first share it with others. Then -- and only then--we will have the most valuable possessions on earth: love, happiness, and increasing gratitude.

　　　A．Happiness is the result of sharing love and gratitude.

　　　B．She worked full-time during the day and sold handcrafted leather gifts on weekends.

　　　C．She lived a rather poor and hard life with the two children.

　　　D．Marie didn't live to see the day when her bills were fully paid.

　　　E.Love is second to none.

　　　F.She had barely enough resources to put a cent in the medical treatments she would need.

　　　G.Happiness will not come from worldly possessions of fortune.

三、完形填空

　　　Sometimes, a mother just recognizes her child, even when the two have never met. That's how Devon Toomey felt in 2013 when she _____16_____ a photograph on a website for an international adoption agency.

　　　Toomey had been on the site many times and seen ______17____ many kids, but she'd never determined to email the agency about anyone ____18______ she saw one baby born without arms and legs. "_____19_____ seeing him, I just knew he was our child. There was just something that spoke to me," she says.

　　　Today, four years later, that boy, named Bowen Toomey, is a 5-year-old _____20_____ with two older brothers living in Eagle, Idaho. He is _____21_____ on going to school, jumping on trampolines（蹦床）, reading books and ____22______ himself to difficult tasks.

　　　But his _____23_____ disability means he can't live _____24_____ like others: Where other children use their _____25_____ to handle things, Bowen sometimes uses his mouth or a special band he wears that lets him _____26_____ things like a spoon.

　　　"He does everything any other kids do: he just finds his way to _____27_____ various problems. He can ride his skate already," his mother says. "He _____28_____ loves to swim, and can dive and swim independently. I think he loves it so much ____29______ the water is the place where he really doesn't have limitations."

　　　A former special education teacher, Toomey and her husband, Jeremy, knew they wanted to adopt. Nine months after she ______30____ Bowen on the website of a Serbian orphanage（孤儿院）, ______31____ in Belgrade, the entire family went there to take home their 18-month-old addition.

　　　Although Bowen had been well taken care of at the orphanage, he didn't get much attention, and for the most part he was just laid in the bed.

　　　The young boy ____32______ to his new family in a way ____33______ he surprised everyone. "We laid eyes on him and from that moment on, he _____34_____ joyful, which really touched our hearts," she says, "I said to myself, '_____35_____ is no wonder that I wanted him the moment I saw him'. He is my child."

　　　16．A． took on B． handed in C． made up D． came across

　　　17．A． such B． so C． what D． how

　　　18．A． until B． since C． unless D． after

　　　19．A． At B． In C． On D． With

　　　20．A． companion B． kindergartner C． orphan D． adolescent

　　　21．A． keen B． fond C． interested D． addicted

　　　22．A． applying B． absorbing C． focusing D． owing

　　　23．A． mental B． spiritual C． psychological D． physical

　　　24．A． happily B． normally C． usually D． commonly

　　　25．A． bodies B． feet C． hands D． heads

　　　26．A． cope with B． deal in C． take down D． serve as

　　　27．A． develop B． meet C． address D． accept

　　　28．A． previously B． particularly C． purposely D． eventually

　　　29．A． so that B． besides that C． in that D． for that

　　　30．A． looked B． recognized C． asked D． discovered

　　　31．A． locating B． is locating C． is located D． located

　　　32．A． turned B． returned C． responded D． replied

　　　33．A． how B． that C． where D． which

　　　34．A． became B． has become C． had become D． becomes

　　　35．A． There B． That C． This D． It

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四、语法填空

　　　阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　　It is quite clear that air planes provide 36．efficient and convenient way to travel. Thanks to planes, the world we live in has become a 37．(small) place. 38． getting to somewhere by air can cause a lot of stress for people sometimes.

There are many reasons 39． an unpleasant journey, such as long lines at the airport or screaming kids who seat 40．(them) behind you. However, recent 41．（study) conducted by US travel platform Expedia have