Husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband’s socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.
The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day.
When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar!
They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this.
I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more.
Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too!
“Good heavens,” I said. “Will someone please tell me what is so funny?’
“Oh, God,” said the teacher. “You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt!”
So that’s how I found my husband’s missing sock.
“Oh, well,” I said to the class. “Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static(静止的)electricity.”
41. What was the writer?
A. A washer           B. A student          C. A headmaster           D. A teacher
42. What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard?
A. The class roared with anger.                      B. The class began to laugh loudly.
C. Another teacher came in.                       D. There was a loud noise outside the room.
43. Why couldn’t she find one of her husband’s socks?
A. Because some students had hidden it.
B. Because her husband had taken it away.
C. Because she had left it in the classroom.
D. Because she never expected that it would stick to her skirt.
44. Why did the teacher from the next room laugh?
A. Because the whole class laughed.
B. Because he saw the writer fooled by the class.
C. Because he saw some of the students making faces.
D. Because he found a sock on the back of the writer’s skirt.
45. Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. The writer had just bought a new washing machine.
B. The writer found one of her husband’s socks missing.
C. The students told her about the laughing.
D. She was afraid of being seen by the headmaster.

One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head     . Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with        and fear.

With growing       I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely       ours. This would be a good opportunity to     my children, so I explained their difficult     to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.

“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll       what we have with them.”

I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously       the boys and I filled one box with canned food.

While I      our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and      some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched       as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.

“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.

The boys placed the toys they had      to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll     tightly to her chest. She       in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a       kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.

“Oh, honey,” I said. “You       to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”

Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy.       she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”

I stared at Meghan for a long moment,        how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.

It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but       to let go of things we cherish, isn’ t it?       , the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.

1.A. off                                        B. up                                C. down                                  D. round

2.A. smile               B. confusion                         C. joy                      D. anger   

3.A. happiness                B. friendship                        C. puzzle                               D. interest

4.A. matched               B. equaled                            C. compared                        D. suited

5.A. help                         B. complain                          C. change                           D. teach

6.A. experience                           B. problem                      C. situation                            D. process

7.A. give                          B. share                           C. send                                   D. spare

8.A. as                                            B. since                                 C. though                              D. because

9.A. came through        B. broke through           C. sorted through                 D. got through

10.A. donate                  B. leave                           C. keep                                   D. sell

11.A. hopefully                   B. anxiously                          C. depressingly          D. quietly

12.A. separated                            B. chosen                   C. bought               D. confirmed

13.A. hugged                                B. tied                              C. grasped                    D. caught

14.A. settled                                 B. regretted                         C. paused                             D. cried

15.A. precious                         B. final                                    C. hearty              D. lovely

16.A. wouldn’t like        B. ought not                    C. had better not                  D. don’t have

17.A. Also                             B. Yet                          C. Maybe                          D. Though

18.A.knowing               B. wondering            C. realizing      D. expecting

19.A. available                     B. necessary                        C. important                         D. hard     

20.A. However                    B. Therefore                        C. Otherwise                        D. Moreover

 

People have been burying the dead at Salem’s Hope Cemetery since 1833. The place is filled with old gravestones and gothic mausoleums(哥特式陵墓), the spirits of the dead hanging over the land like an early morning fog.

Keeping watch, a few steps from the road with her skirt over the pedestal (基座), is Goldie Belle Taylor, her face weathered but otherwise in good condition. On this day, she is holding a bunch of pink rises because Goldie Belle always holds flowers. Someone makes sure of that.

“And she has had fresh flowers in her hands for the last 150 years.” Karen Biery lives in Damascus, about five miles west of Hope Cemetery. She’s written a book based on the legend of Goldie Belle Taylor titled Believe. In 1886, at the age of two, young Goldie Belle used her hands to sop up (抹去) the left over elderberry juice from her father’s iron kettle. She died not long after from poisoning. She was the love of her dad’s life, and he was so upset that he sold the family farm to buy the Italian made statue, which today marks her grave.

At first, it was her father who brought the flowers and laid them in her hands. When he died in 1896, the flowers kept coming. Her flowers are different per season. Why do the flowers keep miraculously appearing? People have tried to find out by having camped by the statue, but not even the groundskeepers have been able to catch the criminal.

It’s said that a fairy arrives at Hope Cemetery looking for the grave of her birth mother. She comes across Goldie Belle’s statue.

1.The underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 probably refers to________.

A. her face in good condition     

B. her bunch of pink roses

C. Goldie Belle Taylor is holding pink roses 

D. Goldie Belle Taylor always holds flowers

2.It can be inferred from the third paragraph __________.

A. her father was poisonous       

B. the iron kettle was poisonous

C. elderberry juice was poisonous  

D. it was her father that hated her

3.After her father died, the flowers in the hands of Goldie Belle Taylor_______.

A. usually change               

B. were stolen

C. are no longer fresh            

D. come from a criminal

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A fairy brings the flowers.      

B. The mystery of Goldie’s flowers.

C. What happens to the girl?       

D. How do the flowers get there?

 

Husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband’s socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.

The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day.

When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar!

They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this.

I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more.

Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too!

“Good heavens,” I said. “Will someone please tell me what is so funny?’

“Oh, God,” said the teacher. “You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt!”

So that’s how I found my husband’s missing sock.

“Oh, well,” I said to the class. “Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static(静止的)electricity.”

41. What was the writer?

A. A washer           B. A student          C. A headmaster            D. A teacher

42. What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard?

A. The class roared with anger.                      B. The class began to laugh loudly.

C. Another teacher came in.                       D. There was a loud noise outside the room.

43. Why couldn’t she find one of her husband’s socks?

A. Because some students had hidden it.

B. Because her husband had taken it away.

C. Because she had left it in the classroom.

D. Because she never expected that it would stick to her skirt.

44. Why did the teacher from the next room laugh?

A. Because the whole class laughed.

B. Because he saw the writer fooled by the class.

C. Because he saw some of the students making faces.

D. Because he found a sock on the back of the writer’s skirt.

45. Which of the following statements is WRONG?

A. The writer had just bought a new washing machine.

B. The writer found one of her husband’s socks missing.

C. The students told her about the laughing.

D. She was afraid of being seen by the headmaster.

 

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