One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books. I thought to myself, “ 36 would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 37 .”
As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him, 38 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt. His glasses went 39 and landed in the grass.
My 40 went out to him. So, I ran over to him. 41 I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 42 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the 43 student of our class, one of those guys that really found 44 during high school. Therefore he had the honor to prepare a 45 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 46 . So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be 47 !” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 48 those who helped you make it through those 49 years. Your parents, your teachers…but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 50 you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with 51 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 52 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 53 me from doing the unspeakable(不能说出来的).”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the 54 of your actions. With one small gesture you can 55 a person’s life. For better or for worse.
A．How B．When C．Why D．Where
A．stupid B．clever C．wonderful D．anxious
A．throwing B．knocking C．taking D．catching
A．lost B．sending C．broken D．flying
A．heart B．head C．hands D．thought
A．While B．As C．Because D．Once
A．passed B．came up C．went on D．turned out
A．top B．hardest C．favorite D．luckiest
A．friendship B．themselves C．pleasure D．it
A．class B．school C．graduation D．college
A．excited B．nervous C．proud D．crazy
A．great B．famous C．praised D．honored
A．reward B．remember C．thank D．congratulate
A．happy B．exciting C．old D．difficult
A．chance B．gift C．help D．favor
A．wonder B．anxiety C．disbelief D．pride
A．kill B．enjoy C．test D．hurt
A．protected B．freed C．warned D．saved
A．price B．use C．power D．meaning
A．destroy B．change C．save D．understand
Growing trees in the concrete jungle of Los Angels brings neighbors benefits beyond beauty.
As the 36 of TreePeople, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1973, Andy, now 54, has inspired hundreds of thousands of volunteers to 37 plant more than two million trees throughout Southern California.
Tree People 38 tools, blueprints, planting demonstrations, and tree-care supervisors free to all the participants, 39 me. “You will need their support,” Andy said, referring to my neighbors. “ 40
the community behind you, the trees you plant will die in five years.” So I started knocking on doors, hoping to share 41 I’d learnt in Tree People’s seminar(培训班) about the critical role of trees in removing smog from the 42 , cooling our homes and preventing water runoff.
Strange 43 it may seem, some people are afraid of trees. “The roots destroy sidewalks,” one neighbor said, “ 44 will ruin my pipes. And I don’t want leaves.”45 told me.
When I called Andy about the 46 I was getting from my neighbors, he encouraged me to keep trying. So my son and my wife delivered cookies while I went door to door. It 47 us half a year to sign permission forms from 16 neighbors for 21 trees.
When the big day arrived, I was excited and 48 . What if I threw a planting tree and 49 else came? But as I set out shovels(铁铲), my son and wife made cakes and doughnuts, 50 started to gather. Friends brought friends. Neighbors came with cousins and grandchildren. A local middle school even 51 with half the seventh grade. More than 300 people joined us.
Then Andy led us in a 52 : welcoming each tree into the world and 53 it name. After the ceremony, as I shook hands with volunteers and my neighbors, I 54 help but feel we’d accomplished 55 great. After all, trees need people, and people need trees.
A．friend B．interviewer C．president D．volunteer
A．bravely B．actively C．anxiously D．generously
A．supports B．affords C．shows D．provides
A．including B．considering C．containing D．reminding
A．For B．Without C．With D．Except
A．what B．which C．that D．how
A．cloud B．wind C．sky D．air
A．while B．if C．however D．as
A．You B．I C．They D．It
A．The other B．Another C．Other D．Others
A．resistance B．acceptance C．agreement D．praise
A．spent B．paid C．took D．covered
A．moved B．disappointed C．surprised D．nervous
A．everybody B．nobody C．somebody D．anybody
A．volunteers B．journalists C．friends D．neighbors
A．made up B．took up C．showed up D．cheered up
A．ceremony B．march C．activity D．celebration
A．calling B．leaving C．making D．giving
A．wouldn’t B．shouldn’t C．couldn’t D．needn’t
A．anything B．something C．nothing D．everything
In my whole childhood I focused on training to play professional soccer. Through the mid 90’s I 36 through Olympic training and on June 13,1997 I was 37 with a minor league team, when a 16-year-old boy ran a stop sign(闯红灯).That night 38 my life. I was on my motorcycle and got 39 by a car, partly disabling me six months. I lost most of my memory, 40 coma (昏迷)symptom and had to learn to 41 all over. During the coming 24 months of physical treatment I changed my 42 of life.
I began making 43 as if each day was my last day 44. Before the 45 , I was studying at a university. I was taught that the 46 of life was to study career skills and pursue financial 47. After returning from near death I went 48 searching. I traveled through the native reservation of the northern USA and witnessed the most extreme 49. I slowly realized there was so much more to 50 than just doing things for myself. I started listening to the people I met and 51 to help them any way possible.
Everywhere I stayed I met 52 people telling me stories about 53 the earth and making better use of nature’s energy. In 2005 my father quickly died from cancer and I 54 the desire to do much of anything for myself. I started looking for well-off people to aid those 55. I’ve ac
cumulated a list of people nearing life threatening situations or those trying to make a major effect on the world and now I try to help them full time.
