I’11 never forget the summer day in 1965 when my mother suddenly died of an unexplained illness at the age of 36. Later that afternoon, a police officer came to ask for my father’s 1for the hospital to 2Mother’s valve (心脏瓣膜). I was shocked. I ran into the house 3. At 14 I just 4understand why anyone would take apart a person I loved. 5my father told the police officer, “Yes .” “How can you let them do that to her?” I 6him.
“Linda,” he said quietly, 7his arms around me, “the greatest 8you can give is a 9of yourself. Your mother and I decided 10that if we can 11a difference in just one person’s life after we die, our death will have 12.”
The 13my father taught me that day became one of the most 14in my life.
Years passed. I married and had a family of my own. In 1986, my father became seriously ill. He 15told me that when he died, he wanted to donate 16was in good condition, especially his eyes.
My father died and we donated his eyes 17he had wanted. Three days later, my daughter said, “Mum, I’m so 18of what you did for Grandpa. At that moment I realized that my father gave much more than his 19. What he 20behind sparkled in my daughter’s eyes — pride.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      advice
    2. B.
      permission
    3. C.
      suggestion
    4. D.
      speech
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      repair
    2. B.
      operate
    3. C.
      treat
    4. D.
      use
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      in tears
    2. B.
      in silence
    3. C.
      in a hurry
    4. D.
      in surprise
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      couldn’t
    2. B.
      mustn’t
    3. C.
      might not
    4. D.
      shouldn’t
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      So
    2. B.
      And
    3. C.
      But
    4. D.
      For
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      said to
    2. B.
      replied to
    3. C.
      explained to
    4. D.
      cried at
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      carrying
    2. B.
      putting
    3. C.
      raising
    4. D.
      pushing
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      gift
    2. B.
      wish
    3. C.
      talk
    4. D.
      regret
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      health
    2. B.
      body
    3. C.
      part
    4. D.
      value
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      then
    2. B.
      later
    3. C.
      soon
    4. D.
      long ago
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      have
    2. B.
      make
    3. C.
      keep
    4. D.
      tell
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      pleasure
    2. B.
      right
    3. C.
      fun
    4. D.
      meaning
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      lesson
    2. B.
      subject
    3. C.
      thought
    4. D.
      experience
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      ordinary
    2. B.
      important
    3. C.
      useless
    4. D.
      hard
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      carefully
    2. B.
      sadly
    3. C.
      cruelly
    4. D.
      cheerfully
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      who
    2. B.
      whatever
    3. C.
      that
    4. D.
      which
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      as
    2. B.
      when
    3. C.
      while
    4. D.
      where
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      fond
    2. B.
      tired
    3. C.
      proud
    4. D.
      afraid
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      words
    2. B.
      life
    3. C.
      eyes
    4. D.
      lessons
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      taught
    2. B.
      left
    3. C.
      sent
    4. D.
      gave

When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very1. Some stories are told2they were true. Real people who live in a normal world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not3. They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be4 for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only5. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we do seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than6. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of7. When we read or write something, we do much more than simply look at words on a page. We use our8--- which is real --- and our imagination ---which is real in a different way --- to make the words 9in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy use the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read10realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we know that we are real and they are not. It sounds11, but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and12about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by pretending that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our13when we are reading. We 14a book and lose ourselves in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel 15we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      possible
    2. B.
      easy
    3. C.
      new
    4. D.
      different
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      that
    2. B.
      what
    3. C.
      whether
    4. D.
      as if
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      realistic
    2. B.
      reasonable
    3. C.
      moral
    4. D.
      instructive
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      difficult
    2. B.
      impossible
    3. C.
      important
    4. D.
      necessary
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      thinkable
    2. B.
      designed
    3. C.
      imagined
    4. D.
      planned
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      lessons
    2. B.
      dreams
    3. C.
      experience
    4. D.
      magic
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      working
    2. B.
      thinking
    3. C.
      understanding
    4. D.
      living
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      knowledge
    2. B.
      skill
    3. C.
      words
    4. D.
      grammar
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      come to life
    2. B.
      come to light
    3. C.
      come to the point
    4. D.
      come to nothing
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      a newspaper
    2. B.
      something
    3. C.
      everything
    4. D.
      a story
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      dangerous
    2. B.
      serious
    3. C.
      strange
    4. D.
      terrible
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      talk
    2. B.
      learn
    3. C.
      read
    4. D.
      think
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      mind
    2. B.
      life
    3. C.
      world
    4. D.
      society
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      turn up
    2. B.
      pick up
    3. C.
      cook up
    4. D.
      bring up
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      what
    2. B.
      how
    3. C.
      when
    4. D.
      why

