My mum only had one eye. She cooked for students and teachers to    16    the family when I was young.

   One day my mum came to 　17  hello to me in primary school. I was so embarrassed（尴尬的） that I threw her a hateful  18  and ran out.

   The next day at school, one of my classmates said, “Your mum only has one eye!” and   19     at me.

   I hated my mum and decided to leave her, so I studied very hard. Later I got a chance to go abroad to study and I left my mother.　20　graduation I worked, bought a house and got    21  there. Then I had kids of my own. I was happy with my wife and my kids. But one day someone knocked at my door. It was my  22   !When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I   23   at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!” And to this, my mum 　24   answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have got the wrong   25   ,”and she disappeared.

   One day, a letter regarding a school reunion（聚会） came to my house. So I 　26   to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house.

   My neighbours said that she    27    . I did not have a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

   My dearest son,

    I am thinking 　28　 you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your 　29　 .

     I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was still an embarrassment to you when you were growing up.

   You see…when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you grow up with one eye. So I gave you    30    .

   …  With all my love to you!

   Your mother

1.A. support       B. provide       C. offer         D. prefer

2.A. speak          B. talk          C. say           D. tell

3.A. cry           B. look          C. laugh         D. smell

4.A. smiled             B. shouted       C. knocked     D. laughed

5.A. After              B. Since        C. Before        D. Until

6.A. worried            B. excited       C. married       D. satisfied

7.A. Dad                B. friend        C. son           D. Mum

8.A. said               B. screamed      C. talked        D. added

9.A. quietly            B. happily       C. loudly        D. angrily

10.A. name           B. address       C. number       D. city

11.A. laid           B. told          C. lied          D. lay

12.A. returned       B. moved        C. hurt          D. died

13.A. over              B. of            C. out           D. about

14.A. wife           B. son           C. family        D. daughter

15.A. his               B. yours            C. hers             D. mine

 

There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know how to be a good father. I couldn’t   16   him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “  17  ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a   18  . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad — he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and   19   every penny I could and when I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to   20   it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, you only need to pay me five dollars.” I offered with a smile.

“I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a   21   to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house,   22   it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a hot day. As my dad got out of my car, I   23  him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his   24   from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were  25   lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).

Suddenly, it came up with me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete(混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,   26 hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him   27   about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he ask us to pay for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to   28   me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my __29__. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he   30   his throat(喉咙) and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

1.A. like           B. remember         C. forget           D. care

2.A. Sorry        B. Yes              C. No                D. Well

3.A. car          B. friend           C. job                 D. present

4.A. spent        B. earned           C. kept               D. saved

5.A. take        B. put              C. turn                 D. show

6.A. ride         B. leave            C. trip                  D. hurry

7.A. as           B. although        C. but                   D. since

8.A. helped       B. followed        C. left                  D. watched

9.A. tools        B. clothes          C. luggage            D. bag

10.A. fewer        B. more           C. longer               D. less

11.A. whatever     B. whenever        C. wherever              D. however

12.A. talk         B. complain         C. ask                D. speak

13.A. hand         B. borrow           C. lend                  D. take

14.A. help         B. advice           C. treat              D. idea

15.A. cleaned      B. wiped            C. cleared             D. felt

 

Sheila bought a new lunch bag for school.

On the way to school, she looked inside. She hoped that a new lunch bag meant something new for lunch,   16   she found the same lunch as always---a sandwich.

When the lunch bell rang. Sheila found her bag and carried it to the dining hall. She opened it and   17   two pieces of fried chicken, several strawberries, and an egg.

“Wow!” Sheila said, “That’s what I call   18   !”

The next morning, Sheila opened her lunch bag and looked inside. Sure enough, she found another   19   . But when she opened the bag at lunchtime in the dining hall, she discovered a piece of pizza, an orange, and a cake.

“My lunch bag  20   be magic,” Sheila said.

“There’s no such thing as magic,” her friend Douglas  21   .

“There is,” Sheila said. “My mother   22   packs me a sandwich. But ever since I got this new lunch bag, the sandwich has changed into something I like.”

“Maybe your mother’s packing   23   things for a change.”

“No,” Sheila said. “I checked in the morning. The sandwich changes   24   .”

“You are not the   25   one with a magic lunch bag,” Beatrice said, turning around from the table behind her. “I have one, too. See? This is my magic bag.”

“Hey,” Sheila said. “My lunch bag really looks like yours.”

“Mine is magic,” said Beatrice. “Every day my dad  26   leftovers(剩饭), but at lunchtime I find a sandwich---my favorite!”

Sheila started   27   .

“What’s so funny?” Beatrice asked.

“That’s the sandwich my mother packs,” Sheila said. “We’ve been getting our lunch bags   28   up.”

Sheila and  29   shared their lunches every day after that. Sheila loved making new discoveries each time she opened her lunch bag. But her best discovery was magically finding a new   30   .

1.A. and             B. so                C. but              D. or

2.A. showed          B. discovered         C. wanted           D. offered

3.A. lunch bag         B. dining hall         C. breakfast         D. lunch

4.A. sandwich         B. chicken            C. egg             D. orange

5.A. can              B. must              C. may            D. need

6.A. disturbed         B. discovered          C. disappeared      D. disagreed

7.A. never            B. seldom             C. often           D. ever

8.A. different          B. same              C. easy            D. delicious

9.A. at home          B. during school         C. on the way       D. after lunchtime

10.A. last              B. next                C. extra            D. only

11.A. packs            B. cooks               C. leaves           D. checks

12.A. shouting          B. nodding             C. laughing         D. finding

13.A. fixed             B. used                C. broken          D. mixed

14.A. Douglas          B. Beatrice              C. Sheila’s mother   D. Beatrice’s father

15.A. friend            B. classroom            C. classmate        D. school

 

Hello! I’m Jim, I come     16     England. I     17     short, yellow hair and blue eyes. Now I’m a student of Beijing.

In the morning, I     18     at six.     19    I take a walk (散步) with my dad. At about seven, I have breakfast. Porridge     20     my favourite. After breakfast, I go to school.

I have     21     at school. The food is very good. I have     22     foods for lunch. Sometimes (有时) I have     23    , meat and noodles; sometimes I have dumplings.                        

    24      the evening, I have supper at home. I do     25     homework before I go to bed.

1.A. from             B. to     C. with     D. for

2.A. am               B. has    C. have     D. want

3.A. go to bed  B. go home C. go to school  D. get up

4.A. And              B. Then   C. Or       D. But

5.A. am               B. is     C. are      D. be

6.A. breakfast  B. lunch    C. supper       D. dinner

7.A. different  B. same     C. favourite    D. hungry

8.A. rice             B. cokes  C. breads       D. milks

9.A. On               B. In     C. At       D. For

10.A. his             B. her    C. my       D. your