I was having a bad week．Christmas was over and the weather was very cold 1 was piling up．Every teacher seemed to 2 lots of homework．I walked home in the 18-degree cold, 3 overwhelmed(压得喘不过气来)and a little sorry for myself．And then I 4 him, a man obviously 5 , pushing a shopping cart he no doubt “ 6 ” from a local supermarket．It probably held most of his earthly possessions, which 7 a disheveled sleeping bag and a few bottles to be returned for a nickel(5分钱) 8 ．He stood miserably, clapping his hands and stomping his feet, 9 this action would replace central heating．
And then I 10 how close I was to home and 11 , eventually, I would be warm and safe．It made me 12 about how lucky I was that my primary focus was not warmth or 13 , but academics． 14 so I thought, I have a lot to be thankful for．
I began an alphabetic list of the things I should be thankful for, like April vacation, apple pie, and 15 ．My spirits 16 as I remembered barbecues, babies and birthdays．How glad I was 17 had caring teachers, and chicken wings．As I slid my key into the door, I realized that I had only 18 the letter c I felt warm and grateful．I told myself 19 the next overwhelming day, I would remember to begin 20 the letter D．
It was Satuday．As always, it was the one, for “Six days, shall you labar and all your work”was taken senously back then, Outside, Father and Mr．Patnce ncxt door were bxsy conny tcood lnside the wiel users Mother ane Mrs．Patrick were enpted in seeng cleaning
Somehow the boy s had shipped away to the back lot with their kites．Now, evet at the reis of having Brother caught to beat carpets．they had sent him to the kitchen tox exsre xding, sccmed there was no limt to the heights to which kites would fly today
My mothe looked at the sitting room, its furndign disordered for a tborough sweeting．Again she cast a look toward the window “Come on, girls! Let's take sing to the beer and theem a tutue”
On the way we met Mrs．Patrick, Ianghing guiltily as if she wrig doing woeig wrong
The never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our frsh string into the boys' kites up higher and higher, We could hardly distingwish the orang-coloced sports of the kites Now and then we slowly pullked one kite back, watching it dancing upo and down in the wind and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending yt up again
Even out fathers dropped their tools and joined us．Out mothers look their turn, laughing like schoolgirls Ithink we were all beside ourselves Parents forgx their daty and their dignity; children for everyday fights and little jealousies．"Perhaps it's like this in the some of heafer,"I thought confusedly．
It we growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the housew．Isuppose we had some chean and orderly enough．The strange thing was, we didn't mention that ady afterward Ifelt a little embarrasse．Surely none of the of the others had been as exceted as I Ikxked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are”
The years went on, then one day Iwas hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old, sisrently cried her desire to go park, see duck
“I can't go!”I said．”“I have this angt and when I'm through I'll be too rired to walk that far
My mother, who was visiting us, go up from the peas she was shelling It's a wllderful day, she offered, really warm, yet there's a fine breeu．Do you remimber that day we flew kites?
I stoppoed in my dash between store and sink．The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memorese Come on, I told my little girl You're right, it's too good d day to miss．
Another decade passed, We were in the aftennath(余波)of a great war, All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisone war, He has ked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent, What was he thinking of-what dark and horrible things?
"Sany!"A smile shpped out frow his jips．"Do you remem-no, of course you wouldn't make the impression on you as it did on me．”
I hardly dared speak,”Remrmber what?
“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camo(战俘营)，when things weren's too good, DO you remember the we flew the kites?
(1)
mrs．patnck was laughing gultily because she thought ________
[ ]
A．
she was too old to fly kites
B．
her husband would make fun of her
C．
she shoule have been doing her how
D．
supposed to the don't game
(2)
by “we were all beside ourselves writer means that they all ________
[ ]
A．
felt confused
B．
went wild with joy
C．
looked on
D．
forfot their fights
(3)
what did the think atfer the kite flying?
[ ]
A．
boys must hace had nore fun than the firls
B．
shoule have finished their work before playing
C．
her parents should spend more time with them
D．
all the others must have forgotten that day
(4)
why did the writer finally agree to jtake her little girl for an outing?
[ ]
A．
she suddenluy renmenbered ther duty as mother
B．
she was reminded of the day thety felw kits
C．
she ha dfinished her
D．
she thought it was a
(5)
the youngest patrick boy iss mentioned to show that ________
[ ]
A．
the write was not alone in treasuring her fond menories h
B．
his expenience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life
C．
childhood friend\ship means so much to the writer
D．
people like him really changed a lot after the war
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
I graduated from a small public school in Michigan．One day,Mr．Ledy,our football coach,asked me to play football．I couldn't help 1 ：me,play football? I was six feet tall and was not much over a hundred pounds in weight．I thought that they might just need another fool to increase the number of the players．However,he was persistent(坚持的) and 2 I joined the football team．That turned out to be one of my best decisions as a kid．
Our worst game ever was the one against Crystal Falls．They beat us 56 to 6．Yeah! That was a football not a basketball 3 ．We played them again when we were seniors．They 4 us again but the score was much more 5 ,30 to 20．
Coach Ledy would not let that 6 again．He encouraged us to beat them,to pay them back．And we did so in the last game we played before 7 ．I had scored 6 points alone in the game．Coach Ledy praised me．It was a huge 8 for me．
Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No,I couldn't 9 it without our team．The thing I learned through football was 10 ．We won as a team and we 11 as a team．
I think Mr．Ledy would be proud of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic 12 at the University of Michigan．I'm 13 to him as I would not have today's honor without him．I'll 14 life's final war with pain to win the victory；I'll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I'll 15 on working hard so as not to let him down．
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