I returned home to spend the holiday with my mom excitedly. I was looking forward to sitting down on the sofa, watching TV and      until midnight with her.

However, things weren’t as I expected. Not long        I arrived home, mom got a phone call. One of her friends       her to play cards. She gladly accepted the invitation and went at once. I thought she didn’t like me.

During the following days, I deliberately(故意的)        to speak to her. Whenever she spoke to me, I just stood in silence. But later I began to feel        . Sometimes I really wanted to say sorry to her,       when I saw her making delicious food or buying me      favorite snacks. Maybe she felt sorry for     she had done that night. I began to think that I should do something to make the things     

At the end of the holiday, I began to help with some      from making the bed to cleaning the house, I did        I could when mom wasn’t around. When she returned, she smiled happily.

On the      day，she insisted (坚决要求) on driving me to the bus station. At first we said nothing, then mom said, “Sorry for that night. You know that you mean       than anything to me .”I couldn’t say a word as I tried to     back the tears. Before getting on the bus, I finally said sorry to her. Mom smiled, and there were tears        her eyes. But I knew they were tears of happiness.

1.A. speaking                B. talking              C. saying                   D. telling

2.A. when            B. before         C. until                   D. after

3.A. told            B. asked                    C. invited                D. ordered

4.A. refused               B. started                C. liked                       D. wanted

5.A. happy              B. sad               C. surprised                  D. excited

6.A. actually              B. totally                   C. especially          D. really

7.A. his            B. my                C. her                    D. our

8.A. what                 B. when                C. why                D. that

9.A. right                 B. wrong                C. busy                           D. awful

10.A. homework      B. cooking         C. housework             D. exercise

11.A. everything      B. something          C. nothing           D. anything

12.A. first           B. next                            C. third                     D. final

13.A. most              B. more               C. best            D. better

14.A. give           B. hold           C. return                        D. get

15.A. on           B. out                    C .in                       D. over

A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the  46   soon.

Twenty minutes  47  , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she  48   to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he   49  it.

In the following hours on the flight,   50  time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile   51   he needed help or not. But the passenger never   52   her words.

When he was going to get off the  53  , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very  54 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her  55   the job.  56  with a smile she handed it to him.

Off the plane, she  57  the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times  58 . How can I refuse  59  twelve sincere smiles?”

That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger

  60   and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!

On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to  1  and the underground system almost came to a stop.

    Unluckily this happened during the  2   rush hour. Many people who were going to work were  3 to go home. Some tried their best to   4   a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others   5   the storm bravely, walking miles to get to work.

    I happened to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from underground line to underground line only to find that most  6  had stopped. After making my way through crowds of people, I finally found an underground line that was   7 . Unluckily, there were so many people waiting to   8 the underground that I could not even get down the stairs to the   9 . So I took the train going in the  10   direction, and then turned back to the downtown(市中心）train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train   11   my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was   12   through, tired and discouraged.

     My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was going to  13 off my computer when I received an e-mail from Garth, my Director:

I would like to thank all of you who made the  14  and finally came to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰的), at times like these, when workers so clearly show their attention and devotion to their   15 Thank you.

1  A. break              B. flood              C. fall                D. crash

2  A. afternoon     B. evening       C. morning           D. night

3  A. made             B. asked          C. invited           D. gathered

4  A. order              B. pay             C. call               D. search

5  A. showed      B. fought            C. broke            D. faced

6  A. practice            B. order           C. process           D. service

7  A. working            B. acting             C. turning             D. rushing

8  A. check             B. get on          C. jump into        D. find

9  A. street              B. ground           C. floor             D. road

10  A. different          B. opposite         C. changed           D. right

11  A. stopped           B. crossed          C. reached            D. parked

12  A. wet              B. hungry           C. angry            D. cold

13  A. pay              B. get                  C. turn            D. put

14  A. rule              B. effort               C. promise          D. model

15  A. computers       B. lives                 C. actions                  D. jobs

Hello! I’m Sandy .I’m a Grade 8 students.I study at a secondy school .Now let me tell you about my school life. I get up at 6:15 a.m.Then I have my breakfast at six thirty. I go to school by bus .My home is about five kilometers away.from school.This often takes me 20 minutes.The first school begins at eight every morning.I usually have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon.Each class lasts 45 minutes .I have lunch at school .I often eat rice ,meat and many vegetables.Then I can sleep about half an hour.After class, I play volleyball or football with my classmates.School is over and I go home.I spend an hour on my homework .I watch TV for half an hour .                                      
【小题1】What time does Sandy get up every day ?