The story below is a true story that happened in September.
During the month of September, a dear friend of mine lost her husband suddenly in an accident. The tragedy was a great shock to everyone.
This accident was sudden and certainly unexpected. It made me realize the fact that you just don’t know when a loved one is no longer going to be with you. We sometimes take our loved ones for granted(当然)，and we expect that they will be with us all the time. However, as we all know, life does not work that way and sometimes we get a wake-up call that shocks us and makes us stand back and realize how short life is.
To cheer her up, I tried to imagine if I were in her shoes how I would feel. It was impossible to imagine what she was going through. What words could I say to help her?Sometimes words just can’t express our feelings. Sometimes our actions are much more meaningful than words. So I gave her a hug(拥抱)…
Life is too short, and we should treasure(珍惜) every day staying with our loved ones.
【小题1】The writer’s friend lost her husband _______.     

The story was a true one and still moved me deeply. Thirty years ago, I got to know a ____ lady named Rose, she had no kids and lived alone. ____ I went to visit her, I always took Rose some coffee and food. One day she said she wanted to____ me to have lunch.

We walked ____ my workplace to a little restaurant on David Street. On the way, I began to worry: I knew that she had no money, but if I offered to ____ the lunch, I was afraid I would hurt her.

There were many people in the ____, and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went to ____ in the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, she came out and sat with me. She just paid for one meal and we started to ____ the delicious food together. She told ____ that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work. To my surprise, she also explained that the workers ____ were working there were all volunteers.

I ____ remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose. ____ we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose’s work. The weather was ____ and bright, and everyone’s smile was warm and bright too.

I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do ____ for our friends and neighbors. The world will be ____ if everybody would like to share happiness with others.

It will never be dark if there is a light in everyone’s heart.

1.A.poor        B. rich         C. outgoing           D. crazy

2.A. Unless      B. After        C. Unitl              D. When

3.A. invite       B. help        C. borrow             D. give

4.A. By         B. In          C. from               D. into

5.A. pay for      B. ask for      C. look for            D. care for

6.A. park        B. restaurant    C. hotel              D. bar

7.A. sit          B. rest         C. sleep              D. work

8.A. buy         B. cook        C. enjoy              D. drink

9.A. her         B. him         C. me                D. you

10.A. who       B. where        C. which             D. whose

11.A. never      B. still          C. hardly              D. already

12.A. So        B. But          C. Though             D. Because

13.A. hotter      B. cold          C. cool               D. warm

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

15.A. colder     B. nicer           C. harder             D. worse

The story below is a true story that happened in September.

During the month of September, a dear friend of mine lost her husband suddenly in an accident. The tragedy was a great shock to everyone.

This accident was sudden and certainly unexpected. It made me realize the fact that you just don’t know when a loved one is no longer going to be with you. We sometimes take our loved ones for granted(当然)，and we expect that they will be with us all the time. However, as we all know, life does not work that way and sometimes we get a wake-up call that shocks us and makes us stand back and realize how short life is.

To cheer her up, I tried to imagine if I were in her shoes how I would feel. It was impossible to imagine what she was going through. What words could I say to help her?Sometimes words just can’t express our feelings. Sometimes our actions are much more meaningful than words. So I gave her a hug(拥抱)…

Life is too short, and we should treasure(珍惜) every day staying with our loved ones.

1.The writer’s friend lost her husband _______.     

2. What does the underlined word “ tragedy” mean in Chinese?

A 机会           B. 生存        C．悲剧            D. 闹剧

3. To cheer her friend up, the writer ______.

4. In the writer’s opinion, life for us is ______.

5. According to Paragraph 3, what did the writer realize from the accident?