1 . What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a place where kindly _______ exist among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the _______ of their parents. Thus, all of them are _______ together by affection, and they find their home to be a _______ place in the world.

But for me, sometimes I can't feel the love from my father and can't feel the warmth of the home. _______ happen between us frequently.

“BANG” the door caused a protest. “Never _______ this house again!” shouted Father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the house and ran along the street.

A young father who held a child in his arm walked _______ me. I felt as if I saw my _______ from another space: happy and harmonious.

But now I don't know _______ it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting ________. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron ________ between us that can never be opened.

I wandered the streets, ________ a destination in my mind. My heart was ________ on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people in the streets, until I had only streets to keep me company. When I finally reached the high rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still ________.

I thought to myself, “Is Father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?” After a long hesitation, I opened the door and instantly tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had ________ between us did not exist at all because love is second to none.

1.

A．greetings

B．suggestions

C．affections

D．education

2.

A．activities

B．amusements

C．games

D．difficulties

3.

A．put

B．bound

C．caught

D．led

4.

A．richest

B．funniest

C．farthest

D．cheeriest

5.

A．Regrets

B．Injuries

C．Dangers

D．Quarrels

6.

A．put heart in

B．set foot in

C．bury head in

D．keep hand in

7.

A．towards

B．past

C．beyond

D．over

8.

A．adulthood

B．adolescence

C．childhood

D．youth

9.

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．whether

10.

A．old

B．stubborn

C．angry

D．emotional

11.

A．house

B．door

C．wall

D．block

12.

A．with

B．across

C．without

D．from

13.

A．unhappy

B．melt

C．confused

D．frozen

14.

A．on

B．off

C．out

D．in

15.

A．created

B．built

C．opened

D．imagined

2 . I’ve dragged a stool (凳子) outside and sat my daughter Sally on it. She’s sitting high with her eyes closed, skin wet from the shower, and her _______ hair behind her back.

Today, I’m sending Sally away for a week of summer camp. This was all my _______. She’s nearly 12, and I notice that I’m with my child nearly 24 hours a day. So Sally has become increasingly _______ on my presence. What _______ me most is that she has become a “mini-me”. She pursues my hobbies, my dreams, and my opinions. And that’s _______ I pulled her to the summer wilderness camp.

After we eat, I _______ Sally to the camp. Once there, we are introduced to Sally’s fellow campers. Sally stands by the group of children, holding my hand, _______ in her eyes. “I need you for a few more minutes,” she tells me, holding my hand _______. The camp’s officer comes over to help her meet a few kids. I kiss on her cheek and then I disappear _______ she realizes I’m gone.

It’s not until I drive home that I finally ________ it. A piece of my ________ has been taken from my body. I begin to shake. The tears ________ down my face. It takes every bit of my ________ to keep driving forward. I calm down and ________ myself why I chose this path. I want Sally to have a ________ to find herself out of my ________. I don’t want to see only ________ in my child. I want to learn who she is. If I don’t set her free, I fear I’ll never really meet her real ________.

After 12 years of ________ being together, I want to finally meet my daughter for the ________ time.

1.

A．nice

B．messy

C．short

D．black

2.

A．job

B．life

C．idea

D．fault

3.

A．dependent

B．impressed

C．concentrated

D．influential

4.

A．interests

B．comforts

C．delights

D．frightens

5.

A．when

B．because

C．how

D．why

6.

A．take

B．force

C．drive

D．push

7.

A．joy

B．horror

C．curiosity

D．anger

8.

A．tightly

B．coldly

C．gratefully

D．gently

9.

A．after

B．before

C．when

D．if

10.

A．make

B．love

C．believe

D．feel

11.

A．soul

B．skin

C．memory

D．bone

12.

A．bring

B．lie

C．stream

D．slide

13.

A．strength

B．pains

C．devotion

D．gains

14.

A．remember

B．encourage

C．advise

D．remind

15.

A．rest

B．chance

C．journey

D．camp

16.

A．touch

B．attention

C．shadow

D．protection

17.

A．someone

B．myself

C．anyone

D．herself

18.

