I had worked that day, as a nurse. Now I faced the dirty supper dishes. I wanted to 1 why Jimmy hadn't phoned as usual to say "Good night" to Bob and Tom. "Maybe Daddy's  2 working on an accident," I said to Bob. "Go to 3 now. You'll see him in the morning." Soon there was a knock at the door. "There 4 be something wrong with your phone," my neighbor told me. "The City Police Station wants you to 5."

    I went into the living room and dialed. Then I 6  the words every police wife fears (害怕): "Your husband has been hurt." When I reached the hospital, my heart sank (下沉). The entrance was jammed with TV-news trucks. In the 7 I saw Jimmy's best friend, Smith. "Just tell me -is he alive?" I asked.

    Smith 8 and didn't answer. Then I found my younger sister, Mandy. "He's 9." she told me, and we began to cry together.

    Later, Smith told me 10 had happened.

    In the morning, when my little Bob asked, "Where's Daddy?" I 11 him into my arms and tried to explain. "A bad man 12 Daddy last night." I said. "Daddy can't come home any more. He's in heaven(天堂) now."

    My son looked at me, his blue eyes 13 the picture of trust(相信). "Do they have 14 in heaven?" he asked. "Can I call him?"

    "No, Bob, Daddy still loves you, but Daddy can't 15".

    My great-grand mother, Winifred Hastings, got rich in a mining（采矿）town out West. But her 1 didn't come from gold or silver, but from soup, steak, apple pie, and good coffee.

    In the early 1900's, Winifred arrived in Silver City with her husband. But he caught a fever and died suddenly. With the little money she had, Winifred decided to open a practical restaurant to 2 all the hungry miners in town.

    The restaurant had only wooden boxes for tables, but business was very good 3. The miners 4 that Winifred was a great cook, 5 they ate in her restaurant every day.

    One time, Winifred had a small accident in the restaurant. A fire started in the kitchen and her customers had to put it out. The town mayor walked in 6 there was still a lot of smoke in the room. “Winifred,” he said. “What are you cooking back there?” Everybody 7.

    In 1905, Winifred got married again and moved out of town. On her 8 day in Sliver City, a photographer took her picture. The picture is over my desk at home. It shows Winifred with about fifty miners standing in front of the restaurant. At the top of the photo 9 says: TO WINIFRED THE BEST COOK IN THE WEST. 10 YOUR BOYS.

    Like any other good mother, Karen did whatever she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, get prepared for a new baby when she found out that another baby was on the way. They 1 that the new baby was going to be a girl, and day after night, Michael sang to his 2 in Mommy's tummy(肚子）.

    Finally, Michael's little sister was born. But she was in 3  condition. The baby was sent to St. Mary's Hospital. Days went by. The doctor told the parents “There is very little 4 . Be prepared for the worst.”

    Michael kept asking his parents to let 5 see his sister. “I want to sing to her,” he said. Two weeks passed. It looked as if the worst situation would come before the week was over. Michael kept asking about singing to his sister, but kids were 6  allowed in ICU. However, Karen made up her mind that she would take Michael to see his sister who was sick.

    She7  him in an oversized scrub suit(消毒服）and went into ICU. The head nurse shouted, “Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed.” Karen said firmly,” He is not leaving 8  he sings to his sister!” Michael was sent 9  his sister's bed. He began to sing. In the sweet 10  of a three-year-old, Michael sang: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine; you make me happy when skies are gray...”11  the baby girl moved. The pulse rate(脉搏）became calm.

    Michael kept on 12 . “You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away...”The breathing became smooth.

    Michael kept on singing, “The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my 13 ...”Michael's little sister relaxed.

    Michael kept on singing, “you are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don't take my sunshine away.”

    The next day--the very next day--the little girl was 14  enough to go home!

    The doctors just thought it a miracle(奇迹）.Karen 15  it a miracle of love!

    John Smith was an old porter (搬运工). He had 1 at a train station for years. Every day he was busy carrying 2 things for the passengers. Though this work was tiring, John Smith liked it. He was 3 with his work. He was kind to everyone and always ready to help others. In return, people liked to ask him for 4.

    One morning John Smith stood in the station, waiting for the 5. Just then he saw a man running towards the trains with a big bag in his hand.

    "No train is starting. Why is he in such a 6?" the old man thought to himself. So he went up to the man and asked, "May I help you?"

    As soon as the man saw the porter, he stopped 7. "Excuse me, can I catch the 10:35 train to London?" the man asked with worries on his face.

    The old porter looked at him for a few 8 and said, "Well, Sir. I'd like to help you, but I can't answer your question because I don't know how 9 you can run." Then he explained to the man, "The 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago. Can you run fast enough to 10 it?"

白处的最佳选项。

    King Hiero asked a crown-maker to make him a gold crown, 1when the king got the crown, he asked himself, "Is the crown made completely 2gold?"

    Then the king 3 the crown to Archimedes, the 4 scientist in the kingdom. Archimedes thought about the problem  5a slave poured some water into a bath for him. Archimedes got in the bath and some water came out of it, 6the floor.

    "That's it" shouted Archimedes. "Some of the water will move out when we put an object in water. The object displaces the water. A big object will displace a lot of water. A small object will displace only a little water. "Archimedes was very 7 .

    Archimedes went to the palace to 8 the crown. It weighed only one kilogram. He put the crown in a pot of water. Five centimetres of water came out. Then he put one kilogram of gold in another pot of water. Three centimetres of water came out. Archimedes said to King Hiero, "Silver made the crown bigger. The crown displaced9 water so it was not made completely of gold. It was made of both gold and silver. "

    King Hiero became very 10 when he heard this, and then he sent the crown-maker to prison.