I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.

When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son 36 up at me and said,“I love you.”I didn't know what to say. For several   37 all I could do was to  38 there and looked down at him.My first thought was that he must need   39 with his homework or he was trying to  40 me for some news.

Finally I asked,“What was that all about?”

“Nothing,”he said.“My teacher said we should   41 our parents that we love them and see what they say.It is  42 .”

The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment”and how the other parents had  43

“Most of the fathers had the   44 reacting（反应）as you did ,”the teacher said.“When I first  45we try this , I asked the children what they thought their parents would say . Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.“The 46 is,”the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of  47.It is something all people 48 .What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too  49 we don't all express those feelings.A boy should be  50 to tell his dad he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man , understands how  51 it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening ,I held on to(抱着)him for  52 second.And just before he  53 away, I said in my deepest, most manly(男子气慨)voice,“Hey, I love you ,too.”

I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good(感觉很好)，Maybe next time one of my children said“I love you”，it wouldn't take me a whole  54 to think of the right 55 .

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work．When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked  （1）  at me and said , “I love you．” I didn't know what to say．  （2 ） several seconds all I could do was to stand there and  （3） down at him．My first thought was that he must need  （4）  with his homework or he was trying to  （5）  me for some news．

    Finally I asked, “What was that all about ? ”

    “Nothing, ”he said．“My teacher said we should  （6 ） our parents that we love them and see what they say．It's  （7）．

    The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had  （8） ．

    “Most of the fathers had the  （9）  reacting as you did , ”the teacher said．“When I first  （10）  we try this , I asked the children what they thought their parents would say．Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble．The  （11）  is , ”the teacher explained , “feeling loved is an important part of  （12） ．It is something all people  （13） ．What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too  （14）  we don't all express those feeling．A boy should be  （15） to tell his dad he loves him．

    The teacher , a middle - aged man , understands how  （16）  it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say．

    When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for  （17）  second．And just  （18）  he pulled away , I said in my deepest , most manly voice , “Hey , I love you , too．”

    I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good．Maybe next time one of my children said “I love you ”, it would not take me a whole  （19）  to think of the right  （20）  ．

1．A．down               B．away                  C．out               D．up

2．A．After                B．For                   C．At               D．On

3．A．sit                   B．get                   C．look             D．knock

4．A．rest                 B．time                 C．help              D．paper

5．A．report                B．prepare              C．answer           D．excuse

6．A．help                  B．tell                   C．ask              D．make

7．A．a matter              B．an experiment          C．a word           D．a sentence

8．A．said                  B．reacted              C．done                     D．explained

9．A．same                 B．different              C．usual                   D．common

10．A．suggested           B．agreed              C．allowed           D．planned

11．A．point                   B．idea                  C．way             D．cause

12．A．body                     B．know                  C．take             D．need

13．A．agree                      B．understand              C．know                   D．require

14．A．bad                 B．good                C．late              D．early

15．A．fit                   B．ready               C．worth           D．able

16．A．easy                 B．much               C．often             D．difficult

17．A．a more               B．after                  C．an exact         D．an extra

18．A．before                B．after                C．because         D．if

19．A．day                  B．week               C．afternoon         D．night

20．A．answer            B．result                    C．reason          D．experiment

One day, a boy said to a girl, "If I have only one bowl of gruel, I shall give one half to my mother, and the other half to you." The little girl liked the little boy from then on. That year he  was twelve and she was ten.
    Ten years passed. When their village was flooded, he ceaselessly rescued others, including old people, children, the acquainted and the unacquainted, everyone except her in person. After she was rescued by others, somebody asked him, "Since you like her, why didn't you rescue her?" He answered gently, "It's just because I love her that I first rescued others. I would never live alone if she died." So they got married. That year he was twenty two and she was twenty.

Later, the whole country suffered from famine. They also had few in the pot. Finally, only an ounce of noodles were left, and they cooked a bowl of noodles in soup. He was reluctant to eat and let her eat; she was reluctant to eat and let him eat! Three days later, the bowl of noodles went moldy. At that time, he was forty two and she was forty.

Since his grandfather was ever a landlord, he was criticized and denounced in public meetings. During those special years, the "Organization" asked her to "make clear the borderline and distinguish right and wrong", but she said, "I don't know who is the inner enemy, but I do know he is a good man. He loves me and I also love him. That's enough." That year he was fifty two and she was fifty.

