Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  1.

helmet

I wanted to do something very  2for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He  3all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it  4it looked almost new. I was so  5of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could  6wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to  7the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a  8:” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so  9. It had been a log-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could  10lessons. “ Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s  11.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could  12this expensive gift.

Of course, the  13awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with my reaction. Many kisses were  14, and I immediately wanted him to  15my gift.

AS he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not  16what I was expecting. Then I  17that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother  18on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still  19and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

keyboard

I thought you’d love to  20this story.

 Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.A. hope           B. advice           C. support              D. courage

2.A. polite             B. similar              C. special              D. private

3.A. played         B. studied              C. traveled             D. worked

4.A. after              B. before           C. unless           D. until

5.A. sure           B. fond             C. proud            D. confident

6.A. perhaps        B. really           C. almost           D. hardly

7.A. start              B. cook             C. set                  D. serve

8.A. note           B. notice           C. word             D. sign

9.A. disturbed          B. confused             C. astonished       D. inspired

10.A. give              B. take                 C. draw             D. teach

11.A. reason        B. request              C. comment              D. response

12.A. present       B. afford           C. find                 D. order

13.A. neighbor          B. building             C. home             D. house

14.A. exchanged         B. experienced          C. expected             D. exhibited

15.A. tear              B. open             C. check            D. receive

16.A. purely        B. basically            C. obviously        D. exactly

17.A. realized          B. remembered       C. imagined             D. supposed

18.A. only              B. still                C. ever                 D. even

19.A. works         B. exists           C. matters              D. counts

20.A. send              B. publish              C. share            D. write

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish(无私的) love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  21  .

I wanted to do something very  22  for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He  23  all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it  24  it looked almost new. I was so  25  of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet（头盔） and riding outfit（全套装备）.

I could  26  wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon wakening, I went to the kitchen to  27  the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a  28  : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so  29  . It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could  30  lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s  31  .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could  32  this expensive gift.

Of course, the  33  awoke, and my son was thrilled with(对…感到激动) my reaction. Many kisses were  34  , and I immediately wanted him to  35  my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not  36  what I was expecting. Then I  37  that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother  38  on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still  39  and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to  40  this story.

                                               Yours,

                                               Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.A. hope          B. advice          C. support         D. courage

2.A. polite         B. similar          C. special         D. private

3.A. played         B. studied         C. traveled        D. worked

4.A. after          B. before          C. unless          D. until

5.A. sure          B. fond          C. proud          D. confident

6.A. perhaps       B. really          C. almost         D. hardly

7.A. start          B. cook          C. set            D. serve

8.A. note          B. notice         C. word          D. sign

9.A. disturbed      B. confused        C. astonished      D. inspired

10.A. give         B. take          C. draw           D. teach

11.A. reason       B. request        C. comment        D. response

12.A. present            B. afford         C. find           D. order

13.A. neighbor    B. building       C. home          D. house

14.A. exchanged  B. experienced    C. expected         D. exhibited

15.A. tear               B. open          C. check          D. receive

16.A. purely      B. basically       C. obviously     D. exactly

17.A. realized     B. remembered    C. imagined       D. supposed

18.A. only       B. still           C. ever          D. even

19.A works      B. exists          C. matters       D. counts

20.A. send       B. publish        C. share         D. write

Dear Laura,

       I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program．You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s．Well, I’m here to give you  1 ．

       I wanted to do something very  2  for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child．He  3  all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle．Then, he spent hours and hours on it  4  it looked almost new．I was so  5  of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet（头盔） and riding outfit（全套装备）．

       I could  6  wait for him to open up his gift．In fact, I barely slept the night before．Upon wakening, I went to the kitchen to  7  the coffee, tea, and morning goodies．In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a  8  : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son．”

       I was so  9 ．It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could  10  lessons．“Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s  11  ．

       I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could  12 this expensive gift．Of course, the  13  awoke, and my son was thrilled with my reaction．Many kisses were  14  , and I immediately wanted him to  15  my gift．

       As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not  16  what I was expecting．Then I  17  that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard．

       Of course I was the proudest mother  18  on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month．

       So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still  19  and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to  20  this story．

Yours,

Hilary

P．S．The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle．

1．A．hope                B．advice             C．support           D．courage

2．A．polite                B．similar            C．special           D．private

3．A．played                B．studied            C．traveled          D．worked

4．A．after                 B．before            C．unless            D．until

5．A．sure                B．fond             C．proud            D．confident

6．A．perhaps              B．really             C．almost           D．hardly

7．A．start                B．cook            C．set              D．serve

8．A．note                B．notice            C．word            D．sign

9．A．disturbed            B．confused         C．astonished        D．inspired

10．A．give                B．take             C．draw             D．teach

11．A．reason             B．request           C．comment          D．response

12．A．present            B．afford           C．find              D．order

13．A．neighbor           B．building           C．home             D．house

14．A．exchanged         B．experienced       C．expected          D．exhibited

15．A．tear               B．open             C．check            D．receive

16．A．purely             B．basically          C．obviously         D．exactly

17．A．realized            B．remembered      C．imagined           D．supposed

18．A．only              B．still              C．ever             D．even

19．A works              B．exists           C．matters           D．counts

20．A．send             B．published        C．share             D．write