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Yesterday, after telling my brother, Rhys, and me to stop playing like wild animals, Mom went to take a bath. We were having a pillow fight when  36 one hit a vase. Mom  37 the loud crash. Wasting no time, she came  38 into the room. I was sure that she was going to shout at us, but instead she just knelt by the 39 and began to cry.

  This made Rhys and me feel pretty  40 . We went over and put our arms around her, and she explained to us why she was so upset. In the pieces  41 a broken glass rose, one petal (雑郁)gone, which was given by Dad on their first wedding anniversary. Dad had said that if he ever forgot to bring flowers home  42 an anniversary in the future, Mom was to look at that one. It was like their love!it would last a  43 .

  We began crying, and  44 to glue it. But Mom said that wouldn¨t really fix it.  45 it had been broken, the  46 of the ^limited edition ̄ had reduced. As Mom  47 began to pick up the mess, we tried everything we could think of to  48 her up, but even our best funny faces didn¨t  49 . Tears kept coming down her cheeks. Everything was picked up. Seeing Mom going back to the bath, I  50 her and put both hands on her shoulders, saying, ^All things can be  51 ��Mom. The only thing that cannot be broken is our  52 . It¨s the only thing that can never be broken.  ̄

  Mom hugged me very tightly and  53 smiled. After dinner that night, Mom glued the petal back onto the rose. Then she softly said, ^My rose is truly unique. Its tiny damage reminds me of  54 more important��the realization that love  55  forever.  ̄

36. A. gradually                        B. suddenly

C. surprisingly                            D. immediately

37. A. caused                          B. witnessed

C. heard                             D. ignored

38. A. dressing                         B. shouting

C. flying                             D. crying

39. A. pieces         B. vase             C. pillow        D. ground

40. A. disappointed                  B. angry

C. awful                             D. sensitive

41. A. grew         B. lay              C. stood        D. existed

42. A. for              B. in           C. from         D. by

43. A. decade        B. year             C. season           D. lifetime

44. A. offered                         B. supported

C. pretended                          D. agreed

45. A. Just as                          B. In case

C. Now that                           D. Even though

46. A. price          B. wealth        C. value         D. treasure

47. A. skillfully       B. hopefully      C. kindly        D. slowly

48. A. cheer         B. make         C. light         D. get

49. A. smile         B. work         C. show        D. say

50. A. prevented                        B. stopped

C. kept                                  D. followed

51. A. destroyed                        B. mended

C. improved                           D. broken

52. A. friendship                        B. honesty

C. love                                  D. happiness

53. A. finally                          B. quickly

C. confidently                         D. immediately

54. A. anything                         B. something

C. nothing                               D. everything

55. A. changes           B. appears          C. lasts             D. keeps

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Last year, my mom found out that she had stomach cancer. I thought she¨d be fine after she got  36 as she was diagnosed(寶僅)early. She had an operation to 37 a third of her stomach to stop the cancer from spreading. And for two months she went back and forth to the  38 . But I never visited her because I was  39 with school abroad and didn¨t fully know what was  40 . After her treatment, she  41 working because of her poor health and ate a(n)  42 diet. I visited her in the summer holiday. She seemed better, so I forgot that there was a possibility of cancer  43 .

 When school  44 , I said goodbye to my family. My mom called me from home every day.  45 in early November, my dad called instead. He sounded 46 .

  ^What¨s wrong? How come Mom¨s not calling me today? ̄ I asked. After a few seconds, he said my mom¨s cancer had returned and spread throughout her  47 . Her survival rate was less than 30%.

  After I put down the phone, I  48 . Tears kept coming out. I didn¨t want to  49 it. I couldn¨t accept the  50 that my mom might not have much time left. I cried and cried and at last, I stopped crying. I thought I should stop acting like a  51 and pull myself together.

  Looking back to when my mom first got cancer, I  52 how stupid I was for not appreciating her. I feel bad that I didn¨t visit her in the hospital. I should have cared. She¨s my mom.  53 , it¨s not too late. She recovered. I¨ll try to spend more time with my mom  54 . I hope you will do the same for your mom. Spend some time with your loved ones  55 it is too late.

