8．"Mommy，look!"cried my daughter，Darla，pointing to a chicken hawk in the air．
"Uh huh，"I answered，driving，lost in thought about the timetable of my day．
（31）A filled her face．
"What's the matter，sweetheart？"I asked．
"Nothing，"my seven-year-old daughter said．The moment was gone．
Dinner，baths and phone calls （32）B the hours until bedtime．
"Come on，Darla，time for bed!"She raced past me up the stairs．Tired，I kissed her and tucked her in．
"Mom，I forgot to give you something!"she said．
"Give it to me in the morning．"I said．My （33）D was gone．I could hardly stay cool．
"You won't have time in the morning!"she talked back quickly．
"I'll take time，"I answered．Sometimes no matter how hard I tried，time was never enough．
She wasn't ready to （34）A up yet．"No，you won't!It will be just like today when I told you to look at the chicken hawk．You didn't （35）B listen to what I said．"
I was too tired to argue； she hit too （36）C to the truth．"Good night!"I shut her door in anger．
Later though，her gray-blue eyes filled my vision as I thought about how little time we really had until she was grown and gone．My husband asked me what was going on and I told him．
"Maybe she was not asleep yet．Why don't you （37）D？"he said．
I followed his advice，（38）C it was my own idea．I opened her door gently．In Darla's hand I could see her paper all crumpled （弄皱的） up．She had torn into small pieces a big red heart with a poem she had written titled，"Why I Love My Mother？"
Why I Love My Mother
Although you're busy，and you work so hard，
You always take time to play with me，
I love you Mommy，
Because I am the biggest part of your busy day!
Tears filled my eyes．When I softly touched her face，she awakened from a dreamless sleep and asked，"Why are you （39）A，Mommy？"
"You ARE the most important part of my busy day!"
She smiled and then went back to sleep，not really understanding how strongly I （40）Dwhat I said．
"Uh huh，"I answered，driving，lost in thought about the timetable of my day．
（31）A filled her face．
"What's the matter，sweetheart？"I asked．
"Nothing，"my seven-year-old daughter said．The moment was gone．
Dinner，baths and phone calls （32）B the hours until bedtime．
"Come on，Darla，time for bed!"She raced past me up the stairs．Tired，I kissed her and tucked her in．
"Mom，I forgot to give you something!"she said．
"Give it to me in the morning．"I said．My （33）D was gone．I could hardly stay cool．
"You won't have time in the morning!"she talked back quickly．
"I'll take time，"I answered．Sometimes no matter how hard I tried，time was never enough．
She wasn't ready to （34）A up yet．"No，you won't!It will be just like today when I told you to look at the chicken hawk．You didn't （35）B listen to what I said．"
I was too tired to argue； she hit too （36）C to the truth．"Good night!"I shut her door in anger．
Later though，her gray-blue eyes filled my vision as I thought about how little time we really had until she was grown and gone．My husband asked me what was going on and I told him．
"Maybe she was not asleep yet．Why don't you （37）D？"he said．
I followed his advice，（38）C it was my own idea．I opened her door gently．In Darla's hand I could see her paper all crumpled （弄皱的） up．She had torn into small pieces a big red heart with a poem she had written titled，"Why I Love My Mother？"
Why I Love My Mother
Although you're busy，and you work so hard，
You always take time to play with me，
I love you Mommy，
Because I am the biggest part of your busy day!
Tears filled my eyes．When I softly touched her face，she awakened from a dreamless sleep and asked，"Why are you （39）A，Mommy？"
"You ARE the most important part of my busy day!"
