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A

One Saturday morning， I decided to walk into Liverpool city center and buy myself something. I didn’t need___1___. I was just going to spend some___2 ___!

I stepped into a general ___3 ___to buy myself some sweets for the walk. While I was making up my mind， the door___4___and in walked a girl， four years old at the most. She was wearing a summer dress and sandals（涼鞋）___5___it was a bitterly cold. She was not too___6 ___， obviously from a poor family.

She walked up to the counter（柜臺）， ___7___up and placed a fifty pence coin on the glass. Then， she proudly announced she had ___ 8___this up to buy her little___9___a teddy bear as a birthday gift and she ___10___ that one there. The woman behind the ___11___told the little girl the teddy bear cost___12___50 pence. The little girl tried another one， and another one， and another one.

I knew that ___13 ___of the teddy bears on display could be bought for 50 pence. I also knew that I could___ 14___buy the best teddy bear there___15___the money I was going to waste that day ___ 16___did I want to encourage a little girl to take money from ___17 ___?

The little girl changed her mind when I

18to buy a teddy bear for her. “Oh， well，” she ___19___to the world. “I’ll just give him mine then.”

“I’ll just give him mine” didn’t sound like she was going to give him ONE of her teddies. She was going to give her little brother HER teddy， probably the ___20 ___ teddy she had!

1.A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything

2.A. energy B. time C. money D. strength

3.A. school B. store C. restaurant D. hospital

4.A. opened B. shook C. broke D. losed

5.A. until B. even though C. unless D. as if

6.A. warm B. shy C. nervous D. clean

7.A. stood B. reached C. gave D. got

8.A. saved B. picked C. put D. brought

9.A. sister B. brother C. cousin D. student

10.A. created B. decorated C. wanted D. hated

11.A. desk B. counter C. window D. door

12.A. more than B. other than C. rather than D. less than

13.A. neither B. none

C. any D. all

14. A. easily B. difficultly

C. especially D. hardly

15. A. for B. with

C. of D. by

16. A. soB. becauseC. butD. as

17. A. relatives B. strangers C. parents D. doctors

18. A. recovered B. calmed C. interviewed D. hesitated

19. A. announced B. stressed C. apologized D. pointed

20. A. only B. best C. cheapest D. last

B

The day just before Father’s Day， Mrs. Berry asked her students to make a card for their fathers. She passed out paper and pieces of cloth.

Elizabeth looked for a while at the blue

___1 ___and began to cut it. Then she folded her paper in half and began writing. ___2 ___Elizabeth finally looked at the message on the paper， she noticed something else. She felt her

___3___grow warm — she hadn’t heard Mrs. Berry’s explanation that anyone who didn’t have a father could make a card for a grandfather or an uncle.

As her teacher walked to her， Elizabeth tried___4 ___her card with her arm， but Mrs. Berry gently ___5 ___ it so that she could read it. Elizabeth sat___ 6___， waiting for her to say something， but she saw a ___7___roll down Mrs. Berry’s face. She had never made Mrs. Berry so upset.

When school was over， Elizabeth___8 ___ until all the other kids left so that she could

___9___ . “I am sorry for not listening. I’ll make another card if you want. I’ll do it___10___and bring it tomorrow.”

“___11___are you talking about?” asked Mrs. Berry.

“My Father’s Day card. Iknow your are upset because I didn’t do it___12 ___ .”

“Elizabeth， that was the13card in the whole class. It was so___ 14___ that it made me cry.”

Elizabeth was so ___15___that she ran out of the classroom.

When her mom came home from work that night， Elizabeth___16___to give her the card early.

On the front of the card was a___17___ of Elizabeth’s mom， with a blue pieceof cloth cut like her hair. Inside the card she had written:Dear Mom，

I know you work really hard to be both a mommy and a（n）___18___. I want to thank you and___19___ you a happy Father’s Day! Love， ElizabethWhen her mom read the card she stared___20___， just like Elizabeth did.

1.A. cloth B. card C. pen D. paper

2.A. Until B. Because C. Since D. When

3.A. body B. heart C. face D. hands

4.A. making B. covering C. holding D. doing

5.A. liftedB. caught C. left D. placed

6.A. alone B. still C. down D. up

7.A. smile B. hair C. tear D. sweat

8.A. sat B. stood C. worked D. waited

9.A. understand B. stay C. stop D. apologize

10.A. at school B. at home C. just here D. at once

11.A. whose B. Who C. What D. Which

12.A. right B. carefully C. wrongD. quickly

13.A. best B. simplest C. favorite D. worst

14.A. wild B. sweet C. useful D. hard

15.A. rude B. regretful C. happy D. brave

16.A. refused B. promised C. seemed D. decided

17.A. recording B. discovery C. drawing D. writing

18.A. aunt B. daddy C. teacher D. sister

19.A. congratulate B. want C. wish D. hope

20.A. laughing B. joking C. worrying D. crying

C

“Hi， Mom. Happy fiftieth birthday!”I heard my son， Brian say as ___1 ___as if he was sitting next to me.___2 ___ he wasn’t.

