I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. Mother was ______ quilt after quilt from the boxes, ______ showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to _____ and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the _____ of one box.

“What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I ______ the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; ____

designs, ______ pictures, a winding line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, ______. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This ______ didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I ______ it home with me last year and made some ______,” she said. “I’m still _____ on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more ______. At the center of the quilt, she had sewn a piece of ______with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines _____. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it ______. Her last quilt.”

“Oh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It ______ to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own ______. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family

____. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and ______ with the loving hands of another.

1.A. splitting up B. picking up C. pulling out D. showing off

2.A. proudly B. frankly C. politely D. generously

3.A. push B. lift C. cover D. fold

4.A. top B. bottom C. back D. front

5.A. pressed B. spread C. packed D. raised

6.A. perfect B. delicate C. mature D. irregular

7.A. childish B. elegant C. classic D. horrible

8.A. excited B. depressed C. surprised D. delighted

9.A. almost B. certainly C. partly D. probably

10.A. robbed B. bought C. dropped D. brought

11.A. decisions B. money C. changes D. mistakes

12.A. working B. depending C. living D. sitting

13.A. disappointedly B. closely C. nervously D. gratefully

14.A. paper B. bread C. wood D. cloth

15.A. strong B. hidden C. straight D. bent

16.A. finished B. removed C. produced D. prepared

17.A. happened B. appeared C. occurred D. struck

18.A. skill B. mother C. show D. quilt

19.A. shame B. responsibility C. desire D. treasure

20.A. continued B. stopped C. declined D. disappeared

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A. To help the homeless at first hand.

B. To experience the feeling of home.

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D. To plant beautiful flowers in poor soil.

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B. Kids are expected to care more for each other.

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C. The chance to listen to poems.

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A. Love is the power to change a kid’s life.

B. Money is needed to start programs for kids.

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—Maintain and improve the farm facilities

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Dates: Flexible dates available

Duration: 1 to 12 weeks

Cost Details: fee includes: housing, fool, medical insurance, in-country staff support, pre-departure orienta-tion, in-country orientation, 24-hour emergency contact

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D. The man hadn’t thought the guard would set him free.

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A. The smile. B. The cigarette.

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How could he wear that________shirt again? And I had a difficult time ______with anything good I could mention.

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   By the end of the 21 days, I couldn’t believe how easy_______ had become to praise Val. And Val did seem________. In fact, he mentioned that I seemed to have changed a lot.

1.A. exchanged B. spoke C. touched D. communicated

2.A. result B. problem C. idea D. method

3.A. well B. badly C. angrily D. really

4.A. a girl B. a lady C. a student D. a wife

5.A. improve him B. scold him C. help myself D. believe myself

6.A. have a rest B. have a change C. take my place D. have a chance

7.A. my husband B. myself C. our children D. himself

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11.A. making up B. putting up C. turning up D. coming up

12.A. After all B. In all C. At all D. All above

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15.A. with B. to C. for D. in

16.A. that B. what C. who D. whose

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19.A. this B. that C. it D. I

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1.What do we know about Basilicusbasilicus from the passage?

A. It is light enough to walk on water.

B. Its huge feet enable it to stay above water.

C. It can run across water at a certain speed.

D. Its unique skin keeps it from getting wet in water.

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B. To turn the water into solid.

C. To help the liquid behave normally.

D. To enable the water to move rapidly.

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A. It is risky but beneficial.

B. It is interesting and worth trying.

C. It is crazy and cannot become a reality.

D. It is impractical though theoretically possible.

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