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My husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of ___36___, but the commercial aspects (方面) of it. Knowing he felt this ____37__, I decided one year to__38__the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something __39_just for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was____40__at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match___41____a team sponsored（资助） by a church.
These youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so____42___that shoestrings(鞋带) seemed to be the only thing holding them together,___43_____our son’s team were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was___44___to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet(头盔) designed to___45____a wrestler’s head. They clearly could not____46___ them. Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class. But as the other team ____47__up from the mat(垫子), they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit___48____.
Mike, seated beside me, shook his head___49___, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential(潜力), but___50___like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved__51____and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball. That’s when the __52____for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and ___53____some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to the church.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his____54___from me. His smile was the____55___ thing about Christmas that year.
1. A．the gift B．an envelope C．the wrestling D．Christmas
2. A．way B．joy C．music D．fear
3. A．buy B．avoid C．wear D．give
4. A．beautiful B．expensive C．special D．new
5. A．wrestling B．weightlifting C．shooting D．boxing
6. A．at B．against C．for D．on
7. A．big B．small C．worn D．cheap
8. A．because B．if C．so D．while
9. A．frightened B．disappointed C．pleased D．surprised
10. A．cover B．surround C．protect D．hide
11. A．carry B．afford C．design D．expect
12. A．got B．dressed C．turned D．cheered
13. A．defeat B．evidence C．charge D．mistake
14. A．gently B．sadly C．nervously D．gladly
15. A．running B．winning C．losing D．shaking
16. A．workmates B．parents C．friends D．kids
17. A．invitation B．idea C．care D．money
18. A．return B．sold C．bought D．left
19. A．gift B．warning C．praise D．love
20. A．brightest B．funniest C．ugliest D．darkest
A young Scottish lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s 1. lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!” She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 2. . Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew 3. , and the daughter became more and more stubborn in her way of life.
No 4. was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having heard of her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in 5. of her daughter. She stopped at 6. of the rescue missions(收容所) with a simple speech. “Would you allow me to 7. this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten 8. at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat 9. listening to the service, all the while letting her 10. wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?
She couldn’t 11. until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!” 12. she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too 13. to be true.
It was night, but she was so 14. by the message that she started walking home. 15. the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and 16. her way timidly. As she knocked, the door 17. open on its own. She thought someone must broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s 18. , the young girl ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s 19. . The daughter said, “I was so worried and thought someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been 20. .”
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BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours of the country have advantages and disadvantages .
ADVANTAGES
Free museums. No charge for good collections of art works
Pop music. Britain is the only country to rival(与…匹敌)the US on this point.
Cabs. London taxi drivers well know where they are going.
Choice of food. Visitors can find food from every corner of the world .
Fashion. Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
DISADVANTAGES
Poor service. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.
Poor public transport. Trains and buses are promised to defeat tourists who have the most patience, so the over- crowded London tube is inexplicably(难以理解的) popular.
Rain. Still in the number one complaint.
Overpriced hotels. The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Drinking hours. Alcohol(酒) is in short supply after 11 pm even in “24-hour cities”.
1.What do tourists complain most?
A. Poor service. B. Poor public transport.
C. Rain. D. Overpriced hotels.
2. When is alcohol not able to get?
A. At 9: 00 pm B. At 10: 00 pm C. At 11: 00 pm D. At 12: 00 pm
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. You have to pay to visit the museums.
B. Only clothing with brand names are sold in London .
C. You cannot find Chinese food there.
D. The public transport is poor there.
BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours of the country have advantages and disadvantages .
ADVANTAGES
Free museums. No charge for good collections of art works
Pop music. Britain is the only country to rival(与…匹敌)the US on this point.
Cabs. London taxi drivers well know where they are going.
Choice of food. Visitors can find food from every corner of the world .
Fashion. Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
DISADVANTAGES
Poor service. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.
Poor public transport. Trains and buses are promised to defeat tourists who have the most patience, so the over- crowded London tube is inexplicably(难以理解的) popular.
Rain. Still in the number one complaint.
Overpriced hotels. The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Drinking hours. Alcohol(酒) is in short supply after 11 pm even in “24-hour cities”.
What do tourists complain most?
A. Poor service. B. Poor public transport.
C. Rain. D. Overpriced hotels.
When is alcohol not able to get?
A. At 9: 00 pm B. At 10: 00 pm C. At 11: 00 pm D. At 12: 00 pm
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. You have to pay to visit the museums.
B. Only clothing with brand names are sold in London .
C. You cannot find Chinese food there.
D. The public transport is poor there.
The head engineer is in ________ the project .
A. his charge of B. the charge of C. charge of D. one’s charge
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