The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result, all students must 36 sixty hours of service learning, 37 they will not receive a diploma（文凭）. 38 of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student. During a service experience, students must keep a journal and then write a 39 about what they have learned.
Supporters state that there are many 40 of service learning. Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think 41 their own interests and become aware of the needs of others. Students are also able to learn real-life skills that 42 responsibility, problem-solving, and working as part of a team. Finally, students can explore possible careers 43 service learning.
For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in a primary school classroom a few afternoons each month. 44 there are many benefits, opponents （反对者） point out problems with the new requirement. First, they 45 that ,because service learning is time-consuming, students spend 46 time studying the core subjects. Second, they believe that forcing students to work without 47 goes against the law.
In my view, service learning is a great way to 48 to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers. 49 , I don’ t believe you should force people to help others – the 50 to help must come from the heart. I think the best solution is one that gives students choices. Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility.
A．spend B．gain C．complete D．save
A．and B．or C．but D．for
A．Subjects B．Ideas C．Procedures D．Examples
A．diary B．report C．note D．notice
A．courses B．benefits C．challenges D．features
A．beyond B．about C．over D．in
A．possess B．apply C．include D．develop
A．through B．across C．of D．on
A．So B．Thus C．Since D．While
A．argue B．doubt C．overlook D．admit
A．much B．full C．less D．more
A．cost B．pay C．care D．praise
A．contribute B．lead C．attend D．belong
A．Therefore B．Besides C．but D．However
A．courage B．desire C．emotion D．spirit
Yang Yang was a native of Liaoning Province. When he was in Grade Two, his got worse. Later he was found to have sick changes to his retina (视网膜). At 15, he had to school because of his injured eyes.
“Though I my eyesight, I wanted very much to read and study, even if just for ,” Yang says. “My parents my eyes. They have read to me since my childhood.”
Yang the national college entrance exam and entered the Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, where he acupuncture (针灸). In 1999, Yang graduated from college and decided to go on for education.
Later Yang bought a special software (软件) which helped him to the Internet and send e-mails.With the software, Yang hoped to a postgraduate (研究生) degree. But he found that no Chinese offered such degrees specifically for sight-injured people. As the first step toward getting a post-graduate from a foreign university, Yang decided to take the TOEFL for the blind.
After English through computers,Yang took the test in Hong Kong, a mark of 97 out of 120. After taking part in video interviews and the necessary forms and papers, Yang was 47 to the University of Southern California.
“Studying can help me my life. One can change one’s life through effort. I believe that with effort, a child can draw a world if you give him a pen and paper,” Yang says.
A．eyesight B．health C．hearing D．study
A．rescued B．ignored C．suffered D．treated
A．look B．attend C．take D．leave
A．imagined B．lost C．recovered D．caught
A．education B．fun C．experience D．knowledge
A．cared for B．looked after C．acted as D．kept off
A．passed B．made C．tried D．broke
A．offered B．picked C．received D．studied
A．more B．quicker C．easier D．further
A．surf B．repair C．build D．accept
A．buy B．start C．get D．keep
A．hospitals B．universities C．departments D．groups
A．course B．material C．test D．degree
A．learning B．translating C．speaking D．remembering
A．breaking B．scoring C．discovering D．starting
A．looking through B．putting up C．handing in D．carrying on
A．admitted B．turned C．promised D．refused
A．affect B．keep C．find D．improve
A．firmly B．hardly C．only D．partly
A．popular B．beautiful C．natural D．real
A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made his leg lame(跛的). He ______played with his classmates. When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always_______ his head without a word.
One ___ the boy’s father asked for some saplings(树苗)from the neighbor. He wanted the __ to plant a sapling(树苗) each person in front of the house. The father said, “Whose sapling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite___.” Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees , however, the boy had an idea .He hoped that the tree he planted would_____soon. So ,after watering it once or twice, he never _______ it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was ___ to find that it didn’t fade but grew some fresh leaves. ___ the trees of his brothers and sisters , his tree was even greener. His father kept his _____ , bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding_____ when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy slowly became________. One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep. Then he got up and came to the ______. To his surprise, his ______ was splashing(喷洒)something onto his tree. ______, he understood---his father had been____ fertilizing(施肥)his small tree!
He returned to his room, _____ running down. ____ passed. The little boy didn’t become a botanist(植物学家)，but he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt. Love is the_____nourishment(营养)of life__ it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive(茁壮成长).
A．bravely B．seldom C．freely D．always
A．raised B．nodded C．lowered D．knocked
A．spring B．moment C．winter D．week
A．neighbors B．friends C．children D．boys
A．sapling B．tree C．gift D．toy
A．die B．grow C．break D．survive
A．led to B．attended t C．belonged to D．objected to
A．pleased B．upset C．worried D．surprised
A．Compared with B．Similar to C．Connected to D．Popular with
A．request B．schedule C．promise D．secret
A．president B．botanist C．artist D．researcher
A．smart B．desperate C．optimistic D．practical
A．field B．courtyard C．park D．farm
A．brother B．sister C．father D．neighbor
A．All of a sudden B．For a moment C．In time D．From then on
A．busily B．quietly C．cautiously D．secretly
A．water B．tears C．sweat D．rain
A．Hours B．Months C．Decades D．Centuries
A．last B．only C．least D．best
A．Even if B．Now that C．If only D．What if
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul his office, a street urchin(顽童) was walking around the shiny new car, it.
