People often fall ill because of me. 36 , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own 37 . A tired person may get 38 , especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in 39 is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.
My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though 40 . He still went to the cinema. Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.
I seized this golden chance to 41 him. He reacted, trying to 42 me, but I was already 43 deep in his throat. He kept sneezing(打喷嚏) and his nose was running. 44 he put on some warm clothes, it didn’t work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept 45 him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but 46 .
The next day he couldn’t go to 47 .He had lost his appetite and was not as 48 as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his 49 .
For two days he was 50 by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began lo feel the 51 . I knew I had to 52 him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back. 53 , it was my turn to feel 54 now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became 55 and finally my time was over.
Do you know what I am?
A．Therefore B．Besides C．However D．Then
A．business B．responsibility C．excuse D．fault
A．punished B．blamed C．caught D．killed
A．temperature B．season C．place D．condition
A．excited B．hurt C．late D．tired
A．injure B．bother C．attack D．destroy
A．get on with B．get rid of C．put up with D．take hold of
A．reproducing B．waiting C．hiding D．disappearing
A．Since B．Once C．Whether D．Although
A．reminding B．upsetting C．comforting D．influencing
A．escaped B．succeeded C．regretted D．failed
A．bed B．work C．school D．hospital
A．peaceful B．afraid C．active D．happy
A．recovery B．development C．study D．growth
A．protected B．nursed C．scolded D．affected
A．loss B．operation C．pressure D．movement
A．leave B．catch C．forget D．beat
A．Uncertainly B．Unsuccessfully C．Unusually D．Unfortunately
A．painful B．disappointed C．nervous D．ashamed
A．bigger B．weaker C．smaller D．stronger
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23yearold son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to ____ a different life. It was a transitional (过渡的) period in Daniel's life. I wanted to ____ him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the ____ time I had let such moments pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked,"What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked ____ the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar ____ was played out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him ____ and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words ____ me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those ____ opportunities. How many times have I let such moments ____? I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what he has ____ to me or what he might ____ to face in the years that followed. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? ____ as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet I always ____ never hearing him put his ____ into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so ____ to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned ____, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. "Daniel," I said, "if I could have picked one, I would have picked you."That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world ____, and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I was ____ of was the stubble (胡子茬) on his chin as his face pressed against mine. What I had said to Daniel was ____. It was nothing. And yet, it was ____.
A．experience B．undertake C．enjoy D．shape
A．show B．convey C．leave D．instruct
A．last B．first C．very D．next
A．How long B．How far C．How D．What
A．sign B．scene C．scenery D．sight
A．interest B．hope C．courage D．wisdom
A．failed B．discouraged C．struck D．disappointed
A．future B．embarrassing C．obvious D．lost
A．counted B．meant C．valued D．cared
A．think B．want C．expect D．wish
A．nothing but B．anything but C．only too D．more than
A．But B．And C．Instead D．Then
A．wondered B．regretted C．minded D．tried
A．views B．actions C．feelings D．attitudes
A．important B．essential C．hard D．complex
A．disappeared B．changed C．progressed D．advanced
A．sensitive B．convinced C．aware D．tired
A．into B．against C．on D．with
A．clumsy B．gentle C．absurd D．moving
A．none B．all C．anything D．everything
One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I work at a local restaurant in town as a cashier, seater and waiter.
I went to work feeling ______. And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. It's the same thing over and over again.______ with customers who complain about their food and where they are ______ is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to ______ a lot of us ______ but we manage to deal with it.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very _____ near where I keep the dirty ______ in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming
in and ______ running all over the house, it was crazy.______ these elderly women were watching ______ I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they ______ their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what ______ I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
______ they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a ______ and gentle voice, "You are going places. And that was it." They left the ______ and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me ______ to believe in myself. They ______ my spirit from being down and gave me a to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn't have a career in ______ until I had a degree. I'm now a co-anchor (联合主持人)of a student-produced television ______. And the best thing is: I'm only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
A．tired B．excited C．up D．down
A．dealing B．helping C．talking D．meeting
A．sat B．seated C．laid D．seating
A．attract B．avoid C．adjust D．annoy
A．employees B．customers C．boss D．employers
A．table B．box C．spot D．kitchen
A．dishes B．rooms C．clothes D．chairs
A．men B．women C．servers D．people
A．and B．otherwise C．but D．so
A．what B．how C．where D．why
A．finished． B．completed C．ordered D．got
A．place B．grade C．mark D．position
A．before B．while C．as D．after
A．confident B．loud C．low D．pleasant
A．kitchen B．house C．restaurant D．table
A．ability B．courage C．imagination D．time
A．put down B．picked up C．took over D．pointed out
A．cause B．reason C．present D．permission
A．television B．government C．school D．restaurant
A．company B．station C．show D．advertisement
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holiday, 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 of rags and bottles on its back—carrige. He______ from one ear 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 ears. 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 (an)______ 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 wheel and ______, standing back to see what they looked 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.
A．forces B．allows C．causes D．forbids
A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．besides
A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school D．market
A．interesting B．surprising C．awful D．useful
A．noticed B．recognized C．called D．assisted
A．back B．handle C．wheel D．seat
A．searched B．left C．moved D．wandered
A．stopped B．started C．intended D．finished
A．crossed B．slipped C．disturbed D．inspired
A．attractive B．shiny C．simple D．expensive
A．repairmen B．businessmen C．drivers D．cyclists
A．busy B．content C．careful D．bored
A．waving B．looking C．laughing D．pointing
A．about B．for C．with D．like
A．worry B．respect C．sympathy D．pride
A．cleaning B．fixing C．replacing D．covering
A．still B．yet C．again D．soon
A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．fact
A．business B．living C．success D．right
A．tired B．doubtful C．fearful D．ashamed
Up in Smoke
It’s two in the morning, and we’re all running and fighting the smoke.
