Dad loved children. And he always wanted a __1__ family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visitors.
Once, Dad __2__ presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, "And this is our _3__ model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all; we are _4__ the 1953 model some time next month."
But what he _5__ most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted _6_ that he had seen eleven people in our car, not __7_ Mum and Dad. _8__, Dad called out over his shoulder, "You 9__ the second baby up from the front here, Mister."
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure then whether he was telling us the _10_. Mum, who was a psychologist (心理学家), once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the _11_. When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was fine _12__ one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been _13_. When he pointed at the child that had been __14__, Mum looked at him calmly and said, "That’s not one of ours, dear. He _15_ next door."
A．rich B．lovely C．close D．large
A．surprisingly B．nervously C．kindly D．proudly
A．dearest B．smallest C．latest D．youngest
A．ordering B．selling C．expecting D．improving
A．hated B．enjoyed C．cared D．hoped
A．crazily B．excitedly C．curiously D．directly
A．counting B．naming C．showing D．reaching
A．Immediately B．Carefully C．Angrily D．Easily
A．saw B．missed C．forgot D．left
A．truth B．story C．adventure D．accident
A．lecture B．house C．office D．activity
A．even if B．apart from C．so that D．except that
A．troublesome B．careless C．active D．quiet
A．found B．caught C．punished D．wounded
A．goes to B．belongs to C．works D．plays
When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific__36___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 ____37___. She wanted to help, _ 38__ she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to ___39____ and hand out to people. When__40__ to the homeless shelter, I passed out the __41__meals. I began making sandwiches and ___42____ them with the crowd. I had the containers with my __43___ cookies in them and began to ___44___, offering them to anyone near me.
I ___45___ 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 __46__, and his eyes ___47__a little bit and said, “No one has __48__ called me sir.’ So he was completely moved. It __49__ me.
I explained I had been raised that ___50__ color and social status, everyone deserved(应得) respect. It __51___ me to think that just because he was homeless, no one __52__ him the honor. It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand ___53__ no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every ___54__ person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that memory and the__55__ 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．still 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
A．handed B．offered C．provided D．supplied
A．what B．when C．whether D．why
A．single B．poor C．ordinary D．normal
I was recently invited to lecture on anxiety to several hundred mental-health professionals. My talk was scheduled to __21__those of a number of famous psychiatrists. When my turn came, I was especially ___22__ because the speaker before me had been particularly impressive and charming. As I approached the podium(讲台)， my heart pounded and my mouth went completely ___23__.
What am I doing here? I asked myself. To make matters worse, my presentation partly __24___ with fear of public speaking. To ___25__ myself, I tried an unusual way. I asked the audience,” How many of you feel nervous__26___ you give a speech. Nearly every hand __27__. “Well, that’s exactly _28__ I feel right now!”
The audience___29__ with laughter. I relaxed and was able to get on with my __30__.
__31__, we all find ourselves in a __32___ that makes us nervous. Perhaps you’re afraid of saying __33___things at a drinking party, stumbling over a presentation at work or having your __34__go blank during a test. For some of us the anxiety is so __35__ that it is personally and professionally incapability.___36__ the years, my work with hundreds of patients has taught me that __37__ can increase his or her social ___38___, even in the most stressful situations. And I have a few simple but helpful___39__, such as tackling your fears one step at a time; focusing on others; ___40__anxiety into energy and stopping comparing yourself, which I think are of great value to us in our work.
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I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all1of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they2that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought3for performance. However, at the last minute, once of the friends couldn't go, so my brother4me the ticket. I was really5!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our6. After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became7. I could barely make out the stage in the8. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band9the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn't10what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as11a jet engine. I could12the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can't recall any of the songs that the band played. I just13that I really enjoyed the show and didn't want it to14. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the15and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just16from a long sleep. My ears were still17with the beat of the last song.
After the18, I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while,19, I listen to one of their songs and20I'm back at that first show.
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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 a11from 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 truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and business woman. When Mum 1in October 2007,I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me 2.I was distraught（忧心如焚的）. Some days later, I was 3that a guy who was working with us that day. “could probably have made a fortune 4the necklace he found.” 5.he returned it. Hearing how I’d 6Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be 7—why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”
I come to Morzaine ,a small ,friendly village in the Alps and___8_ fell in love with it .What was __9__to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life .I kept travelling between London and here and felt _10__than I had in months .In December 2008 , I was __11_as a hotel manager and moved here full time .
A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning , I didn’t want to discuss___12__, because the sadness of losing Mum__13__felt great. Paul understood that and never___14__me but, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own ___15__.
We want to give our guests a __16__ feel, so each room is themed(以……为题) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom ---- a tiny chair which ___17___ be in her bedroom is set in one room.
We are having a wonderful life Mum ___18___ naturally part of it, _19___ there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the __20_ she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us .
A．died B．came C．returned D．visited
A．burned B．disappeared C．broke D．dropped
A．shown B．comforted C．persuaded D．told
A．hiding B．stealing C．selling D．wearing
A．Luckily B．Naturally C．Surely D．Hopefully
A．nursed B．cured C．missed D．guarded
A．long B．hard C．merry D．free
A．suddenly B．finally C．nearly D．immediately
A．said B．proved C．supposed D．judged
A．smarter B．higher C．firmer D．lighter
A．honored B．hired C．regarded D．trained
A．travel B．business C．children D．marriage
A．recently B．once C．still D．first
A．left B．pushed C．surprised D．interrupted
A．hotel B．restaurant C．home D．shop
A．homely B．lively C．motherly D．friendly
A．ought to B．used to C．might D．could
A．takes B．keeps C．looks D．feels
A．unless B．while C．because D．though
A．money B．chair C．house D．necklace