The sun was shining when I got on No. 151 bus. We passengers sat jammed in heavy clothes. No one spoke. That’s one of the 36 rules. Although we see the same faces every day, we prefer to 37 behind our newspapers. People who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their 38.
As the bus came near the Mile, a 39 suddenly rang out, “40! This is your driver speaking.” We 41 the back of the driver’s head. “Put your papers down. All of you.” The 42 came down. “Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go 43.”
Surprisingly we all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an older woman, her head wrapped in a red scarf. I saw her 44 every day. Our eyes met. We waited for the next 45 from the driver. “Now repeat after me. Good morning, neighbor!”
Our voices were 46. For many of us, these were the 47 words we had spoken that day. But we said them together, like 48, to the strangers beside us. We couldn’t help 49. There was the feeling of relief(解脱) that we were not being robbed. Moreover, there was the sense of ice being 50. “Good morning, neighbor.” It was not so 51 after all. Some of us repeated it, others shook hands, and many laughed.
The bus driver said nothing more. He didn’t 52 to. Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter, a warm sound I had 53 heard before in bus No. 151.
When I 54 my stop, I said goodbye to my seatmate, and then jumped off the bus. That day I was 55 off happily.
A．unwritten B．strict C．legal D．important
A．read B．sit C．talk D．hide
A．ways B．methods C．respect D．distance
A．message B．warning C．suggestion D．voice
A．Attention B．Mind C．Help D．Listen
A．found out B．knocked at C．cared about D．looked at
A．papers B．passengers C．neighbors D．tears
A．on B．round C．ahead D．down
A．still B．nearly C．even D．hardly
A．turn B．talk C．order D．remark
A．high B．fast C．slow D．weak
A．first B．last C．best D．only
A．teachers B．citizens C．patients D．schoolchildren
A．shouting B．crying C．smiling D．wondering
A．formed B．heated C．broken D．frozen
A．sad B．hard C．ordinary D．shy
A．need B．want C．like D．begin
A．often B．never C．ever D．always
A．stopped B．reached C．came D．found
A．starting B．seeing C．taking D．turning
Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts. But people in the streets him, especially those who are .
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that ? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's _. His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not like other New Yorkers, who just look at the sidewalk and the street. He looks around at . He stops when he someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he , looking for more people with cold .
On winter days, Mr. Greenberg gloves. During the rest of the year, he gloves. People who have heard about him him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Greenberg doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them .
It runs in the . Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the . A pair of gloves may be a thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
A．learn from B．know about C．look down upon D．look after
A．old B．poor C．kind D．busy
A．job B．chance C．name D．message
A．calm B．crazy C．different D．curious
A．feel B．sound C．act D．dress
A．cross over B．drive along C．keep off D．hurry down
A．people B．cars C．street numbers D．traffic lights
A．sees B．chooses C．greets D．helps
A．holds up B．moves on C．hangs out D．turns around
A．eyes B．ears C．faces D．hands
A．searches for B．gives away C．stores up D．puts on
A．buys B．steals C．returns D．borrows
A．call B．send C．lend D．show
A．began B．remembered C．delayed D．enjoyed
A．study B．dislike C．understand D．excuse
A．sorry for B．satisfied with C．proud of D．surprised by
A．smart B．happy C．special D．rich
A．family B．city C．neighborhood D．company
A．honor B．pain C．same D．cold
A．small B．useful C．delightful D．comforting
At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. After we arrived, we “our family”was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable was to build a new house-something unusual but under these circumstances. The family was with their new house.
While we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan,“What do you want for your new ?”we were when Josh responded,“I just want a bed.”
The boys had slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. we decided beds would be the perfect . A few volunteers drove to the nearest city and beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the . We could hardly ourselves. It was like watching children on Christmas morning.
As we the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to us. As my father slipped a pillowcase (枕套) onto one of the pillows, Eric asked,
“What is that?”
“A pillow,”he replied.
“What do you it?”Eric continued to ask.
“When you go to sleep, you put your on it,”I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as he handed Eric the pillow. “Oh . . . that’s soft,”he said, it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks,“Do you have a pillow?”We know exactly what he .
A．imagined B．discovered C．supposed D．required
A．bright B．strange C．perfect D．poor
A．but B．for C．so D．once
A．effort B．purpose C．solution D．treatment
A．amazing B．expensive C．rare D．necessary
A．careful B．patient C．thrilled D．nervous
A．kitchen B．pool C．room D．family
A．upset B．glad C．disappointed D．shocked
A．still B．just C．never D．seldom
A．award B．gift C．lesson D．target
A．bought B．made C．rent D．returned
A．program B．journey C．opportunity D．surprise
A．contain B．believe C．feel D．express
A．awkward B．confused C．excited D．restless
A．fitted B．moved C．tied D．replaced
A．amuse B．guide C．inform D．watch
A．do with B．come with C．try on D．begin with
A．body B．head C．back D．hands
A．waving B．hugging C．pushing D．pulling
A．explains B．means C．proves D．reflects
What’s your dream? I remember when I was a child, someone would always come up and ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up ?
