1 . One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head
____ Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with
____ and fear.
With growing
____I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely
____ ours. This would be a good opportunity to
____my children, so I explained their difficult
____to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.
“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll
____ what we have with them.”
I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously
____ the boys and I filled one box with canned food.
While I
____our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and
____ some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched
____ as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.
“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.
The boys placed the toys they had
____to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll
____tightly to her chest. She
____ in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a
____ kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.
“Oh, honey,” I said. “You
____ to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”
Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy.
____she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”
I stared at Meghan for a long moment,
____ how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.
It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but
____to let go of things we cherish, isn’ t it?
____, the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.
1. 2. | A．smile | B．confusion | C．joy | D．anger |
3. | A．happiness | B．friendship | C．puzzle | D．interest |
4. | A．matched | B．equaled | C．compared | D．suited |
5. | A．help | B．complain | C．change | D．teach |
6. | A．experience | B．problem | C．situation | D．process |
7. | A．give | B．share | C．send | D．spare |
8. | A．as | B．since | C．though | D．because |
9. | A．came through | B．broke through | C．sorted through | D．got through |
10. | A．donate | B．leave | C．keep | D．sell |
11. | A．hopefully | B．anxiously | C．depressingly | D．quietly |
12. | A．separated | B．chosen | C．bought | D．confirmed |
13. | A．hugged | B．tied | C．grasped | D．caught |
14. | A．settled | B．regretted | C．paused | D．cried |
15. | A．precious | B．final | C．hearty | D．lovely |
16. | A．wouldn’t like | B．ought not | C．had better not | D．don’t have |
17. | A．Also | B．Yet | C．Maybe | D．Though |
18. | A．knowing | B．wondering | C．realizing | D．expecting |
19. | A．available | B．necessary | C．important | D．hard |
20. | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Otherwise | D．Moreover |
