题目内容：

Hope in my arms

Last year, I was invited to participate in a carnival for Tuesday’s Child, an organization that helps children with AIDS.

All the children that had gathered at one particular room could   36  a square on a piece of cloth. Later the squares would be sewn(缝) together to  37  a quilt. The quilt would be  38  to a man who had devoted his life to the  39  and would soon be   40 .

The kids were given paints in bright colors and asked to paint something that would make the quilt  41 . As I looked around at all the squares, I saw pink hearts, blue clouds, orange sunrises and red flowers. The pictures were all bright and  42 . All   43  one.

One boy was painting a heart, but it was dark and lifeless. It  44  the bright colors that his fellow artists had used.I asked why. He told me that he was very   45  and so was his mom. He said that his sickness was not ever going to get better and neither was his mom’s. He looked   46  into my eyes and said, “There is no hope in my life.”

I told him I was sorry and I could understand why he had made his heart a dark color. I told him that   47  we couldn’t make him better, we can give  48 , which can really help when you are feeling sad. I told him that if he would like, I would be   49  to give him one so he could see what I meant.  50 , he crawled into my lap. I thought my own heart would burst for this sweet little boy.

He sat there for a long time. Finally he  51  down to finish his coloring.

As I was getting ready to  52  home, I felt a tug (猛拽) on my jacket. Standing there was the little boy,  53 . He said, “My heart is changing  54 . It is getting brighter. I think those hugs really do  55 .”

On my way home I felt my own heart. It too had changed to a brighter color.

1.                A．find           B．paint           C．cut  D．draw

 

2.                A．fold           B．become        C．spread   D．make

 

3.                A．presented       B．sold            C．lent  D．thrown

 

4.                A．education       B．country         C．organization   D．neighborhood

 

5.                A．dying          B．coming         C．visiting   D．retiring

 

6.                A．beautiful        B．strong          C．new D．comfortable

 

7.                A．empty          B．puzzling         C．confusing D．inspiring

 

8.                A．without         B．besides         C．except   D．beside

 

9.                A．needed        B．lacked          C．contained D．showed

 

10.               A．curious         B．disappointed    C．angry D．sick

 

11.               A．forward        B．still            C．straight    D．even

 

12.               A．so that         B．as long as       C．even though    D．as though

 

13.               A．hugs           B．smiles          C．prizes D．lessons

 

14.               A．sorry          B．happy          C．eager D．relaxed

 

15.               A．Suddenly       B．Quickly         C．Unwillingly D．Slowly

 

16.               A．slowed         B．jumped         C．slipped    D．fell

 

17.               A．leave          B．stay           C．head D．arrive

 

18.               A．smiling         B．crying          C．dancing   D．glaring

 

19.               A．shape          B．color          C．weight    D．form

 

20.               A．fit             B．hurt           C．fail   D．work