It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25.

I was the nurse on duty that day. I didn't think there would be any patients. Just then five bodies   1    at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.

“Are you all sick?” I asked.

“Yes,” she said   2   , lowering her head.

But when they described their problems, things got a little strange. Two of the children had headaches, but they didn’t show any    3  of headaches at all. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother  4  of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.

I didn't say anything,  5 I explained that they might wait for a little while before a doctor saw her. She answered, “Take your time; it's warm here.”

I checked the chart after another nurse had finished registering(登記) the family. No 6  —they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.

I looked at the family by the Christmas tree. The littlest one was pointing at the television and saying something to her mother. The oldest one was looking at lights on the Christmas tree.

I went back to the nurses' station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses who felt bored with  7  Christmas, turned to compassion((憐憫) for the family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action. We began to prepare a party for our Christmas  8 . We needed presents. We put together oranges and apples in a basket. We collected from different departments candies, crayons and other things available that could be presents.

   9 , as the family walked to the door to leave, the four-year-old child came running back, gave me a hug and    10 , “Thanks for being our angels today.”

1.                A．set up          B．put up          C．cheered up    D．showed up

2.                A．excitedly       B．loudly          C．weakly   D．strongly

3.                A．systems        B．signs           C．symbols  D．secrets

4.                A．explained       B．expressed       C．complained    D．compared

5.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．but            C．or   D．so

6.                A．a(chǎn)ddress        B．a(chǎn)ge            C．name D．money

7.                A．a(chǎn)mazing        B．working         C．interesting D．surprising

8.                A．nurses         B．doctors         C．guests    D．patients

9.                A．Soon           B．Suddenly        C．Later D．However

10.               A．screamed       B．jumped         C．whispered D．replied

I had to walk to school because the bus broke down on the way this morning.
A. threw away   B. stopped working     C.   ran slowly

Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman’s living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said，“There’s only one thing you  1  do．Don’t open the box．”After   2   this，he left the living room．
The woman said to her husband，“There must be   3   in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband said ___4___ to her．
But the woman didn’t give up her idea．One day，she decided to ___5___ what was     __6   it．Her husband didn’t stop her this time．She opened the box and looked inside．She found nothing in the box and then tried hard to close it,    7   she failed．
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was    8  ．He was very __9___ and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there is nothing in the box，”the woman said．“We    10    anything at all．”The businessman shouted at them，“The box is not important．I cannot believe you．That’s important!”
【小題1】A．needn’t     B．wouldn’t    C．mustn’t       D don’t have to
【小題2】A．saying     B．said        C．says         D to say
【小題3】A．expensive something   B．something expensive
C．nothing expensive    D expensive anything
【小題4】A．yes        B．nothing     C．no           D hello
【小題5】A．look for    B．clean up    C．find out     D get over
【小題6】A．near        B．under       C．in           D on
【小題7】A．though     B．or         C．unless       D but
【小題8】A．closed     B．empty       C．open         D full
【小題9】A．happy      B．a(chǎn)ngry       C．stressed out  D worried
【小題10】A．didn’t take  B．won’t take  C．haven’t taken  D aren’t taking

He was made _________ from morning till night.

I had to walk to school because the bus broke down on the way this morning.

A. threw away   B. stopped working     C.   ran slowly