When my mom came home from the hospital with twins, I was excited at the very beginning. I couldn’t 36 to play with them and be the best big sister ever.
Everyone was coming over to our house to hold the babies and 37 presents to the babies and talk nonstop how 38 the babies were. Then they’d pull out their cameras, and just 39 I was about to say “cheese”, they’d run over to my perfectly perfect little brothers and take 40 of them. At that time I was thinking, “Why can’t I be little again so I can be the one getting all the 41 ?”
When my aunt Camille got 42 , my mom spent forever finding the perfect clothes for them. On the day of the 43 , my twin brothers had the cutest and prettiest clothes. And then there was me, just sitting and watching in my 44 dress.
After the ceremony, all I 45 was how sweet and lovely the twins were.
I definitely 46 that they were wonderful, but I couldn’t help feeling 47 and invisible (看不见的).
There was a big 48 after the wedding. Aunt Camille and her nice new 49 had the first dance, and then everyone started 50 like crazy including me. I 51 my uncomfortable dress shoes, and I danced and danced and danced! It 52 one of the most fun times I’ve had in my entire life.
The very 53 part was when my aunt and I took my twin brothers by the hands and 54 them some dance moves. Teaching them was such a cool thing. I 55 then what a huge waste of time feeling jealous is when you can kick off your shoes and enjoy life!
A．go B．wait C．stand D．help
A．make B．create C．give D．show
A．lovable B．smart C．active D．strong
A．since B．after C．before D．as
A．care B．photos C．advantage D．measures
A．support B．attention C．impressions D．opportunities
A．married B．praised C．elected D．promoted
A．performance B．celebration C．wedding D．concert
A．ugly B．attractive C．new D．regular
A．thought B．heard C．remembered D．reminded
A．agreed B．ignored C．forgot D．expected
A．satisfied B．foolish C．unimportant D．excited
A．cake B．party C．surprise D．gift
A．friend B．husband C．baby D．partner
A．singing B．drinking C．dancing D．chatting
A．took off B．took over C．took up D．took in
A．encouraged B．became C．wasted D．appeared
A．nervous B．curious C．best D．quietest
A．taught B．passed C．lent D．warned
A．imagined B．calculated C．announced D．realized
Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the of the ten people who have saved the life of others.
John had been studying in his room when he heard . When he and his father rushed outside, they that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed（刺） with a knife by her ex-boyfriend（前男友）. The man ran from the and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut off.
It was John’s quick and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of the people for bandages（绷带）, but when nobody could put their hands on anything, his father got some tea towels（毛巾）and from their house. John used these to dress the most severe to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the and ambulance arrived.
“I’m of what I did but I was just doing what I had been ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When John, Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, “ is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid that he had learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life. It shows that a simple knowledge of the first aid can make a real .”
John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before their awards last night.
A．show B．attack C．work D．defend
A．bravery B．life C．thinking D．progress
A．quarrelling B．arguing C．laughing D．screaming
A．realized B．believed C．thought D．discovered
A．repeatedly B．quickly C．frequently D．gradually
A．home B．place C．scene D．house
A．shaking B．struggling C．bleeding D．crying
A．action B．answer C．experience D．request
A．several B．nearby C．familiar D．curious
A．water B．tape C．bandages D．scissors
A．damages B．pains C．injuries D．arms
A．neighbours B．children C．doctor D．police
A．proud B．fond C．sure D．tired
A．expected B．taught C．encouraged D．educated
A．thanking B．Recognizing C．admiring D．congratulating
A．There B．It C．He D．She
A．skills B．instructions C．key D．history
A．discovery B．harm C．difference D．choice
A．recent B．secret C．private D．special
A．giving B．offering C．announcing D．Receiving
It’s difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. enough blood, the brain can live only 3 to 5 minutes. Usually doctors can’t fix the hurt such a short time.
Dr Robert White thinks he knows a of help. He thinks doctors should make the hurt brain to live for 30 minutes without blood. This gives the doctor time to do something for the brain. Dr White experimented his on fifteen monkeys. he taught them to do different jobs. Then he operated on them. He made the monkeys’ blood go a machine. When the brains’ was 10℃,he stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes, he turned the blood back on. He the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were almost before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the job the doctor them.
Dr White’s idea works well on monkeys. He thinks it will work on . He thinks it will help with heart problems. A person die when his heart stops; doctors can it again. The problem comes: when the brain is without blood for about 5 minutes, it . If doctors start the heart again after 5 minutes, the person has body but a dead brain. Maybe in the future, doctors will Dr White’s idea. When the person’s heart stops, the doctor will cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no the brain.
