The young wonman entered the pool where an injured dolphin(海豚) was swimming. Despite her fear,she felt strong wearing her new leg.
In her second grade. Maja1her cousin.Jasmina.After Jasmina's death.Maja swore she would honor the little girl by2with a dolphin,an animal that both girls3."Jasmina never got the chance to do it."says Maja.now32,"so I4that someday I'd do it for her."
In high school,Maja was5about sports. she even planned to become an athlete.6,in 1993. during the eivil war in her home country, a bomb7her left leg.
After two years'8in the U.S.,Maja received her first artifierd (人造的)leg. But9it didn't fit well, walking for Maja was painful.10，she managed to graduart from a loca high school. Then after receiving a 11from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and12started her own campany.
To relax. Maja13ofter watch the dolphins play at an auarium (水族馆)near her home.A young dolphin. Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her14One day,Maja happened to see trainers15Winter with a high-teeh tail.When they were done.Winter swam freely in the water.Maja was16. She managed to find the inventors of Winter's tail.Within ten days,she had a new leg which freed her the17that had troubled her for almost 16years.
Now, Maja was ready to keep her18.She went to the aquarium. Lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached19, then swum away. After a few minutes. The dollop hint let Maja20its back Finally .they began to swim around together.
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I grew up poor-living with six brothers, three sisters and my mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still a dream.
My dream was . By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per- hour baseball and anything that moved on the field. I was also : my high school coach was John, who not only me, but also taught me how to believe in myself. He me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction(信念). One particular incident with coach John changed my life forever.
A friend me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket — money for a new bike, new clothes and the of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,”he said,“Your days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”I stood before him with my head , trying to think of the that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his in me.
“Well,”he asked,“is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made to me the difference between something right now and having a goal. I myself in sports that summer and the year I was drafted(选拔) by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and a $ 20,000 contract. Later, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
A．happy B．polite C．shy D．honest
A．bring B．afford C．make D．occupy
A．athletics B．music C．business D．money
A．kick B．play C．pass D．hit
A．right B．popular C．lucky D．confident
A．believed in B．relied on C．called on D．dealt with
A．gave B．taught C．brought D．asked
A．called B．advised C．applied D．recommended
A．aim B．idea C．start D．purpose
A．keep B．end C．give D．pick
A．mad B．excited C．frightened D．shameful
A．living B．playing C．working D．dreaming
A．moving B．nodding C．shaking D．hanging
A．questions B．excuses C．words D．ways
A．belief B．pride C．helplessness D．disappointment
A．direct B．clear C．straight D．bare
A．wanting B．changing C．dreaming D．enjoying
A．devoted B．engaged C．applied D．contributed
A．by B．for C．beyond D．within
A．paid B．found C．offered D．presented
O. Henry was the name used by William Sidney Porter.He was in Greensboro, North Carolina in eighteen sixty-two.His mother died when he was three years old.He school at the age of fifteen to work in his uncle’s drug store.He to Texas five years later.He lived in the city of Austin where he married, worked in a local bank and a weekly newspaper.
William Sidney Porter had bad in Texas.His wife became sick, their baby died and his newspaper .Then he was accused of money from the bank where he worked.He fled to Honduras, but returned to be with his wife.She died in eighteen ninety-seven.Porter was to prison. That is where he started to .His first story was published in a national magazine in eighteen ninety-eight.After being from prison in nineteen oh-one, Porter went to New York City.He published more stories, all under the name O. Henry.No one really knows where he got that name.
O. Henry's first book was a short story collection called “Cabbages and Kings”.It was published in nineteen-oh-four.O. Henry published thirteen other of short stories.He wrote six hundred stories during his life.He wrote so that he could complete about one story a week.
Porter tried to forget his , but could not.He did not have any good friends.He began to drink too much alcohol.A second marriage failed.He died of tuberculosis in New York City in nineteen ten.He was forty-eight years old.
A．born B．lived C．died D．buried
A．attended B．left C．finished D．taught
A．related B．referred C．returned D．moved
A．got B．changed C．felt D．turned
A．read B．owned C．bought D．booked
A．day B．habit C．luck D．future
A．failed B．influenced C．spread D．appeared
A．stopping B．robbing C．losing D．stealing
A．lovely B．careful C．ill D．sick
A．sentenced B．attached C．accused D．caught
A．wonder B．write C．worry D．sink
A．fled B．released C．driven D．forced
A．collections B．films C．plays D．works
A．interestingly B．well C．quickly D．richly
A．past B．mistake C．shortcomings D．stories
One day I met a man in the hospital, who needed blood to save his daughter. He was struggling to get blood for her and curiously my blood type. My blood type was the same needed for his daughter. Before that I donated my blood, so I was afraid of doing this and didn’t know what to do.
Then suddenly I saw a little girl in the hospital, who was from a critical disease and needed blood from her six-year-old brother. Yes, from her younger brother, why?
His brother had suffered with the same disease and by God's kindness by developing the anti-bodies(抗体) needed to fight for the disease.
The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be to give his blood to his sister. I saw him for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save my sister."
As the transfusion（输液）progressed, he smiled, seeing the returning to her sister's cheeks. But suddenly, his face grew pale and his faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a voice, "Am I going to die?"
Being young, the boy had the doctor; he thought he was going to give her all his blood and his life.
I felt , when that young boy, the fact of blood donation, got ready to give his blood, thinking that he will lose his life but save his sister's life. And I, being a mature person, knowing that this will not my life, I will not lose my life, save others’ lives and I was hesitant of doing this.
