My mother’s loving hands

Night after night, she came to help me sleep, even long after my childhood years.

I don’t remember _____ it first started making me a little angry 一 my mom’s hands pushing my hair that way. But it really made me uncomfortable, for they _____ rough(粗糙的)against my young skin. Finally, one night, I _____ her, ‘‘Don’t do that any more. Your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say anything, _____ she never did it again.

Years later, I missed my mother’s _____ and her goodnight kiss on my face. I’m not a little girl any more. My mom is _____ her mid-seventies, and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and me.

Now my own children have _____. It was late on Thanksgiving Eve. As I slept in my bedroom, a familiar hand ran across my _____ to push the hair from my head. Then a kiss, ever so softly, touched my brow(额头).

Taking my mom’s hand, I told her how _____ I was for that night I shouted at her. But my mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten it long ago.

That night, I ______ with a new appreciation(感激)for my mother’s caring hands. And the guilt(内疚)that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

1.A.when B.where C.why

2.A.looked B.felt C.seemed

3.A.nodded at B.shouted at C.seemed

4.A.so B.or C.but

5.A.hands B.words C.smiles

6.A.on B.in C.at

7.A.stayed up B.woken up C.grown up

8.A.nose B.face C.mouth

9.A.sorry B.tired C.relaxed

10.A.left home B.kept working C.fell asleep

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around.The crow watched them with disdain (鄙视).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No,that's beyond you. Let's have a flying competition. I'll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans,a strong young male,took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles,performed other flying tricks,and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan's turn. He flew up,and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him,making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn't see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air,and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended (假装) not to notice,and said,“Why do you keep touching the water,brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition.“I'm in trouble because of my pride! If you don't help me,I'll lose my life...”

The swan took pity on him,and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.What's the correct order of the following events?

a.The crow showed off his flying skills.

b.The swan felt pity for the crow and saved him.

c.The crow laughed at the swan's flying.

d.The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e.The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A.e,c,d,a,b B.a,e,c,d,b

C.c,e,a,d,b D.e,a,d,c,b

2.What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Tired. B.Angry.

C.Frightened. D.Regretful.

3.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A.Because he was showing another flying skill.

B.Because it was difficult for him to stay in the air.

C.Because he was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D.Because he was enjoying himself by doing so.

4.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A.The crow didn't know flying.

B.Flying skills were useless.

C.The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D.The swan was better at long?distance flying than the crow.

5.What does the story tell us?

A.No pains,no gains.

B.The early bird catches the worm.

C.Pride goes before a fall.

D.Practice makes perfect.

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