Most people need to hear “I love you”. Once in a while, they hear them just ______ .
I met Connie the day she was ______ to the hospice ward (病房) ,where I worked as a ______. Her husband, Bill, stood nervous nearby as she was ______ to the hospital bed. While Connie was in the final _____ of her fight against cancer, she was ______.
Connie was a ______. As we became acquainted , she confided (吐露) how ______ it was to be married 32 years to a man who often called her “a silly woman”.
“I know Bill loves me. “she said.” But he has never been one to say he loves me, or send cards to me. I’d give anything if he’d say ‘I love you’, but it’s just not in his ______.”
Soon, when Connie had fewer ______ moments, I began spending more of my volunteer time with Bill.
One day, I got him on the ______of women, how we need romance in our lives and how we love to got sentimental cards.
“I don’t have to,” he said. “She knows I do!”
“I’m sure she knows,” I said, “but she needs to hear what she has ______ to you all these years. Please think about it.”
Two days later I walked down the hospice ward at noon. There stood Bill, leaning ______the wall in the hallway and staring at the floor. I already knew Connie had ______ at 11 a.m.
When I saw Bill, his face was wet with ______ and he was ______.
He said, “I have to say how good I feel about telling her. He stopped to ______ his nose. “This morning I told her how much I loved her…and loved being married to her. You _______have seen her smile!”.
I went into the room to say goodbye to Connie. There, on the bedside table, was a large Valentine ______ from Bill, ______ : “To my wonderful wife…I love you.”

【小题1】

A．in time B．at times C．on time D．behind time

【小题2】

A．allowed B．committed C．admitted D．acknowledged

【小题3】

A．nurse B．volunteer C．doctor D．cleaner

【小题4】

A．translated B．transformed C．transferred D．transported

【小题5】

A．step B．stair C．state D．stage

【小题6】

A．anxious B．cheerful C．frightened D．worried

【小题7】

A．reminder B．performer C．hostess D．romantic

【小题8】

A．disturbing B．shocking C．frustrating D．annoying

【小题9】

A．mind B．nature C．1ife D．style

【小题10】

A．waking B．yawning C．sleeping D．crying

【小题11】

A．lesson B．point C．subject D．focus

【小题12】

A．meant B．explained C．expressed D．shown

【小题13】

A．on B．against C．by D．over

【小题14】

A．passed by B．passed on C．passed away D．passed down

【小题15】

A．sweat B．rain C．water D．tears

【小题16】

A．trembling B．struggling C．sighing D．sinking

【小题17】

A．scratch B．touch C．blow D．rub

【小题18】

A．would B．could C．might D．should

【小题19】

A．gift B．card C．paper D．package

【小题20】

A．telling B．writing C．reading D．announcing

When my son was just learning to talk, I carried him around the house in my arms and pointed out things to him. “Look, David, a clock. ”He’d smile and point as I did and say “clock”. David was quick at connecting the shape of things to their words.
When my son was about four years old, I walked with him to the backyard. I knew that there was an ant colony under one of the slate stones in the walkway near the shed, so I said to David, “Come on. I want to show you something. ”
As I showed David the ants that were crawling around the slate stone, he crouched down on his legs and looked with great intensity at the ants.
For days after that, David wanted to look under every rock in the garden, and we often found worms, ants and so on. I recognized that David loved to look at things closely and observe how things moved, and so I continued to point things out to him as he grew older: planes, cars, shells etc. . David was a keen observer, and I just gave him the suggestions as to where to look.
Today David is a medical doctor at Columbia University Center. I did not know that David would someday be a doctor, someone who has to pay close attention to what he sees, and yet I felt compelled when he was a boy to encourage his enthusiasm for observation.
That is what teachers and parents do: encourage a child’s enthusiasm for a particular interest: music, swimming, art, reading. And we provide tools for the children. If a child likes to draw, give him brushes, pens, and paper. If a girl likes to tap on the table top, give her a drum. If a child wants to sing, give him a microphone and a Frank Sinatra recording.
【小题1】The author wrote the passage to   .

A．recall the happy times he spent with his son

B．tell us that children are full of curiosity

C．tell us how to let children love nature

D．advise us to develop children’s interest or talent

【小题2】The author showed David the ants to   .

A．prevent him from becoming bored

B．develop his enthusiasm for observation

C．teach him some new words

D．arouse his interest in creatures

【小题3】Which of the following can best describe the author’s viewpoint?

A．Make children have their own hobbies.

B．Teach children to be independent as soon as possible.

C．Satisfy children’s interest by possible means.

D．Hobbies can determine one’s future.

【小题4】The underlined word “intensity” in the third paragraph probably means“   ”.

A．hatred	B．fear
C．curiosity	D．Doubt

The Hunan Satellite TV(HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34.We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going，Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.
【小题1】In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.

A．play computer games with their children

B．keep their children at home to avoid socializing

C．balance well between family and career

D．break down the barrier between children and teachers

【小题2】Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?

A．Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.

B．36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.

C．The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.

D．In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.

【小题3】Which one is the best title of the passage?

A．Confusion Behind “Where are we going, dad?”

B．Modern Education is Important

C．Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids

D．New problems in Modern Children’s Education

【小题4】What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the second paragraph?

A．Proud.	B．Worried.
C．Optimistic.	D．Indifferent.

短文改错

As Teachers' Day draw near，I would like to express my thanks to Ms. Li，who taught me English last year. At that time，I was having a trouble studying English and my scores fell. Ms. Li encouraged me and tells me her story that she never gave up before her studies didn't go well. She also said that it was necessary make efforts so that I would not regret waste time. Her words were the best medicine because she stood in her shoes to deal with problems and gave me sincere advices. She did not simple comfort me. Her teaching methods also counted. It had never crossed my mind that studying could be so interested until I met Ms. Li.