Many years passed, he and she began to practice Qigong in order to keep healthy. Because they were transferred to a town, every morning they took a bus to the city center park. When a young man offered his seat to them, each of them wouldn't take the seat because the other had to stand. Therefore, holding the handrail, they leaned each other with content smiles on their faces, and all of other passengers couldn't help standing up. That year he was seventy two and she was seventy.  

She said, "When we were both dead ten years later, I must turn into him and he must turn into me, then he could drink the half bowl of gruel that I give him!"

Seventy years of hardship life interprets this true love!

72.            really touches the author?  

A. Love full of romantic and striking stories

B. Love based on ordinary words and daily affairs     

C. what the hero in the story did to the other    

D. What the heroine in the story did to the other

73. The love story was written___________.

A. centered on the bowl of gruel             B. about a foreign couple  

C. in time order                                     D. to tell his own story

74. The word ______ best explains the underlined word in the 2^nd paragraph.

A. Continuously      B. Carefully      C. Hardly     D. Happily

75. The best title of this story should be_________.

A. A Bowl of Gruel                             B. The Respectable Couple   

C. The Value of true love                     D. A Classic Love Story

　　Then by chance, Darwin read a book by Malthus, an Englishman. The book was forty years old, and Malthus was already dead. But it suddenly pushed Darwin nearer to some answers. Malthus said,“The number of people in the world can grow very quickly. Just think, a man and his wife could have ten children. When these ten grow up, every one of them could have ten more children. So now we have a hundred children. Again, if every one of these has ten children, we will have a thousand children and this can continue. We will have more and more people.”

　　All this could happen. But did it? Malthus said,“No. It doesn't happen in the real world. The number of people remains almost the same. Why? The reason is this. We just can't grow food quickly enough. Soon there's not enough food. So some people can't eat. They die before they bring any more children into the world.”

　　These ideas came at just the right time for Darwin. He asked one more question: Which people will die before they have children? For Malthus, this was not an important question. But for Darwin, it was very important.

　　He asked,“Which people will have children? Why does this man have children, and why does that man not have any?”And soon of course he was thinking of the Galapagos finches（鸣鸟）again.

　　“The number of finches remains almost the same. So usually two birds must give us only two new birds. But a finch lays more than two eggs. Which two young birds will live, and give us more eggs? Which will not?”

　　The answer is some birds can't get enough food--they will die. But why can't they get enough? Why are some birds better than them? The birds in one family are not quite the same. Some are stronger, some are quicker, some are bigger, some have longer beaks, some have lighter bodies. The best birds will live.

　　And always an answer brought with a question: What is“best”? Darwin now, had his list of facts and questions, answers and ideas. Could he put them together and make a clear story? Could he explain the evolution（进化）of the finches?

　　He could and he did.

(1) What are the general differences between Darwin and Malthus according to the passage?

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A．Darwin thought of the evolution while Malthus considered the starvation.

B．Malthus believed that more food was needed for more people while Darwin found the answer to the problem of how to keep the“best one”.

C．Darwin concluded“the survival of the fittest”,while Malthus made it clear that the lack of food might prevent the increase of population.

D．Malthus felt it important for people to live better while Darwin supposed it more important for birds to have more young ones.

(2) What is Malthus'point of view about the problem of population?

A．It is natural for the population to increase without any plan.

B．It is unnecessary to make people have fewer children.

C．Some people could not have fewer children because of the lack of food.

D．The number of people would remain almost the same if the food conditions would not change.

(3) What was the result of Darwin's research?

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A．He wanted to find out why some birds can live better while some others cannot.

B．He only made an answer to the question“What is the best?”

C．He explained the evolution of the finches through his observation（观察）.

D．He discovered a lot more“Whys”than Malthus did.

(4) Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Darwin developed his theory with the help of Malthus'.

B．Darwin agreed completely with Malthus.

C．Darwin held the same opinion that lack of food made people have fewer children.

D．Darwin used finches to do experiments before using people.

(5) From the passage we can find out the author ________.

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A．preferred talking about Darwin to Malthus

B．just gave some facts of scientists'research work without any comments（评论）

C．thought Malthus'book led Darwin to the scientific research of the birds

D．believed Darwin had done much more research work than Malthus ever did