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We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Eric in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly eating and talking. Suddenly, Eric screamed with 36 and said, “Hi there.” His fat baby hands hit the high chair tray, and his eyes were wide with excitement.
I looked around and saw the 37 of his enjoyment. It was an old man with a worn and oily coat. And his hair was uncombed and unwashed. I was sure he 38 . His hand waved. “Hi there, baby; I see ya,” the man said to Eric.
My husband and I 39 looks. Eric continued to laugh and answer, “Hi, there.” Everyone in the restaurant noticed this. My husband and I were embarrassed.
We finally got through the meal and 40 the door. My husband went to pay the check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat between me and the door. “Lord, just let me out of here before he speaks to me or Eric,” I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to sidestep him and avoid any air he might be 41 . As I did so, Eric leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in a baby's “pick-me-up” position. Before I could stop him, he had 42 himself to the man's arms．Eric, in an act of total 43 , and love, laid his tiny head upon the man's torn shoulder.
His 44 hands full of dirt, pain and hard labor gently, so gently, cradled my baby's waist and patted his back. I stood amazed. After a while, he pushed Eric from his chest 45 as though he were in pain, saying “God bless you, ma'am. You've given me the best Christmas gift.”
I had just witnessed a genuine (pure or true) love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin, who made no 46 . The ragged old man, unknowingly, had reminded me that a genuine love is one in which the true meaning of love is 47 .
36. A. surprise B. delight C. anger D. nerve
37. A. source B. reason C. effect D. resource
38. A. smiled B. mopped C. smelled D. wiped
39. A. consulted B. exchanged C. separated D. replaced
40. A. ran for B. headed for C. sent for D. accounted for
41. A. breathing B. fighting C. creating D. holding
42. A. thrown B. devoted C. driven D. jumped
43. A. independence B. desire C. trust D. dignity
44. A. allergic B. strong C. smart D. aged
45. A. eagerly B. violently C. gladly D. unwillingly
46. A. judgment B. decision C. conclusion D. choice
47. A. sharpened B refreshed C. realized D. learned
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The committee is discussing the problem right now. It will ____ have been solved by the end of next week.
A. eagerly B. hopefully C. immediately D. gradually
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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
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On Sunday, the day after my second visit to the Saturn store, my wife, Jane, said, “I don’t know if you remember, but today’s my fifth anniversary of being cancer-free.” She had been 36 with breast cancer five years ago and undergone surgery. I was 37 that I had forgotten.
The next day, Jane went to work and I called Saturn to 38 her a new car. I knew she had always wanted a 39 car. The sales consultant at Saturn said he had one left 40 he couldn’t guarantee it’d still be available because they were 41 fast. I said I’d take my 42 and asked him to put it in the showroom.
At 9:30 Saturday morning I turned into the Saturn parking lot. “What are you doing?” Jane asked 43 . “You promised me we’d get home 44 .”
But no sooner had we stepped into the store than Jane 45 the little white Saturn coupe(双门轿车). “Oh, what a pretty car,” she said. “I’d love the new car.”
46 she let out a scream. A sign stood on the hood(车篷)of the car and it said “ 47 , Jane. This car is yours. Let’s celebrate 48 . From Milt, Billy and Team Saturn”
Jane collapsed in my arms and 49 . I was in tears too. There was 50 in the store. Our sales consultant had 51 it so that we could share the moment alone. Even so, people were standing outside the windows. When Jane collapsed in my arms, I saw everybody outside 52 .
Over the years, I’ve told this story across the world as an example of excellent 53 . A woman in San Francisco heard it. She called 54 long distance and bought a new car.
It’s like what a Saturn sales consultant said: “It’s only the 55 told about us that differentiate(区别)us in the market place.”
36. A. infected B. diagnosed C. linked D. associated
37. A. astonished B. concerned C. embarrassed D. convinced
38. A. buy B. give C. show D. deliver
39. A. new B. pretty C. private D. white
40. A. although B. but C. because D. if
41. A. selling B. running C. changing D. updating
42. A. wife B. money C. chances D. order
43. A. eagerly B. delightedly C. excitedly D. angrily
44. A. right away B. tonight C. tomorrow D. this afternoon
45. A. bought B. spotted C. selected D. reserved
46. A. Curiously B. Naturally C. Suddenly D. Deliberately
47. A. Congratulations B. Thanks C. Sorry D. Welcome
48. A. marriage B. friendship C. love D. life
49. A. smiled B. cried C. screamed D. apologized
50. A. no one B. someone C. a customer D. a consultant
51. A. decorated B. confirmed C. made D. arranged
52. A. laugh B. sigh C. applaud D. leave
53. A. service B. business C. attitude D. promotion
54. A. Billy B. Jane C. me D. Saturn
55. A. lies B. stories C. truth D. facts
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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
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