The best Mother's gift I ever received was a magnolia(玉兰)tree. At first,it was a little thing,but it was mine,and I knew I would  1   it.

  Magnolia trees,you see,were my mother's 2 . We had one in the front yard of our house when I was growing up. I can still remember Mom's 3 in seeing it. "Oh,look!" she 4 shout every year. "The magnolia tree is going to  5 . ”On April 6 , her birthday,the pink-and-white flowers would be all over the branches,  6 the arrival of spring.

  Back then,I didn't find the blooming of a tree to be an event worthy of    7   . But my mother had a way of appreciating the    8 things. A baby's smile,or a call from an old friend  9 her with happiness.

On the first Mother's Day 10her death six years ago,I wasn't sure11 Fd live. I felt my mother was    12 .

That Sunday morning I awoke, 13 where my husband David had gone with our two daughters, Kira,4,and Sophine, 9 months. As I was lying in bed,enjoying the 14 ,Kira suddenly burst through the bedroom door.

"Look outside, Mommy!" she said. I 15the window. Next to David was a little tree."It's a magnolia tree," Kira said."Happy    16   ," David said.

 Although I don't have my 17any longer, I have her tree. When the magnolia blooms, we18 its beauty and use it as a 19 to talk about my mother and her love for flowers. These moments help keep her spirit very much alive. I'm always 20 to appreciate the small things that make life so beautiful!

(   ) 1. A. leave    B. treasure C. follow    D. miss

(   ) 2. A. gift      B. hope C. favorite      D. reliance

(   ) 3. A. shock      B. sorrow   C. doubt      D. pleasure

(   ) 4. A. would    B. should   C. might    D. could

(   ) 5. A. grow      B. bloom   C. die      D. fall

(   ) 6. A. announcing   B. informing   C. promising      D. concluding

(   ) 7. A. speech    B. memory    C. celebration    D. praise

(   ) 8. A. worst    B. smallest   C. most common    D. earliest

(   ) 9. A. gave    B. rang     C. touched    D. filled

(   ) 10. A. following    B. approaching   C. attaching    D. passing

(   ) 11. A. why    B. what      C. when    D. how

(   ) 12. A. somewhere    B. anywhere   C. nowhere    D. everywhere

(   ) 13. A. wondering    B. knowing    C. thinking    D. suspecting

(   ) 14. A. music    B. loneness    C. peace    D. landscape

(   ) 15. A. closed    B. raised     C. lowered    D. left

(   ) 16. A. Christmas    B. Mothers' Day   C. Thanks-giving Day D. weekend

(   ) 17. A. time      B. tree   C. mother      D. family

(   ) 18. A. admit    B. admire   C. accompany    D. affect

(   ) 19. A. present    B. permission   C. place    D. chance

(   ) 20. A. told    B. reminded     C. remained    D. asked

 It was at 6 a. m. that I arrived in the hospital kitchen. "Hi,I'm Janet. " I tried to sound cheerful,although I already knew that it was 1 to work with Rose.

  Rose,a middle-aged woman, stopped what she was doing and 2 me over her glasses. I could tell from her expression that she wasn't 3 to see a student worker.

  "What do you want me to do? 4 the coffee?" Rose  5  and went away. I filled the pot with cold water and began making coffee when Rose suddenly  6  and took over, " That's not the 7 to make coffee. " I was 8 as I just followed the steps our supervisor(视导员) showed us.

  9 I did pleased her. All morning her eyes missed nothing and her words 10 me. Totally tired, I came home late that afternoon. Fighting back 11 ,I thought of my situation alone in my room. Should I see if my supervisor would change my 12   ?But I didn't want to  13   。Then I had the answer―I needed to 14 her.

  Working with Rose the next morning,I 15 her sharp words and did things in her way as much as possible. Things began to 16 over the next few days. She became 17 to me. As I worked with this 18 woman, I listened to her―something no one else had done.