36. A. medicine       B. attention      C. care             D. treatment

37. A. remove        B. rescue        C. check        D. protect

38. A. school        B. house        C. hospital          D. office

39. A. content        B. careful           C. popular          D. busy

40. A. going up       B. going on      C. taking on      D. showing up

41. A. continued                        B. hated

C. considered                          D. stopped

42. A. special                          B. delicious

C. normal                                D. interesting

43. A. changing                        B. returning

C. destroying                          D. appearing

44. A. ended                          B. required

C. responded                          D. started

45. A. Since         B. Although      C. But             D. So

46. A. bored         B. sad             C. excited           D. angry

47. A. back          B. skin             C. body         D. head

48. A. went through                     B. looked down

C. broke up                           D. broke down

49. A. say              B. answer           C. believe           D. remember

50. A. report         B. fact             C. message      D. lie

51. A. stranger           B. doctor        C. man             D. child

52. A. realize         B. pretend           C. imagine          D. ask

53. A. Luckily                         B. Unfortunately

C. Surprisingly                         D. Strangely

54. A. in the past                       B. from now on

C. at times                               D. in the future

55. A. if            B. as              C. before        D. when

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The books in David¨s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric,  41  his mother told him he would have to return his sister¨s books to the library first.

He had  42  set foot in a library and he wasn¨t about to do so today. He would just  43    the books in the outside return box. But there was a  44  ; it was locked.

He went into the building, only a few minutes  45  closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief  46  in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to   47  Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in  48  --the library lights were off. The place was  49  . The doors had been shut. They  50  be opened from the inside. He was trapped  -- in a library!

He tried to  51  a telephone call, but was unable to  52  . What¨s worse, the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  53  the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

54  he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: ^ 55  ! I¨m TRAPPED inside! ̄ and stuck it to the glass door.  56  , someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant  57  . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He calmed down, settled into a chair and started to  58  .

He knew he had to  59  , but now, that didn¨t seem to be such a  60  thing.

41. A. but           B. because              C. or              D. since
42. A. ever          B. nearly               C. never               D. often
43. A. pass          B. drop                C. carry            D. take
44. A. problem       B. mistake              C. case             D. question
45. A. during         B. after                C. over             D. before
46. A. rest          B. break                C. walk            D. stop
47. A. visit          B. meet                C. catch               D. greet
48. A. delight            B. anger                C. surprise          D. eagerness
49. A. lonely         B. empty               C. noisy            D. crowded
50. A. wouldn¨t       B. shouldn¨t             C. couldn¨t          D. needn¨t
51. A. make         B. fix                  C. use             D. pick
52. A. get on         B. get up               C. get through        D. get in
53. A. If               B. As                  C. Though          D. Until
54. A. On time       B. Now and then         C. By the way        D. At last
55. A. Come         B. Help                C. Hello            D. Sorry
56. A. Surely         B. Thankfully            C. Truly               D. Gradually
57. A. at most        B. after all              C. in short          D. as usual
58. A. watch         B. play                 C. read             D. write
59. A. wait          B. stand                C. sleep            D. work
60. A. bad           B. cool                C. strange           D. nice

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It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road.  36 I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salistury .

I was going along  37 at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a 38 scream--- ^ Help!  ̄ I looked round, but the only  39 of life was a large, black, rather suspicious--looking�┸敏謬庁�car just  40  a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I 41  speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw  42 me. As I drew near, the girl¨s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with  43  .

^Let me go, you coward; you¨re hurting me. Oh ! Oh !  ̄

I felt my  44  boil. The fog was coming down  45  now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no 46 that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.

^Drop that knife, you fool. Oh !  ̄ Then a cry and a groan��赴哇��.

If I was to save her, it was now or  47 . Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn¨t save the girl, I would at least try to bring the murderer to  48 . The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its  49 , and its brakes��媛概��screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and  50  into the ditch�┨毅�at the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out .

