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After being criticized by her mother, she spoke out the words ______ in her heart for many years, tears ________ her eyes.

A. having hidden; filling                   B. hidden; filled

C. hiding; being filled                                         D. hidden; filling

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Last night one of our 3 family dogs was hit and killed by a car in front of my mother's house.

The dogs became, more or less, my mother's substitute ____ after her human ones grew up and moved out. The one that was killed had ____ with my mom far more than the others. She is shocked and upset. I loved the dog, ____ my true sadness currently comes from having to watch my mother endure another ____ after everything she has been through in her life. In the midst of all of this I have to sincerely_____ the driver. It was not his fault. The dog chased a deer into the　 ____ at night. In an effort not to hit the deer he suddenly changed ____ , not seeing the dog, resulting in her death. The driver _____, carefully wrapped our dog in a blanket to ____ her dignity, and carried her up to my mother s front door* He was ____ shaking and very upset. He informed my mother of____ happened and she broke down immediately. He comforted her the best a stranger could. He left his ____ and offered assistance in any way he could.

What he really did was ____ my mother from hitting on a ____ scene herself while searching for the dog. He could have very easily continued on his way, but he did something that I hope I never forget. Thank you, Stranger. You restored my ____ in humanity.

1.A.children B.pets C.property D.belongings

2.A.kept B.helped C.bonded D.touched

3.A.besides B.while C.or D.but

4.A.incident B.tragedy C.situation D.scene

5.A.criticize B.comfort C.applaud D.blame

6.A.field B.road C.square D.room

7.A.mind B.wheel C.idea D.direction

8.A.pulled away B.took off C.pulled over D.pulled off

9.A.preserve B.develop C.hide D.cancel

10.A.suddenly B.casually C.accidently D.obviously

11.A.that B.how C.what D.why

12.A.goods B.information C.car D.house

13.A.spare B.separate C.ban D.tell

14.A.wonderful B.pleasant C.unforgettable D.horrible

15.A.energy B.faith C.decision D.doubt

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A mother was criticizing her daughter after watching the girl was not good enough to compete at a championship level during the daily training in the gymnastics camp.

The scene reminded me of my ________ of the day when one of my own gymnastic performances put me close to tears.

My mother became seriously ill when she was young, and she has ________ a wheelchair ever since. But she never let that ________ her.

She has raised five children and has a career as well.

One day I joined a gymnastics program at a nearby park. Before long, I was totally ________ in it. By 1972, I was on the National Gymnastics Team for the Olympic Games. I couldn’t think of anything else but ________ a gold medal.

Before the competition, all in my mind was ________ not to disgrace(使……丢脸)my country and myself. But, though I tried my best, I didn’t win a gold medal. I was so ________ . When the winners were receiving ________ , I joined my parents in the stands, and we all cried. “I'm sorry. I did my best, ”said me.

She said nothing but ten words I never ________ , “Doing your best is more important than being the best. ” Suddenly I understood my mother ________ than ever before. She had never let her handicap(残疾) ________ her from always doing her best.

Now I approached the crying girl and put a(n) ________ around her. “Honey, ” I said. “I know you have done your best, and doing your best is more important than being the best. I'm ________ you. ”

She ________ at me with tears in her eyes. Maybe somewhere, someday, she’ll ________ those words along.

1.A.experiences B.success C.regrets D.memories

2.A.needed B.made C.wanted D.expected

3.A.control B.challenge C.discourage D.disturb

4.A.confident B.absorbed C.involved D.trapped

5.A.finding B.winning C.earning D.making

6.A.determination B.satisfaction C.encouragement D.effort

7.A.annoyed B.disappointed C.embarrassed D.worded

8.A.applauses B.rewards C.gifts D.awards

9.A.remembered B.ignored C.understood D.forgot

10.A.faster B.better C.closer D.easier

11.A.prevent B.save C.protect D.forbid

12.A.arm B.hand C.ring D.scarf

13.A.curious about B.concerned about C.proud of D.sure of

14.A.glanced B.smiled C.laughed D.shouted

15.A.continue B.treat C.pass D.use

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Toni Morrison was an American writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her novels. Beloved, Song of Solomon and others explored the way African-Americans search for freedom and identity in a country obsessed with skin color. Morrison was nearly 40 when she published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1970. The Nobel Prize committee described her writing as language itself, a language she wants to liberate from race. Her novels discussed America's past, focusing on black history and the effects of slavery and racism. She culled her characters “the unfree at the heart of the democratic experiment”.

