A school teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few 16 . Each tomato will be given a name of a person that the child 17 , so the number of tomatoes that a child will put in the plastic bag will depend on the number of people the child hates.
So when the day came, every 18 brought some tomatoes. Some had two; some three while some up to five tomatoes. The teacher then told the children to 19 with them the tomatoes in the plastic 20 wherever they go.
Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the 21 smell let out by the rotten tomatoes. Besides, those having more tomatoes had to carry 22 bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.
The teacher asked: “How did you 23 while carrying the tomatoes with you for 1 24 ?”
The children let out their frustrations and started 25 of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and 26 tomatoes wherever they go.
Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the 27 .
“This is exactly the 28 when you carry your hatred(憎恨) for somebody inside your heart. The unpleasant smell of hatred will pollute your 29 and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten tomatoes for just 1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the smell of hatred in your heart for your lifetime?”
So 30 others is that best attitude to take!
A．potatoes B．peaches C．apples D．tomatoes
A．likes B．wants C．knows D．hates
A．boy B．child C．girl D．baby
A．carry B．watch C．eat D．enjoy
A．box B．bag C．bowl D．bottle
A．uncertain B．unhealthy C．unpleasant D．unimportant
A．heavier B．larger C．better D．dirtier
A．feel B．survive C．manage D．know
A．month B．year C．fortnight D．week
A．thinking B．complaining C．approving D．dreaming
A．tasty B．bitter C．smelly D．salty
A．food B．bag C．game D．story
A．advice B．situation C．information D．notice
A．hands B．schoolbags C．mouth D．heart
A．forgiving B．understanding C．knowing D．admiring
Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her concert. She had been waiting for this for years and years. "Now it is here at last," she thought. "How beautiful her is."
The song made her to the days when she was Lauren's . As a young , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied in France, Italy and in the United States. "You can become a fin in the future, " her teachers told her. "But you must be to study hard and work for many years. There will be time for anything but music in your life." Dorothy was at that time and she was that music was all she wanted or needed to her life. For almost a year Dorothy of nothing else. Then she David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in . David asked her to be his Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved , too. She didn't know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, "If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can't do both." Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her .
A．sorry B．successful C．first D．wonderful
A．dance B．moment C．show D．party
A．voice B．face C．dress D．life
A．think of B．bring back C．go back D．come back
A．age B．friend C．mother D．teacher
A．musician B．pop star C．lady D．girl
A．French B．music C．piano D．dance
A．actress B．student C．singer D．dancer
A．prepared B．learning C．driven D．waiting
A．some B．any C．no D．enough
A．eight B．eighteen C．eighty D．eighty-eight
A．lucky B．sure C．afraid D．fond
A．fill B．live C．lead D．take
A．heard B．knew C．talked D．thought
A．saw off B．learned from C．heard of D．met with
A．love B．feeling C．music D．touch
A．assistant B．teacher C．wife D．student
A．him B．engineering C．herself D．music
A．certainly B．possibly C．only D．mainly
A．thought B．hope C．purpose D．will
Childish Voice
When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn't understand and wondered why had such a big influence
a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult. But now,
I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel
to express my own
on this saying. I know that I'm just a high school student with very
experiences. There are still many things
me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence: "To make this world a happy place to live, you'd better yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world." I was shocked. It made me think about life
. There are so many things around us that
our will. We can't force life
our wishes. The earth won't stop turning no matter whether we
it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves
the world. I think we should learn to accept
life gives us, no matter whether it's the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don't catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more
that they slip by and leave you feeling
. I realize that I'm not just living
myself and that there are the others around me I should think of. They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it's just a little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or . It doesn't matter, I think. There is one
that should be obeyed and that's to make this world better.
