The best gift I’ve received was from two young boys. At that time, I didn’t have a lot of money or a huge home. As a single mom with three young children of my own, life is so .

They were boys with dirty faces a bit older than my children, but they always my yard. I must feed my children who were thirsty and hungry, so I a lot of time baking so many healthy muffins(松餅).These two boys almost grew up in our yard, and they were glad to pray with us before they would have a with my family.

We would also food, laughter, books and games with them. And a while later, they . I didn’t know where they had gone and I often wondered what had in their lives, and meanwhile I hoped for the best.

During one of the darkest times in my personal life, no one came to visit me. I felt really lonely these days. I even wondered God had forgotten me. On _, my children arrived home from school. We were sitting together talking when I heard a on the door.

I went to answer it, and there stood two clean-faced, tall, smiling boys holding two bundles of beautiful flowers I had ever seen. They said to me “Do you us? You used to feed us muffins! They were so . We wanted to come back and thank you and say Happy Mother’s Day you were really like a to us!” I was so moved that I couldn’t help crying, and thanked them again and again.

1.A.boring B.exciting C.interesting D.hard

2.A.visited B.repaired C.cleaned D.tidied

3.A.always B.never C.seldom D.hardly

4.A.spared B.saved C.spent D.wasted

5.A.meal B.rest C.drink D.bath

6.A.buy B.share C.collect D.pack

7.A.changed B.agreed C.refused D.disappeared

8.A.happened B.lost C.gone D.changed

9.A.that B.if C.why D.what

10.A.Women’s Day B.Teachers’ Day C.Christmas Day D.Mother’s Day

11.A.shock B.voice C.noise D.knock

12.A.need B.remember C.influence D.greet

13.A.bad B.expensive C.delicious D.cheap

14.A.before B.if C.though D.because

15.A.teacher B.mom C.friend D.sister

1.D 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.D 11.D 12.B 13.C 14.D 15.B 【解析】 試題短文大意:最好的禮物不一定是最昂貴的,但一定是最能打動人心的。我收到的最好的禮物是來自兩個小男孩。在那個時候,我沒有很多錢或一個巨大的家。作為一個有三個孩子的...
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