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Once upon a time there was an old general (将军)．He liked to drink wine better than anything else. He always __36__ several bottles of good wine in his house. He __37__ go out one day, but he was _38___ his servant would drink his wine. Then he thought of a way to __39_ him doing so.
"I'm going out for the day ." he __40__ his servant. "Please _41___ the house for me．There are some meat and two bottles of _42___ in the kitchen .There is also a hen there．But be careful not to _43___ it because it is poisonous.__44___ you drink it ,it will kill you."
But as soon as he left, his servant killed the hen and __45__ it for dinner. He then ate __46__ the hen and the meat, drank the two bottles of wine and went to bed. The general returned home late that evening．He was __47__ to find that the hen, the meat and the two bottles of wine were gone. He then saw his servant __48___ asleep in bed. There were two empty bottles beside him．He woke the servant up.
"What was happened?" he asked.
"I'm very sorry. "His servant replied." After you __49___,a cat jumped in _50___ the window and ate the meat. A dog took the hen away．I know you would be __51___ with me when you returned,__52___ I tried to _53____myself by drinking the poison ．Please __54__ me." The general didn't believe __55__ he said but there was nothing he could do.
A．bought B．stole C．kept D．carried
A．had to B．had better C．should D．could
A．talking B．writing C．pleased D．worried
A．stop B．keep C．notice D．thank
A．ordered B．told C．asked D．invited
A．take care of B．leave C．sell D．buy
A．wine B．milk C．water D．ink
A．touch B．kill C．forget D．drink
A．Before B．If C．Because D．Since
A．hid B．threw C．washed D．cooked
A．both B．all C．some D．either
A．sure B．disappointed C．surprised D．sorry
A．dying B．lying C．singing D．crying
A．left B．returned C．knew D．drank
A．near B．onto C．under D．through
A．thankful B．angry C．satisfied D．strict
A．but B．so C．though D．that
A．fool B．teach C．kill D．wake
A．excuse B．drink C．help D．kill
A．when B．that C．what D．How
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holiday, mother ______ me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it .On this particular morning, ______, I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ______, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something______in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I______an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its______and a basket of rags and bottles on its back-carrige.He______from one ear to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already______washing and cleaning about a dozen or more ears. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ______my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a (n) ______T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern______would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed ______with life. There he was ,working hard at his small business, ______at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then______elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of ______in the way he seemed to be doing things ----______the windscreen(挡风玻璃)，then standing back to admire it，scrubbing(擦净)the wheel and ______, standing back to see what they looked like after the scrub.
It was a ______to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a______if one has good health and is willing to work hard .For a while I felt ______of myself. Young as I am ----just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the Sun appeared above the horizon.
A．forces B．allows C．causes D．forbids
A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．besides
A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school D．market
A．interesting B．surprising C．awful D．useful
A．noticed B．recognized C．called D．assisted
A．back B．handle C．wheel D．seat
A．searched B．left C．moved D．wandered
A．stopped B．started C．intended D．finished
A．attractive B．shiny C．simple D．expensive
A．repairmen B．businessmen C．drivers D．cyclists
A．busy B．content C．careful D．bored
A．waving B．looking C．laughing D．pointing
A．about B．for C．with D．like
A．worry B．respect C．sympathy D．pride
A．cleaning B．fixing C．replacing D．covering
A．still B．yet C．again D．soon
A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．fact
A．business B．living C．success D．right
A．tired B．doubtful C．fearful D．ashamed
My friend Michelle is blind, but you'd never know it. She makes such good use of her other _______that she rarely gives the impression she's ________ anything.
One day,my six-year-old daughter Kayla went to play at her home. When Kayla came home, she was Very ________ about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was ________ excited about her finger-painting project."I learned how to _______ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle _______ with us.She said she likes the way the paint feels through her fingers." said Kayla.
Something about my child’s excitement caught my_______, and I realized that I had never finger-painted with Kayla. As a result, my child had learned about _______from a blind friend.
I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never ________ in conversation. When I told her, she didn’t ________ me at first. "But Mommy, Michelle understand exactly what was in my _______!" Kayla insisted. “Michelle told me that my picture shouwed joy, _______ and a sense of accomplishment. She really _______what I was doing!”Kayla said she had never felt how good finger-painting was _______Michelle taught her. I knew my child was ________ ---- Michelle had listened to Kayla when she _______ her artwork. Michelle had also _______ Kayla express her pride in her work, and she excitement at her _______ of the way colors blend.
We were _______ for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my ________."
Yes, she uses a special type of "vision" that all mothers coule use.
A．ways B．methods C．talents D．senses
A．enjoyed B．succeeded C．missed D．found
A．satisfied B．moved C．excited D．enjoyed
A．hardly B．especially C．really D．mostly
A．mix B．draw C．find D．talk
A．cooked B．played C．stayed D．painted
A．sight B．attention C．interest D．observation
A．color B．art C．finger D．fun
A．come around B．come across C．come through D．come up
A．agree B．accept C．believe D．approve
A．attitude B．picture C．world D．life
A．regret B．sorrow C．pride D．achievement
A．heard B．saw C．touched D．felt
A．until B．after C．when D．since
A．right B．wrong C．confused D．clear
A．created B．described C．designed D．produced
A．heard B．seen C．made D．imagined
A．study B．research C．knowledge D．discovery
A．silent B．worried C．confused D．sad
A．hands B．eyes C．works D．feelings
A few years ago when my youngest son Matt was eight years old,we were getting things together to take to the Salvation Army (救世军) at Christmas time. The boy would go through their old ___ and give away what they didn’t ___. I made cookies and got together blankets and clothes.After that Matt and I ___ the Christmas package to our local Salvation Army. We unloaded ___ and headed home.
