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We recently treated our new-adult son and his girlfriend to a seafood feast, near Cocoa Beach, Florida. Our server, a grandmotherly woman skilled in the art of___36_____, flew around the ___37_____juggling dishes and drinks while treating customers as individuals. She remembered their ____38_____tastes likes and dislikes –all of which she’d learned after only the briefest ____39_____.
At the end of the meal, she presented the bill, and then went to____40_____ the growing crowd of other dinners. My husband ___41____with a credit card, added her___42____, and we were off.  
“Mr. Goldsmith!” our waitress ran out of the dining room waving a receipt at him, “Thank you.”
He looked at her as though he didn’t __43_____. We’ve all seen that universal___44___ of confusion—eyebrows drawn together and head cocked to one side
“What did you give her?” I asked in a stage whisper, ____45___if he had done something __46___ or made a calculation error.
“Wow, Dad,” our son said, ___47___like an awestruck 10 –year-old. “I’ve never seen a waitress ____48____anyone out of the restaurant to say ‘thank you’ for the tip.
“She gave us great service. I just thought she deserved a little bump __49_____ what I usually give.”
It wasn’t until later, when I accidentally heard our ___50____retelling the story of the ___51___waitress, that I realized she had given my family something___52___ a “thank you”. She showed our son the importance of ___53_____hard work and the rewarding sound of “thank you”. Her show of thanks helped a dad earn a bit more ___54___from a loving son. And it reminded me just why I ___55____this thoughtful, caring man.

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My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of about what was waiting for us. However, when we at the airport, a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were made easy for us by this kind man.
He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He us in going to the bank, in buying our groceries, in telling us to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother.
, we watched the match in a coffee shop. During the first get-together, he us that we’ re lucky--my husband and I are in this foreign land. He said he has been for eight years now because he rarely sees his family, they are in his home country.
During the second get-together, he told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will us because he has been given a of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night, he spoke these words which a great impact in my life: “You changed my life…”
That night deep in our hearts we were by our friend’s words. We texted him upon reaching home, him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he , “You are my family here.”
On the first week of October, we’re going to him back from his vacation. We’ll watch the football match again in that shop that holds dear memories.

A.curious B.worried C.certain D.crazy

A.checked B.dropped C.landed D.settled

A.therefore B.instead C.anyhow D.otherwise

A.expected B.troubled C.comforted D.accompanied

A.when B.where C.why D.whether

A.Once B.So C.Twice D.Finally

A.informed B.warned C.blamed D.convinced

A.together B.nearby C.around D.apart

A.sick B.lonely C.cheerful D.scared

A.if B.unless C.as D.although

A.secretly B.jokingly C.proudly D.sincerely

A.remember B.miss C.forget D.respect

A.delay B.right C.vacation D.date

A.created B.designed C.solved D.received

A.puzzled B.touched C.astonished D.flattered

A.thanking B.forgiving C.repaying D.punishing

A.after all B.as well C.in return D.in advance

A.agreed B.objected C.added D.replied

A.see B.pick C.call D.force

A.book B.grocery C.coffee D.sports

Carolyn Stradley is the founder of C&S Paving Ine.(铺路公司)in Atlanta, USA.In the following account, she recalls the job that challenged her and skill but left her flying high.
“When the Atlanta Airport was under in 1979,we were a new company struggling to make it.National Car Rental wanted to have 2500 square meters of dirt paved the cars could be on site the airport opened,and the official opening was only ten days away! other local paving company wanted to do the job, it couldn’t be done in such a short time.”
“Because we were new and really needed the work,we were to try harder.We gave National Car Rental our offer and our best effort to get the job finished within ten days.We also them that if we failed,they would be no worse off, they had plenty to gain if we succeeded.”
“We got the job and immediately went into .Working at night needed lights,so I rented a machine to produce electricity for the site. Our challenge was to keep the rock mixture enough. All the available water wagons(洒水车)were rented out for the airport construction, and we certainly couldn’t afford to buy a new one. ,I got a special to rent fire engine hoses(消防水龙带)and connect them to nearby hydrants(消防);then I held one of those hoses to down the rock.”
“Those ten days were filled with challenges that one creative idea after another.Nine days later,the night before the airport opened,National Car Rental was the company that had cars on the parking lot.”
“The key to our success was having the to take on any job and then being creative in our approach to getting it done.”

