It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat. Just then the phone call came, the call changed that sunny and beautiful day into a cold and dark one.

When I saw my father answering the phone, he was crying. I’d never seen my dad cry before. My heart sank. What possibly could happen?

“Max, I’m so sorry,” I heard him say. That’s when it hit me. I knew that Suzie had died.

Max has been my dad’s best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a serious illness. She knew she was different from other kids. Although she couldn’t live a normal life, she was still happy.

When Suzie and I were little girls, we spent quite a bit of time together. When Suzie was ten, she had to live in a hospital. About eight months before she died, we talked at least twice a week on the phone until the end. Suzie was always so excited to talk to me and wanted to know everything I did and every thing I ate.

When Suzie and I first started calling each other, I thought it would be more of a burden on me, but I was completely wrong. I learned so much from her. She gave me more than I could ever give her. I will never forget her or the talks we had. I now know that I must never take anything for granted, especially my health and the gift of life.

1.That phone call on a summer day made the author very _________.

A. sad              B. dark             C. cold              D. disappointed

2.Which of the following is Not true?

A. The author’s day had never cried before.

B. Max was the best friend of the author’s dad.

C. Suzie was in bad health, so she was always unhappy.

D. Suzie enjoyed talking to the author on the phone.

3.The underlined word “it” probably refers to _________.

A. all the talks between Suzie and the author on the phone

B. Suzie’s serious illness

C. Suzie’s death

D. the first talk between Suzie and the author on the phone

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. The Gift of Life                                                B. A Cold Dark Day

C. Suzie’s Death                                                  D. My Friend Suzie

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“Do you like my dress?” She asked a passing stranger. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said with tears in her eyes.

“I think it is really pretty, but why are you (1) c______”

With a quiver (颤抖) in her voice, the little girl answered, “After mommy made me the (2) d______, she had to go to the heaven (天堂).”

Finally the woman realized what the child meant. She gently (3) h____ the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone.

Then suddenly the little boy stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and (4) b____ to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, a most like the song of a very small bird.

(5) A_____ the child stopped singing, she explained to the lady, “My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and (6) i____ would make me stop.”

“See,” she said, “it did, and now my eyes are dry!”

As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve(袖子). “Madam, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you (7) s________.”

“Of course,” she answered.

(8) P______ to a spot on her dress, she said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here.” Mommy said she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would have all kisses for everything that made me cry.

Then the lady (9) r______ that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother…who knew she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the hurts that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly wore.

She (10) n____ longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped…in her mother’s love.

1.___________  2.__________ 3.____________ 4.____________ 5._____________

6.___________  7.__________ 8.____________ 9.____________ 10._____________

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“Do you like my dress?” She asked a passing stranger. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said with tears in her eyes.

“I think it is really pretty, but why are you (71) c______”

With a quiver (颤抖) in her voice, the little girl answered, “After mommy made me the (72) d______, she had to go to the heaven (天堂).”

Finally the woman realized what the child meant. She gently (73) h____ the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone.

Then suddenly the little stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and (74) b____ to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, a most like the song of a very small bird.

(75) A_____ the child stopped singing, she explained to the lady, “My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and (76) i____ would make me stop.”

“See,” she said, “it did, and now my eyes are dry!”

As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve(袖子). “Madam, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you (77) s________.”

“Of course,” she answered.

(78) P______ to a spot on her dress, she said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here.” Mommy said she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would have all kisses for everything that made me cry.

Then the lady (79) r______ that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother…who knew she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the hurts that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly wore.

She (80) n____ longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped…in her mother’s love.