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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I 1 it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. On my 4 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines
Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office. After a quick glance he 7 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the 8 in the top of my 9 , he said, “Come with me!”, pulling me into his pickup 10 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 12 seen. I 13 about 10 feet tall when I got up 14 them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to 17 I love you.”
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 18 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 19 . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a 20 .
1. A. read B. thought C. turned D. passed
2. A. address B. list C. message D. information
3. A. forward B. so C. ahead D. back
4. A. return B. rounds C. trip D. arrival
5. A. if only B. how C. whether D. why
6. A. dust B. sweat C. tail D. rain
7. A. led B. followed C. watched D. carried
8. A. hole B. mud C. water D. cover
9. A. magazine B. shoe C. sock D. bag
10. A. truck B. factory C. home D. store
11. A. dressed B. fitted C. showed D. comforted
12. A. ever B. already C. never D. hardly
13. A. appeared B. seemed C. looked D. felt
14. A. for B. with C. on D. in
15. A. pen B. paper C. card D. notebook
16. A. tearful B. unbelievable C. curious D. puzzled
17. A. admit B. know C. consider D. express
18. A. sensed B. received C. lost D. gained
19. A. mistaken B. right C. all right D. possible
20. deal B. fortune C. choice D. difference
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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I 1 it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. On my 4 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines
Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr Rader’s office. After a quick glance he 7 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the 8 in the top of my 9 , he said, “Come with me!”, pulling me into his pickup 10 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 12 seen. I 13 about 10 feet tall when I got up 14 them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to 17 I love you.”
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 18 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 19 . With people like Mr Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a 20 .
1. A. read B. thought C. turned D. passed
2. A. address B. list C. message D. information
3. A. forward B. so C. ahead D. back
4. A. return B. rounds C. trip D. arrival
5. A. if only B. how C. whether D. why
6. A. dust B. sweat C. tail D. rain
7. A. led B. followed C. watched D. carried
8. A. hole B. mud C. water D. cover
9. A. magazine B. shoe C. sock D. bag
10. A. truck B. factory C. home D. store
11. A. dressed B. fitted C. showed D. comforted
12. A. ever B. already C. never D. hardly
13. A. appeared B. seemed C. looked D. felt
14. A. for B. with C. on D. in
15. A. pen B. paper C. card D. notebook
16. A. tearful B. unbelievable C. curious D. puzzled
17. A. admit B. know C. consider D. express
18. A. sensed B. received C. lost D. gained
19. A. mistaken B. right C. all right D. possible
20. deal B. fortune C. choice D. difference
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Tess, a smart eight-year-old girl, heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, Andrew. __36__ she knew was that he was very sick and only a very costly operation could save him now. But they were completely _37__ money. She heard Daddy say to her tearful Mother, “Only __38__can save him now.”
Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet. She _39_ all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. After that, she slipped out the back door, _40__ to the Drug Store.
She waited patiently for the doctor to give her some attention but he was too _41_at this moment. Finally the doctor asked in an _42_ voice: “What do you want? I’m talking to my brother from Chicago _43_ I haven’t seen for ages.”
“Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” “His name is Andrew and he has something bad _44__ inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So I want to buy a miracle.”
“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry _45_ I can’t help you,” the doctor said. The doctor’s brother was a _46_ man. He _47_ and asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?” “I don’t know,” Tess replied with her eyes _48_ up.
“Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t _49_ it, so I want to use my money.”
“_50_ do you have?” asked the man from Chicago.
“One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered. “And it’s all the money I have.”
“Well, what _51_,” smiled the man, “A dollar and eleven cents — the _52_ price of a miracle for your little brother.”
_53_ was completed _54_ charge and it wasn’t long _55_ Andrew was home again. That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery (神经外科医生).
36. A. That B. What C. / D. Which
37. A. short for B. in short C. of short D. short of
38. A. a miracle B. a doctor C. God D. an operation
39. A. pulled B. poured C. pulling D. pouring
40. A. made her way B. to make her way C. making her way D. make her way
41. A. tired B. angry C. busy D. exciting
42. A. annoying B. exciting C. annoyed D. frightening
43. A. whom B. where C. because D. which
44. A. finding B. growing C. showing D. appearing
45. A. but B. and C. so D. because
46. A.badly-dressed B. poorly-dressed C. well-dressed D. good-dressed
47. A. looked up B. fell down C. stood up D. bent down
48. A. welling B. lightening C. looking D. closing
49. A. pay off B. pay back C. pay in D. pay for
50. A. How much B. How many C. How long D. How soon
51. A. a chance B. a coincidence C. a pity D. pleasure
52. A. real B. true C. exact D. obvious
53 A. The treatment B. The operation C. The disease D. The miracle
54. A. with B. in C. without D. free
55. A. after B. since C. when D. before
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Back in the late 1950’s, I grew up in a small village in the Cotswolds. There was 16 else
to do but read and write. As a teenager, I wanted to hear from people who lived in 17 countries and see how they lived and what their 18 was like. I got, from a magazine, the 19 of one teenager called Glenys, like me who wanted to have a pen-pal. She 20 in North Island, New Zealand.
Glenys and I wrote to each other via blue airmail letters 21 there were no computers then! Sometimes it was so 22 because a proper letter would arrive with photographs and newspaper 23 ,showing each other how different our lives were－but strangely enough－very 24 in some aspects(方面). We married, had children at about the same time. Over the years we 25 lots of heartbreak , tears and laughter. My 26 died－so did Glenys’. We cheered each other up during these times and both 27 . She is leading a happy life with her second husband Brian. I am enjoying my new marriage life to the full.
28 with the use of the e-mail, keeping in touch became much 29 , and we decided time was moving on and it became necessary to 30 each other. So in 2006 I 31 the longest flight of my life and went to NZ. We looked at each other at Auckland 32 and burst into tears. Newspapers there 33 the story. What a wonderful time I had there!
This September 2011Glenys came to the UK to see me. It was such an emotional 34 . She flew back last night and I was feeling very 35 . My dearest wish is that Glenys and I will meet again, sometimes. Friendship is boundless.
16．A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
17．A. developed B. different C.developing D. the same 18．A.country B. culture C.school D. life
19．A. name B. picture C. address D. reply 20．A. worked B. traveled C. taught D. lived
21．A. because B. when C. although D. while
22．A. disappointing B. boring C. exciting D. surprising
23．A.listings B. cuttings C. collections D. advertisements
24．A. sad B. similar C. important D. special
25．A.asked B. remembered C. faced D. shared
26．A.parents B. daughter C. husband D. neighbour
27．A.reintroduced B. remarried C. recalled D. reeducated
28．A. Later B. Next C. First D. Finally
29．A. easier B. cheaper C. faster D. safer
30．A. survive B. meet C.learn D. follow
31．A. got B. carried C. took D. chose
32．A.airport B. station C. park D. square
33．A. heard B. wrote C. printed D. reported
34．A. revisit B. holiday C. reunion D. trip
35．A. worried B. tearful C. tired D. helpful
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