I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __36__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __37__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __38__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __39__ with his homework or he was trying to __40__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __41__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __42__.”
The next day I called his teacher to __43__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __44__.
“Basically, most of the fathers had the __45__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __46__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __47__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __48__. It’s something all human beings __49__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __50__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __51__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __52__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __53__ second. And just __54__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”
I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __55__.
A．down B．away C．out D．up
A．After B．For C．At D．On
A．glance B．glare C．stare D．watch
A．patience B．time C．help D．paper
A．report B．prepare C．answer D．apologize
A．help B．ask C．tell D．make
A．thing B．experiment C．word D．sentence
A．search for B．search C．find out D．find
A．said B．reacted C．done D．explained
A．same B．different C．usual D．ordinary
A．allowed B．agreed C．suggested D．planned
A．point B．idea C．way D．cause
A．body B．health C．life D．study
A．have B．know C．take D．require
A．bad B．good C．late D．early
A．fit B．ready C．nice D．able
A．easy B．much C．often D．difficult
A．a much B．a full C．an exact D．an extra
A．before B．after C．because D．if
Today my husband wanted to have McDonald’s, so I to go to the nearest one and take the food home together with my 10-year-old daughter.
Right behind me was an elder woman who wasn’t and seemed sad, I took out a piece of paper and wrote a note. On this note, it said, “ Everyone should to smile.” I pulled forward to pay for our with my debit card (借记卡), pulled out extra cash and the cashier to let me pay for the lady’s food me. My daughter looked at me , . But all that I told her was to turn around and what random(随意的) acts of kindness could do to someone. She turned around, watched and . I started to get our and the lady pulled forward and started to hand her cashier . The cashier shook her head , smiled, looked at us, and handed her the . The lady was so puzzled at this moment that it was almost . The lady read the note, smiled, and started to dry tears from her eyes.
We got our food and started to when my daughter turned around with tears in her eyes and said, “ Mom, you she was by herself? Maybe we were the ones today to show we cared. We didn’t do anything but just gave her a smile and a sandwich.
I told her that was why we should be because a smile may be all others have. Oh, random acts of kindness, thank you again for me that a smile can worth a million dollars.
A．agreed B．promised C．decided D．advised
A．standing B．smiling C．reading D．laughing
A．so B．though C．but D．for
A．try B．want C．like D．mean
A．meal B．tickets C．vegetable D．clothes
A．ordered B．asked C．persuaded D．begged
A．by B．around C．behind D．without
A．shocked B．disappointed C．educated D．puzzled
A．guess B．believe C．watch D．record
A．ate B．talked C．sat D．waited
A．idea B．message C．present D．order
A．money B．equipment C．a list D．a place
A．card B．note C．menu D．number
A．upset B．mean C．different D．funny
A．discuss B．search C．leave D．look
A．announced B．explained C．understood D．noticed
A．rich B．stupid C．only D．brave
A．big B．equal C．fair D．necessary
A．unique B．kind C．special D．smart
A．praising B．teaching C．challenging D．warning
I was both excited and a little scared in my first day of kindergarten. The large classroom was full of books and , two kinds of things that I loved. But it was also full of kids all than me. Because my was in late September, I was in at only 4 years old, and this meant I was destined(注定的) to be smallest kid in my until the 7th grade.
I think my mom sensed I was a little . That was why she was always there to pick me up right after school when I could have ridden the bus. I would sit in the front seat her and tell her all about my . Sometimes we would even read a book and until all the cars and the buses had left before we home. I felt so safe and peaceful when we sat in the car together. I those special times when I had my mom all to myself. Beginning the new challenge of school didn’t seem so when I knew I could talk about it with her. Being a tiny, little kid in a big scary wasn’t so bad either. I knew my mom loved me and that was all I to be loving, joyful, and strong.
I look back on those happy times, I can see now that they also me for what I would find later in life. Even after she too soon, I could still feel her love flowing down from Heaven.
The next time this world seems too scary or hard, then don’t . Instead, invite love to the of your soul, close the doors, and spend some time alone together.
A．tools B．toys C．animals D．fruits
A．politer B．cleverer C．bigger D．richer
A．celebration B．holiday C．program D．birthday
A．allowed B．shown C．pushed D．guided
A．village B．class C．home D．Neighborhood
A．afraid B．tired C．hungry D．excited
A．faithfully B．easily C．luckily D．happily
A．under B．behind C．next to D．in front of
A．trip B．day C．plan D．experiment
A．perform B．play C．argue D．wait
A．drove B．moved C．rushed D．stepped
A．imagined B．ignored C．valued D．forgot
A．clear B．dangerous C．difficult D．strange
A．community B．factory C．city D．world
A．afforded B．offered C．agreed D．needed
A．As B．Until C．Although D．Since
A．forgave B．prepared C．praised D．rewarded
A．built up B．came back C．set off D．passed away
A．turn up B．look around C．run away D．break in
A．car B．way C．side D．part
The back door of the ambulance(救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the _____ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had _____ food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr. White, _____ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against _____. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the _____. From the back of the _____the parents were shouting at him to _____, since Ally had almost stopped breathing. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had no time to ____, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking to his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows _____, since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not _____the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight on into the path of the ambulance.
Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see how little Ally was. He was astonished to see relief instead of _____on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is _____ again.”
“It must have been the crash.” said her husband. “It _____ the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to _______, and she was crying in a loud but healthy _____.
They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.
A．worried B．angry C．happy D．surprised
A．little B．some C．no D．few
A．opened on B．turned on C．turned off D．sped up
A．police B．life C．lights D．time
A．empty street B．busy traffic C．large crowds D．deserted place
A．street B．cars C．traffic D．ambulance
A．hurry B．slow C．stop D．drive
A．think B．ignore C．lose D．miss
A．open B．clean C．up D．down
A．hear B．see C．find D．notice
A．pleasure B．anger C．fear D．surprise
A．crying B．breathing C．smiling D．speaking
A．took B．picked C．knocked D．made
A．usual B．common C．ordinary D．normal
A．sound B．voice C．tone D．noise
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, 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 rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ______ from one car 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 cars. 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 wheels and ______, standing back to see what they look 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.
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“Kevin, we are getting a divorce,” said my mother. My heart plunged. I was 9 years old and I thought that my life was going to . My brother and I were going to move with my mother to southern California. My dad was to in New Jersey because of work. My family was splitting apart.
Now that my mom is a single parent, I do my own , make dinner and do extra chores around the house. it was hard at first, I now recognize the positive that this responsibility had on me. My mother gave me these chores and duties so that I would learn to become and trustworthy.
I strive to display these in all aspects of my life, and have seen the benefits. When I was only 11 years old, my told me that he was selecting me as soccer team captain because of my determination and ability to get my teammates to themselves. We lost the championship, but I won the play award for keeping my team together.
I am always to be an individual and not participate in anything that I feel is wrong. I am, for example, extremely proud of my decision not to drink alcohol. , I don’t feel the need to drink to have fun, and I stand by my decision even when others try to me.
My mom and dad both found new and happily remarried. I am close to my father, even though he lives 4,800 km away. I thought my parents’ divorce was going to be the worst thing that happened to me. Ironically (讽刺的是), it turned out to be the . I wasn’t willing to let it ruin my life without putting up a fight, and was my family.
At age 9, I struggled with the confusion and of divorce. Today, at age 16, I understand that can bring opportunity and success, and that hard work, determination and self-control can turn your worst time into your best time.
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