Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun  36  --- to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were   37  . When the students  38   their assignment, she found that most of them drew some pictures of their parents, teachers, brothers, sisters, friends or neighbors. “What   39   students! How wonderful the pictures are!” She thought.

   Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a   40  boy. He didn’t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and __41__. He seldom __42__ with other children during the break __43__ they kindly invited him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and encouraged him to be confident and have a good time with his classmates. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a __44__. Nothing else. His abstract image _45__ the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother’s hand，for mother’s hand gives children warmth and __46__. Another child guessed it was a farmer’s hand, because farmers raise turkeys. Still others thought it was a police officer’s hand, because the police __47__ people and care for people. And so the discussion __48__.

   When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas’ desk, __49__, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, “ It’s __50__, teacher.” Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was __51__ and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She __52__ how often she had said to him, “Take my __53__, Douglas. We’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” or “Let’s do this together.”

   The story speaks of __54__ thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and

parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the children like Douglas. They might not always say “__55__” out, but they’ll remember the hand that you reach out to give them love and be grateful to you always.

    A few days ago, Adrian bought six packages of ink for his printer at a $1 Store. Then he found a deal on better ink at the local computer store. So Adrian went back to the $1 Store to exchange the ink for some other items.

    He put the ink into a plastic bag and tied it up. When he entered the store, he immediately showed the bag to a clerk and told her that he was returning some items. She looked at him but said nothing, so Adrian put the bag into a push-cart and started shopping.

    He was midway through shopping when a female employee suddenly stopped him. “Sir,” she said sternly(严厉地), “you are not allowed to carry a plastic bag of items around in this store.”

    Adrian was taken back. There was no need for her to yell. He opened the bag and showed her the six packages of ink. “I’m exchanging these for some other items,” Adrian said.

    “You should have left the bag with the clerk when you entered the store. Let me see your receipt!” the employee demanded. Adrian was embarrassed. He felt like a shoplifter while he showed her the receipt.

By the time Adrian had finished shopping and exchanged the items, he was angry and asked what her name was. She mumbled something and he heard “Ursula.”

    When Adrian got home, he called the store’s corporate headquarters. Two days later, Adrian received a phone call from a representative. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but there’s no one at that store named Ursula. Can you describe her? I’ll find out who she is. I assure you, we do not tolerate rude behavior, nor do we tolerate lying to customers.”

    By this time, Adrian had calmed down. He didn’t really want the employee to lose her job. He told the representative to forget about it.

72. Adrian went back to the $1 Store in order to _____.

       A. buy some cheap items

       B. exchange the ink for some other items

       C. look for his receipt

       D. complain to the manager about a clerk

73. Adrian felt like a shoplifter because _____.

       A. he took some things and was caught by an employee

       B. the female employee asked to see his receipt

       C. an employee yelled at him without any reason

       D. he was asked to pay for the goods he exchanged

74. After reading this passage, we can see that _____.

       A. it was not the female employee’s duty to yell at him

       B. Adrian was wrong to buy things at the $1 Store

       C. the female employee must be bad-tempered

       D. Adrian should have left the bag with the clerk

75. The purpose of this passage is to _____.

       A. advise readers not to buy anything at the $1 Store

       B. tell readers about Adrian’s unpleasant experience

       C. point out the rudeness of the female employee at the $1 Store

       D. introduce how the employees at the store are employed

My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living．Dad worked in Plant C．Lying beside lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall．Sometimes my mother would take my siblings （兄弟姐妹） and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula． she'd gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky．
"Wave to daddy!" she'd shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air．I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery （手术） on his shoulder and hand．At 48, he had his first heart attack．He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college．But the damage was done．A few years later, the next heart attack killed him．
I saw my dad in Plant C only once, when I took dinner to him．That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason．
Recently my father' s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there．I knew my father never wanted me to see it．At every station, he described the job and the danger．It was like listening to a foreign language．I walked past many DANGER signs．Toby put his hand on my shoulder．"look," he said, "you need to understand something．Your dad was a maintenance mechanic．He worked the most dangerous job．If something broke, he fixed it．"
A few days later, my daughter graduated from college．I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this notes: " Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots．"
【小题1】How many siblings does the author most probably have? ____．
A．Three siblings   B．Two siblings                  C．One sibling      D: Four siblings
【小题2】Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author's father? ____
A．He didn't suffer a heart attack until he retired．
B．He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all．
C．He was hardly angry in his daily life．
D．He did physical work in Plant C.
【小题3】When Toby Workman described the author' s father' s job, the author ____．

My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living．Dad worked in Plant C．Lying beside lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall．Sometimes my mother would take my siblings （兄弟姐妹） and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula． she'd gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky．

"Wave to daddy!" she'd shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air．I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery （手术） on his shoulder and hand．At 48, he had his first heart attack．He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college．But the damage was done．A few years later, the next heart attack killed him．

I saw my dad in Plant C only once, when I took dinner to him．That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason．

Recently my father' s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there．I knew my father never wanted me to see it．At every station, he described the job and the danger．It was like listening to a foreign language．I walked past many DANGER signs．Toby put his hand on my shoulder．"look," he said, "you need to understand something．Your dad was a maintenance mechanic．He worked the most dangerous job．If something broke, he fixed it．"

A few days later, my daughter graduated from college．I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this notes: " Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots．"

1.How many siblings does the author most probably have? ____．

A．Three siblings   B．Two siblings                  C．One sibling      D: Four siblings

2.Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author's father? ____

A．He didn't suffer a heart attack until he retired．

B．He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all．

C．He was hardly angry in his daily life．

D．He did physical work in Plant C.

3.When Toby Workman described the author' s father' s job, the author ____．

A．felt familiar with the job                  B．didn’t quite understand

C．wanted to learn a foreign language          D．decided to do the same work

4.The author gave her daughter the hat, hoping that her daughter could ____．

A．remember her grandfather                B．overcome all difficulties by wearing it

C．get encouraged by her grandfather          D．follow her grandfather' s work