After the examination, the doctor told my parents my sight would get worse and that I would lose my sight finally. On the way home from hospital, no one said a word. One day, would I only imagine the scenery beyond the glass rather than see it?

That September, I entered middle school. Most nights I had homework that included an armful of books to read. To keep up with other children, I took great trouble to finish the task. With my nose a couple of inches from the page, I was tired easily. What’s worse, after I had read several pages on my own, the words slipped off the page into inky pools.

However, then I did not have audio books and electronic devices like kids do now. Instead, Mom volunteered to read out loud. Mom worked part-time, cleaned the house, cooked and spent time with Grandma. In spite of being so busy, she showed up in my room like clockwork. She put on her reading glasses. Mom always thought those glasses made her look old. To me, she looked like a teacher.

In my room, Mom’s voice raced with the ticking of the clock. Being forced to focus on listening, I found a way to keep my marks up and compete with the other kids. When the teacher asked a question, I raised my hand with confidence. Teachers praised me for having a good memory. Reading removed my fear for my failing sight, reading also made me curious about other people’s challenges and how they managed. Though I could not use my eyes to fix on each passage, my mind lit up with every new book.

True to what the doctor said, the worst came, but thanks to Mom, my sense of hearing now allows me to “see”. This was the most precious gift from a mother to her child.

1.Why did the author and his parents keep silent on their way back home from hospital?

A. They all wanted to have a good rest.

B. The author didn’t do well in the exam.

C. What the doctor said made them worried.

D. They focused on the scenery along the road.

2.How did the author manage to get high marks?

A. By being confident.

B. By listening carefully.

C. By getting help from his classmates.

D. By reading as many books as possible.

3.We can learn from the text that ____________.

A. the author’s sight recovered finally

B. reading made the author more sensitive

C. the author’s mother didn’t work to look after him

D. reading made the author not worry about his sight

4. Which of the following could be the best title of the text?

A. My eyesight trouble

B. An unforgettable experience

C. With ears wide open

D. About Mother’s love

Many years ago, when I graduated from school and was working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register (收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend's. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership-a shop selling cars-was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

"Thank you"-two powerful words. They're easy to say and mean so much.

1.The words "took off" underlined in Paragraph 2 mean "_____".

A. turned off B. moved off

C. put off D. set up

2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B. The couple sent him a business card.

C. The couple offered to help him.

D. He called his friend for help.

3.The battery of the author's car was dead because _____.

A. he forgot to turn off the lights

B. the meeting lasted a whole day

C. he drove too long a distance

D. something went wrong with the lights

4. By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show _____.

A. how to write a thank-you letter

B. how to deal with car problems

C. the kind-heartedness of other people

D. the importance of expressing thanks

完形填空阅读下面短文,从短文后面各题锁哥的四个选项(A、 B、C 和 D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker.He is not famous in sports or the arts.But people in the streets _______him, especially those who are _______.

For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg.How did he get that _______? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱).But he's_______ .His briefcase always has some gloves.

In winter, Mr.Greenberg does not_______ like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and_______the street.He looks around at_______.He stops when he_______someone with no gloves.He gives them a pair and then he________ , looking for more people with cold _______.

On winter days, Mr.Greenberg ________ gloves.During the rest of the year, he_______ gloves.People who have heard about him ________him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.

Mr.Greenberg _______ doing this 21 years ago.Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and _________ his behavior.But people who don't know him are sometimes ________ him.They don't realize that he just wants to make them _______.

It runs in the ________.Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier.Michael Greenberg feels the ________ .A pair of gloves may be a _________ thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.

1.A.know about B.learn from C.cheer for D.look after

2.A.old B.busy C.kind D.poor

3.A.job B.name C.chance D.message

4.A.calm B.different C.crazy D.curious

5.A.act B.sound C.feel D.dress

6.A.cross over B.drive along C.hurry down D.keep off

7.A.cars B.people C.street numbers D.traffic lights

8.A.helps B .chooses C.greets D.sees

9.A.holds up B.hangs out C.moves on D.turns around

10.A.hands B.ears C.faces D.eyes

11.A.searches for B.stores up C.gives away D.puts on

12.A.borrows B.sells C.returns D.buys

13.A.call B.send C.lend D.show

14.A.delayed B.remembered C.began D.enjoyed

15.A.understand B.dislike C.study D.excuse

16.A.sorry for B.satisfied with C.proud of D.surprised by

17.A.smart B.rich C.special D.happy

18.A.city B.family C.neighborhood D.company

19.A.honor B.pain C.same D.cold

20.A.small B.useful C.delightful D.comforting

This is a true story that happened in Japan. In order to repair the house, a Japanese tore open the walls. Japanese houses normally have an empty space between the wooden walls. When pulling down the walls, he found that there was a lizard(蜥蜴) staying there because a nail(钉子) from outside was hammered into one of its feet. He saw this, feeling pity and curious. When he checked the nail, he found it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was first built.

What happened? The lizard had survived in such a position for 10 years! It has been in a dark wall partition(夹层) for 10 years without moving! Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 10 years without moving a single step—since its foot was nailed! So he stopped his work and observed the lizard: What has it been doing? What and how has it been eating? Later, he didn't know from where another lizard appeared, with food in its mouth. Ah! He was astonished and touched deeply. The free lizard had been feeding it for the past 10 years.

Such love, a beautiful love! Such love happened with this tiny creature… What can love do? It can do wonders! Just think about it: one lizard had been feeding the other for 10 long years, without giving up hope on its partner. If a small creature like a lizard can love like this, just imagine how we can love if we try.

1.How did the Japanese feel when seeing the lizard there?

A. Frightened B. Enjoyable

C. Confused D. Usual

2.Why did the Japanese stop his work?

A. To watch how long the lizard can still live here.

B. To take out the nail and set the lizard free.

C. To have a rest by watching the lizard.

D. To find out why the lizard had survived there for 10 years.

3.What can we learn from the free lizard?

A. It teaches us never to give up our loved ones.

B. It teaches us to give more help to our loved ones.

C. It tells us to take pity on the stuck lizard.

D. It encourages us to live even longer.

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