The afternoon on December 25 in the waiting room, I was the nurse on duty. When I felt sad about having to    1 on Christmas Day, a woman and four small children showed up at my desk.
“Are you all sick?” I asked. “Yes.” the woman said    2  and lowered her head. But when it came to telling me about their    3 , things got a little surprising. They all seemed to be well and there was nothing    4  with their body.
Why did they tell a   5  that they were all sick? I did not say anything but    6  that it might be a little time before a doctor could    7  them . The mother said, “Take your time. We can    8  here. It’s so warm.” When she finished the register chart, I noticed she didn’t write down their address----were they    9 ?
I looked at the    10  around the Christmas tree. The children were excited and    11  to be healthy. The littlest one was pointing at the Christmas tree and said something to the mother. Then I was sure that they came here not because of    12  but only for warmth.
I went back to the nurses’ station and   13  the homeless family. The nurses,    14  about working on Christmas Day like me, turned to feel sorry for the family and decided to    15 .We bought delicious food in the hospital restaurant and    16  a big dinner for our guests. We needed    17 . So we put apples in a basket and collected candies and clothes. Just as we were seriously prepared to meet the physical needs of the    18 , our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be    19  on Christmas Day.
Later, as the family was to    20 , the youngest child ran to me and said, “Thank you very much. Good bye. ”

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　　After supper Li Hua came and asked for me

(1)__________

to go and see a film with him. In our way to the

(2)__________

cinema we saw a little girl seating by the road,

(3)__________

crying. We bought her a cake in a shop nearby

(4)__________

to stop her cry. However, when asked where she

(5)__________

had lived she said she didn’t know. So we took

(6)__________

her to the police station and asked police to take

(7)__________

care of her. After this we went to the cinema. But

(8)__________

when we got there the movie was near at its end.

(9)__________

We missed the movie, and we did a good deed.

(10)__________

Three  21  ago, my family got our first computer.  22  the beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a  23  one. After my father. and I talked for a long time, he  24 . We went to many shops and read many ads.   25  we bought an HP computer.
During the first week, I noticed  26  our computer had some problems. I spent many hours   27  to fix it, but it   28  work. So I   29  to phone the HP compa­ny and ask them   30  to work out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their workers were 31 that day.
The next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the computer    32 did not work. My dad had no other way but to return the whole thing.
A few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some parts to build a new computer by  33 .
It was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折), I have learned a lot. Now I be­lieve that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems,   34  I would not have learned how to build the new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't    35   .

One summer my friend and I decided to go to Italy for a holiday and we decided to travel there without going through a travel agency. You know, you would be submerged (淹没) in crowds of tourists and lose lots of opportunities to get familiar with the country more closely. We started to think over our trip and managed to come up with a free tour of Italy.
The trip was not very long but it was still very impressive. We look forward to going there again! Of course, we spent lots of time arranging the trip, but it was well worth it! Of course I was afraid that something would go wrong and I was especially anxious about my visa, but everything went quite smoothly in the end.
The most difficult part was getting a visa without an invitation. In the Italian consulate(领事馆), one must hand in some official paper proving that one has a hotel booked for oneself in order to get the visa. Then we had to solve the ticket problem. Airlines often sell cheap tickets and we bought ours far in advance. The next step was to book a hotel. We finally booked a hotel about thirty km away from the heart of Rome and it was the perfect choice for our trip.
Every day we took a train that carried us to the heart of Rome. Our big house, which was surrounded by the forest, was a rare girl for the fresh air and absolute silence, beautiful views, hospitable (好客的) hosts, comfortable living conditions delighted us to no end. Besides this, we were very lucky that our mistress was Russian. She gave us a lot of advice that was of great use. She told us what transport to choose and where the best places to go.
Don’t be afraid to arrange your trip by yourself. It’s not difficult! The only thing I'll say right now is that we really enjoyed traveling by ourselves. We walked with a map and a guide-book to wherever we wanted and we even met some of our fellow countrymen on the way just two or three times. So, if you're also planning a "single" trip, don't forget to take a Russian-Italian phrasebook as people in Italy prefer to speak in their native tongue.
【小题1】 Why does the author want to go to Italy again?

A．enjoys traveling everywhere in the world

B．likes being accompanied by tour guides

C．advises us to arrange trips by ourselves

D．met with a lot of his countrymen in Italy

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Dear Mr. Takashhi,

I am writing to apologize for any misunderstandings that occurred when I showed you around Beijing the other day. I noticed that you were a bit   31   when I put the business card you gave me in my   32   without looking at it. And   33   did not know why you kept making an OK sign and why you   34   so many things. After reading a magazine article, I know that Japanese people give out their business cards   35   they greet others and they would like others to look at their cards carefully. So I should have read your   36   before I put it in my pocket. And I also know why you bought so many things   37 . Because gift-giving is expected in Japan and on a trip, you must bring back lots of   38 . As for the OK sign, I now know it is a request for small change.

I feel very sorry for not having known these   39   habits earlier. I hope you can forgive me for all these misunderstandings. I hope   40   our next meeting will be happier.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hualing

1. A. pleased       B. upset            C. excited          D. encouraged

2. A. hand          B. box              C. watch            D. pocket

3. A. I             B. you              C. we               D. nobody

4. A. made          B. saw              C. bought           D. eat

5. A. unless        B. before           C. after            D. when

6. A. faces         B. books            C. cards            D. clothes

7. A. there         B. here             C. home             D. everywhere

8. A. gifts         B. photos           C. pictures         D. sweets

9. A. strange       B. rare             C. unusual          D. cultural

10. A. which        B. that             C. when             D. where