On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a pizza store. We had bought many things. We were dressed   31  , and I was feeling a little   32   as I was carrying our shopping bags, so I decided to throw something away. I was walking towards a dustbin（垃圾箱）  33   I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us. He headed over to the nearby dustbin and started looking through it.

I suddenly felt very   34   because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was too heavy. I walked up to him and handed the   35   and some bread over to him. The man looked up   36   and took what I gave him. A huge smile   37   on his face. I felt I couldn’t be happier with   38  . But then he said,“Wow, this is my son’s lucky day!”

With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his bike. I   39   heard him singing as he rode away. I got a warm   40   inside. I now understand what it   41   by the saying “Giving is getting”.

  42   it was only a little action, I got and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month. Everyone in the world   43   help. Everyone can give help and everyone will be helped by showing kindness.

The scene of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind   44   I have the chance to do something nice. This is the power（力量）of   45  .

31. A. poorly                B. simply                         C. warmly                    D. expensively

32. A. worried              B. interested                  C. surprised           D. tired

33. A. and                        B. but                       C. so                         D. when

34. A. nervous                    B. happy                          C. sorry                D. proud

35. A. money               B. toys                      C. drink                 D. clothes

36. A. in silence               B. in surprise             C. in anger                    D. in fear

37. A. turned                   B. appeared               C. went                        D. ran

38. A. myself               B. ourselves                     C. yourself                   D. himself

39. A. still                       B. once                            C. even                        D. ever

40. A. idea                          B. welcome               C. word                       D. feeling

41. A. aims                         B. means                       C. looks                D. offers

42. A. If                         B. Though                     C. Because                   D. While

43. A. needs                    B. gives                           C. takes              D. brings

44. A. whichever             B. however               C. whatever                  D. whenever

45. A. charity               B. friendship                     C. support                    D. feeling

Mum went to Peter’s bed and said, “I want to borrow Tim’s radio for you?” Peter touched the letter in his pocket (口袋) and said, “Thanks, Mum!” “Today I want to send you a special gift on the radio. It’ll surprise you. I will come back soon,” she said and quickly left in the heavy snow.
Peter took out the letter. He got it this afternoon. Mum didn’t know about it. Mum wrote in the letter: The 26^th of this month is my son Peter’s birthday. Could you bless（祝福）him? He has been ill for one month. The radio station wrote in the top: I’m sorry that we have cancelled（取消） this program.
Mum came back with a radio. There was lots of snow on her clothes. And the program began quickly. Next, Peter got very surprised. “At first, we planned to cancel this program, but lots of people like it very much. Now, let’s bless the following（下列的） people together. Kate, Martin, Linda┅” The list was very long. Mum was too tired and she fell asleep. Peter didn’t hear his name to the end. But he was quite moved. He woke up Mum, “Mum, I heard my name just now. Thank you for your gift, Mum!” Mum smiled with tears. Peter also smiled with tears. He believed it was his best gift.
【小題1】It was ____________ in Peter’s birthday.
A. rainy              B. snowy                  C. windy
【小題2】 What was Mum’s special gift to Peter?
A. She wrote a letter to him.           B. She blessed him in the radio.
C. She asked the radio station to bless him.
【小題3】Why didn’t Peter give the letter to his mother?   Because _________________.
A. he was ill for a month             B. his mother was very tired
C. his mother would be disappointed
【小題4】How did Peter’s mother feel after the program?
A. Moved              B. Tired              C. Surprised
【小題5】 What do you think of Peter?
A. He is a brave boy.     B. He likes telling lies.       C. He loves his mother.

In front of my daughter Sindu was a bowl filled with cabbage. She      cabbage. She sat there in silence with tears（眼淚）in her eyes.

“Sindu, darling, why don’t you        a little? Your Mom will shout at me.”

Sindu wiped (擦) her tears with the back of her hand.

“OK, Dad. I’ll eat, just a       .” Then Sindu said: “Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me what I want?”

“Yes, within reason.”

       she began to eat. It took her almost half an hour to finish the    . Then she came up to me and said: “Dad, I want to have my head shaved (剃)！”

“Sindu, why don’t you       something else? If we see you with a clean-shaved head, we will be      ,” I said.

“But, Dad, you       ! Now, you are going back on your words.”

I had to        my promise. Sindu had all her hair cut off. She looked beautiful

On Monday morning, I took her to school. Just as we      , a boy got out of a car, and shouted, “Sindu, please wait for me!”

Guess what? The boy had       hair either.

“Sir, your daughter is       !” A man got out of the car and said, “That boy is my son Harish. He has cancer. He lost his hair        he got ill. Sindu cut hers off, so Harish would feel less       . She’s a special girl.”

I stood for a while, then said “My little girl, you are          me how selfless (無私的) real love is!”

1.A. liked                     B. enjoyed                  C. hated                 D. cooked

2.A. cook                             B. cut                     C. ask                      D. eat

3.A. few                           B. little                     C. moment     D. lot

4.A. Luckily                B. Slowly        C. Easily             D. Happily

5.A. food                             B. homework           C. game                 D. talk

6.A. ask for            B. look for             C. work for             D. pay for

7.A. happy                     B. sad                      C. funny              D. excited

8.A. said                      B. understood       C. promised            D. proved

9.A. make                            B. break                C. change           D. keep

10.A. arrived                  B. met                      C. left                       D. drove

11.A. much                         B. no                           C. thick                  D. short

12.A. great                     B. silly                     C. weak             D. strange

13.A. before              B. and                      C. so                       D. when

14.A. different             B. strong           C. dangerous         D. important

15.A. giving                     B. offering        C. teaching            D. advising