About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise form the children, but I often heard the parents      shouting at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a (n)      one.

We often      in the hallway. I always greeted them,      the only answer I ever got was a “hello” from the eight-year-old girl. I usually      to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just      their apartment and the little girl was      the outside door open for the others. I      in the car doing      things because I wasn’t eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling her to      to get into the car, but the little girl was still holding the door,      me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.

I forgot to tell her how      I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had      an old man’s heart.

The next day there was a (n)      on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite      of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother was there, too. Her parents      me, too.

Now when we meet in the hall way we always greet each other, in a friendly      .

Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and      how I was going to keep my doctor’s      because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.

Isn’t it      that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good tings come from small acts.

1.A. quietly            B. strangely            C. quickly             D. angrily

2.A. frightening          B. exciting             C. sincere            D. kind

3.A. quarreled      B. met                C. chatted             D. argued

4.A. when     B. so                  C. but                D. or

5.A. went out          B. set out         C. took out       D. gave out

6.A. decorating B. cleaning            C. returning     D. leaving

7.A. breaking        B. operating           C. holding            D. unlocking

8.A. kept           B. remained            C. insisted            D. left

9.A. favorite          B. important          C. unnecessary        D. curious

10.A. hurry            B. drive             C. stay           D. greet

11.A. hunting for       B. asking for        C. waiting for            D. calling for

12.A. beneficial         B. influential         C. anxious            D. grateful

13.A. strengthened   B. broken       C. touched          D. saved

14.A. note             B. knock            C. invitation      D. picture

15.A. proud           B. aware            C. afraid                 D. sure

16.A. understood      B. recognized    C. praised         D. thanked

17.A. manner        B. appearance       C. statement             D. announcement

18.A. found           B. doubted             C. remembered       D. wondered

19.A. advice          B. appointment  C. suggestion       D. attention

20.A. amazing       B. confusing           C. disappointing   D. challenging

 

It was the summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice long   1  , my friends and I had decided to   2   and take some extra courses. We had   3   the top floor of an old house to live in. My bed was   4    into a stuffy (愁闷的)former laundry room and each night was a new   5   in humidity. Still, it felt   6   to be in my own place for the first time. After the first few weeks,   7   , the thrill faded and   8   set in. I found myself sitting alone each night   9   my home and my parents.

My summer holidays had always been a   10   time. I spent hours playing basketball and swimming. I talked to my Mom while she tended her flowers. I   11   helping my Dad drag firewood for the winter. And every night I sat at a dinner table full of delicious food   12   with love while my family filled the room with the sound of sweet   13  . Now I found myself missing them   14   than ever.

Finally when my   15   were at their lowest, I heard a   16   at the door. I opened it and was   17   to see my parents standing there with big smiles to fill my   18   heart and a box full of food to feed my hungry friends. We spent the afternoon eating   19   , and just being together. It felt so good, and I felt so loved.

Victor Hugo wrote that, “The supreme happiness of life is the   20   that one is loved; loved for oneself, or better yet, loved despite oneself.” It was that gift of happiness that my parents gave me that afternoon and every day of my life.

1.A. journey      B. term      C. break    D. way

2.A. leave B. stay       C. relax     D. travel

3.A. rented        B. bought  C. painted D. repaired

4.A. made B. changed        C. jammed         D. hidden

5.A. wish   B. pleasure        C. experiment   D. adventure

6.A. exciting      B. boring   C. astonishing    D. moving

7.A. anyway       B. though  C. therefore      D. instead

8.A. headache  B. loneliness      C. satisfaction    D. homesickness

9.A. forgetting about          B. relying on      C. thinking of     D. referring to

10.A. special     B. terrible C. specific D. difficult

11.A. gave up    B. had trouble in       C. put off  D. took pride in

12.A. frozen      B. prepared       C. tasted   D. kept

13.A. laughter   B. scream C. whistle  D. sigh

14.A. less  B. more     C. worse   D. better

15.A. minds       B. dreams C. spirits    D. thoughts

16.A. kick B. hit          C. crash     D. knock

17.A. disappointed    B. surprised       C. puzzled D. encouraged

18.A. hungry     B. open     C. sick        D. gentle

19.A. making up         B. getting up      C. catching up   D. taking up

20.A. sign B. chance C. secret   D. belief

 

About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children. Instead, I often heard the parents yelling   __26__   at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a   __27__  one.

We often   __28__  in the hallway. I always greeted them, but the only __29__   I ever got was a “hello” from the eight­year­old girl. I usually   __30__   to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just   __31__   their apartment and the little girl was   __32__   the outside door open for the others. I   __33__   in the car doing   __34__   things because I wasn't eager to be snubbed(冷落) again. Finally, I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling their daughter to hurry and get into the car,   __35__   the little girl was still holding the door,  __36__   me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.

I forgot to tell her how  __37__   I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had   __38__ an old man's heart.

The next day there was a   __39__   on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite   __40__   of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother standing there too. Her parents  __41__   me.

From then on when we met in the hallway we always greeted each other,in a friendly   __42__.

Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and   __43__   how I was going to keep my doctor's   __44__   because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.

