Fear plays no part in this latest problem．“I’m not afraid I'll lose my children．I won't lose my children. We live together, and nothing, nothing,”she repeats, her voice rising when speaking to John's lawyer, “will stop me from being with my children. A law? Year, right. Don't disturb me when it comes to my children. You are never going to win. If John wants to see them, I cannot stop him. He's their father????—I want them to see him! However, his visit in his present condition will disturb the children's stable (稳定的) life．”

    John, who has spent much of his time in California recently, has only hired a house for himself in Pennsylvania, according to his lawyer. "If he'd like to stick to a regular life, I'd be more than happy to do that，" Jane says. "The best thing for any child of a divorced (离婚的) parent is a stable life. I want nothing more than for him to set up a stable life for himself, so that he can be part of making our children's lives more stable. "

    While matters of money and care won't be settled for weeks, Jane hardly puts her life on hold. Last week the ABC network announced that Jane would return with her own show, Twist of Jane, in which she gives advice to other moms．Jane and her eight children will also return to ABC in a series  of  Jane Plus 8 specials showing them on various adventures．It’s a rest for Jane．who insists that she needs her new，busy life to provide for her family．“I have to lead such a life．and I’m thankful that I’ve built it to the top where now I can support my children．”she says．

  And  whether a bellicose(好斗的)dance judge or a bellicose former wife，Jane plans to keep  0n facing attacks on her．  “Some people try to knock me down—only to make me more fierce，more protective，more determined to do better，”she says．“Go ahead，take me on．This will just make me stronger．”

1  According to Jane in the first paragraph，the low____________

A. can’t take her children away from her        B. can’t do anything with the case

C. will best settle the problem                D.  will disturb her children

2 . What does “to do that” refer to in the second paragraph?

A. To live with John．                    B．To hire a house for John．

C．To allow John to see the children         D．To ask John to set up a regular life.

3. What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?

 A．Jane’s life is very difficult．         B．Jane continues to live as usual．

 C．Jane almost can’t control her lire      D．Jane works very hard to live a happy life．

4 . Which word can best describe Jane?

A. Proud．    B．Fierce．    C．Determined．     D．Independent

Fear plays no part in this latest problem．“I’m not afraid I'll lose my children．I won't lose my children. We live together, and nothing, nothing,” she repeats, her voice rising when speaking to John's lawyer, “will stop me from being with my children. A law? Yeah, right. Don't disturb me when it comes to my children. You are never going to win. If John wants to see them, I cannot stop him. He's their father????—I want them to see him! However, his visit in his present condition will disturb the children's stable (稳定的) life．”

John, who has spent much of his time in California, recently, has only hired a house for himself in Pennsylvania, according to his lawyer. "If he'd like to stick to a regular life, I'd be more than happy to do that，" Jane says. "The best thing for any child of a divorced (离婚的) parent is a stable life. I want nothing more than for him to set up a stable life for himself, so that he can be part of making our children's lives more stable. "

While matters of money and care won't be settled for weeks, Jane hardly puts her life on hold. Last week the ABC network announced that Jane would return with her own show, Twist of Jane, in which she gives advice to other moms．Jane and her eight children will also return to ABC in a series of Jane Plus 8 specials showing them on various adventures．It’s a rest for Jane, who insists that she needs her new，busy life to provide for her family．“I have to lead such a life, and I’m thankful that I’ve built it to the top where now I can support my children．”she says．

And whether a bellicose(好斗的)dance judge or a bellicose former wife, Jane plans to keep on facing attacks on her. “Some people try to knock me down—only to make me more fierce，more protective，more determined to do better，”she says．“Go ahead, take me on. This will just make me stronger．”

According to Jane in the first paragraph, the law               

A. can’t take her children away from her

B. can’t do anything with the case

C. will best settle the problem

D. will disturb her children

What does “to do that” refer to in the second paragraph?

A. To live with John．

B．To hire a house for John．

C．To allow John to see the children

D．To ask John to set up a regular life.

What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?

A．Jane’s life is very difficult．

B．Jane continues to live as usual．

C．Jane almost can’t control her lire

D．Jane works very hard to live a happy life．

Which word can best describe Jane?