A.kindness B.patience C.imagination D.experience

A.construction B.repair C.control D.development

A.after B.as C.for D.so

A.while B.since C.where D.when

A.Some B.Any C.No D.Every

A.stating B.reporting C.telling D.warning

A.able B.nervous C.afraid D.willing

A.supported B.promised C.continued D.improved

A.asked B.surprised C.reminded D.demanded

A.though B.but C.as D.unless

A.discussion B.action C.practice D.production

A.next B.first C.past D.previous

A.cold B.wet C.loose D.clean

A.Naturally B.Obviously C.Meanwhile D.Instead

A.excuse B.order C.permit D.reason

A.exactly B.personally C.angrily D.hardly

A.pull B.knock C.hit D.water

A.required B.mixed C.followed D.formed

A.best B.last C.second D.only

A.courage B.interest C.hope D.chance

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was worried because I thought I had her. I was and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen , but it’s really there. Love is .”
I listened carefully but I her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked _ . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father on the country road.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t me.” He said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and . But from this experience, I understand that love is just in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

A.keep fit B.rise early C.earn money D.collect money

A.magic B.romantic C.fantastic D.attractive

A.simple B.easy C.relaxing D.luxurious

A.control B.question C.reach D.the question

A.feeling B.love C.quarrel D.smile

A.raised B.Shook C.nodded D.bowed

A.hurt B.Injured C.wounded D.harmed

A.in great surprise B.in a great embarrassment C.with deep depression D.at extreme sorrow

A.happens B.comes about C.appears D.occurs

A.warm and soft B.hot and hard C.thin and cool D.strong and durable

A.somewhere and sometime B.anywhere or anytime C.more or less D.here and there

A.inside B.outside C.faraway D.nearby

A.could believe B.couldn’t understand C.wouldn’t recognize D.might know

A.got sick B.got stuck C.threw up D.became disabled

A.quite healthy B.very pale C.fairly red D.much surprised

A.jump high B.go hurriedly C.run fast D.walk slowly

A.think about B.talk with C.worry about D.laugh at

A.Reading B.Seeing C.Saying D.Writing

A.fresh roses B.gold ring C.sweet kisses D.beautiful jewelry

A.a thread B.a needle C.the cloth D.the cotton

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so that he didn’t know what to do with .The person who had gone in him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. James. He felt that she had already got the . The problem was that he wanted this job 47 .It meant to him. He had it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself brilliantly at the interview and the job immediately. But now here he was feeling .He couldn’t all those things he had to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and .But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.

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A.reward B.first C.prize D.job

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A.offered B.asked for C.being offered D.being asked for

A.crazy B.excited C.probable D.terrible

A.depend on B.afford C.believe in D.remember

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A.take back B.put off C.give up D.put down

A.ugly B.pleased C.sad D.pretty

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Though giant pandas may appear perfectly happy chewing bamboos, scientists recently discovered that they would rather have something sweeter. Scientists chose because the animals are herbivores (食草动物), which would mean that they would love sweets. However, the plant they choose, the bamboos, has a very sugar content and is therefore not considered sweet. Could this mean that pandas have their hobby for sweet things?
The pandas were given six kinds of sweet liquids that are found in fruits and vegetables. They were also given at the same time. In each of the taste tests, the animals the natural sweeter liquids and ignored the water . They ate up all the sweet liquids and the water was left untouched.
What was even more interesting is that when the scientists the water with five different man-made sweeteners, ones that humans find delicious, the pandas were not as . In these tests, they picked the water instead. The scientists believe that it could be either because pandas found them to be too or not sweet enough and that the mixture could not the pandas.
The scientists were not too by the results, since pandas in zoos have always shown a preference for treats like apples, sweet potatoes and even mooncakes. Scientists believe that the pandas may have once sweeter foods that were available in the lowland areas that they used to live in. But when human settlement in the lowland areas them to the bamboo forests in the mountains, they had no but to settle for the almost sugarless plants.

A.horses B.bears C.monkeys D.pandas

A.high B.simple C.low D.different

A.lost B.followed C.started D.kept

A.specially B.hardly C.naturally D.rarely

A.fruits B.water C.bamboos D.oxygen

A.picked B.hid C.rejected D.shared

A.largely B.gradually C.occasionally D.completely

A.mixed B.covered C.exchanged D.replaced

A.funny B.picky C.perfect D.interested

A.salty B.sweet C.sour D.hot

A.harm B.save C.attract D.change

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A.Enjoyed B.disliked C.controlled D.ignored

A.Encouraged B.forced C.introduced D.guided

A.desire B.chance C.wonder D.choice

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