The lady with the white fence taught me to leave the gate to life open………

When my husband died of a brain disease, I became very angry. Life was not   1  . I hated being alone. One day, as I was  2  down a busy street in town, I suddenly noticed a new fence, www.ks5u.com which was being set up  3  a house. I pulled off to the side to really admire the fence. The carpenter had done such a good job that my eyes almost   4   up with tears. I could not  5  myself away. I stopped the engine, went over and touched the fence. It still  6  of fresh paint. I could hear a lady was trying to start the lawn mower（除草机） in the back garden.

“Hello!” I shouted and   7   at her. “Well, hello!” She stood up and wiped her hands in the apron. “I ——I came to see the fence. It is so beautiful!” I said.

“The fence is not there for my  8  ”, the lady explained to me in a(n)9    voice. “I live alone. But so many people drive by every day, and I thought they  10  be glad to see something really nice. People see my fence and wave.  11   stop like you and come up to veranda(走廊) to have a chat.”

“  12  weren’t you sad when they expanded the road and everything changed so much?” I asked.

Her reply  13  my life. “Change is a part of life and takes part in  14 us who we are. When something we do not like happens to us, we have two choices: to become a  15  person or to become a better person.”

I carefully left the gate  16  and drove on with a new feeling inside me. I could not  17  what it was, but I could feel the  18  stone wall around my angry heart breaking off. And  19  a pretty white fence was built. I decided that I would keep the gate open for everything and everyone that came my   20  .

1．A．fair                      B．unhappy            C．successful            D．unknown

2．A．walking                B．driving               C．wandering            D．running

3．A．near                      B．beside                C．around                 D．in

4．A．welled                  B．dried                  C．took                     D．kept

6．A．felt                       B．tasted                 C．sounded               D．smelled

7．A．looked                  B．stared                 C．waved                  D．glared

8．A．sake                     B．street                 C．job                       D．income

9．A．angry                    B．frightened           C．doubted                D．pleasant

10．A．ought to             B．should                C．might                  D．have to

11．A．Everyone             B．Nobody              C．A few                  D．Few

12．A．So                      B．But                    C．Thus                    D．Though

13．A．gave                   B．changed             C．charged                D．cost

14．A．making                B．leaving               C．finding                 D．catching

15．A．better                  B．bitter                  C．best                     D．worst

16．A．open                   B．closed                C．broken                 D．locked

17．A．discuss               B．speak                 C．talk                      D．tell

18．A．thin                     B．weak                  C．broken                 D．thick

19．A．unfortunately       B．besides               C．disappointedly       D．instead

20．A．position              B．way                    C．route                    D．method

Mrs Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, Mrs Amatuli asked me if she could  36  my sandwiches. She explained that I could use the money to buy a   37  lunch from the cafeteria（自助餐厅）. I was   38. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was  39   expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to   40  again the next day.

       You can understand my   41  when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always   42  about the cafeteria food but I was very  43  of them.

       When we  44  lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to   45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn't care why,   46  it gave me a few minutes of her precious  47   so I was very quiet as she explained.

You  48  , she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate  49  on Fridays.

Oh, I couldn't   50  to get home and tell my Mom that from then on I wanted fish on Fridays.  51  my Mom understood why, she gladly fixed fish for me on Fridays. From then on, every Friday I could get in  52  with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about the cafeteria food—it  53  great to me!

I realize now that Mrs Amatuli   54   have fixed herself a fish sandwich on Fridays. She bought my sandwiches because she saw a little girl who was pleased over the simple

   55  of having a hot lunch.

A. buy           B. have         C. try          D. eat

A. cheap          B. big         C. hot         D. delicious

A. sad            B. disappointed C. confused  D. excited

A. rather          B. too         C. very        D. quite

A. use            B. eat          C. fill          D. carry

A. mind           B. anxiety       C. delight      D. interest

A. complained  B. worried      C. talked       D. cared

A. fond           B. hopeful      C. proud        D. envious

A. bought        B. finished      C. had         D. prepared

A. explain         B. discuss       C. tell         D. cover

A. as            B. while      C. so         D. but

A. idea         B. attention     C. advice      D. thought

A. think           B. believe       C. see          D. say

A. chicken        B. beef        C. vegetables  D. fish

A. expect          B. wait         C. wish       D. long

A. Because        B. So          C. Before           D. After

A. touch          B. line         C. way        D. trouble

A. tasted          B. sounded     C. looked           D. smelled

A. should          B. need        C. could      D. must

A. act             B. question     C. measure     D. gesture

Mrs Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, Mrs Amatuli asked me if she could  36 my sandwiches. She explained that I could use the money to buy a   37 lunch from the cafeteria（自助餐厅）. I was   38. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was  39  expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to   40 again the next day.

You can understand my   41  when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always  42 about the cafeteria food but I was very  43 of them.

When we  44 lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to   45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn't care why,   46 it gave me a few minutes of her precious  47  so I was very quiet as she explained.

You  48 , she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate  49 on Fridays.

Oh, I couldn't   50 to get home and tell my Mom that from then on I wanted fish on Fridays.  51 my Mom understood why, she gladly fixed fish for me on Fridays. From then on, every Friday I could get in  52 with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about the cafeteria food—it  53 great to me!

I realize now that Mrs Amatuli   54  have fixed herself a fish sandwich on Fridays. She bought my sandwiches because she saw a little girl who was pleased over the simple

   55 of having a hot lunch.