In 1988, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved, the story of a mother who kills her baby daughter rather than permit　 her to be born　 into slavery. It became a best-seller and was later made into a film with Oprah Winfrey. Many Americans admired her as the country's greatest living writer, including former President Barack Obama.

She was born in 1931. She attended Howard University, an all-black university in Washington, D. C. At Howard, she read African. British and American literature, including writers William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf. After a short marriage, she became a single mother of two sons and worked as a book editor in New York.

Several publishers rejected her first book The Bluest Eye but it impressed The New York Times' book critic John Leonard, who believed Morrison was an important new voice. He said her writing was “so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry”.

Morrison enjoyed her literary fame and was proud of her Nobel Prize.

1.What are Toni Morrison's books mainly about?

A.Women's equality and rights. B.The development of America.

C.The literature of America. D.American history and racism.

2.Which of the following helped Toni Morrison receive the Pulitzer Prize?

A.Beloved. B.Song of Solomon.

C.The Bluest Eye. D.The New York Times.

3.Why is former President Barack Obama mentioned?

A.To show Barack Obama's support in literature.

B.To prove Toni Morrison' greatness as a writer.

C.To stress Toni Morrison' contribution to America.

D.To remind readers of the skin color of Barack Obama.

4.What can we infer from John Leonard's words?

A.He thought highly of Morrison. B.He rejected the book The Bluest Eye.

C.The book The Bluest Eye made him painful. D.Toni Morrison's book was hard to understand.

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On numerous drives with my mom through my childhood, she would suddenly pull over the car to examine a flower by the side of the road or rescue a beetle from danger while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat impatiently in the car.

Though Mother's Day follows Earth Day, for me, they have always been related to each other. My mom has been ''green'' since she became concerned about the environment. Part of this habit was born of thrift(节俭). Like her mother and her grandmother before her, mom saves glass jars, empty cheese containers and reuses her plastic bags.

Mom creates a kind of harmonious relationship with wildlife in her yard. She knows to pick the apples on her trees a little early to avoid the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders out at night, it is likely that they will be knocked down by a family of raccoons(浣熊). Spiders that make their way into the house and are caught in juice glasses will be set loose in the garden.

I try to teach my children that looking out for the environment starts with being aware of the environment. On busy streets, we look for dandelions(蒲公英)to fly in the wind; we say hello to neighborhood cats and pick up plastic cups and paper bags. This teaching comes easily, I realize, because I was taught so well by example. Mom didn’t need to lecture; she didn't need to beat a drum to change the world. She simply slowed down enough to enjoy living in it and with that joy came mercy and an instinct(直觉)for protection.

I am slowing down and it isn't because of the weight of my nearly forty years on the planet, it is just out of my concern for the planet itself. I've begun to save glass jars and reuse packing envelopes. I pause in my daily tasks to watch the squirrels race each other in the trees above my house.

Last summer, I planted tomatoes in my yard. With the heat of August around me, I enjoyed my tomatoes while sitting on my low wall. I immediately wanted to share with my mom.

1.Why does the author say Earth Day is connected with Mother's Day?

A.Because Mother's Day falls shortly after Earth Day.

B.To stress that all the older women are environmentalists.

C.To stress how much her mother cares about the environment.

D.Because her mother asks her to be kind to nature on Mother’s Day.

2.Which of the following is NOT related to Mom's ''green life''?

A.Picking dandelions on busy streets. B.Rescuing a beetle from some danger.

C.Setting a caught spider free in the garden. D.Saving glass jars and empty cheese containers.

3.We can infer from the article that ________.

A.the author's mother is very impatient with her children

B.The author's mother knows how to live in harmony with nature

C.the author's mother knows how to keep the wildlife off her yard

D.the author's mother used to lecture her to protect the environment

4.The change order of the writer's attitude towards her mom's behavior should be ________.

A.doubtful—critical—positive B.approving—doubtful—negative

C.understanding—critical—approving D.negative—understanding—approving

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At the railway station, the mother waved goodbye to her daughter until the train was ___.

A. out of sight　　　　 B. out of reach

C. out of order　　 D. out of place

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__________ the mother sacrificed everything for her daughter.