A．advanced B．fought C．looked D．won
A．playing B．working C．competing D．coming
A．corrected B．influenced C．destroyed D．changed
A．run B．hit C．knocked D．stuck
A．spread B．caught C．showed D．suffered
A．walk B．talk C．eat D．drive
A．duty B．view C．course D．dream
A．decisions B．discoveries C．promises D．studies
A．possible B．available C．present D．alive
A．event B．experience C．difficulty D．disaster
A．reality B．value C．purpose D．content
A．balance B．situation C．stability D．expense
B．spirit C．heart D．soul
A．poverty B．anxiety C．anger D．simplicity
A．nature B．society C．life D．happiness
A．refused B．volunteered C．tended D．learned
A．wonderful B．famous C．wealthy D．cautious
A．developing B．exploring C．respecting D．understanding
A．realized B．controlled C．gained D．lost
A．in despair B．in need C．in touch D．in season
I ran across an old photo of him the other day, thinking of some old things. He’s been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.
36 was his favorite recreation(娱乐). He had so much 37 in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 38 him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you 39 throw one in.
That 40 me of that night, 41 he brought back a small box that he found somewhere--- how 42 nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 43 easily have been half a race. The box wasn’t a good one. It was just a 44 old piece that somebody 45. Still it was something he wanted, probably 46 there was some difficulty in transportation（运输）. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we 47 him trying to get the box up onto the porch(门厅). It sounded 48 two or three people were trying to tear the house 49 . We came downstairs and turned on the 50 light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 51somehow. And he was just holding his own(坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 52 dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a 53 place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token(象征)of his strength in such matters. 54, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 55 of his skill.
Every decision is made within a decision environment, which is defined as the collection of information, alternatives, values. Many decision makers have a(n) 50 to seek more information than required to make a good decision. When too much information is sought and obtained, one or more of several 51 can arise.
﹡ A 52in the decision occurs because of the time required to obtain and process the extra information.
﹡ 53 overload will occur. In this state, so much information is available that decision-making ability actually 54 because the information in its entirety can no longer be managed or assessed 55 . A major problem caused by information overload is 56 . When too much information is taken into memory, especially in a short period of time, some of the information (often that received early on) will be pushed out.
﹡Selective use of the information will occur. 57 , the decision maker will choose from among all the information available only those facts which support a preconceived(预先构想的) solution or position.
﹡Mental fatigue occurs, which 58 slower work or poor quality work.
﹡ 59 fatigue occurs, where the decision maker tires of making decisions. Often the result is fast, careless decisions or no decisions are made at all.
The quantity of information that can be processed by the human mind is limited. Unless information is 60 selected, processing will be biased toward the first part of the information received. After that, the mind tires and begins to 61 subsequent information or forget earlier information.
A common 62 about decision making is that decisions are made in isolation from each other: you gather information, explore alternatives, and 63 , without regard to anything that has gone before. The fact is, decisions are made in a context of other decisions.
We might say, then every decision 64 from previous decisions: enables many future decisions, and assists other future decisions.
A．ability B．tendency C．quality D．strength
A．advantages B．agreements C．decisions D．problems
A．delay B．possibility C．solution D．settlement
A．Labor B．Knowledge C．Information D．Intelligence
A．eliminates B．declines C．qualifies D．promotes
A．relatively B．objectively C．appropriately D．personally
A．forgetfulness B．inconvenience C．uselessness D．disability
A．After all B．In addition C．In short D．That is to say
A．suffers from B．deals with C．results in D．applies to
A．Beauty B．Memory C．Sight D．Decision
A．accidentally B．consciously C．occasionally D．independently
A．ignore B．select C．store D．process
A．interest B．sense C．conclusion D．misunderstanding
A．draw a conclusion B．made a choice C．put it aside D．try it out
A．prevents B．decides C．infers D．follows
On my birthday this year, I decided to do something very different. I had been 36 so much and I wanted to reach out to bring happiness to someone else. So, that 37 , I bought some flowers and went to a hospital. I had no 38 who I was going to present the flowers to, but I would find someone who needed 39 .
I asked the nurses in the hospital, who thought it 40 that I didn’t have anyone in particular to see. 41 , they gave me the room number of a(n) 42 lady, who needed some comfort.
I entered the room with the flowers. The elderly woman looked up, staring at me 43 . She was greatly moved when I told her about my 44in being there. She was an amputee(被截肢者) and she explained to me that she was very worried 45 they were going to fit her with prosthetic leg(假肢). She knew that as she was getting used to the “ 46 ”leg, she would be in 47 .
Later, in the following two hours, we 48 a lot and both felt very happy. I 49 until it was dark. I will always remember how 50 she was the moment she received the flowers from me—a 51 . She called me her angel and said she had no more 52 .
I 53 that story with my neighbor and she 54 that she was going to do the same thing on her birthday. And I hope that she will 55 others to be kind and do the same thing. You never know you might be considered someone’s angel one day.
A．shown B．told C．given D．bought
A．dusk B．afternoon C．hour D．night
A．belief B．sense C．message D．idea
A．paying attention to B．cheering up C．looking after D．looking down upon
A．strange B．lucky C．difficult D．true
A．Instead B．Still C．Besides D．Therefore
A．young B．old C．happy D．strong
A．angrily B．suddenly C．quickly D．confusedly
A．purpose B．experience C．failure D．trouble
A．unless B．but C．because D．until
A．thin B．long C．short D．new
A．surprise B．pain C．need D．sight
A．talked B．asked C．imagined D．smiled
A．left B．stood C．stayed D．rested
A．painful B．shy C．embarrassed D．moved
A．stranger B．friend C．relative D．doctor
A．fun B．interest C．fear D．challenge
A．repeated B．shared C．said D．told
A．agreed B．forgot C．joked D．promised
A．force B．warm C．allow D．encourage