kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt after quilt from the boxes,proudly showing me their beauties.She
was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into
the boxes,l noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. " What is this?"I asked.
" Oh? " Mom said , " That"s Mama"s quilt. "
I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together:irregular designs ,
childish pictures , a crooked line on the right.
"Grandmother made this?" I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This
certainly didn " t look like any of the quilts she had made.
" Yes , right before she died,l brought it home with me last year and made some changes, "she said. "I"m still working on it. See, this is what I" ve done so far. "
I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had
stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words : "My mother made many quilts. She didn"t get all lines
straight. But l think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt. "
" Oh, this is so nice, Mom, " I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother" s quilt,
my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized. too, that I held in my hands a family
treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.
B. To help prepare for a show.
C. To get together for the family dinner.
D. To discuss her grandmother"s life.
B. her grandmother liked the quilt
C. the quilt was the best she had seen
D. her mother had made some changes
B. broken
C. bent
D. unusual
B. Mother"s Home
C. A Monday Dinner
D. Grandmother"s Quilt
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Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult 1 was to choose a
suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy 2 ( please) as her mother ,
who was always delighted with perfume.
Besides,shopping at this time of the year was not 3 pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet
or 4 ( push) you with their elbows(肘部) ,hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.
Jane paused in front of a counter 5 some attractive ties were on display. " They are real silk , " the
assistant tried to attract her. "Worth double the price. " But Jane knew from past experience that her
6 (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had
gathered. She found some good quality pipes 7 sale. She did not hesitate for long : although her
father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please 8 .
When Jane got home , with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already
9 table having supper. Her mother was excited. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking , "
Jane 10 ( inform) .
station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew ,but whose face he 1 ,the girl
with a (an) _2 . The story had begun twelve months before in a 3 . Taking a book
off a shelf he found himself 4 by the notes penciled in the margin (空白处 ,白边) .
The soft handwriting 5 a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front of the book,
he discovered the 6 owner"s name , Rosanna.
During the next year the two grew to know each other through the 7 . Each letter
was a seed falling on a fertile heart. The day finally came for their first 8 7 :00 pm
at the station.
A beautiful young girl in a green suit was coming toward him,whose 9 was( were)
tall and slim. John started to walk towards her with delight, entirely forgetting to 10 that
she was not wearing a rose. He 11 made one step closer to her, and then saw
Rosanna,a short and fat woman well past 40 , with a rose on her coat was standing almost
directly 12 the girl. The girl in the green suit quickly walked away.
John felt 13 he was split (撇开) in two, and there she stood. His fingers gripped
the wom leather copy of the 14 that was to identify him to her. He knew this would
not be 15 . something perhaps even better than love. John felt choked by the bittemess
of his 16 . "I"m John, and you must be Rosanna. I am so glad you could meet me,may
I take you to 17 ?"
The woman"s face broadened into a big smile. "I don"t know what this is about, son,
" she answered, " but the young lady in the green suit who just 18 begged me to wear
this rose on my coat. And she said 19 you were to ask me out to dinner,l should tell you
that she is waiting for you in the big 20 across the street. She said it was some kind
of test ! "
( )1. A. hadn"t
( )2. A. rose
( )3. A. restaurant
( )4. A. absorbed
( )5 . A. reacted
( )6. A. previous
( )7. A. phone
( )8. A. dining
( )9. A. legs
( )10. A. observe
( )11 .A.carefully
( )12. A. behind
( )13. A. as long as
( )14. A. newspaper
( )15. A. a meeting
( )16. A. excitement
( )17. A. a walk
( )18. A. went by
( )19. A. when
( )20. A. market
B. haven"t
B. flower
B. meeting room
B. surrounded
B. reflected
B. nice
B. telegram
B. meeting
B. face
B. conclude
B.eagerly
B. past
B. even though
B. book
B. happiness
B. sorrow
B. your home
B. followed me
B. if
B. restaurant
C. couldn"t
C. book
C. library
C. interested
C. responded
C. thoughtful
C. book
C. walking
C. figure
C. notice
C. luckily
C. beside
C. no matter how
C. magazine
C. love
C. disappointment
C. a party
C. came here
C. unless
C. building
D. notes
D. station
D. burdened
D. repeated
D. beautiful
D. mail
D. talking
D. hair
D. say
D.easily
D. before
D. as though
D. note
D. a dinner
D. unwillingness
D. dinner
D. went in the restaurant
D. since
D. library
mo st unforgettable 1 when I was teaching second 2 ,10 years ago.
