When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like ...

When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, 31  it was for the best, I could do better, it was his 32  and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot 33  such pain.

He left and I tried to 34  my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and 35  the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I 36  not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n) 37  end. I would rather just 38   in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting   39 .

And yet it was a young woman who 40  back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of 41  and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world.42 , there are more important things. More important than 43 , I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.

He didn’t 44  my dreams as I feared that night. 45 , I am flying far across fields and woods, 46  on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some 47  that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a 48 , but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken 49  again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is 50   a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.

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When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.

Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.

My father then set out to sell it. Eventually, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.

My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.

1.Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?

A. The author.　 B. The author’s father.

C. The girl.　　 D.The girl’s mother

2.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?

A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.

B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.

D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.

3. The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A. named　　　　 B. treated

C. proved　　　　 D. described

4. According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?

A. To meet the author himself.

B. To sell the O. Henry story.

C. To talk with the O. Henry expert.

D. To give money to the girl.

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When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor in the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.

Her mother ran a boarding house in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.

My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.

My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.

1.Who discovered the O. Henry’s manuscript?

A. The girl’s mother.　　　 B. The author’s father.

C. The girl.　　 　　　　　　　 D. The author.

2.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?

A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.

B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.

D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.

3.The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A. named　　　　 B. treated　　　 C. proved　　 D. Described

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I liked climbing things when I was a baby. My mother remembers and has told me most of those 16moments like this one. When I was one and a half years old, we lived in our first house in Rue St-Louis. On a hot summer day, my father intended to 17the roof of our old house. In order to climb up there, he 18   a ladder front of the house.

In my town, 19could walk outside because the streets were 20 . I was outside watching my father climb on that strange thing. I was curious about why my father disappear at last. So I decided to go up it to 21why it was impossible to see my father after he reached the 22of that thing. At 1.5 years old, still a baby wearing pampers, I climbed that ladder to the roof top and started walking 23 . My father did not notice that-he was on the other side occupied with his repairs. It happened that a nice lady in our 24passed by and 25me. The nice lady came to my house and 26my mother of it, who was fearful and 27ran outside to speak with me.

She really thought I would just 28that roof, for I was just a baby29 . She asked me to sit down and stop moving in a 30way you speak to your babies when they are cute. 31 , I threw myself flat on the 32 and waited.

My mother climbed the ladder to 33me up and there I was enjoying the view laughing at my mother’s shocked face. 34the saying goes, “He who knows nothing 35 nothing.”

1.A．valuable         B．unforgettable  C．endless        D．worthy

2.A．build            B．paint          C．clean          D．mend

3.A．spread           B．laid           C．stood          D．moved

4.A．adults           B．children       C．babies         D．villagers

5.A．smooth           B．wide           C．clean          D．safe

6.A．figure out B．think out            C．pick out       D．point out

7.A．foot             B．top            C．step           D．body

8.A．out              B．up             C．down           D．around

9.A．house            B．neighborhood   C．family         D．company

10.A．met             B．inspected      C．heard          D．spotted

11.A．asked           B．warned         C．reminded       D．advised

12.A．quietly         B．slowly         C．immediately    D．curiously

13.A．fall off        B．climb onto     C．repair         D．destroy

14.A．after all       B．at all         C．in all         D．all in all

15.A．concerned       B．cautious       C．nice           D．clear

16.A．Therefore B．Instead              C．However        D．Otherwise

17.A．ladder          B．ground         C．roof           D．street

18.A．bring           B．pick           C．put            D．take

19.A．When            B．While          C．For            D．As

20.A．doubts          B．fears          C．ignores        D．understands

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John told me he’d like to go hiking with me, his voice ________joy.

A. was heavy with   B. was full of

C. heavy with       D. full with.

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I’d like to tell you a story my grandmother told me when I was six or seven years old. We had to go to her home for Thanksgiving dinner and the　 _______ was rather a long one. I had filled the time with making a _______of all the things that I wanted for Christmas that year.

Later I showed the list to my grandmother. After she read it, she said, “That　 _______is a long list!” Then she told me this story:

“Once there was a little girl who came to live in an orphanage(孤儿院). As Christmas time　 _______ , all of the other children began _______the little girl about the beautiful Christmas tree that would appear in the huge downstairs _______　 on Christmas morning. Each child would be given their one and only Christmas gift, a small, single _______ .”

“The headmaster of the orphanage was very　 _______ , so when he caught the little girl climbing down the stairs to look at the Christmas tree in the hall, he sharply _______　 that the little girl would not _______ her Christmas orange because she had been to _______　 as to disobey the rules. The little girl ran back to her room_______ and crying. The next morning as the other children were going down to breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn’t stand the _______ of seeing the others receive their gift when there would be _______ for her. Later, as the children came back, the little girl was　 _______5 to be handed a napkin(面巾纸). As she carefully _______　 it, there to her disbelief was an orange all peeled and sectioned. “It was then that she imagined _______ each child had taken one section from their orange and given it to her so that she, too, would have a Christmas orange.”

How I _______　 this story! I would ask my grandmother to tell it to me over and over as I _______. How I wish the world, as a whole world display that same kind of _______　 for others, not just at Christmas, but throughout the year.

1.A. story　　　　 B. drive　　　　　 C. moment　　　　　 D. holiday

2.A. choice　　　　 B. order　　　　　 C. list　　　　　　 D. joke

3.A. hardly　　　　　 B. usually　　　　 C. specially　 　　 D. really

4.A. moved　　　　 　 B. approached　　 C. linked　　　　 D. took

5.A. telling　　　　 B. informing　　　 C. warning　　　 D. sending

6.A. hall　　　　　 B. kitchen　　　　 C. bedroom　　　 D. reading-room

7.A. apple　　　　 B. star　　　　 　 C. orange　　 　　 D. flower

8.A. serious　　　　 B. caring　　　 　 C. humorous　　　　 D. strict

9.A. required　　　　 B. announced　　　 C. asked　　　　 　 D. insisted

10.A. deliver　　 　　 B. make　　　　 　　 C. receive　　　　 D. reach

11.A. curious　　　　 B. outgoing　　　　 C. frightened　　 D. disappointed

12.A. delighted　　 B. blank-minded C. seared　　　　 D. broken-hearted

13.A. possession　 B. attraction　　 C. thought　　　　 D. effect

14.A. few　　　　　　 B. none　　　　 　　 C. everything　 　 D. something

15.A. surprised　　 B. happy　　　　 　 C. willing　　 　 D. pleased

16.A. touched　　　　 B. felt　　　　　　 C. smelt　　　　 　 D. opened

17.A. whether　　 　 B. when　　　　 　　 C. how　　　　 　　 D. what

18.A. wrote　　　　 B. loved　　　　 　　 C. told　　　　 　　 D. understood

19.A. grew up　　 B. dropped in　　 C. turned up　　　 D. hung out

20.A. help　　　　 　 B. thankfulness　 C. happiness　　 D. concern

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Only when he told me ________what trouble he was in.

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Only when he told me________what trouble he was in.

A．did I realize　　　　 B．I realized

C．do I realize　　 　　 D．I realize

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Only when he told me________what trouble he was in.

A．did I realize　　　　     B．I realized　　　　     C．do I realize　　　　 D．I realize

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Only when he told me________what trouble he was in.

A．did I realize           B．I realized     C．do I realize         D．I realize

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