Question

I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.

It was an amazing week for my husband and me ——the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London. I expressed my____ to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to look after our two children and started off.

During the week’s time, we visited London and Paris ——as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful _____we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.

On our last night in Paris, after we enjoyed the night view of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother______the phone. In a second, my husband’s face fell and he looked so

worried. I could feel something ___ happened.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

He didn’t answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said ____ to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and ____ his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.

At that moment, Paris ____ lost its charm(魅力).

“I don’t want to be here! I shouldn’t be here! I should be home with my kids!”

We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …

Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children’s bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no _____ sight in the world than your children’s faces that greet you at home.

1.A. question B. wish C. sense D. idea

2.A. places B. pictures C. cities D. parks

3.A. moved B. finished C. called D. answered

4.A. important B. useful C. funny D. bad

5.A. happily B. clearly C. sadly D. truly

6.A. rested B. broken C. kicked D. lifted

7.A. suddenly B. finally C. quickly D. slowly

8.A. quieter B. cleaner C. sweeter D. richer

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.C 【解析】短文講述的是作者利用丈夫去倫敦開會的機會和丈夫一起去歐洲旅行，把兩個孩子留在了家里。作者在外面玩得很開心，但是在電話中得知自己的兒子受了傷，她和丈夫趕緊回到了家里。通過這件事情讓作者明白了世界沒有什么風景比孩子的笑臉更甜美的。 1.句意：我表達了我的希望，就是和他一起去歐洲...

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