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Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you ___36___.

I wanted to do something very ___37___ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ___38___ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ___39___ it looked almost new. I was so ___40___ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could ___41___ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to ___42___ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ___43___:” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so ___44___. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ___45___ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s ___46___.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ___47___ this expensive gift.

Of course, the ___48___ awoke, and my son was thrilled(激动的)with my reaction. Many kisses were ___49___, and I immediately wanted him to ___50___ my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ___51___ what I was expecting. Then I ___52___ that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother ___53___ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ___54___ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to ___55___ this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

36. A. hope B. advice C. support D. courage

37. A. polite B. similar C. special D. private

38. A. played B. studied C. traveled D. worked

39. A. after B. before C. unless D. until

40. A. sure B. fond C. proud D. confident

41. A. perhaps B. really C. almost D. hardly

42. A. start B. cook C. set D. serve

43. A. note B. notice C. word D. sign

44. A. disturbed B. confused C. astonished D. inspired

45. A. give B. take C. draw D. teach

46. A. reason B. request C. comment D. response

47. A. present B. afford C. find D. order

48. A. neighbor B. building C. home D. house

49. A. exchanged B. experienced C. expected D. exhibited

50. A. tear B. open C. check D. receive

51. A. purely B. basically C. obviously D. exactly

52. A. realized B. remembered C. imagined D. supposed

53. A. only B. still C. ever D. even

54. A. works B. exists C. matters D. counts

55. A. send B. publish C. share D. write

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish(无私的) love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you 21 .

I wanted to do something very 22 for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He 23 all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it 24 it looked almost new. I was so 25 of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet（头盔） and riding outfit（全套装备）.

I could 26 wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon wakening, I went to the kitchen to 27 the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 28 : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so 29 . It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 30 lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s 31 .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could 32 this expensive gift.

Of course, the 33 awoke, and my son was thrilled with(对…感到激动) my reaction. Many kisses were 34 , and I immediately wanted him to 35 my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not 36 what I was expecting. Then I 37 that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother 38 on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still 39 and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to 40 this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

A. hope B. advice C. support D. courage

A. polite B. similar C. special D. private

A. played B. studied C. traveled D. worked

A. after B. before C. unless D. until

A. sure B. fond C. proud D. confident

A. perhaps B. really C. almost D. hardly

A. start B. cook C. set D. serve

A. note B. notice C. word D. sign

A. disturbed B. confused C. astonished D. inspired

A. give B. take C. draw D. teach

A. reason B. request C. comment D. response

A. present B. afford C. find D. order

A. neighbor B. building C. home D. house

A. exchanged B. experienced C. expected D. exhibited

A. tear B. open C. check D. receive

A. purely B. basically C. obviously D. exactly

A. realized B. remembered C. imagined D. supposed

A. only B. still C. ever D. even

A works B. exists C. matters D. counts

A. send B. publish C. share D. write

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you 36 .

I wanted to do something very 37 for my fifteen year old son, who has always been the perfect child. He 38 all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it 39 it looked almost new. I was so 40 of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could 41 wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening. I went to the kitchen to 42 the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 43 : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so 44 . It had been a long standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 45 lessons. “L earn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s 46 .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could 47 this expensive gift.

Of course, the 48 awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with my reaction. Many kisses were 49 , and I immediately wanted him to 50 my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not 51 what I was expecting. Then I 52 that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother 53 on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still 54 and lives even in the ever changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to 55 this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a

new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

36．A．hope	B．advice	C．support	D．courage
37．A．polite	B．similar	C．special	D．private
38．A．played	B．studied	C．traveled	D．worked
39．A．after	B．before	C．unless	D．until
40．A．sure	B．fond	C．proud	D．confident
41．A．perhaps	B．really	C．almost	D．hardly
42．A．start	B．cook	C．set	D．serve
43．A．note	B．notice	C．word	D．sign
44．A．disturbed	B．confused	C．astonished	D．inspired
45．A．give	B．take	C．draw	D．teach
46．A．reason	B．request	C．comment	D．response
47．A．present	B．afford	C．find	D．order
48．A．neighbor	B．building	C．home	D．house
49．A．exchanged	B．experienced	C．expected	D．exhibited
50．A．tear	B．open	C．check	D．receive
51．A．purely	B．basically	C．obviously	D．exactly
52．A．realized	B．remembered	C．imagined	D．supposed
53．A．only	B．still	C．ever	D．even
54．A．works	B．exists	C．matters	D．counts
55．A．send	B．publish	C．share	D．write

Mickey was a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy. No one could remember ever having seen him 36;it seemed he didn’t 37 whatever people said to him. Even his teachers admired his good 38. It was so unusual that a story was going around that Mickey’s 39 must be due to some special secret. They asked Mickey so much that, one afternoon, he 40 his favorite teacher, Mr. Anthony, to tea. When they had finished, Mickey 41 Mr. Anthony around the house. When Mickey opened his bedroom door, the teacher 42 . The huge wall was a unique collage (拼贴画) of thousands of colors and shapes! It was the loveliest 43 Mr. Anthony had ever seen.
“Some people at school think I 44 think badly of anyone,” Mickey started to explain, “and that 45 at all bothers me, but that’s not true at all. I’m just like anyone else. I used to get angrier than all the other kids. 46 years ago, with the help of my parents, I started a small collage. With every little piece I stuck on I added some bad thought or act.”
It was 47. The teacher looked closely at the wall. In each one of the small 48 he could read, “fool”, “silly”, “pain”, “bore”, and a thousand other 49 things.
“This is how I started 50 all my bad times into an opportunity to 51 to my collage. Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn’t be 52 . They’ve given me a new piece for my work of 53 .”
That day, the teacher was impressed by Mickey’s secret to having an optimistic character. Without telling anyone, on that very day, Mr. Anthony 54 his own collage. He would often 55 it to his students. Years later, each house contained its own beautiful works of art, made by those cheerful and optimistic children.