阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

“But what if I break my arm again?” My five-year-old daughter asked, looking very _________ . I knew how much she wanted to learn to _________ .Yet ever since she fell off her bicycle and broke her arm, she’d been afraid .

“Oh, honey,” I said. “I don’t think you’ll break another arm .”

_________ I could, couldn’t I?”

“Yes,” I _________ . At that time, how I wish I _________ someone who might help me find the right words to make my girl’s problems disappear.

“ I don’t want to ride,” she said and got off her bike.

“ You know, honey,” I said. “_________ everything you do comes with risks. You_________ break your arm in a car accident and then be afraid to ever ride in a car. You could have your arm _________ jumping a rope. You could get a broken arm at sports. Do you want to _________ going to do sports?”

“No,” she said. And with a determined spirit, she agreed to try it again. I _________ her bike until she found the_________ to say, “Let’s go!” I spent the rest of the afternoon watching a brave little girl overcome a _________, and congratulating myself for being a useful parent after a painful divorce.

As we walked home, she asked me about a conversation she overheard me having with my mother. “Grandma wanted you to find someone to _________,””What grandma wants is for someone to _________ my heart again.”I lost control. ”But, Mom.” ”You are too young to _________ it.”I told her, “I think love isn’t like a broken arm. I don’t want to think about it again.” Then she said she knew uncle Steve was the man for me.

“It’s nothing,” I told her.

Then she said something_________ me to think about.

Unable to answer, we went on walking in _________ . When I got home, I called my mother and_________ her for talking about this to my daughter. Later I did what my brave girl did that afternoon. I agreed to meet Steve.

Steve was the man for me. We _________ a year later. It turned out mother and my daughter were _________ .

1.A. satisfied B. nervous C. sad D. excited

2.A. ride B. buy C. drive D. walk

3.A. And B. However C. But D. Instead

4.A. laughed B. cried C. sighed D. replied

5.A. have B. will C. had D. has

6.A. Most B. Mostly C. Hardly D. Almost

7.A. must B. could C. should D. would

8.A. break B. to break C. broken D. breaking

9.A. try B. stop C. start D. begin

10.A. held out B. held up C. held on D. held on to

11.A. strength B. courage C. feeling D. sense

12.A. shame B. difficult C. fear D. mistake

13.A. help B. live C. teach D. love

14.A. destroy B. break C. warm D. harm

15.A. accept B. understand C. believe D. receive

16.A. of B. for C. with D. by

17.A. surprise B. a hurry C. silence D. pleasure

18.A. appreciated B. thanked C. scolded D. charged

19.A. argued B. left C. moved D. married

20.A. clever B. wrong C. right D. careful

阅读理解。

Jermaine Washington,26,did something that amazes many people.He gave an important organ to a woman who he describes(描述) as “just a friend”.

Jermaine met Michelle Stevens,23,when they began working together in Washington DC.They used to have lunch with one another and chat during breaks.“He was somebody I could talk to.”says Michelle.“One day,I cried on his shoulder.I had been on the kidney(肾) donor(捐赠者) waiting list for 11 months,and I had lost all hope.”

She told Jermaine how sad it was to spend three days a week,three hours a day,on a kidney dialysis(透析) machine.“I saw my friend dying before my eyes,”Jermaine says.“What should I do?Sit back and watch her die?”

Michelle’s mother,who was suffering from an illness,was unable to donate a kidney.Her two elder brothers were reluctant(不愿意的).“I understood,”says Michelle,“They said they loved me very much,but they were just too afraid.”

The operation at Washington Hospital Center had a lot of painful procedures(步骤),but Jermaine never changed his decision and never regretted what he had done for Michelle.

Today,both Michelle and Jermaine are fine.Three times a month,they get together for what they call a “thank-you lunch”.Though their friends hope they will get married,a romantic relationship is not what they want.“We are thankful for the beautiful friendship that we have,”Michelle says.“We don’t want to mess up a good thing.”

1.According to the first paragraph,in many people’s opinion,Jermaine’s deed is very .

A.brave B.surprising

C.acceptable D.stupid

2.Why did Michelle tell Jermaine about her illness?

A.Because Jermaine wanted to know everything about her.

B.Because everybody else around her had already heard her sad story.

C.Because Jermaine was someone with whom she could share her pain.

D.Because she wanted to ask Jermaine to give his kidney to her.

3.We learn that when Michelle’s brothers learnt about her illness, .

A.they offered to help her

B.they pretended not to know anything

C.they were unwilling to give their kidneys to her

D.they lied that they could not donate their kidneys

4.It is implied in the passage that .

A.Michelle’s father died when she was young

B.Michelle is Jermaine’s only friend at work

C.Michelle was always sure that she would find a kidney donor

D.both Michelle and Jermaine just want to stay good friends

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