A．freedom

B．appearance

C．experience

D．personality

19.

A．permanently

B．seldom

C．constantly

D．never

20.

A．first

B．only

C．last

D．best

3 . When I was a boy growing up I can't remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn't eat at one meal was ______, stored, and served as leftovers later on. I can ______ my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were ______ but there was always about half of the beans ______ A few days later grandmother would take those ______ out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and ______ them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule. And I also remember when I   ______     my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the

extra butter and ______ pour it into a container. Then she later would ______ it to flavor up so many other dishes.

I learned the ______ well and after I grew up I tried to never waste food myself. I always ______ the week's meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping ______ so nothing went to waste. Every ______went into our stomachs and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just ______ . All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be ______and not wasted.

1.

A．swallowed

B．abandoned

C．saved

D．poured

2.

A．remember

B．witness

C．imagine

D．assist

3.

A．uncomfortable

B．full

C．unbearable

D．content

4.

A．picked out

B．left over

C．made use of

D．fed up with

5.

A．cakes

B．pots

C．dishes

D．beans

6.

A．roll

B．dip

C．mix

D．fry

7.

A．watched

B．felt

C．heard

D．made

8.

A．frequently

B．carefully

C．curiously

D．suddenly

9.

A．sort

B．remove

C．digest

D．use

10.

A．flavor

B．service

C．lesson

D．task

11.

A．planned

B．cooked

C．distributed

D．collected

12.

A．bill

B．list

C．paper

D．spot

13.

A．vegetable

B．sample

C．material

D．meal

14.

A．wrong

B．common

C．awesome

D．endless

15.

A．confirmed

B．ignored

C．recycled

D．honored

4 . “I have no idea what to get you this New Year,” my husband Larry said. I _________ with a knowing smile as the same _________ to me in finding him something. _________ we like remembering each other with gifts on holiday, we had reached the _________ in lives where we didn’t need more things. Actually, we were _________, clearing out and getting rid of unneeded stuff.

Then an online article was _________. It was about schools having to turn away some children from receiving _________ for they had no money to pay. And a thought _________ me. “Let’s each give money to the school for our presents,” I said _________ the article with Larry. “Great idea. It's also a __________ to pay it forward,—to offer our kindness and love,” Larry smiled.

When our children were small, Larry and I were __________, losing sources of income. During the hard time, we __________ to pay any bill. It wasn't easy for us to ask for help, as we’d been brought up on principles of __________. Someone then offered a hand.

Now that we were in much more __________ circumstances, we could give back. I visited our local elementary school, and explained we'd like to help children who couldn’t __________ their lunches. The receptionist looked first __________ and then pleased. She __________ me to the cafeteria to talk with the head there. The lady taking __________ accepted our gift of cash with thanks. “This will make a big __________ to so many children,she said.

__________ there weren't as many presents in our room, but it was one of our best New Years.

1.

A．interrupted

B．complained

C．left

D．responded

2.

A．related

B．returned

C．applied

D．appealed

3.

A．Because

B．While

C．If

D．Unless

4.

A．stage

B．balance

C．agreement

D．edge

5.

A．passing down

B．handing       out

C．cutting back

D．laying       off

6.

A．in demand

B．in view

C．on record

D．on trial

7.

A．support

B．education

C．books

D．meals

8.

A．struck

B．inspired

C．troubled

D．changed

9.

A．analyzing

B．praising

C．sharing

D．commenting

10.

A．reminder

B．chance

C．promise

D．reason

11.

A．unemployed

B．disconnected

C．sick

D．alone

12.

A．managed

B．intended

C．refused

D．failed

13.

A．independence

B．generosity

C．responsibility

D．insistence

14.

A．special

B．similar

C．comfortable

D．complex

15.

A．cook

B．provide

C．reserve

D．afford

16.

A．touched

B．surprised

C．excited

D．worried

17.

A．directed

B．waved

C．represented

D．followed

18.

A．advantage

B．charge

C．action

D．notice

19.

A．decision

B．priority

C．difference

D．push

20.

A．Probably

B．Hopefully

C．Generally

D．Obviously