缺词填空  先通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所给单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。（本大题共6分，每格0.5分）

There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy t   1  to make money in order to pay the high tuition（学费）for my brother and me. They hardly say "I love you" or send f   2   to each other. Besides，my father has a bad temper（脾气）.It is easy for him to lose his temper w  3    he's very tired from the hard work. I didn't know whether there was love between them u  4_   one spring. At that time，my father suddenly got badly sick. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they r _5__ from the hospital，they both looked very pale . It s_ _6__  that both of them had a serious illness.

After they were back，my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk（黄昏）. H __7  ，after two months my father still couldn't walk by  h__8_   ．All of us were worried about him.

"Dad，how are you f _9__ now?"  I asked him one day.

"Susan，don't worry about me.”he said i  10  a low voice.“I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.”Reading his eyes，I know he loves my mother very much.

Maybe many people think love m _11___  flowers，presents and sweet kisses. But from this experience，I understand that love is  _12___，making life strong and warm.

首字母填空（共10分）

I think that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. When people are talking, there's no need to do a   1.    but receive them. Listen to what they're saying. Most times letting someone talk is more i    2.     than understanding it.

When I was teaching in a middle school, one of my s    3.    told me that sometimes when she tried to tell her story, people often interrupted (打断) to tell her that once had something just like that h    4.    to them. Finally she stopped talking to most people and became very l    5.     . We connect through listening. When we l    6.    , they know we care. Many people with cancer can talk about the relief (安慰) of having someone just listen.

I have n   7.    learned to respond (反应) to someone crying by just listening. I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there w   8.     them.

This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went a    9.     everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too s    10.     to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more power than words.

B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
One cold midnight after the birthday party of Tom’s, my husband Jack and I were driving home w  【小题1】   suddenly our car stopped. “We’ve covered half the way.” I said. “There must be something wrong with the car. I can’t start it again,” said Jack.
What a car! We got out to look around f  【小题2】   help, but could there be any person at s【小题3】   an hour? It was dark and nothing could be done to make it go. We h  【小题4】  to walk home. We knew it would take us 2 hours to get home on foot, and we were so tired. But what else could take us home? It was so c  【小题5】   in the car. At once we began to walk home.
We were at the door at about 2:30 when I r  【小题6】   that I had left the key in the car! How  s   【小题7】   it is! “Break the window and climb in.” said Jack. He picked up a stone, broke the window and was ready to climb when someone from behind caught Jack by the a  【小题8】  . It was a policeman!
“What are you going to do, man?” he asked. “Come with me to the police s 【小题9】  , you two!”
I told him the whole story. At last he understood what I had said and I was a  【小题10】  to get in.
It was three o’clock in the morning!

B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

One cold midnight after the birthday party of Tom’s, my husband Jack and I were driving home w   1.    suddenly our car stopped. “We’ve covered half the way.” I said. “There must be something wrong with the car. I can’t start it again,” said Jack.

What a car! We got out to look around f   2.    help, but could there be any person at s 3.    an hour? It was dark and nothing could be done to make it go. We h   4.   to walk home. We knew it would take us 2 hours to get home on foot, and we were so tired. But what else could take us home? It was so c   5.    in the car. At once we began to walk home.

We were at the door at about 2:30 when I r   6.    that I had left the key in the car! How  s    7.    it is! “Break the window and climb in.” said Jack. He picked up a stone, broke the window and was ready to climb when someone from behind caught Jack by the a   8.   . It was a policeman!

“What are you going to do, man?” he asked. “Come with me to the police s  9.   , you two!”

I told him the whole story. At last he understood what I had said and I was a   10.   to get in.

It was three o’clock in the morning!