Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  1   .

I wanted to do something very   2   for my fifteen – year – old son, who has always been the perfect child. He   3   all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it until it looked almost new. I was so   4   of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could   5   wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening，I went to the kitchen to start the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a   6  : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so surprised. It had been a long – standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could take lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s response.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could   7   this expensive gift.

Of course, the house awoke, and my son was excited with my reaction. Many kisses were   8  , and I immediately wanted him to open my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I   9   that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother  10  on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still   11    and lives even in the ever – changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to   12   this story.

Yours,

                Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1．A．hope                     B．advice                 C．support               D．courage

2．A．polite                    B．similar                 C．special                D．private

3．A．played                  B．studied                C．traveled               D．worked

4．A．sure                      B．fond                    C．proud                  D．confident

5．A．perhaps                 B．really                   C．almost                 D．hardly

6．A．note                      B．notice                  C．word                  D．sign

7．A．present                 B．afford                 C．find                    D．order

8．A．exchanged             B．experienced         C．expected             D．exhibited

9．A．realized                 B．remembered         C．imagined             D．supposed

10．A．only              B．still           C．ever              D．even

11．A．works                 B．exists                  C．matters               D．counts

12．A．send                  B．publish          C．share           D．write

根据句意完成已给出首字母或汉语提示的单词，使补全后的句子意思通顺语法正确。

1．Can you p________ me with some books on science?

2．Could you tell me how to p____________ this word?

3．The policemen have caught the thief who matches Mrs. Li’s d___________．

4．Hong Kong has lots of great e_____________．

5．I want to join the school v____________ project．

6．She is ___________（自信）of passing the exam．

7．I’ve __________（认识到）the importance of learning English．

8．Many _________（摄影师）aye having a meeting here．

9．It is __________（方便）to go to school by bike．

10．Well go to the Great Wall，___________（包括）you．