The Sweetest Sight

   I was in the most beautiful city in the world,yet I only wanted home.

    It was an amazing week for my husband and me — the trip of a lifetime. Months ago,when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London,I expressed my 31 to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to 32 our two children and started off.

    During the week's time,33 visited London and Paris — as much as we could,Big Ben,the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful places we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.

  On our last night in Paris,34 we enjoyed the night view (夜景) of the Eiffel Tower,my husband called home. His mother 35 the phone. In a second,my husband's face fell and he looked so worried. I could feel something 36 happened. ..What's wrong?n I asked.

    He didn't answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later,he said 37 to me that Tony,our seven-year-old son,had fallen off his bike and 38 his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.

    At that moment,Paris suddenly lost its charm (魅力) .I don't want to be here!I shouldn’t be here!I should be home 39 my kids! ” We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport ... Finally,we got home. We rushed into our children's bedroom. Seeing our two children,I suddenly realized the truth :there is no 40 sight (风景) in the world than your children's faces that greet you at home.

31. A. question   B. wish   C. step   D. place

32. A. look after   B. talk with

   C. find out   D. wake up

33. A. he   B. she   C. we   D. they

34. A. after   B. since   C. though   D. because

35. A. shouted   B. finished

   C. wrote   D. answered

36. A. ugly   B. useful   C. right   D. bad

37. A. hardly   B. clearly   C. sadly   D. truly

38. A. danced   B. broken   C. thrown   D. opened

39. A. toward   B. with   C. under   D. from

40. A. quieter   B. richer   C. sweeter   D. wider

everyone    weak    high   instead    however   speed  leave    until   enjoy   far 

   Isaac Newton was bom in Woolsthorpe,England,on December 25,1642. He was bom early and he was very 61 No one believed he could continue to live. But he surprised 62 . He had one of the most powerful minds in history. And he lived 63 he was 84.

   Newton's father died before he was bom. His mother married again a few years later. She 64 Newton with his grandmother.

    The boy was not a good student. Yet he was curious (好奇 的) and liked to make things,such as kites,clocks and simple machines. Newton also 65 finding new ways to answer questions or solve problems. As a boy,for example,he wanted to find a way to measure (测量) the 66 of the wind. On a windy day,he measured how far he could jump with the wind at his back. Then he measured how 67 he could jump with the wind in his face. From the difference between the two jumps,he made his own measure of the power of the wind.

   Strangely,Newton became a much better student after a boy kicked him in the stomach. The boy was one of the best students in the school. Newton decided to get even (才艮复) by getting 68 marks than the boy who kicked him. In a short time,Newton became the top student at the school.

Newton left school to help on the family farm. 69 , the boy was not a good farmer. He spent his time solving math problems,instead of taking care of the farm. He spent hours visiting a bookstore in town,70 of selling his vegetables in the market. An uncle believed that Newton would do better as a student than as a farmer. So he sponsored (资助) the young man into Cambridge University to study math.

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