A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This   16   be the first time that his classmates and teacher   17   his mother and he felt ashamed of her   18  . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that   19  nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to   20  why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still  21 and hid himself from everyone,  22   a conversation between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked   23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was   24  afraid to go in because the fire was   25   ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but   26  , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched（摸着） the   27  side of her face. “This scar will be  28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and   29   a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the   30  of the day.

A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the   16  soon.
Twenty minutes   17 , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she   18  to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he   19  it.
In the following hours on the flight,   20  time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile   21  he needed help or not. But the passenger never   22  her words.
When he was going to get off the   23 , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very   24 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her   25  the job.   26  with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she   27  the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times   28 . How can I refuse   29  twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger
  30  and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!

John is a famous writer now.But he said he was not a   【小题1】  student when he was young.He was often late for    【小题2】  and didn’t like doing his homework.
Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching.He didn’t understand much,   【小题3】 he always thought he understood everything.One day the teacher 【小题4】  the students a question, ‘When Jack was ten years old,  【小题5】 brother Bob was twenty.Jack is fifteen now and   【小题6】  is his brother Bob?’ John said, ‘ That’s easy.Bob is twice as old as Jack.So he is now thirty.’
Another time, the   【小题7】  in a science class asked, ‘ When it thunders（打雷）,   【小题8】  do we always see the light before we   【小题9】  the sound?’ ‘But, Miss,’ said John quickly.‘ Don’t you    【小题10】 our eyes are in front of our ears?’

Once upon a time , there was a child ready to be born. So    16   he asked God, “They tell me you are sending to    17  , but being so small and helpless,    18   am I going to live there?”

“   19    the many angels(天使), I chose the best one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you. ” God replied.

 “But here in heaven(天堂), I do    20     else but sing and smile! That’s enough for me to be happy.”

God said, “Your angel will sing and smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and you’ll be   21  .”

The child said, “And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me   22    I don’t know the language that men speak?”

God told the child, “ Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweetest words you will ever hear, and with     23    patience(耐心) and care, your angel will teach you   24   .

The child said, “I’ve    25    that on the earth there are bad men, who will protect me?”

God said, “Your angel will protect you  26   it means risking her life(冒生命危险).”

“But I will always be sad because I will not see you any more.”

“Your angel will always talk to you about    27   and in face, I will always be next to you.”

At the momen0t there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from the earth could already be heard, and the child, in a hurry, asked, “ Oh , God, since I am about to    28   now, please tell me my angel’s    29    !”

“It is not hard to remember,” God replied    30  . “You will call your angel Mommy.”

1.A. every day       B. any day      C. one day      D. some day

2.A. the earth       B. the moon     C. the country   D. the sea

3.A. where         B. how         C. why         D. when

4.A. Between       B. For          C. Among      D. With

5.A. nothing        B. everything    C. anything     D. something

6.A. lonely          B happy        C. excited       D. surprised

7.A. though         B. whether       C. after         D. if

8.A. no             B. little         C. much        D. some

9.A. where to go     B. how to speak   C. what to say   D. Which to choose

10.A. heard          B. remembered   C. forgotten     D. said

11.A. when          B as soon as      C. since        D. even if

12.A. me            B. you          C. us           D. her

13.A. die            B. work         C. study        D. leave

14.A. address         B. name        C. number       D. job

15.A. angrily         B. sadly         C. softly        D. shyly