She smiled and then went back to sleep，not really understanding how strongly I （40）Dwhat I said．
| 31．A．Disappointment | B．Worries | C．Fear | D．Enjoyment |
| 32．A．cost | B．filled | C．lasted | D．took |
| 33．A．belief | B．attitude | C．attention | D．patience |
| 34．A．give | B．build | C．call | D．clear |
| 35．A．just | B．even | C．yet | D．almost |
| 36．A．heavily | B．badly | C．close | D．hard |
| 37．A．watch | B．exam | C．test | D．check |
| 38．A．realizing | B．thinking | C．wishing | D．guessing |
| 39．A．crying | B．laughing | C．shouting | D．touching |
| 40．A．considered | B．expressed | C．inferred | D．meant． |
7．Bobby was sitting out in his back yard in the snow．The thin shoes he wore had a few holes in them and they did a （31）B job of keeping out the cold．Try as he might，he could not come up with an idea for his mother's Christmas gift．
Ever since his father had passed away three years ago，his mother worked nights at the hospital，but the small money she made could （32）D be enough for their needs．
Although the family was short of money，they made up for in love and family unity instead．The children （33）C the household （家庭） when their mother was away．All three of Bobby's sisters had already made beautiful gifts for their mother．
It was Christmas Eve already，and he had nothing．Bobby started to walk down to the street．He walked from shop to shop．Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of （34）A．Suddenly he found something shinning on the ground．He reached down and（35）C a shiny dime （一角币）．Never before has anyone felt so （36）D as Bobby did at that moment．He held his new found treasure and went inside a flower shop，but his excitement quickly turned cold when he saw the （37）A of flowers．
When the owner asked if he could help him，Bobby（38）B the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother as a Christmas gift．The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten cent （39）D，and said，"You just wait here and I'll see what I can do for you．"
The shop owner returned holding 12 red roses．"That will be ten cents，young man，"he said．
Bobby's heart beat fast．Slowly，he moved his hand to give the man his dime and （40）Bfor his home．
Then the shopkeeper's wife appeared．"Where are the roses you were fixing？"
The shop owner replied，"While I was setting up things to open the shop，I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift．When I saw that little boy tonight，I knew who that voice was．"
Ever since his father had passed away three years ago，his mother worked nights at the hospital，but the small money she made could （32）D be enough for their needs．
Although the family was short of money，they made up for in love and family unity instead．The children （33）C the household （家庭） when their mother was away．All three of Bobby's sisters had already made beautiful gifts for their mother．
It was Christmas Eve already，and he had nothing．Bobby started to walk down to the street．He walked from shop to shop．Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of （34）A．Suddenly he found something shinning on the ground．He reached down and（35）C a shiny dime （一角币）．Never before has anyone felt so （36）D as Bobby did at that moment．He held his new found treasure and went inside a flower shop，but his excitement quickly turned cold when he saw the （37）A of flowers．
When the owner asked if he could help him，Bobby（38）B the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother as a Christmas gift．The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten cent （39）D，and said，"You just wait here and I'll see what I can do for you．"
The shop owner returned holding 12 red roses．"That will be ten cents，young man，"he said．
Bobby's heart beat fast．Slowly，he moved his hand to give the man his dime and （40）Bfor his home．
Then the shopkeeper's wife appeared．"Where are the roses you were fixing？"
The shop owner replied，"While I was setting up things to open the shop，I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift．When I saw that little boy tonight，I knew who that voice was．"
| 31．A．good | B．poor | C．serious | D．clear |
| 32．A．nearly | B．normally | C．typically | D．hardly |
| 33．A．did | B．controlled | C．ran | D．operated |
| 34．A．reach | B．mind | C．sight | D．breath |
| 35．A．examined | B．checked | C．discovered | D．received |
| 36．A．crazy | B．safe | C．cool | D．rich |
| 37．A．prices | B．names | C．colors | D．kinds |
| 38．A．noticed | B．presented | C．explained | D．collected |
| 39．A．allowing | B．choosing | C．serving | D．offering |
| 40．A．looked | B．headed | C．searched | D．drove． |
6．
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother．Expecting a whole day to relax，he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months．"This will be like a walk in the park，"he'd told his wife．"I'll look after （31）A，and you can go to visit your mom．"
Things started well，but just after eight o'clock，his three little"good kids"-Mike，Randy，and Alex-came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted"Breakfast，daddy．"When （32）B had not appeared within thirty seconds，Randy began using his spoon on Alex's head as if it were a drum．Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat （节拍）．Mike chanted"Where's my hot dog，where's my hot dog．"in the background．Brad （33）D his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds．
Life became worse after breakfast．Mike wore Randy's trousers on his head．Randy locked himself in the bathroom，while Alex（34）B again because he was going to wet his short pants （短裤）．Nobody could find （35）A socks，although they were before their eyes．Someone named"Not Me"had spilled （洒，泼出） a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes．Brad knew the talk show had already （36）A．
