For much of my childhood, my mother filled the evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted (编织) hats for babies, and at other times she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. Therefore, I wasn't ________when one evening my mother announced she'd start a new project.

"I'm going to telephone neighboring________every night," said my mother.

"Every night? But you don't even________these people. "

"Doesn't matter," she said. "What's important is that I want to listen."

I was sixteen years old and couldn't figure out why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to strangers. She had friends and my two elder sisters to call________she felt lonely.

My________didn't affect my mother's project. That evening after supper, she settled on the sofa with the phone and began making phone calls.

For a while, I listened as she asked the lady on the phone about her day, what she had eaten for dinner, and asked if she had _________that the beautiful roses had come out in a neighboring park. When she finished the call, I said, "What do you________whether she had cookie or cream pie for dessert?"

My mother replied, "I'm the_______ person she talked to today."

It took me nearly thirty years to understand the________of what she was doing. Now, as my mother is nearing sixty, I find myself thinking about those nightly________she used to make.

I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes I'm the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just_______ as she describes a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole a piece of cheese from the kitchen.

I_______ that my mother's calls were lifelines (生命之线 ) that kept lonely seniors connected to the world. Somehow, she managed to work full-time and _______a family while improving the lives of others.

That kind of _______needs commitment (奉献,投入) and organizational skills that I do not have. While she freed several seniors from________, I struggle to call just one - my mother.

1.A. interested B. satisfied C. surprised D. excited

2.A. teenagers B. children C. juniors D. seniors

3.A. meet B. know C. pass D. find

4.A. because B. if C. though D. until

5.A. doubt B. advice C. answer D. praise

6.A. decided B. felt C. noticed D. imagined

7.A. hate B. love C. mean D. care

8.A. only B. early C. first D. last

9.A. difficulty B. importance C. possibility D. difference

10.A. visits B. orders C. calls D. cries

11.A. think B. listen C. talk D. write

12.A. realize B. explain C. express D. recognize

13.A. protect B. start C. affect D. support

14.A. service B. experience C. promise D. tradition

15.A. hopelessness B. illness C. loneliness D. helplessness

Li Lei just graduated from college, he was going for a job interview in Shaoyang. He arrived at the bus station quite early for bus. The bus for Shaoyang would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line; Others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls.The teacher was trying to keep them in line. Li Lei looked around but there was no place for him to sit.

He walked into the station Coffee. He looked up at that clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror(镜子)on the wall. Just then,  Han Meimei, one of Li Lei’s  friends came in and sat with Li Lei. “What time is your bus?”asked Han Meimei. “ There's plenty of time yet.” Answered Li Lei.“Well, I’ll get you more tea then” said Han Meimei.

They talked while drinking, Then Li Lei looked at the clock again. “Oh !it's going backward!”he cried. “A few minutes ago, it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven”. “You're looking at the clock in the Mirror” Said Han Meimei. Li Lei was so sad, The next bus was not to leave for another hour, Since then Li Lei has never liked mirrors.

1.Li Lei went into the station Coffee because ____________.

A. Han Meimei asked him to have a cup of tea together

B. he didn't like to stay with the schoolgirls

C. It was quite early and he couldn't find a seat in the station

2.What time was it in fact when Li Lei looked at the clock in the mirror?

A. Half past eleven B. Half past twelve C. Half past one

3.From the story we know that when will look at a clock in a mirror, we will find ________.

A. it's going backward C. the time is right D. it's going faster

4.Which of the following is true?

A. Li Lei arrived in Shaoyang on time that day

B. Li Lei looked at the clock in the mirror only once

C. After that Li Lei didn't like clocks any longer

5.Which of the following is the best title of the story?

A. The Mirror of the Station B. Being later for a bus

C. The Clock in the Mirror

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