Brian was on the USS Kitty Hawk on maneuvers(大規模演習) ___ 3___between our U.S. shore and the Persian Gulf.

My party-loving friend， Denise， had___4___me out for a quiet fiftieth birthday celebration dinner. When we___5___ at the restaurant， I scanned(掃視) the sea of___6 ___， but I didn’t recognize anybody.

A wave of ___7___ washed over me， and tears welled in my eyes when ___8 ___ I heard Brian in my head. “Hi， Mom， happy fiftieth birthday!” “What’s wrong?” she asked when she saw me dabbing (輕輕擦)at my___9___ .

“I think I’ve had too much wine.I keep___10___Brian wish me a happy birthday，” I said. She gave me a(n) ___11___smile.“Our table is ready，” she said， leading me toward the stairs.

I’d hardly sat down in the chair of honor when a___12___entered the room， carrying a sheet cake. The firefighter ___13___the cake on the table in front of me so I could ___14___ the fifty blazing candles. Once again I heard Brian speak， “Mom， be sure to___15___ me a piece of cake.”This time he ___16___very far away， but it seemed that he was just in front of me. I___17 ___ in my chair.Was I losing my mind? “I’ll have some___18___as soon as I get this helmet(頭盔) ___ 19___，” the firefighter said.Every drop of blood in my veins flowed to my feet.He___20___ his uniform and quickly pulled the helmet from his head.

“Brian!”

“Hi， Mom. Happy fiftieth birthday!”

1. A. impossibly B. clearly

C. hardly D. loudly

2. A. So B. Then C. But D. And

3. A. anywhere B. nowhere

C. everywhere D. somewhere

4. A. invited B. provided

C. supported D. sent

5. A. arrivedB. came C. reachedD. got

6. A. dishes B. facesC. smiles D. voices 7. A. disappointment B. happiness

C. sadness D. anger

8. A. no more B. at once

C. at present D. once again

9. A. nose B. ears C. fingers D. eyes

10.A. seeing B. listening

C. hearing D. saying

11.A. surprising B. understanding

C. relaxingD. exciting

12.A. firemanB. waitress

C. waiter D. firewoman

13.A. pulledB. setC. pushed D. kept

14.A. light upB. add up

C. blow out D. take away

15.A. bringB. buy C. make D. save

16.A. shouted B. cried

C. laughed D. sounded

17.A. frozeB. thought C. calmedD. turned 18.A. paper B. cakeC. bread D. rest

19.A. on B. downC. off D. away

20.A. packed up B. carried away

C. put on D. took off

D

A FORMULA FOR A

SUCCESSFUL LIFE

I have a friend who prepares taxes. He talked with me once about some of his___ 1 ___ clients（顧客） — those with six and seven ___2___ incomes. Some of these people， he said， despite the obvious tax benefits， ___ 3 ___ to give away any of their money. Some are___4___more money in raising their pets than in feeding hungry children. They simply have not___5___the importance and power of giving. And sadly， these wealthy clients are in a___ 6___ to do something significant， but they___7___ to do nothing at all.

Author Kent Nerburn wrote a book ___8___ LETTERS TO MY SON: A Father’s Wisdom on Manhood， Life， and Love. In one letter， he___9___his son the value of generosity:

“Remember to be ___10 ___ with yourself and others. We are all ___11___of chance， and none can say why some fields will blossom and others lay brown beneath the ___12___sun. Care for ___13___ around you. Look past your differences. Their dreams are no less than yours， and their choices in life are no more easily___ 14___ . And give. Give in any way that you can， of whatever you possess. To___15___ is to love. To withhold is to wither（凋謝）. ___16 ___less for your harvest than how it is shared， and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.”

How___ 17___ it is for one boy that his father is showing him how to truly live!

People who live well are expert at giving. They give their money; they give their time. They___18___their wisdom and their skills. They quickly say yes when ___19___to help.

For them， the formula（公式） is ___20 ___ : to give is to love and to love is to live. It’s a formula for a successful life.

