I was reading a notice at the entrance to my college dormitory, when a girl came up to me and said, “Do you _26_ a quarter? I’m one short of putting my laundry(刚洗好的衣物) in the dryer(烘干机). ”
I _27_ to think about it for a few seconds and considered whether I’d be _28_ to give a quarter away. I found myself _29_ her, thinking about why she didn’t _30_ four quarters down from her room with her, as if she had _31_ to be one short so she could ask someone else for it. (Later I knew _32_ that was not the case.)
But I didn’t have any reason to _33_her. Then I responded, “Yeah, I think I have the only one,” though fully _34_ that I had three. “Here you go,” I said with a smile. “Thanks,” she responded, _35_ that she could have clean clothes to wear the next morning.
A few moments later the girl _36_ and gave a dollar bill to me. “Why are you giving this to me?” I asked, _37_. “Oh, because you were kind to me, so I’m just giving back the _38_.”
It’s just a dollar, but I felt it was _39_. More so because I hadn’t given that quarter with such nice _40_, the way she gave that dollar to me. I felt like it was the first time I ever _41_ something greater in return for something so_42_ that I had given. I saw the power of kindness and generosity in a _43_way.
I thought it was so worth giving that quarter away. Giving and _44_ don’t usually happen hand-in-hand, _45_ when it does, like it did this time, it makes one think about why generosity is so powerful in the first place.
A．lose B．have C．find D．pay
A．stopped B．agreed C．tried D．continued
A．anxious B．satisfied C．willing D．quick
A．disliking B．loving C．trusting D．judging
A．borrow B．collect C．fetch D．bring
A．needed B．prepared C．managed D．planned
A．actually B．obviously C．strangely D．possibly
A．help B．refuse C．believe D．doubt
A．ashamed B．aware C．uncertain D．concerned
A．hoping B．worrying C．choosing D．mentioning
A．left B．finished C．called D．returned
A．excited B．surprised C．angry D．embarrassed
A．benefit B．change C．favour D．interest
A．valuable B．enough C．attractive D．reasonable
A．results B．thoughts C．memories D．manners
A．met B．provided C．saw D．received
A．expensive B．important C．small D．difficult
A．short B．new C．normal D．strange
A．getting B．rejecting C．supporting D．appreciating
A．then B．or C．but D．thus
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阅读下面短文，从短文后每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Children like to copy what they hear. They copy their parents，their friends and even the TV. This teaches them ____ to speak the language. They don’t practice grammar, ____ use the language to talk about things that interests them. They don’t worry about their ____ or poor grammar. They can find ways to ____ themselves，and they do it successfully.
Copying also good for students to learn a foreign language. When you listen to foreigners speaking English，____ what they say as loudly as you can. You should also pay your attention to communication. Look for chances to ____ with native speakers of English. If you can’t find a ____ to talk to, talk with other students in English ____. You can also join an English club or go to an English corner to talk about music, movies or ____interests you.
Don’t worry about making ______. The aim is to learn how to communicate(交流) easily and comfortably. Remember that you can communicate successfully even with a small vocabulary.
A．how B．where C．when D．why
A．so B．or C．but D．nor
A．course B．vocabulary C．passage D．composition
A．express B．understand C．teach D．remind
A．prepare B．master C．hold D．repeat
A．walk B．camp C．talk D．help
A．foreigner B．teacher C．classmate D．parent
A．too B．instead C．though D．since
A．whichever B．wherever C．whatever D．whenever
A．tricks B．noises C．notes D．mistakes
Last spring, Michelle fell in love with kite-boarding, an adventure sport that combines surfing and sailing. So she got a kite-board, took some and a few months later drove out to the Banana River. There she met John, who offered to help her her skills.
One day, John Michelle while his wife, Nancy, stayed behind on a Jet Ski (摩托艇). In that way, there would be to bring back Michelle if she got into trouble. After John gave her a few , he took off. He’d sailed about three quarters of a mile down the river when he felt the wind . He knew that the stronger the wind grew, the more it would be for Michelle to control her board. , he turned and started sailing back toward the two women.
Michelle had decided to head for shore. The wind was too strong for her to handle the kite. She prepared to land her by releasing one of the four lines that kept the sail in the air. she didn’t have a chance. She was thrown over the water, still to the kite. Seconds later, a huge wind sent the kite upward. Even more dangerous, the sail’s lines started to twist together, round and round. Michelle to free from the kite. But she failed.
Nancy was several hundred feet away on the Jet Ski and couldn’t get to her enough to help. By then, John had closed in and Michelle felt John her out of the water. As she held his arm, he tried to pull the handle but couldn’t it. Then suddenly, John let go. At that point, Michelle was sure she would die without him holding her. But John had seen Nancy approaching and that he’d have a better chance of helping Michelle. He jumped onto the Jet Ski. As the kite dived down, with all his , he jumped from the Jet Ski onto the kite and dragged it to the water. Finally Michelle was saved.
