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Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars (1) By Liu Jingchen 一、完型填空 My mother was a very kind and wise person. Once at our table she showed us what 1 really is. From time to time, Mr. White visited us and he could not talk well. My mother told us never to laugh at his stuttering(结巴). We to do so as she said. But at dinner that day it was 3 to stop laughing. Mr. White stuttered and stuttered. Mother knew that we were just about 4 to burst. Then Mr. White___5___the “b-b-b-b”(it never did get to be “bread”). My mother helped us out. She laughed 6 she said, “Look, children! See what I’ve done! I’ve put sugar on John’s meat!” All five of us burst out laughing. Mother made us see 7 that true kindness is 8 just a warm feeling for another person. It is also ___9___ thinking to stop other persons being hurt. Mother also taught us children to like nature. One thing I liked to do was to gather the 10 of a beautiful brown moth(蛾). In spring I wouldthe moths come from cocoons(茧). They were so beautiful. How they had to work to get out of the cocoons! Thethey had to struggle always made me feel 13 them. One day I used a fine pair of scissors(剪刀) to cut the silk away from a moth. I thought I was helping it. But in no time the moth was dead. “Boy,” my mother said, “the moth 15 work hard to come out of the cocoon. People, too, need to work hard and struggle, or they would become weak or even die.” 1. A. a family B. a mother C. kindness D. beauty 2. A. pretended B. tried C. expected D. demanded 3. A. hard B. easy C. unnecessary D. impossible 4. A. ready B. free C. the time D. the point 5. A. cared for B. looked for C. reached for D. asked for 6. A. when B. as C. because D. however 7. A. then and there B. now and then C. here and there D. here and now 8. A. rather than B. more than C. less than D. stronger than 9. A. careful B. deep C. sudden D. q