A．Don’t have B．Without C．Having not D．Only with
A．for B．after C．in D．since
A．way B．brain C．doctor D．man
A．too cool B．enough cool C．cool enough D．very
A．a longer B．enough C．a shorter D．another
A．medicine B．manners C．idea D．brain
A．Besides B．Instead C．However D．First
A．to B．across C．through D．onto
A．heat B．temperature C．coolness D．feeling
A．cooled B．operated C．warmed D．stopped
A．the same as B．different from C．used to D．cleverer than
A．was taught B．was teaching C．was to teach D．had taught
A．other people B．human beings C．other things D．more people
A．doesn’t have to B．needn’t C．will be able to D．is afraid to
A．start B．take C．make D．begin
A．loses B．goes C．kills D．dies
A．no B．a dead C．a living D．a lively
A．get B．accept C．keep D．try
A．soon B．quickly C．slowly D．rapid
A．use for B．wrong with C．value to D．problem with
My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a Christmas after all.
, the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陆续来临) in.
There was a on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a on the porch (门廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.
The feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.
As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to us to dig out.
Then, we received an invitation to a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their —a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.
Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our . Our Christmas morning was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.
This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The and work schedules just made things too difficult. that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were in the holidays.
Lonely people are all around us, but most of us notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest gesture can make a world of difference.
A．chance B．anxiety C．time D．ability
A．lonely B．free C．merry D．usual
A．Therefore B．However C．Somehow D．Meanwhile
A．sign B．knock C．card D．note
A．invite B．welcome C．drive D．send
A．tree B．flower C．mail D．package
A．forgot B．missed C．arranged D．received
A．warm B．deep C．true D．mixed
A．rubbish B．snow C．dust D．leaves
A．teach B．urge C．help D．forbid
A．prepare B．share C．taste D．exchange
A．guest B．aunt C．maid D．partner
A．folks B．relatives C．neighbors D．colleagues
A．call B．greeting C．meeting D．breakfast
A．sorry B．eager C．grateful D．ready
A．season B．expense C．distance D．situation
A．Knowing B．Showing C．Studying D．Discovering
A．happy B．busy C．alone D．active
A．always B．usually C．finally D．seldom
A．careful B．kind C．pretty D．patient
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot ofteens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s lifestyle and said , “I don’t want your God . I am leaving !”
She left home .Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to money. Many years passed by , her father died , her mother grew , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life .
No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother , having her daughter’s whereabouts , went to the poor part of the city in of her daughter . She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple . “Would you allow me to this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling , gray-haired mother with a handwritten at the bottom : “I love you still…come home !”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat listening to the service, all the while letting her wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?
She couldn’t until the service was over. She stood and went to look .It was her mother , and there were those words , “I love you still…come home !” she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too to be true.
It was night, but she was so by the message that she started walking home. the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and her way timidly. As she knocked, the door open on its own. She thought someone must have broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me ! It’s me ! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s arms . The daughter said , “I was so worried and someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently , “No, dear . From the day you left , that door has never been .”
A．shabby B．religious C．awful D．simple
A．earn B．win C．offer D．approach
A．lonelier B．slower C．elder D．older
A．told about B．heard of C．learned from D．informed of
A．sight B．charge C．search D．want
A．request B．remark C．question D．speech
A．bring up B．lay off C．drop out D．put up
A．record B．advice C．message D．notice
A．constantly B．absent-mindedly C．frequently D．carefully
A．eyes B．hands C．thoughts D．imaginations
A．help B．evaluate C．wait D．consult
A．After B．Since C．Until D．As
A．lucky B．good C．skeptical D．coincidence
A．astonished B．touched C．blamed D．ashamed
A．By B．At C．During D．Before
A．walked B．led C．made D．held
A．seemed B．blew C．proved D．flew
A．safety B．anxiety C．danger D．relief
A．observed B．realized C．found D．thought
A．adopted B．opened C．locked D．Fixed
A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the________ that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the ________ of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of _________ anything new because of their age.
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real _________ , because he feels that it _________ be useless, he won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success, and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may_________ he is doing so. He is _________ likely to fail, and the failure will ________ belief in his incompetence(无能). Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had a (an) _________ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor ________ in maths. His teacher told his _________ he had no ability in maths in order that they would not ________ too much of him._________he too accepted _________ mistaken thinking of his ability, and he felt that it was useless to ________, and was very poor at maths, ________ as they expected.
One day he worked out a problem which _________ of the other students had been able to solve. Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now ________ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at ________. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may _________ himself as well as others by his ability.
A．belief B．way C．fact D．condition
A．biggest B．most C．highest D．deepest
A．teaching B．learning C．accepting D．using
A．decision B．success C．effort D．trouble
A．would B．should C．must D．could
A．forget B．think C．guess D．understand
A．nevertheless B．moreover C．however D．therefore
A．lead to B．add to C．take to D．contribute to
A．experience B．example C．thought D．story
A．state B．mind C．start D．ending
A．classmates B．friends C．neighbors D．parents
A．blame B．expect C．get D．win
A．Virtually B．Totally C．Fortunately D．Especially
A．it B．her C．its D．their
A．manage B．succeed C．try D．act
A．only B．almost C．just D．nearly
A．none B．all C．many D．most
A．lived B．worked C．played D．graduated
A．1essons B．medicine C．subjects D．maths
A．encourage B．love C．astonish D．disappoint