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Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish(无私的) love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you 21 .

I wanted to do something very 22 for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He 23 all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it 24 it looked almost new. I was so 25 of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet（头盔） and riding outfit（全套装备）.

I could 26 wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon wakening, I went to the kitchen to 27 the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 28 : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so 29 . It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 30 lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s 31 .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could 32 this expensive gift.

Of course, the 33 awoke, and my son was thrilled with(对…感到激动) my reaction. Many kisses were 34 , and I immediately wanted him to 35 my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not 36 what I was expecting. Then I 37 that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother 38 on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still 39 and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to 40 this story.

Yours,

Hilary

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

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

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

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

A. after B. before C. unless D. until

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

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

A. start B. cook C. set D. serve

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

A. disturbed B. confused C. astonished D. inspired

A. give B. take C. draw D. teach

A. reason B. request C. comment D. response

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

A. neighbor B. building C. home D. house

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

A. tear B. open C. check D. receive

A. purely B. basically C. obviously D. exactly

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

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

A works B. exists C. matters D. counts

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

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand (农场工人). At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he __31 to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social 32 with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was 33 because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his 34 . In his words, he 35 thought of changing his job.

At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a schoolteacher. In the following spring I came 36 into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt 37 . She told Dad that they must make a 38 .

My mother had 39 of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and 40 . And she 41 that I would some day become a great leader 42 men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she 43 Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and 44 a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for 45 education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother’s hope, Dad and I 46 what we have today. Dad runs a big international 47 and I am a successful lawyer 48 great fame in my country, 49 not a leader as my mother expected.

Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand. 50 he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.

A．rode B．walked C．ran D．drove

A．conversations B．games C．relationships D．activities

A．cold B．crowded C．quiet D．dirty

A．horse B．entertainment C．life D．beer

A．often B．ever C．never D．sometimes

A．laughing B．singing C．sleeping D．crying

A．unimportant B．busy C．unsatisfied D．tired

A．living B．change C．decision D．house

A．dreamed B．heard C．thought D．spoken

A．honesty B．money C．fame D．energy

A．cared B．knew C．forgot D．hoped

A．training B．ruling C．helping D．protecting

A．warned B．wanted C．allowed D．persuaded

A．start B．find C．design D．sell

A．farther B．higher C．easier D．closer

A．showed B．kept C．lost D．achieved

A．company B．school C．farm D．café

A．suffering B．sharing C．enjoying D．following

A．though B．if C．and D．since

A．So B．However C．Or D．Because

It was in the hospital that I first saw Tommy.
He must have been crying a lot __21_ his chest was still heaving（起伏）as I __22_ the bed. I knew he was trying to __23_ his tears. I felt helpless, unable to __24_ the pain from the little boy. Suddenly an idea hit me. I wanted to __25_ him the ancient Hawaiian wisdom. __26_ over, I whispered, “Tommy , did you know our Hawaiian Lizards（蜥蜴）grow their tails back and little boys can grow their __27_ back too?” Tommy’s eyes grew wide with __28_ .
“They can?” he asked, obviously __29_ .
“Yes!” I answered with __30_ . “Close your eyes,” I said. He nodded with his eyes closed __31_ .
“Tell your finger every day how much you love it and you need it to __32_ the phone and to write your homework in school.” I paused, __33_ his little face focused in deep __34_ . “Now say, grow for me, finger. I love you. I need you so much.” __35_ later, Tommy opened his eyes. I told him, “Your finger will be perfectly fine. Let’s __36_ until it completely recovers.”
A year later, Tommy came to say good-bye to me. His broken finger was just the same as any other finger should be. Only a(n) __37_ scar（伤疤）remained.
Tommy remains forever in my heart and __38_ me of the possibility of miracle（奇迹）. From him, I have learnt to _39_ failure. He inspires me to improve myself and to remember the ancient __40_ : Everything is possible if you truly believe.
【小题1】

Barditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion．Over 450 people came to the event．There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park．Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days．Ms．Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park．
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms．Yates was about to speak．Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined．
Then Ms．Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here．I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies．I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students．Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination．”
Ms．Yates paused and started crying a bit．Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me．Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path．”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work．You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart．”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping．The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊)．Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown．
【小题1】What activity was organized for the school reunion?

A．Telling stories about past events．

B．A picnic on the school playground．

C．Sightseeing in the park．

D．Graduates’ reports in the old building．

【小题2】What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms．Yates’ speech．

B．Some people got tired from the reunion activities．

C．Many graduates disliked Ms．Yates’ ways of teaching．

D．Most people had little interest in the reunion．

【小题3】We can learn from Ms．Yates’ speech that she _____________．

A．attended her students’ college graduations

B．gave her students advice on their careers