Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters , and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown.”I had no idea how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman—Linda’s married name, “There must be thousands of Wagmans,”I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!”she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
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1.The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans .
A. at the age of 13
B. before she got married
C. after they moved to new homes
D. before the writer’s family moved away
2. They didn’t often write to each other because they
A. got married
B. had little time to do so
C. didn’t like writing letters
D. could see each other on special time
3. There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she
A. was in trouble
B. didn’t know Linda’s address
C. received the card that she sent
D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness
4.The writer was happy when she
A. read the newspaper
B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone
C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman
5.They haven’t kept in touch?
A. for about 40 years
B. for about 27 years
C. since they got married
D. since the writer’s family moved away
“Never give up!” It is my law of life. It has brought me . I learned the law from my father’s story.
My father was in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework midnight. Life was hard, because they had no !
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where people can become rich.
“ don’t I go to America?”he thought to himself, full of hope.
So my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to money in America,”he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire me because I spoke English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was for the first few years. I worked from 10 am to 11 pm. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t the schooling.”
My father working hard, and reached his goal.
“Alan,”he often says to me. “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come in life.”That is what I learned from my father.
1.A. disaster B. loss C. success D. pity
2.A. life B. fashion C. danger D. history
3. A. famous B. lucky C. rich D. born
4. A. taught B. worked C. studied D. slept
5.A. until B. towards C. for D. during
6.A. experience B. energy C. time D. money
7.A. kind B. poor C. strong D. lazy
8.A. What B. How C. Why D. When
9.A. discover B. make C. collect D. spend
10.A. little B. good C. much D. excellent
11.A. giving B. running C. washing D. receiving
12.A. comfortable B. cheerful C. nice D. hard
13.A. borrow B. need C. afford D. pay
14.A. kept B. finished C. minded D. stopped
15.A. really B. easily C. quietly D. slowly
A: Hello. Is that Uncle Sam’s Restaurant?
B: Yes. 1.
A: I want to know if you send take—away food.
B: Sure.
A: I’d like to order for dinner.
B: 2.
A: I’d like to have beef with potatoes and a hamburger.
B: OK. 3.
A: No, thanks. Please tell me how I can pay for you?
B: 4. By the way, what time do you expect your dinner?
A: About 6:00 pm.
B: Could you please leave your address?
A: Oh, yes. 5.
B: Thank you. See you then.
A. What would you like to have? B. What can I do for you, Madam? C. Anything else? D. How much would you like? E. Room 101 in Green Building. F. You can pay us when your food is sent. |
By the time they arrived at the station, the train .
A. will leave B. would leave
C. has left D. had left
This TV play is very interesting. Why down and watch it?
A. don’t sit B. not sit
C. not to sit D. not sitting
There is wrong with this computer. It doesn’t work well.
A. something B. anything
C. everything D. nothing