Isn't it  __45__   that the small kind act of an 8­year­old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things come from small acts.

1.

A.quietly

B.strangely

C.quickly

D.angrily

 

2.

A.frightening

B.exciting

C.sincere

D.kind

 

3.

A.quarreled

B.met

C.chatted

D.argued

 

4.

A.present

B.result

C.reply

D.return

 

5.

A.went out

B.set out

C.took out

D.gave out

 

6.

A.decorating

B.cleaning

C.returning

D.leaving

 

7.

A.breaking

B.operating

C.holding

D.unlocking

 

8.

A.kept

B.remained

C.insisted

D.continued

 

9.

A.favorite

B.irrelevant

C.unnecessary

D.curious

 

10.

A.but

B.and

C.so

D.then

 

11.

A.hunting for

B.asking for

C.waiting for

D.calling for

 

12.

A.beneficial

B.influential

C.anxious

D.grateful

 

13.

A.strengthened

B.broken

C.touched

D.saved

 

14.

A.note

B.knock

C.invitation

D.picture

 

15.

A.proud

B.aware

C.afraid

D.sure

 

16.

A.admitted

B.recognized

C.praised

D.thanked

 

17.

A.manner

B.appearance

C.sound

D.announcement

 

18.

A.found

B.ignored

C.remembered

D.wondered

 

19.

A.promise

B.appointment

C.suggestion

D.attention

 

20.

A.amazing

B.confusing

C.scaring

D.challenging

 

One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected police killer David Bieber -- and was thanked   21   flowers by the police. It was also said that she could  22___ a share of up to £30,000 reward money.

    Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in   23   the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible   24  when she had to steal into Bieber's bedroom and to watch him   25  . Then she waited alone for three   26   while armed police prepared to   27   the building.

   She said, "I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen

 28   in the car park I was so glad they were there.”

   The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious of the guest who   29   in at 3 pm the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and   30   sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his   31  . She said, "He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact." Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her boss Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.

    Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the   32   man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki

  33   15 minutes.

    "It was about ten past two in the morning   34   the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?'. My heart missed a  35  ."

    Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers   36   passages and staircases to the top floor room and   37   over the key.

   "I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man's room,   38   I could see the passage. The police kept   39   at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he   40   have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed (带上手铐)。

1. A. to               B. with             C. in                 D. at 

2.A. charge           B. pay              C get                D. reward

3.A. beginning        B. interrupting        C. pausing           D. ending

4.A. stories           B. experience        C. moment           D. day

5.A. secretly          B. happily           C. interestedly        D. unexpectedly

6.A. seconds          B minutes           C. hours             D. days

7.A. burn             B. destroy           C. step              D. storm

8. A. come up          B. crowded up       C. lined up           D. taken up

9.A. checked          B. signed            C. ordered           D. handed

10. A. stealing          B. getting            C. wearing           D. moving

11.A. shoulder          B. face              C. stomach          D. ankle

12.A. charged          B. escaped           C. wanted            D. found

13.A. each             B. other             C. every             D. another

14. A. when            B. while             C. which           D. that

15.A. knock            B. hit                C. beat            D. slap

16.A. across            B. over              C. into            D. through

17.A. turned            B. handed            C. stretched        D. reached

18. A. and              B. or                C. therefore         D. but

19.A. speaking          B. whispering         C. shouting         D. scolding

20.A. would            B. could              C. must            D. might

 

Uncle Tom gave little Vicki Black a birthday gift one week before her birthday. He told her not to open it until her birthday. She knew her mother wouldn’t tolerate any disrespect to the kind man who helped them out after Vicki’s father passed away; besides, Vicki didn’t want Uncle Tom to get angry. But little Vicky didn’t want to just hold it and guess what was in it. After all, she looked forward to his coming to show her interesting things, like how to turn an old sock into a doll.

All the day, Vicki couldn’t stop thinking about the gift while her teacher was giving a lecture. Vicki sat still in her seat, drawing paper dolls inside the box. When school was done, she raced home. Walking into the room, again, she shook the present, but she heard nothing. Holding her breath, she opened the box and looked inside. Seconds later, she cried. When Mrs. Black saw the box, she said angrily, “Didn’t I tell you to leave it alone?” Vicki sobbed and said, “Mommy, you don’t understand.”

“Don’t cry to me. You have missed everything now, just because you couldn’t wait,” Mrs. Black accused. “What will Uncle Tom think now?”

“Uncle Tom gave me nothing,” Vicki cried and handed the empty box to her mother. “He played a trick on me.”

Mrs. Black said doubtfully, “Uncle Tom is not like that. You must have dropped it.”

Vicki kept crying. Only a rapid knock on the door made the house quiet. It was Uncle Tom. He looked at the empty box. “You have already done it? I told you to wait for your birthday.”

“You didn’t give me a gift.” Fresh tears filled her eyes.

“I try to give you something. I know your birthday is a special day. I tell myself to give you something valuable to last your whole life. I think hard and get the idea to give you an important lesson. If you open it on birthday, I see you learn. Then I will make a big party to celebrate. Maybe next year you listen and then you will understand the gift better.

Vicki’s cheeks flushed(脸红).

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