“Is this your car, Mister?” he said.
Paul nodded, “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was , “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything? I wish…” He .
Of course Paul knew what he was going to . He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said shocked Paul all the way to his heels.
“I wish.” the boy went on, “that could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in , then impulsively(有意地) he added, “Would you like to take a in my car?”
“Oh yes, I'd love that.”
After a short ride, the boy with his eyes shining, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of ?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought the boy wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong. “Will you stop those two steps are?” the boy asked.
He got out and the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back slowly. He was his little crippled(跛足的) brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and the car.
“ she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. I'm going to give you one just like it…then you can see for all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the crippled boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he said, “It is more blessed to give.”
A．checked into B．devoted to C．came out of D．picked up
A．admiring B．striking C．measuring D．examining
A．amused B．touched C．astonished D．relaxed
A．choked B．hesitated C．promoted D．neglected
A．send for B．look for C．wish for D．care for
A．down B．out C．in D．up
A．mine B．yours C．you D．I
A．silence B．astonishment C．low spirits D．view
A．chance B．ride C．look D．rest
A．turned B．jumped C．cried D．smiled
A．my brother B．my neighborhood C．the steps D．my house
A．now B．again C．then D．finally
A．from which B．what C．at which D．where
A．ran up B．jumped off C．fixed up D．fell over
A．rescuing B．leading C．carrying D．following
A．pointed to B．looked into C．turned to D．ran to
A．As B．So C．There D．Surely
A．Some way B．Some time C．Today D．Some day
A．a while B．yourself C．the moment D．some reason
A．city B．country C．evening D．holiday
Being positive is very important. So I often my son to be positive. But one day I was caught not doing what I often tell him to do.
My son is 7 years old and he was a show to be put on at his school. He was playing the role of an angel. On the evening before the show, he asked me, “Mom, can we angels?” As usual, I seized(抓住)the to teach him to be positive and I said, “Yes, but only those who are perfect, and think and talk positively can.” He asked, “You must have seen them then?”
I was for a few seconds, not knowing what to say. I was touched by his that his mother was a perfect person. He looked into my eyes, a positive answer. I chose to be with him and told him, “No. I’ve not been a good person all the time.” I was almost to admit this to him. I thought that his of a perfect mother would now surely be torn into pieces. But he it positively and said, “It’s all right. You know to try to be better from now on.” I smiled as I replied, “ That’s . Sometimes, we might make a , but when we do, we must always try to do better.”
My son’s struck me right in my heart and are always with me. I learned a good lesson that day “to always try to be better.” This will always me in all situations where I’ll need to be positive.
A．show B．refuse C．worry D．encourage
A．going through B．preparing for C．turning to D．looking for
A．describe B．draw C．invite D．see
A．feeling B．attitude C．chance D．method
A．pleased B．interested C．excited D．quiet
A．thought B．behavior C．dream D．story
A．making B．expecting C．trying D．choosing
A．wrong B．angry C．strict D．honest
A．glad B．surprised C．relaxed D．embarrassed
A．description B．speech C．picture D．idea
A．finished B．took C．caught D．changed
A．right B．fine C．impossible D．unnecessary
A．change B．decision C．difference D．mistake
A．words B．performances C．joy D．progress
A．hurt B．protect C．help D．find
The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the person.
When I first knew Bill, back in , he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑) people I had ever . He was always ready to have a party. He thought of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 15 miles to see an old he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and was never dull when he was . With him there was one wild after another. Sometimes I wonder how we to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. , I wasn’t even sure it was . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the thing Bill cared about were possessions(财富). Now they seemed to be his main . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow I never Bill changing so much. My image of him the one I had formed the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s to expect people to remain the same, especially I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he 55 the same way about me.
A．proper B．usual C．same D．right
A．childhood B．the army C．his thirties D．college
A．considered B．met C．supposed D．expected
A．most B．much C．nothing D．none
A．movie B．hospital C．man D．country
A．learning B．life C．work D．fun
A．in B．out C．around D．away
A．joke B．mistake C．chance D．adventure
A．managed B．continued C．decided D．hoped
A．First of all B．At first C．Now and then D．All the time
A．that B．he C．there D．us
A．thought B．spent C．argued D．talked
A．first B．next C．last D．only
A．interest B．event C．subject D．problem
A．forgot B．minded C．imagined D．liked
A．remained B．reminded C．suggested D．became
A．since B．from C．at D．till
A．unnecessary B．foolish C．common D．unusually
A．because B．that C．how D．when
A．discovered B．acted C．looked D．felt