In America, in 1988, Samuel sent his son, Armand, to school. Samuel hugged the boy and looked him in the ______,“Have a good day, and remember, I’ll always be there for you.”

Hours later, a ______ earthquake happened. Samuel tried to discover what ______ to his son, but he couldn’t get any ______, Samuel then headed for the ______. When he reached the area, what he saw brought ______ to his eyes. Armand’s school was a pile of debris (残骸). Other parents were standing around ______.

Samuel found where Armand’s classroom ______ to be and began pulling a broken rock off the pile and put it to the side, and then grabbed another one.

One of the parents looking ______ asked, “What are you doing?”

“Digging for my son,” Samuel answered. The man then said, “You will make things ______! The building is unstable.” He tried to stop Samuel.

Samuel just kept ______. As time went on, one by one, the other parents left.

All through the night and into the next day, Samuel ______ digging. Parents placed flowers and pictures of their children on the ruins, ______ Samuel just kept doing. Suddenly, he ______ a faint cry. “Help! Help!” Samuel listened but didn’t hear anything again. Then he heard a muffled (闷声的) voice, “Papa?”

Samuel began to dig ______. At last, he could see his ______. “Come on out, son!” he said with ______.

“No,” Armand said. “Let the other kids ______ first because I know you’ll get me.”

All 14 children were alive. Samuel took his son in his arms and Armand said, “I told the other kids not to ______ because you told me that you’d ______ be there for me.”

1.A. eye B. ear C. nose D. mouth

2.A. weak B. rich C. common D. powerful

3.A. led B. devoted C. referred D. happened

4.A. car B. information C. coat D. trouble

5.A. bar B. home C. market D. schoolyard

6.A. tears B. smile C. coffee D. hands

7.A. crying B. promising C. talking D. drinking

8.A. seen B. used C. wanted D. responded

9.A. at B. on C. after D. down

10.A. better B. bigger C. worse D. more

11.A. speaking B. running C. working D. writing

12.A. stopped B. taught C. sang D. continued

13.A. so B. and C. but D. though

14.A. dug B. took C. heard D. robbed

15.A. sadly B. freely C. happily D. crazily

16.A. son B. mother C. father D. friend

17.A. belief B. relief C. anger D. excitement

18.A. put out B. get out C. take out D. pick out

19.A. pay B. waste C. worry D. glare

20.A. always B. never C. seldom D. sometimes

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题四个选项(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。

At 18, I was on the flight to Europe for the first time. Excited about the _______of a lifetime, I enjoyed a free in-flight meal. I even _______a sandwich for later.

At the Lisbon airport, I got my backpack off the _______conveyer(传送带) with the help of another _______. I got to the youth hostel(青年旅行社) I’d stay at. But I had only one day to see everything, so barely stopping to _______after my overnight flight, I headed out to take photos of various buildings.

The next morning at 6 a.m., I was to _______to Brussels. I set my alarm for a super-early start, but I was _______whether the button on the top had to be up or down. Obviously, I had made a _______because the next morning I _______ only a short while before sunrise. I __________, took my belongings and rushed to the bus stop. I was extremely __________with the bus driver pulling over every few minutes. __________ what seemed ages, I arrived, only to be told it was too late. Tears streamed down my cheeks. Fortunately, the friendly lady at the desk __________ to put me on the flight the next morning at no extra cost. What a __________!

__________, I had to spend the next 22 hours at the airport. By late afternoon, I was truly __________sitting all day. Then I got to know a young man who __________ parcels to and from the airport. So I asked him to take me out for the evening. To my surprise, he accepted my __________without hesitation. Oh! All the beautiful palaces and ancient buildings!

This was fun for me at least; there was a man to keep my __________and I had enough time to take in sights without__________. He even dropped me off just before 4 a.m. That was my first adventure.

1.A. story B. purpose C. adventure D. freedom

2.A. turned down B. set up C. turned in D. set aside

3.A. baggage B. petrol C. food D. rubbish

4.A. pilot B. passenger C. clerk D. cleaner

5.A. rest B. play C. think D. explain

6.A. drive B. fly C. hike D. swim

7.A. concerned B. curious C. afraid D. uncertain

8.A. mistake B. difference C. plan D. decision

9.A. woke B. wrote C. slept D. stayed

10.A. washed B. panicked C. laughed D. cooked

11.A. worried B. impolite C. impatient D. content

12.A. While B. Before C. When D. After

13.A. offered B. attempted C. aimed D. paused

14.A. pity B. bargain C. relief D. loss

15.A. Anyway B. However C. Besides D. Otherwise

16.A. interested in B. guilty of C. delighted with D. bored with

17.A. delivered B. loaded C. sewed D. classified

18.A. offer B. request C. opinion D. explanation

19.A. belongings B. photos C. company D. secret

20.A. rushing B. doubt C. emotion D. comfort

A member of our class told us of a request made by his wife. She and a group of other women in her church were involved in a self-improvement program. She asked her husband to help her by listing six things he believed she could do to help her become a better wife. He reported to the class, “I was surprised by such a request. Frankly, it would have been easy for me to list six things I would like to change about her---my heavens, she could have listed a thousand things she would like to change about me---but I didn’t. I said to her, ‘Let me think about it and give you an answer in the morning.’”

“The next morning I got up very early and called the florist(花商)and had him send six red roses to my wife with a note saying, ‘ I can’t think of six things I would like to change about you. I love you the way you are.’”

“When I arrived at home that evening, who do you think greeted me at the door? That’s right. My wife! She was almost in tears. Needless to say, I was extremely glad I had not criticized her as she had requested.”

“The following Sunday at church, after she had reported the result of her request, several women with whom she had been studying came up to me and said, ‘That is the most considerate thing I have ever heard.’ I was then that I realized the power of appreciation.”

Lincoln once began a letter saying, “Everybody likes a compliment.” William James said, “The deepest principle in human nature is the desire to be appreciated.” So let’s give honest, sincere appreciation to others instead of criticizing them. This will make a great difference to your life as well as others’.

1.What can we learn from the husband’s words in the text?

A. He had to end his marriage B. His wife actually wanted some praise

C. He was angry with his wife D. His wife’s request was a joke

2.What does the underlined phrase “the result” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Being criticized B. Getting the flowers

C. Listing the six things D. Becoming a better wife

3.What kind of person is the husband according to the text?

A. Childlike B. Ambitious

C. Courageous D. Thoughtful

4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To stress the value of recognition

B. To tell us the power of knowledge

C. To tell us the meaning of perfection

D. To stress the importance of forgiveness

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