After the earthquake his northeast Japan on March 11, 2011, many touching stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.
I had to walk home since all the 31 had stopped after the quake. On my way home I 32 an old Japanese lady at the bakery shop who was giving out free bread, which made my heart 33 . A middle-aged Japanese man was holding a sign that said, “Please use our 34 .” He was 35 his house for people to go to the restroom.
My friend wanted to 36 others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will 37 you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to faraway place!
Then the next day I drove to 38 my car with gas. There was a 39 gas now and many gasoline stations were either closed or had very 40 lines. I got 41 ,since I was behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my 42 , the man smiled and said, “ 43 this aituation, we are only giving $ 30 worth gas per person. Is that alright?”“Of course, I’m just glad that we are all able to 44 ,” I said. His smile gave me so much 45 .
I saw a man at the evacuation(疏散) center 46 when people brought food to him, It was the first time in three days that food has been brought to their center. However, after he wiped the tears, his next 47 surprised me. “I am very 48 that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t 49 any food at all. Please go to that centre as well.” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this 50 .
A．traffic B．rescue C．communication D．businesses
A．missed B．caught C．noticed D．heard
A．hungry B．soft C．broken D．warm
A．toilet B．hotel C．hospital D．house
A．advertising B．opening C．repairing D．decorating
A．encourage B．save C．charge D．assist
A．drive B．follow C．lead D．send
A．start B．fill C．check D．wash
A．plenty B．lack C．variety D．diversity
A．direct B．straight C．long D．short
A．time B．turn C．duty D．decision
A．Apart from B．Together with C．Because of D．Instead of
A．share B．offer C．tolerate D．transform
A．comfort B．pleasure C．trouble D．entertainment
A．waiting B．grabbing C．sleeping D．crying
A．promises B．roles C．actions D．remarks
A．upset B．grateful C．surprised D．proud
A．bought B．supplied C．prepared D．received
A．city B．center C．lesson D．disaster
Inspiration
“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was to more, my interests in the world of dance varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a : I became a member of the company back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief I was half way through rehearsals(排练) on my first day. I never actually to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely . I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of . through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme to detail(细节) and stress on practice that set us . To then follow those high-energy rehearsals a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new of the words “hard work”. What I thought were my physical were pushed much further than I thought . I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great
of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a （20） that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow—and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
A．hobby B．plan C．dream D．word
A．connected B．expanded C．exposed D．extended
A．rarely B．certainly C．probably D．consistently
A．director B．trainer C．leader D．dancer
A．symbol B．memory C．truth D．reality
A．bouncing B．dating C．turning D．tracking
A．lacks B．adds C．makes D．brings
A．while B．since C．until D．when
A．cared B．expected C．asked D．decided
A．motivated B．relaxed C．convinced D．astonished
A．challenges B．profits C．advantages D．adventures
A．put B．mix C．build D．pick
A．attention B．association C．attraction D．adaptation
A．apart B．aside C．off D．back
A．over B．by C．with D．beyond
A．function B．meaning C．expression D．usage
A．boundaries B．problems C．barriers D．efforts
A．necessary B．perfect C．proper D．possible
A．talent B．honour C．potential D．responsibility
A．victory B．trend C．tradition D．desire
Eating the Cookie
One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. was “having the cookie”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life was
.
Unfortunately, the cookie kept some of the time it was money, and sometimes power. At
times, it was the new car, the biggest contract… A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate(前列腺)cancer, he sits
his head regretfully. “It seems that I stopped learning how to
after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. if I take the cookie away or it
, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It has taken me this long to understand that the
will never make me happy for long.
The you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to
about it crumbling(弄碎)or about someone trying to take it away from you. You know, you have to
a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be
that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it
you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
the cookie is not what life is about.”
My patient laughs and says has changed him. For the first time he is
. No matter if his
is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer
me, ‘What is really important?’ Well, life is important. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to
with the cookie: it has to do with being
. ”
A. Happiness B. SuccessC. BusinessD. Love
A. normal B. CommonC. worthlessD. Useless
A. increasing B. changing C. decreasingD. recovering
A. oneB. other C. noD. other
A. shakingB. nodding C. knockingD. raising
A. growB. learn C. liveD. work
A. burnsB. breaks C. sharesD. throws
A. disease B. changeC. kidD. cookie
A. hourB. time C. secondD. minute
A. thinkB. come C. worryD. doubt
A. give up B. add upC. use upD. call up
A. braveB. curious C. awareD. sure
A. unless B. becauseC. thoughD. until
A. Eating B. ProtectingC. HavingD. Making
A. deathB. energyC. lifeD. cancer
A. happyB. weak C. upsetD. sad
A. result B. fortunate C. businessD. behavior
A. askedB. left C. desertedD. recognized
A. dealB. do C. connectD. link
A. aloneB. alive C. ambitiousD. active
Megan’s Library of Love Book Drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The idea to send books to a school in was created by Megan’s classmates at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute to her.