^You fool! ̄ he shouted as he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was  51  than he. I put all I could into  52  that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It  53  him right on the point of the chin; his  54  slowly bent under him, and he dropped to the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car,  55  open the door and looked inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.

^You have been listening to a radio play, Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately .  ̄

36. A. And            B. Though          C. Therefore         D. But

37. A. quietly          B. quickly           C. carefully          D. nervously

38. A. boy¨s B. man¨s            C. woman¨s D. driver¨s

39. A. person          B. sign             C. sound           D. form

40. A. turning          B. crossing          C. going            D. driving

41. A. slowed down     B. put on           C. added to          D. took up

42. A. right behind      B. close to          C. away from        D. near by

43. A. joy             B. sorrow              C. fear             D. anger

44. A. tears           B. heart            C. face             D. blood

45. A. slighter          B. thicker              C. lower            D. harder

46. A. need B. effort C. trouble D. doubt

47. A. never              B. late             C. ever             D. then

48. A. justice B. court C. lawyer D. sentence

49. A. direction         B. path             C. front             D. nose

50. A. drove              B. ran              C. crashed          D. sped

51. A. slower          B. quicker           C. taller            D. heavier

52. A. an anger         B. a fist            C. a beat            D. a blow

53. A. caught          B. struck           C. knocked          D. beat

54. A. chin            B. fists             C. knees            D. body

55. A. hit             B. brought          C. pushed           D. pulled

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Once many years ago, I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming. Last week I  36 a telephone call from a woman who could not stop  37 as she told me that one of the stories in my book had saved her son from committing suicide.(徭姫) In closing she called me a 38 .

That  39  me thinking about what a hero really is. Was I a hero  40 I pulled a family from a burning car? If so, how could I be a hero just because I  41  a story that saved someone¨s life?

Today I decided to look up the word ^hero ̄ in the dictionary to see  42 what it meant. It  43 ^a person who does something brave ̄. As I read on, it also said ^ a person who is good and noble ̄.

That statement 44 me more than the part about being  45 . So I thought about something very important. Say I was walking into the local Wal-Mart Store and I  46 to open and hold the door for someone as a courtesy (撰嘆) . As they passed me by, I said, ^How are you today? ̄ Most of the time that would be no big deal,  47 this time let¨s say it was for someone who was deeply  48 and near the end of the rope.

I was in such a condition after my marriage of twenty years ended. I was within hours trying to get up enough  49 to end the pain and misery. When I returned home, someone had  50 me a card in the mail which told me how  51 they would appreciate me as a friend. That wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.

Similarly many children come out of the orphanages (溝隅垪) 52 a very hard and bitter attitude against the world, but the gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten.  53 , most of them will never hurt anyone because of the  54 shown to them by those of us who cared. If it 55 , we will also become ^heroes ̄.

36. A. made         B. received          C gave.            D. accepted

37. A. cheering       B. laughing          C. thinking          D. talking

38. A. writer         B. player            C. gentleman.        D. hero

39. A. helped         B. let              C. got              D. made

40 A. while          B. if               C. though           D. because

41. A. said          B. wrote            C. made            D. recalled

42. A. exactly        B. easily            C. directly           D. obviously

43. A. wrote         B. told             C. read             D. described

44. A. helped         B. gave             C. touched          D. impressed

45. A. brave         B. good            C. kind             D. noble

46. A. happened      B. wanted           C. intended          D. meant

47. A. though        B. since            C. because          D. but

48. A. desperate      B. excited           C. moved           D. stressed

49. A. money        B. energy           C. ability            D. courage

50. A. sent          B. carried              C. brought          D. took

51. A. deeply         B. completely        C. well             D. much

52. A. without        B. for              C. with             D. within

53. A. Hopefully      B. However         C. Besides          D. Unfortunately

54. A .luck          B. respect              C. confidence        D. kindness

55. A. matters        B. works           C. acts             D. does

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