I believe in miracles because I’ve seen so many of them.One day,a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old.“There’s a 36 in my upper jaw,”she said.“I told my own dentist it’s nothing,but he 37 I come to see you.”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her.He would 38 to add something,but she stopped him.She wanted to tell everything hereslf.I found a large cancer that spread over much of the 39 of her mouth.A careful examination later 40 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment,I explained to her the 41 of the problem.She clasped my hand in hers and said,“I know you’re worried about me,but I’m just 42 .”
I thought otherwise.After considerable 43 on my part,and kindness on her part because she wanted to 44 me,she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon.She saw him,but as I expected, 45 treatment.
About six months later she retarned to my office,still energetic and 46 .
“How are you?”I asked.
“I’m just fine,honey,”she responded 47 high spirits.“When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all,I answered 48 ,“Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”
I couldn’t believe my eyes.The cancer that had 49 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness 50 .
I had read of such things happening,but had 51 seen them with my own eyes.That was my first miracle.Since then I’ve seen many others,because they keep getting 52 to see.In fact,miracles are daily events for me now.And people are a miracle, 53 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 54 the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle,I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 55 we choose to find it.
A．pain B．wound C．cut D．cancer
A．declared B．promised C．insisted D．suspected
A．manage B．continue C．keep D．attempt
A．corner B．roof C．bottom D．surface
A．considered B．convinced C．confirmed D．concluded
A．possibility B．seriousness C．importance D．resolution
A．old B．sick C．glad D．fine
A．permission B．effort C．approval D．support
A．persuade B．encourage C．please D．astonish
A．received B．provided C．refused D．required
A．to B．in C．with D．by
A．worriedly B．patiently C．confusedly D．confidently
A．reached B．covered C．spread D．grown
A．left B．faded C．expanded D．remained
A．ever B．also C．never D．already
A．easier B．rarer C．happier D．closer
A．for B．so C．yet D．or
A．read B．keep C．see D．make
A．whatever B．wherever C．whoever D．whichever
I ran into a stranger as he passed by, and I at once apologized to him. We were both very _36_, he stranger and I. Then we went 37 our way after saying good-bye.
But at home a 38 story is told. Later that day, when I 39 supper in the kitchen, my daughter suddenly stood behind me very 40 . When I turned back, I 41 knocked her down. “Don’t be in my 42 !” I shouted angrily. She walked away with her little heart 43 .On the kitchen floor later, I found some flowers by the door.
That night, while I lay 44 in bed, a voice in my deep heart said, “While 45 with a stranger, you are so polite, but with the children you love, you are so easily _46 .Why are there some flowers by the door? Those are the flowers she brought for you. She 47 them herself, pink, yellow and your favorite blue. She stood quietly in order to give you a 48 , and you never saw the 49 in her eyes.”
By this time, I felt very 50 and now my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪下) by her __51__, “Wake up, little girl, wake up,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “Yes, because I knew you’d like them, especially the 52_ .” I said, “Daughter, I’m sorry for the way I acted today; I 53 have shouted at you that way.”
She said, “Oh, Mom, that’s okay. I love you 54 .” I hugged her and said, “Daughter, I love you too, and I do like the flowers.”
Through this 55 , I realize what FAMILY means:
FAMILY="(F)ATHER" (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
A．rude B．polite C．educated D．happy
A．in B．to C．on D．for
A．different B．funny C．moving D．terrible
A．had B．ate C．prepared D．took
A．quickly B．quietly C．noisily D．seriously
A．nearly B．hardly C．already D．even
A．kitchen B．room C．place D．way
A．beaten B．missing C．broken D．hit
A．alive B．asleep C．awake D．afraid
A．talking B．dealing C．working D．meeting
A．worried B．nervous C．excited D．disappointed
A．grew B．picked C．bought D．planted
A．gift B．flower C．kiss D．surprise
A．expression B．tears C．happiness D．joy
A．small B．proud C．weak D．hurt
A．table B．desk C．bed D．knees
A．pink B．blue C．yellow D．green
A．couldn’t B．mustn’t C．shouldn’t D．needn’t
A．however B．truly C．though D．anyway
A．accident B．experience C．question D．problem
Introduction to Letters to Sam
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my 21 , 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 22 ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the 23 to tell Sam what I had 24 .
For years I have been hosting a program on the 25 and writing articles for a magazine. Being 26 to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart 27 , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and 28 . So when Sam was born, I 29 to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these 30 . I hope that Sam would 31 them sooner or later.
However, that expectation 32 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 33 to communicate with others, even the family members. That was 34 for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even 35 now to tell him. I wanted him to 36 what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll 37 as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just 38 if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.
Now, 39 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 40 .
Daniel Gottlieb
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
Learning to save money when you're young is an important lesson. All good lessons and habits begin early, and saving is a ski
ll that everyone __36__. Many people—adults included—do not have a good __37__ of saving for the long run.
I have been _38__ to learn this lesson early because I have had a grass cutting business since I was 10 years old. 39__ the money I make I spend about 10 percent and save the other 90.
Making sure you save and don't spend too much is a good way to __40__ wealth. I have put my earnings in a bank. Many teens I know spend all the money they earn so it never has a chance to _41__. Young people should __42_ that their teenage years are a great time to begin saving.
