I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it?” I wondered . I  36   it over . There, on the back in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 37   . Immediately my mind traveled    38 many years .

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my   39   that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers   40   they wanted any magazines .

Shaking off the   41  like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he    42 me over to the fire-place . Noticing the   43  in the top of my    44 , he said, “Come with me !” pulling me into his  45   and drove me downtown. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside, a salesman   46   me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had   47   seen . I   48   several inches tall when I got up   49   them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .

Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a   50 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me . With   51  eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to   52  I love you”.

I said good-bye, and for the first time I   53   the hope that things would be  54   . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a   55   .

A.read           B.thought     C.turned      D.passed

A.address      B.list         C.message    D.information

A.forward        B.so         C.ahead           D.back

A.return         B.rounds      C.trip       D.arrival

A.if only       B.how        C.whether    D.why

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When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.
It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.
“Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.” She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted bit stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!
The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.
My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, “What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!” I stood there glaring hack at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art. 
“Now go clean it up!” Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.  
Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.
【小题1】What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

A.To introduce Stephanie to her.B.To prevent her from seeing his painting.
C.To put the materials back in the yard.D.To show his artwork to her.
【小题2】 In his mother’s eyes, the writer_______.
A.was a born artistB.always caused trouble
C.was a problem solverD.worked very hard
【小题3】The underlined word “rainbow” in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A.the rainbow in the skyB.the stripes on the pavement
C.something imaginative and funD.important lessons learned in childhood
【小题4】It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.
A.encourage children to paintB.value friendship among children
C.discover the hidden talent in childrenD.protect rather than destroy children’s dreams

I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.

In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I  21  a room with two double beds and a bathroom which was too  22  for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was   23   and my stepmother had   24   us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no   25_   what to do with me. And that’s when my other family   26  .

Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home   27   their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I   28   with them for the next seven years.

Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She   29   I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders.  30  I could tell, for the Beaches there was no  31  between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.

When Su and I  32  college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.

The Beaches knew  33  about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _34  his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely   35__ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

 36  the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n)  37  that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed(使瘫痪 ,使麻痹 ,使无能力)by my _38   , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.

I   39  family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was   40   , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.

1.A. lived      B. shared          C. possessed          D. bought

2.A. cheap     B. noisy        C. small             D. limited

3.A. in trouble  B. in sight        C. in place         D. in parts

4.A. struck         B. removed        C. kicked D. knocked

5.A. plan          B. choice   C. chance          D. idea

6.A. looked after    B. showed up     C. turned over    D. came cross

7.A. so            B. because       C. until                    D. while

8.A. worked        B. traveled       C. lived                 D. learned

9.A. worked out     B. called up      C. watched out       D. made sure

10.A. As long as        B. As far as         C. As soon as    D. As many as

11.A. change    B. problem       C. conflict             D. difference

12.A. set off           B. left for          C. entered into           D. admitted into

13.A. all   B. little     C. something    D. nothing

14.A. supply      B. teach   C. encourage   D. raise

15.A. different          B. unfair   C. easy          D. hopeful

16.A. Thanks to         B. In spite of     C. Except for     D. But for

17.A. home      B. house C. ability       D. lesson

18.A. choice     B. failure C. past       D. present

19.A. doubt about    B. call on C. center on     D. believe in

20.A. born        B. accepted      C. educated      D. deserted

 

Many years ago, there was a story of a school teacher—Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.

Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume.

Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and maths. Instead, she began to teach children.

Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

Six years went by before she got a letter from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(医学博士).

The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you."

1.What first impression did Teddy give Mrs. Thompson?

A. He often told lies. 

B. He was good at math. 

C. He was dirty and not easy-going. 

D. He enjoyed playing with others.

2.According to the first paragraph, which is true between Teddy and his teacher?

A. Mrs. Thompson had a dislike of Teddy at first.

B. Mrs. Thompson didn’t play well with him.

C. Mrs. Thompson loved him all the time.

D. Mrs. Thompson told Teddy not to tell a lie.

3.Why did Teddy become one of the smartest children in the class?

A. Mrs. Thompson paid little attention to him.

B. Mrs. Thompson gave him encouragement more often

C. Teddy was cleverer than before.

D. Teddy got on well with other students.

4.Why did Teddy invite Mrs. Thompson to his wedding?

A. Teddy kept in touch with her all the time.

B. Teddy thanked her for her help and encouragement.

C. Teddy was treated by the teacher like her son.

D. She had taught him how to judge people.

5.From the passage, we can infer that ______.

A. we should love our teacher

B. we shouldn’t tell a lie in any way

C. knowledge can’t be important

D. motherly care can really make a difference

 

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