【正文】 but nevertheless, I paid for two plates　one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night 39 for me. I love you, son. ”At that moment, I understood the importance to give our loved ones the time that they deserve(值得). Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be 40 off till “some other time. ”31. A. her 　 B. him 　 C. me 　 D. you32. A. walked 　B. rode 　 C. flew 　 D. drove33. A. talk 　 B. think 　 C. read 　 D. hear34. A. book 　 B. newspaper 　C. menu 　 D. story35. A. stay 　 B. relax 　 C. work 　 D. sit36. A. little 　 B. much 　 C. warmly 　 D. hard37. A. invite 　 B. forget 　 C. remember 　D. visit38. A. rest 　 B. home 　 C. chance 　 D. meeting39. A. waited 　B. meant 　C. lasted 　D. did40. A. taken 　 B. kept 　 C. put 　D. turned懷柔Friends Forever “Hey, Jenna, do you think we’ll still be friends when we’re eightytwo?” I asked my friend while we were playing in her backyard. It was clear she was wondering why I asked such a 31 . While I waited for Jenna to answer, I started imagining what life would be like without her. Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister. We played together. We gave each other advice.　ve　already paid this bill. I wasn39。ll go out with you again, but　only if you let me 37 you. ” I agreed.“How was your dinner date?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so　than I could have imagined,” I answered.A few days later, my mother died of a serious heart disease. It happened so suddenly that I　didn39。s time that you 35 and let me return the favor,” I responded.During the dinner, We had an agreeable conversation—nothing special but events of each　other39。ll make a dinner date with 31 . ” That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.That Friday after work, I 32 over to her house. She had been waiting in the door with　her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing her best dress and smiled like an angel. “I　told my friends that I was going out with my son, and they were impressed. ” she said, as she got　into the car. “They can39。s imagination was going so wild.The math teacher noticed a kind of uneasiness in Suraj. She was watching him for a few minutes and 4 him in some kind of trouble. Suraj noticed the teacher watching him and tried to act normal.He felt that his heart would stop beating very soon. He 5 pleaded（懇求）. Dear God, you have to help me. In 5 or 10 minutes, I will be dead. I really need some 6 from you.The teacher again saw that Suraj was uneasy and she looked at him. He smiled at her. Kiran made a request to let him drink some water. 7 , Kiran from the back chair took his water bottle and started to move out of the classroom. As he crossed Suraj39。s bedroom. She was __10 Herman Periwinkle and our treasures were around her. She kissed us all and hugged us, laughing and talking at the same time. It was so unlike her usual calm manner. But we understood. It was her first ever Christmas stocking.1. A. tree B. box C. bed D. chair2. A. expected B. imagined C. realized D. believed3. A. surprised B. glad C. relaxed D. curious4. A. luckily B. politely C. carefully D. importantly5. A. coat B. stocking C. bag D. skirt6. A. wrote B. drew C. sent D. showed7. A. described B. celebrated C. noticed D. plained8. A. photo B. note C. candy D. flower9. A. satisfied B. nervous C. excited D. crazy10. A. making B. holding C. washing D. repairing房山區(qū)A Friend in NeedSuraj was a student in Class 5. He was a naught boy who liked making fun of other classmates. They didn39。s car broken down. Now she would always have two more. Trudy wrote the explanation for him.I brought a bag of flower seeds and 6 around the bag. So you will always have fresh seeds of inspiration（靈感）.Trudy made a little baby out of a round river rock. She called it Herman Periwinkle and wrote an adoption（收養(yǎng)）letter for the baby. That was so Mum would always have a baby, because she often 7 that her real babies were growing up too fast.We hung Mum39。s stocking. For several minutes we began to look for our treasures through our things.Breanna brought her candy box. We chose a piece of Santa chocolate. I wrote, For your sweet wish, stuck it on Breanna39。t Mum have a stocking?She had told us when she was a little girl her family didn39。s Christmas Stocking（長襪）My sister Trudy and I snuggled（偎依）close and would sleep around the Christmas tree. It was a tradition we just had to sleep under the tree on Christmas Eve even if we were ten and twelve. My eightyearold brother, Ashley and threeyearold baby sister. Breanna were already asleep near the 1 .Trudy and I talked to each other in a low voice and discussed what we expected to get in our stockings the next morning. We looked at the four stockings hanging by the fireplace, and we 2 that one was missing. Weren39。t give up!, the coach stepped back from the pool39。7But to their.The coach walked over to the young swimmer and quietly spoke. The parents thought, Oh, he39。6s not going to make it, and the race was won four minutes ago.But what the parents did not realize was that the real race, the race of a boy being a man, was justt the coach stop this child?though. After all, he thought, it39。2ve only seen you swim eight.Oh, I can do it, Coach. Let me try.Coach Huey finally agreed, nots. I39。. However, the excitement turned into shock as they walked off the bus and stared（盯著）in disbelief at their strong Greekgodlike opponents（對手）. Halfway through the meet, Coach Huey realized that he had no swimmers for one of the events.Okay team, who wants to swim the fivehundredyard freestyle?1 D. frightened西城區(qū)The WinnerIt was the first swim meet of the year for our newly fo