Little Boxes of Chocolates

Even though thirteen years had passed, it seemed like only yesterday when Dad was handing out those little boxes of chocolates to each of his sweethearts.

Valentine's Day was my father's holiday My sisters and I learned early to be good on that day. We ____waited a long time for Dad to get home and then quickly lined up like good little soldiers as he gave each child a small, heart-shaped box, holding some chocolates.

It caused ____reactions (反应)as we went through the periods in life. In the elementary school years, we would rush home and wait for Dad. In junior high, we felt a little embarrassed(尴尬的). In high school, we thought we were too cool to be rushing home. However, we were still comforted knowing that Dad was home waiting for us with his special _____.

My sisters and I thought the only way we would ever get out of this tradition was to move out of the house. We were_____. Even after we all moved out of the house, when Valentine's Day came, there was a little box of chocolates waiting for each of us. So we still made the trip over to ____ it.

When Mum passed away, we thought this whole tradition would disappear gradually. Wrong again. Grandchildren entered the picture and were also ______ in this tradition from the day they were born.

One year, everything changed. In that February, Valentine's Day____on Dad's bowling night, so he handed out the chocolates a day early.

Then, Valentine's Day arrived. I was watching TV when the phone rang. It was the hospital. Dad had a heart attack, and he didn't make it.

A few years later after his death, we finally went through the hard time and began______again. And come February, when those little heart-shaped boxes of chocolates appear in store windows. Dad's tradition lives on my heart.

1.A.wisely B.bravely C.patiently D.proudly

2.A.amazing B.correct C.different D.terrible

3.A.dream B.treat C.support D.interest

4.A.wrong B.clever C.afraid D.happy

5.A.buy B.send C.bring D.collect

6.A.caught B.challenged C.hurt D.included

7.A.fell B.depended C.lived D.walked

8.A.regretting B.celebrating C.complaining D.sharing

The Life of Jane Goodall

On the morning of July 14, 1960, Jane Goodall arrived at Lake Tanganyika in the Gombe National Park. Then around 5 p. m, Jane went into the forest to find her first chimpanzee.

As a young woman, Jane Goodall was following her childhood dream of studying chimpanzees in Africa. After many months of difficult work she made three important discoveries: chimpanzees ate meat, they used tools to get food, and they also made tools.

Every evening, Jane wrote her findings in her journal. She began to publish articles in magazines. After a while, Jane was accepted by a university. Her work was also making her famous. There was a documentary (纪录片)film,Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (1963), and then My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees (1969), the first of many books. During the 1970s, Gombe became a dangerous place to work. It is on the border of four different countries and there was fighting among them. Many foreigners left, but Jane stayed to continue her workand noted that chimpanzees could also be violent.

A different problem developed in Gombe in the 1980s. The forests were getting smaller and there was no enough space for chimpanzees because of the increasing human population.As a result, there were only about a hundred chimpanzees living in Gombe by t the end of the1980s. Jane realized something had to be done, so she made a plan with the local community to grow more trees.

At the beginning of the 1990s, Jane left Gombe. She set up sanctuaries (庇护所)for chimpanzees which had been caught because of the trade in chimpanzee meat. She also started giving speeches. She has very little spare time but still spends part of every year in the forest in Gombe, watching her chimpanzees.

1.What was Jane's childhood dream?

A.To explore forests in Africa.

B.To make a documentary film.

C.To write books about animals.

D.To study chimpanzees in Africa.

2.What did Jane do in the 1970s?

A.She continued to work in Gombe.

B.She went to study in a university.

C.She found her first chimpanzee.

D.She published her first book.

3.What plan did Jane make to help chimpanzees in1980s?

A.To grow more trees B.To do more studies

C.To stop the fighting. D.To set up sanctuaries

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