The button pot
I stepped out of the rain into the small, warm house. I 1 the delicious fish and potatoes. I walked
down the 2 hall and into the kitchen where my grandma sat picking out buttons for a special project.
She 3 me and told me to sit down. I looked at her button pot and started going through the colorful
buttons. A couple of interesting buttons caught my 4 . My grandma said they were Italian buttons. Back
in Italy, people used to put them on pillow cases (枕头套). Six on each case,she told me. She had brought
them to Canada almost fifty years ago as a young bride (新娘).
She started telling me the 5 of some of her other buttons: the buttons she had 6 from old coats
given to her by a neighbor, and 7 she had always made most of the clothes for six children,including my
mom.
As I listened to her stories, I saw a woman whose body was now harmed by bone cancer 8 whose
spirit was undaunted (无畏的) even by that.
Her 9 has been able a full one,filled with pain, love, sadness and happiness. 10 her button pot, I
have been able to see the courage of life. |
( )1. A. tasted
( )2. A. small
( )3. A. discovered
( )4. A. eye
( )5. A. advantages
( )6. A. borrowed
( )7. A. when
( )8. A. or
( )9. A. study
( )10. A. Through | B. smelled
B. large
B. visited
B. ear
B. instructions
B. collected
B. how
B. and
B. life
B. With | C. saw
C. wide
C. greeted
C. arm
C. stories
C. made
C. whether
C. but
C. job
C. For | | 完形填空。 | Jack worked in a shop that sold clocks. He was always telling Harry 1 a new clock. But Harry, 2
lived next door to Jack"s, said he didn"t need one. "
3 needs a clock," Jack said."How do you know when it"s time to get up?"
"My landlord Mr. Smith turns on his radio at seven o"clock and listens 4 the news," Harry said. "That"s
my morning call."
"Ok. But how do you know when to go to work?"
"By the time I 5 my breakfast, it"s eight o"clock, time to leave for the office. Then I walk there. When
I arrive at my office, it"s nice o"clock. That"s 6 time I start work."
"Ok. But how do you know when it"s time to go home?"
"The factory bell 7 " Harry told him.
"But how do you know when it"s time to go to bed?"
"The television programs come to end."
By now Jack was really 8 . "Ok," he shouted. "Now tell me what would happen 9 you woke up in the
middle of the night and wanted to know the time."
"That"s easy," Harry said, "I would knock heavily on 10 wall. Then you would shout at me, "What are
you doing knocking on my wall at three o"clock in the morning?" | ( )1. A. to buy
( )2. A. which
( )3. A. No one
( )4. A. at
( )5. A. eats
( )6. A. a
( )7. A. ring
( )8. A. anger
( )9. A. if
( )10. A. his | B. buying
B. whose
B. Neither one
B. to
B. have eaten
B. an
B. rings
B. angrily
B. that
B. their | C. bought
C. that
C. Everyone
C. in
C. ate
C. the
C. was rung
C. angry
C. why
C. her | D. buy
D. who
D. Someone
D. on
D. was eating
D. 不填
D. ringing
D. angering
D. how
D. your | | 完形填空。 | It was the last day of school and I planned to travel to my friend"s hometown. I hadn"t seen him for
years and this was a good 1 to meet him again.
I was busy at school so it was rather 2 when I came back home. It was already 10 o"clock at night.
Time was running out. After a hurried meal I left. 3 I found a taxi very soon. Asking the driver to drive me
fast to the station, I relaxed for a while, imagining what my friend looked like now. I was soon at the station
and was sure that I would be able to 4 the train. Unfortunately, I fell on the way and lost some time. To my
complete 5 , when I reached the platform, I saw that the train had just left! It was the last train so I had to
6 home.
