Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus （马戏表演）． 1  , there was only one family between us and the ticket-office．There were eight children in this family, all probably under the age of 12．Their clothes were not  2 , but they were clean．The children were  3 , all of them standing in line．They were  4  quickly, excitedly and unclearly about the clowns, elephants and other  5  they would see that night．One could sense they had  6  been to the circus before．It  7  to be a highlight（重要内容） of their young lives.

The  8  lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted．He  9  responded, “Eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets.”

The price was quoted （报出）．The man dropped his  10 ．How was he supposed to  11  and tell his eight kids that he didn’t have  12  money to take them the circus?

Seeing this, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and  13  it on the ground．（We were not very  14   in every sense of the word!） My father reached down,   45  the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your  16  .”

The man  17  what was going on．He looked straight  18  my dad’s eyes, and took my dad’s hand in both of his, tears running down his  19  , “Thank you, thank you, sir．This really 20  a lot to me and my family.”

My father and I went back to our car and drove home．We didn’t go to the circus that night.

1．A．Suddenly                  B．Naturally                 C．Finally                    D．Generally

2．A．beautiful                   B．expensive                C．comfortable        D．old

3．A．well-behaved             B．well-dressed            C．well-done            D．well-known

4．A．dreaming                  B．thinking                  C．hearing               D．talking

5．A．actions                     B．programes               C．people                D．activities

6．A．always                         B．sometimes               C．often                  D．never

7．A．threatened                 B．hoped                     C．expected             D．promised

8．A．sales                        B．leading                    C．ticket                  D．cleaning

9．A．proudly                    B．nervously                C．doubtfully           D．slowly

10．A．hands                     B．head                    C．money                D．hat

11．A．know                      B．leave                       C．run                     D．turn

12．A．extra                      B．current                   C．enough               D．exact

13．A．dropped                  B．hid                         C．fell                     D．put

14．A．mean                      B．happy                     C．rich                    D．kind

15．A．picked up                B．picked off               C．picked out           D．picked at

16．A．mind                      B．control                    C．pocket                D．reach

17．A．judge                      B．imagined                 C．regretted             D．realized

18．A．onto                       B．into                        C．on                     D．at

19．A．forehead                 B．cheek                            C．nose                   D．eyes

20．A．brings                     B．means                     C．teaches               D．shows

阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago，I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off．But I was 　1　 into stillness by what I saw．Mother，seated at the far end of the sofa，　2　with the second-hand green typewriter on the table．She told me that she couldn't type fast and then she was out of work．My shock and embarrassment(尴尬)at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof of how 　3　 I understood the pressures on her．Sitting beside her on the sofa，I began very 　4　 to under-stand．“l guess we all have 　5　 sometime，”Mother said quietly．I could 　6　 her pain and the tension(压力)of 　7　 the strong feelings that were Interrupted by my arrival．Suddenly，something inside me 　8　 I reached out and Put my arms around her．She broke then．She put her face 　9　 my shoulder and sobbed．I held her 　10　 and didn't try to talk．I knew I was doing what I should，what I could 　11　 it was enough．In that moment， feeling Mother's 　12　 with feelings，I understood for the first time her being so easy to 　13　．She was still my mother，　14　 she was something 　15　：a person like me，capable fear and 　16　 and failure．I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions(场合)when I sought 　17　 in her arms．

　　A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station 　18　“It's a job I can do，though．”she said simply．But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued．I had a very 　19　 feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping 　20　 across the paper．I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type．

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Below are some of the heart-warming scenes that I witnessed and heard from others after the earthquake and flood.

In the supermarket, where goods of all the shelves  36 , people were picking up things so quickly together, and then  37  standing in line to buy food. Instead of creating panic（恐慌）and _38  as much as possible, they bought as little as they  39 _.

When I was walking home, there was a lady  40  a sign that said, “Please use our toilet.” She was  41  her house for people to go to the restroom. I also saw an old lady at a bakery shop  42  free bread. They made my heart  43 _.

A boy was saved because he climbed up on top of the roof of a store during the flood. The flood  44  so suddenly that he just saw people below trying to climb onto the roof, but failed. They were  45  by the flood. To help others, he kept filming them  46  their loved ones could see.

A foreign friend told me that she was  47  to see a long queue form so neatly（整齐地）behind one public phone. Everyone waited  48  to use the phone though they must have been so eager to call their families.

The  49  was horrible（可怕的）! Only one car could move  50  at a green light. But everyone was driving so calmly. During the 10-hour  51 , which would only take 30 minutes  52 , I heard only one horn（喇叭）and that was of thank you.

When I was  53  at the platform（站台）, a homeless person gave me a piece of cardboard to sit on. Even though we usually  54  them in our daily life, they were ready to help us.

Through all of this, I felt  55 _. There is a bright future, on the other side of this disaster.

