It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags(破旧衣服) huddling together inside the storm door on the top step.
"Any old papers, lady? " asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say "no" until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, "Lady, are you rich? "
"Am I rich? no!"
I looked at my shabby slipcovers(旧家具套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶托;浅碟)carefully and said, "Your cups match your saucers." Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn't said "Thank you." They didn't need to. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china(瓷的) cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job--these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
1. Why did the writer let the children in?
A. She showed great pity on them.
B. She wanted to sell old papers.
C. She knew them and wanted to make them a cup of cocoa.
D. She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party.
2. The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps because_________
A. she saw that the lady's room was comfortable
B. she saw the cups matched the saucers
C. the writer's slipcovers were very new
D. the woman had expensive clothes
3.What was the weather probably like when the story happened?
A. cloudy     B. sunny      C. windy      D. snowy
4. From the passage, we can infer that whether you are rich depends on_______
A. how much money you have had    B. how you feel about your life
C. how you have helped others       D. what job you are doing

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Dear Peter,
Thanks very much for invite me to your birthday                 76.       
party on Sunday. I’d like very much come but                       77.       
I had an examination on Monday morning. It is                       78.       
a very important exam but I can’t afford to                            79.       
fail it. I’ll spend all the whole weekend reading                      80.       
and prepare for it. So I’m really sorry that                           81.       
I won’t be able to come in this time. I hope you                       82.       
can understand. I’ll take this chance to wishing                       83.       
you a wonderful time in your birthday. Happy                        84.       
birthday, Peter, and many happy return of the day!                  85.       
Yours,
Li Ming

After 17 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some     36   with you.”

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been     37  for 20 years, but the demands of my work and my boys made it possible to visit her only     38   .

Then I called to visit her to go out for dinner and a movie. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she had curled her    39  and was wearing a nice dress. My mother took my arm     40   she were the First Lady.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable    41 —nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I    42  .

Two days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a    43   to do anything for her.

Later, I received a copy of a restaurant receipt from the place mother and I had dined. A(n)    44   note said, “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates—one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night     45   for me. I love you, son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they     46   . Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be     47  till “some other time”.

1.

A.time

B.money

C.dinner

D.movie

 

2.

A.upset

B.cheerful

C.alone

D.excited

 

3.

A.usually

B.occasionally

C.frequently

D.often

 

4.

A.program

B.comb

C.organ

D.hair

 

5.

A.as if

B.even though

C.such as

D.as to

 

6.

A.discussion

B.quarrel

C.conversation

D.fight

 

7.

A.refused

B.wondered

C.ordered

D.agreed

 

8.

A.luck

B.chance

C.will

D.hope

 

9.

A.connected

B.attached

C.abandoned

D.deserted

 

10.

A.cared

B.arranged

C.meant

D.applied

 

11.

A.spend

B.want

C.need

D.deserve

 

12.

A.put off

B.paid off

C.put forward

D.looked forward

 

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