It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. She was an old woman, sitting on her bed, trying to put socks on her swollen（肿胀的）feet. I walked in, spoke quickly to the nurse, and saw from her chart that she was in a good condition.
She asked if I could help put on her socks. Instead, I started a monologue（长篇大论）："How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure are also good today. The nurse said you're anxious to see your son who's visiting you today from far away. I believe you really look forward to seeing him."
She stopped me with a serious voice. "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story."
I was surprised and embarrassed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She told me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him for five years. She believed that the big stress of this was a big reason for her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do. She shook her head and smiled. All she had wanted me to do was listen.
Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are vague（含糊的）. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
1.What does the writer do?
A.A nurse. B.A doctor. C.An actor. D.A reporter.
2.What was wrong with the old woman according to her chart?
A.Her blood pressure was much higher. B.Her sugars were lower than before.
C.There was nothing wrong with her. D.She couldn't put on her socks.
3.Which can replace（替代）the underlined word "anxious" in Para.2?
A.Nervous. B.Surprised. C.Sorry. D.Upset.
4.What can you learn from the passage?
A.We should meet a clever doctor. B.We should try to tell true stories.
C.We should be patient to old people. D.We should learn to listen to others.
Laba Festival
In China, the twelfth-fifth of the lunar calendar（阴历）is called layue. The month is full of interesting festivals and customs.
Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of layue, is the first festival in this month. From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Chinese New Year.
On Laba Festival, people often eat hot Laba porridge. There are usually eight things in the porridge: rice，red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds（莲子），dates（红枣），and some different kinds of Bruits and nuts. The porridge is not just good for your health, but best wishes for the coming of the Chinese New Year.
Laba porridge is not the only tasty food in layue. Laba garlic（蒜）is popular in the north. People begin to soak（浸泡）garlic in vinegar（醋)from that day on, and have it with dumplings during the Chinese New Year. While in the south, people like making sausages.
1.When is Laba Festival?
A.On the 12th of December. B.On the 8th of December.
C.On the 12th of layue. D.On the 8th of layue.
2.How do people celebrate the festival according to the passage?
A.They clean the house. B.They sing and dance.
C.They eat Laba porridge. D.They have dumplings.
3.What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph Four refer to（指代）?
A.Laba garlic. B.Laba porridge. C.Rice. D.Vinegar.
4.Which of the followings is True?
A.People in the south like to make Laba garlic on Laba Festival.
B.When Laba Festival is over, the Chinese New Yea ris coming.
C.Chinese people have the same customs on Laba Festival.
D.Laba Festival is the last Chinese festival in layue.
1.The picture is a map of ____________________.
A.a hospital B.a school C.a hotel D.a supermarket
2.Walk through the front door, then pass the library, and then turn right, you'll see________.
A.Nurse's Office B.Hallway C.Kindergarten D.Lunch Room
3.If we go to the place, we can't _________________.
A.go swimming B.read books C.play games D.go shopping
I try to be a good father. Give my kids love. Work nights to pay for their schooling. But _______ with Michael Hoyt, I am nothing.
This love _______ began in Winchester, 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled（勒住）by the umbilical cord（脐带）during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to _______ his limbs（四肢）."He'll be a vegetable the _______ of his life," Doctors told Michael and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old.
But the Hoyts weren't _______ it. Because they noticed that Rick's _______ followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. But doctors told the parents that there was _______going on in their son's brain.
"Tell him a joke," Michael said to the doctors. They did and Rick _______. Actually a lot was going on in his brain.
Equipped(装备）with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor（光标）, _______the side of his head, Rick was ____________ able to communicate. What is his first word? "Run!" And after a high school classmate was paralyzed（瘫痪）in a(n) ____________ and the school organized a charity run（慈善跑）for him, Rick typed, "Dad, I want to do that."
Yeah, right. How was Michael, a man who never ran more than a mile ____________ going to push his son five miles?
____________, he tried. Surprisingly, that day changed Rick's life. "Dad," he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn’t ____________ anymore!"
And that sentence also changed Michael's life. He wanted to give Rick that feeling as ____________as he could. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times in triathlon（铁人三项）.
No question about it," Rick types. "My dad is the Strongest Dad in the World."
1.A.connected B.compared C.filled D.treated
2.A.speech B.night C.story D.movie
3.A.control B.rush C.protect D.enjoy
4.A.name B.rest C.end D.case
5.A.knowing B.admiring C.hoping D.believing
6.A.ears B.limbs C.eyes D.brains
7.A.everything B.something C.nothing D.anything
8.A.cried B.laughed C.typed D.moved
9.A.for B.in C.with D.at
10.A.badly B.widely C.hardly D.finally
11.A.accident B.society C.survey D.marathon
12.A.any time B.in time C.at a time D.for a long time
13.A.So B.However C.Though D.Besides
14.A.disabled B.confident C.relaxed D.regretful
15.A.soon B.long C.fast D.often
Everyone was amazed at ______________this problem.
A.why King Solomon solves
B.how does King Solomon solve
C.why did King Solomon solve
D.how King Solomon solved
—Hello, Joyce, you ______________busy. Anything I can do to help?
—Thanks, but I'm all right.
A.look B.smell C.sound D.feel
