1 . My husband and I were on our way home to Adlaide after holidaying in Queensland with our   three children. It was late afternoon as we were heading for Narrandera, where we ______ to stay the night.

The car became difficult to control and we ______ we had a flat tyre (轮胎). It was quite ______ by the time we'd ______ all the camping equipment and ______ the tyre. Then, not long after getting back on the road, another tyre ______ . But now we had   no ______.There was no traffic on the road and only farms along the way.

Just as we were debating whether to sleep in the car or ______ to the nearest farm for help, car headlights ______ in the distance. My husband walked to the middle of the road to flag it down, ______ the children and I sat in the car with the inside light on so the driver could ______ we were a family and not a threat.

______， it was a lovely couple and their three children who lived on a nearby______ farm. We all piled into their car, and a short drive later we ______ their farm. They suggested we spend the ______ on the floor of their sitting room.

The next morning, after cooking us a great ______， the farmer took my husband into the nearby town to buy new tyres. Our two ______ got on so well that they ______ us to stay on for another day to learn about the workings of the farm and watch their daughter ______ ride one of the huge pigs.

We finally continued home to South Australia,   very ______ for the kindness this family had shown us.

1.

A．planned

B．refused

C．managed

D．hesitated

2.

A．promised

B．admitted

C．remembered

D．realized

3.

A．cold

B．hot

C．dark

D．light

4.

A．loaded

B．removed

C．bought

D．destroyed

5.

A．changed

B．afforded

C．improved

D．exchanged

6.

A．blew

B．came

C．stayed

D．started

7.

A．money

B．time

C．spare

D．share

8.

A．escape

B．return

C．drive

D．walk

9.

A．helped

B．remained

C．appeared

D．waited

10.

A．since

B．though

C．while

D．unless

11.

A．hear

B．see

C．smell

D．prove

12.

A．Luckily

B．Unfortunately

C．Strangely

D．Naturally

13.

A．chicken

B．duck

C．pig

D．cow

14.

A．got away from

B．arrived at

C．lived up to

D．looked for

15.

A．day

B．holiday

C．night

D．weekend

16.

A．supper

B．lunch

C．dinner

D．breakfast

17.

A．children

B．families

C．friends

D．strangers

18.

A．invited

B．ordered

C．required

D．allowed

19.

A．uselessly

B．endlessly

C．fearlessly

D．carelessly

20.

A．eager

B．ready

C．sorry

D．grateful

2 . Computer hackers have now got their hands on mobile phones. A phone virus program can ______ your phone do things you have no control over, computer security experts ______.

It might ______ the White House or the police, or forward your personal address book to a marketing company. Or it could simply eat into the phone's operating software, turning it ______ and erasing your personal information.

Similar viruses have already made mobile phone owners ______ in Japan and Europe.

Mr.Hypponen, chief technical officer of a computer security company in Finland, said a virus “can get your ______ and send them elsewhere. And it can record your ______. ”

Mobiles are now able to surf the net, send emails and ______ software. So they are an easy ______ for the same hackers who have sent viruses to computers over the past decade.

“It's technically ______ now，” said Stephen Trilling, director of research at anti­virus ______ maker Symantec Corp based in the US.

“If the phone is connected to the ______ , it can be used to transmit threats and ______ targets just as any computer can. ”

In Japan, if you opened a certain email message ______ your mobile phone, it would cause the phone to repeatedly ______ the national emergency (紧急)number.

So phone operators had to ______ emergency calls until the ______ was removed.

In Europe, the mobiles' short message service, ______ SMS, has been used to send codes that could damage phones.

Mobile users can ______ viruses, of course, by sticking to their traditional phones ______ web links, some experts said.

1.

A．get

B．force

C．make

D．damage

2.

A．speak

B．talk

C．tell

D．say

3.

A．lead

B．cause

C．control

D．call

4.

A．off

B．out

C．down

D．on

5.

A．interested

B．angry

C．excited

D．terrified

6.

A．messages

B．passages

C．news

D．information

7.

A．voice

B．passwords

C．music

D．address

8.

A．make

B．destroy

C．download

D．develop

9.

A．job

B．task

C．mission

D．target

10.

A．possible

B．impossible

C．useful

D．valuable

11.

A．hardware

B．software

C．computer

D．equipment

12.

A．computer

B．television

C．Internet

D．radio

13.

A．strike

B．visit

C．inquire

D．attack

14.

A．in

B．by

C．on

D．with

15.

A．send

B．dial

C．count

D．press

16.

A．cancel

B．forbid

C．stop

D．prevent

17.

A．bug

B．mistake

C．fault

D．email

18.

A．and

B．not

C．or

D．but

19.

A．stop

B．avoid

C．kill

D．find

20.

A．beyond

B．with

C．over

D．without

3 . Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room，holding Brett's jeans and shirt full of burnt holes.

Tired and defeated, I_______to the floor.The clothes were just one more thing Brett had_______.He often got almost everything in the house out of_______.Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking_______to steal money when he chose to live on the street.Yet none of this could compare to the_______damage Brett had done to our once quiet home.

Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old.During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as_______as possible, but inside I was shouting.“I don't want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can‘t_______him!”Having wiped my tears, I continued_______him as before.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall (少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping_______teens.

At the__________ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had__________the most to him or her.Brett spoke__________to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much.You were always there, no matter__________happened. My mom and dad, I am their kid. But you, __________troubled enough by me, always__________me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”

__________ , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me__________.

At that moment, tears__________in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for__________. Although I had struggled with silent__________toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action.We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.1.

A．sat

B．sank

C．bent

D．dropped

2.

A．ruined

B．lost

C．torn

D．broken

3.

A．danger

B．place

C．trouble

D．order

4.

A．off

B．in

C．up

D．away

5.

A．physical

B．visible

C．emotional

D．natural

6.

A．patiently

B．willingly

C．strictly

D．rudely

7.

A．forgive

B．educate

C．stand

D．control

8.

A．parenting

B．pardoning

C．comforting

D．feeding

9.

A．lazy

B．troublesome

C．disappointed

D．careless

10.

A．opening

B．official

C．victory

D．graduation

11.

A．afforded

B．meant

C．supplied

D．owed

12.

A．lovingly

B．sadly

C．proudly

D．nervously

13.

A．where

B．how

C．what

D．who

14.

A．unless

B．although

C．because

D．when

15.

A．cost

B．lent

C．taught

D．showed

16.

A．Astonished

B．Puzzled

C．Encouraged

D．Interested

17.

A．surely

B．roughly

C．tightly

D．fiercely

18.

A．fell

B．left

C．moved

D．gathered

19.

A．pity

B．happiness

C．luck

D．success

20.

A．love

B．anxiety

C．anger

D．care