While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had 1 finding the keyhole. When I 2 to open the door, I 3 around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was 4 installed... but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered 5 a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage 6 in the day. I found the bed in the 7 and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing 8 ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 9 to find another lamp. So I 10 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled(跌跌撞撞地走)around 11 I found a desk lamp which actually 12 !
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world 13 be and how necessary light is! But even more necessary than 14 light is the light that shines from people --the light of 15 and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 16 place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in 17 of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you 18 may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is 19 a candle in a forest remember -- there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to 20 the light of one small candle.
1. A. confidence B. respect C. adimiration D. difficulty
2. A. managed B. failed C. wished D. meant
3. A. touched B. felt C. sensed D. looked
4. A. already B. never C. still D. once
5. A. equiping B. producing C. spotting D. removing
6. A. later B. earlier C. lower D. upper
7. A. light B. dark C. room D. corner
8. A. happened B. operated C. fired D. developed
9. A. machine B. street C. room D. car
10. A. wound B. forced C. made D. lost
11. A. after B. until C. while D. since
12. A. helped B. affected C. worked D. inspired
13. A. can B. shall C. will D. must
14. A. mental B. psychological C. electrical D. physical
15. A. existence B. love C. truth D. wisdom
16. A. lonely B. colourful C. friendly D. complex
17. A. short B. favour C. face D. need
18. A. make B. offer C. take D. contribute
19. A. not more than B. other than C. no more than D. rather than
20. A. put out B. give out C. get over D. set up
Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was 1in Britain in 1881 to restrict2 from foreign countries. In the United States, businesses and labor unions 3 “fair trade” laws to construct what economistJoseph Stiglitzcalls “barriers to imports.” These so called “anti-dumping(反倾销)” laws allow a company that 4 a foreign one of selling a product below cost to request that the government charge special taxes to protect it from “unfair” 5 .
Such dark protectionist thoughts are far from the 6 of the organizers of the United Kingdom’s annual “Fairtrade Fortnight”. Their 7 aim is to raise the price paid to developing-country farmers for their 8 by cutting out the inflated profits of the middlemen on whom they 9 for getting their goods to distant markets. Fair-trade products 10 cocoa, coffee, tea, and bananas do not compete with domestic European production, and 11 do not have a protectionist motive(动机).
This is how it works: In 12 for being paid a guaranteed price and meeting “agreed labor and environmental standards” (minimum wages, no farm chemicals ), poor-country farming cooperatives(合作社) receive a FAIRTRADE mark for their products, given 13 by the FAIRTRADE Labeling Organization. This mark 14 supermarkets and other businesses to sell the products at a higher than 15 price . Third-world farmers get their income increased , 16 first-world consumers get to feel virtuous: a marriage made in heaven.
The fair-trade movement, 17 in the 1980’s, has been growing rapidly. In a significant breakthrough in 1997, the British House of Commons 18 to serve only fair-trade coffee. By the end of 2007, more than 600 producers’ organizations, 19 1.4 million farmers in 58 countries, were selling fair-trade products. Today, a quarter of all bananas in UK supermarkets are sold under a FAIRTRADE mark. But FAIRTRADE-labeled products still represent a very 20 share – typically less than 1% – of global sales of cocoa, tea, coffee, etc.
A.discovered B.founded C.encouraged D.promoted
A.imports B.exports C.output D.trade
A.disobey B.break C.use D.study
A.suspects B.needs C.wants D.advertises
A.agreement B.contract C.game D.competition
A.worries B.minds C.comments D.projects
A.educational B.political C.worthy D.immediate
A.favour B.benefit C.interest D.produce
A.depend B.spend C.look D.apply
A.as B.like C.with D.for
A.instead B.otherwise C.therefore D.anyhow
A.fear B.store C.preparation D.exchange
A.secretly B.publicly C.officially D.successfully
A.urges B.enables C.orders D.forces
A.normal B.potential C.lowest D.best
A.when B.while C.as D.but
A.launched B.arranged C.invented D.developed
A.wanted B.refused C.had D.decided
A.telling B.representing C.Choosing D.receiving
A.small B.little C.good D.large
When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark.36, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so 37. As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly 38 cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride. With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move 39 that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also 40. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something 41. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need 42. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.” “Airport? You 43 are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers 44 you reach the T-junction. Turn left and 45 for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the 46 to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no 47 you’ll get there in five minutes!” “Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll 48 in time.” The 49 moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it 50 and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something 51 happened. The car began changing. First, its color 52 from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, 53 just above the ground. As the car 54 into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling 55, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
A.However B.Besides C.Therefore D.Otherwise
A.brave B.excited C.curious D.stubborn
A.fell B.seemed C.proved D.grew
A.aside B.around C.forward D.backward
A.arrived B.stopped C.stayed D.started
A.gathered B.existed C.dropped D.moved
A.help B.gas C.rest D.water
A.necessarily B.normally C.basically D.certainly
A.if B.until C.unless D.as
A.drive B.walk C.follow D.march
A.address B.signs C.notices D.guidance
A.doubt B.room C.time D.way
A.have it B.get it C.make it D.finish it
A.door B.window C.headlight D.wheel
A.passed B.rushed C.turned D.continued
A.strange B.sensitive C.imaginable D.horrible
A.developed B.appeared C.spread D.faded
A.rolling B.floating C.drawing D.flashing
A.pointed B.returned C.broke D.rose
A.tune B.voice C.sound D.ton
I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.