In May I decided to plan something special for the children: a Mother"s Day tea. We had put our heads
together to 3 ideas of how to 4 our mothers. We practiced singing songs , memorized poems and
wrote cards. We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother"s Day. I was surprised and 5 to learn
that every mother was planning to attend.I 6 invited my own mother.
Finally, the big day arrived. Each child 7 up at our classroom door, expecting the arrival of his or her mom. 8 it got closer to the starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy. His mother
hadn"t shown up and he was looking 9 .
I took my mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy. "Jimmy," I said, "I have some problems here
and I was 10 if you could keep my mother 11 while I"m busy. "
My mom and Jimmy sat at a table. Jimmy 12 my mom her treats, and presented her with the gift I
had made, just as we had 13 the day before. Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in
deep 14 .
Now 10 years later, I work with students of all ages, educating them about the environment. Last year,
I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy. I had the students complete an outline of the day"s 15 and an evaluation of our trip. Then I collected the students" booklets and checked them to see if
16 was completed. When I came 17 Jimmy"s page, he had written "Remember our Mother"s Day
tea we had in second grade , Mrs Marra? I do ! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother,
too. "
I told him I really enjoyed what he had written. He looked rather embarrassed and 18 his own thanks and walked away.Suddenly he ran back and gave me a big hug. "Thanks again. No
one even knew my mother didn"t 19 it. "
I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who had 20 stopped hugging teachers years ago.
| ( )1. A. lasted ( )2. A. school ( )3. A. pay attention to ( )4. A. love ( )5. A. astonished ( )6. A. even ( )7. A. followed ( )8. A. As ( )9. A. wild ( )10. A. considering ( )11. A. connection ( )12. A. served ( )13. A. taught ( )14. A. mind ( )15. A. feeling ( )16. A. something ( )17. A. by ( )18. A. announced ( )19. A. make ( )20. A. probably | B. happened B. class B. look forward to B. please B. worried B. ever B. held B. Although B. curious B. wondering B. care B. supplied B. studied B. thought B. hehavior B. everything B. to B. delivered B. get B. exactly | C. experienced C. grade C. get on with C. respect C. relieved C. still C. kept C. While C. strange C. asking C. company C. assigned C. practiced C. agreement C. event C. anything C. on C. stated C. do C. rarely | D. described D. lesson D. come up with D. admire D. interested D. once D. lined D. Because D. upset D. doubting D. concern D. applied D. told D. conversation D. action D. nothing D. over D. whispered D. take D. eagerly | |
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| A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie,was still working in the local school cafeteria. But work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift-$7, 000, a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. "It really made a difference when we were going under financially, says Dave. But the Fusses weren"t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches" generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars;in others, it was more than $100 ,000. It surprised nearly,eyeryone that the Hatches had so much money,more than $3 million-they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm. Children of the Great Depression ,Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving. They thrived on (喜欢) comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store , checking prices before making a new purchase. Through the years,the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn"t afford it. "Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything," says their friend Sandy Van Weelden,"They could see things they could do to make you happier,and they would do them." Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches" wish that their legacy-a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents-should enrich the whole community and last for generations to come. Neighbors helping neighbors-that was Ish and Arlene Hatch"s story. | ||||
| 1. According to the text , the Fusses ________. | ||||
| A. were employed by a truck company B. were in financial difficulty C. worked in a school cafeteria D. lost their home | ||||
| 2. Why would the Hatches routinely go from store to store? | ||||
| A. They decided to open a store. B. They wanted to save money. C. They couldn"t afford expensive things. D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids. | ||||
| 3. According to Sandy Van Weelden, the Hatches were________. | ||||
| A understanding B. optimistic C. childlike D. curious | ||||
| 4. What can we learn from the text? | ||||
| A. The community of Alto was poor. B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents. C. Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy from the Hatches. D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example. | ||||
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