Night after night, she came to tuck me in, even long after my childhood years.__1__(follow) her longstanding custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.
I don't remember __2__ it first started annoying me－her hands pushing my hair that way.Finally, one night, I shouted out at her, “Don't do that anymore－your hands are too rough！” She didn't say __3__ in reply.But never again __4__ my mother close out my day __5__ that familiar expression of her love.
Time after time, with the passing years, my __6__ (think) returned to that night.By then I missed my mother's hands，missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead.
Now those hands I once thought to be so rough were still doing things for me and my family.I frequently recalled the night my young voice complained.One night, catching Mom's hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night.I thought she'd remember __7__ I did.But Mom didn't know what I __8__ (talk) about.She had forgotten－and forgiven－long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new __9__ (appreciate) for my gentle mother and __10__ caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
答案：1．Following 2.when 3.anything 4.did 5.with 6.thoughts 7．as 8.was talking 9.appreciation 10.her
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If you can read a clock, you can know the time of the day.But no one knows what time itself is.One way to think about time is to imagine a world without time.But there could be no movement, because time and movement cannot be separated.
In early human history, the only changes that seemed to repeat themselves evenly were the movements of objects in the sky.The most easily seen result of these movements was the difference between light and darkness.The sun rises in the eastern sky, producing light.It moves across the sky and sinks in the west, causing darkness.The appearance and disappearance of the sun was even and unfailing.The periods of light and darkness it created were the first accepted periods of time.We have named each period of light and darknessone day.People saw the sun rise higher in the sky during the summer than in winter.They counted the days that passed from the sun's highest position until it returned to that position.They counted three hundred sixtyfive days.We now know that is the time Earth takes to move once around the sun.We call this period of time a year.
They also developed a way to use the changing faces of the moon to tell time. The moon was “full” when its face was bright and round.The early humans counted the number of times the sun appeared between full moons.They learned that this number always remained the same—about twentynine suns.Twentynine suns equaled one moon.We now know this period of time as one month.
Early humans hunted animals and gathered wild plants.They moved in groups or tribes from place to place in search of food.Then, people learned to plant seeds and grow crops.As hunters, people did not need a way to measure time.As farmers, however, they had to plant crops in time to harvest them before winter.They had to know when the seasons would change.So, they developed calendars.
No one knows when the first calendar was developed.But it seems possible that it was based on moons, or lunar months.
1．The underlined word “unfailing” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “________”．
A．reliable B．limited
C．unchanging D．everlasting
2．Which of the following is NOT the method early people used to tell time? A．Sun position.
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B．Sun lightness. C．Moon shape. D．Planting crops.
3．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．When the first calendar was developed remains unknown. B．Why early people developed calendars is not clear. C．How early people counted a day is still unknown.
D．What early people based the first calendar on is mysterious. 4．Why did people invent the first calendar to measure time? A．Because early humans hunted animals and gathered wild plants. B．Because early farmers had to grow and harvest crops in time. C．Because early people had to plant crops and grow crops.
D．Because early humans moved in groups or tribes from place to place. 5．It can be concluded from the text that ________.
A．time and movement are loosely related even at present days
B．the light and darkness differences of the sun were the only movements in sky
C．the period of twentynine moons is called one month
D．early humans first accepted periods of time created by the moon
答案：
1．D 词义猜测题。unfailing，始终如一的，恒久不变的。
2．D 细节理解题。从文章中可以了解到，古人判断时间的方法有：看太阳的位置，月亮的明暗以及月亮的形状。
3．A 细节理解题。文章最后一段告诉我们第一本日历是怎么形成的至今仍然是未知的。 4．B 细节理解题。文章倒数第二段写到，作为猎人的时候，他们不需要日历，可是一旦安定下来他们需要种植庄稼，需要知道什么时候播种并且要及时收获，于是就形成了日历。
5．C 推理判断题。第二段里提及The periods of light and darkness it created were the first accepted periods of time，由此可知，C选项正确。
1．我同意后者，理由如下：……(For my part) ____________________
答案：1．For my part, I agree with the latter opinion for the following reasons：...
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2．我非常高兴地接受你的邀请。(too...to...) ____________________
答案：2．I am only too delighted to accept your kind invitation.
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