One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head
____ Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with
____ and fear.
With growing
____I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely
____ ours. This would be a good opportunity to
____my children, so I explained their difficult
____to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.
“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll
____ what we have with them.”
I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously
____ the boys and I filled one box with canned food.
While I
____our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and
____ some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched
____ as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.
“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.
The boys placed the toys they had
____to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll
____tightly to her chest. She
____ in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a
____ kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.
“Oh, honey,” I said. “You
____ to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”
Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy.
____she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”
I stared at Meghan for a long moment,
____ how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.
It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but
____to let go of things we cherish, isn’ t it?
____, the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.
【小题1】【小题2】A.smile | B.confusion | C.joy | D.anger |
【小题3】A.happiness | B.friendship | C.puzzle | D.interest |
【小题4】A.matched | B.equaled | C.compared | D.suited |
【小题5】A.help | B.complain | C.change | D.teach |
【小题6】A.experience | B.problem | C.situation | D.process |
【小题7】A.give | B.share | C.send | D.spare |
【小题8】A.as | B.since | C.though | D.because |
【小题9】A.came through | B.broke through | C.sorted through | D.got through |
【小题10】A.donate | B.leave | C.keep | D.sell |
【小题11】A.hopefully | B.anxiously | C.depressingly | D.quietly |
【小题12】A.separated | B.chosen | C.bought | D.confirmed |
【小题13】A.hugged | B.tied | C.grasped | D.caught |
【小题14】A.settled | B.regretted | C.paused | D.cried |
【小题15】A.precious | B.final | C.hearty | D.lovely |
【小题16】A.wouldn’t like | B.ought not | C.had better not | D.don’t have |
【小题17】A.Also | B.Yet | C.Maybe | D.Though |
【小题18】A.knowing | B.wondering | C.realizing | D.expecting |
【小题19】A.available | B.necessary | C.important | D.hard |
【小题20】A.However | B.Therefore | C.Otherwise | D.Moreover |