One day, I picked up my daughter Eloise from school and went to the supermarket for a few things. I was hoping to be in and out 1.

    I found a short line with just one person in front of me. It was a/an2woman, and she was paying for her things with only 3. After a long day at work, I was unhappy with this old woman.

    But then I watched the young clerk(职员). He helped her 4 her change, so carefully taking it from her shaking hands. I 5 him repeatedly(重复地) say to her: “Yes, madam.” When she asked if she had enough to buy a bag, he told her she did. Then he went two lines over to get6 for her. Never once did this clerk get annoyed or roll his eyes. He was patientand kind.

    As I was watching him, I saw Eloise was too. I realized that my daughter was learning an important 7 from a complete stranger.

8 the woman was finished, the clerk began ringing up (把……的费用相加) my things and thanked me 9 my patience. I thanked him too.

    Then we left the supermarket with a full bag, but also with a 10full of thankfulness for such an important lesson.

    I'm Tony. I love weekends! I always get up late on weekends. For breakfast, I only have 1. It's usually an apple. I have a big lunch. After lunch, I like to eat ice-cream. It tastes 2. In the afternoon, I like to 3. I usually play basketball. 4 I swim. In the evening, I clean my room. I like 5 rooms. I always go to bed late.6 my sister doesn't like weekends. She has a job in a big store and she always 7 on weekends. She never goes out 8 her friends. She usually gets home from work at 22: 00. After taking a shower, she 9. Sometimes she reads in bed. But don't ask her 10 she reads. She always falls asleep(睡着) after reading one or two pages.

    June 22nd, 1993 is a day that I will never forget. It was on that day that my life1forever.

    I was a nurse working in a2. After being a single mother (单亲妈妈) for 12 years, I was finally 3 to enjoy life with my four children.

    4on June 22nd, 1993, I had an accident on the way to work. I was seriously hurt. I 5 my job, and I believed my life was over, too.

    I had a lot of surgeries (外科手术). After the first surgery, I was6helpless and could do nothing for myself. Several months later, the doctor said there was 7 else he could do and he let me go home.

    At home, I had to spend most of my time in the wheelchair. Though my children8me carefully, I was upset and lost interest in everything.

    After several months of being sad, I started to look at my life differently. Now I realize9the important thing in life is. I enjoy spending time with my family. And I start to appreciate (欣赏) the little things that I 10 to care about before. Now I feel I'm living a new life.

    Prana, our beautiful dog, isn't with us anymore. She died several years ago. But while sharing our home, she brought so much joy and love into our lives that we still 1 her.

    It was an autumn day in Minnesota, US. We were 2 by a big snowfall for which no one was prepared. We have two 3 trees in our backyard. Prana loved apples. When she went outside, she'd catch an apple and sneak (偷偷地放) it into the 4 . The apples had been on the ground and were often muddy (沾满泥的). So I wasn't always 5 that Prana had brought them into the house. Every time, she would turn her head so I wouldn't see her hidden 6. It was our little game.

    One year, it snowed earlier than usual. Prana went outside. I noticed that she was madly digging holes and bringing the apples to the 7so they could be seen above the snow. She seemed busy digging up as many apples as possible during her yard time. I wondered 8 she was doing this.

    When I called her back into the house  she had her usual one apple in her mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The yard was full of birds. Prana had 9 all those apples for her bird and squirrel friends to eat. She knew that they didn't have enough food to 10 such an early winter!

    As I saw this beautiful act, tears filled my eyes. Prana taught us how to live life with love.

阅读下列短文, 从下面每个小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

One day, Ben was playing basketball in the living room, breaking a vase. To cover his terrible action, the frightened boy glued the pieces together and put the vase back to its place.

That evening her mother noticed the cracks (裂纹). But to her surprise, the repair work was actually very good. At dinner time, she asked her boy if he broke the vase. Fearing punishment, the boy said that a neighbor's cat jumped in from the window and knocked the vase off. His mother was quite clear that her son was lying. However, she said nothing.

Before going to bed, the boy was asked to go to the study. In the study, his mother didn't look angry. On seeing her son carefully come in, she gave him one chocolate, saying "This chocolate is a reward (奖励) for your imagination: a window-opening cat!" At that moment, the boy felt the chocolate was a hot potato. “Did mom find holes in my excuse?” he thought. “You know, all the windows were closed.” Mother continued calmly and took out two chocolates into his hand, “An award for the perfect repair.”

Now with the chocolates in hand, the boy wished the ground to open up and bury him! He told the truth. “So I have to punish you for your lie.” The mother said with a serious voice and took back his chocolates. The boy bent down his head in shame. “But your honesty should have the award—a box of chocolates.” The mother suddenly bent to kiss his cheek, speaking gently to the crying boy, “My son, honesty values more than anything.”