Are your table manners much better when you are eating at a friend’s home or in a restaurant than they are at your own home? Probably so, __1__ you are aware that people judge you by your table manners. You take special pains when you are eating __2__. Have you ever stopped to realize how much less self-conscious you would be on such occasions if __3__ table manners had become a habit for you? You can make them a habit by __4__ good table manners at home.
Good manners at mealtimes help you and those around you to feel __5__. This is true at home as much as it is true in someone else’s home or in a restaurant. Good __6__ make meals more enjoyable for everyone at the table.
By this time you probably know quite well what good table manners are. You __7__ that keeping your arms on the table, talking with your __8__ full, and wolfing down your food are not considered good manners. You know also that if you are mannerly, you say “Please” and “Thank you” and ask for things to be passed to you.
Have you ever thought of a pleasant attitude as being __9__ to good table manners? Not only are pleasant mealtimes enjoyable, but they aid digestion. The dinner table is a __10__ for enjoyable conversation. It should never become a battleground. You are definitely growing in social maturity (成熟) when you try to be an agreeable table companion.
A．because B．but C．unless D．though
A．in public B．at home C．at ease D．in a hurry
A．such B．no C．some D．good
A．acting B．enjoying C．practicing D．watching
A．comfortable B．stressed C．depressed D．outstanding
A．dishes B．manners C．atmospheres D．friends
A．mention B．prefer C．doubt D．realize
A．stomach B．hands C．mouth D．bowl
A．essential B．considerate C．obvious D．unusual
A．time B．place C．chance D．way
There are many kinds of friends. Some are always 36 you, but don't understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only 37 friends leave footprints.
I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the 38 . She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.
It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves 39 on the cool 40 . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, 41 to the sound of them.
Autumn is a 42 season and life is uninteresting. The free days always get me 43 . But one day, the sound of a violin 44 into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was 45 in playing her violin.
I had 46 seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been 47 there for so long but my existence (存在) did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building 48 I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became 49 . 50 we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also loved me.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly
51 . To my astonishment (惊讶), the girl came over to me.
“You must like violin.” she said.
“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a 52 expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that 53 me.” she said.
“In fact, it was your playing 54 gave me a meaningful autumn,” I answered, “Let's be friends.”
The girl smiled, and so did I.
I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure (身影) of the girl. She is like a 55 —so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.
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The day before Father's Day, Mrs. Berry asked her students to make a card for their fathers. She passed out paper and pieces of cloth. Elizabeth looked for a while at the blue cloth and began to cut it. Then she 21 her paper in half and began writing. When Elizabeth finally looked at the message the teacher gave on the paper, she noticed something else. She felt her 22 grow hot -- she hadn't heard that anyone who didn't have a father could make one for a grandfather or an uncle. As her teacher walked to her, Elizabeth tried 23 her card with her arm, but Mrs. Berry gently 24 it so that she could read it. Elizabeth sat 25 , waiting for her to say something, but she saw a 26 roll down Mrs. Berry's face. She had never made Mrs. Berry so upset.
When school was over, Elizabeth 27 until all the other kids left so that she could28 . "I'm sorry for not listening. I'll make another card 29 you want. I'll do it 30 and bring it tomorrow."
" 31 are you talking about?" asked Mrs. Berry.
"My Father's Day card. I know you're upset because I didn't do it 32 ."
"Elizabeth, that was the 33 card in the whole class. It was so 34 that it made me cry."
Elizabeth was so 35 that she ran out of the classroom. When her mom came home from work that night, Elizabeth 36 to give her the card early. On the front of the card was a 37 of Elizabeth's mom, with a blue piece of cloth cut like her hair. Inside the card she had written:
Dear Mom,
I know you work really hard to be both a mommy and a（n）38 . I want to thank you and 39 you a happy Father’s Day.
Love,
Elizabeth
When her mom read the card she started 40 , just like Mrs. Berry did.
A．close B．open C．spread D．folded
A．heart B．face C．eyes D．feet
A．covering B．holding C．doing
A．caught B．left C．lifted D．put
A．alone B．still C．up D．down
A．tear B．smile C．hair D．sweat
A．worked B．waited C．stood D．studied
A．apologize B．stop C．understand D．stay
A．because B．until C．unless D．if
A．just here B．at once C．at home D．at school
A．Who B．Whose C．Which
A．carefully B．quickly C．wrong D．right
A．worst B．best C．favorite D．simplest
A．wild B．ugly C．sweet D．hard
A．happy B．regretful C．brave D．rude
A．seemed B．decided C．refused D．promised
A．address B．phone number C．drawing D．writing
A．brother B．sister C．daddy D．aunt
A．wish B．hope C．want D．congratulate
A．laughing B．joking C．worrying D．crying
Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 36 the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called 37 the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his 38 was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the 39 of the girls were written on 40 of paper and placed in jars. Each young man 41a slip. The girl whose name was 42 was to be his sweetheart for the year.