  I never 19 Rose again after that summer, but I still remember her. That summer I learned a 20 that love is the best way to turn an enemy into a friend.
(   ) 1. A. useful    B. interesting C. strange    D. difficult

(   ) 2. A. smiled at    B. shouted at   C. looked at    D. cared about

(   ) 3. A. sad    B. happy    C. eager    D. interested

(   ) 4. A. Start    B. Serve     C. Buy    D. Find

(   ) 5. A. nodded    B. bent     C. spoke    D. stood

(   ) 6. A. agreed    B. decided    C. appeared    D. calmed

(   ) 7. A. time       B. way        C. place    D. student

(   ) 8. A. worried    B. excited    C. bored    D. shocked

(   ) 9. A. Nothing    B. Something    C. Anything    D. Everything

(   ) 10. A. attracted    B. hurt     C. moved    D. taught

(   ) 11. A. kindness    B. worry      C. pride    D. tears

(   ) 12. A. mind       B. project      C. work    D. tool

(   ) 13. A. get down    B. give in      C. go away    D,come up

(   ) 14. A. notice    B. trust      C. show         D. love

(   ) 15. A. enjoyed    B. judged      C. ignored    D. considered

(   ) 16. A. change    B. happen      C. worsen    D. better

(   ) 17. A. helpful    B. friendly     C. angry    D. grateful

(   ) 18. A. lonely    B. young       C. strong    D. kind

(   ) 19. A. refused    B. mentioned     C. saw    D. called

(   ) 20. A. word        B. way        C. story    D. lesson

  People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the past 300 1 ,there were so many 2 in both places that now people can 3 tell an English person from an American in the 4 he or she talks.

  Many old words 5in England but were kept in America. 6 , 300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they 7 either a "faucet","spigot",or a "tap". All these words are 8 heard in different parts of America, but only "tap" is still common in England. Americans often 9 up new words or change old ones. " Corn" is one kind of plant in America and  10 in England.

  Also,over the last three centuries the English language has added thousands of new words 11 things that weren't 12 before. And often, American and English people used two 13 names for them. A tine an is called "tin" for short in English,but a "can" in America. The word "radio" is used all over the world, including 14   . But many English people call it a "wireless". And almost anything 15 something to do with cars,railroads, etc. has dif?ferent 16 in British and American English.

  But now American and British English may be 17 closer together. One thing is that the 18 people can hear a large amount of American speech daily in 19   , on television, or from travelers. Because of this,Americans seem to be 20 the British more and more. So some day,English may even be the same on both sides of the Atlantic.
(   ) 1. A. years    B. months C. centuries    D. decades

(   ) 2. A. citizens    B. inventions C. changes    D. advances

(   ) 3. A. not    B. easily      C. hardly    D. completely

(   ) 4. A. expression    B. gesture    C. language    D. way

(   ) 5. A. disappeared    B. stayed    C. returned    D. formed

(   ) 6. A. Such as    B. For example    C. Like    D. As

(   ) 7. A. used    B. invented     C. spoke    D. called

(   ) 8. A. then    B. hardly     C. clearly    D. still

(   ) 9. A. set    B. think         C. make    D. take

(   ) 10. A. another  B. the other    C. two    D. one

(   ) 11. A. to    B. for         C. on    D. into

(   ) 12. A. accepted    B. known   C. introduced    D. understood

(   ) 13. A. new    B. short       C. different   D. opposite

(   ) 14. A. Australia    B. India    C. France    D. America

(   ) 15. A. having    B. bringing    C. getting    D. making

(   ) 16. A. pronunciations    B. names   C. meanings    D. spellings

(   ) 17. A. remaining    B. staying    C. living    D. growing

(   ) 18. A. British    B. American     C. Europeans    D. African

(   ) 19. A. families    B. buses      C. movies    D. newspapers

(   ) 20. A. learning    B. improving     C. influencing    D. changing

  Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns,not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.

  Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. Next day,this news ap?peared on Page 2 of the town's newspaper,The Beldon Post:

  Fire at Seabreeze

  Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors, " Please don't smoke cigarettes in bed. " This was Beldon's first hotel fire for five years.

  The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one: Another Beldon Hotel Catches Fire .

  Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing,bedclothes and some furni?ture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, "An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on,I heard a funny noise from the lamp. " We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of ad?venture does not happen in Canfield.

  What are the facts then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotesl last August:that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes,we know that firemen went to the hotel.

  Now what do you think of the rest of the "news"?

(   ) 5. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this article?

A.     Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.

B.     Fire broke out one night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer.

C.     It was not easy to find out the exact truth from newspapers.

D.     Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.

(   ) 6.The Canfield Times used the headline to make its readers think      

A.     hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B.     hotels in Beldon don't often catch fire

C.     this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

D.     Beldon was a good place except that hotels there were not quite safe

(   ) 7. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just opposite to The Beldon Post by saying that

A.     the bedroom lamps were very old at some of the Seabreeze's hotels

B.     the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C.     the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D.     such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past five years
(   ) 8. The "angry holiday-maker"______________ •

A.     caused the fire when he turned on a lamp

B.     did not actually tell what had caused the fire

C.     was talking about the lamps in Seabreeze Hotel

D.     lived in the room which had caught fire

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