John and Bobby joined a wholesale(批发)company together just after graduation from college the same year. ___1____ worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted Bobby to the ____2___ of manager but John remained a(n) ____3___ employee. John could not take it any more, so he ___4____ his resignation(辞职信）and complained the boss did not know how to____5___ hard-working staff.
The boss knew John worked very hard for the years. He thought for a moment and said, “ I have a ____6___ .1 hope you can do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your ____7___ ."John didn't ___8___ . The boss asked him to go and find out anyone ___9___ watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. The boss asked _____10__ it cost per kilogram. John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to __11_____ to the boss that the melon was $1.2 per kg.
The boss told John to wait a second, and he asked Bobby to do the same thing. Bobby went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person sells watermelons, $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg. He has 340 melons ____12___. Every melon weighs about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago. They are fresh and red, of good quality." John was very __13_____ and realized the___14____ between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign _____15__ to learn from Bobby.
My dear friends, a more successful person is more observant, thinks___16____ and explores in depth. ___17____ exist in the daily details. For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and farther so that he can find out a chance and catch it to___18___ his aim. If a person sees one year ahead, __19____ another sees only tomorrow, the difference between a year and a day is 365 times, then how ___20____ you win?
A．All B．Either C．Neither D．Any
A．post B．condition C．situation D．department
A．normal B．usual C．ordinary D．common
A．turned in B．turned out C．turned over D．turned off
A．train B．value C．practise D．respect
A．demand B．request C．command D．question
A．attitude B．thought C．mind D．consideration
A．leave B．laugh C．agree D．refuse
A．selling B．buying C．checking D．cutting
A．how B．which C．when D．what
A．report B．inform C．answer D．predict
A．after all B．at all C．in all D．above all
A．regretted B．impressed C．moved D．disappointed
A．similarity B．problem C．difference D．interest
A．and B．so C．or D．but
A．many B．little C．less D．more
A．Results B．Effects C．Businesses D．Opportunities
A．finish B．get C．achieve D．abandon
A．when B．while C．as D．though
A．might B．could C．would D．should
For my daughter's 19th birthday, we bought hertickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they wereplaying in our city. We didn't really have the ____ but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a ____ atChristmas. Every so often she got up and came to ____ with us, because she couldn't ____. On the night of the ____ it was good to see her so ____ and excited,as
she and her boyfriend set off.
Needless to say when they ____ after midnight, with T-shirts and lots of pictures of the band, ____ her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well ____.This will be amemory she would ____ forget, and nor would we.
____ full of excitement from the night before, the following day they ____ to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I ____,loving the fact that she had not ____ that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a ____ each. On each present were the words "Because you are the ____ mum/dad in the world". When we said our thank-yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her ____ she had bought us gifts. Her ____ was simply "Just because Ilove you".
This wasn't something ____ from ourdaughter;she had always given us a gift when shewanted to express her ____, and each gift wasalways a welcome surprise. It could have beenanything,it wouldn't have mattered, and it was theact itself and the feelings behind it.
A．money B．time C．interest D．news
A．worker B．student C．kid D．parent
A．dance B．learn C．walk D．sit
A．speak B．sleep C．stand D．leave
A．concert B．holiday C．party D．travel
A．healthy B．happy C．pretty D．surprised
A．stayed B．left C．returned D．turned
A．worrying about B．caring for C．looking at D．listening to
A．lent B．earned C．saved D．spent
A．ever B．never C．often D．neither
A．Still B．Only C．Just D．Also
A．continued B．tried C．decided D．struggled
A．refused B．cried C．shouted D．laughed
A．kept B．lost C．realized D．discovered
A．gift B．prize C．ticket D．picture
A．richest B．oldest C．best D．cleverest
A．where B．how C．when D．why
A．way B．answer C．suggestion D．idea
A．important B．ordinary C．new D．valuable
A．feelings B．concerns C．understandings D．opinions
Recently divorced and unemployed, I was on myway downtown to do the rounds of the employmentoffices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had ____, and I could not ____ another one.