If you have a job at high school, you _43__ have fun with some of the money. But you should also save some __44__ it will grow. Then you can begin planning for your future. When you spend money, you not only lose that money, __45__ lose the interest you could have earned by saving it.
After high school, college is __46__， with expenses such as food and rent. If you can __47__ a good percentage of the money you earn as a teen, going to college and buying a house will be much easier. If you are in your thirties without any savings, you will alwa
ys have to __48__.
Later in life it can be hard to start saving _49__ general cost of living is more expensive and you may only have enough to pay your _50__. If you want to buy a house and have a family, you need money to start with, which __51__ saving.
Many say money cannot make you happy, and this is true. But money can help you to lead a __52__ life.
Saving early will mean you will have to work for fewer years when you are older. It will also __53___ you to spend time doing the things that you want to do.__54__， it will mean you can live the way you want to without 55__.
A．needs B．likes C．arranges D．expects
A．knowledge B．experience C．form D．sense
A．foolish B．fundamental C．lucky D．grateful
A．With B．Of C．In D．From
A．divide up B．build up C．keep up D．make up
A．break B．run C．make D．grow
A．recognize B．realize C．research D．doubt
A．must B．dare C．should D．may
A．so that B．in case C．in that D．but for
A．but B．and C．also D．or
A．expensive B．cheap C．boring D．bitter
A．hold out C．hold onto D．hold back
A．survive B．struggle C．tolerate D．die
A．if B．as long as C．while D．since
A．bills B．taxes C．attention D．consequences
A．results from B．gets from C．comes from D．escapes from
A．happy B．simple C．miserable D．secure
A．forbid B．allow C．Advise D．request
A．In addition B．Above all C．On the contrary D．Believe it or not
A．consulting B．worrying C．resting D．thinking
In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky 36 the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird 37 out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my 38 , Perky flew off. The enormous（巨大的）, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue 39 and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.
Kathy managed to 40 me. With fake optimism（乐观）, she even tried to reassure（安慰）me that Perky would find a new 41 . But I was far too clever to 42 that such a th
ing was possible.
Forty years later, I watched my own 43 growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the 44 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the 45 of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称）to 46 the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. 47 Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and 48 that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.
"The best thing 49 Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the 50 we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just 51 down and landed on my finger."
When I was finally able to 52 , we examined the amazing evidence（证据）. The dates, the locations and the pictures of the bird all 53 . It seems our two families had been54 long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were 55 ! Perky lived!"
A．what B．how C．which D．where
A．food B．nest C．friend D．family
A．joy B．horror C．disappointment D．satisfaction
A．pleasure B．sadness C．treasure D．sense
A．forgive B．comfort C．help D．delight
B．home C．master D．life
A．imagine B．suppose C．doubt D．believe
A．birds B．happiness C．worries D．children
A．parents B．birds C．interests D．games
A．first B．best C．last D．happiest
A．catch B．find C．buy D．have
A．Suddenly B．Fortunately C．Then D．However
A．announced B．said C．told D．hoped
A．in B．about C．of D．on
A．day B．place C．way D．story
A．floated B．slipped C．settled D．went
A．think B．speak C．interrupt D．explain
A．came up B．turned up C．turned out D．matched up
A．known B．fastened C．connected D．introduced
A．right B．wrong C．silly D．mad
I was walking down the road one day when my cellphone rang. I heard a little girl on the other end 36 ,“Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” Because I just have a little 37 , I knew it was a wrong number. So I rudely 38 “you’ve dialed the wrong number!”and then 39 .
During the following days, I got the same call 40 .But I didn’t care much about it.
Then one day she contin
ually called me, 41 I didn’t answer. In the end, I answered the phone and heard a torpid(有气无力的) voice, “ Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad , I m 42 so much pain! Mom said you were too busy to take 43 of me. But, Dad ,please 44 me again, OK?” The kind of 45 was difficult to reject. I made a loud kiss on the phone and heard the 46 voice say, “Thank you … Dad , I am so … happy…”
Shortly after this, I became 47 about who had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have 48 you. My daughter has suffered from bone cancer 49 she was born. And her father … died in a(n) 50 last week. I 51 not tell her the news. Po
or baby. When she couldn’t 52 the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad, who had always 53 her.
I really cou
ldn’t bear it, so I gave her a random(任意的)phone number …”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t 54 to ask.
“She has 55 . You must have kissed her on the phone, because she went with a smile,” she said, “and I am glad that she gets rid of the pain and stays with her father forever.”
I couldn’t keep my tears back.
A．shout B．cry C．scream D．call.
A．money B．time C．son D．daughter
A．replied B．returned C．announced D．questioned
A．hung on B．held on C．held up D．hung up
A．from then on B．now and then C．more or less D．for the moment
A．even if B．as if C．in case D．now that
A．of B．on C．in D．at
A．charge B．control C．notice D．care
A．hug B．kiss C．love D．see
A．demand B．command C．request D．action.
A．sweet B．deep C．loud D．weak
A．curious B．interested C．content D．amazed
A．confused B．bothered C．displeased D．sought
A．until B．when C．while D．since
B．event C．accident D．affair
A．must B．dare C．need D．should
A．tolerate B．undertake C．calm D．master
A．encouraged B．persuaded C．excited D．delighted
A．stop B．help D．keep
A．recovered B．missed C．lost D．gone