she lives much too far away I have challenges ahead，and the reality is，the next trip back will be for my funeral．”He said．

“When you were saying good-bye 1 heard you say,‘1 wish you enough．’May I ask what that means?”

He began to smile．“That’s a wish that has been handed down for many generations within my family．My parents used to say it to everyone．”

He paused for a moment，looking up as if trying to remember it in detail，and then he smiled even more“When we said‘I wish you enough’，we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain(使…持续)them．，，He continued and then turning toward me be shared the following：

“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright。

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more．

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive．

I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger．

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting．

I wish you enough loss to appreciate a11 that you possess

I wish you enough ‘Hellos’ to get you enough the final ‘Good—byes’”

Then he walked away．

I WISH YOU ENOUGH !

1．The father at the airport to         ．

A．see his daughter off              B．welcome his daughter home

C．meet his daughter and the author   D．share the touching poem with the author

2．It can be inferred that        ．

A．it was not convenient for the father and daughter to see each other face to face

B．the daughter was eager to leave his father

C．the daughter was looking forward to her father’s funeral

D．the daughter did not care about his father at all

3．What is probably the author’s feeling after hearing the father’s words explaining the meaning “1 wish you enough”?

A．Satisfied       B．Interested      C．Moved     D．Curious

4．Which is probably the best title of this story?

A．Enough is Enough                     B．Father and Daughter

C．I Wish You Enough                    D．You Can Never Be Happy Enough

At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together．They had announced her  54 ’s departure．Standing near the door, he said to his daughter: “I love you, I wish you  55  ．” She said: “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough．Your love is all I ever needed．I wish you enough, too, Daddy．” They kissed good-bye and she left．

       He walked   56   toward the window where I was seated．I tried not to intrude （侵犯） on his   57  , but he welcomed me in by asking: “Did you ever say good-bye to   58   knowing it would be forever?” “Yes, I have,” I replied．“  59   me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?” I asked．“I am old and she lives much too far away．I have   60   ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral,” he said．“When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough．'' May I ask what that means?”

       He began to smile．“That is a wish that has been handed down from other  61  ．My parents used to say it to everyone．” He paused for a moment, looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, he  62  even more．“When we said ‘I wish you enough'', we wanted the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them,” he continued and then  63  toward me, he shared the following  64  he were reciting it from memory． 

       “I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude  65  ．I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more．I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive．I wish you enough pain so that the  66  joys in life appear much bigger．I wish you enough gain to satisfy your  67  ．I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you  68  ．I wish enough “Hello”s to get you  69   the final “Good-bye．” He then began to sob （哽咽） and walked away．

       It is said that “It takes a/an  70  to find a special person, an hour to  71  them, a day to love them,  72  then an entire life to  73  them．”

A．train      B．plane C．bus    D．ship

A．good      B．well  C．happy       D．enough

A．in   B．through    C．by     D．over

A．secret     B．priority     C．privacy     D．walk

A．someone       B．anybody   C．everyone   D．anyone

A．Allow    B．Forgive    C．Thank      D．Pardon

A．future    B．challenges C．illness       D．nothing

A．parents   B．families    C．generations      D．airlines

A．said       B．cried C．laughed    D．smiled

A．running       B．walking    C．turning     D．going

A．even if B．as if  C．even though     D．although

A．bright  B．right  C．good D．warm

A．less      B．least  C．little  D．smallest

A．expense       B．life    C．wanting    D．loss

A．like      B．want  C．possess     D．need

A．over     B．through    C．across       D．back

A．day      B．life    C．hour  D．minute

A．appreciate    B．see    C．face   D．understand

A．or B．but    C．meanwhile       D．as a result

A．forget  B．remember C．wish        D．help

At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together．They had announced her  54 ’s departure．Standing near the door, he said to his daughter: “I love you, I wish you  55  ．” She said: “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough．Your love is all I ever needed．I wish you enough, too, Daddy．” They kissed good-bye and she left．

       He walked   56   toward the window where I was seated．I tried not to intrude （侵犯） on his   57  , but he welcomed me in by asking: “Did you ever say good-bye to   58   knowing it would be forever?” “Yes, I have,” I replied．“  59   me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?” I asked．“I am old and she lives much too far away．I have   60   ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral,” he said．“When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough．'' May I ask what that means?”

       He began to smile．“That is a wish that has been handed down from other  61  ．My parents used to say it to everyone．” He paused for a moment, looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, he  62  even more．“When we said ‘I wish you enough'', we wanted the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them,” he continued and then  63  toward me, he shared the following  64  he were reciting it from memory．           

       “I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude  65  ．I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more．I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive．I wish you enough pain so that the  66  joys in life appear much bigger．I wish you enough gain to satisfy your  67  ．I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you  68  ．I wish enough “Hello”s to get you  69   the final “Good-bye．” He then began to sob （哽咽） and walked away．

       It is said that “It takes a/an  70  to find a special person, an hour to  71  them, a day to love them,  72  then an entire life to  73  them．”

1.A．train                       B．plane                  C．bus                     D．ship

2.A．good                       B．well                    C．happy                 D．enough

3.A．in                           B．through               C．by                      D．over

4.A．secret                      B．priority               C．privacy               D．walk

5.A．someone                  B．anybody              C．everyone             D．anyone

6.A．Allow                     B．Forgive               C．Thank                D．Pardon

7.A．future                     B．challenges           C．illness                 D．nothing

8.A．parents                    B．families               C．generations          D．airlines

9.A．said                        B．cried                   C．laughed               D．smiled

10.A．running                 B．walking               C．turning                D．going

11.A．even if                   B．as if                    C．even though         D．although

12.A．bright                    B．right                   C．good                   D．warm

13.A．less                       B．least                    C．little                   D．smallest

14.A．expense                 B．life                     C．wanting               D．loss

15.A．like                       B．want                   C．possess                D．need

16.A．over                      B．through               C．across                 D．back

17.A．day                       B．life                     C．hour                   D．minute

18.A．appreciate              B．see                      C．face                    D．understand

19.A．or                         B．but                     C．meanwhile           D．as a result

20.A．forget                    B．remember            C．wish                   D．help