That moment my thoughts and I became enthusiastic about doing this important duty and felt that true by helping save that little girl's life.
If any patient dies due to a blood shortage, I will not call this the of doctors, as science is still not able to make blood artificially. Only we can save others’ lives donating blood.
A．tested B．asked C．noticed D．found
A．always B．ever C．seldom D．never
A．suffering B．dropping C．preventing D．recovering
A．almost B．only C．still D．also
A．survived B．died C．corrected D．controlled
A．careful B．willing C．fearful D．hard
A．shake B．defend C．hesitate D．bargain
A．sorrow B．relief C．color D．pain
A．plan B．smile C．light D．pride
A．disappointing B．exciting C．trembling D．satisfying
A．questioned B．misunderstood C．accepted D．believed
A．lose B．protect C．save D．destroy
A．ashamed B．proud C．scared D．pleased
A．discovering B．designing C．unknowing D．collecting
A．improve B．select C．turn D．affect
A．so B．and C．or D．but
A．threw B．changed C．hurt D．stopped
A．happiness B．success C．purpose D．advantage
A． goal B．task C．fault D．nature
A．to B．for C．on D．by
For my daughter's 19th birthday, we bought her tickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they were playing in our city. We didn't really have the ____ but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a ____ at Christmas. Every so often she got up and came to ____ with us, because she couldn't ___. On the night of the ____ it was good to see her so ____ and excited, as she and her boyfriend set off.
Needless to say when they ____ after midnight, with Tshirts and lots of pictures of the band, ____ her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well ____. This will be a memory she would ____ forget, and nor would we.
____ full of excitement from the night before, the following day they ___ to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I ____， loving the fact that she had not ____ that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a ____ each. On each present were the words “Because you are the ____ mum/dad in the world”. When we said our thankyous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her ____ she had bought us gifts. Her ____ was simply “Just because I love you”．
This wasn't something ____ from our daughter; she had always given us a gift when she wanted to express her ____， and each gift was always a welcome surprise. It could have been anything, it wouldn't have mattered, and it was the act itself and the feelings behind it.
A．money B．time C．interest D．news
A．worker B．baby C．kid D．parent
A．dance B．learn C．walk D．sit
A．speak B．sleep C．stand D．leave
A．concert B．holiday C．party D．travel
A．healthy B．happy C．pretty D．surprised
A．stayed B．left C．returned D．turned
A．worrying about B．caring for C．looking at D．listening to
A．lent B．earned C．saved D．spent
A．ever B．never C．often D．neither
A．Still B．Only C．Just D．Also
A．continued B．tried C．decided D．struggled
A．refused B．cried C．shouted D．laughed
A．kept B．lost C．realized D．discovered
A．gift B．prize C．ticket D．picture
A．richest B．oldest C．best D．cleverest
A．where B．how C．when D．why
A．way B．answer C．suggestion D．idea
A．important B．ordinary C．new D．valuable
A．feelings B．concerns C．understandings D．opinions
When I started riding a bike a couple of years ago, I didn't think my involvement would ever be more serious than the occasional short ride. But as I built strength, my friends _______me to step up my training and try some longer trips, The first one to come along was a 150-mile trip, the MS-150, an annual _______ that raises money to fight AIDS.
When I registered，the idea seemed fantastic and I trained with ____.However，as the time for the ride approached，my selfdoubts ____ beyond my endurance(忍耐)．I ____ wanted to raise money for the charity，but I didn’t really want to bike all those miles for two days straight.
The ride began on a beautiful Sunday morning in the Georgia countryside，and for the first few hours I felt ____.This was just the experience I had ____，and my spirits were high.__ __ by the end of the day，I felt tired out. If the body is ____ to the mind，here was evidence. Every ____ my brain pushed out seemed to travel right down to my legs. “I can’t handle this” became a leg cramp (抽筋)，and “Everyone else is a better rider” translated into ____ of breath. I was sure I’d have to ____.
As I topped the crest (顶) of a hill，the beautiful sunset kept me going for a few minutes more. Then in the distance，I saw a lone woman riding very slowly ____ the bright red sun. I ___ that the person looked different in some way，but I couldn’t tell why. So I pushed myself to ___.There she was，riding along slowly but ____，with a slight and determined smile on her face and she had only one leg.
My focus changed in that instant. For a whole day I’d been ____ my body. But now I knew it wasn’t the body，but the ___ that would help me reach my goal. It rained all the second day. I never saw the one-legged biker again，but I pushed on without ____，knowing she was out there with me somewhere. And at the end of the day，still feeling ____，I completed the 150mile trip.
A．encouraged B．forbade C．forced D．warned
A．accident B．event C．incident D．affair
A．care B．ease C．enthusiasm D．difficulty
A．achieved B．gained C．progressed D．advanced
A．still B．even C．rather D．then
A．nervous B．disappointed C．wonderful D．refreshed
A．assumed B．appreciated C．admired D．imagined
A．But B．Therefore C．Meanwhile D．Moreover
A．opposite B．connected C．exposed D．equal
A．cause B．reason C．excuse D．effect
A．holding B．saving C．catching D．shortness
A．quit B．continue C．insist D．fade
A．on B．against C．down D．over
A．observed B．watched C．noticed D．overlooked
A．put up B．look up C．catch up D．take up
A．steadily B．abruptly C．closely D．narrowly
A．trusting B．doubting C．cheating D．fighting
A．strength B．honesty C．will D．power
A．struggling B．arguing C．discussing D．complaining
A．strong B．weak C．healthy D．spiritless