John went to the hospital alone. If he          me about it, I would have gone with him.

Dear all,
Please read Professor Hume’s email about his next lecture on Rosa I’arks.
Susan Miller
Secretary
Dear Susan,
Please forward this message to students of my history class.
Besides the life story of Bosa Parks in the textbook,the students are also required to read the passage below and some related stories that can be borrowed from the school library.
Ted Hume
The early experiences of Rosa Parks (1913-2005),long known as the “mother of the civil rights movement,”were not different from those of many African-Americans at that time.The black woman,however,turned the course of American history in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.“By sitting down,”remarked John Lewis,“she was standing up for all Americans.”
Among the numerous awards Parks received in her life were the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996) and the Congressional Gold Medal(1999).
Parks died on Oct. 24,2005,At St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Montgomery,a large crowd including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice celebrated her life.Rice said she and others,who grew up when the political activities of Parks held public attention,might not have realized her impact(影响) on their lives,“but I can honestly say that without Mrs. Parks,I probably would not be standing here as Secretary of State.”
After her casket(灵柩) was placed at the Capitol,U.S. President Bush,members of Congress and ordinary Americans paid their respects.In American history Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol,a very high regard usually reserved for Presidents of the United States.
【小题1】What is the main purpose of Susan’s email?

John opened the door. There _____ he had never seen before.

— I find it astonishing that John ______ be so rude to me.
— Not astonishing at all. He is always rude to others.

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I watched as my little brother was cahught in the act. He sat in the corner of the living room, a   21   in one hand and my father’s hymnbook(赞美诗集) in the other. Hearing my father coming, my brother  22    it slightly. He sensed that he had done something   23  . I saw  he had  24    my father’s new book and scribbled（乱写）on the first page in pen. Now,  25    at my father fearfully, we  26    waited for his punishment.My father    27   his book, looked at it, and then sat down without saying a word． He was a clergyman and the holder of several degrees. For him, books were knowledge, and yet, he    28   his children.Instead of  29  my brother, he sat down,   30   the pen from my brother’s hand and wrote in the book himself, “John’s work. 1959. aged three.”
The years and the books came and went. Our family   31  what all families go through. We   32  knew our parents loved us and that one   33  was the book by the piano. From time to time we   34  open it, look at the scribbles, read my father’s expression of love and feel   35  .
Now I know that through this   36  act my father taught us how every   37  in life has a positive side-if we are   38  to look at it from another angle. But he also taught us about what really matters in life:   39  ,not objects; tolerance, not judgment; love, no anger. Love is at the very   40  of a family.
When thinking about these, I smile and whisper, “Thank you, Dad. ”
21．A．toy                       B．knife                  C．pen                        D．cup
22．A．tore                      B．covered              C．wiped                     D．threw
23．A．wrong                   B．important            C．helpful                   D．great
24．A．borrowed              B．stolen                C．opened                   D．read
25．A．glancing                B．staring                C．coming                   D．laughing
26．A．all                        B．either                 C．both                       D．each
27．A．picked up              B．made up             C．put up                    D．wrapped up
28．A．admired                B．needed                C．hated                      D．loved
29．A．punished               B．trusting               C．helping                   D．praising
30．A．moved                  B．took                   C．brought                  D．robbed
31．A．spent                     B．experimented      C．suffered                  D．experienced
32．A．seldom                  B．always                C．never                      D．sometimes
33．A．proof                    B．result                  C．effect                     D．impression
34．A．might                    B．should                C．would                     D．could
35．A．excited                  B．encouraged         C．surprised                 D．frightened
36．A．rapid                     B．sudden                C．hard                       D．simple
37．A．event                    B．porblem              C．trouble                   D．accident
38．A．forbidden              B．chosen                C．prepared                 D．forced
39．A．money                  B．people                C．bilief                      D．spirit
40．A．corner                  B．mouth                C．bottom                   D．Heart