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Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
in Japan tore open the walls (Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls.)
While painting the walls, he found that there was a lizard 1 there because a nail from outside had been
hammered into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt pity and at the same time 2 . When he checked the nail,
he found it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was first built.
What happened? The lizard had survived in such a 3 for 10 years-in a dark wall partition for 10 years
without moving! It was incredible. He wondered how this lizard had survived for 10 years without moving
a single step-since its foot was nailed!
So, he stopped his work and 4 the lizard: what has it been doing and what has it been 5 . Later, he
didn"t know from where 6 lizard appeared, with food in its mouth… AHHH! He was astonished and touched
deeply. The lizard that was stuck by the nail had been fed by this 7 lizard. Just imagine it had been doing
this for 10 tiresome years, 8 giving up hope for its partner!
Before hearing the story, I watched a program on a father who kept digging in the ruins caused by an
earthquake for 38 hours before finding his son, despite the dangers of fires and aftershocks. He talked about
his 9 to his son: No matter what happens, I"ll always be there for you!
What beautiful love that occurred between both humans and such 10 creatures as lizards! The relationship
between the two lizards remains unknown, 11 no matter what it is, the love between them has done a 12 .
So never abandon your loved ones.
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| Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that fits the context. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Emperor of China had sent some peaches to the king of Tondmandalam with a note 1.______ said that the fruit gave long life to 2.______ ate it. As the fruit was being shown to the ruler, Rama, who was a wise servant, giving in 3.______ temptation (诱惑), picked up 4. ______ of the luscious (甘美的) peaches and bit into it. The king was very angry. "You"ve bitten into a fruit meant for me!" he thundered. "5. ______ this you must die!" As Rama was being taken away by the royal guards he laughed and shouted," 6. _____ a deceitful (欺诈的) man the Emperor of China is! 7. ______ said the fruit gave long life. I took just one bite and I"m about to die. Oh, what a fate is waiting for the one who eats 8. ______ entire fruit!" The king was greatly amused by Rama"s wit. He not only pardoned him but also gave him a dozen of the peaches he had risked his life for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts. The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change. And it did. On arriving at the beach cottage, I kissed Evelyn meeting me at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks great on you." "Oh, Tom, you noticed", she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, "Evelyn"s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me." We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites. So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that"s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love. There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression. "What"s the matter?" I asked her. "Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress, "I don"t?" "What do you mean?" "Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you"ve been so good to me…am I dying?" It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing. "No, honey," I said, wrapping her in my arms. "You"re not dying; I"m just starting to live." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage _____. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. with his family B. with Evelyn C. alone D. with his children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because _____. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. he was determined to be a good husband B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm C. she looked lovely in her new clothes D. the doctor said his wife was seriously ill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. The author says, "There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment." What does "one thing" refer to? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her. B. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated. C. He knew something about her illness but didn"t tell her. D. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. By saying "I"m just starting to live," Tom means that _____. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life B. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change D. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church. The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into groups based 2 their ages. One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big 4 about what the Easter Bunny (复活节兔子) had brought. 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy, whom I should call Bobby, sat 7 . One of the teachers, noticing this, said to him, "And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?" He replied, "My mum 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn"t get 10 because he hadn"t got a key." This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories. My mom knew the true story, 12 . Bobby"s mom was a single parent, and she suspected (怀疑) that they just couldn"t 13 the Easter Bunny. After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 . But my mom announced that we were going home 15 . At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend to be the Easter Bunny, make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church. We all donated some to the basket, and 18 back to church. There, mom hung the basket over the hanger (挂钩) and attached a(n) 19 : Dear Bobby, I"m sorry I 20 your house last night. Happy Easter! Love, The Easter Bunny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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