“Do you
think we’ll win? ”ten-year-old Tyrus Lucas asked his mother 1 he wrote his name on
the entry(参赛作品) to Cartoon Network’s toy
sweepstakes.
“We can 2 , ”said his mother, a
divorced mother who works as a teacher and struggled to 3 her kids, she didn’t have much money for 4 .
A week
later the phone rang. “Your son won our drawing!” a woman 5 .
“Great,
”cried his mother, “Which 6 did he win? ”
“All of
them. A thousand toys!”
The next
Saturday when the doorbell of their home rang, Tyrus, not 7 the surprise,
opened the door and his face 8 up. “Mom, ”he cried, “Cartoon Network
is here!”
So were
dozens of 9 kids who had run over to the
cartoon-covered truck. They jumped 10 as hundreds of toys tumbled(摇晃) from the truck’s back doors.
Tyrus
thought he could
11 his whole room with them. But as he
looked at the children around him, he 12 . The others in their working-class neighborhood
didn’t have
13 either.
“Here,
”he said, 14 a doll to a little
girl. Then he handed a boy another. “Take
15
you want, ”Tyrus told the kids—and they did, 16 him over and over.
Tyrus
kept several games, but he hasn’t done giving. “Why don’t we give some to your
17
, Mom? ” he asked. They 18 almost 100 toys to the elementary
school where she works. “The first thing my son thought of was to 19 , ”his mother says,
smiling, “I’m so
20 of him. ”
1. A.
though
B.
as
C. as
long as D.
so that
2. A.
guess
B. ask
C.
wait
D.
try
3. A.
support
B.
promise
C.
treat
D.
consider
4. A.
drawings
B.
extras
C.
food
D.
schooling
5. A.
declared
B.
explained
C.
spoke
D. praised
6. A.
prize
B. pay
C.
toy D. wealth
7. A.
seeing
B.
helping
C.
knowing
D.
enjoying
8. A.
lighted
B.
looked
C.
turned
D. set
9. A.
attractive
B.
warm
C.
helpful
D. excited
10 . A.
off B. out
C.
down
D. up and
down
11. A.
join
B. fill
C.
keep
D.
have
12. A.
worried
B.
stopped
C.
laughed
D. examined
13. A.
much
B.
great
C.
little
D.
quantities
14. A.
showing
B.
moving
C.
handing D. driving
15. A.
wherever
B.
however
C.
whenever
D.
whatever
16. A.
troubling
B.
interrupting
C.
reminding D.
thanking
17. A.
schools B.
friends
C.
students
D. children
18. A.
contributed
B.
delivered
C.
sold
D.
lent
19. A.
take B. lend
C.
give
D.
imagine
20. A.
fond
B.
proud
C.
sure
D.
kind