1.A. wealthyB. poorC. familarD. own

2.A. number B. amount

C. figure D. quantity

3.A. offered B. refused

C. affordedD. wanted

4.A. savingB. using

C. costingD. spending

5.A. invented B. discovered

C. found D. noticed

6.A. positionB. situation

C. duty D. condition

7.A. manage B. decide

C. continueD. choose

8.A. namedB. called

C. titledD. written

9.A. suggests B. leavesC. givesD. teaches

10.A. angry B. strictC. gentle D. careful

11.A. adults B. children

C. parents D. friends

12.A. AugustB. November

C. DecemberD. January

13.A. these B. those C. thisD. that

14.A. pickedB. realized

C. recognizedD. made

15.A. lendB. take C. give D. help

16.A. CareB. Look C. Wait D. Search

17.A. pitifulB. fortunate

C. funD. sad

18.A. buildB. improve

C. shareD. protect

19.A. forced B. needed

C. questioned D. asked

20.A. complexB. simple

C. difficult D. obvious

【答案及解析】：

A

本文講述了一個四歲的小女孩要用自己攢的錢給弟弟買只玩具熊，但發現她所有的錢不夠買任何玩具熊時，毅然決定把她自己的玩具熊送給弟弟的故事。

1. D。2. C。根據50空后的the money I was going to waste that day可知，“我”并不需要任何東西（anything），“我”只是想花點錢（money）。

3. B。根據下文中買糖果和玩具熊可知，“我”走進了一家雜貨商店（store）。

4. A。根據下文中的in walked a girl可知（商店的）門開了（opened）。

5. B。根據上下句中的summer dress，sandals和cold day可知兩句話之間為轉折關系。

6. D。根據obviously from a poor family以及上文對小女孩的描述可知，小女孩穿得并不太干凈（not too clean）。

7. B。此處指小女孩在進入商店后伸出手往上（reached up），把五十美分的硬幣放在柜臺的玻璃上。

8. A。9. B。根據下文中提到的little brother可知，小女孩自豪地宣布她要用自己攢（saved up）的錢給弟弟（brother）買一個玩具熊作為生日禮物。

10. C。小女孩想要（wanted）她指著的那只玩具熊。

11.B。根據上文中的She walked up to the counter可知。

12.A。13. B。根據下文The girl tried another one， and another one， and another one可知，小女孩想要的的那只玩具熊的價格要多于（more than）五十美分。而且商店里沒有一只玩具熊（none of the teddy bears）可以用五十美分買得到。

