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dollars-was far beyond Reuben Earle"s wealth.Five dollars would buy almost a week"s groceries for his
family.
But hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.
He ran towards the 1 and stopped at a construction site.People built their own homes in Bay Roberts,
using nails _2_ in hessian sacks(麻袋)from a local factory.Sometimes the sacks were _3_, and Reuben
knew he could sell them back to the 4_ for five cents a piece.
Back home, he looked at his mother Dora and _5_.Sunlight from the window gilded her shoulder-length blonde hair.Slim and beautiful, she was the center of the home, the glue that held it together.
Every day after school, Reuben walked down the town, _6_ the hessian nail bags.On the day the school closed for the summer, no student was more 7 than Reuben.Now he would have more time for his _8_.
Then one day the _9_ had come.
Reuben ran down Water Street to the store."Please, Mister.I have to sell the sacks now."
The man took the sacks, 10 his pocket and put four coins in Reuben"s hand.Reuben murmured (小
声说)a thank you and 11 , home.
When he got home.Reuben 12 the tin can.He poured the coins out and began to 13 . He had enough.
Then, he headed for the shop, "I have the 14 ," he told the owner.
The man went to the window and took out Reuben"s 15 . He wiped the dust off and gently wrapped it
in brown paper.Then he placed it in Reuben"s hands.
Racing home, Reuben _16_ the front door."Here, Mum! Here"." He placed a small box in her
work-roughened hands.
She 17 it carefully. A jewel box appeared.Dora lifted the cover, 18 beginning to blur (模糊) her
vision.
Dora had never received such a 19 ; she had no jewellery except her wedding ring. 20 ,she smiled and
gathered her son into her arms.
| ( )1. A. window ( )2. A. purchased ( )3. A. taken apart ( )4. A. people ( )5. A. wept ( )6. A. collecting ( )7. A. disappointed ( )8. A. mother ( )9. A. challenge ( )10. A. searched for ( )11. A. ran ( )12. A. sought ( )13. A. laugh ( )14. A. jewel ( )15. A. treasure ( )16. A. got in ( )17. A. opened ( )18. A. tears ( )19. A. celebration ( )20. A. Thankful | B. Sound B. produced B. seta side B. site B. hesitated B. selling B. delighted B. schedule B. possibility B. reached into B. walked B. buried B. count B. box B. coins B. slid into B. unwrapped B. fog B. wish B. Breathless | C. store C. delivered C. sorted out C. factory C. smiled C. recycling C. determined C. burden C. time C. glanced through C. left C. broke C. judge C. money C. present C. squeezed out C. unfolded C. dust C. gift C. Unexpected | D. school D. packed D. thrown away D. shop D. murmured D. carrying D. devoted D. mission D. opportunity D. stared at D. arrived D. uncovered D. observe D. ring D. sacks D. burst through D. fastened D. sunlight D. blessing D. Speechless | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| I"d been thinking of it so long; it seemed like the only thing to do-to show my baby, who had eyes as green as water and whose name means the sea, the ocean. "Babies are supposed to instinctually know who they daddy is," Gerald, Dooriya"s daddy, said, holding Dooriya before him. "But she don"t recognize nothing." Everybody had something to say about raising my baby, but none of them actually did any raising. Taking Dooriya to see the ocean had become the only thing that kept me from feeling like my life was an everlasting losing race, this vision of what could be for my little girl.When I told Momma about my plans to visit the lighthouse (灯塔) at Cape Hatteras, she just spun her broken record. "That baby"11 never understand a thing of what she"s seeing." "My baby book says I should treat her just like any other child. It"s good to show her beautiful things even if she don"t know what she"s seeing. It helps her brain develop. How"s her brain gonna develop if all she ever sees is the walls inside this crummy house?" "That child"s brain ain"t never gonna develop.We love her, but it"s not like she"s ever gonna not be a Mongoloid (先天愚型患者)." I had read a half-dozen books about Down Syndrome that said stimulation (刺激) might improve a child"s chances of developing to her fullest potential. And what"s more stimulating than a trip to see the ocean? Guidebooks described the area as the land of beginnings, which I liked the sound of. But before I could map out a plan, I woke up one night when Dooriya hiccupped (打嗝).Then she just stopped breathing. The ER doctor gave me a pamphlet on SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and said, children with Down Syndrome are much more likely to be affected by this sort of thing. I didn"t remember much about driving to Cape Hatteras, especially taking Dooriya from the hospital. But up on that lighthouse, with its broad spiral running up and around it like a black and white barber"s pole, I saw my life twist into the air. As I climbed the winding stairs, I counted the steps, 268 in all, stopping on 77, Dooriya"s very number of days on this planet. At the top, I held Dooriya up to the Atlantic, its cold air raising the thin soft hair on her head.With her eyes closed and her arms spread out, it looked like she was bathing in the warmth of the sun. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. From Gerald"s words "But she don"t recognize nothing." we know ____. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. The baby was probably born with the eye problem B. The father thought the baby was abnormal C. The baby could recognize nothing except her father D. The father made up an excuse not to care for the baby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Did anybody else besides her mother actually take the responsibility to raise the baby? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. The father. B. The grandma. C. Nobody. D. The doctor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. The reason why the mother wanted to take her baby to see the ocean is that ____. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. She believed seeing the ocean could help cure her baby"s disease B. She wanted her baby to enjoy her remaining time C. She believed the ocean was the land of beginnings D. She wanted her baby to enjoy nature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Which of the following is true according to the text? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. The doctor eventually saved the life of the baby. B. The baby was disabled by her careless mother. C. The baby enjoyed the sunshine while seeing the ocean. D. The disease SIDS took away the life of the baby. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally 1 , mixing with nobody. As they drive past neighbors they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of 2 . The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌的人) of themselves to the local police station by 3 music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other petty (琐碎的) little 4 . On moving into this neighborhood, I was 5 of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a 6 to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some 7 or other. I 8 answered politely and made sure I 9 as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind 10 about their garden or pets. Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give, Maureen and I decided to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their 11 remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to 12 these two unhappy ladies to our list and 13 a packet of cookies on their gate. Imagine my 14 when two days later they 15 at my gate and jokingly said they were 16 hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they brought me a bunch of flowers! So, my fellow gifters, do not 17 on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know just what this 18 to others, nor how many broken or 19 hearted people you may just change 20 a simple act of kindness. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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