1 . One night, a married couple got into a fight. It was common for them to stay in a war of _________ after such a fight. And this time was not _________. For most of the night, the couple had _________ each other and even as they were preparing for bed, not a word was said.

However, the husband started getting _________ because he would catch a flight at 5:00 a.m. the next morning. He was a heavy sleeper and _________ his wife to wake him up. Otherwise, there was a good _________ he would sleep right _________ the alarm.

In order not to lose his face, he didn’t speak with her _________, but wrote a piece of paper “Please _________ me when it’s 5:00 a.m.” He put the note on his wife’s pillow, __________ that his wife would for sure see it there. He then fell asleep with __________.

The next morning when he woke up, it was already 7:00 a.m.! He knew his journey was __________. He was filled with anger and was preparing to __________ his wife when he noticed a handwritten note beside his pillow, saying “It’s 5:00 a.m. — get up.”

Most of the time __________ you say something is more important than what you actually say. When you need something, do not let __________ get in your way of asking help the right way!

1.

A．patience

B．silence

C．danger

D．secret

2.

A．similar

B．obvious

C．different

D．interesting

3.

A．ignored

B．comforted

C．warned

D．forgiven

4.

A．curious

B．regretful

C．careful

D．anxious

5.

A．led to

B．picked up

C．depended on

D．held back

6.

A．result

B．chance

C．excuse

D．solution

7.

A．through

B．below

C．beside

D．without

8.

A．thankfully

B．naturally

C．sadly

D．directly

9.

A．meet

B．inform

C．support

D．watch

10.

A．seeing

B．realizing

C．believing

D．promising

11.

A．doubt

B．surprise

C．disappointment

D．content

12.

A．shared

B．destroyed

C．changed

D．discovered

13.

A．blame

B．stop

C．encourage

D．trouble

14.

A．when

B．how

C．why

D．whether

15.

A．experience

B．weakness

C．pride

D．worry

2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was the sound of my favorite violin.

“Thief!”

I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.

Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile, I asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s nephew, Michael? I’m his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You’re really like him!”

On hearing my words, the boy was first astonished, but then quickly said, “Has my uncle gone out? I think I’d better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while.”

I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, “Do you like to play the violin so much?”

“Yes, but I’m so poor that I can’t afford it,” the boy replied.

“Then, I give this violin to you.” The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He involuntarily trembled for a moment and ran out without looking back.

I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper’s photo.

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A few years later, I was invited to be a judge at a music competition of senior high school students.

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After the competition, “Michael” ran to me, holding a violin box.

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