I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).
She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.
The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.
My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.
She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.
I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.
As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.
A.sister's B.teachers' C.mother's D.roommates'
A.lives B.visits C.separates D.graduates
A.force B.leave C.find D.have
A.small B.big C.funny D.strong
A.severely B.totally C.slightly D.strictly
A.innocent B.casual C.qualified D.inexperienced
A.laughing B.staring C.glaring D.looking
A.funny B.frightening C.kind D.sad
A.expecting B.imaging C.knowing D.doubting
A.for B.with C.within D.along
A.sentence B.quotes C.saying D.words
A.day B.career C.life D.age
A.easily B.carefully C.differently D.seriously
A.quick B.soon C.fast D.rapidly
A.gentler B.softer C.tighter D.warmly
A.start B.turn C.run D.wonder
A.Hers B.My wife's C.Mine D.Ours
A.gone B.grown C.born D.found
A.although B.where C.when D.why
A.destroyed B.beginning C.ended D.changing
阅读短文,根据短文内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
I had never been much interested in sports. I had tried playing tennis, swimming and running but found nothing I liked. But 10 years ago, I found the right kind of exercise--- 41 .
Why did I start walking? At the age of twenty, my doctor told me I had a serious illness and 42 not live longer. I was so 43 then. I spent all of my life worrying. The doctor suggested that I should 44 . I didn’t listen at first. 45 , after several months, I began to get the meaning of the doctor’s words. While I was walking, I began to 46 flowers. I would stop and enjoy their beauty. I 47 found that I had missed the most beautiful part of life--- flowers, falling leaves, snow-covered houses. I had been wasting time worrying about 48 .
Now I’m 35, and I don’t worry any more about 49 may happen, Worry only makes me miss the good things in 50 . I want to say hello to everything because I’m living a new life.
A.skating B.fishing C.riding D.walking
A.must B.need C.may D.should
A.happy B.worried C.excited D.bored
A.take more exercise B.watch more TV C.play computer games less D.have enough sleep
A.If B.So C.Unless D.However
A.notice B.water C.pick D.plant
A.usually B.early C.quickly D.normally
A.pressure B.death C.study D.work
A.what B.when C.why D.where
A.season B.life C.book D.family
When I was young, I wanted to be a teacher if I grew up,simply because I wanted to write on the chalkboard!My teachers seemed to be the 36 printers,curving their letters just so,and I wanted to do it 37 !Now,after "higher education",and three 38 career paths,I have come back to want to be a 39 ,but my reasons have changed. I was 40in my years of high school,to have teachers that really 41 me as an individual, and I want to 42 this back.
A teacher's gentleness needs to be shown when 43 or encouraging the students. It is important to make the corrections in order for the students to learn. 44 ,this needs to be done in a 45 that will help to 46 the student to make the changes necessary,___47___ discouraging them from learning.Being patient is also extremely important,because the class needs to know what to 48 from the teacher.This will also help to build a better agreement with the students,and help both the teacher and students to learn more about each other.
If a teacher exhibits a true love of 49 and helping students learn,many of the qualities ___50___ above will just fall into place. The teacher that had the most 51 on me had the best fame in the school. She was strict,and she did demand a lot, but she was able to show us it was ___52___she cared for us. She knew each of us was worth it,and she knew we each could do it. She __53___ knowledge,gently, firmly, patiently,respectfully, and most effectively. She gently encouraged us to make 54 when we needed to,and 55 us when we did. She was a true teacher, not just someone who taught,and this is the kind of teacher I hope to be.
A.funniest B.greatest C.strangest D.cleverest
A.too B.either C.also D.hard
A.ordinary B.familiar C.difficult D.different
A.teacher B.doctor C.lawyer D.secretary
A.diligent B.active C.successful D.fortunate
A.cared about B.believed in C.longed for D.thought about
A.take B.keep C.give D.hold
A.talking B.working C.correcting D.stressing
A.Besides B.Moreover C.However D.Otherwise
A.sense B.class C.means D.manner
A.prevent B.motivate C.force D.forbid
A.beyond B.through C.without D.towards
A.result B.hear C.suffer D.expect
A.teaching B.learning C.considering D.treating
A.discussed B.referred C.mentioned D.engaged
A.goal B.impact C.affect D.duty
A.while B.although C.since D.because
A.passed on B.pulled on C.kept on D.turned on
A.decisions B.choices C.changes D.attempts
A.blamed B.ignored C.helped D.praised