I was off to go back to work one evening when I saw my two children were busy sewing things on the sewing machine. My 11yearold daughter was, in the midst of her project, going to assist her elder brother
in making a little cushion. I left, and after a few hours returned to find a mess in the kitchen and in the front room, and both children sitting in front of the television.
     Having had a long day, I was too tired to greet them and then I noticed the material my daughter had
used. It had been purchased to make a colorcoordinated (颜色协调的) baby blanket, and now had
chunks (块) cut out of almost every piece of fabric. Not stopping to listen, I exploded at the children and
explained how angry I was at what had been done.
     My daughter listened to me sheepishly, not trying to defend herself at all, but the pain could be seen
written across her face. She retreated to her room, and spent some time there alone before she came out
to say good night and once again apologized for the mistake she had made.
     A few hours later, as I was preparing to go to bed, I found that there on my bed lay a beautiful, little
cushion made out of the forbidden fabric, with the words "I LOVE MOM". Alongside it was a note
apologizing again, and the innocence in which she had taken the fabric.
      To this day, I still get tears in my eyes when I think of how I reacted and still feel the pain of my
actions. It was I who then went to her and apologized for my actions. I display with great pride the
cushion on my bed, and constantly use it to remind me that nothing in this world is greater than a child's
love.

1. The underlined word can be replaced by "________".
A. hopefully came up  
B. hopefully went back
C. quietly came up  
D. quietly went back

2. What did the children do?
A. They cut out the material and made it into a baby blanket.
B. They cut the material into pieces and used them to clean the TV set.
C. They cut the material into pieces on which they wrote apologizing words.
D. They made a cushion with the material to show their love for Mom.

3. What can be inferred from the text?
A. The two children are good at sewing.
B. The two children are introverted (内向的).
C. The mother is often rude to her children.
D. The mother is regretful for what she did.

4. The passage is mainly to tell about________.
A. a mom's tears  
B. a mom's love
C. a child's love  
D. a child's complaint

      My wife passed away a few years ago, and I went through the worst time in my life.I even wanted
to kill myself.Just for my kids, I had to continue to live and work as a smalltown doctor at my medical
clinic in Hawaii.My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone.Then they asked me to have
a family trip.
     On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade
Center. Seeing it falling down, I said to my kids:"I'm going to Afghanistan."And a few weeks later,
International Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care.
In these field clinics surrounded by frightening shoots or deadly bombs, we were eventually serving
27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule.Tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of
achievement, a sense of purpose, and my depression went away.
     In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami(海啸), Pakistan after the earthquakes,
Sudan after the civil war, and Iraq after more and more bombs.Each time after disasters one after
another, hundreds of people were killed, wounded and many more had to flee.We once set up movable
clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees,_and it was supposed to hold 13,000 originally.Flu broke out,
one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire.Water and food were also
serious problems."Adventures or not?" I often asked myself.
     When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done.But in reality, it was just getting started.
At the end of her life, she went unconscious.I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places
we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have.
     I think about the moment many times during my "adventures". I didn't know how predictive those
words would be.But I know that she is still with me.

1. Where has the doctor been in the past few years?
A. Some countries where he could set up clinics.
B. Some African countries where flu broke out.
C. The places where the earthquakes happened.
D. The places where the horrible disasters struck.

2. How would the doctor describe his life after he had worked in Afghanistan?
A. Tired and troublesome.
B. Busy and risky.
C. Meaningful and helpful.
D. Frightening and depressing.

3. The underlined word "refugees" means people________.
A. who are robbed, killed, or wounded
B. who suffer from flu in movable clinics
C. who like to take adventures
D. who have lost homes because of disasters

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The doctor's wife encouraged him to work in foreign countries.
B. What the doctor said to his wife before her death became reality.
C. The doctor's adventures made him understand the love of his wife.
D. With the true love of his wife, the doctor started to change his life.

     Some years ago I took on a task in a southern county to work with people on public welfare. What I
wanted to do was to show that everybody has the capacity to be self sufficient and all we have to do is to
activate (激励)them. I asked the country to pick up a group of people who were on public welfare, people
 from different racial groups and different family groups. I would then see them as a group for three hours
every Friday. I also asked for a little petty cash to work with, as I needed it.
    The first thing I said after I shook hands with everybody was, "I'd like to know what your dreams are."
Everyone looked at me as if I were kind of fool.
     One woman said to me,"I don't know what you can do with dreams. The rats are eating up my kids."
"Oh," I said,"That's terrible. No, of course, you are very much involved with the rats and your kids. How
can that be helped?"
     "Well, I could use a new screen door because there are holes in my screen door." I asked, "Is there
anybody around here who know how to fix a screen door?"
     There was a man in the group and he said,"A long time ago I used to do things like that but now I have
a terribly bad back, but I'll try."
     I told him I had some money if he would go to the store and but some screening and go and fix the
lady's screen door. "Do you think you can do that?" 
     "Yes, I'll try."
     The next week, when the group was seated. I said to the woman, "Well, is your screen door fixed?"
     "Oh, yes." she said.
      "Then we can start dreaming, can't we?" she sort of smiled at me.
     I said to the man who did the work,"How do you feel?"
     He said,"Well, you know, it's very funny thing. I'm beginning to feel a lot better."
     That helped the group to begin to dream. These seemingly small successes allowed the group to see
that dreams were not insane. These small steps began to get people to see and feel that something really
could happen.
     Everyone found something. The man who put in the screen door became a handyman. In 12 weeks,
I had all those people off public welfare. I've not only done that once, I've done that in many times.

1. What's the opinion the author had when he took on the work?

A. People need to be activated by others to make a living.
B. Everyone should not have depended on public welfare.
C. Everyone has the ability to live on without getting public welfare.
D. The county should gather people from different racial groups together.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The author did the work at his own expense.
B. The people the author worked with were very wealthy.
C. The author usually met the people four times a month.
D. The people the author worked with had no dreams at all.

3. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. The rats are so big that they eat the children.
B. The rats are crazy and have the children as food.
C. The rats are giving the kids and the mother much trouble.
D. The kids are too weak and even are nearly eaten by the rats..

4. What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?

A. Anything in the would is difficult.
B. Small success can be parts of your dream.
C. I have had those people off public welfare.
D. Your dream comes before it becomes a reality

     After suffering through many months of unemployment  (失业). my wife and I moved this week from
Colorado to Ohio. where she was starting a new job.Not knowing anybody there. we were pretty
concerned about how we'd get our entire home unloaded (卸下) without killing ourselves.
     We made a phone call to hire (临时雇用) a couple of college students to help with all the heavy
lifting once we got there.But one neighbor after another stopped by to help us.What?Have_we_moved_
to_some_other_country?Maybe_we've_died_and_gone_to_heaven!
     Unloading actually became fun and joy because there were so many wonderful new friends to help
when we worked.The more people helped. the easier the work became.We were afraid the job might
take days for the two of us alone. but it was finished in a few hours.Many total strangers would either
walk by the sidewalk or drive by to ask us if we were moving in.Many were happy that this old house
that had sat empty for so long was coming to life again.We were invited to an outdoor meal yesterday by
neighbors on the same street.
     All the time. my brain was resting on this new sense of hope that people can be so friendly to strangers.Among all the conversation were lots of offers to help each other in all kinds of ways.It's wonderful to live
in such a kind little town.I feel so grateful to be here. and wish the rest of the world could see how an
entire community can model  (做榜样) what it's like to help each other.