The day my husband fell to his death，it start...

The day my husband fell to his death，it started to snow，just like any November day．His body, when I found it，was lightly covered with snow．It snowed almost every day for the next four months，while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up．One morning，I shuffled downstairs and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling(铲)my walk．I dropped to my knees and crawled through the living room. And back up stairs so those good people would not see me. I was embarrassed．My first thought was，how would I ever repay them? I didn’t have the strength to brush my hair, let alone shovel someone’s walk．

Before John’s death，I took pride in the fact that I rarely asked for help or favors，I defined myself by my competence and independence．So who was I if I was no longer capable and busy? How could I respect myself if all I did was sit on the couch every day and watch the snowfall?

Learning how to receive the love and support that came my way wasn't easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried because I couldn't even help them set the table. “I'm not usually this lazy, ”I wept．Finally，my friend Kathy sat down with me and said, "Mary，cooking for you is not a burden. I love you and I want to do it. It makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”

Over and over，I heard similar emotions from the people who supported me during those dark days．One very wise man told me, “You are not doing nothing. Being fully open to your sorrow may be the hardest work you will ever do.”

I am not the person I once was, but in many ways I have changed for the better. My heart is now filled with thanks for people around me．I have been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom that comes from facing one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.

1.Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. The writer’s friend was unwilling to cook for her．

B. The writer had been busy with her life before．

C. The writer recovered from her sorrow quickly with his friend’s help．

D. The day her husband died，it was snowing heavily．

2.We can describe the writer before her husband died as the following EXCEPT __．

A. hard-working B. independent

C. smart　　　 　　 D. capable

3.．The underlined word“shuffled”in Paragraph 1 probably means ___________．

A. stepped steadily B. walked slowly

C. ran swiftly　 　　 D. fell sadly

4.．We can infer from the passage that ____________.

A. the writer found her husband immediately he fell off the roof

B. the writer became strong-willed immediately after John's death

C. the people around the writer were friendly and supported her

D. before John’s death, the writer never asked others for help

5.．The writer wrote the passage to ___________．

A. share her sad story with us

B. express her guilty conscience（良心）to the people who helped her

C. show her thanks to the people who love and support her

D. tell us the changes she has made because of her husband’s death

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It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just 36 any November day. His 37 , when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it 38 . One morning, I walked slowly 39 and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs, 40 those good people would not see me. I was 41 . My first thought was, how would I ever 42 them? I didn’t have the  43 to brush my hair, 44 clear someone’s walk.

Before Jon’s death, I felt proud that I 45 asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence（能力） and 46 . So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I 47 myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?

Learning to receive the love and 48 from others wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally, my friend Kathy said, “Mary, cooking for you isn’t a 49 for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”

Over and over, I heard 50 words from the people who supported me during those 51 days. One wise man told me, “You aren’t doing nothing because being fully open to your 52 may be the hardest work you will ever do.”

I am not the person I 53 was, but in many ways I have changed for the 54 . I’ve been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming from 55 one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.

1.A. on

B. in

C. like

D. for

2.A. body

B. soul

C. shoe

D. footprint

3. A. sweep up

B. drop off

C. fall down

D. pile up

4.A. upstairs

B. downstairs

C. indoors

D. outdoors

5.A. so

B. yet

C. and

D. for

6.A. delighted

B. disappointed

C. annoyed

D. ashamed

7.A. pay

B. award

C. reward

D. treat

8.A. courage

B. strength

C. spirit

D. power

9.A. stand alone

B. leave alone

C. sit alone

D. let alone

10.A. frequently

B. gradually

C. hardly

D. uncertainly

11.A. intelligence

B. independence

C. excellence

D. qualification

12. A. achieve

B. praise

C. respect

D. promote

13.A. supply

B. support

C. contribution

D. similar

14. A. burden

B. job

C. business

D. sorrow

15. A. sensitive

B. same

C. considerate

D. similar

16. A. blue

B. rainy

C. bright

D. snowy

17.A. despair

B. difficulty

C. pain

D. regret

18.A. still

B. once

C. even

D. never

19.A. worse

B. less

C. more

D. better

20. A. facing

B. noticing

C. managing

D. expressing

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The day my fiancé fell to his death, it started to snow, just like the bottom hadn’t fallen out of my world when he fell off the roof. His body, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up.

One morning, I shuffled(拖着脚步走) downstairs and was surprised to see a snowplow(扫雪机) clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling my walk. I dropped to my knees, crawled through the living room, and back upstairs so those good Samaritans would not see me. I was mortified. My first thought was, how would I ever repay them? I didn’t have the strength to brush my hair, let alone shovel someone’s walk.

Before Jon’s death, I took pride in the fact that I rarely asked for help or favors. I defined myself by my competence and independence. How could I respect myself if all I did was sit on the couch everyday and watch the snow fall?

