When I was an education official in Palo Alto, California, Polly Tyner, the president of our school board, wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times. Polly’s son, Jim had great difficulty in school. He was classified as educationally disabled and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers. But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room. His parents acknowledged his academic difficulties, but always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride. Shortly after Jim finished high school, he was killed in a motorcycle accident. After his death, his mother submitted this letter to the newspaper.

Today we buried our 20-year-old son. He was killed instantly in a motorcycle accident on Friday night. How I wish I had known when I talked to him last that it would be the last time. If I had only known I would have said, “Jim, I love you and I’m very proud of you.”

        I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he brought to the lives of the many who loved him. I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile, the sound of his laughter, his genuine love of people.

       When you put all the good qualities on the scale and try to balance all the irritating phenomena such as the radio which was always too loud, the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed, etc., your angry feelings won’t amount to much. 

        I won’t get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but, other parents, you do have a chance. Tell your young people what you would want them to hear as if you knew it would be your last conversation. The last time I talked to Jim was the day he died. He called me to say, “Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you. Got to go to work. Bye.” He gave me something to treasure forever. 

       If there is any purpose at all for Jim’s death, maybe it is to make others appreciate more of life and to have people, especially family members, take the time to let each other know just how much we care. 

According to the passage, we know that ________. 

A. Jim kept to himself

B. Jim did very well in his studies

C. Jim’s parents were patient with him

D. Jim failed to finish his high school.

The underlined word “irritating” in Paragraph 4 means _________.

A. annoying  B. aggressive   C. impatient    D. thrilling

By writing the letter printed in the Palo Alto Times, the mother intends to ______________.

A. mourn her son’s sudden death in a traffic accident

B. remind people to be cautious of motorcycles

C. advise people to take the chance to express their love in time

D. appreciate more of life than ever before

What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Love your Family             B. Do it Today

C. Walk with Pride              D. Appreciate Smiles

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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從31-50各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳答案。

There was once a boy who suffered from a deadly disease and could die anytime. One day, he 31  a CD store and saw a young girl about his age and he knew it was love at first  32  . He opened the door and walked in. she looked up and asked, “ 33  I help you?”

He said, “Uh…Yeah…Umm…I would like to  34  a CD.”

He picked one out and gave her  35  for it.

“Would you like me to  36  it for you?” she asked, smiling her cute smile.

He nodded and she went to the back.

She came_37_with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. _38  , he went to that store every day and bought a CD. He was still too 39  to ask her out and he really wanted to. His mother found out about this and  40  him to just ask her.

So the next day, he took all his courage and went to the store. He bought a CD 41  he did every day and when she wasn’t looking, he  42  his phone number on the desk and ran out…

RING…The mother  43  the phone and said, “Hello?”

It was the girl! She asked for the boy and the mother started to cry and said, “He passed  44    yesterday…”

The mother went into the boy’s room. She was face to face with piles and piles of  45 CDs. She picked one up and started to open it.

46  , there was a CD and as took it out of the wrapper, out 47  a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it.

It 48  : Hi…I think U R really cute. Do U wanna go out with me? Love, Jacelyn.

The mother opened  49  CD…Again there was a piece of paper with the  50  words.

---Hi, Tom. Any idea where Jane is?  

---She         in the classroom. I saw her there just now.  

A. shall be    B. should have been    C. must be   D. might have been  

----- Hi, Mark. How was the musical evening?

----- Excellent! Ales and Andy performed _________ and they won the firs prize.

A. skillfully          B. commonly       C. willingly           D. nervously

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       Hi, I’m glad…                                                              

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