“Wele, Mary,” I said. She raised her head and looked into my eyes. The smile on my face 36 . Dear God, I thought, what 37 has entered the life of this little girl?
After settling Mary into her new desk and 38 her, I went to the headmaster. She said, “Sit down and I’ll 39 you in. Mary’s mother who loved her very much was shot and killed in her 40 one night at their house. Mary, screaming, escaped to a neighbor’s. Then the child went into 41 . She hadn’t cried or 42 her mother since.”
I returned only to discover that the children were already avoiding this “ 43 ” child. “Mary’s been hurt badly, but we can do a lot to help her,” I explained gently. Bless all children. How loving they can be 44 they understand.
In spite of our 45 , we seemed to be getting no closer to Mary and even my faith was wearing 46 . My heart ached so badly, wanting this child to e alive, to be aware of the beauty, the wonder, the fun, and even the 47 of living.
Spring approaching, children 48 to make flower baskets for room decoration. During the lunch time, a girl came hurrying to me. “Come to see Mary’s basket,” she said 49 . “You’ll never believe it!” I 50 my breath at its beauty, for it couldn’t have been the work from a child that 51 .
“Mary,” I said. “This is beautiful. How did you ever 52 ?” She looked at me with the shining eyes of any 53 little girl, saying, “My mother loved flowers.”
Thank you, God, You’ve 54 us the miracle(奇迹). I knelt and put my arms around the child. Then the tears came, slowly at first, but soon she was 55 her heart out against my shoulder. The other children had tears in their eyes, too, but theirs—like mine—were tears of joy.
【小题1】A．formedB．broadened C．spread D．froze【小题2】A．wonder B．problem C．horrorD．amazement【小题3】A．introducing B．forting C．praising D．touching【小题4】A．put B．fill C．push D．let【小题5】A．absenceB．presenceC．pany D．eyes【小题6】A．shockB．angerC．hungerD．action【小题7】A．missedB．mentioned C．seenD．heard【小题8】A．sweetB．sad C．lonelyD．different【小题9】A．beforeB．though C．onceD．unless【小题10】A．lessonsB．talksC．wordsD．efforts【小题11】A．strongB．thickC．thinD．heavy【小题12】A．costB．painC．courseD．pleasure【小题13】A．decidedB．waitedC．preferredD．wished【小题14】A．worriedlyB．excitedlyC．softlyD．secretly【小题15】A．caught B．stoppedC．countedD．took【小题16】A．oldB．weakC．youngD．clever【小题17】A．arrange B．prepareC．handleD．manage【小题18】A．unusual B．carefulC．normalD．friendly【小题19】A．toldB．taughtC．paid D．given【小题20】A．crying B．shoutingC．drawing D．KnockingD
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解析：文章讲述的是一个目睹了母亲被杀害的孩子心理承受这巨大的压力，过程非正常的生活，通过学校的一次活动，展露出了内心世界。
【小题1】动词辨析。根据后文可知，玛丽的笑容不自然，僵在那里了。Form形成，broaden扩大，变宽 spread 传播，延伸 freeze僵硬，冰冻
【小题2】上下文，根据第二段可知，她的母亲被杀了，所以是恐惧进入了她的生活中。
【小题3】上下文，此处指安排她坐到自己的课桌旁，并向大家介绍了一下她。
【小题4】动词辨析。此处意为坐下，我来详细告诉你。 Fill sb in 详细告知某人某事
【小题5】上下文，玛丽的母亲是当着玛丽的面被杀死的，in one's presence意为在某人在场的时候
【小题6】上下文。因为玛丽的母亲在玛丽的面前被杀，所以玛丽非常震惊。她从那以后没有哭过，也没有提及她的妈妈。因为惊吓过度。
【小题7】上下文。同上
【小题8】上下文，根据上文可知玛丽受到了惊吓，与别的孩子看起来不同。
【小题9】意为，一旦（要是）他们理解了我的意义，他们该多好啊。
【小题10】句意理解。尽管我们付出了努力（efforts），我们似乎没有取得任何的进展。
【小题11】形容词辨析。意为我的信心也开始变弱了
【小题12】上下文。因为前面beauty， wonder，fun都死好的东西，所以even后面的是与这些相反的东西，所以选择pain痛苦。
【小题13】句意理解。孩子们决定做花篮来装饰教室。
【小题14】上下文。根据后文可知玛丽做的花篮很漂亮，所以这个女孩很兴奋。
【小题15】词组。Catch one's breath意为屏住呼吸，意为看到这么美丽的花篮，我屏住呼吸。
【小题16】句意理解，意为这不可能是那么年轻的孩子做出来的，
【小题17】动词辨析，manage成功做成某事 意为，你是如何做成这样的。
【小题18】上下文。根据any little girl可知，此时的玛丽表现出来的是普通，正常的小朋友的特征。Normal正常的 unusual 不寻常的 careful细心的 friendly友好的
【小题19】动词辨析。Give sb sth，意为上帝谢谢你，你给了我们一个奇迹。
【小题20】上下文，根据前后句可知孩子们都哭了。