I sat down in the ____ and there against my seat was a(n) ____ silk umbrella with a silver handle. Ihad ____ seen anything so lovely. I examined thehandle and saw a carved ____. The usual procedure would have been to ____ the umbrella to theconductor,but an idea ____ to me. I decided to takeit with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the bus in a downpour and ____ opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I ____ a telephone book for the name on the umbrella. I called and a lady ____.
Yes, she said ____, that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her as a birthday present. But, she ____, it had been stolen ____ her doorstep a month before.
She was so excited that I ____ I was looking fora job and went directly to her house. She took theumbrella,and her eyes were filled with ____. She wanted to give me a ____, but — though twenty dollars was all I had in the world — her happiness at regaining this ____ possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have ____ something. We talked for a while and I left.
A week later, I got a job as a sales manager ____. It might be my kindness that paid off. But who knows?
A．brokenup B．goneaway C．fallen apart D．fadedaway
A．afford B．borrow C．find D．repair
A．office B．bus C．theatre D．train
A．ugly B．beautiful C．worn D．ancient
A．even B．always C．already D．never
A．design B．number C．name D．brand
A．turnin B．showoff C．openup D．carryaway
A．occurred B．ran C．struck D．happened
A．firmly B．suddenly C．casually D．thankfully
A．read B．searched C．got D．used
A．appeared B．replied C．answered D．screamed
A．insurprise B．inpanic C．insilence D．inanger
A．assumed B．added C．declared D．announced
A．from B．in C．beside D．of
A．mentioned B．forgot C．realized D．remembered
A．memory B．honour C．tears D．cry
A．gift B．position C．hug D．reward
A．expensive B．common C．rare D．special
A．bought B．ruined C．expressed D．enjoyed
A．immediately B．naturally C．hopefully D．unexpectedly
The Lions Club supports an Eye Bank inWashington and Idaho. The Eye Bank ____ over 400cornea transplants (角膜移植) each year. Frequentlydonated (捐赠) corneas from dead persons must bespecially packed and a volunteer is ____ to pick up thepackage and take it to the hospital as ____ as possible.One night, the program coordinator(协调员)was in great ____.She had a package on a bus to a ____ place andno one was willing to pick it up. She called the list ofemergency(紧急情况)volunteers,and all ____ to do it,as it was after ____.
Then she called a very ____ man. The upset mantold her that he had volunteered to be on the contactlist, ____ had made it clear that he was only free inthe afternoons and evenings before 8 p.m, and ingood ____ only. "It's 1 a.m. and it's snowing here, "he ____. At last, the coordinator persuaded him, but he said, "I'll do it just this time; please don't ____ call me again. "Then he got up, and as he was getting ____, his little son came out and asked to go along.
They drove in ____ through the snow for along time to the bus station, picked up the package,and drove ____ the hospital. On the trip back ____, the son asked what the package had been.Dad explained that it was tissue(人、动植物细胞的组织）from the eyes of someone who had ____. It wasgoing to help someone else ____ again. The boythought it over for a moment and said,"Dad, I neverknew you did such ____ things!"The next day, theman called the coordinator back. "You can call me ____ you need to," he said.
A．sells B．performs C．lends D．brings
A．taught B．forced C．advised D．required
A．quickly B．seriously C．calmly D．differently
A．happiness B．mistake C．trouble D．distance
A．famous B．faraway C．beautiful D．noisy
A．stopped B．decided C．loved D．refused
A．midnight B．morning C．noon D．afternoon
A．handsome B．strong C．sleepy D．determined
A．for B．so C．and D．but
A．room B．weather C．feeling D．state
A．thought B．laughed C．begged D．complained
A．ever B．never C．sometimes D．hardly
A．paid B．dressed C．hurt D．praised
A．progress B．research C．silence D．fun
A．to B．from C．around D．beyond
A．home B．school C．hospital D．bank
A．injured B．lost C．lived D．died
A．hear B．see C．speak D．read
A．important B．foolish C．useless D．interesting
A．whatever B．whichever C．wherever D．whenever
Years ago, my dad taught elementary school all day and then went to his second job of teaching adolescents(青少年)in another school. One evening, a student _ _ a penny at him. Dad picked it up and put it into the _ _ .The teens saw that and _ _ , and another one another penny. Then _ _.
