----John and I will celebrate our fortiet h wedding anniversary next month.

   ----Oh,_________!   

A. cheer up        B.well done         C.go ahead         D.congratulations

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My 14-year-old son, John,  and I                        

 Spotted（挑出，察觉） the coat at the same time.  It was               

hanging at a （an）  36    clothing store. 

The coat had a black velvet collar（天鹅绒衣领）,  delightful

tailoring,  a Fifth Avenue label （标签） and a （an） 37    price of  $28.

We looked at   38   , saying nothing, 39   John’s eyes shone.  Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with   40  ,  but could    41   several hundred dollars new.

    John  42   the coat.  He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious,  studied 43  that soon changed into a smile.  The   44   was perfect.  John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile.  “How did the kids like your coat? ”  I asked.  “They love it. ” He said, carefully    45  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.

Over the next few weeks, the 46  came over John.  Quiet, reasoned discussion was 47  argument.  He became more thoughtful and eager to  48    .  “Good dinner,  Mum, ” he would say every evening.  One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner,  John said,  “You are right,  and I guess I will. ”

When I    49   this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know   50  caused the changes,  she said with laughter,  “It must be his coat! ” At the library,  we  51  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time.  “  52  this be John? ” He asked,  looking up to John’s new height and coat,  and extending his hand,  one gentleman to another.

John and I both knew we should never 53  a person’s clothes for the real person within them.  But there is something to be said for   54   a standard of excellence for the world to see,  for practicing standard of excellence in thought,  speech and behavior,  and for   55 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

A. second-hand        B. expensive       C. big           D. cheap

A. reasonable         B. unbelievable     C. special        D. average

A. each other         B. one another      C. the other       D. others

A. therefore          B. however         C. but           D. thus

A. adults            B. people           C. parents        D. teenagers

A. spend            B. cost             C. pay           D. take

A. touched          B. buttoned          C. held          D. obtained

A. gesture           B. expression        C. attitude        D. feeling

A. color             B. price             C. fit           D. style

A. pressing         B. taking            C. hanging       D. folding

A. happiness        B. satisfaction        C. change          D. generosity

A. because of           B. instead of         C. aware of           D. full of

A. please                 B. understand        C. complain          D. apologize

A. mentioned           B. wrote            C. reported           D. explained

A. when            B. how              C. what           D. that

A. happened         B. came             C. intended        D. decided

A. Should           B. Would            C. Must           D. Could

A. watch            B. judge             C. mistake         D. consider

A. doing            B. showing           C. speaking        D. wearing

A. comparing        B. connecting         C. combining       D. matching

-------John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.  --------Oh, _________!  

A. cheer up        B. well done         C. go ahead         D. congratulations

There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were   41  itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an  42   price of $28, which was popular just then with   43  , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the  44   was perfect.
John  45   the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said,   46   folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a   47  came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and   48   discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and  49  , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him   50   his behavior. When I mentioned this   51  to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It   52   be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned   53   but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran   54  a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly,   55  John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never   56   a person’s clothes for the real person within them.   57  , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for   58  what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different  59  to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape   60  all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.

John and I＿＿＿friends for eight years.We first got to know each other at a Christmas party.But we＿＿＿＿＿ each other a couple of times before that.

A.had been； have met     B.have been； have met

C.had been； had met      D.have been； had met