When I was about 12, I had a(an) __31__, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too __32__, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her __33__ I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me __34__, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you __35__ wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are __36__. Think it over. __37__ no attention to the other things she said.”

I did __38__ he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.

I brought the list __39__ to my dad. He refused to __40__ it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. __41__ something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but __42__ the truth and do __43__ you think is right.”

Many years have __44__. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your __45__.

31. A. enemy          B. sister                  C. partner             D. friend

32. A. lot                B. many                  C. much            D. bit

33. A. as much as      B. as often as         C. as long as         D. as soon as

34. A. quickly         B. angrily                    C. fast                   D. quietly

35. A. just               B. ever                       C. even                   D. never

36. A. good              B. true                       C. nice                  D. wonderful

37. A. Put                   B. Pull                       C. Pay                 D. Pick

38. A. like                   B. as if                      C. as though            D. as

39. A. against                      B. with                      C. from                  D. back

40. A. take               B. make                  C. bring                 D. remember

41. A. Before             B. When                   C. After                  D. Since

42. A. hear              B. listen                  C. see              D. look

43. A. how                     B. when                     C. what                 D. why

44. A. passed             B. past                      C. through              D. been

45. A. money          B. heart                  C. life                     D. effort

It is so cold on that dark winter day in 1942. But it is no different from any other day in this Nazi concentration camp (纳粹集中营). I am    1   dead, living on from day to day, from hour to hour,    2   I was taken from my home and brought here with tens of thousands of other Jews (犹太人). Will I still be    3   tomorrow?

I walk back and forth (来回) next to the barbed wire fence (带刺的铁丝网), trying to keep my body    4   . I am hungry. I have been hungry for long. Each day, as more of us disappear, the happy    5    seems like a dream, and I sink deeper and deeper into hopelessness.

Suddenly, I notice a young girl walking past    6   the other side of the fence. She stops and looks at me with sad eyes that seem to say she cannot understand why I am here. I want to look away, but I cannot move my eyes away from hers. Then she reaches into her pocket, and pulls out a red apple. Oh, how long has it been since I saw    7   ! She looks round carefully and then with a smile quickly throws the apple over the fence. I run to pick it up, holding it in my shaking (颤抖)    8    fingers. In my world of death this apple is a sign of life, of love. I looked up in time to see the girl disappearing.

The next day I cannot help myself－I am    9   at the same time to that place near the fence. And again she comes and brings me an apple. For seven months we meet like this. One day I hear terrible news: We’re being shipped to another camp.

The next day when I greet her, my heart is    10   and I can hardly speak as I say what must be said: “Don’t bring me an apple tomorrow.” I tell her, “I am being sent to another camp.” Turning before I lose all my control (控制), I run away from the fence. I cannot    11   to look back.

And then one day the war has ended. Few of us who are still alive are freed. I have    12    everything, but I still have the memory of this girl.

1. A. almost              B. mostly              C. probably           D. quite

2. A. long before       B. soon after         C. even though      D. ever since

3. A. out                   B. alive                 C. free                  D. hungry

4. A. healthy             B. strong              C. warm              D. comfortable

5. A. past                 B. future               C. moment            D. present

6. A. by                    B. on                    C. to                    D. from

7. A. it                     B. this                  C. one                  D. that

8. A. frozen              B. dirty                 C. little                 D. painful

9. A. pushed             B. taken               C. drawn              D. driven

10. A. beating           B. hurting             C. sinking             D. breaking

11. A. imagine           B. bear                 C. stop                 D. expect

12. A. forgotten               B. left                   C. missed             D. lost

I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.

We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.

On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.

They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.

Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."

That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.

Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.

1.A. dangerous                   B. different                C. impossible    D. terrible

2.A. promise              B. wish                        C. suggestion             D. decision

3.A. miss                     B. keep                       C. get                          D. accept

4.A. whom                 B. whose           C. which            D. what

5.A. first                     B. next                        C. other                      D. last

6.A. us                        B. them                       C. me                          D. her

7.A. expecting                    B. remembering       C. agreeing                D. allowing

8.A. again                            B. still                          C. then                        D. ever

9.A. excuse                B. fun                          C. trouble                   D. chance

10.A. moved              B. talked            C. turned                    D. looked

11.A. colors               B. tears                       C. joys                         D. fears

12.A. even though   B. as if                         C. so that                    D. now that

13.A. sure                           B. proud            C. alone                     D. together

14.A. on                     B. for                           C. since                       D. through

15.A. visit                            B. sleep                      C. leave                      D. play

I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.

    We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ___ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.

    On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ___ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.

    They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ___ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ___ into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.

    Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."

    That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.

Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.

1.A. dangerous          B. different         C. impossible          D. terrible

2.A. promise            B. wish            C. suggestion          D. decision

3.A. miss               B. keep            C. get                D. accept

4.A. whom              B. whose          C. which              D. what

5.A. first               B. next             C. other              D. Last

6.A. us                 B. them            C. me                D. her

7.A. expecting           B. remembering     C. agreeing            D. allowing

8.A. again              B. still             C. then                D. ever

9.A. excuse             B. fun              C. trouble             D. chance

10.A. moved            B. talked            C. turned             D. looked

11.A. colors             B. tears            C. joys               D. fears

12.A. even though        B. as if             C. so that             D. now that

13.A. sure               B. proud            C. alone              D. together

14.A. on                B. for              C. since              D. through

15.A. visit               B. sleep            C. leave              D. play