My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea（杜鵑花）bush. By the time I got outside, he’d broken it. “Can I take this to school today?” he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn’t see the tears gathering in my eyes.
The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If only my husband had just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan.
It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.
Somehow I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. As I finished hanging up the last of my husband’s shirts, I looked at the clock. 2:30. I was late. Jonathan’s class let out at 2:15 and I hurriedly drove to the school.
I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher’s door and peered through the glass. She rustled through the door and took me aside. “I want to talk to you about Jonathan,” she said.
I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me. “Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?” she asked. I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes. “Let me tell you about yesterday,” the teacher insisted. “See that little girl?” I watched the bright-eyed child laugh and point to a colorful picture taped to the wall. I nodded.
“Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical. Her mother and father are going through a nasty divorce. She told me she didn’t want to live, she wished she could die. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, ‘Nobody loves me.’ I did all I could to comfort her, but it only seemed to make matters worse.” “I thought you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan,” I said.
“I do,” she said, touching the sleeve of my blouse. “Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, ‘I love you.’“
I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. “Thank you,” I said, reaching for Jonathan’s hand, “you’ve made my day.”
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: “...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt anger.
I heard the familiar squeak of my husband’s brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband’s eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. “I love you,” I said.
小題1:Why did the woman cry when seeing her son had broken the azalea bush?
A．Because she could not tolerate the harm to it.
B．Because it made her bad mood even worse.
C．Because her son did not ask her for permission.
D．Because she wanted to hand it to her husband.
小題2:The writer wanted to hide in the mountain cave probably for the reason of         .
A．feeling fed up with her endless daily housework
B．her husband’s failing to fix the machine in time
C．boring daily routine with a feeling of lack of love
D．her hoping to seek happiness in a brand new place
小題3:We can infer from the passage that the writer expressed love to her husband in that         .
A．she was inspired by her son that love was supposed to be felt and practiced
B．she felt guilty that she misunderstood her husband and wanted to apologize
C．she felt it necessary to have a complete family for the happiness of herself
D．she wanted to prove her love and expected the same words from her husband

小題1:B
小題２:C
小題３:A

試題分析： 文章介紹作者因為每天的日�，嵤潞腿狈�，對生活失去信心，甚至想躲到山上去，但是兒子的一個做法，讓作者受到感染和激發(fā)，決心讓愛重新出現(xiàn)在她的家。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea（杜鵑花）bush. 可知作者這一天開始就很糟，兒子又將她的杜鵑花破壞了，所以她難過的哭了，選B
小題２:推理題：從第四段的句子：Somehow I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. 可知作者想躲到山洞里，因為每天的日�，嵤潞腿狈�，選C
小題３:推理題：從最后一段的句子：I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband’s eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. “I love you,” I said.可知作者受到兒子做法的啟發(fā)，知道愛應該被感受到和實踐，選A 。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

BIG things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer, my parents     my entire world when they told me they were getting divorced. I couldn’t believe that our family was going to     . Though I always knew my parents weren’t very happy and they often fought, I still wanted my family to stay       .
My life changed completely after the divorce. My mother and I moved into a small apartment       town, while my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house. I now became a visitor       I went to see my Dad and Bill on the weekends. And immediately I had my stepfather, Dan,        I showed no interest in. I was clearly sad, especially after Dan and my mother married       I realized that there was no way that things could change       the way they were.
Even though I refuse all Dan’s trying to get to know me and wasn’t very nice to him, he never gave      on me. Gradually, I began to trust him. I realized that we actually had some things in common, especially when    came to movies and TV shows. We spent a lot of time together    out to watch movies. That gave us a chance to talk and get to know each other    .
Better still, Dan showed an interest in me that I had       experienced from my own father. Dan was always around when I needed       on school or friends. Once I began to         Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together. We often went out to eat and       short trips. Eventually, I discovered that I finally had the happy family that I had always      .
I now realize my parents were       about getting the divorce. Their breakup was the best thing to happen for all of us. My father also found happiness—he       and had another child, my half-sister, Michelle.
At 13, I       an important truth –change is not always the worst thing that can happen. Sometimes, it is just what we need most.
小題1:
A．shookB．brokeC．hurtD．changed
小題2:
A．break downB．break upC．break inD．break out
小題3:
A．a(chǎn) sameB．sameC．the sameD．a(chǎn)t same
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)tB．fromC．a(chǎn)crossD．over
小題5:
A．whenB．whileC．thatD．whenever
小題6:
A．whoeverB．whichC．whomD．that
小題7:
A．butB．a(chǎn)ndC．howeverD．a(chǎn)lso
小題8:
A．backB．back toC．intoD．for
小題9:
A．upB．inC．outD．off
小題10:
A．thatB．itC．heD．we
小題11:
A．goB．wentC．to goD．going
小題12:
A．more deeplyB．much deeplyC．more deeperD．very deeper
小題13:
A．eitherB．tooC．beforeD．never
小題14:
A．suggestionB．a(chǎn)dvicesC．a(chǎn)dviceD．tip
小題15:
A．receiveB．a(chǎn)cceptC．recognizeD．know
小題16:
A．wentB．beganC．tookD．go for
小題17:
A．wishedB．hopedC．dreamedD．wanted
小題18:
A．rightB．wrongC．necessaryD．good
小題19:
A．divorcedB．unitedC．marriedD．remarried
小題20:
A．foundB．discoverC．learnedD．Understand

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