My mother was glad to see me back as she had a feeling about my trip. But I was unhappy. I tried to relax
and went to bed but I had a 7 sleep. The next morning I was very tired. As I was having breakfast the 8
arrived. I read over the pages and was shocked to 9 that the train I missed had had an accident. How 10
I was that I missed the train! | ( )1. A. sign
( )2. A. strange
( )3. A. Finally
( )4. A. stop
( )5. A. satisfaction
( )6. A. call
( )7. A. deep
( )8. A. newspaper
( )9. A. find
( )10. A. hopeful | B. chance
B. cold
B. Suddenly
B. see
B. hope
B. leave
B. bad
B. ticket
B. hear
B. thankful | C. sense
C. late
C. Strangely
C. catch
C. surprise
C. reach
C. great
C. mild
C. feel
C. careful | D. dream
D. quiet
D. Luckily
D. miss
D. joy
D. return
D. heavy
D. train
D. remember
D. painful | | 阅读理解。 | One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car, clearly in need of help. So he stopped his
old truck and got out. Although he was smiling, the old lady was worried. Was he gong to hurt her? He didn"t
look safe.
The man could see that she was frightened, so in his friendliest voice he said,"I"m here to help you,
madam. Why don"t you wait in the car where it"s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson." Bryan
quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. Then she asked how much she should pay him.
But Bryan wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. This was normal for him.
He said, "If you really want to repay me, next time you see someone in need, help them and think of me."
After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small café where she decided
to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight
months pregnant (***). Although the waitress looked tired she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay
the $10 bill she remembered Bryan"s words.
She paid with a hundred-dollar bill. But when the waitress returned with the change the lady was gone.
On the table she saw a small note. There ware tears in her eyes when she read it: "Somebody once helped me
the way I"m helping you. If you want to pay me back, continue being kind to others." Under the note were
nine more $100 bills.
Was the old lady an angel? The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news.
"Bryan Anderson my dear…you"re not going to believe what just happened…" | | 1. When the lady saw Bryan, she was worried because she thought _______. | A. he may hurt her
B. he wasn"t going to stop
C. he couldn"t help her
D. she didn"t have enough money | | 2. What can we learn about the old lady from the story? | A. She was never kind to others.
B. She was usually quite careless.
C. She was probably very rich.
D. She was not a very good driver. | | 3. The underlined expression "giving a hand to (Paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to "_______". | A. questioning
B. helping
C. hurting
D. calling | | 4. The underlined word "it" (Paragraph 5) refers to "_______". | A. the change
B. the bill
C. the note
D. the order | | 5. Which of the following shows the relationship between the man, the lady and the waitress? | 
 | | 完形填空。 | It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. Green was reading a newspaper. Suddenly he heard his wife 1 in the
next room. He hurried to her and asked, "What happened to you. my dear?"
"Oh, dear!" his wife cried out, "My head hurts! 2 a doctor. Hurry up!" Their two children were both 3
at that moment and something was wrong with the telephone. Mr. Green 4 go to a hospital himself. Bad luck!
All the hospitals in the town were 5 that day.
Mr. Green didn"t know 6 . Just then his friend, Mr. Brown, saw him and asked."What is 7 ?"
Mr. Green told him everything. The man.said."Why not turn to 8 ? He can help you." Mr. Green
remembered his friend, Mr. Black was a good doctor. He hurried to Mr. Black"s.
When he got there, Mr. and Mr. Black were having their 9 meal. The doctor asked Mr. Green to drink
with him. He was happy and sat 10 . After that they began to chat. And when Mrs. Black asked, "How is you
wife?" "She is fine, thanks…" Mr. Green stopped at once - he remembered his wife was waiting for a doctor
at home. | ( )1. A. crying
( )2. A. Look for
( )3. A. in
( )4. A. should
( )5. A. expensive
( )6. A. when to go
( )7. A. the matter
( )8. A. Mr. Brown
( )9. A. lunch
( )10. A. in bed | B. laughing
B. Wait for
B. out
B. could
B. open
B. how to do
B. the wrong
B. Mr. Black
B. supper
B. on floor | C. whispering
C. Send for
C. up
C. had to
C. free
C. where to go
C. trouble
C. Mr. Green
C. morning
C. at the table | D. singing
D. Ask for
D. down
D. was able lo
D. closed
D. what to deal with
D. problem
D. Mrs. Green
D. evening
D. at home |
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