A. man B. time C. thing D. parent
A. about B. with C. on D. in
A. before B. after C. as D. when
A. anxious B. worried C. tired D. glad
A. beliefs B. opinions C. confidences D. expressions
A. a few B. little C. few D. a little
A. waiting for B. sticking with
C. dealing with D. doing with
A. ask B. change C. exchange D. force
A. myself B. itself C. oneself D. themselves
A. go with B. go along C. go ahead D. go against
A. being followed B. to be followed
C. to be following D. to follow
A. receive B. accept C. refuse D. approve
A. fit B. suit C. beat D. match
A. what B. whatever C. which D. why
A. miss B. catch C. escape D. lose
A. probably B. likely C. possibly D. unlikely
A. regretful B. awful C. successful D. terrible
A. for B. by C. on D. with
A. wrong B. false C. negative D. true
A. point B. rule C. thing D. word
Take a Slow Walk
By Zero Wu
As an Indian saying goes, he who walks too fast needs to take a , waiting for his soul to catch up.
I am the one who walk too fast. Lost in life, with a fast-paced lifestyle, I hurried on with my journey until some day I began to learn to take a （3） walk.
I sometimes doubt myself what I insist on and give upon is totally different from of other people and whether I have no sense of fear about it. In my prelife, I must be a riding a horse galloping (驰骋) freely all over the world. in present life, I am a woman of iron will a man. With prelife's blood flowing inside, I can at any time carry my bag to take on my long-time adventure.
As a child, I always myself buried in books and naively (天真烂漫地) thought, cup of tea and book in hand, I was in a paradise, for I always bore in mind that " tea can intoxicate (使陶醉) me, why need I drink wine? Now that books can make the room sweet, why are flowers ?"
I am a person who has just begun to take a slow walk, my own stories as "fables" of a person who has the courage to take my free-willed journey （14） the massive land; who has been from any intense feelings along with worries; who has learnt to take a after getting deeply drunk; who will let go if the "bird" in heart has to fly away; who wishes to live in the afterlife as a tree described by Chen Danyan thoughts or pains; who long keeps smiles and inner peace, although crowded on the subway train.
I leave behind the speech that I have for lives around the lips at which overgrows wild grass. I might as well bury it in a small garden, or my emotion to it, dismissing the sweet of life to my ever-lastingly meaningful written words.
A．rest B．walk C．look D．seat
A．would B．used to C．ought to D．seemed to
A．fast B．quick C．slow D．obtuse
A．what B．which C．whether D．who
A．that B．it C．one D．other
A．traveler B．reporter C．worker D．warrior
A．Still B．Even C．So D．Though
A．more than B．not more than C．not worse than D．no worse than
A．sent B．drove C．kept D．made
A．Since B．When C．Before D．Until
A．planted B．needed C．managed D．grown
A．interpreting B．forming C．changing D．recording
A．took up B．held up C．picked up D．set up
A．across B．over C．inside D．through
A．lucky B．busy C．far D．free
A．walk B．step C．suck D．break
A．with B．without C．for D．along
A．collected B．gathered C．accumulated D．planed
A．give B．attach C．approach D．bring
A．decorate B．picture C．explain D．introduce
It was three in the afternoon and I was putting my baby to sleep when the phone rang. It was a little girl asking for the Gold-stein family. " __" I said，"you've got the wrong number. "
the phone didn't stop ringing. Each time it was the voice of a little girl. She was
one call after another, each time asking for the Gold stein family. My baby wouldn't stop crying. I started to lose my
. 1 left the phone
the hook for about an hour, certain that this would
her. But as soon as I put the phone back on the hook, she
！ I started to cry. After about the tenth call I told her that if she called one more time I would call the
. At 6： 30 pm, the phone rang for about the 25th time. I picked it up, but remained
. 1 could hear the same voice of a girl. What kind of
would allow her to do this all the afternoon! I
to speak to her mother. To ray
，she called her mother to the phone. I told the mother what her little girl had been doing to me all the
. The mother assured me that this was the
