The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated(愤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.

The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for ________.

A. wasting gold                         B. wasting wrapping paper

C. putting the box under the Christmas tree    

D. bringing the gift to her father

What’s inside the box according to the little girl?

A. nothing    B. air    C. kisses   D. gold wrapping paper

Choose the best title for the passage.

A. The kisses in the box.      B. A girl and his father 

C. A love story                D. The box under the Christmas tree.

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D .Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Would you send a monkey to do your shopping for you? Sounds very strange, doesn’t it ? But monkeys can be trained to do some wonderful things. Most people know that monkeys are one of  36   cleverest beasts(兽). Scientists have been studying the connection(联系) __37__ monkeys and people for a long time. They have done experiments that test __38__monkeys are able to do simple things.

    In one test, a scientist put two monkeys in two cages beside each other. Each cage had a machine. One cage had a machine which gave out water. __39__ had one which gave out food. Each monkey was given _40__ black and white coins. The black coins worked _41_ in the food machine. The white coins worked in the machine with the __42__. After some time, both animals _43__ know which coin worked in which machine.

    Then the test was made _44__. The coin s were taken away. The monkey with the water machine was __45_ to have any water for twenty-four hours. The food monkey was prevented from __46_ any food. The next day, the coins were returned to the monkeys. This time, __47__, the monkey with the food machine was given coins for water machine, and the monkey with the water machine was given the coins that worked in the food machine. What did the two __48__ monkeys do? The two clever monkeys __49__ through the bars (栅栏) of their cages and __50_coins with each other.

A. man’s

B. earth’s

C. nation’s

D. nature’s

A. between

B. with

C. to

D. from

A. when

B. what

C. whether

D. as

A. The one

B. The rest

C. Another

D. The other

A. a piece of

B. a bag of

C. a little

D. scores

A. almost

B. nearly

C. only

D. mainly

A. water

B. food

C. monkey

D. scientist

A. were used to

B. used to

C. could hardly

D. were able to

A. harder

B. easier

C. worse

D. newer

A. allowed

B. not allowed

C. asked

D. drank

A. wasting

B. drinking

C. having

D. asking

A. but

B. unless

C. however

D. although

A. tired

B. angry

C. wild

D. poor

A. looked

B. got

C. reached

D. arrived

A. received

B. changed

C. refused

D. played

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