Well, it started out as being a cowboy or super hero. Later it was a fireman or an artist. My dreams of the future ______ as I grew older. When, at last , I was in college, I had my heart set on becoming a computer programmer. So I studied and ______ for that life.
Now, I’m designing software full-time and I’m ____ that I’ve realized my dream. _____, there’s a “thief” which goes around stealing our dreams and _____ us of the necessary mental state to _____ our goals. Sometimes, it will come as a parent, a friend or a co-worker, but the ______ one is just ourselves.
We find ourselves just about reaching the pinnacle(顶点), and this “small” voice says, “ You’ll never _____ it. Very few have ever done this ______.” And on and on the “small” voice predicts some kind of _______.
Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are realized. It is one of the most important tools we have ____ it teaches us good lessons. And, when we learn these lessons well, we are ready for success, ______ is probably just around the corner.
There is no “overnight” success, but with perseverance(毅力), it will ______.
So be _____ to your dream, and don’t let anyone _____ it from you—especially yourself.
A．achieved B．disappeared C．changed D．combined
A．asked B．looked C．prepared D．waited
A．shocked B．curious C．puzzled D．content
A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Finally
A．reminding B．ridding C．robbing D．informing
A．record B．find C．set D．reach
A．cleverest B．greatest C．strangest D．bravest
A．make B．understand C．find D．support
A．successfully B．sincerely C．bravely D．happily
A．pity B．danger C．failure D．accident
A．when B．because C．before D．although
A．what B．which C．that D．it
A．develop B．stay C．come D．return
A．equal B．useful C．true D．polite
A．borrow B．steal C．separate D．expect
One day, Nancy came home from school crying. Taking her in her arms, Mummy tried to her. After a while, she stopped crying and asked, “Mummy am I ?” “No, you are not,” said Mummy, “but let us discuss this after you ，OK?”
Several minutes later, Nancy began to have supper with Mummy.
“Who that you are bad?” asked Mummy.
“Phillips, my friend. He asked me for help with his maths but I because I wanted to read the new book Daddy gave me. He got and said I was a bad girl,” said Nancy.
“You are ,” said Mummy. “Phillips has often helped you with your English. You should have helped him. Why don’t you phone him and say to him?”
“But he called me bad and with me. I don’t want to go,” Nancy cried.
“Though you have done bad, it does not make you a bad person. You are a good person.”
Nancy showed a look on her face. “How can that be, Mummy?” she asked.
“Our is always good. So never believe that you are bad,” Mummy replied with a smile.
flooded on Nancy’s face. “Am I good, Mummy?” she asked.
“Yes, you are good, and always will be so. But that does not mean that you should not the wrong that you do. You will have to call and to Phillips. Do you understand me?”
“Yes, Mummy,” said Nancy slowly. “Thank you for telling me this. I feel much better now,” said Nancy “I am going to Phillips right away, and I am never going to that I am always good.”
A．calm B．protect C．trick D．praise
A．shy B．foolish C．bad D．strong
A．get up B．grow up C．wash up D．turn up
A．said B．saw C．heard D．doubted
A．cried B．refused C．admitted D．allowed
A．excited B．comfortable C．nervous D．angry
A．wrong B．brave C．wise D．careful
A．goodbye B．sorry C．thank you D．hello
A．competed B．lived C．worked D．argued
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．always B．sometimes C．ever D．never
A．worried B．puzzled C．confident D．satisfied
A．chance B．choice C．condition D．nature
A．Fear B．Patience C．Shock D．Joy
A．really B．hardly C．already D．gradually
A．account for B．pay for C．look forward to D．rely on
A．devote B．apologize C．introduce D．turn
A．coldly B．sadly C．gratefully D．pitifully
A．consult B．change C．teach D．call
A．agree B．explain C．forget D．confirm
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him much in repairs that he decided that he had better it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was when they met one evening, and said, “What's , Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no .But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, to wait there for the people who had his advertisement. Even Dave had to that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this to us yet, sir?”
A．directly B．safely C．properly D．easily
A．so B．such C．very D．too
A．keep B．repair C．sell D．throw
A．anxious B．lucky C．ashamed D．generous
A．some B．neither C．none D．most
A．delighted B．upset C．calm D．astonished
A．on B．up C．it D．that
A．learn B．miss C．get D．find
A．message B．advice C．request D．description
A．uses B．loses C．has D．spends
A．doubt B．help C．trouble D．answer
A．tell B．see C．agree D．call
A．exact B．suitable C．early D．late
A．follow B．meet C．bring D．introduce
A．recognize B．gain C．admire D．test
A．happening B．meaning C．turning D．failing
A．read B．inserted C．answered D．placed
A．forget B．show C．disagree D．admit
A．as B．that C．so D．such
A．bargain B．sale C．accident D．Result