1.                A．fell            B．lay             C．sank D．rose

2.                A．noisily          B．harmlessly       C．quietly   D．seriously

3.                A．stealing         B．buying          C．making   D．folding

4.                A．earned         B．needed         C．saw  D．afforded

5.                A．watching        B．selling          C．destroying D．holding

6.                A．locking         B．building         C．opening  D．sparing

7.                A．wiping out      B．carrying out     C．picking out    D．giving out

8.                A．warm          B．cold           C．broken   D．closed

9.                A．came          B．got            C．ran  D．left

10.               A．sent out        B．knocked down   C．brought out    D．taken away

11.               A．for            B．or             C．so    D．but

12.               A．excited         B．surprised       C．upset D．frightened

13.               A．secretly        B．patiently        C．slowly D．proudly

14.               A．traffic          B．trade          C．movement D．climate

15.               A．around         B．down          C．up   D．forward

16.               A．walk           B．run            C．drive D．flight

17.               A．necessarily      B．basically        C．normally   D．certainly

18.               A．waiting         B．playing         C．fighting    D．hiding

19.               A．respect        B．ignore         C．notice D．hate

20.               A．glory          B．help           C．interest   D．hope

Coming home from school, I was filled with excitement. But I was       into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the end of the sofa,        , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me she couldn’t type fast and she was out of work. My shock at finding mother in tears was a perfect       of how      I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very      to understand. I could       her pain and the tension (压力) of      the strong feeling that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly,  something inside me      . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face       my shoulder and sobbed. I held her       and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, and that was enough. At that moment,       mother’s back with feelings, I understood for the first time her being so easy to      .  She was still my mother,      she was  something      : a person like me, capable of fear and       and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought      in her arms.

A week later mother took a job at half the salary the radio station       . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said      . But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very       feeling now when I heard her tapping away across the paper at night. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to       .

1.A. lazy    B. shocked         C. ashamed        D. tired

2.A. smiling        B. thinking         C. crying   D. whispering

3.A. proof B. feeling  C. excuse  D. explanation

4.A. little   B. much            C. eagerly D. worriedly

5.A. suddenlyB. slowly       C. proudly          D. quickly

6.A. watch         B. recognize      C. look       D. sense

7.A. putting awayB. stopping from     C. sitting up       D. holding back 

8.A. turned        B. lit          C. increased      D. rose

9.A. through  B. against    C. up          D. to

10.A. carefullyB. politely          C. tightly   D. thoughtfully

11.A. feeling     B. reaching        C. watching        D. sensing

12.A. break       B. content          C. understand   D. fall

13.A. still          B. therefore      C. yet         D. however

14.A. much        B. huge     C. little      D. more

15.A. cut   B. hurt       C. defeat   D. wound

16.A. memory   B. support          C. comfort         D. kindness

17.A. offered    B. paid for          C. contributed  D. supplied

18.A. sadly   B. simply      C. excitedly       D. worriedly

19.A. hard   B. pleasant   C. serious D. different

20.A. work         B. write  C.  type   D. sell

 Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was   1   into stillness by what I saw. Mother was seated at the far end of the sofa,   2  , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment at finding mother in tears was a perfect proof of how   3   I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very   4   to understand. “I guess we all have to   5   sometimes,” Mother said quietly. I could   6   her pain and the tension (紧张) of   7   the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me   8  . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face   9   my shoulder and sobbed (啜泣). I held her   10   and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could   11   it was enough. In that moment, feeling mother’s   12   with feelings, I understood for the first time, she being so easy to   13  . She was still my mother,   14   she was something   15  , a person having the ability of bearing fear,   16   and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought   17   in her arms.

A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station   18  . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very   19   feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping   20   across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

1. A. tired                           B. ashamed                C. lazy                         D. shocked

2. A. crying                  B. smiling                    C. thinking                  D. whispering

3. A. eagerly               B. worriedly                 C. little                        D. much

4. A. quickly                B. slowly                      C. suddenly                D. proudly

5. A. fail                       B. win                          C. fall sick                   D. give in

6. A. know of               B. watch                      C. sense                            D. recognize

7. A. holding back              B. putting away           C. sitting up                D. stopping from

8. A. lit up                    B. came true               C. turned                           D. increased

9. A. to                        B. up                           C. through                  D. against

10. A. thoughtfully              B. tightly                      C. carefully                 D. politely

11. A. and that            B. now that                  C. but that                   D. so that

12. A. hand                 B. face                        C. hair                         D. back

13. A. content                    B. break                      C. fall                          D. understand

14. A. therefore           B. however                  C. yet                          D. though

15. A. more                 B. much                      C. little                        D. huge

16. A. wound               B. defeat                            C. cut                          D. hurt

17. A. kindness           B. memory                  C. comfort                   D. support

18. A. supplied            B. offered                    C. paid for                   D. contributed

19. A. different            B. hard                        C. pleasant                 D. serious

20. A. off                            B. away                       C. out                          D. through