When I was five years old, my mother first asked me a  41   . “What’s the most  42 Part（部分）of one’s body（身体）?” she asked me. At the moment, I  43   listening to songs very much, so I answered, “My  44  , Mom.” “I don’t think so,” said my mother. She always asked me this question, but I  45  gave her the right (正确的) answer.
Last year, my grandmother  46  the world. For the first time, I saw my mother  47  so sadly. All the people in my family were very 48  . That night, my mother asked the  49 question again. “You need to  50   this important lesson today, my dear,” she said to me. “The most important part of one’s body is the shoulder (肩膀).”
“  51   ?” I asked.
“Because your shoulders can hold the head of a friend or one of your family,” my mother said. “Everyone  52   a shoulder to cry on when he or she  53   something sad. I hope that you have  54   love and strong (强壮的) shoulders. Then your friends and family can cry on them.”
“My shoulders are  41   strong now,” I said. “You can cry on each of them, Mom.”

When I was five years old, my mother first asked me a  41   . “What’s the most  42 Part（部分）of one’s body（身体）?” she asked me. At the moment, I  43   listening to songs very much, so I answered, “My  44  , Mom.” “I don’t think so,” said my mother. She always asked me this question, but I  45  gave her the right (正确的) answer.

Last year, my grandmother  46  the world. For the first time, I saw my mother  47  so sadly. All the people in my family were very 48  . That night, my mother asked the  49 question again. “You need to  50   this important lesson today, my dear,” she said to me. “The most important part of one’s body is the shoulder (肩膀).”

“  51   ?” I asked.

“Because your shoulders can hold the head of a friend or one of your family,” my mother said. “Everyone  52   a shoulder to cry on when he or she  53   something sad. I hope that you have  54   love and strong (强壮的) shoulders. Then your friends and family can cry on them.”

“My shoulders are  41   strong now,” I said. “You can cry on each of them, Mom.”

1.                A．joke           B．lesson          C．subject   D．question

2.                A．interesting      B．important       C．expensive D．dangerous

3.                A．enjoyed        B．stopped        C．forgot    D．disliked

4.                A．feet           B．ears            C．arms     D．hands

5.                A．often          B．usually         C．never    D．always

6.                A．left            B．loved          C．started   D．improved

7.                A．see            B．cry            C．run  D．dance

8.                A．free           B．sad            C．happy    D．relaxed

9.                A．good           B．second         C．same D．different

10.               A．teach          B．watch          C．plan  D．learn

11.               A．Who           B．Why           C．How D．What

12.               A．needs          B．buys           C．sells  D．rents

13.               A．keeps          B．meets          C．takes D．believes

14.               A．no            B．a few          C．any   D．lots of

15.               A．only           B．not            C．very D．hardly

“My teacher was angry and sent me to the headmaster after school,” Tom answered.

“To the headmaster?” his mother said in surprise, “why did she do that?”

“Because she asked a question in class,” Tom said, “and none of the children gave her the answer except me.”

His mother was angry, “But why did the teacher send you to the headmaster then? Why didn’t she send all the other children?” she asked.

“Because her question was ‘who put glue (胶水)on my chair?’”

A．读后判断正（T）误（F）

1.Tom was a middle school student.

2.Last Friday he was late because he caught the bird in the tree with other children.

3.All the children didn’t answer the teacher’s question.

4.Tom did the bad thing so the teacher sent him to the headmaster.

5.Tom’s mother was angry with the teacher at last.

B．读后完成句子

6.Tom went to school______.

7.Tom usually got back home______, but last Friday he was late.

8.When he ran into the house, Tom saw his mother_______.

9.The teacher was so angry that_______.

10.The teacher sent Tom to the headmaster because_______.

My father died when I was a few months old． After his death, my mother moved back to Louisville, Kentucky, where __1__ had grown up． We lived in a small house with her older sister, Marion, and their mother． This was a time when being a single __2___ was still considered unusual．

When I was small, there was a children’s book called The Happy Family, and it was a real piece of work． Dad worked all day log at the office, Mom cooked in the kitchen, and brother and sister always had friends sleeping over． The image of the family in this book was typical （典型的） of the time． It looked __3___ like my family, but luckily that wasn’t the way I heard it． The way my Aunt Marion read it to me made the story really __4__．

Kind-hearted and open-minded, my aunt was the one who played baseball with me, who took me horseback riding, who took me to the father-son dinners and who gave me lessons on how to drive． Believing that anything __5__ was probably good for, she __6__ to get a loan （贷款） so that I could go to Africa to work as a volunteer, which was my most important experience．

As a young girl, Aunt Marion always planned to have a large number of children of her own, but she never got married．This __7__ that she was free to spend all her time taking care of me．Many people say we have a lot in common．She always __8__ me to do my best． She never __9__ to make me believe that I could do anything with my life that I wanted, if I only tried hard enough．

For more than sixty years, Aunt Marion didn’t and still don’t think of herself． __10__ she is forced to come up to the front, my aunt will stand in the back in family photos, and she doesn’t think that her efforts have made much __11___．I honor my aunt, who taught me the things my __12___ couldn’t．So every June for the past 40 years, in growing thankfulness to my Aunt Marion, I’ve sent her a Father’s Day card．

1． A． I                        B． she                     C． he                      D． we

2． A． man                   B． family                  C． parent                 D． child

3． A． nothing               B． anything              C． everything           D． something

4． A． surprising            B． boring                 C． sad                     D． funny

5． A． interesting         B． pleasant               C． impossible   D． unusual

6． A． decided               B． afforded              C． offered               D． prepared

7． A． said                    B． meant                 C． proved                D． showed

8． A． allowed               B． afforded              C． offered               D． forced

9． A． hoped                 B． agreed                C． stopped              D． tailed

10． A． Unless              B． Although             C． Since                  D． Before

11． A． difference          B． progress             C． trouble                       D． sense

12． A． Teachers            B． mother                       C． father                        D． friends