A. Proud．

B．Fierce．

C．Determined．

D．Independent

My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had 36   it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the 37 . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every 38  with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to 39  if there was any sign of it on our end.
The 40  always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be 41   . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids, 42  and so on. Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much 43  for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.
By Christmas Eve we finally had to 44   the fact that the package was 45  lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my 46   and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the 47  package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I 48  the door, a man was standing there. “I 49    this is yours.” he said, holding a package. Just then I 50  that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “51 I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this 52  stranger for taking so much trouble to 53 this gift to us on Christmas Day, and 54 thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.
The real gift that holiday season was the new 55  to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!

Fear plays no part in this latest problem．“I’m not afraid I'll lose my children．I won't lose my children. We live together, and nothing, nothing,”she repeats, her voice rising when speaking to John's lawyer, “will stop me from being with my children. A law? Year, right. Don't disturb me when it comes to my children. You are never going to win. If John wants to see them, I cannot stop him. He's their father­­—I want them to see him! However, his visit in his present condition will disturb the children's stable (稳定的) life．”
John, who has spent much of his time in California recently, has only hired a house for himself in Pennsylvania, according to his lawyer. "If he'd like to stick to a regular life, I'd be more than happy to do that，" Jane says. "The best thing for any child of a divorced (离婚的) parent is a stable life. I want nothing more than for him to set up a stable life for himself, so that he can be part of making our children's lives more stable. "
While matters of money and care won't be settled for weeks, Jane hardly puts her life on hold. Last week the ABC network announced that Jane would return with her own show, Twist of Jane, in which she gives advice to other moms．Jane and her eight children will also return to ABC in a series  of  Jane Plus 8 specials showing them on various adventures．It’s a rest for Jane．who insists that she needs her new，busy life to provide for her family．“I have to lead such a life．and I’m thankful that I’ve built it to the top where now I can support my children．”she says．
And  whether a bellicose(好斗的)dance judge or a bellicose former wife，Jane plans to keep  0n facing attacks on her．  “Some people try to knock me down—only to make me more fierce，more protective，more determined to do better，”she says．“Go ahead，take me on．This will just make me stronger．”
1  According to Jane in the first paragraph，the low____________
A. can’t take her children away from her        B. can’t do anything with the case
C. will best settle the problem                D.  will disturb her children
2 . What does “to do that” refer to in the second paragraph?
A. To live with John．                    B．To hire a house for John．
C．To allow John to see the children         D．To ask John to set up a regular life.
3. What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?
A．Jane’s life is very difficult．         B．Jane continues to live as usual．
C．Jane almost can’t control her lire      D．Jane works very hard to live a happy life．
4 . Which word can best describe Jane?
A. Proud．    B．Fierce．    C．Determined．     D．Independent

My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had 36   it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the 37 . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every 38  with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to 39  if there was any sign of it on our end.

The 40  always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be 41   . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids, 42  and so on. Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much 43  for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.

By Christmas Eve we finally had to 44   the fact that the package was 45  lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my 46   and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the 47  package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I 48  the door, a man was standing there. “I 49    this is yours.” he said, holding a package. Just then I 50  that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “51 I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this 52  stranger for taking so much trouble to 53 this gift to us on Christmas Day, and 54 thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.

The real gift that holiday season was the new 55  to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!

1.                A．booked         B．decorated       C． listed    D．mailed

2.                A．appointment     B．deadline        C．holiday   D．party

3.                A．year           B．morning        C．week D．month

4.                A．pick out        B．take out        C．figure out D．find out

5.                A．complaint       B．conversation     C． discussion    D．quarrel

6.                A．chatting        B．arguing         C． kidding  D．scolding

7.                A．gifts           B．secrets         C．husband  D．clothing

8.                A．food           B．time           C．achievement   D．money

9.                A．consider        B．ignore          C． accept   D．study

10.               A．entirely        B．simply          C．mostly D．suddenly

11.               A．restaurant      B．office          C．house D．class

12.               A．terrible        B．outstanding     C．big   D．missing

13.               A．opened        B．locked         C．left   D．watched

14.               A．understand     B．forget          C．know D．believe

15.               A．expected       B．dreamed       C．realized   D．remembered

16.               A．because        B．but            C．or    D．so

17.               A．generous       B．honest         C．polite D．kind

18.               A．show          B．present        C．return D．offer

19.               A．silently         B．carefully        C．gently D．actually

20.               A．connection      B．guide          C．recognition D．closeness