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I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my     . Then he said, “Excuse me too ... I didn’t even      you.” We were very    , the stranger and I. Then we went on our ways after saying     .

But at home, a different      is told. How we treat our      ones, the young and the old. Later, in the kitchen, as I cooked our supper, my      entered, very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I      at her. She left, with her little heart broken. I didn’t      how hard I’d spoken.

That     , as I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice      to me and said, “While with strangers, you are polite,      with those you love, you didn’t do it properly. Go and look right now on the      floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she     __   for you. She picked them herself—pink, yellow and blue.”

By this time, I felt      and small and now my own      fell. I quietly went to her bed, “     up, my dear daughter.” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I found them on the tree. I knew you’d like them,      the blue.” I said, “I’m so   __   that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.” She whispered(低聲說), “Mommy, that’s okay. I still      you anyway.” I hugged her and said, “I love you too and love your flowers, especially the blue.”

1.A. rule                      B. reply                        C. step                         D. truth

2.A. see                  B. tell                           C. get                           D. take

3.A. nervous                   B. alike                          C. polite                       D. confident

4.A. welcome             B. thanks                C. hello                         D. good-bye

5.A. story                    B. message                  C. notice                D. activity

6.A. crazy     B. loved                       C. blind                        D. brave

7.A. mother                         B. husband                  C. daughter                 D. son

8.A. smiled                           B. looked                     C. shot                         D. shouted

9.A. lie                                  B. care                         C. attack                      D. realize

10.A. noon                           B. afternoon               C. evening                   D. night

11.A. looked                        B. pointed                   C. spoke                      D. listened

12.A. when                          B. but                           C. unless                      D. besides

13.A. kitchen                       B. bedroom                C. dinning-room         D. library

14.A. brought                      B. bought               C. stole                          D. paid

15.A. excited                       B. sad                           C. happy                      D. great

16.A. leg                          B. head                         C. tears                        D. feelings

17.A. Look                            B. End                          C. Dress                       D. Wake

18.A. especially                   B. specially                  C. except                     D. except for

19.A. brave                          B. lazy                          C. sorry                        D. excited

20.A. hate                            B. love                         C. miss                         D. beat

 

To face the music
Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way. Our expression today is “to face the music”.
When someone says, “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that was exactly what they did — facing the orchestra which was just below them. And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression “to face the music” come to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.”
Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection? Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection. What else could they do? 
Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done. As, for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.
【小題1】How many ways does the phrase “to face the music” comes from?

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

【小題2】 What’s the meaning of “to face the music?”

A．To face something far less pleasant.	B．To face the stage.
C．To face the back of one’s horse.	D．To face one’s leader.

【小題3】Which of the following is a situation of facing the music?

A．When we are playing basketball.	B．When we are making a speech.
C．When we are having a party.	D．When we are talking with somebody.

【小題4】 The underlined word “hostile” means _______. 

A．unfriendly

B．dislike

C．unkind

D．unnecessary

___Do you mind if I keep pets in this building?

___ ___________________

A．Of course not, it is not allowed here.

B．I would rather you didn’t ,actually.

C．Great ! I love pets.

D．No, you can’t .

 

——You didn’t wait for Mr. Black last night, did you?

    ——No, but we ____. He didn’t return home at all.

A、couldn’t have   B、needn’t have   

C、didn’t need to  D、should wait have

Mr. Grey traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of different kinds to farmers. It was not really a very   36   job, but Mr. Grey had always been interested in   37  , and he was quite   38   with his life.

One of Mr. Grey’s problems was often__39___ to stay when he reached some small places in the country. He did not expect great ___40__ and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a __41___ room and when there was no hot water or good food after a long and ___42__ day.

Late one __43__ evening, Mr. Grey arrived at a small railway station. The journey by __44__ that day had not been ___45__ interesting, and Mr. Grey was cold and tired and hungry. He was __46___ a simple but satisfying meal by a bright burning __47___ , and then a hot bath and a comfortable ___48__.

While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was _  49__ walking there, “ As this is my first __50___ to this part of the country and I was in too much of a __51___ to find out about hotels before I left home, I would very much like to know how many you have here?”    

The local man answered, “ We have two.”

“And which of the two would you __52___ me to go to ?” Mr. Grey asked then.

The local man scratched his __53___ for a few moments and then answered, “ Well, it’s like this: ___54__ you go to, you’ll be ___55__ you didn’t go to the other.”

A．curious        B．serious          C．exciting         D．horrible

A．shopping     B．farming         C．studying         D．teaching

A．satisfied       B．terrified         C．thankful        D．careful

A．where        B．which           C．what            D．how

A．position       B．respect          C．comfort         D．money

A．cold          B．small           C．common         D．local

A．happy         B．interesting     C．tiring           D．ordinary

A．winter        B．summer        C．Sunday          D．holiday

A．a(chǎn)ir           B．train           C．plane          D．boat

A．in all        B．a(chǎn)t all           C．a(chǎn)ll over      D．a(chǎn)ll the same

A．booking     B．ordering       C．longing for     D．finding out

A．fire        B．light           C．wood          D．stove

A．hotel             B．room          C．seat             D．bed

A．a(chǎn)lready      B．a(chǎn)lso            C．yet          D．quite

A．a(chǎn)rrive       B．look            C．visit            D．moment

A．while       B．hurry         C．habit         D．wonder

A．want        B．suggest         C．a(chǎn)llow           D．a(chǎn)dvise

A．paper       B．head          C．hand          D．notebook

A．whenever    B．wherever      C．whichever one  D．neither one

A．proud       B．sure           C．sorry         D．glad