In October, I told the eight-year-olds about my plan. “I’ d like all of you to do extra jobs to __________ some money. Then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner ___________.” I wanted the children to ____________ that it’s more blessed to give than to ___________. I wanted them to understand that religion is ____________ nice theological (神学的）ideas; that people somehow have to make it come _____________.
Early in the week, the boys and girls arrived in class seizing their hard-earned money and couldn’t wait to go shopping. I watched ____________ they ran up and down the supermarket aisles. ____________, we headed toward the checkout. Then someone ____________ a “necessity” that sent them racing.
“Flowers!” kristine cried. The group rushed toward the holiday __________. I pronounced, “You can’t eat flowers.” “But Mrs. Sherlock, we want flowers.” ________, I sighed as the children moved a pot of purple mums (菊花) into the cart.
Then we set off for the house of a needy grandmother and finally _________ in front of a small house in the woods. A woman with a tired face came to the door to _________ us. My little group hurried to get the turkey and the trimmings. As each box was carried in, the old woman thanked us — much to children’s _________. When Amy put the mums on the counter, the woman seemed surprised.
We returned to the car. Fastening seat belts, we could see the kitchen window. The woman inside waved goodbye, then turned and walked across the room, past the turkey, past the trimmings, ________ to the mums. She put her face in the flowers. When she raised her head, there was a __________ on her lips. She was transformed before our eyes. The children were quiet. In that one brief ________, they had seen for themselves the _________ they possessed to make another’s life _________. The children had ________ that sometimes a person needs a pot of funny flowers on a dark November day.
1.A.spend B.earn C.withdraw D.save
2.A.either B.though C.otherwise D.anyway
3.A.experience B.expect C.advocate D.clarify
4.A.enjoy B.receive C.accumulate D.share
5.A.better than B.rather than C.other than D.more than
6.A.alive B.wrong C.fresh D.fair
7.A.until B.before C.as D.since
8.A.Gradually B.Eventually C.Frequently D.Occasionally
9.A.observed B.confirmed C.recognized D.spotted
10.A.plants B.lights C.cards D.foods
11.A.Panicked B.Moved C.Defeated D.Determined
12.A.pulled up B.settled down C.turned out D.got through
13.A.accompany B.welcome C.inspect D.instruct
14.A.puzzle B.astonishment C.pleasure D.disappointment
15.A.straight B.abruptly C.gradually D.close
16.A.terror B.shock C.pain D.smile
17.A.chance B.decision C.moment D.condition
18.A.energy B.power C.talent D.interest
19.A.wealthier B.healthier C.easier D.better
20.A.sensed B.noticed C.marked D.checked
—I can drive you home.
—____ , but are you sure it’s not too much trouble?
A.That would be great B.Don’t bother
C.I’m afraid not D.Take care
The prize winner described to the class ________ he had managed to achieve excellence in his study.
A.what B.how C.which D.whether
Music treatment involves a specialist playing an instrument or singing _______ the patient’s mood.
A.by means of
B.on behalf of
C.on account of
D.in response to
--- I called you last night, but no one answered.
--- Sorry, I _______ sleeping.
A.must have been
B.would have been
C.must be
D.could be
The tea-picking opera _____ developed from the tea-growing regions in Jiangxi where the tea pickers would sing songs while working.
A.luckily B.skillfully C.originally D.rapidly
