Dear Benter,
　　You have been away exactly two weeks today but it seems more like two years to me!
　　I’m glad to hear you’ll be back soon. Are you coming directly home, dear? Or do you plan to make some stops   36  the way? I hope you’ll be home in  37 for Patsy’s birthday next Sunday. She is  38 you to show films to her  39 friends.
Patsy keeps asking every day  40 you’ll be back. She says you never  41  that story you were telling her about  42 train that lost its “ toot”(喇叭嘟嘟声). You’d better   43  and think up a good ending  44 it. You know how Patsy is? She  45 be happy until she knows exactly what ­__46  to the “toot” and  47 the little train got it back  48 !
　　Everything at home is fine except that we  49 you so much! I’ve been  50 with the spring cleaning. Yesterday I had Cora  51 in to wash the kitchen walls and she did a very good __52 of it. The kitchen looks as though it’s been repainted. I made some new yellow curtains, and they  53 very beautiful.
　 I went to see your mother yesterday. Her  54 is all gone and she looks very  55 . Your sister Jean looks wonderful! She has taken off about fifteen pounds since she began dieting. But now she’s complaining that none of her clothes fit!
Hope to see you before next Sunday.
　 Love and kisses to you!
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     Yours
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　           Lynn
【小题1】A in           B. on          C. at          D. along

Dear Benter,

　　You have been away exactly two weeks today but it seems more like two years to me!

　　I’m glad to hear you’ll be back soon. Are you coming directly home, dear? Or do you plan to make some stops   36   the way? I hope you’ll be home in  37  for Patsy’s birthday next Sunday. She is  38  you to show films to her  39  friends.

    Patsy keeps asking every day  40  you’ll be back. She says you never  41   that story you were telling her about  42  train that lost its “ toot”(喇叭嘟嘟声). You’d better   43   and think up a good ending  44  it. You know how Patsy is? She  45  be happy until she knows exactly what ­__46   to the “toot” and  47  the little train got it back  48  !

　　Everything at home is fine except that we  49  you so much! I’ve been  50  with the spring cleaning. Yesterday I had Cora  51  in to wash the kitchen walls and she did a very good __52  of it. The kitchen looks as though it’s been repainted. I made some new yellow curtains, and they  53  very beautiful.

　 I went to see your mother yesterday. Her  54  is all gone and she looks very  55  . Your sister Jean looks wonderful! She has taken off about fifteen pounds since she began dieting. But now she’s complaining that none of her clothes fit!

   Hope to see you before next Sunday.

　 Love and kisses to you!

            　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     Yours

           　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　            Lynn

1.A in            B. on           C. at           D. along

2.A. time         B. fact          C. all           D. the end

3.A. expecting     B. thinking      C. agreeing      D. hoping

4.A. small        B. short         C. little         D. low

5.A. that          B. when        C. why         D. unless

6.A. finished      B. stopped       C. supplied     D. included

7.A. some        B. a            C. the          D. this

8.A. care         B. arrive        C. pretend       D. hurry

9.A. on          B. for           C. at           D. in

10.A. mustn’t      B. couldn’t      C. won’t        D. shouldn’t

11.A. affected      B. about        C. happened     D. was

12.A. how         B. however      C. because      D. why

13.A. yet          B. too          C. again         D. next

14.A. love         B. think         C. miss         D. care

15.A. working      B. ready        C. together       D. busy

16.A. stay         B. come         C. visit          D. drop

17.A. work        B. job           C. thing         D. clean

18.A. show        B. feel          C. become       D. look

19.A. cold         B. heat          C. health        D. medicine

20.A. good        B. well          C. nice          D. best

Twelve years ago, my mother gave birth to the beautiful little girl. 　 36　 , we were later given the 　 37　 that this little girl, who was three and a half month old, would only have 14 days on earth. It’s hard to understand what kind of 　38　 you have when you find out that you’re 　39　 something that you don’t even know.

As time went on, the number of days kept growing, which gave us 　 40 . When the doctors said that we could take her home, that was 　 41　 reality hit. We had no 　 42　 .

I’m from a small town with small hospitals, but when you don’t have money, you just don’t 　43 it. My mother tried for days to get money, but nothing 　44　 each time. A caseworker (社会工作者) was even doing her best. It’s 　45　 that it almost felt as if we had to 　46　 a baby from the hospital.

One day the caseworker walked into her boss’s office to 　47 again. As she walked out, 48 down yet again, out of no where a man walked up to her. He 　49 her a handful of money and said, “Please give this to the lady in 　50 , so she can take her daughter home.” She looked down at her hand with tears in her eyes. As she looked back up to thank him, he was 51　 . They searched all over the hospital and he was nowhere to be 　52　 .

Thanks to the guy that I will 　53　 know, we could take home that 　 54 baby girl that was only given 14 days to live, and celebrated her 12^th birthday yesterday. I am grateful to this man and feel that his act of 　55 should be shared with everyone.

36. A. Besides 　　　　　 B. Otherwise 　　　　　　 C. However 　　　　　　　 D. Therefore

37. A. idea 　　　　　　　　 B. news 　　　　　　　　　 C. order 　　　　　　　　　 D. point

38. A. character 　　　　 B. friendship 　　　　　　 C. habit 　　　　　　　　　　 D. feeling

39. A. losing 　　　　　　 B. wasting 　　　　　　　　 C. explaining 　　　　　　 D. gaining

40. A. hope 　　　　　　　 B. freedom 　　　　　　　 C. trouble 　　　　　　　　 D. information

41. A. how 　　　　　　　 B. where 　　　　　　　　　 C. when 　　　　　　　　　 D. whether

42. A. car 　　　　　　　　 B. knowledge 　　　　　 C. shelter 　　　　　　　　 D. money

43. A. understand 　　　 B. have 　　　　　　　　　　 C. change 　　　　　　　　 D. prevent

44. A. came up 　　　　 B. set up 　　　　　　　　　 C. made up 　　　　　　　 D. gave up

45. A. interesting 　　　 B. necessary 　　　　　　 C. impossible 　　　　　　 D. sad

46. A. save 　　　　　　　 B. buy 　　　　　　　　　　 C. visit 　　　　　　　　　　 D. develop

47. A. apologize 　　　　 B. research 　　　　　　　 C. try 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. interview

48. A. let 　　　　　　　　　 B. moved 　　　　　　　　 C. knelt 　　　　　　　　　　 D. fell

49. A. took 　　　　　　　 B. paid 　　　　　　　　　　 C. handed 　　　　　　　　 D. lent

50. A danger 　　　　　　 B. need 　　　　　　　　　　 C. reward 　　　　　　　　 D. advance

51. A. gone 　　　　　　　 B. shy 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. disappointed 　　　　 D. proud

52. A. avoided 　　　　　 B. found 　　　　　　　　　 C. persuaded 　　　　　　 D. stopped

53. A. even 　　　　　　　 B. still 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. almost 　　　　　　　　 D. never

54. A. beautiful 　　　　 B. naughty 　　　　　　　 C. nervous 　　　　　　　 D. dangerous

55. A. courage 　　　　　　 B. gentleness 　　　　　　 C. kindness 　　　　　　　 D. politeness