One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head   36 . Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with   37  and fear.

With growing   38  I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely   39  ours. This would be a good opportunity to   40  my children, so I explained their difficult  41  to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.

“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll   42  what we have with them.”

I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously   43  the boys and I filled one box with canned food.

While I   44__ our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and   45  some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched   46  as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.

“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.

The boys placed the toys they had   47  to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll  48  tightly to her chest. She   49  in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a   50  kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.

“Oh, honey,” I said. “You   51  to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”

Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy.   52  she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”

I stared at Meghan for a long moment,   53  how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.

It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but   54  to let go of things we cherish, isn’t it?   55 , the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.

1.                A．off            B．up             C．down D．round

2.                A．smile          B．confusion       C．joy  D．anger

3.                A．happiness       B．friendship       C．puzzle    D．interest

4.                A．matched        B．equaled        C．compared D．suited

5.                A．help           B．complain        C．change   D．teach

6.                A．experience      B．problem        C．situation  D．process

7.                A．give           B．share          C．send D．spare

8.                A．as             B．since           C．though   D．because

9.                A．came through    B．broke through    C．sorted through D．got through

10.               A．donate         B．leave          C．keep D．sell

11.               A．hopefully       B．anxiously       C．depressingly    D．quietly

12.               A．separated       B．chosen         C．bought    D．confirmed

13.               A．hugged         B．tied           C．grasped   D．caught

14.               A．settled         B．regretted       C．paused    D．cried

15.               A．precious        B．final           C．hearty    D．lovely

16.               A．wouldn’t like   B．ought not       C．had better not  D．don’t have

17.               A．Also           B．Yet            C．Maybe    D．Though

18.               A．knowing        B．wondering      C．realizing   D．expecting

19.               A．available        B．necessary       C．important  D．hard

20.               A．However       B．Therefore       C．Otherwise D．Moreover

One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home．A little boy stood beside her with his head   36  .  Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with   37  and fear.

   With growing  38   I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely   39  ours. This would be a good opportunity to   40  my children, so I explained their difficult   41   to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.

   “We have so much, but these people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll   42  what we have with them.”

   I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor.  Meghan watched seriously,  43  the boys and I filled one box with canned food.

While I   44   through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and   45   some of their less favourite things. Meghan watched  46   as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.

“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.

The boys placed the toys they had   47  to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded,  much-loved toll   48     tightly to her chest. She  49  in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face,  gave her a  50   kiss, then , laid her gently on the top of the other toys.

   “Oh , honey,” I said , “You   51   to give away Lucy．You love her so much.”

   Meghan nodded ,eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy.   52   she’ll make that little girl happy too.”

I stared at Meghan for a long moment,   53   how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.

It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but   54  to let go of things we cherish, isn’t it?  55 , the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.

36．A．off                 B．up                  C．round               D．down

37．A．smile               B．confusion            C．joy                 D．anger

38．A．puzzle               B．interest              C．happiness            D．friendship

39．A．matched             B．suited               C．compared            D．equalled

40．A．teach               B．change              C．help                D．complain

41．A．problem             B．life                 C．suffering            D．situation

42．A．give                B．spare               C．share               D．send

43．A．as                  B．because             C．since               D．though

44．A．got                 B．looked              C．sorted               D．came

45．A．keep                B．donate              C．leave                D．sell

46．A．hopefully      B．quietly              C．depressingly          D．anxiously

47．A．separated            B．chosen              C．supposed            D．bought

48．A．hugged              B．caught              C．held                D．grasped

49．A．regretted            B．stood               C．paused              D．cried

50．A．precious             B．lovely               C．hearty               D．final

51．A．oughtn’t             B．wouldn’t like  C．don’t have             D．had better not

52．A．Though             B．Also          C．Yet                    D．Maybe

53．A．realizing             B．wondering             C．expecting              D．knowing

54．A．hard                B．necessary            C．available               D．important

55．A．Therefore            B．Moreover            C．Otherwise             D．However 

Vincent van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a(n) __21  and was even sent to the Belgian __22  community of Borinage. He discovered that the miners there __23  deplorable(悲惨的) working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families  __24__  simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small amount of money he received from the church __25  him a moderate life-style, which, __26 , seemed to him unfair.

One cold February evening, while he watched the miners trudging(步履艰难)home, he __27  an old man staggering(蹒跚)toward him across the fields, __28 in a burlap sack for warmth. Van Gogh laid his own clothing out on the bed, __29 enough for one change, and decided to give__30 away. He gave the old man a suit of clothes and gave his overcoat to a pregnant woman whose __31 had been killed in a cave-in.

He lived on starvation rations and spent his money on __32  for the miners. When children in one family had fever, though __33  himself, he packed up his bed and took it to them.

A (an) __34  family in the community offered him free room and board. Van Gogh __35__ the offer, stating that it was the final temptation he must reject if he was to __36  serve his community of poor miners.

He believed that if he wanted them to __37  him, he must become one of them. And if they were to learn of love through him, he must love them enough to __38  with them.

He was aware of the wide chasm(鸿沟)between words and actions. He knew that our lives always __39  louder and clearer than words.

Others are “ __40 ” carefully to your actions. What are you saying to them?