___ we took the corner out of the parking lot,Matt ___ that a baseball glove he had put in the bag had ___. He said,”Mom.we forget my glove.”Just then he saw a little boy and his mom sitting on a bench on the side of a building___a small playground was.He said,”Mom, can we ___ so that I can give the glove to him?”I said,”___.” And we drove to the side of the ___ and went through the gate.
Matt handed the boy the glove and said,”Here, Santa ___ me to give it to you.”He was so ___ to get it! His mom ___ and gave Matt a huge hug.Her eyes were full of tears.”It is the best ___ he could get,”she looked at us and said,”because the ___ thing I could get him this year was a baseball.”
When we got back in the car, Matt said to me,”Mom.God must have made me ___ the baseball glove inside so the little boy could have it—it was ___ to be!”That moment proved my ___ that everything happens for a ___ and I have tried my best to get people to see that ever since!
A．friends B．ideas C．toys D．days
A．buy B．eat C．ensure D．need
A．threw B．delivered C．posted D．offered
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．When B．Though C．Until D．Since
A．added B．noticed C．announced D．remembered
A．found out B．pointed out C．missed out D．fallen out
A．that B．which C．where D．what
A．look over B．climb over C．pull over D．roll over
A．Thanks B．That’s right C．You’re welcome D．Sure
A．boy B．road C．bench D．park
A．wanted B．persuaded C．allowed D．forced
A．angry B．nervous C．happy D．disappointed
A．sat down B．stood up C．went out D．left behind
A．property B．gift C．material D．information
A．first B．worst C．only D．cheapest
A．leave B．get C．find D．take
A．intended B．planned C．decided D．meant
A．suggeation B．chance C．belief D．thought
A．cause B．reason C．time D．person
Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten and I wished her success. I was ___. What I actually wished for her was failure.Success is ___. Success proves that you can do something that you ____ know you can do. First-time success is usually because of good luch.However, first-time failure is ____; it is the natural order of things.
Failure is ____ we learn. I have been told an African phrase that ____ a good cook as “he who has broken many pots” If you've spent enough time in the ____ and have broken many pots.”If you have spent enough time in the ____ and have broken a lot of pots, probably you know much about ____ .I once had dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time ____ knife wounds and bum scars. They knew how much benefit their ____ had given them.
My younger daughter is a trapeze(高空秋千)artist.It took her three years to ____ an act.She did it successfully for years.There was no ____ for her to change the act,but she did it ____. She said she felt bored because it ____ offered her anything new.So she changed the act, ____ she was advised not to.She ____ failure and public embarrassment in order to feed her soul.
My granddaughter is a perfectionist(完美主义者),probably too much of one.I will ___ her when she feels sad about her failure.I will also ____ her about what she had learned,and how she can do whatever it is ____ next time.But I probably won’t tell her that failure is a good thing, because that’s not a(n) ____ she can learn when she is five. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the beginning.
A．joking B．lying C．cheating D．doubting
A．encouraging B．annoying C．exciting D．boring
A．never B．hardly C．already D．also
A．expected B．disliked C．honored D．valued
A．when B．where C．how D．what
A．describes B．explains C．announces D．mentions
A．room B．kitchen C．restaurant D．office
A．work B．life C．progress D．cooking
A．examing B．treating C．watching D．comparing
A．practices B．habits C．failures D．efforts
A．chance B．reason C．right D．permission
A．as well B．somehow C．as usual D．anyway
A．after all B．once more C．at first D．no longer
A．but B．though C．as D．unless
A．copied B．required C．rished D．forgot
A．blame B．comfort C．protect D．accept
A．warn B．find C．remind D．understand
A．better B．more happily C．hard D．more easily
A．example B．exception C．lesson D．course
Mywifediedsevenandahalfyearsago, and I felt very sad. It was the ___ time in my life. I once wanted to kill myself, ___ I didn’t.I went on to work as a ___ in Kilauea, Hawaii. My kids had gone to live with my mother, and I was ___
Two months later on a family trip, we___ the TV and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center.I said to my ___,”I’m going to Afghanistan.”And I ___.
The International Medical Corps sent me to build 20 small ___ in provinces where people had no health care.In the end,the hospital were ___ 27,000 patients a month.I was so happy that I could ___ others,and I didn’t feel ___ any longer.I went to many places to help people there.
When my wife passed away,I thought my ___ was over.But really,it was just getting ___.At the end of her life,my wife couldn’t feel ___.I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would ___ and the exciting trips we would have.
I ___ that moment many times during my trips.
Everytime I go to a different place,I can ___ my wife is with me.Every time I help a patient,I can feel the encouragement from my wife — She ___encouraged me to help people in ___.I know I am not alone now.What I do is not only for the patients,but also for my wife.I ___ my life meaningful now.
A．busiest B．simplest C．worst D．longest
A．but B．so C．because D．for
A．reporter B．fireman C．teacher D．doctor
A．alone B．happy C．silent D．tired
A．set up B．turned on C．watcher over D．looked into
A．boys B．wife C．kids D．friends
A．refused B．stopped C．kids D．friends
A．houses B．hospitals C．factories D．schools
A．serving B．feeding C．moving D．relaxing
A．repair B．understand C．teach D．help
A．sad B．free C．angry D．worried
A．work B．home C．life D．hobody
A．loved B．started C．lost D．changed
A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything
A．live B．visit C．remember D．miss
A．think of B．take over C．hold up D．put on
A．hear B．watch C．feel D．know
A．never B．once C．hardly D．always
A．need B．danger C．anger D．sorrow
A．hope B．find C．expect D．dream