We arrived at the hospital to find Dad exhausted and weak,but his smile was as sure as ev?er. My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our 1 by Mon?day morning. Local relatives would 2 that Dad got home from the hospital and look in on him regularly and prepare his meals. 3 would make sure he got his daily 4 and take him to his doctor appointments. But I wanted to let him know that we 5 too,even when we weren't with him.

  Then I remembered a family 6 I started when our children were small. When 7 ,their grandparents' home after a visit, each child would 8 a love note in the house for their grandfather or grandmother to find after we were gone. For several days after our 9   ,their grandparents would smile as they 10 these reminders of our love.

  So as I tidied Dad's kitchen and made up a 11for him downstairs in the living room,I began writing notes. Some were 12 "Dad,I froze the casserole(砂锅菜) in the fridge so it wouldn't go bad.”Some expressed my love. "Dad,I 13 you sleep well in your new bed. " 14 notes were downstairs where he would have to remain for weeks 15 he re?gained strength, but one note I hid 16 under his pillow. " Dad, if you have 17 this note,you must be feeling better. We are so glad!"

  While others cared for Dad's day-to-day needs,we, of course, would stay in touch by 18   . But our notes were a reminder of our love and concern for him. Just like his medicines improved his health 19   ,our notes would improve his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our 20 phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, "I'll tell you how I'm doing. I just found your note under my upstairs pillow!"

(   ) 1.A. power   B. holiday   C. jobs   D. parents

(   ) 2.A. know   B. see   C. think   D. report

(   ) 3.A. We   B. They   C. Others   D. None

(   ) 4.A. treatment   B. examination   C. work   D. medicine

(   ) 5.A. cared   B. hurried   C. changed   D. suffered

(   ) 6.A. story   B. event   C. party   D. tradition

(   ) 7.A. leaving   B. reaching   C. approaching   D. cleaning

(   ) 8.A. pick   B. hide   C. find   D. drop

(   ) 9.A. appointments   B. preparation   C. departure   D. arrival

(   ) 10. A. thought of   B. looked for   C. discovered   D. understood

(   ) 11. A. bed   B. meal   C. table   D. plan

(   ) 12. A. difficult   B. imaginary   C. practical   D. interesting

(   ) 13. A. let   B. hope   C. guess   D. hear

(   ) 14. A. All   B. Most   C. Some   D. Few

(   ) 15. A. until   B. because   C. though   D. when

(   ) 16. A. somewhere   B. nearby   C. outside   D. upstairs

(   ) 17. A. found   B. missed   C. remembered   D. forgotten

(   ) 18. A. note-writing   B. e-mail   C. post   D. phone

(   ) 19. A. thankfully   B. academically   C. physically   D. professionally

(   ) 20. A. urgent   B. regular   C. unexpected   D. accidental

 One day a friend who was not a Christian stopped at the little gorge(山谷) to talk to the blacksmith who gave his heart to God. 1 with him in some of his trials(麻烦事) ,the friend said, "It seems 2 to me that so much affliction(苦恼) should pass over you just at the time when you have become a Christian. Of course, I don't want to 3 your faith in God or any?thing like that. But here you are,under God's help and guidance, and 4 things seem to be getting steadily worse. I can't help 5 why it is."

  The blacksmith did not answer immediately,and it was 6 that he had thought the same question before. But finally, he said, "You see here the raw 7 which I have to make into horseshoes. You know how I 8it? I take a piece and heat it in the fire until it is red,al?most white with the 9 . Then I hammer it unmercifully to 10 it as I know it should be shaped. Then I throw it into a pail(桶) of cold water to temper it. Then I 11 it again and hammer it some more. And this I do until it is finished."

"But sometimes I find a piece of iron that won't 12 under this treatment. The heat and the hammering and the cold water are 13for it. I don't know why it fails in the 14 , but I know it will never make a good horseshoe."

 He 15a heap of scrap(废品) iron that was near the door of his shop. " When I get a piece that cannot take the shape and 16 ,I throw it out on the scrap heap. It will never be 17 for anything.”