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important1: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you2money.
This is how I3with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store4to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the5. If an accident takes place, the6of which I think the local police could use, I7him up and tell him about it, though I am not in8here. One discovery I made about this world is to give9getting something back, though the10often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important11letter to my home, though it was12to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of13. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was14. I was told at the window that there were15boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long16list. As I was about to17, the postmaster appeared in the18.“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office19we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get20but complaints(投诉).”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      decision
    2. B.
      research
    3. C.
      speech
    4. D.
      discovery
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      earn
    2. B.
      lack
    3. C.
      spend
    4. D.
      steal
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      experienced
    2. B.
      connected
    3. C.
      combined
    4. D.
      agreed
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      happens
    2. B.
      flashes
    3. C.
      sticks
    4. D.
      leads
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      postmaster
    2. B.
      headmaster
    3. C.
      storekeeper
    4. D.
      policeman
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      story
    2. B.
      damage
    3. C.
      challenge
    4. D.
      material
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      call
    2. B.
      hold
    3. C.
      break
    4. D.
      pick
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      need
    2. B.
      trouble
    3. C.
      common
    4. D.
      charge
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      within
    2. B.
      without
    3. C.
      for
    4. D.
      before
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      process
    2. B.
      goal
    3. C.
      return
    4. D.
      concern
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      curious
    2. B.
      immediate
    3. C.
      special
    4. D.
      heavy
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      realized
    2. B.
      addressed
    3. C.
      forgotten
    4. D.
      brought
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      invitation
    2. B.
      apology
    3. C.
      instruction
    4. D.
      appreciation
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      dealing
    2. B.
      providing
    3. C.
      operating
    4. D.
      starting
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      enough
    2. B.
      some
    3. C.
      no
    4. D.
      more
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      admitting
    2. B.
      relating
    3. C.
      examining
    4. D.
      waiting
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      leave
    2. B.
      shout
    3. C.
      guess
    4. D.
      conduct
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      window
    2. B.
      doorway
    3. C.
      library
    4. D.
      yard
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      in case
    2. B.
      now that
    3. C.
      even if
    4. D.
      as if
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      anything
    2. B.
      everything
    3. C.
      nothing
    4. D.
      something

We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn’t even lift her eyes from the book. Mum 1 at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to 2 down. While I watched 3 open in surprise, Mum 4 her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked 5 to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She 6 the mop past the desk and 7 the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said, “Very 8 floors.”
“Yes, I’m 9 they’ve finally decided to clean them,” the nurse answered. She looked at Mum 10 and said, “But aren’t you working late?”
Mum just pushed harder, each swipe of the mop 11 her farther and farther down the hall. I watched 12 she was out of sight and the nurse had 13 to writing in the big book.
After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were 14. She quickly put the mop back and took my 15. As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, “16.”
Outside, Mum told me: “Dogmas is 17. No fever.”
“You saw her, Mum?”
“Of course. I told her about the hospital 18, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop 19 as well. It’s a fine hospital. But such 20! A mop is no good. You need a brush.”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      stared
    2. B.
      pointed
    3. C.
      came
    4. D.
      aimed
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      sit
    2. B.
      lie
    3. C.
      fall
    4. D.
      bend
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      eyes
    2. B.
      hands
    3. C.
      mouth
    4. D.
      arms
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      put on
    2. B.
      took off
    3. C.
      hung over
    4. D.
      threw away
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      bravely
    2. B.
      proudly
    3. C.
      poorly
    4. D.
      quietly
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      dragged
    2. B.
      pulled
    3. C.
      pushed
    4. D.
      rushed
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      as
    2. B.
      because
    3. C.
      after
    4. D.
      as soon as
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      pretty
    2. B.
      good
    3. C.
      cheap
    4. D.
      dirty
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      delighted
    2. B.
      surprised
    3. C.
      anxious
    4. D.
      disappointed
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      respectfully
    2. B.
      pitifully
    3. C.
      carefully
    4. D.
      strangely
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      taking
    2. B.
      fetching
    3. C.
      forcing
    4. D.
      advancing
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      when
    2. B.
      while
    3. C.
      after
    4. D.
      until
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      turned back
    2. B.
      turned round
    3. C.
      turned down
    4. D.
      turned into
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      nervous
    2. B.
      sad
    3. C.
      crying
    4. D.
      shining
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      clothes
    2. B.
      hat
    3. C.
      hand
    4. D.
      mop
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      Excuse me
    2. B.
      I’m sorry
    3. C.
      Good luck
    4. D.
      Thank you
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      ill
    2. B.
      better
    3. C.
      well
    4. D.
      wrong
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      rules
    2. B.
      rights
    3. C.
      advice
    4. D.
      limits
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      visiting
    2. B.
      worrying
    3. C.
      smoking
    4. D.
      working
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      a hospital
    2. B.
      beds
    3. C.
      floors
    4. D.
      nurses
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