It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 36 . On their faces was confidence . This was their last exam — then on to 37 and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they 38 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take 39 of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) 40 task. The professor had said they could bring 41 books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 42 each other, during the test.
43 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 44 on the students’ faces as they noted(注意到) there were only five essay-type questions.
Three hours had passed 45 the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 46 faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?” 47 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hands.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly （不安地,慌张地）in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 48 .”But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 49 ,” he said. “I just want to impress upon you that, 50 you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 51 you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively(相对地,相当地) 52 in everyday practice. ” Then smiling, he added, “You will all 53 this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just 54 .”
The years have 55 the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.
A．seconds B．minutes C．hours D．days
A．interview B．discussion C．education D．graduation
A．would B．must C．have to D．used to
A．hold B．control C．order D．place
A．interesting B．necessary C．easy D．unusual
A．no B．neither C．any D．all
A．listen to B．look at C．refer to D．talk to
A．Nervously B．Joyfully C．Quickly D．Curiously
A．appeared B．changed C．froze D．stopped
A．then B．as C．before D．after
A．pleased B．worried C．surprised D．moved
A．Not B．Once C．Only D．Even
A．all B．none C．one D．it
A．wondered B．enjoyed C．hated D．expected
A．as B．because C．now that D．although
A．exam B．subject C．question D．college
A．valuable B．difficult C．common D．strange
A．pass B．fail C．take D．start
A．begun B．completed C．failed D．succeeded
A．forgotten B．remembered C．strengthened D．weakened
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Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael to his sister in Mommy’s tummy(肚子). He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.
The pregnancy progressed for Karen until the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes ... every minute. But something serious during delivery. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious . With siren(警报) howling in the night, the ambulance the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The days passed by. The little girl got . The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope."Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral(葬礼).
After two weeks in Intensive Care, it looked as if a funeral would come the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her,” he said. Kids were never in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind to take Michael they liked it or not. If he didn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She him in an oversized suit and him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse him as a child, “Get that kid out of here now!” The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, saying in a tone of voice, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby the battle to live. And he began to sing. the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray…”
the baby girl responded. The pulse rate began to down and became steady.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” encouraged Karen. “You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's breath became as smooth as a kitten’s purr.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” “The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping…” Michael’s little sister relaxed as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.
Funeral plans were . The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!
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Remember, growing older is mandatory(无法抗拒的)，growing up is optional.
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I to look around when a gentle hand my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled(起皱纹的), little lady looking up at me with a smile.
She said, “Hi, my name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and responded, “ Of course you may!” And she gave me a gaint one.
Why are you in college at such a(n) ?” I asked. “ I always having a college education and now I’m getting !” She told me.
Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she her wisdom and experience with me. Over the of the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像) and she made friends wherever she went.
At the of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet(宴会). I’ll forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the platform. A little embarrassed, she cleared her and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying , being happy, and achieving success. You have to and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you your dreams, you die.”
One week after graduation Rose died in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught example that it’s never too to be all you can possibly be.
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My grandfather went to high school in the 1920s. While in school, he became in the drama program, acting in different kinds of productions. He in touch with his drama teacher.
My father went to high school in the 1960s. Like his before him, he acted in high school. He, too, stayed in touch with his drama teacher for the rest of the teacher's. I graduated in 1997. When Hoover, my drama teacher, was in Alaska, I didn't want her to feel like she was ending her life , so I sent her many packages, including Drama Club yearbook photos from each year she there in order that she could see the students whose lives she forever .
Her nickname for our group of Drama Club was "the Throwaway Kids". , no? She described us as that we were nonconformists (不墨守成规者) that other teachers didn't__ know what to do with. She simply us for who we are, and that was exactly what we needed.
We have all become members of society: reporters, lawyers, and singers, soldiers, doctors and, you guessed it, teachers. Every member of my family is a teacher. This year the 73rd year we have taught in Alaska altogether.
me, teaching the course is only one important part of the job. As I returned to my classroom just before the final bell on the last day of school in May, I thought how the most emotional part of the experience will not be seeing the recent return to say "hello" at Christmas. That was how the of keeping in touch with our teachers our whole life long began in my family. Honestly, learning a lifetime.
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案填入文中空白处。
I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had the office to get something to eat. On the way, I a busker(街头艺人), with a hat in front of him. I had some in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would use the money to feed his addiction(嗜好) to drugs or alcohol. He like that type-young and ragged. what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then I had no right to place myself above just because he was busking.
I and dropped all the coins into his , and he smiled at me. I watched for a while. As as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened.
, I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of ,” I thought.
On my way home at the end of the , I saw the busker again and he was . I watched him pick up the hat and walk a cafe counter. There he poured the contents(内容) into a tin collecting an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)！
Now I donate(捐献) any I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
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阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A came. "Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg's mother works for my family. We were going to that shirt away, but gave it to her ." I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I my shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened. She then dialed her , "I will no longer work for your family," she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life's was something greater.
The next morning she with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, "You are , aren't you? I think I have a for you as a teacher's assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of .” Mom accepted the opportunity very .
For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal in her classroom. The principal said, "We have watched how you the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working over the last five years. We are all in that you should be the teacher of this class."
My mom spent more than 20 years there. her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the comment made in my classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle __ situations and never give up.
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