After spending a weekend away with my adult son, I was so impressed by his

 generous heart that I sent him this letter.

Dear son,

I want to thank you for teaching me a very 36 lesson in life by the great

example you 37 When we were eating at that cafe in Bondi and a person who

had __38__ his hamburger didn't have enough money to pay for it, without any

39 ,  you went over and put the     40     $2 into his hand.

When we were leaving, you 41 threw a five-cent coin onto the pavement and

Said 42_ like, "Some kid will really enjoy 43 this. "

Last week, a young man 44 me in the line at a petrol station didn't have

45 money to pay for his petrol.  I asked the money collector, "How much 46

is he?" She told me he had meant to put $15 of petrol in his ear 47   he had been

looking at the wrong gauge (计量器) and had put in 15 48 ,  which came to just

 over  49'_. That is an easy mistake  50  both gauges run fast.

Something made me think of you and 51 you did that night at the cafe in

Bondi. I handed the man $6. He was so 52 and said, "But why would you do

this for me?" I just smiled as I thought of you.

Thank you, son, for teaching me that "it's 53 to give than receive". Now

when I sec a five-cent coin on the 54 and want to pick it up, I think of you

and leave it _55 , just in case some kid will get a kick out of finding it.

Love always.   Mum.

 

36. A. humorous       

B. private         

C. reasonable    

D. valuable

37. A. followed        

B. gave           

C. set          

D. took

38. A. ordered         

B. booked         

C. offered      

D. bought

39. A. hesitation       

B. doubt           

C. permission   

D. difficulty

40. A. other           

B. last            

C. extra        

D. rest

41. A. again          

B. already         

C. only        

D. also

42.A. nothing 

B. everything  

C. anything     

 D. something

43.A.finding  

 B. accepting  

 C. looking for  

 D. pointing at

44.  A.behind    

 B. beyond    

 C. ahead of    

 D. next to

45.A.much     

 B. some      

 C. any      

 D. enough

46.A.far      

 B. 1ong      

 C. short      

 D. high

47.A.and     

 B. but         

 C. SO          

 D. while

48.A.1itres  

 B. kilograms  

 C. pounds   

 D. kilometers

49.A.$15      

 B. $20       

 C. $25        

 D. $30

50.A.until   

 B. as        

 C. although      

 D. unless

51.A.what      

 B. which     

 C. whatever   

 D. whichever

52.A.excited   

 B. surprised  

 C. interested 

 D. encouraged

53.A.easier      

 B. better      

 C. faster       

 D. worse

54。A.comer     

 B. way   

 C. ground     

 D. carpet

55.A.there     

 B. here     

 C. out          

 D. around

 

 

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears.  36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I  37  to see—or look at—on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter  38  the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On  39  days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime  40  out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I  42  all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how  43  I expected to see her each morning. You might say I  44 her.

“Did she have an accident? Something  45 ?” I thought to myself about her  46 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had  47  her. I began to realize that part of our  48  life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar  49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50  walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are  51  markers in our lives. They add weight to our  52  of place and belonging.

Think about it.  53 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by  54  a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though  55 , person?

1.

A.Make

B.Take

C.Give

D.Have

 

2.

A.happened

B.wanted

C.used

D.tried

 

3.

A.what

B.how

C.which

D.when

 

4.

A.sunny

B.rainy

C.cloudy

D.snowy

 

5.

A.took

B.brought

C.carried

D.turned

 

6.

A.Clearly

B.Particularly

C.Luckily

D.Especially

 

7.

A.believed

B.expressed

C.remembered

D.wondered

 

8.

A.long

B.often

C.soon

D.much

 

9.

A.respected

B.missed

C.praised

D.admired

 

10.

A.better

B.worse

C.more

D.less

 

11.

A.disappearance

B.appearance

C.misfortune

D.fortune

 

12.

A.forgotten

B.lost

C.known

D.hurt

 

13.

A.happy

B.enjoyable

C.frequent

D.daily

 

14.

A.friends

B.strangers

C.tourists

D.guests

 

15.

A.regularly

B.actually

C.hardly

D.probably

 

16.

A.common

B.pleasant

C.important

D.faithful

 

17.

A.choice

B.knowledge

C.decision

D.sense

 

18.

A.Because

B.If

C.Although

D.However

 

19.

A.keeping

B.changing

C.passing

D.mentioning

20.A unnamed        B. unforgettable    C. unbelievable     D. unreal

 

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