I was walking down the road one day when my phone rang. voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a wrong number. A short while later, the call came once again, so I rudely, “You’ve called the wrong number!” and then hung up.
During the days, I often got the call. But I didn’t care much about it. Then one day she kept calling me, I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much ! Mom said you were too busy to take care of me. But, dad, please me again, OK?” It was to refuse the innocent(天真的, 无邪的) ask. I made a kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy….”
Shortly after this, I became curious(好奇)about had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to you. My daughter has had bone cancer(癌症) since she was born. And her father…died in a car two weeks ago. I didn’t want to tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad because her dad encouraged(鼓励) her. I really don’t know what to do, so I gave her a random(随意的) phone number…”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.
“She has died. You must have her on the phone, because she died with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone….” Tears full of my eyes….
1.A. A boy’sB. A child’sC. My daughter’sD. My son’s
2.A. spokeB. toldC. returnedD. answered
3.A. followingB. frontC. otherD. coming
4.A. differentB. sameC. wrongD. funny
5.A. so thatB. andC. as ifD. though
6.A. dangerB. troubleC. painD. difficulty
7.A. look afterB. kissC. helpD. support
8.A. easyB. sadC. happyD. difficult
9.A. softB. sweetC. lowD. loud
10.A. thatB. whatC. whoD. how
11.A. troubleB. askC. stopD. reach
12.A. experimentB. eventC. accidentD. activity
13.A. receiveB. fightC. standD. face
14.A. alwaysB. sometimesC. neverD. seldom
15.A. kissedB. taughtC. shoutedD. told
---I’ll try harder next time.
---You have said it one hundred times. But _____.
A. the early bird catches the worm
B. a friend in need is a friend indeed
C. you can’t burn the candle at both ends.
D. actions speak louder than words
---Boys, don’t swim in the Fengcheng River!
---Why not? Isn’t it deep enough _____?
A. to swim across B. to swim in
C. swim on D. swimming on
Whether we will hold the sports meet _____ the weather.
A. gets up B. sets up
C. gets used toD. depends upon
If we don’t save energy, it _____ some day.
A. will be run outB. has been run out
C. will run outD. has run out
English _____in many countries, but Chinese _____their own language.
A. is spoken, speaks B. speaks, is spoken
C. is spoken , speak D. is spoken, is spoken