My husband, a simple man, has a favorite saying: “A bargain is really a bargain when you don’t buy it”. ___21___ he sets aside his simple ways when we dine out. Unlike his relatives who enter a restaurant armed with calculators to make sure they never ___22___, my husband___23___ 5 percent each time the accepted tip standard increases. He hasn’t analyzed why he tips so generously, but I think the habit ___24___ from his high school years, when he worked as a busboy(饭店打杂工) and got tips from people he served.
Over the years, out growing boys would suggest that Dad let them ___25___ dessert rather than tip so much. He stood firm ___26___ their strong demands. Our sons and I have __27___ to accept his habit. We recently ___28___ our son’s girlfriend to seafood. We chose a restaurant near Cocoa Beach. Our server, a grandmotherly woman ___29___ at the artof service, flew around the restaurant serving dishes and drinks ___30___ treating customers enthusiastically. She remembered their special ___31___, likes and dislikes. She didn’t serve us ___32___ food. She served us the best food. She made sure the kitchen gave her fresh produce. At the end of the meal, our waitress ___33___ the bill, then went to ___34___ to the growing crowd of other diners. My husband paid with a credit card and added her tip. When we left, “Mr. Goldsmith!”she called waving a receipt(发票)at him, “Thank you.” “What did you give her?”I asked, wondering if he had done something ___35___ or made acalculation error. “She gave us great service. I just thought she deserved a big ___36___ in tips.It wasn’t until later when I overheard our son retelling the story of the grateful waitress that I realized she had given my family something ___37___ a thank you. She showed our son the __38___ of recognizing hard work. Her show of gratitudehelped a dad earn a bit more ___39___ from a loving son. And it reminded me just why I married this ___40___, caring man.
A．Therefore B．Yet C．Instead D．Besides
A．overtip B．overspend C．overcharge D．overwaste
A．adds B．supplies C．refuses D．provides
A．developed B．resulted C．appeared D．changed
A．order B．choose C．book D．ask
A．for B．to C．against D．upon
A．decided B．agreed C．come D．happened
A．helped B．requested C．treated D．cooked
A．quick B．familiar C．weak D．skilled
A．sothat B．after C．with D．while
A．characters B．features C．tastes D．favorites
A．cheap B．special C．average D．delicious
A．presented B．took C．delivered D．settled
A．turn B．talk C．wait D．attend
A．demanding B．ashamed C．unreasonable D．puzzling
A．rise B．reward C．pay D．prize
A．littlemorethan B．morethan C．ratherthan D．otherthan
A．importance B．situation C．meaning D．effort
A．attention B．care C．praise D．respect
A．easy-going B．thoughtful C．tough D．serious
We all laugh. We all hurt. We all make mistakes. We all dream, that’s life. It’s a journey. Please follow these rules to make the journey of your life a journey of joy!
positive through the cold season could be your best against getting ill, new study findings suggest.
In an experiment that healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a sunny characteristic were less likely to ill. The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence that a “positive emotional style” can help the common cold and other illnesses.
Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness increasing immune(免疫的) function and subjective as in happy people being less by a scratchy throat or runny nose. “People with a positive emotional style may have different immune to the virus,” explained the lead study author Dr Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “And when they do get a cold, they may their illness as being less severe.”
Cohen and his colleagues had found in a study that happier people seemed less likely to catch a cold, but some questions remained as to whether the emotional tendency itself had the effect.
For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults with complete standard measures of personality tendency, health-consciousness and emotional “style”. Those who be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style, those who were often unhappy, tense and unfriendly had a negative style. The researchers gave them drops through their noses either a cold virus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the reported on any aches, pains, sneezing they had, while the researchers collected data, like daily mucus(黏液) production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes(鼻部的不适), happy people were less likely to develop a cold.
A．Living B．Staying C．Pulling D．Surviving
A．safeguard B．opportunity C．caution D．defense
A．excluded B．explored C．exposed D．escaped
A．generally B．commonly C．frequently D．perfectly
A．change B．fall C．turn D．remain
A．keep B．avoid C．deny D．remove
A．suffered B．troubled C．disturbed D．hinted
A．function B．ability C．response D．action
A．think B．relate C．interpret D．translate
A．formal B．current C．previous D．precious
A．tended to B．opposed to C．used to D．stuck to
A．while B．however C．what’s more D．therefore
A．implying B．matching C．containing D．occupying
A．patients B．adults C．volunteers D．researchers
A．objective B．impressive C．positive D．effective
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, to return home, starting a company. Beforeleaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the made through years. At the airport he had to accept the customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to betaken down for . Glen knew that carrying suchgoods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a fake（假货）. When he was of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which nearly 100,000, into pieces hearing Glen’s words. Glen was . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to beexamined . For many times of entry-exit he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boardingthe plane for long.
After that, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of , which he wouldremember as the of his success forever.
