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Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. So, I really 36 whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy 37 to earn money to pay the high schooling for me. They don't act in the 38 ways that I read in books or I see on TV, and sending flowers to each other on Valentine's Day is even 39 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I asked her if there was 40 between them. She paused her work and raised her head with 41 . Then she bowed her head and 42 sewing the quilt. I was very 43 because I thought I had hurt her. But after a few minutes she said, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it 44 ,but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can 45 be seen anywhere or anytime, but it's really there, and makes the quilt 46 ”. I listened carefully but I couldn't understand her 47 the next spring.
My mother suddenly got sick seriously and had to stay in hospital for a one-month treatment. Every morning and dusk after she 48 from the hospital, my father 49 my mother walking slowly on the country road. There were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees, and the sun gently glistened 50 the leaves. All of these 51 the most beautiful picture in the world. 52 their eyes, I know they love each other deeply. From this experience, I 53 that love was just a 54 in the quilt of our life. Love is 55 , making life strong and warm.
36. A. believe B. hesitate C. ignore D. doubt
37. A. keeping B. willing C. trying D. learning
38. A. magic B. romantic C. formal D. special
39. A. unsuitable B. impolite C. uneasy D. impossible
40. A. difference B. love C. similarity D. fight
41. A. surprise B. anger C. smile D. calm
42. A. finished B. forgot C. continued D. considered
43. A. excited B. worried C. shocked D. disappointed
44. A. exists B. works C. appears D. breaks
45. A. hardly B. easily C. simply D. usually
46. A. long-lasting B. long-dated C. long-suffering D. long-winded
47. A. after B. before C. until D. since
48. A. returned B. escaped C. remained D. heard
49. A. led B. let C. made D. helped
50. A. from B. through C. across D. throughout
51. A. made with B. made into C. made up D. made of
52. A. Reading B. Watching C. Seeing D. Checking
53. A. expected B. realized C. noticed D. admitted
54. A. material B. design C. color D. thread
55. A. everywhere B. inside C. anywhere D. outside
36--40DCBDB 41--45ACBCA 46--50ACADB 51--55CABDA
First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, "Look out," I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that "Look out" may mean "don‘t look out."
Second Frenchman: Once I was on a ship and heard the captain shout, "All hands on deck," I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.
Third Frenchman: I once visited an English friend early in the morning and the maid who came to the door and said, "He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour," When I went again for him, she said, "He‘s not down yet."
"If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?" I asked.
She said, "He’s still in bed. When I say ‘He’s not up ’ I mean ‘he has not yet got up’. When I say ‘He’s not down ’ I mean ‘he has not yet come downstairs,’"
1."All hands on deck" means “ _______ ”.
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A.All the sailors gather on deck |
B.Give your hands to me |
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C.Put your right hand and left hand on deck |
D.Shake your hands with me |
2.When the maid said, “He’s not up yet.” She meant that _______ .
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A.he has not grown up yet |
B.he has not yet got up |
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C.he has not woke up yet |
D.he has not yet come upstairs |
3.When the third Frenchman went back, the English friend _______ .
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A.was washing his face |
B.was having his breakfast |
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C.was still in an upstairs room |
D.was reading a newspaper |
4.Which do you think is the best title for this article?
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A.Three Frenchmen and their English Friends |
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B.The English Language |
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C.Three French Stories |
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D.What a Language! |