1、Gifts Grow on This Tree
After so many wonderful summers, it was my rainy season when is seemed that I couldn't feel the sun's warmth on my face.
In July, I felt 36 as I watched my beloved niece succumb to (屈服)breast cancer 37 fighting for two years. Ten days later, a tiny bit of hope 38 when I witnessed my first grandson burst into the world. Three days after his birth, my tears of joy turned to 39 of sorrow when a younger brother died suddenly in an accident.
In order to cope with the sadness, I needed to feel that heaven was 40 too. 41 in this rainy season, I refused to go out of my own backyard. It was at that time that I noticed that the apple tree had grown up. It was easy to 42 the apple tree for granted, 43 it has been there when we bought the house about 15 years ago. And I once doubted seriously 44 it would survive for the three growing kids and a dog. 45 , we had no expectations. Far as we knew, the tree would never produce 46 crab(酸) apples.
We were wrong. The birds 47 them first and flew away with the ones that fell. And what made me surprised most is 48 I found a lot of red, shining apples on the top of the tree. Afterwards, fascinated by the apple tree, I always looked at it 49 wonder. Where had I been so that I hadn't noticed its 50 over the years? Why was I always so busy that I didn't 51 the simple beauty? Without any help from me, these apples found their way.
All too often, that is the way our lives go. Even in summer, we are often 52 busy rushing here and there to really enjoy the special 53 that surround us.
With the sun on my face, I 54 a basket of apples like a farm girl and baked apple pies and 55 them to my joyful granddaughters. They were excited at the apples from the tree.
A lot of the sadness disappeared that afternoon.
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36. A. valueless |
B. hopeless |
C. careless |
D. thoughtless |
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37. A. after |
B. before |
C. until |
D. during |
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38. A. backed |
B. back |
C. went |
D. returned |
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39. A. sadness |
B. eyes |
C. tears |
D. laughter |
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40. A. laughing |
B. smiling |
C. shinning |
D. crying |
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41. A. Missing |
B. Lost |
C. Gone |
D. Lying |
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42. A. take |
B. make |
C. set |
D. put |
|
43. A. while |
B. if |
C. when |
D. for |
|
44. A. which |
B. that |
C. whether |
D. as if |
|
45. A. What's worse |
B. Therefore |
C. However |
D. Somehow |
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46. A. anything but |
B. nothing but |
C. only |
D. except |
|
47. A. sought |
B. searched |
C. discovered |
D. found out |
|
48. A. that |
B. / |
C. why |
D. which |
|
49. A. of |
B. no |
C. for |
D. in |
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50. A. color |
B. growth |
C. form |
D. develop |
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51. A. employ |
B. appreciate |
C. experience |
D. understand |
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52. A. so |
B. much |
C. too |
D. such |
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53. A. gifts |
B. lessons |
C. talents |
D. expectations |
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54. A. picked up |
B. took |
C. brought up |
D. picked |
|
55. A. cooked |
B. served |
C. prepared |
D. let |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Gifts Grow on This Tree
After so many wonderful summers, it was my rainy season when is seemed that I couldn't feel the sun's warmth on my face.
In July, I felt 36 as I watched my beloved niece succumb to (屈服)breast cancer 37 fighting for two years. Ten days later, a tiny bit of hope 38 when I witnessed my first grandson burst into the world. Three days after his birth, my tears of joy turned to 39 of sorrow when a younger brother died suddenly in an accident.
In order to cope with the sadness, I needed to feel that heaven was 40 too. 41 in this rainy season, I refused to go out of my own backyard. It was at that time that I noticed that the apple tree had grown up. It was easy to 42 the apple tree for granted, 43 it has been there when we bought the house about 15 years ago. And I once doubted seriously 44 it would survive for the three growing kids and a dog. 45 , we had no expectations. Far as we knew, the tree would never produce 46 crab(酸) apples.
We were wrong. The birds 47 them first and flew away with the ones that fell. And what made me surprised most is 48 I found a lot of red, shining apples on the top of the tree. Afterwards, fascinated by the apple tree, I always looked at it 49 wonder. Where had I been so that I hadn't noticed its 50 over the years? Why was I always so busy that I didn't 51 the simple beauty? Without any help from me, these apples found their way.
All too often, that is the way our lives go. Even in summer, we are often 52 busy rushing here and there to really enjoy the special 53 that surround us.
With the sun on my face, I 54 a basket of apples like a farm girl and baked apple pies and 55 them to my joyful granddaughters. They were excited at the apples from the tree.
A lot of the sadness disappeared that afternoon.
36. A. valueless | B. hopeless | C. careless | D. thoughtless |
37. A. after | B. before | C. until | D. during |
38. A. backed | B. back | C. went | D. returned |
39. A. sadness | B. eyes | C. tears | D. laughter |
40. A. laughing | B. smiling | C. shinning | D. crying |
41. A. Missing | B. Lost | C. Gone | D. Lying |
42. A. take | B. make | C. set | D. put |
43. A. while | B. if | C. when | D. for |
44. A. which | B. that | C. whether | D. as if |
45. A. What's worse | B. Therefore | C. However | D. Somehow |
46. A. anything but | B. nothing but | C. only | D. except |
47. A. sought | B. searched | C. discovered | D. found out |
48. A. that | B. / | C. why | D. which |
49. A. of | B. no | C. for | D. in |
50. A. color | B. growth | C. form | D. develop |
51. A. employ | B. appreciate | C. experience | D. understand |
52. A. so | B. much | C. too | D. such |
53. A. gifts | B. lessons | C. talents | D. expectations |
54. A. picked up | B. took | C. brought up | D. picked |
55. A. cooked | B. served | C. prepared | D. let |
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