He went on, "I know that God has been holding me in the fire of affliction and I have felt His 18 upon me. But I don't mind, 19he can bring me to what I should be. And so,in all these hard things my 20 is simply this;Try me in any way you wish,Lord,only don't throw me on the scrap heap."

(   ) 1.A. Appreciating   B. Providing

   C. Sympathizing   D. Noticing

(   ) 2.A. impossible   B. necessary   C. strange   D. true

(   ) 3.A. have   B. make   C. strengthen   D. weaken

(   ) 4.A. yet   B. therefore   C. then   D. already

(   ) 5.A. telling   B. examining   C. knowing   D. wondering

(   ) 6.A. unlikely   B. evident   C. easy   D. difficult

(   ) 7.A. iron   B. plastics   C. shoes   D. wood

(   ) 8.A. think of   B. make with   C. do with   D. get from

(   ) 9.A. smell   B. heat   C. taste   D. color

(   ) 10.A. lengthen   B. shape     C.widen   D. harden

(   ) 11.A. heat   B. cool   C. place   D. throw

(   ) 12.A. stand out   B. stand up   C. stand by   D. stand in

(   ) 13.A. too much   B. so easy   C. too early   D. quite soon

(   ) 14.A. season   B. situation   C. process   D. state

(   ) 15.A. pointed out   B. made out   C. found out   D. pointed to

(   ) 16.A. temper   B. size   C. age   D. style

(   ) 17.A. possible   B. good   C. serious   D. necessary

(   ) 18.A. lessons   B. hammer   C. kindness   D. belief

(   ) 19.A. if only   B. only if   C. in case   D. so that

(   ) 20.A. faith   B. idea   C. order   D. prayer

 John,a famous musician, took his priceless zither(齐特琴) ,and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the zither was delicately streaming 1the whole station. However, during the one-hour play only six or seven people truly 2 the charming music. A three-year-old kid was so 3 by the music that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 US dollars for his work that day.

4in normal days,when John is about to hold a concert, the ticket can be sold for more than 100 dollars and it is extremely 5 to buy a ticket even at such a high price. There?fore,later, many 6 in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not 7 the famous musician and missing such a valuable but 8 music feast.

  I have a very busy friend who totally 9 after knowing that his wife came down with a deadly illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. But his wife still did not 10 to conquer the illness and passed away after three months. After that,he often sighed miserably that 11 his past busy life,he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now,it is impossible to 12 it.

  Actually, I also missed something 13 before. The 14 we missed those things is simple:we had thought that we could still own them 15 .

  Yet tomorrow is actually by no means 16 . There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people's 17    ,they had only done two things:waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to  18  what they had. We would often claim to do some- thing when we grow up,or when we have money or when we become old,etc. However, when we reach the 19 we have expected,we could no longer 20 our wish,because we have lost it by then.

(   ) 1.A. above   B. before   C. throughout   D. under

(   ) 2.A. appreciated   B. heard   C. found   D. absorbed

(   ) 3.A. confused   B. attracted   C. excited   D. stuck

(   ) 4.A. Therefore   B. However   C. Then   D. Also

(   ) 5.A. convenient   B. necessary   C. easy   D. hard

(   ) 6.A. listeners   B. viewers   C. passers-by   D. children

(   ) 7.A. greeting   B. recognizing   C. paying   D. contacting

(   ) 8.A. common   B. meaningful   C. cheap   D. expensive

(   ) 9.A. escaped   B. abandoned   C. submitted   D. changed

(   ) 10.A. manage   B. want   C. decide   D. agree

(   ) 11.A. as with   B. thanks to   C. due to   D. as for

(   ) 12.A. come up with   B. look forward to

   C. make up for   D. look back on

(   ) 13.A. difficult   B. precious   C. present   D. delightful

(   ) 14.A. reason   B. origin   C. chance   D. result

(   ) 15.A. today   B. nowadays   C. yesterday   D. tomorrow

(   ) 16.A. comfortable   B. easy   C. reliable   D. charming

(   ) 17.A. lives   B. works   C. plans   D. tasks

(   ) 18.A. protect   B. value   C. suggest   D. miss

(   ) 19.A. condition   B. top   C. success   D. scene

(   ) 20.A. say   B. understand   C. forget   D. realize

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