The smoke is so ______ that I can’t see more than three feet in front of me. I’m sweating and ______, and if my lungs weren’t black and cloudy, I would be screaming. Flashes, light, flames here and there, and for a second I think I am ______.
We run back and forth, side to side looking for a ______ out with our painful blind eyes. Things are blowing up in the next room. I can’t think about anything. I can’t ______ my brothers. My mother’s crazy screams can’t get to me. I’m ______ focused on myself: my life, to get out, to survive, me, me, me. I can’t ______.
Glass pieces, from the fist of a brave man. He seizes me first and ______ me out the broken window. My bare feet hit the ground and glass from the window ______ into them. Air races into my lungs.
I’m sitting on a sofa letting someone wash the black from my face. My family is crying. Why can’t I ______? I hear my mom say she thinks I’m still ______. For the first time I make eye contact with her and try to squeeze out a tear. It doesn’t ______.
I go to school, come home, go to my room, and by 5 a. m. I have ______ myself to sleep. I hate this new town and this huge house. The only thing that keeps me ______ is my sister and a Saosin CD. Because it never stops playing, I ______ start sleeping with it on. I don’t know if it’s the comfort of Anthony Green’s voice, or time, but sleep becomes ______.
I wonder if my sister hears me crying in the next room. I wonder if she is as ______ as I am. I wonder if to her this brick house replaces our old green house. In my heart it doesn’t ______.
I’ve shared with you the darkest of my life. I am much better now. I can convince you,______, that I’ve not perfectly recovered. I am still homesick. I sleep with a nightlight and often an old Saosin CD. The fire ______ me. It scarred me.
A．thick B．serious C．thorough D．swift
A．rushing B．crying C．hurrying D．speaking
A．conflicting B．escaping C．fighting D．dying
A．passage B．solution C．way D．door
A．worry about B．depend on C．hear from D．come across
A．rarely B．approximately C．naturally D．completely
A．describe B．breathe C．survive D．continue
A．pushes B．divides C．pulls D．drags
A．slips B．digs C．slides D．drops
A．see B．cry C．laugh D．shout
A．in shock B．in trouble C．in vain D．in danger
A．come B．do C．work D．pause
A．allowed B．informed C．expected D．cried
A．awake B．acute C．alive D．active
A．severely B．eventually C．slightly D．explicitly
A．harder B．shorter C．easier D．longer
A．homegrown B．home-like C．home-made D．homesick
A．compare B．pass C．imagine D．decide
A．then B．besides C．though D．meanwhile
A．inspired B．changed C．motivated D．polished
To a watching world, Mike and Mary Murray were a perfect couple. They had been high school sweethearts.
And they ______ to have a happy marriage. Mike had a good job, and Mary was able to ______ home with their children. They owned their home and ______ kids, two cars, and a family dog. ______ to Mike, after seven years of marriage, something was terribly wrong. The Murrays had ______ their material goals and Mike ______, “Now what?” He began to look to his job for fulfillment and often worked 60 hour ______. Mary poured herself into the children. It was so ______ for her to turn her focus from Mike to 6-month-old Eric and 2-year-old Brittany.
And now the marriage seemed ______. Their lives were traveling in two different directions. They no longer really communicated---yes, they answered ______ questions, but they didn’t talk ______ as they had in the early years of their marriage. Mike felt trapped. “I ______ had time to do things that I wanted to,” he said. Mike did not share his feelings with Mary. Instead, he followed the slippery path of many others---he became involved with (与……纠缠不清) a woman at work, who was ______ her husband. It began as a simple friendship. “I was able to listen and she was able to listen,” Mike recalls.
Mary ______ the battle in Mike’s soul. “He wasn’t home as much, and we weren’t talking as much, ” she said. “I was wrapped up in the kids and I just couldn’t imagine anything ever ______.” The situation became worse when the Murrays attended a wedding and began to argue. Mary asked Mike if he was seeing ______ and he said, “Yes. It’s just an emotional(情感的)thing.” Mike can still remember the ______ of hurt and total surprise on Mary’s face. She was troubled, and he knew that he had turned against his best friend ______ high school. The expression on her face jarred(刺激) him into ______, and he began to understand the ______ he was doing to his family.
A．happened B．appeared C．looked D．had
A．live in B．study at C．stay at D．be out of
A．one B．no C．three D．two
A．Luckily B．As C．Thanks D．But
A．arrived B．reached C．got to D．made
A．surprised B．understood C．wondered D．asked
A．a week B．for a week C．on a week D．over a week
A．difficult B．comfortable C．apply D．easy
A．empty B．separate C．full of job D．true of life
A．simple B．surface C．scientific D．social
A．at all B．anything C．heart to heart D．in pain
A．really B．likely C．always D．never
A．loved by B．separated from C．different from D．cared by
A．knew B．understood C．admitted D．had no idea of
A．to take place B．to happen C．happening D．done
A．her B．someone else C．the matter D．anything
A．look B．face C．feeling D．want
A．since B．from C．to D．of
A．fact B．reality C．her life D．his life
A．good B．wrong C．harm D．harmful