根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Laughter and tears are part of living. But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not
asking if you experience lots of good times. Of course we should laugh during the happy times.
1  
Erma Bombeck is known for her humorous books, but she wrote one that covered a more
serious topic: cancer in children. Erma talks with lots of children with cancer and learns an important life lesson from them.   2  
She tells the experience of 15-year-old Jessica from Burlington, VT. Jessica’s leg was amputated (锯掉) at the knee because of cancer. Jessica tells about playing soccer. She kicked the ball hard and it flew off in one direction while her artificial leg flew another way. Then “the tall, pretty person that I am,” she said, “sat on the floor in laughter.”
Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer, but she laughed about dealing with its results.  3  
Then there is the story of 17-year-old Betsy. She made her way to the radiation room(放射室) for
her regular radiation therapy. As usual, she dropped her hospital coat and, wearing only her birthday suit, climbed onto the table and waited. After a couple of moments she began to realize something disturbing: the extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought, but rather painters giving an estimate on painting!    4  And like Jessica, her ability to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult things a young person can endure(忍受) — cancer.
There is a time to weep and a time to laugh.    5   And you’ll smile at the end.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Laughter and tears are part of living. But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not

asking if you experience lots of good times. Of course we should laugh during the happy times.

1  

Erma Bombeck is known for her humorous books, but she wrote one that covered a more

serious topic: cancer in children. Erma talks with lots of children with cancer and learns an important life lesson from them.   2  

She tells the experience of 15-year-old Jessica from Burlington, VT. Jessica’s leg was amputated (锯掉) at the knee because of cancer. Jessica tells about playing soccer. She kicked the ball hard and it flew off in one direction while her artificial leg flew another way. Then “the tall, pretty person that I am,” she said, “sat on the floor in laughter.”

   Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer, but she laughed about dealing with its results.  3   

Then there is the story of 17-year-old Betsy. She made her way to the radiation room(放射室) for

her regular radiation therapy. As usual, she dropped her hospital coat and, wearing only her birthday suit, climbed onto the table and waited. After a couple of moments she began to realize something disturbing: the extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought, but rather painters giving an estimate on painting!    4   And like Jessica, her ability to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult things a young person can endure(忍受) — cancer.

There is a time to weep and a time to laugh.    5    And you’ll smile at the end.

A. She was learning to wear an artificial leg.

B. And her laughter helped her cope.

C. You would be happy if you find reasons to laugh.

D. Betsy laughed heartily about the incident.

E. But do you also laugh during the difficult times?

F. If you can laugh even when the going gets rough, you’ll make it.

G. She learns that all cancer survivors prefer to laugh.

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It was the golden season . I could see the yellow leaves  1  on the cool  2 . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, listening to the sound of them.
Autumn is a  3  season and life is uninteresting. The free days always get me  4  . But one day, the sound of a violin  5  into my ears like a stream flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was  6  in playing her violin.
I had  7   seen her before. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn’t realize that I had been  8  there for so long but my  9   did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building  10   I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only audience. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became  11 .  12  we didn’t know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believed she also liked me .
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening devotedly, the sound suddenly stopped. To my  13  ,the girl came over to me.
“You must like violin, ” she said.
“Yes . And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a  14   expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that  15   me. ” she said.
“In fact, it was your playing  16  gave me a meaningful autumn. ” I answered. “Let us be friends. ”
The girl smiled and I smiled.
I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure of the girl. She is like a
17  ; so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.
There are many kinds of friends. Some are always  18   you, but don’t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but are close to you. Many people will step in your life, but only  19  friends leave footprints.
I shall always recall the autumn and the girl with the  20  . She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.
1.        A. shaking                 B. hanging                 C. falling                   D. floating
2.        A. wind                     B. snow                     C. air                        D. rain
3.        A. lively                    B. lovely                   C. harvest                  D. lonely
4.        A. up                         B. off                        C. down                    D. over
5.        A. flowed                  B. grew                     C. entered                  D. ran
6.        A. lost                       B. active                    C. busy                      D. interested
7.        A. ever                      B. never                    C. often                     D. usually
8.        A. waiting                  B. stopping                C. standing                D. hearing
9.        A. existence               B. thought                 C. steps                     D. breath
10.      A. where                    B. so                         C. when                     D. but
11.      A. interesting             B. moving                 C. encouraging           D. exciting
12.      A. But                       B. However               C. Even                     D. Though
13.      A. astonishment          B. delight                  C. pride                     D. satisfaction
14.      A. happy                    B. sad                       C. strange                  D. surprised
15.      A. surprised               B. excited                  C. encouraged            D. interested
16.      A. that                       B. which                   C. it                          D. who
17.      A. song                      B. dream                   C. fire                       D. wind
18.      A. with                      B. for                        C. against                  D. to
19.      A. good                     B. true                      C. new                      D. old
20.      A. sound                    B. song                     C. play                      D. violin

I ran into a stranger as he passed by, and I at once apologized to him. We were both very _36_, he stranger and I. Then we went    37  our way after saying good-bye.
But at home a   38  story is told. Later that day, when I 39  supper in the kitchen, my daughter suddenly stood behind me very   40 . When I turned back, I     41  knocked her down. “Don’t be in my   42   !” I shouted angrily. She walked away with her little heart     43 .On the kitchen floor later, I found some flowers by the door.
That night, while I lay     44  in bed, a voice in my deep heart said, “While 45  with a stranger, you are so polite, but with the children you love, you are so easily _46   .Why are there some flowers by the door? Those are the flowers she brought for you. She    47 them herself, pink, yellow and your favorite blue. She stood quietly in order to give you a    48 , and you never saw the         49  in her eyes.”
By this time, I felt very       50  and now my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪下) by her __51__, “Wake up, little girl, wake up,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “Yes, because I knew you’d like them, especially the  52_  .” I said, “Daughter, I’m sorry for the way I acted today; I       53  have shouted at you that way.”
She said, “Oh, Mom, that’s okay. I love you 54 .” I hugged her and said, “Daughter, I love you too, and I do like the flowers.”
Through this    55 , I realize what FAMILY means:
FAMILY="(F)ATHER" (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU