Question

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish(無私的) love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  21  .

I wanted to do something very  22  for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He  23  all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it  24  it looked almost new. I was so  25  of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet（頭盔） and riding outfit（全套裝備）.

I could  26  wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon wakening, I went to the kitchen to  27  the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a  28  : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so  29  . It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could  30  lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s  31  .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could  32  this expensive gift.

Of course, the  33  awoke, and my son was thrilled with(對…感到激動) my reaction. Many kisses were  34  , and I immediately wanted him to  35  my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not  36  what I was expecting. Then I  37  that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother  38  on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still  39  and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to  40  this story.

                                               Yours,

                                               Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

A. hope          B. advice          C. support         D. courage

A. polite         B. similar          C. special         D. private

A. played         B. studied         C. traveled        D. worked

A. after          B. before          C. unless          D. until

A. sure          B. fond          C. proud          D. confident

A. perhaps       B. really          C. almost         D. hardly

A. start          B. cook          C. set            D. serve

A. note          B. notice         C. word          D. sign

A. disturbed      B. confused        C. astonished      D. inspired

A. give         B. take          C. draw           D. teach

A. reason       B. request        C. comment        D. response

A. present     B. afford         C. find           D. order

A. neighbor    B. building       C. home          D. house

A. exchanged  B. experienced    C. expected          D. exhibited

A. tear               B. open          C. check          D. receive

A. purely      B. basically       C. obviously     D. exactly

A. realized     B. remembered    C. imagined       D. supposed

A. only       B. still           C. ever          D. even

A works      B. exists          C. matters       D. counts

A. send       B. publish        C. share         D. write

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】C

【小題3】D

【小題4】D

【小題5】C

【小題6】D

【小題7】A

【小題8】A

【小題9】C

【小題10】B

【小題11】D

【小題12】B

【小題13】D

【小題14】A

【小題15】B

【小題16】D

【小題17】A

【小題18】C

【小題19】B

【小題20】C

解析:

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