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Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to 16 .
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 17 we realized we were 18 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $20 bill. I was so 19 because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 20 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. 21 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About half way through the meal, I 22 I had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just 23 out, and nobody had noticed, I felt terrible.
My conscience( 良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t24 over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and 25 for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I 26 to give myself the pleasure of an ice-cream for 27 that someone would say, “ Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change 28 the pizza instead of that nice, new $20 bill?” I was not so 29 of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was 30 of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “ Don’t think about it...”
I have learned two things from this 31 . Maybe I was a fool for 32in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 33 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience 34 up with you.
This reflect the saying, “ A coward(懦夫) dies a thousand deaths; a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “35 ” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.
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When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific 16 that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to 17 . She wanted to help, 18 she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to 19 and hand out to people. When 20 to the homeless shelter, I passed out the 21 meals. I began making sandwiches and 22 them with the crowd. I had the containers with my 23 cookies in them and began to 24 , offering them to anyone near me.
I 25 an old gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me rightly and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I 26 , and his eyes 27 a little bit and said, “No one has 28 called me sir.” So he was completely moved. It 29 me.
I explained I had been raised that 30 color and social status, everyone deserved respect. It 31 me to think that just because he was homeless, no one 32 him the honor. It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand 33 no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every 34 person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that memory and the 35 it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone’s life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?
A．accident B．incident C．event D．affair
A．participate B．attend C．choose D．go
A．however B．but C．yet D．so
A．bring B．fetch C．collect D．take
A．arriving B．getting C．reaching D．coming
A．remained B．remaining C．remain D．left
A．shared B．gave C．helped D．assisted
A．classmate’s B．schoolmate’s C．sister’s D．family’s
A．walk around B．knock around C．come around D．stand around
A．went B．came C．approached D．met
A．had B．called C．would D．do
A．watered B．cried C．tore D．dropped
A．already B．ever C．never D．yet
A．hit B．occurred C．struck D．beat
A．in spite of B．regardless of C．concerned about D．for fear of
A．strengthened B．saddened C．frightened D．pleased
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A．what B．when C．whether D．why
A．single B．poor C．ordinary D．normal
A．lesson B．class C．truth D．reality
In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was 31 working and Christmas was the one day of the year 32 the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children valued it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even 33 — smelling it, touching it and loving it. Usually they tried to kept it for so 34 that it often went bad before they ate it.
This year John knew he would soon be 35 enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it 36 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday.
Christmas day finally came. The children were so 37 as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big 38 . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John’s heart 39 . He turned and ran back to the cold room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears.
Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a 40 on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John 41 his head, he saw a big juicy orange all peeled (剥皮) and quartered ……. Each child had sacrificed (舍弃) their own orange by 42 a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him.
John never forgot the sharing, love and personal sacrifice his friends had shown him that Christmas day. 43 that day, after he became rich, every year he 44 send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His 45 was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit!
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A．months B．days C．years D．seasons
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A．cry B．disappointment C．surprise D．noise
A．jumped B．stopped C．broke D．settled
A．look B．tears C．comfort D．smile
A．shook B．lifted C．put D．turned
A．sharing B．breaking C．eating D．taking
A．In return for B．In case of C．In memory of D．In search of
A．must B．would C．might D．should
A．desire B．idea C．meaning D．thinking
A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to 16 his studies. There he wrote down his 17 for a course (课程) in English, but after the first 18 , he didn’t go to it any more.
The English lecturer 19 this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had 20 another course, so he was 21 when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English 22 at the end of this year.
The lecturer had 23 a difficult paper, which followed his 24 closely, and he was eager (热切的) to see 25 this student would answer the questions. He 26 the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they 27 him and he examined them 28 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he 29 the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he 30 for the student to question him about it.
When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I 31 you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your 32 carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your 33 .”
“I’m very 34 about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 35 what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.”
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A．cared B．called C．looked D．sent
A．promise B．know C．advise D．guess
A．paper B．lessons C．notebook D．exercises
A．wisdom B．experience C．explanation D．method
A．glad B．proud C．content D．sorry
A．understood B．realized C．remembered D．suffered
After spending a weekend away with my adult son, I was so impressed by his generous heart that I sent him this letter.
Dear son,
I want to thank you for teaching me a very valuable lesson in life by the great example you 31 . When we were eating at that cafe in Boston and a person who had 32 his hamburger didn’t have enough money to pay for it, without 33 , you went over and 34 the extra $2 into his hand.
When we were leaving, you 35 threw a five-cent coin onto the pavement and said something like, “Some kid will really enjoy 36 this.”
Last week, a young man 37 me in the line at a petrol station didn’t have 38 money to pay for his petrol. I asked the money collector, “How much 39 is he?” She told me he had meant to put $15 of petrol in his car 40 he had been looking at the wrong gauge (计量表) and had put in 15 41 , which came to a little over $20. That is an easy mistake as both gauges run fast.
Something made me think of you and 42 you did that night at the cafe in Boston. I handed the man $6. He was so 43 and said, “But why would you do this for me?” I just smiled as I thought of you.
Thank you, son, for teaching me that “it’s 44 to give than to receive”. Now when I see a five-cent coin on the 45 and want to pick it up, I think of you and leave it there, just in case some kid will get a kick out of finding it.
Love always, Mum.
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