Legend 43 it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day 44a Roman bishop named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II 45 the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would 46 stay home than fight. When Valentine 47 the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the 48 of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a 49 . Christian bishop moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine 50 of Lupercus.
Valentine’s Day has become a major 51 of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his 52 into a lover’s heart may still be used to 53 falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this. 54 to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as 55 as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.
A．While B．When C．Though D．Unless
A．upon B．back C．off D．away
A．honor B．belief C．hand D．way
A．problems B．secrets C．names D．intentions
A．rolls B．piles C．works D．slips
A．cast B．caught C．drew D．found
A．given B．chosen C．elected D．delivered
A．tells B．means C．makes D．has
A．after B．since C．as D．from
A．ordered B．appealed C．imagined D．believed
A．other B．simply C．rather D．all
A．disliked B．resisted C．defeated D．dishonored
A．celebration B．arrangement C．feast D．eve
A．goat B．saint C．model D．weapon
A．because B．made C．instead D．learnt
A．part B．representative C．judgment D．symbol
A．story B．wander C．arrow D．play
A．describe B．require C．demand D．alarm
A．Keeping B．Disapproving C．Supporting D．Forgetting
A．constructive B．damaging C．strengthening D．responding
School was over and I felt quite tired. I sat at the very 36 of the crowded bus because of my anxiety(焦虑) to go home. Sitting there makes me 37 like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the 38 , tried to break the uncomfortable 39 by starting a conversation. I tried to mind my manners and politely 40 her, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, 41 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in 42 , I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. “What’s wrong with him?” I asked. With her eyes wet and her voice tight from fighting the tears, she 43 , “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she continued. “I’ve 44 lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”
I was shocked. My 45 ached for her. And this reminded me of the great 46 my own mother was thrown into when her father 47 . I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to 48 that.
Suddenly I 49 Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a whole world of 50 and concerns, too. I suddenly felt very selfish(自私). I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in m
y life. I paid no 51 to Janie 52 she was a bus driver. I had judged(评价) her by her 53 and brushed her off as unimportant.
For all I know, I’m just another person in 54 else’s world, and may not even be 55 . I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go to, people to see and appointment to keep. Understanding people is an art.
A．front C．side D．middle
A．stand for B．stand up C．stand out D．stand by
A．doctor B．driver C．teacher D．classmate
A．mood B．condition C．atmosphere D．occasion
A．listen to B．argue with C．explain to D．talk to
A．however B．instead C．therefore D．otherwise
A．surprise B．particular C．purpose D．silence
A．replied B．shouted C．cried D．spoke
A．totally B．already C．completely D．heavily
A．leg B．stomach C．heart D．head
A．pain B．respect C．happiness D．disappointment
A．was lost B．was away C．died D．was sick
A．go against B．go for C．go by D．go through
A．realized B．recognized C．argued D．explained
A．family B．school C．friend D．job
A．money B．attention C．respect D．time
A．unless B．though C．because D．while
A．voice B．job C．family D．look
A．anyone B．someone C．everyone D．nobody
A．happy B．smart C．important D．useful
It was the beginning of a new term. As a(n) 36 teacher in that school, I didn’t know any of the students. A little girl was 37 at the gate of the class
room. She looked very 38 .
I walked up to her and asked 39 she stood there. But she said 40 . Instead, a boy shouted, “She is from Grade Four, the 41 student in her grade.” I looked at the little girl, who didn’t seem to be the smart kind. I 42 why her teacher asked her to stay in Grade Three. I took her hand and 43 her into the classroom.
“Sit here. Now you are my student and I’m your teacher,” I said. She 44 said nothing, but she burst into tears.
I later learnt that her parents 45 in a car accident, and she had 46 talking to others since then. She learnt very 47 . I gave her respect and never 48 her as I know everybody deserves (值得) respect. I 49 her after school, and she was making 50 little by little. I encouraged her and as 51 went by, she was not as shy as before. At the end of the term, she seemed to have forgotten all her 52 . She was not one of the best students when she left that school, 53 at least, she was not that shy and sad little girl any longer.
In the following 54 , she would send me a card on each Thanksgiving Day. Three days ago, I received a(n) 55 to her wedding. And now, I am at her wedding, and she is smiling brightly.
Everyone deserves respect and everyone can be happy!
A．old B．new C．good D．famous
A．smiling B．sitting C．standing D．crying
A．tall B．shy C．beautiful D．kind
A．if B．when C．why D．how
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．worst B．shortest C．ugliest D．smartest
A．remembered B．thought C．asked D．understood
A．threw B．pushed C．pulled D．led
A．firstly B．still C．surprisingly D．finally
A．fought B．disappeared C．met D．died
A．kept B．stopped C．advised D．forgot
A．fast B．widely C．slowly D．quietly
A．played jokes with B．thought highly of C．took care of D．looked down upon
A．helped B．served C．chose D．pleased
A．progress B．happiness C．marks D．surprises
A．dreams B．efforts C．energy D．time
A．joy B．sadness C．past D．anger
A．since B．because C．so D．but
A．hours B．years C．months D．days
A．invitation B．card C．key D．letter