phone call her daughter had made that day. "My daughter's teacher gave all the girls in the class the phone number of their new teaching 30. The entire class of
girls was told to call the new assistant to find what time their class would be. The teacher must have given them the wrong number
"
Until about 9:00 pm, the phone rang from time to time. Each time, it was a little girl wanting to know what time the class was ！ Some girls, even after hearing they had the wrong
，would anyway ask if I knew the time ！ I would just
. It had turned into a joke now! I would
have thought that an entire class of girls, all with the same voice, was calling me ！
A. Stop B. SorryC. FineD. OK
A. Then B. SoC. ButD. And
A. making B. returningC. receiving D. sending
A. hope B. interestC. senseD. temper
A. at B. onC. offD. above
A. discourage B. frightenC. puzzleD. connect
A. arrived B. calledC. appeared D. returned
A. school B. directorC. neighbors D. police
A. angry B. calmC. silentD. serious
A. operators B. parentsC. teachers D. mothers
A. refused B. startedC. preferred D. demanded
A. surprise B. disappointment C. joyD. satisfaction
A. day B. nightC. afternoon D. morning
A. first B. lastC. secondD. easiest
A. plan B. assistantC. courseD. advisor
A. on purpose B. in advance
C. by mistake D. for the moment
A. still B. sureC. alwaysD. just
A. place B. informationC. addressD. number
A. cryB. laughC. complain D. wait
A. almostB. yetC. alreadyD. never
There is a story told about how Neil set about winning over one particular boy. The boy was always causing trouble and clearly regarded all teachers a hostile eye. On one occasion, Neil, out taking a
had just rounded a comer when he came across the boy playing on his own. The boy, not noticing he was no longer
，picked up a stone and threw it through one of the school windows. Turning, he saw Neil. Instead of finding himself
at angrily as he expected, the boy was
to see Neil bend down, pick up a stone and hurl it at another window. The boy had to
—to get the window repaired, so did Neil.
he thought this a small price to pay for
a bond between himself and the boy, whose
improved afterwards，
Neil was a remarkable character who knew just when to beand just when to adopt a lighter touch when handling children. Not everyone is so
. Willie Russell, the
，likes to talk about the time when he had freshly
from teacher training college and had just begun to work as a teacher. On his first day at the school he was left to do playground duty on his own, rather a( n)
experience for one so new to the job. Surrounded by children at morning break, he turned to see one of the children thro-wing a stone at a school window. When the boy saw that he had been
by a teacher, his face fell.
for this boy, Russell remembered the story about Neil. Stooping down he picked up a stone and propelled(投掷）it through another window. Turning to smile proudly at the boy, his satisfaction was suddenly shattered by the sound of dozens of windows being
by flying stones.
Unfortunately he had failed to take into account the difference between his and the one which Neil had faced, namely that he and the boy were not alone. It was at this point in his career that Russell decided that perhaps he was not quite cut out to be a teacher. Deciding after this that he was not suited to teaching he left to
playwriting. Most of his plays are very imaginative and
. A bit like this story,in fact.
A. by B. in C. with D. through
A. rest B. exam C. walk D. trip
A, seen B. alone C. lonely D. heard
A. shouted B. stared C. pointed D. come
A. excited B. surprised C. satisfied D. frightened
A. punishB. pay C. agree D. propose
A. As B.While C. Even if D. But
A. breaking B. making C. establishing D. showing
A. character B. behavior C. condition D. grades
A. still B. kind C. calm D. firm
A. humorous B. strange C. successful D. clever
A. student B. headmaster C, playwright D. teacher
A. graduated B. walked C. studied D. dismissed
A. exciting B. challenging C. surprising D. interesting
A. blamed B. stopped C. met D. spotted
A. Generally B. Fortunately C. Obviously D. Usually
A. hit B. knocked C. cleaned D. brushed
A. condition B. position C. situation D. occupation
A. pick up B. take up C. make up D. put up
A. funny B. serious C. realistic D. critical