Learning how to receive the love and support that came my way wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried because I couldn’t even help them set the table. “I’m not usually this lazy,” I swept. Finally, my friend Kathy sat down with me and said, “Mary, cooking for you is not a burden. It makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”

Over and over, I heard similar words of comfort from the people who supported me during those dark days. One very wise man told me, “You are not doing nothing. Being fully open to your grief may be the hardest work you will ever do.”

In many ways I have changed for the better. I have been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom that comes from facing one’s worst fear and walking away whole.

1.What made the author feel sad?

A. Her fiancé’s sudden death.            B. Constant heavy snow.

C. Her fiancé abandoning her.            D. Her job being refused again.

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “mortified” in Paragraph 1?

A. Surprised.        B. Angry.         C. Ashamed.        D. Moved.

3.It is _______ that helped the author out of darkness.

A. herself          B. her friends      C. her fiancé        D. a snowplow

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The author was a capable and independent woman.

B. The author was so lazy that she wouldn’t shovel the walk.

C. Finally the author got through hardest work bravely.

D. When facing the worst fear, you will get strength.

5.What’s the author’s purpose in the passage?

A. To talk about her hardest work in her life.

B. To talk about her real love between her and her fiancé.

C. To tell us to walk out of hardest work confidently and bravely.

D. To tell us the importance of friendship.

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A few days ago we – that’s me and the husband – took a cab to the station. Chat with the driver fell to the wrong of cyclists, and the misunderstanding of the road rules. So far as the rules of the road go, there seems to be one basic principle: when you are driving a car you hate bikes, when you are riding a bike you hate cars (and I guess walkers hate everyone).

There is an obvious difference of viewpoint built in here. It wasn’t until I started to drive a car (almost 20years after I had first rode a bike) that I actually realized that you could not see a cyclist at night without lights. In fact I now want to shout at late night cyclists without lights(like motortists once did at me): “You’ll get killed, sunshine, I can’t see you.”

The problem is that cyclists do ride headlong into danger. It's not just not having lights. It’s biking on pavements (and so threatening to injure a load of innocent walkers in the process) and biking down one-way streets the wrong way.

I admit that I do bike the wrong way down a one-way street sometimes. My feeble(软弱无力) defense is that I try always to do it as if I know I was doing wrong. That is slowly, with an apologetic look on the face, and ready to get off at any minute. I can’t bear the guys(一伙人) (usually, but not always it is guys) who do it as if they owned the place, and at high speed.

So cyclists are not entirely innocent. But they are among the disadvantaged groups, because the bottom line is that a car or a lorry can kill a cyclist and not the other way around.

1.When did the writer realize the danger for late night cyclists without lights?

A. Not until she became a driver herself.

B. Not until she had driven a car for 20 years.

C. After she was shouted at by a motorist.

D. After she was once knocked down by a group of guys.

2.When the writer biked the wrong way down a one way street, she felt_________.

A. angry            B. guilty   C. innocent                    D. proud

3.Which group is most likely to face danger according to the writer?

A. walkers         B. passers-by     C. cyclists          D. motorists

4.What can we learn about the writer?

A. She often took a cab with her husband.

B. She has been a motorist for over 20 years.

C. She used to ride a bike without lights at night.

D. She often biked the wrong way down a one way street.

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—Why did you cancel your trip to the New York?

—We were just about to leave_______ it started to snow．

A．when                B．before                C．after             D．since

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One Christmas Eve, my husband made his way home from work.  26 , he worked the entire day but let his stuff go 27  so that they could be with their families.

He drove down the street and made the 28  towards our home. On one side of the road, an old man stood, drenched to the bone (被雨淋得湿透了), with his hand 29. The rain had been  30 heavily that day. My husband stopped, and asked him where he was 31 . He wanted to go about five miles past our home, but my husband still told him to 32 . My husband chatted with him, drove 33  our house and took him home for his Christmas Eve.  34  turned out that this poor man was what we now 35  as a “slow learner” and the only job he could get to  36  him and his elderly mother was at the bakery near where my husband worked. He worked from 5 a.m. until 1 o’clock in the  37 . Not only that, but that poor man had been standing there trying to get a ride on Christmas Eve for about 5 hours 38  my husband picked him up. 39  else would give him a ride because they didn’t want to get their seats 40.

Over the years my husband  41  to give him a ride home whenever he saw him trying to get a ride. When he passed 42 , my husband went to his funeral. 43  my husband didn’t know his family, they knew of him. Even his twin sister who  44  in the state of Washington knew who my husband was and everyone thanked him for his 45  toward one who had so little.

An act of kindness can make another person’s day, or even their life.

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(2013·咸阳二模)The murderer, together with his two brothers, ________ sentenced to death just now.