A )So great was her love that     B) Such great love she was

C) So great her love that         D) Such great was her love that

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An anxious mother watched as rescuers freed her baby from a muddy well. After being pulled from the well，the baby joyfully ran to its mom as the rescuers took a break.

It was a difficult and potentially dangerous rescue: the baby was an 8-month-old elephant, and at first its mother thought the humans were trying to harm it. The baby elephant fell into the five-foot-deep well near Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Local people had dug the well for water.

It took 30 minutes to remove the trapped elephant. While Vicki Fishlock of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants made a loud shout to frighten the mother away, two men struggled to get a rope around the baby elephant. Once the rope was in place, Fishlock used her jeep to pull the baby out.

Fishlock recognized Zombe, the mother of the trapped baby elephant，from a mark on her ear. She believes that in the end Zombe realized the humans were trying to help.

“Rescues where the elephant’s family members are around are always stressful, and I'm always happy when everyone is safe,” Fishlock said.“The reunions (团聚) always bring tears to my eyes. The depth of their love for each other is one of the things that make elephants so unusual.”

The very next day, another baby elephant fell into the same well. The 3-month-old's family had been driven away from the area by local people. Once it had been rescued, the Amboseli Trust had to send it to an elephant orphanage (孤儿院) in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city.

The rescues showed the plight of elephants across Africa. Elephants are fighting to survive, as conflicts between the animals and humans are increasing. Thousands of elephants are also being killed for their tusks. The tusks are sold in Asia, where ivory trinkets are in high demand.

The Amboseli Trust has been studying elephants and trying to help them since 1972. Fishlock said, “We hope this rescue persuades people that elephants are special and deserve to be protected and treasured.”

1.We can learn from the text that _____.

A．Fishlock had seen the baby elephant before

B．The mother elephant was a great help to rescuers

C．the well was dug by local people to trap elephants

D．the mother elephant was unfriendly at first to the rescuers

2.What causes Fishlock to think that elephants are special?

A．Their trust in humans.                    B．The deep love between them.

C．Their great ability to survive.               D．The good communication between them.

3.What did the two baby elephants have in common?

A．They were both 8 months old.              B．They were both rescued by local people.

C．They were both trapped in the same well.     D．They were both reunited with their mothers.

4.The underlined word "plight" in Paragraph 7 probably means“______”.

A．a strong personality                      B．A dangerous situation

C．an annoying habit                       D．a close relationship

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A．An elephant rescue                     B．The elephant, an unusual animal

C．An elephant rescue organization            D．Conflicts between humans and elephants

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There the mother waved goodbye to her daughter until the train was ______________.

A. out of sight      B. out of reach     C. out of order       D. out of date

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My 7-year-old daughter Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even took to reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she lost the book. This is the first lost library book in my life. My family has always been overeducated, but we were poor. I didn’t own books. I borrowed books. However, my daughters have more books now than I owned my whole childhood, and I knowingly contribute to it by adding to the stacks (堆). So it's probably my fault that when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she shrugged (耸肩). “Sorry. I can't find it.” she said. “It’s only $20, right? What’s the big deal?”

I felt the need to make her feel responsible for the book. She agreed to help me clean the chicken coop (笼子) in trade for my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been avoiding for months. It was summertime, and dust floated in the dry air.

But my girl, my animal-loving mini-me, thought shoveling chicken poop (铲鸡粪) was the most fun she’d had on a Saturday morning in a long time. She did not feel any of the emotions that punishment is supposed to introduce. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another book on purpose in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat dumbfounded (发愣的), watching her.

It took me a while to realize what had happened, why my punishment had failed so completely and why I didn't care. The fact is that I had Leeny help me clean the chicken coop. I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leeny’s little sister, Vicki, was inside watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were outside. She had me all to herself for the first time since Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don't know what she learned about responsibility, but I found that I didn't care about the book anymore. We bonded over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.

1.How does Leeny find reading?

A.It is very challenging.

B.It is full of enjoyment.

C.It inspires her to be a camper.

D.It teaches her to love her family.

2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph1 refers to the fact that________.

A.the author could never have enough books to read

B.the author’s daughters often lost library books

C.the author’s daughters own too many books

D.the author didn’t own any books

3.What’s the best title for the text?

A.What I owe to Leeny: more attention

B.My punishment failed, but I didn’t care

C.My daughter drove me crazy, but I felt grateful

D.Surprise: my daughter loves cleaning chicken coops

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