I am 17 years old now. I wish my parents wouldn’t treat me as if I a child.A.wasB.have beenC.amD.were 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and 4-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands 36 , his eyesight was not clear, and his 37 unsteady（不稳定的）. The family were 38  every night at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and 39 sight made this rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass,    40  would often spill（洒落）onto the tablecloth.“We must do some-thing about grandfather,”said the husband.
So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There , grandfather ate   41  in the corner while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table.   42 grandfather had already broken a dish or two , his food was served in a    43 bowl. Sometimes, when the family   44 grandfather, he had a tear in his eye as he ate alone.   45 , the only words the couple had for him were sharp   46 when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The 4-year-old boy watched all this 47 .
One evening before supper, the father 48 his son playing with wood scraps（小块）on the floor. He asked the child sweetly :“What are you making?” Just as 49 , the boy answered:“Oh, I am making a little 50 for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.”The 4-year-old boy smiled and went back to   51  on it.
The words   52  the parents so much that they were   53 . Then tears started to stream down their cheeks.   54 no word was spoken , both knew what they had to do. That evening, the husband took grandfather’s hand and 55  led him back to the family table.

When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’ll most certainly be right” It made a deep   1 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years，I have 2 in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life， 3 I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a 4 ，I know I need to change something．
Remembering that I’ll be   5 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 6 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death， 7 only what is truly important.
About a year ago I was 8 with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs 9 order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I 10 with that diagnosis all day． 11 ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is 12 with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
13 wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all 14 ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of   15 ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to   16  for the new．Right now the new is you．But someday not too 17  from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true.
Your time is 18 ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be 19 by dogma (教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner   20 ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.

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A．joke

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Amy. I am 17 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me,Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy.I just want one day when no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.

Love,

Amy

At radio station WJLT in Fort Wayne, Indiana, letters poured in for the Christmas Wish Contest. When Amy’s letter arrived at the radio station, Manager Lee Tobin read it carefully. He thought it would be good for the people in Fort Wayne to hear about this special girl and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called up the local newspaper.

The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa made the front page of the “News Sentinel”. The story spread quickly. All across the country, newspapers and radio and television stations reported the story of the girl in Fort Wayne, Indiana, who asked for such a simple, yet remarkable, Christmas gift－just one day without teasing.

Suddenly the postman was a regular at the Hagadorn house. Envelopes of all sizes addressed to Amy arrived daily from children and adults all across the nation. They came filled with holiday greetings and words of encouragement. Some of the writers had disabilities; some had been teased as children. Each writer had a special message for Amy. Through the cards and letters from strangers, Amy saw a world full of people who truly cared about each other.

Many people thanked Amy for being brave enough to speak up. Others encouraged her to ignore teasing and to carry her head high.

Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing at South Wayne High School. Teachers and students talked together about how bad teasing can make others feel.

That year, the Fort Wayne mayor officially proclaimed(宣布) December 21st as Amy Jo Hagadorn Day throughout the city. The mayor explained that by daring to make such a simple wish, Amy taught a universal lesson. “Everyone,” he said, “wants to and should be treated with respect, dignity and warmth.”

62. Amy’s letter showed that .

A. her schoolmates cannot understand her disability

B. her school isn’t a good place for students like her

C. she is often ignored in and out of class

D. she wanted to win Christmas Wish Contest

63. The postman was a regular at the Hagadorn house because .

A. he went to encourage Amy frequently B. he was quite curious about Amy

C. he had to send letters to Amy daily D. he was moved by Amy’s story

64. We may infer from Amy’s story that .

A. people are easy to turn their eyes to the disabled

B. the news media played an important role in helping Amy

C. Amy will still be made fun of by others

D. there are few disabled people in Amy’s country

65. The Fort Wayne mayor officially proclaimed Amy Jo Hagadorn Day .

A. to tell how bad teasing can make others feel

B. to encourage people to carry their heads high

C. to explain how brave Amy was by making her wish

D. to call on the public to treat everyone properly

Dear Father Christmas,

My name is Amy. I am 17 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy（脑性麻痹症）.

I just want one day when no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.

Yours,

Amy

At radio station WJLT in Fort Wayne, Indiana, letters poured in for the Christmas Wish Contest. When Amy`s letter arrived at the radio station, Manager Lee Tobin read it carefully. He thought it would be good for the people in Fort Wayne to hear about this special girl and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called up the local newspaper.

The next day, in the whole country , newspapers and radio and TV reported the story of Amy, who asked for such a simple Christmas gift—just one day without teasing.

Then, the postman was a regular at Amy`s house. A great number of letters addressed to Amy arrived every day from children and adults all across the country. They came filled with holiday greetings and words of encouragement. Some of the writers had disabilities(残疾). Some had been teased during childhood.

Through the cards and letters from strangers, Amy saw a world full of people who were truly concerned about each other.

Many people thanked Amy for being brave enough to speak up. Others encouraged her to ignore teasing and carry her head high

Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing at her school. No one laughed at her. Teachers and students talked together about how bad teasing could make others feel.

That year, in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, December 21 was set as Amy Day. The official explained that by daring to make such a simple wish, Amy taught us that everyone should be treated with respect, love and warmth.

61. Amy`s letter showed that__________.

A. she was often ignored in and out of class by teachers.

B. her school was not a good place for students like her.

C. she wanted to win Christmas Wish Contest.

D. her schoolmates could not understand her disability and always teased her.

62. The sentence “Then, the postman was a regular at Amy`s house” means_____________.

A. he had to send letters to Amy every day.

B. he was quite curious about Amy.

C. he went to encourage Amy frequently.

D. he was moved by Amy`s story.

63. We may infer from Amy`s story that____________.

A.Amy will still be laughed at by others.

B. the news reports played an important part in helping Amy.

C. there are few people with disabilities in Amy`s country.

D.Amy disliked receiving the letters from people

64. What is the purpose to set Amy Day?

A. to encourage people to carry their heads high.

B. to call on people to treat everyone properly.

C. to give money to the people with disabilities.

D. to explain how brave Amy was by making her wish.