14. A。15. B。對于“我”來說，“我”可以用（with）“我”那天想浪費的錢輕松地（easily）買到商店里最好的玩具熊。

16. C。17. B。雖然“我”可以為小姑娘買玩具，但是（but）又想到：這樣是不是在鼓勵一個小姑娘接受陌生人（strangers）的錢呢？

18. D。此處表示正當“我”為是否應該給小姑娘錢買玩具熊猶豫（hesitated）時。

19. A。小姑娘大聲地說（announced）：“我要把我的玩具熊給他”。

20. A。根據“我要把我的玩具熊給他”可知，小姑娘的玩具熊很有可能是她唯一的（only）一只玩具熊。

B

在父親節來臨之際，沒有爸爸的Elizabeth制作了一張特殊的賀卡，這張小小的賀卡讓老師也為之動容。

1. A。根據上文She passed out paper and pieces of cloth以及下文“把制作卡片的紙折疊起來” 可猜測出這里是“蘭色的布cloth）而不是其它?！?/p>

2. D。當（when）Elizabeth最后看到紙上的信息時，她注意到別的什么。

3. C。從破折號后的部分和下文內容可知，Elizabeth的卡片是送給媽媽的，而老師Mrs Berry要求沒有爸爸的同學可以制作卡片送給爺爺或叔叔。因此，她感到臉上（face）發燙，有些難為情。

4. B。用胳膊蓋?。╟overing）卡片，符合“Elizabeth不想讓老師看自己制作的卡片” 的語境。

5. A。老師應該是lifted（舉起，拿起）Elizabeth制作的卡片，目的是能看到其內容。

6. B。Elizabeth“一動也不動地” 坐著，等著老師說些什么，反映她此時內心很害怕。still是“靜止不動” 的意思。

7. C。從下文看，老師哭了，故此處應該是老師的眼淚（tear）從臉上滾下。

8. D。放學后，Elizabeth想等到（waited）其他同學都走了，向老師道歉。

9. D。從下文看，Elizabeth誤認為是自己的卡片使老師生氣了，故想道歉（apologize）。

10. B。從下文所說bring it tomorrow可知是回家做。

11. C。此處老師在問Elizabeth在講些什么，老師意識到Elizabeth誤解了她的意思。

12. A。Elizabeth解釋，她沒把卡片制作對，沒按照老師的要求做，讓老師生氣了。

13. A。從下文看，老師夸她做的卡片是最好的（best）。

14. B。在此sweet的意思是“令人滿意的，招人喜愛的，愜意的” 。Elizabeth的卡片做得如此好，把老師感動哭了。

15. C。聽到老師的贊美，Elizabeth非常高興（happy）， 跑著出了教室。

16. D。Elizabeth決定（decided）提前把卡片送給母親。

17. C。卡片的前面有一幅母親的畫像。

18. B。句意為：我知道你既當媽媽又當爸爸（daddy），非常辛苦。

19. C。wish sb. a happy Father’s Day祝愿某人父親節快樂。

20. D。就像老師一樣，媽媽也哭了（crying）。

C

一位母親無比思念遠方的兒子，母子連心，還好，在母親五十歲生日的這一天，兒子悄然回到了母親的身邊……

1. B。句意為：我聽見我的兒子Brian對我說，聽起來就好像他坐在我的旁邊一樣清楚（clearly）。從下文可知，這里主要是突出媽媽在幻覺中清楚地（clearly）地聽到兒子好像在說“媽媽，祝你五十歲生日快樂！”

2. C。從下文可知兒子并不在媽媽的身邊，故這里在意思上進行了轉折，故選But。

3. D。句意為：在美國海濱和波斯海灣之間的某個地方（somewhere）。

4. A。句意為：我的朋友邀請（invited）我出去過一個安靜的五十歲生日。如果選A項，sent me out（把我打發出去）不符合語境。如果選B、C項，則不符合詞法搭配。

5. A。arrived at the restaurant到達飯店。

6. B。從后半句but didn’t recognize anybody可知，這里“我“掃視了一下人們的面孔。

7. C。在五十歲生日之時，沒有親人在身邊，望著陌生的人群，找不到熟悉的面孔，一股悲涼（sadness）的感覺襲上作者的心頭。

8. D。作者又一次（once again）在腦海中聽見兒子的祝福。

9. D。從上文可知作者因難過而淚濕眼眶，故這里她輕輕地擦了擦眼睛（eyes）。

10. C。keep doing sth.意為“一直做某事”，keep hearing意思是“老是聽到（Brian祝我生日快樂的聲音）”。

11. B。根據語境，這里應該是朋友報以理解的微笑，所以選understanding。

12. A。從下文可知進來的是個firefighter，這個firefighter正是作者的兒子。

13. B。這個消防員把蛋糕擺放（set）在作者面前。

14. C。句意為：……以便我能吹滅這50支燃燒著的焟燭。

15. D。句意為：媽媽，一定給我留塊蛋糕。save在這里的意思是“攢著，留著”。因為蛋糕已經拿來，故B、C、D項都不符合語境。

16. D。sounded very far away，聽起來很遙遠。

17. A。媽媽覺得兒子的聲音這回聽起來很遙遠，但似乎就在面前。這使得她由于過于吃驚而呆?。╢roze）在椅子上。

18. B。從上文可知兒子要媽媽給他留下點蛋糕可知，兒子準備一摘下頭盔就要吃蛋糕（cake）。

19. C。get this helmet off把頭盔摘下來。

20. D。兒子終于在媽媽生日時，趕回到她的身邊，因此，此刻他要脫下（took off）制服，摘掉頭盔，為媽媽祝賀生日。

D

一位父親教給兒子如何真正生活，值得品味！

解析：

1. A 有著六和七位數的收入當然是富有的。

2. C figure數字；number和amount表數量。

3. B盡管他們顯然得到稅的好處，這些人卻一個子兒也不肯捐出來。refuse to do拒絕。

4. D spend…in doing為固定搭配。

5. B 他們只是沒有發現給予的重要性和給予的力量。發現潛在的或隱蔽的東西要用discover。

6. A這些較富有的人往往坐著一個重要的職位，做一些重要的事情， 但是他們選擇無所作為。position職位；situation形勢、情況；condition條件、狀況。

7. D choose to do選擇……。

8. C 書名就叫《給兒子的信：一個父親的在成人、生活和愛方面的智能》。name和call用于人名。

9. D他教給兒子關于慷慨的價值。teach sb. sth教給某人……。

10. C記得要溫和地對待你自己和其他人。be gentle with溫和地對待某人。

11. B我們都是有機會的孩子。

12. A沒有人能說得明白為什么在八月太陽之下一些土地上會開花而另外的土地一片荒蕪。聯系開花，故不大可能是在冬季。

13. B關心你周圍的那些人。those那些人。

14. D生活中他們的選擇也并不容易。make a choice為固定短語。

15. C 給予就是愛。give給予，贈送。take索取。

16. A少關心你的收獲，多關心如何與別人分享。care for關心。

17. B這個男孩真是幸運。他的父親告訴了他如何真正生活!

18. C他們奉獻金錢；奉獻時間，分享他們的智慧和技術。share sth with sb與某人分享……。

19. D當有人要求幫忙的時候，他們總是很快就答應。be asked to被要求去做。When asked to help是省略句，補充完整為when they are asked to help。

20. B公式很簡單: 給予就是愛，愛就是生活。