Sitting in the play area of the doctor’s office, my children, Paul, four, and Bailey, three, built a Lego tower while we waited to be called for Paul’s examination.

“Good job, you guys,”I said, trying not to sound too tired. My husband was away on business, and it was difficult being alone with the kids. At times I felt like I was living in the jungle(丛林) rather than the suburbs.

“Don’t put the Lego in your mouth, Bailey,”I said. Paul grabbed(抓取) it from him.“That’s not nice, Paul,”I said. He gave back the Lego. I looked around the waiting room. A woman was eating something, a couple were talking, and an old gentleman in a blue jacket was reading a magazine. I wished I could sit quietly for a while. I wanted to be able to take a rest, or go shopping alone. At once, I was ashamed of myself. What kind of mother was I? “God,”I thought, “help me to be the very best mom I can be.”

The nurse came into the waiting room to get us. Just at that moment, the old gentleman in the waiting room put down his magazine and came up to me. With a smile on his face, he said, “Your children are most certainly lucky to have such a wonderful mother.”“Thank you,”I replied in a low voice and watched him walk back to his seat. We followed the nurse into the examination room. While she weighed Paul, I told her how that man had made my day.

Motherhood is still a jungle sometimes, but now when I feel tired I remember the encouraging words of the old gentleman.

1.The writer went to the doctor’s office because       .

2..From Paragraph 2, we know the writer felt that looking after her children alone was   .

3.The writer criticized(批评) Paul when he       .

4.What can we learn from the passage?

Sitting in the play area of the doctor’s office, my children, Paul, four, and Bailey, three, built a Lego tower while we waited to be called for Paul’s examination.
“Good job, you guys,”I said, trying not to sound too tired. My husband was away on business, and it was difficult being alone with the kids. At times I felt like I was living in the jungle(丛林) rather than the suburbs.
“Don’t put the Lego in your mouth, Bailey,”I said. Paul grabbed(抓取) it from him.“That’s not nice, Paul,”I said. He gave back the Lego. I looked around the waiting room. A woman was eating something, a couple were talking, and an old gentleman in a blue jacket was reading a magazine. I wished I could sit quietly for a while. I wanted to be able to take a rest, or go shopping alone. At once, I was ashamed of myself. What kind of mother was I? “God,”I thought, “help me to be the very best mom I can be.”
The nurse came into the waiting room to get us. Just at that moment, the old gentleman in the waiting room put down his magazine and came up to me. With a smile on his face, he said, “Your children are most certainly lucky to have such a wonderful mother.”“Thank you,”I replied in a low voice and watched him walk back to his seat. We followed the nurse into the examination room. While she weighed Paul, I told her how that man had made my day.
Motherhood is still a jungle sometimes, but now when I feel tired I remember the encouraging words of the old gentleman

1. 1.

   The writer went to the doctor’s office because       

   1. A.
      one of her children liked to play there
   2. B.
      her son Paul needed an examination
   3. C.
      she was tired and needed to see her doctor
   4. D.
      she wanted to have all her children examined
2. 2.

   From Paragraph 2, we know the writer felt that looking after her children alone was   

   1. A.
      unfair
   2. B.
      happy
   3. C.
      hard
   4. D.
      interesting
3. 3.

   The writer criticized(批评) Paul when he       

   1. A.
      put the Lego into Bailey’s mouth
   2. B.
      took away the toy from Bailey
   3. C.
      made trouble in the waiting room
   4. D.
      didn’t follow her advice
4. 4.

   What can we learn from the passage?

   1. A.
      The writer often went shopping alone
   2. B.
      The writer’s husband was always on business
   3. C.
      The writer doesn’t know how to be a good mother
   4. D.
      The writer was greatly encouraged by the old gentleman’s words

       Bobby was getting cold in his backyard in the snow with no boots. The   36   sneakers he wore had a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping   37   the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard for about an hour already.

       And, try   38   he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother’s Christmas gift. He shook his head as he thought, “This is   39  ; even if I do come up with an idea, I don’t have any money to   40  .”

       It was starting to get dark and Bobby   41   turned to walk home when suddenly his eyes 42   the glimmer (闪光) of the   43   sun’s rays reflecting off something along the roadside. He reached down and discovered a shiny dime (一角硬币).

       Never before has anyone felt so   44   as Bobby felt at that moment. As he held his new found treasure, a   45   spread throughout his entire body and he walked into the first store he saw.

       His excitement quickly turned   46   after being told that he couldn’t buy anything with only a dime. He saw a flower shop and went inside. Bobby   47   the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother’s Christmas gift. The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten-cent   48  . Then he said, “You just wait here and I’ll see what I can do for you.” As Bobby waited, he looked at the beautiful flowers and even though he was a boy, he could see why mothers and girls   49   flowers.

       The sound of the door closing as the last customer left, turned Bobby back to   50  . All alone in the shop, Bobby began to feel alone and afraid.

       Suddenly the shop owner came out. There, before Bobby’s eyes,   51   twelve red roses, with leaves of green and tiny white flowers all tied together with a big silver bow. “That will be ten cents, young man.” The shop owner said reaching out his hand for the dime.

       Could this be true? No one else would give him a thing for his dime!

         52   the boy’s hesitation, the shop owner   53  , “I just   54   to have some roses on sale for ten cents a dozen. Would you like them?”

       This time Bobby did not   55  , and when the man placed the bunch of roses into his hands, he knew it was true. Walking out of the door, Bobby heard the shop owner say, “Merry Christmas, son.”

36.   A. general      B. thin    C. super  D. comfortable

37.   A. out     B. on      C. up      D. back

38.   A. as       B. when  C. because      D. while

39.   A. reasonable  B. acceptable  C. useless       D. urgent

40.   A. save    B. take    C. cost    D. spend

41.   A. unwillingly       B. temporarily       C. seriously    D. anxiously

42.   A. observed    B. caught C. kept    D. glared

43.   A. rising  B. baking       C. setting D. burning

44.   A. ridiculous   B. confident    C. wealthy      D. annoyed

45.   A. sadness      B. confusion   C. warmth      D. sympathy

46.   A. wild   B. high    C. pale    D. cold

47.   A. presented   B. participated       C. persuaded   D. purchased

48.   A. offering     B. supplying   C. providing   D. spending

49.   A. produced    B. enjoyed      C. bought       D. envied

50.   A. normal       B. home  C. present       D. reality

51.   A. lay     B. displayed    C. placed D. laid

52.   A. Approving  B. Believing   C. Proving      D. Sensing

53.   A. remarked   B. argued       C. pointed      D. added

54.   A. hoped B. happened    C. occurred     D. provided

55.   A. misunderstand   B. hesitate      C. request       D. prohibit