This experience hasn’t kept Michelle from loving kite-boarding. “Life is fragile (脆弱的), but it’s meant to be ,” she says.
A．lectures B．lessons C．skills D．measures
A．show B．teach C．require D．improve
A．expected B．controlled C．instructed D．saved
A．anyone B．everyone C．none D．someone
A．sails B．chances C．tips D．handles
A．get up B．slow down C．die down D．pick up
A．challenging B．exciting C．interesting D．frightening
A．Amazed B．Worried C．Frustrated D．Surprised
A．always B．still C．already D．even
A．board B．line C．boat D．kite
A．So B．And C．Or D．But
A．attached B．appealed C．applied D．added
A．managed B．attempted C．demanded D．advised
A．bravely B．nearly C．slowly D．quickly
A．fetch B．bring C．lift D．put
A．reach B．sense C．remember D．feel
A．down B．onto C．back D．out
A．doubted B．insisted C．figured D．pretended
A．heart B．strength C．care D．consideration
A．enjoyed B．pleased C．pushed D．spent
When you are five years old, your mother is your everything. She is your , friend, and nurse; the only person you rely on with your hopes, dreams, and wishes. But for me, this was not the case.
My mother suffered from problems that would keep her in bed for days, leaving me to care for her and look after myself. This situation me to grow up much faster. While I knew my mother was sick, I felt deep down that we could it and everything would be okay. , in 1997 everything went terribly wrong, and my life changed forever.
Adoption is a word to a five-year-old, but when I realized that my own mother had signed me over to , I felt it was the worst betrayal(背叛). I suffered from shock, anger, and confusion as I attempted to adjust to my new family. No longer could I anyone since the person I had loved more than all else had abandoned me. Hearing people tell me that she did it in my best interest, I felt even more . I could not forgive her and always how she could reject me like an old sofa.
However, the more I got older, the more I began to understand how our situation had been.We had been on boxes of noodles, and at one point we lived in our car. I was once passed from drug-addicted cousins to mentally unstable neighbors as my mother to try and save me from what our lives were becoming each day passed.
Only recently have I begun to understand my mother gave me to strangers. she really did save me. She loved me more than anything, so she wanted me to have a in life, one she could no longer offer me. I now know my life has been a special only because she was selfless enough to give me up.
A．hostess B．competitor C．provider D．candidate
A．mainly B．completely C．gradually D．occasionally
A．moral B．physical C．social D．legal
A．forced B．inspired C．allowed D．convinced
A．stick to B．escape from C．decide on D．get through
A．Otherwise B．Meanwhile C．However D．Therefore
A．familiar B．negative C．simple D．foreign
A．strangers B．cousins C．friends D．neighbors
A．understand B．support C．trust D．praise
A．worried B．innocent C．scared D．bitter
A．imagined B．wondered C．remembered D．questioned
A．ridiculous B．urgent C．desperate D．complex
A．focusing B．working C．acting D．surviving
A．also B．even C．still D．yet
A．fought B．learnt C．hesitated D．tended
A．till B．before C．as D．once
A．how B．why C．that D．what
A．In the long run B．Time and again C．For quite a while D．All at once
A．challenge B．goal C．reward D．chance
A．gift B．fact C．test D．deal
Dear dad,
Happy birthday to you! On this special day, I’d like to talk to you in a special way.
I don’t think I’m good at telling you my thought face to face with you, so I’m to show my deep love for you. You’re not a rich man or a famous person. But in my heart, you are one of the greatest in the world. I’m you. You’re interested in being famous and rich. You do things like paying for your phone on time, and working as a worker in your factory. The smile on your face shows you’re pleased with the family. You take good care of my grandparents. You help me with my schoolwork and do some shopping with mom on Sundays.
In the past, I didn’t care you were with me or not. Now I am sorry to say I didn’t you before. But I am thankful for what you have done for me.
I am quite lucky that I have a great father. And I feel happy that now I can let you know how much I love you. You are successful as a son, a husband, a father and a friend.
Love from,
Lydia
A．writing B．thinking C．reading D．speaking
A．kids B．adults C．men D．women
A．worried about B．proud of C．afraid of D．sorry for
A．always B．ever C．already D．never
A．common B．interesting C．wonderful D．popular
A．whether B．that C．what D．where
A．realize B．regret C．respect D．remind
A．too B．so C．very D．Such
Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman. There was a big box in the businessman’s living room. The businessman pointed at the box and said, “There’s only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he the living room.
The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s it, shall we?” Her husband said no to her.
The woman didn’t give up her . One day, she decided to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked .She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it, she failed.
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was .He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said. “We haven’t taken anything .” The businessman shouted at them, “The box is not important. I cannot believe you. That’s important!”A．leftB．enteredC．went to
A．openB．closeC．clean
A．workB．adviceC．idea
A．insideB．outsideC．down
A．soB．andC．but
A．lostB．openC．empty
A．at onceB．at lastC．at all