By ten o'clock，things were out of（37）D．Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter．Mike was trying to show off his（38）C by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils．Randy，thankfully，appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination（39）A that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands．Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible．
At exactly 11：17，Brad called the daycare centre （日托所）．"I suddenly have to go into work and my wife's away．Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes？"The answer was （40）C"yes"because Brad was smiling．
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother．Expecting a whole day to relax，he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months．"This will be like a walk in the park，"he'd told his wife．"I'll look after （31）A，and you can go to visit your mom．"Things started well，but just after eight o'clock，his three little"good kids"-Mike，Randy，and Alex-came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted"Breakfast，daddy．"When （32）B had not appeared within thirty seconds，Randy began using his spoon on Alex's head as if it were a drum．Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat （节拍）．Mike chanted"Where's my hot dog，where's my hot dog．"in the background．Brad （33）D his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds．
Life became worse after breakfast．Mike wore Randy's trousers on his head．Randy locked himself in the bathroom，while Alex（34）B again because he was going to wet his short pants （短裤）．Nobody could find （35）A socks，although they were before their eyes．Someone named"Not Me"had spilled （洒，泼出） a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes．Brad knew the talk show had already （36）A．
By ten o'clock，things were out of（37）D．Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter．Mike was trying to show off his（38）C by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils．Randy，thankfully，appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination（39）A that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands．Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible．
At exactly 11：17，Brad called the daycare centre （日托所）．"I suddenly have to go into work and my wife's away．Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes？"The answer was （40）C"yes"because Brad was smiling．
| 31．A．the kids | B．your work | C．the house | D．myself |
| 32．A．clothes | B．food | C．dad | D．mum |
| 33．A．thought | B．decided | C．planned | D．realized |
| 34．A．cried | B．shouted | C．explained | D．argued |
| 35．A．clean | B．dirty | C．new | D．old |
| 36．A．started | B．finished | C．gone | D．appeared |
| 37．A．sight | B．plan | C．imagination | D．control |
| 38．A．idea | B．difference | C．talent | D．hobby |
| 39．A．showed | B．predicted | C．expressed | D．provided |
| 40．A．nearly | B．probably | C．obviously | D．finally． |
5．One Sunday morning，I decided to buy a computer to use for school．I went to the biggest store in town，which sold all kinds of computers．There were so many computers there that I didn't know how to choose a right one．
"Hi!What can I do for you？"A young man greeted me with a sweet smile．（56）C．I sensed a strange feeling-as if I had met him before．He began patiently showing me each model．With his help，I decided to buy one computer with enough functions at a very low price．（57）E．A few months later，something was wrong with my computer．I went back to the store to have it fixed．（58）D．As soon as I told him my problem，he comforted me at once and tried his best to solve the problem for me．（59）A．
When I went back to school，his smile often appeared in my mind．I don't know whether we'll meet each other again，but his sweet smile will stay there in my memory and deep in my heart．（60）B．
"Hi!What can I do for you？"A young man greeted me with a sweet smile．（56）C．I sensed a strange feeling-as if I had met him before．He began patiently showing me each model．With his help，I decided to buy one computer with enough functions at a very low price．（57）E．A few months later，something was wrong with my computer．I went back to the store to have it fixed．（58）D．As soon as I told him my problem，he comforted me at once and tried his best to solve the problem for me．（59）A．
When I went back to school，his smile often appeared in my mind．I don't know whether we'll meet each other again，but his sweet smile will stay there in my memory and deep in my heart．（60）B．
| A．I was quite thankful to him for his sweet smile and good service B．Smiling is the most peaceful language in the daily life C．He looked like not a salesman but a student like me D．When I arrived there，what I saw first was still his smile E．I enjoyed this shopping experience because of his smile |
4．One thing I was always sure of as a child：I had a wonderful voice．So I was delighted when my second-grade teacher announced her plans for a musical perform at Christmas．
My teacher told us singing was one of the most important ways we could tell God how much we love him．So she would cast singers according to ability．I felt confident about a solo role．However I failed，my teacher thought I was tone-deaf．At that very moment，I（31）C I would be a lip-syncher as a chorus member．I could only mouth the words，but no sound must be uttered（发出声）．
I was so ashamed，I didn't go home after school．I took the bus straight to Aunt Dolly's house．She had an answer for （32）D，more than anyone else，she would understand that my world had been turned upside down by this terrible revelation（意外的发现）．
Aunt Dolly （33）A me cookies and milk．
"What will I do？"I sobbed．"If I don't sing，God will think I don't love him．"
She drummed her fingers on the kitchen table as her brow creased（皱） in thought．Finally her eyes grew（34）B．"I've got it!"she said．"I will wear my hat!"
