题目内容
Gifts Grow on This Tree
After so many wonderful summers, it was my rainy season when is seemed that I couldn't feel the sun's warmth on my face.
In July, I felt 36 as I watched my beloved niece succumb to （屈服）breast cancer 37 fighting for two years. Ten days later, a tiny bit of hope 38 when I witnessed my first grandson burst into the world. Three days after his birth, my tears of joy turned to 39 of sorrow when a younger brother died suddenly in an accident.
In order to cope with the sadness, I needed to feel that heaven was 40 too. 41 in this rainy season, I refused to go out of my own backyard. It was at that time that I noticed that the apple tree had grown up. It was easy to 42 the apple tree for granted, 43 it has been there when we bought the house about 15 years ago. And I once doubted seriously 44 it would survive for the three growing kids and a dog. 45 , we had no expectations. Far as we knew, the tree would never produce 46 crab(酸) apples.
We were wrong. The birds 47 them first and flew away with the ones that fell. And what made me surprised most is 48 I found a lot of red, shining apples on the top of the tree. Afterwards, fascinated by the apple tree, I always looked at it 49 wonder. Where had I been so that I hadn't noticed its 50 over the years? Why was I always so busy that I didn't 51 the simple beauty? Without any help from me, these apples found their way.
All too often, that is the way our lives go. Even in summer, we are often 52 busy rushing here and there to really enjoy the special 53 that surround us.
With the sun on my face, I 54 a basket of apples like a farm girl and baked apple pies and 55 them to my joyful granddaughters. They were excited at the apples from the tree.
A lot of the sadness disappeared that afternoon.
36. A. valueless | B. hopeless | C. careless | D. thoughtless |
37. A. after | B. before | C. until | D. during |
38. A. backed | B. back | C. went | D. returned |
39. A. sadness | B. eyes | C. tears | D. laughter |
40. A. laughing | B. smiling | C. shinning | D. crying |
41. A. Missing | B. Lost | C. Gone | D. Lying |
42. A. take | B. make | C. set | D. put |
43. A. while | B. if | C. when | D. for |
44. A. which | B. that | C. whether | D. as if |
45. A. What's worse | B. Therefore | C. However | D. Somehow |
46. A. anything but | B. nothing but | C. only | D. except |
47. A. sought | B. searched | C. discovered | D. found out |
48. A. that | B. / | C. why | D. which |
49. A. of | B. no | C. for | D. in |
50. A. color | B. growth | C. form | D. develop |
51. A. employ | B. appreciate | C. experience | D. understand |
52. A. so | B. much | C. too | D. such |
53. A. gifts | B. lessons | C. talents | D. expectations |
54. A. picked up | B. took | C. brought up | D. picked |
55. A. cooked | B. served | C. prepared | D. let |
36―55 BADCD BADCB ACADB BCADB
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It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticket-counter supervisor（主管）for a major airline and was looking forward to the 36 of my shift （轮班）at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could 37 our gifts for Christmas.
Just then, a very 38 gentleman went up to me. He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and 39 his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a 40 . And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home 41 .
About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman 42 and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars 43 . I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. Hearing that, he burst into 44 .
I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was 45 ill at home and was not expected to 46 another year. He expected that this would likely be the 47 Christmas with his son.
I told Tom to 48 his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast 49 and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2:30 a. m.
Kathy was still 50 me when I got home in the early morning. We traded gifts and then our conversation 51 Tom. For Kathy and me, there was no 52 that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the 53 choice.
A couple of days later, I 54 a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family. In it, Tom thanked me for the special 55 he had received that holiday season, but I knew the best gift was mine.
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People in the United States honor their parents with two special days：Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible(有责任感的) citizens. They give love and care. These two days make us think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(墓地).On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?
| A．Parents bring up children. |
| B．Parents give love and care to children. |
| C．Parents educate children to be good persons. |
| D．Parents pass away before children grow up. |
| A．They sell flowers. |
| B．They make and sell bread. |
| C．They offer enough room for having family parties. |
| D．They sell special gifts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. |
| A．It has only two kinds of colors. |
| B．It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. |
| C．It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes. |
| D．People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May. |
| A．Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May. |
| B．Fewer women worked outside the home in the past. |
| C．Not all the children respect their parents |
| D．Fathers are not as important as mothers at home. |
| A．people usually have family parties |
| B．everyone goes to visit the cemetery |
| C．children always go to parents’ home |
| D．hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts |
