When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and 1a few animals there.
One of our new neighbors 2ducks. They seemed very lovely; however, they were 3 to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards—4ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and want to know5 there wasn’t a fence to keep them.
One day, I asked her if she6her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her 7 and he was away traveling. My attitude （态度） to her was bad. We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a 8, so our son built one .The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again 9months later.
A women’s church group asked me to 10at their mother and daughter party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my 11，the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been 12 my neighbor. So I walk 13to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave（原谅）me and then we talked a lot 14.
Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me encourage（鼓励） 15，if at all possible, go to clear the air between you.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      put
   2. B.
      keep
   3. C.
      send
   4. D.
      take
2. 2.
   1. A.
      bought
   2. B.
      sold
   3. C.
      dropped
   4. D.
      showed
3. 3.
   1. A.
      made
   2. B.
      allowed
   3. C.
      invited
   4. D.
      chosen
4. 4.
   1. A.
      except
   2. B.
      but
   3. C.
      without
   4. D.
      including
5. 5.
   1. A.
      what
   2. B.
      why
   3. C.
      if
   4. D.
      when
6. 6.
   1. A.
      saw
   2. B.
      understood
   3. C.
      thought
   4. D.
      realized
7. 7.
   1. A.
      husband’s
   2. B.
      daughter’s
   3. C.
      wife’s
   4. D.
      grandma’s
8. 8.
   1. A.
      fence
   2. B.
      house
   3. C.
      home
   4. D.
      room
9. 9.
   1. A.
      after
   2. B.
      before
   3. C.
      until
   4. D.
      while
10. 10.
    1. A.
       speak
    2. B.
       talk
    3. C.
       say
    4. D.
       tell
11. 11.
    1. A.
       happiness
    2. B.
       disappointment
    3. C.
       sadness
    4. D.
       surprise
12. 12.
    1. A.
       worried about
    2. B.
       patient with
    3. C.
       strict with
    4. D.
       annoyed with
13. 13.
    1. A.
       up
    2. B.
       along
    3. C.
       around
    4. D.
       down
14. 14.
    1. A.
       angrily
    2. B.
       seriously
    3. C.
       happily
    4. D.
       carefully
15. 15.
    1. A.
       us
    2. B.
       you
    3. C.
       ourselves
    4. D.
       Yourselves

Wade is my good friend. We study at the same school. At weekends he usually turns on his computer. He sends and gets e-mails to and from his friends back in France. He also gets on the Internet to learn about what is going on in the world. His parents sometimes take him to some places of interest in China. Sometimes I ask him to come over to my home for a weekend. My parents say that they can’t understand what we talk about because there are two languages in our talks—Chinese and English. My mother sometimes says to him,“Can you talk to my son in Chinese only,Wade?” He always smiles and answers, “Not today. I’m going to speak good Chinese very soon.” He is not good at Chinese and I am weak at English. But we like these talks because we can learn when we are talking.
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