Noticing that I felt very puzzled．She leveled her brown eyes on my face．Her（35）B dropped．"Jacquelyn，I'm about to tell you a bit of secret information about angels，but first you must promise that you will never tell anyone．"
"I promise，"I whispered．
"A simple piece of aluminum foil（铝箔）can work，"said she，"You mouth the words，your silent （36）A reflect off the foil．Angels capture（捕获） the words and put them in special pouches（袋子） they （37）C up to God and God will hear your beautiful voice．"
"Well，where will I hide the foil？"
"My hat!"said Aunt Dolly．"I'll hide it in my hat．I'll sit in the front row．Remember，not a single word to anyone．"
I had a （38）D voice during the unforgettable Christmas perform．With my eyes firmly on her hat，the fact that none present could hear my voice didn't matter．My silent singing was for God's（39）C alone．
Even now，when my world is turned upside down，I think of Aunt Dolly and remember that my childhood beliefs still hold true．I guess just about anything is（40）D when angels are on our side．
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My teacher told us singing was one of the most important ways we could tell God how much we love him．So she would cast singers according to ability．I felt confident about a solo role．However I failed，my teacher thought I was tone-deaf．At that very moment，I（31）C I would be a lip-syncher as a chorus member．I could only mouth the words，but no sound must be uttered（发出声）．
I was so ashamed，I didn't go home after school．I took the bus straight to Aunt Dolly's house．She had an answer for （32）D，more than anyone else，she would understand that my world had been turned upside down by this terrible revelation（意外的发现）．
Aunt Dolly （33）A me cookies and milk．
"What will I do？"I sobbed．"If I don't sing，God will think I don't love him．"
She drummed her fingers on the kitchen table as her brow creased（皱） in thought．Finally her eyes grew（34）B．"I've got it!"she said．"I will wear my hat!"
Noticing that I felt very puzzled．She leveled her brown eyes on my face．Her（35）B dropped．"Jacquelyn，I'm about to tell you a bit of secret information about angels，but first you must promise that you will never tell anyone．"
"I promise，"I whispered．
"A simple piece of aluminum foil（铝箔）can work，"said she，"You mouth the words，your silent （36）A reflect off the foil．Angels capture（捕获） the words and put them in special pouches（袋子） they （37）C up to God and God will hear your beautiful voice．"
"Well，where will I hide the foil？"
"My hat!"said Aunt Dolly．"I'll hide it in my hat．I'll sit in the front row．Remember，not a single word to anyone．"
I had a （38）D voice during the unforgettable Christmas perform．With my eyes firmly on her hat，the fact that none present could hear my voice didn't matter．My silent singing was for God's（39）C alone．
Even now，when my world is turned upside down，I think of Aunt Dolly and remember that my childhood beliefs still hold true．I guess just about anything is（40）D when angels are on our side．
| 31．A．supposed | B．imagined | C．realized | D．remembered |
| 32．A．nothing | B．anything | C．something | D．everything |
| 33．A．served | B．changed | C．collected | D．showed |
| 34．A．open | B．wide | C．big | D．long |
| 35．A．noise | B．voice | C．sound | D．call |
| 36．A．words | B．songs | C．sentences | D．message |
| 37．A．give | B．pass | C．carry | D．hand |
| 38．A．terrible | B．surprising | C．comfortable | D．wonderful |
| 39．A．mouth | B．nose | C．ears | D．eyes |
| 40．A．important | B．normal | C．valuable | D．possible． |