The project formed out of the desire to honour memories of Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a in the life of others. Students have many of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent help she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her for learning and reading to create the Library of Love.
This project honours Megan’s special qualities. In the of one of her classmates, “Megan was a good daughter, a good student and a good friend. We are all blessed to have been a of Megan’s life.
Every February, on Megan’s birthday, fifth grades at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School donations of newly-purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “love books” are truly a of love meant to reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local . The fifth grades also have the of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker, sorting books in categories, and all the books for shipping.
In the two years since the Library of Love began, students have collected over 5,000 newly-purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3,149 books were sent to St. Bernard’s Parish to help to their school library after Hurricane Katrina devastated the community. In 2007, 1,613 books were sent to Whited Mountain School in Alaska, which was by a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of reading to other schools in the future.
A．debt B．need C．trouble D．practice
A．mark B．contribution C．difference D．start
A．images B．expressions C．comments D．memories
A．enthusiasm B．interest C．preference D．determination
A．looks B．words C．case D．diary
A．company B．favor C．witness D．part
A．collect B．abandon C．devote D．present
A．force B．signal C．measure D．gift
A．push B．inspire C．reward D．combine
A．libraries B．post offices C．hospitals D．business
A．ability B．pleasure C．responsibility D．chance
A．packing B．fastening C．check D．settling
A．project B．assignment C．organization D．campaign
A．repair B．refill C．rebuild D．remove
A．broken B．hurt C．closed D．damaged
Introduction to Letters to Sam
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my _ , Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been _ ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the_____to tell Sam what I had _ ___.
For years I have been hosting a program on the___and writing articles for a magazine. Being to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and ___. So when Sam was born, I____to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these____. I hope that Sam would____them sooner or later.
However, that expectation___when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He ____to communicate with others, even the family members. That was____for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even_____now to tell him. I wanted him to____what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll____as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just____if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.
Now, _____the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a____.
Daniel Bottlings
A．son B．nephew C．brother D．grandson
A．seriously B．mentally C．slightly D．quietly
A．ability B．time C．courage D．responsibility
A．written B．suffered C．observed D．lost
A．radio B．television C．stage D．bed
A．ready B．unable C．anxious D．eager
A．warm B．broken C．closed D．open
A．hosts B．visitors C．readers D．reporters
A．began B．stopped C．forgot D．decided
A．letters B．emails C．books D．diaries
A．find B．read C．collect D．keep
A．developed B．disappeared C．changed D．arrived
A．tried B．refused C．regretted D．hoped
A．exciting B．acceptable C．strange D．heartbreaking
A．less B．everything C．more D．nothing
A．understand B．explain C．believe D．question
A．fear B．face C．know D．cause
A．felt B．guessed C．saw D．doubted
A．as B．once C．though D．if
A．teacher B．child C．man D．writer
My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina to spend a week with my husband in Florida.We were__about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and ____ her Dad terribly.
As usual on the Charlotte-to-Miami flight, the plane was totally__. Because we did not get our boarding passes until we__ at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were ____by the aisle（过道）. I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, ____ we could be together. They __, saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats.
Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a __ several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and ___ the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row_35 refused to move elsewhere. She was very____ about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody____to help her.
There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on ___. Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, "Ma’am, I think we can help you." He then ____ five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was ____ for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without ___, and the mother's relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was beginning to panic at the ____of not being next to me. I told her that there wasn’t anything I could do. _____, the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, _____to me and asked, "Would you and your daughter like our seats?" ____to himself and the Scoutmaster. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat.
A．worried B．excited C．anxious D．eager
A．loved B．considered C．imagined D．missed
A．full B．crowded C．empty D．overweight
A．reached B．arrived C．landed D．knocked
A．divided B．blocked C．separated D．connected
A．in case B．even if C．as if D．so that
A．prevented B．refused C．agreed D．promised
A．panic B．hurry C．rush D．seat
A．however B．otherwise C．therefore D．instead
A．too B．even C．ever D．also
A．concerned B．curious C．particular D．content
A．suggested B．offered C．provided D．supplied
A．duty B．watch C．board D．spot
A．took B．cost C．paid D．spent
A．convenient B．available C．probable D．comfortable
A．permission B．excuse C．apology D．complaint
A．thought B．end C．feeling D．sense
A．Immediately B．Puzzlingly C．Clearly D．Amazingly
A．turned up B．turned around C．turned out D．turned away
A．sticking B．keeping C．waving D．referring