Soon Tommy’s parents, who had recently separated, would arrive for a conference on his failing schoolwork and bad behavior. Neither parent knew that I had called the other.
Tommy, an only child, had always been happy, cooperative and an excellent student. How could I convince his father and mother that his recent failing grades represented a broken-hearted child’s reaction to his parents’ separation and pending (即将发生的) divorce?
Tommy’s mother entered and took one of the chairs. Soon the father arrived. Good! At least they were concerned enough to be here in time. They ignored each other.
As I gave a detailed account of Tommy’s behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the right words to bring these two together to help them see what they were doing to their son. But somehow the words wouldn’t come. Perhaps if they saw one of his dirty, carelessly done papers?
I found a sheet in the back of his desk. Writing covered both sides: not the assignment, but a single sentence scribbled (潦草地写) over and over.
Silently I gave it to Tommy’s mother. She read it and then handed it to her husband. Then his face softened.
At last he folded the paper carefully, placed it in his pocket, and reached for his wife’s hand. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled up at him. He helped her with her coat and they left together.
In his own way God had given me the words to reunite that family. He had guided me to the sheet of yellow copy paper covered with the pain out pouring of a small boy’s troubled heart.
The words are “Dear Mom…Dear Daddy… I love you…”
1.The author called Tommy’s parents in order to ________.
A. solve the couple’s problem
B. scold them for their divorce
C. help them realize their influence on Tommy
D. blame Tommy for his failing grades
2.This passage is most probably written by _________.
A. a teacher B. a journalist C. a lawyer D. a doctor
3.How did Tommy’s parents feel after seeing the words?
A. Satisfied. B. Troubled. C. Depressed D. Moved
4. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. the author knew Tommy often wrote to his parents
B. the author said a lot to make Tommy’s parents reunite
C. Tommy hated his parents divorcing
D. Tommy was greatly influenced by his parents
5. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. A separate family B. Tommy’s essay
C. Never divorce D. A good teacher
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It’s really hard for any of us to be faster than Liu Xiang, but still we can do our share during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since the first modern Olympics, volunteers 1. (become) an important and insuperable part of the great event. There were 900 people 2. (work) for free at the first modern games and 3. number of volunteers increased since then.
4. has been estimated that around 100,000 volunteers will be needed for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympics Games. It might be the 5. (big) volunteer recruitment in the history of modern Olympics.
There are many kinds of volunteers. “Towards Olympics” volunteers refer to those 6. help the whole nation preparing for the games when the final day comes closer. “Games-time” volunteers refer to volunteers recruited directly by BOCOG. They perform post-specific 7. (responsible) during the Games, work at the times and places designed by BOCOG and serve at the Beijing Olympic Games 8. pay. High school students are welcomed to become city volunteers. They will have 9. (fix) or specially assigned working positions during the Games. Anyone can be a social volunteer, 10. jobs are spreading Olympic concepts and culture, maintaining social orders, optimizing city environment and advocating civilized behavior.
My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as 1 citizens.
He is a 2 companion. He does many amusing things that make me 3 , and when that happens, he is so delighted 4 he just keeps it up.
But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him, 5 he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my 6 . He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually 7 , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then 8 ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in 9 , falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays 10 and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.
When cancer starts, a 11 of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to 12 the lump.
I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not 13 to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too 14 .
Was Cocoa 15 of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!
1.A. good B. standard C. senior D. great
2. A. wonderful B. tiring C. hungry D. bad
3. A. leave B. cry C. laugh D. jump
4.A. as B. when C. and D. that
5.A. when B. then C. though D. as
6. A. chest B. body C. shoulder D. arm
7. A. right B. good C. enough D. unexpected
8. A. hurriedly B. rudely C. slowly D.suddenly
9. A. pain B. surprise C. trouble D.danger
10. A. experiments B. researches C. tests D.papers
11. A. wall B. cancer C. body D. number
12. A. watch B. have C. get D. notice
13. A. ran B. kept C. entered D. spread
14. A. common B. late C. much D. early
15. A. ashamed B. aware C. afraid D. tired
Listen! Some person calling for you at the gate.
A. are B. is C. was D. will be
These wild flowers are so special that I would do _______ I can to save them.
A. whichever B. that C. which D. whatever
It is the fact ______ Jane doesn’t know Jolin is a popular singer _______ surprises us all.
A. which; which B. that; that C. which; that D. that; which]
