—Where is Mother?
—She is in the kitchen. She ______the housework all morning.
A.does B. has been doingC. has done D. was doing
Not knowing how to grow crops，the primitive people had no ______ but to gather the fruit and hunt animals for food.
A. conception B. commandC. virtue D. alternative
—Did you meet with the famous star yesterday?
—______ I had come a little earlier!
A. If only B. Only if C. But for D. For fear
A lot of children never fully ______ their mothers until it is too late.
A. urge B. appreciate C. accuse D. motivate
______ I admit that there are problems, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.
A. As B. If C. While D. When
For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask permission of his mother to take his black and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile from the house to the fence which the beginning of the dirty driveway.
One day, I was busy with my business and was for about an hour, completely forgetting about the little boy down the road who might be for his daddy.
On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not ten feet in front of me. All I could was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. , the downpour began to abate(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨) by the time my car turned the last and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal.
, I caught sight of my little boy, who was an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the of a little boy.
As I stopped the car and the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and with cold, but he never the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you. I am so glad you are home.”
Last year, we to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road. , I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that has occurred in my mind. all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.
1.A. bagB. dogC. umbrellaD. toy
2.A. journeyB. flightC. effortD. ride
3.A. discoveredB. explainedC. markedD. described
4.A. controlledB. trainedC. delayedD. bothered
5.A. hopefulB. gratefulC. carefulD. faithful
6.A. waitingB. sendingC. searchingD. calling
7.A. driveB. seeC. feelD. hear
8.A. stick toB. think ofC. pick upD. hold on
9.A. In factB. In surpriseC. At once D. At last
10.A. momentB. cornerC. streetD. way
11.A. All of a suddenB. Believe it or notC. To my pleasureD. For seconds
12.A. holdingB. takingC. foldingD. carrying
13.A. bodyB. headC. faceD. hand
14.A. closedB. lockedC. knockedD. opened
15.A. worryingB. nervousC. tremblingD. anxious
16.A. noticedB. doubtedC. judgedD. mentioned
17.A. movedB. turnedC. returnedD. traveled
18.A. ThereforeB. BesidesC. OtherwiseD. However
19.A. timeB. sceneC. actD. sight
20.A. WithB. ForC. LikeD. Among
