Anna lived on the side of a valley.One summer, there was a very big , and a lot of houses down below Anna's were washed away.Anna's house was enough to escape the flood, so when the water had and the other houses were there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, Anna took in one of the families that had lost in the flood and she her home with them until it was for them to rebuild their house.
Anna's friends were when they saw Anna do this.They could not understand why Anna wanted to give so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to .
“Well,” Anna her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very , because her husband had been killed in the and she had a lot of children I have now.The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to only one present to all of us.Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents.‘Here’s our ,she said to her children.
The children were and happy to get such a present.They the little girl, and she grew up as their sister.Such was that Christmas present.”
1.A.accident B.flood C.fire D.earthquake
2.A.below B.big C.high D.small
3.A.reduced B.come C.disappeared D.appeared
4.A.rising B.standing C.flowing D.falling
5.A.so B.for C.but D.since
6.A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything
7.A.gave B.shared C.found D.built
8.A.necessary B.important C.obvious D.possible
9.A.worried B.disappointed C.satisfied D.puzzled
10.A.them B.him C.herself D.us
11.A.supply B.grow C.support D.educate
12.A.asked for B.talked with C.turned up D.explained to
13.A.sad B.rich C.poor D.happy
14.A.storm B.rain C.war D.flood
15.A.because B.which C.that D.as
16.A.get B.make C.send D.buy
17.A.boy B.student C.teacher D.girl
18.A.child B.daughter C.present D.sister
19.A.angry B.lovely C.excited D.sorry
20.A.disliked B.gained C.led D.welcomed
A warm welcome _______to the Russian guests at the airport tomorrow morning.
A. is given B. has been given C. is going to give D. will be given
------Which of the two computer games did you prefer?
------Actually I didn’t like________.
A. both of them B. either of them C. none of them D. neither of them
The man answered the phone in a loud voice at the meeting, _______made Andy annoyed.
A, that B. what C. who D. which
She had her watch on the bus.
A.steal B.stole C.stealing D.stolen
We were at what he said.
A.fond B.interested C.amazed D.satisfied