When my father had 12 cents in his pocket, he said," Guys, I want to _ _ you. All I need is 38 more of these and I'm going over to the Fairfield and have a beer _ _ you."
No more penny was flying. He could see the _ _ in their faces: Man, I'm not going to buy the teacher a _ _!
As you can see, I come by my coin fascination honestly. But I also learned _ _ he would call a "useful life skill": Sometimes you need to use _ _ to solve a problem.
Fathers are _ _ the ones who earn money and take the _ _ in our culture. Check the Father's Day greeting _ _ section and you'll see plenty of references to cash not growing trees and the need to check one's oil regularly. You'll also read a lot about golf, TV remotes and _ _.
My dad had zero interest in sports and _ _ had the time to watch television. However, he may have _ _ the idea of the efficient nap, which he called " _ _ 20."He'd lean back in the armchair, _ _ "Wake me in 20 minutes," and fall instantly to sleep. These brief parts of shut-eye were a(n) _ _ of survival. My father was and is the hardest-working man I have ever met, _ _ maybe for his own dad-but even that would be a tie.
A．dropped B．gave C．threw D．brought
A．pocket B．bag C．drawer D．glass
A．called B．1aughed C．cried D．greeted
A．theone B．theother C．another D．therest
A．punish B．thank C．scold D．praise
A．for B．in C．on D．to
A．satisfaction B．excitement C．shame D．anger
A．drink B．gift C．penny D．present
A．that B．what C．which D．why
A．jokes B．tricks C．penny D．blame.
A．wished B．decided C．considered D．believed
A．blame B．promotion C．chance D．responsibility
A．card B．letter C．words D．notes
A．games B．naps C．cash D．program
A．nearly B．also C．rarely D．always
A．got B．taken C．made D．thought
A．giving B．getting C．holding D．taking
A．telling B．calling C．saying D．reading
A．matter B．result C．situation D．attitude
A．including B．besides C．butfor D．except
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. Green said,“ Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees leaves. Without me, all animals would . ”
BLUE interrupted, “You only think about the , but consider the sky and the sea. the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. Without my peace, you would all be .
YELLOW chuckled(轻轻地笑),“ You are all so serious. I bring laughter fun, and （5） into the world.”
ORANGE started to blow her trumpet,“I am the color of health and strength. I may be , but I am precious because I serve the needs of human life. When I fill the sky or at sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another （8） to any of you.”
RED could stand it and he shouted out,“I am the ruler of all of you. I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to truth. I am also the color of passion and of love.”
Then came Purple and Indigo(靛色).
The colours went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own . Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening and thunder rolled. Rain started to pour down . The colors crouched(蜷缩) down ,drawing close to one another for comfort.
In the midst of the clamor(嘈杂声), rain began to speak,“You foolish colors. You are fighting yourselves, and are trying to dominate . Don’t you know that you were each made for a special purpose, ? Join hands with and come to me
Doing as they were told, the colors and joined hands. They formed a colorful rainbow. From then on, whenever a good rain the world, a rainbow appears in the sky. They remember to one another.
A．stay B．leave C．go out D．die
A．earth B．moon C．star D．sun
A．That is B．I am C．It is D．This is
A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．warmth B．sadness C．depression D．anxiety
A．usual B．normal C．common D．scarce
A．at midnight B．at noon C．at sunrise D．during the day
A．gift B．honour C．thought D．respect
A．for more B．any more C．very more D．no longer
A．turn to B．fight for C．struggle with D．bend over
A．superiority B．disadvantage C．inferiority D．weakness
A．gently B．quietly C．violently D．peacefully
A．with care B．in fear C．by chance D．on purpose
A．among B．by C．at D．against
A．others B．themselves C．the other D．the rest
A．equal and simple B．ordinary and similar C．more or less D．unique and different
A．each other B．me C．one another D．them
A．combined B．separated C．united D．divided
A．clears B．washes C．brightens D．dampens
A．appreciate B．quarrel with C．ignore D．praise