Kindness is a simple answer in a sometimes difficult and challenging world.For a long time it has been my work to_41_and appreciate all people and to_42_others to do the same.
When my granddaughter Skylar was young and we'd go out,we had a(n)_43_called "Who can make the most people smile?" And we continue it today.It_44_for a wonderful day.When Skylar sees someone walking down the aisle with her_45_down,she'll walk up to her and gives her a big_46_.I watch her walk on.turn around and smile at Skylar_47_ perhaps smile at someone else.
Kindness is a chain that_48_us all together.In 2002,my dad had a series of strokes and other illness.At that time, I was in a women's networking_49_.One day I asked the ladies if they could send their_50_energies and maybe do something nice for someone to whom they would not_51_think about doing something nice.
That same day,I made cookies for the_52_at the post office.When I gave him the cookies he_53_looked a little embarrassed."Why,Linda?"he asked."Because I_54_you!"I answered."When I get here at 6 a.m.and it is still_55_ outside,knowing you are inside makes me feel_56_.And when I first moved here and my post office_57_was always empty,you always_58_me on.And you keep this place_59_."That evening his wife called me and said that he was _60_."No one even knows his name,let alone bakes him cookies!"
41.A.observe B.recommend C.acknowledge D.judge
42.A.encourage B.train C.praise D.comfort
43.A.contest B.speech C.surprise D.involvement
44.A.answers B.applies C.searches D.makes
45.A.luck B.head C.hand D.shoulder
46.A.sign B.shout C.smile D.gift
47.A.but B.still C.so D.or
48.A.takes B.pulls C.urges D.protects
49.A.achievement B.communication C.organization D.skill
50.A.positive B.possible C.exact D.common
51.A.adequately B.properly C.increasingly D.normally
52.A.manager B.businessman C.guard D.protector
53.A.consequently B.strangely C.otherwise D.actually
54.A.trust B.appreciate C.admire D.inspire
55.A.dark B.cold C.lonely D.inconvenient
56.A.excited B.pleased C.safe D.curious
57.A.address B.box C.window D.seat
58.A.counted B.turned C.put D.cheered
59.A.spotless B.cheerless C.fearless D.fruitless
60.A.interested B.touched C.focused D.worried
41~45 CAADB 46~50 CDBCA 51~55 DCDBA 56~60 CBDAB
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 26 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 27 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 28 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 29 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there 30 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 31 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had 32 her. I was 33 and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it 34 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt 35 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen 36 , but it’s really there. Love is 37 .”
I listened carefully but I 38 her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly 39 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked 40 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 41 on the country road.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t 42 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” 43 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 44 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just 45 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
26. A. keep fit | B. rise early | C. earn money | D. collect money |
27. A. magic | B. romantic | C. fantastic | D. attractive |
28. A. simple | B. easy | C. relaxing | D. luxurious(奢侈) |
29. A. the question | B. question | C. reach | D. control |
30. A. feeling | B. love | C. quarrel | D. smile |
31. A. raised | B. shook | C. lifted | D. bowed |
32. A. hurt | B. injured | C. wounded | D. harmed |
33. A. in great surprise | B. in a great embarrassment | ||
C. with delight | D. in great astonishment | ||
34. A. happens | B. comes about | C. appears | D. occurs |
35. A. warm and soft | B. hot and hard | ||
C. thin and cool | D. strong and durable (耐用的) | ||
36. A. somewhere and sometime | B. anywhere or anytime | ||
C. more or less | D. everyhere and everywhere | ||
37. A. inside | B. outside | C. faraway | D. nearby |
38. A. could believe | B. couldn’t understand | ||
C. wouldn’t recognize | D. might know | ||
39. A. got sick | B. got stuck | C. threw up | D. became disabled |
40. A. quite healthy | B. very pale | C. fairly red | D. much surprised |
41. A. jump high | B. go hurriedly | C. run fast | D. walk slowly |
42. A. think about | B. talk with | C. worry about | D. laugh at |
43. A. Reading | B. Listening | C. Speaking | D. Writing |
44. A. fresh roses | B. gold ring | C. sweet kisses | D. beautiful jewelry |
45. A. a thread | B. a needle | C. the cloth | D. the cotton |