About 20 years ago, I was lucky to teach a disabled young woman named Audrey. Not only was she good at math and science, but she was also very in art. She could draw and paint beautifully. When Audrey graduated from university, she got two , one in fine arts and one in chemistry. Not too many people do well in two such areas of study. 根据上文:one in fine arts and one in chemistry.
Just before her high school graduation, Audrey me a wonderful gift. It was a watercolour painting of a mother and her baby. A tear from the mother’s eye as she looked at her child. Under the painting, Audrey had these words: “The deep love from Mother, me, touches another.” What a beautiful gift! I had the piece of art framed and in my office.
Years passed with many from one office to another and I the painting. Last year, after about eight years of not knowing where it was, I a phone call from a former colleague who said she had of mine. It was the picture Audrey had painted for me 18 years earlier. When cleaning out a storage room, she had my gift.
I was struck that the gift came back. I knew Audrey very well. When she was four years old, Audrey had a serious . What’s worse, her father left the house. It was her mother who brought her up with much trouble. She it but was disabled.
To , it is just a painting, but to me it shows how a mother’s love has helped a talent and how its pushes me ahead.
1.A. interestedB. talentedC. buriedD. absorbed
2.A. degreesB. choiceC. chancesD. jobs
3.A. similarB. distinguishingC. differentD. scientific
4.A. gaveB. promisedC. affordedD. presented
5.A. sankB. floodedC. escapedD. fell
6.A. quietlyB. lovinglyC. warmlyD. gently
7.A. describedB. markedC. writtenD. signed
8.A. pastB. onC. withD. through
9.A. hungB. decoratedC. paintedD. added
10.A. migrationsB. movesC. turnsD. circles
11.A. leftB. forgotC. lostD. ignored
12.A. acceptedB. madeC. dialedD. received
13.A. somethingB. booksC. giftsD. letters
14. A. searchedB. discoveredC. observedD. touched
15.A. ancientB. colorfulC. preciousD. abstract
16.A. symptomB. faultC. heartD. disease
17.A. survivedB. recoveredC. struggledD. managed
18.A. someone elseB. anyone elseC. everyone elseD. nobody else
19.A. encourageB. becomeC. developD. practise
20.A. energyB. forceC. strengthD. power
— I get at least half an hour of exercise almost every day.
— Oh great! .
A. Good luck B. Cheer up
C. Same to you D. Keep it up
The meaning of the word “nice” changed a few times it finally came to include the sense “pleasant”.
A. before B. after C. since D. while
The exact year Angela and her family spent together in China was 2008.
A. When B. where C. why D. which
After his journey abroad, Richard Jones returned home, ___.
A. excited B. exciting
C. being excited D. having excited
I like __________in the early morning when the air is fresh and I can take a walk around the garden.
A. that B. it C. whichD. what