As I sat beside the window of our classroom that afternoon, my heart sank further with each passing car. This was a day I’d looked forward to for weeks: Miss Pace’s fourth-grade, end-of-the-year party.
I had happily volunteered my mother when Miss Pace looked for cookie volunteers. Mom’s chocolate chips were well-known, and I knew they’d be a hit with my classmates. But two o’clock passed, and there was no sign of her. Most of the other mothers had already come and gone, dropping off their sweet offerings.
The three o’clock bell soon took me away from my thoughts and I took my book bag from my desk.
I decided I would slam the front door, and refuse to return her hug. But when I arrived, she wasn’t at home.
I was lying face-down on my bed upstairs when I heard her come through the front door.
“Robbie,” she called out a bit urgently. “Where are you?”
I could then hear her rushing anxiously from room to room, wondering where I could be. I remained silent.
Coming through the door, she said: “I’m so sorry, honey,” she said. “I just forgot. I got busy and forgot.”
Then my mother did something completely unexpected. She began to laugh! How could she laugh at a time like this? I rolled over and faced her, ready to let her see my rage (憤怒).
But my mother wasn’t laughing at all. She was crying. “I’m so sorry,” she said. “I let you down. I let my little boy down.”
I was moved by her tears.
I tried to remember her kind words from times past when I’d skinned knees or cut myself, times when she knew just the right thing to say.
“It’s okay, Mom. We didn’t even need those cookies. There was plenty of stuff to eat. Don’t cry. It’s all right. Really.”
We didn’t say another word. We just held each other. Whe
n we came to the point where I would usually pull away, I decided that, this time, I could hold on, perhaps, just a little bit longer.
【小題1】
. The author was pretty down because ______.
| A．he couldn’t go to the party he had been looking forward to |
| B．his mother didn’t turn up at the party as she had promised |
| C．his mother had refused to make chocolate chips for the party |
| D．the cookies his mom made was not popular at the party |
. When the author returned home, ______.| A．he was so angry that he slammed the front door |
| B．he was silent and refused to return his mother’s hug |
| C．he rushed from room to room looking for his mother |
| D．he was disappointed that he couldn’t express his anger to his mother |
. We can tell from the story that _____.| A．the mother didn’t get to the party because of the traffic jam |
| B．the mother was sorry for her absence and laughed at herself |
C．the author was a caring and thoughtf ul boy |
| D．the author was overcome with anger |
. The article expresses the message that ______.| A．it is silly to be angry with your family |
| B．everybody should keep his or her promises |
| C．true love is based on understanding |
| D．understanding how to comfort people in low spirits is a true skill |
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A. taught B. shut C. left D. controlled
A. failed B. stopped C. interrupted D. changed
A. record B. promise C. sadness D. silence
A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly
A. young B. sick C. poor D. shy
A. giving B. enjoying C. receiving D. spending
A. real B. happy C. usual D. long
A. find B. make C. buy D. gather
A. prepare B. finish C. start D. continue
A. though B. however C. otherwise D. thus
A. forgotten B. considered C. learnt D. realized
A. Quickly B. Suddenly C. Proudly D. Carefully
A. sweet B. loud C. low D. polite
A. appeared B. planned C. happened D. collected
A. hope B. wonder C. doubt D. believe
A. glad B. sorry C. curious D. lucky
A. education B. advice C. rescue D. help
A. rest B. read C. work D. study
A. knew B. liked C. understood D. recognized
A. project B. experience C. event D. accident
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| A. having lost a loved one | B. having lost a valuable article |
| C. having lost a profit-making business | D. having lost a well-paid job |
| A. he couldn’t earn enough money to support his family |
| B. he was suffering from sleeplessness disease |
| C. he couldn’t get out of mental pressure |
| D. he felt tired of adult-education classes |
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1. A．table B．camera C．hammer D．phone
2. A．gentle B．happy C．good D．helpful
3. A．story B．word C．joke D．sentence
4. A．corner B．bed C．room D．box
5. A．possible B．clear C．common D．unusual
6. A．recover B．pretend C．think D．regret
7. A．continued B．stopped C．repeated D．interrupted
8. A．what B．whether C．why D．how
9. A．has B．helps C．makes D．lets
10. A．reach B．settle C．arrive D．handle
11. A．ability B．duty C．energy D．reason
12. A．mind B．see C．feel D．learn
13. A．influences B．changes C．plans D．troubles
14. A．cut B．hurt C．broke D．harmed
15. A．clever B．heavy C．dear D．lovely
16. A．over B．after C．for D．during
17. A．purpose B．principle C．destination D．attitude
18. A．have B．manage C．make D．stop
19. A．either B．any more C．neither D．anywhere
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1. A．speeded up B．broke down C．looked up D．pulled though
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3. A．slow B．bad C．right D．important
4. A．pleasure B．stress C．experience D．challenge
5. A．spend B．take C．cost D．pay
6. A．encouraging B．embarrassing C．moving D．boring
7. A．saw B．read C．posted D．painted
8. A．lose B．seek C．finish D．take
9. A．terrified B．satisfied C．depressed D．exhausted
10. A．class B．shift C．club D．party
11. A．pulled B．attracted C．deserved D．attacked
12. A．imagination B．relation C．experience D．strategy
13. A．spoke B．laughed C．acted D．returned
14. A．nodded B．shook C．raised D．lower
15. A．took B．put C．feared D．avoid
16. A．fell B．formed C．dried D．disappeared
17. A．confidence B．balance C．control D．strength
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19. A．luckily B．eagerly C．proudly D．naturally
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Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I 36 across some old love letters that my parents wrote to
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10.A. different B. traditional C. typical D. familiar
11. A. wars B. illnesses C. prescriptions D. letters
12.A. intended B. meant C. planned D. said
13.A. divided B. separated C. sorted D. updated
14.A. softly B. angrily C. sadly D. loudly
15. A. fantastic B. enthusiastic C. curious D. positive
16.A. Christmas card B. lipstick C. basket D. envelope
17.A. found B. wrote C. missed D. recognized
18.A. emotion B. sorrow C. sickness D. astonishment
19.. A. story B. speech C. message D. motto
20.A. in peace B. in private C. in danger D. in person
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