A．went up B．set up C．took up D．picked up
A．owes B．mentions C．brings D．honors
A．objected B．refused C．decided D．asked
A．books B．things C．pounds D．savings
A．ordinary B．regular C．routine D．common
A．inspection B．look C．test D．experiment
A．it B．one C．them D．these
A．careless B．priceless C．hopeless D．worthless
A．afraid B．ashamed C．proud D．hard
A．spent B．paid C．cost D．took
A．at B．on C．in D．by
A．amazed B．delighted C．disappointed D．satisfied
A．strictly B．quietly C．quickly D．curiously
A．conditions B．chances C．experiments D．experiences
A．stopped B．warned C．urged D．hoped
A．found out B．came out C．sent out D．set out
A．hit B．charged C．praised D．blamed
A．expression B．idea C．thought D．impression
A．lies B．honesty C．goods D．bravery
A．choice B．lesson C．secret D．belief
There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells meat and other basic necessities. About 10 years ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a . The owner, he would love to help, simply didn't have any jobs available, so he kept the man's request.
This situation continued for a few months, until the owner to give the homeless man a job which sweeping outside the shop. Every single day from 5 am, the homeless man was there doing the very he could for the , and it did earn him some pennies. , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working a cashier(出纳、收银员). He was watched closely to make sure that he didn't any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, . The homeless man did a/an job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was asked to the finances(财政、金融) for the whole shop.
Two years later, the owner . In his will, he only had one , to give the whole shop to the "homeless" man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as , with his own business that is still and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper.
From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn't your situation, it very well may turn out to some day in the future.
A．coin B．home C．job D．meal
A．although B．unless C．because D．if
A．expecting B．considering C．accepting D．refusing
A．again B．often C．weekly D．daily
A．allowed B．agreed C．planned D．failed
A．meant B．involved C．included D．trained
A．best B．least C．better D．less
A．family B．owner C．interest D．moment
A．Suddenly B．Occasionally C．Quietly D．Eventually
A．for B．with C．as D．like
A．lose B．pocket C．spend D．save
A．after all B．above all C．all in all D．first of all
A．honest B．serious C．fantastic D．kind
A．guard B．raise C．provide D．manage
A．got tired B．became old C．passed away D．gave up
A．thought B．purpose C．request D．suggestion
A．ever B．necessary C．never D．still
A．big B．new C．shabby D．popular
A．ideal B．modest C．own D．financial
A．become B．be C．happen D．do
The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool. It is a division that in school. The cool kids are good at .They are with the opposite sex .They are good-looking and people want to their style. They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort. That would be cool.
The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright ,but they don’t have great skills and they are at sports .When they are not programming computers or doing calculus（微积分）in their heads ,they are reading comic books and watching shows like the “X Files” .They are as the geeks.
Here’s the news. The geeks are .Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and your maths homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations ,and they might not be too popular at university, but good degrees.
The most important of the 21st century ,computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks .Geek heroes like Bill Gates others to follow their example .Being a geek is a way of earning good money .And the creation of the Internet gave them a of their own to work and play in ,making them a global .Besides ,the effect of the geeks popular culture has started a new trend（趋势）.It is now cool to be .Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture ,in which what you know is more important than you look like.
But there are also . Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your boss .Perhaps it is time for .
A．continues B．makes C．remains D．starts
A．computers B．studies C．sports D．maths
A．pleasant B．popular C．crazy D．average
A．copy B．advance C．take D．act
A．not B．indeed C．perhaps D．actually
A．speaking B．operating C．social D．experimental
A．speechless B．sharp C．active D．hopeless
A．known B．referred C．thought D．admired
A．taking on B．taking up C．taking over D．taking in
A．put B．cause C．bring D．serve
A．win B．take C．wish D．finish
A．industry B．discovery C．progress D．development
A．promise B．discourage C．demand D．excite
A．chance B．space C．world D．career
A．force B．company C．organization D．department
A．of B．on C．in D．for
A．rich B．attractive C．handsome D．uncool
A．how B．that C．what D．how much
A．opportunities B．dangers C．possibility D．question
A．punishment B．argument C．competition D．employment
As our exams were over, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant. We hamburgers and Coca Colar at the counter. When our came, I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap(带子) got on a chair and the tray(托盘) that I was holding slipped my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, on a man who was just about to a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly , as the drinks soaked(浸湿) his white shirt.
Then I my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of . Instead, he said “It’s OK” to me before he disappeared into washroom.
Still shaky and unsure to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look . A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and our table. My heart almost stopped . I though he was going to ask for my father’ s and call him.
To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “ yourself new hamburgers.” He then walked without even finishing his food.
He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still in this world. I’ll never his actions.
A．made B．ordered C．arranged D．demanded
A．food B．turn C．bill D．menu
A．fixed B．cut C．tied D．caught
A．out B．by C．in D．from
A．knocked B．fell C．stood D．hung
A．taste B．take C．swallow D．chew
A．discouraged B．disappointed C．shocked D．annoyed
A．rolled B．rubbed C．narrowed D．closed
A．bitterness B．anxiety C．anger D．sorrow
A．satisfy B．comfort C．encourage D．praise
A．what B．how C．who D．which
A．mild B．honest C．calm D．modest
A．approached B．pushed C．drew D．laid
A．breaking B．sinking C．trembling D．beating
A．help B．position C．number D．job
A．Prepare B．Buy C．Find D．Cook
A．away B．on C．around D．up
A．so B．since C．although D．but
A．kindness B．happiness C．politeness D．brightness
A．refuse B．forget C．oppose D．ignore