A．was      B．were

C．is      D．are

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This Monday，the nation will start to celebrate Presidents’ Day，just seven days before George Washington’s birthday．Everyone agrees that day is a holiday，but is it just to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday? What about Abraham Lincoln? Some government offices call it Presidents’ Day．Others say the holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday．Confused yet?

George Washington was elected the country’s first President on April 30，1789．Soon after，Americans began publicly celebrating his birthday．Presidential historians say the actual date of George Washington’s birth is February 11，1732．But a change in the calendar system 20 years later shifted all dates，making Washington’s birthday February 22，which is now well accepted．In 1879．Congress made Washington’s birthday an official federal holiday．It was the first federal holiday to celebrate an individual’s birthday．In 1968，Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act，which moved the holiday to the third Monday in February．The new law did not change the holiday’s name．It was still called Washington’s Birthday，even though some lawmakers wanted to call it Presidents’ Day to include Abraham Lincoln，whose actual birthday is February 12．

Many people argue that the holiday should celebrate all past Presidents．They feel Lincoln should be honored for his role in preserving the nation during the Civil War and helping to free slaves．Others feel the holiday should only honor Washington．the country’s first President．They say shifting the focus away from Washington would mean future generations of kids would not know about the Father of Our Country．

Laws have been introduced in Congress over the years to require use of the term “George Washington’s Birthday．”but none of those laws have been passed．Meanwhile，many state governments and school districts now use the term “Presidents’ Day．”Many stoles also use it to promote holiday sales．

Should the holiday honor Washington，Washington and Lincoln，or all past Presidents? Write to emailbag@timeforkids．com and tell us what you think．

1.The President’s Day was originally designed to honor______．

A．George Washington　　　 B．Abraham Lincoln

C．all presidents　 　　 　 D．the Civil War

2.What can we infer from the passage?

A．Washington’s Birthday is the same as Lincoln’s．

B．The change in the calendar system was not wise．

C．The new act changed the holiday’s name．

D．This Monday is the third one of this February．

3.What’s the main argument about this holiday?

A．When to celebrate the holiday．

B．How to celebrate the holiday．

C．Which president to honor．

D．Where to celebrate the holiday．

4.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Why people celebrate President Day.

B．The history and debate behind Presidents’ Day

C．To celebrate Presidents’ Day or not

D．Colorful activities on Presidents’ Day

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This Monday, the nation will start to celebrate Presidents’ Day, just seven days before George Washington’s birthday. Everyone agrees that day is a holiday, but is it just to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday? What about Abraham Lincoln? Some government offices call it Presidents’ Day. Others say the holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday. Confused yet?

George Washington was elected the country’s first President on April 30, 1789. Soon after, Americans began publicly celebrating his birthday. Presidential historians say the actual date of George Washington’s birth is February 11, 1732. But a change in the calendar system 20 years later shifted all dates，making Washington’s birthday February 22, which is now well accepted. In 1879, Congress made Washington’s birthday an official federal holiday. It was the first federal holiday to celebrate an individual’s birthday. In 1968, Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act, which moved the holiday to the third Monday in February. The new law did not change the holiday’s name. It was still called Washington’s Birthday, even though some lawmakers wanted to call it Presidents’ Day to include Abraham Lincoln, whose actual birthday is February 12.

Many people argue that the holiday should celebrate all past Presidents. They feel Lincoln should be honored for his role in preserving the nation during the Civil War and helping to free slaves. Others feel the holiday should only honor Washington, the country’s first President. They say shifting the focus away from Washington would mean future generations of kids would not know about the Father of Our Country.

Laws have been introduced in Congress over the years to require use of the term ＂George Washington’s Birthday.＂but none of those laws have been passed. Meanwhile, many state governments and school districts now use the term ＂Presidents’ Day.＂Many stoles also use it to promote holiday sales.

Should the holiday honor Washington, Washington and Lincoln, or all past Presidents? Write to emailbag@timeforkids.com and tell us what you think.

1.The President’s Day was originally designed to honor____________.

A. George Washington　　 B. Abraham Lincoln

C. all presidents　　 D. the Civil War

2.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Washington’s Birthday is the same as Lincoln’s.

B. The change in the calendar system was not wise.

C. The new act changed the holiday’s name.

D. This Monday is the third one of this February.

3.What’s the main argument about this holiday?

A. When to celebrate the holiday.

B. How to celebrate the holiday.

C. Which president to honor.

D. Where to celebrate the holiday.

4.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Why people celebrate President Day

B. The history and debate behind Presidents’ Day

C. To celebrate Presidents’ Day or not

D. Colorful activities on Presidents’ Day

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We were just about ready to leave _____ it started to snow.

A. when              B. before　 C. after               D. since

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