题目内容
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, a beautiful image of innocence. It was 36 outside and the kind of rain fell to 37 the earth.
We all stood there under the 38 ,just outside the door. We waited, some 39 , but others irritated(激怒)40 nature messed up their hurried day.
“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said. Her 41 was so sweet as it broke the dull surroundings.
“No, honey. We’ll 42 until it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.
This young child waited another 43 and repeated: “ Mom, let’s run through the rain. ”
“We’ll get soaked(淋湿)if we do.”
“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she quickly 44 her Mom’s arm.
“This morning? 45 did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were 46 to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through 47 !’ ”
The entire crowd became 48 . I swear you couldn’t hear anything but the rain. No one came or left in the next few minutes. The mother 49 and thought for a moment.
Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being 50 .Some might even ignore what was said, 51 this was a moment of confirmation in a young child’s life.
“Honey , you are 52 right. Maybe we just need washing,” Mom said. Then off they ran.
We all stood 53 and smiling as they ran past the cars. They held their shopping bags over their heads. They got soaked, but soon they were 54 to their cars and I did too.”
Many years has passed, and yet the scene often flashes in my mind. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money and health, but no one can ever take away your 55 memories. I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.
36. A. blowing B. pouring C. flowing D. whistling
37. A. twist B. sweep C. hit D. split
38. A. window B. tent C. roof D. shelter
39. A. patiently B. disappointedly C. uneasily D. angrily
40. A. unless B. because C. before D. though
41. A. heart B. voice C. temper D. smile
42. A. rest B. run C. wait D. play
43. A. time B. second C. minute D. hour
44. A. moved B. raised C. bent D. pulled
45. A. Why B. When C. Where D. How
46. A. talking B. reporting C. complaining D. lying
47. A. that B. something C. anything D. nothing
48. A. upset B. anxious C. sad D. silent
49. A. paused B. worried C. doubted D. understood
50. A. curious B. silly C. careless D. sensitive
51. A. and B. as C. or D. but
52. A. probably B. partly C. absolutely D. partly
53. A. thinking B. hesitating C. watching D. preparing
54. A. led B. followed C. rushed D. sent
55. A. precious B. bitter C. recent D. vague
36-55 BCDAB BCCDB ACDAB DCCBA

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
【小题1】The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______.
A.after Mother died |
B.before she became a writer |
C.when she was a child |
D.when Mother gave it to her |
A.mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter |
B.mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done |
C.mother cared much about her daughter in words |
D.mother wrote to her daughter in careful words |
A.deep understanding between the old and the young |
B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter |
C.free talks between mother and daughter |
D.part of the sea going far in land |
A.She had never received the letter. |
B.For years, she often talked about the letter. |
C.She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. |
D.She read the letter again and again till she died. |
A.My letter to Mother |
B.Mother and Children |
C.My mother’s Desk |
D.Talks between Mother and Me |
When Emily Beardmore first heard that a trip was being planned by the biology class at Windsor High School, she thought about how much fun it would be.
“I thought it would be a really good experience to go with other friends and teachers to another country in an environment other than a vacation environment,” the 17-year-old girl said.
A few months later, Emily got her chance when she and 14 of her classmates, along with biology teacher Tamara Pennington went to Costa Rica for eight days in late May.
“It was not just a tour,” said Pennington, who organized the trip. “You can go any place in the world on just a tour. This one was really working with the sea turtles (海龟) and practicing conservation(保护). It just seemed like the perfect science field trip for kids who think they want to get into science to see what it's really like to be out in the field and enjoy themselves.”
Emily said her time on the turtle program, which was the focus of the trip, was “crazy.”“We were walking on the beach at night and you can’t see anything—just see a big black dot.” She said with a laugh. “I was not expecting the turtles to be that big.” The turtles are leatherback turtles, which are becoming extinct (灭绝) because their eggs are used as food.
“When they would move their legs while laying their eggs they were really hard to control because they were a lot more powerful than you would imagine,” Emily said.
Once the eggs were collected, the students took them back to a hatchery(孵化场) and dug holes to copy the hole the mother turtle had made and then buried the eggs for the 60 days needed to hatch.
“The experience was so cool,” Emily said. “You go to another country to see what their culture is like and learn what their everyday lives are like. It made me really want to help out my mom a lot more than I do, and value what I have.”
【小题1】What did Pennington consider the trip to be?
A.It was a common tour to a foreign country. |
B.It was a journey to practice what students learned. |
C.It was to attract students’ interest in science. |
D.It was a trip to do practical science activities. |
A.she was afraid of walking on the beach at night |
B.she didn’t dare to catch the powerful turtles |
C.she had thought turtles were small animals |
D.she got crazy at the sight of turtles at night |
A.She learned to be grateful to her teachers. |
B.She understood the importance of what she had. |
C.She realized the beauty of foreign culture. |
D.She knew the importance of everyday life |
A.Teens Help Fight Turtle Extinction. |
B.Teens Take a tour to Costa Rica. |
C.Teens Have a Research on Turtles. |
D.Teens Learn to be Independent. |