When I was in the third grade, Mother’s day came around much too quickly; I found myself empty-handed with nothing to give my mom on her special day. So I was ________when an announcement over the loudspeaker said that one of the older grades would be_____pins(胸针)that said “Number-One Mom”. It may not sound like much, but to an 8-year-old it’s ______.

So each day I ______myself that the following day I would bring the money to buy the pin, but I always forgot. And I was______when the principal(校长)and a few of the older kids selling pins came into my_______and announced that it was the last day to buy them.

I always_______my principal. She could be sweet, but sometimes she could be _______ . If you break_____ , she was quick to set you straight, so I remained as disciplined as a ______before her.

On this day, however, my principal was in a good_______. And she must have heard me tell my classmates I’d _______my money again. I wasn’t crying, but she knew I really wanted to buy a_______.

After she left, I got called to her office. I’d never been there. So I was terrified. When I arrived ______, she told me to come to her desk, and she pulled out the pin I’d had my eye_______for days.

“The kids gave me this to give to my_____ ,” she began. “But my mom passed away, so I want you to _____it.”

Taking the pin, I looked at it in my this hands. I didn’t know what to say. I probably_______her and walked back to class, and proudly presented this_______gift to my mother.

I don’t know if my mom still has the pin, and I don’t know ______the principal remembers giving it to me. but I will never forget that act of kindness from someone I’d never expected it from.

1.A. anxious B. glad C. patient D. curious

2.A. showing B. collecting C. making D. selling

3.A. perfect B. small C. solid D. safe

4.A. enjoyed B. warned C. told D. asked

5.A. surprised B. disappointed C. puzzled D. excited

6.A. direction B. school C. office D. classroom

7.A. feared B. loved C. hated D. ignored

8.A. careful B. kind C. strict D. considerate

9.A. glasses B. rules C. promises D. mistakes

10.A. nurse B. teacher C. lawyer D. solider

11.A. mood B. shape C. manner D. style

12.A. lost B. saved C. forgotten D. dropped

13.A. book B. pin C. toy D. bike

14.A. shaking B. smiling C. singing D. thinking

15.A. to B. with C. in D. on

16.A. husband B. mother C. daughter D. friend

17.A. store B. wear C. have D. win

18.A. paid B. respected C. kissed D. thanked

19.A. free B. expensive C. big D. rare

20.A. if B. how C. why D. that

Do not push yourself too hard

One Friday earlier this school year, all of a sudden it felt like I had pulled a muscle in my back. I knew I was _____. After a few days I stopped eating, which meant I lost ______; the clothes bought two weeks earlier began hanging _____. In addition, I started _____ so less that my eyelids were constantly heavy. My parents got ______. I thought fear wasn’t going to ______my life. Yet, I spent every minute of every day _____ how I was going to get myself out of trouble, and it made me mad.

Then I _____ to accept I was ill. I kept my job working 25 hours a week in a shop; I didn’t ____ any classes. When I was _____, I sucked it up and kept on going. _____ it kills you, it makes you stronger, right?

But now I find myself thinking whether that’s _____ it. I’m taking the classes and writing for the newspaper because it looks _____ on college applications. And I am working 25 hours a week so that, _____ I get into my dream school, I can afford it.

Here I am, already sick from the amount of work. So, what good is a(n) _____ application if I’m dead? What is the ____ of doing this work if I can’t enjoy the results?

____, by writing my story I’m not only _____ that I can’t take it, but I’m telling all the people who are too concerned with the _____ to worry about now. This is my warning: Don’t ______ the high dive if you don’t like the deep end.

1.A. tired B. ill C. sad D. cold

2.A. heart B. chance C. confidence D. weight

3.A. loose B. proper C. regular D. tight

4.A. protecting B. sleeping C. amusing D. observing

5.A. annoyed B. disturbed C. scared D. shocked

6.A. control B. lose C. take D. explore

7.A. noticing B. showing C. answering D. wondering

8.A. refused B. agreed C. determined D. managed

9.A. attend B. choose C. drop D. expect

10.A. leaving B. training C. performing D. hurting

11.A. Since B. If C. Though D. Unless

12.A. unfair B. honest C. worth D. equal

13.A. firm B. good C. curious D. serious

14.A. once B. though C. unless D. whether

15.A. expensive B. impressive C. instructive D. sensitive

16.A. point B. duty C. promise D. action

17.A. In case B. In return C. In fact D. In all

18.A. regretting B. reporting C. desiring D. admitting

19.A. income B. education C. pressure D. future

20.A. cross B. escape C. climb D. avoid

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网