That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother 36 me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, ___37___,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
A．forces B．allows C．causes D．forbids
A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．besides
A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school D．market
A．interesting B．surprising C．awful D．useful
A．noticed B．recognized C．called D．assisted
A．back B．handle C．wheel D．seat
A．searched B．left C．moved D．wandered
A．stopped B．started C．intended D．finished
A．crossed B．slipped C．disturbed D．inspired
A．attractive B．shiny C．simple D．expensive
A．repairmen B．businessmen C．drivers D．cyclists
A．busy B．content C．careful D．bored
A．waving B．looking C．laughing D．pointing
A．about B．for C．with D．like
A．worry B．respect C．sympathy D．pride
A．cleaning B．fixing C．replacing D．covering
A．still B．yet C．again D．soon
A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．fact
A．business B．living C．success D．right
A．tired B．doubtful C．fearful D．ashamed
Every morning a woman made some bread for members of her family and an extra piece for whoever needed it. She would always the extra piece on the windowsill(窗台).
She noticed an old man came every day and took the extra piece without expressing his _ . This went on day after day. The woman felt very . In order to punish him, she decided to add to the bread she prepared for him! As she was about to place it on the windowsill, she and gave up eventually. Immediately, she prepared another one and put it on the windowsill. , the man came that day, picked up the bread and left, totally unaware of the anger in the heart of the woman.
That evening, there was a on the door. As she opened it, she was to find her son standing in the doorway. He had gone to a distant place to his fortune. For many months she had heard no news of him.
Looking at his mother he said weakly, “Mom, it is truly that I’m here. My business failed so I had to beg for food on my way home. I would have died this morning, but just then an old man passed by. He was enough to give me a piece of bread, and said, “This is what I eat every day. Today, I shall give it to you, for your is greater than mine! ”
As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She remembered the poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not thrown it away, it would have been eaten by her own son and he would have lost his life!
A．cut B．taste C．place D．sell
A．appreciation B．concern C．regret D．sympathy
A．strange B．sad C．satisfied D．angry
A．sugar B．salt C．poison D．milk
A．agreed B．hesitated C．accepted D．understood
A．As usual B．On the way C．As a result D．On earth
A．message B．key C．knife D．knock
A．curious B．surprised C．nervous D．disappointed
A．assess B．spend C．seek D．bring
A．normal B．amazing C．terrible D．necessary
A．kind B．smart C．unique D．mean
A．strength B．job C．help D．need
My First Trip in the United States
I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my . On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man-made . me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something . Since I couldn't speak a single word of English, I couldn't tell the what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some , but he didn't understand me. Finally, I ordered the thing as the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn't fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to .
A．took off B．landed C．dropped D．reached
A．hot B．warm C．cold D．cool
A．look B．listen C．enjoy D．mind
A．home B．hotel C．office D．school
A．first B．one C．last D．only
A．satellites B．lakes C．beauty D．parks
A．Helped B．Helping C．Had helped D．Being helped
A．Before long B．Shortly after C．Soon D．Then
A．restaurant B．shop C．supermarket D．pub
A．to drink B．to read C．to eat D．to listen
A．boss B．cook C．waiter D．waitress
A．voices B．suggestions C．sounds D．gestures
A．similar B．different C．same D．right
A．looking B．ordering C．picking D．eating
A．until B．when C．before D．after
A．tired B．stopped C．determined D．continued
A．anything B．everything C．something D．some things
A．asleep B．awake C．afraid D．alive
A．noise B．voices C．streets D．places
A．drive a car B．cook meals C．teach Chinese D．speak English
Not long ago I wasn't doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and thinking. While on the Internet, I met many new friends, but one in particular . His nickname is Colorful Day, and we on the web. He told me he lost his at age 15 and felt the whole world had closed its door to him.
He was so fast that I couldn't believe he was blind! But he continued to ，“ Five years ago, I realized it was time to change my life. I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life . So I developed a website about her life mine called "Three Days to See".
I visited his website which was well produced and vividly .
I asked, "How did you to build such a website?" He said, "Thanks to the new technology, I can use software specially for the blind. I point the cursor (光标), it will just read it out to me. We can do far more things and more information than we could before. "
I then asked, "Didn't you have great difficulty with it?" He hesitated and then began his with a smiling face, "Yes, but I have faith in myself to my colorful days. And modern technology gives me this medium and to do it. "
His attitude towards life made me believe that our destiny offers not the cup of despair, the chalice (高脚杯) of opportunity. I returned to my lessons, with a smile on my face and with of a colorful future.
The Internet, which opened to me to different lives and cultures, has a charm you can't find in another wise non-virtual world.
A．positive B．active C．negative D．instructive
A．turns out B．stands out C．comes out D．looks out
A．argued B．interviewed C．told D．chatted
A．eyesight B．hearing C．courage D．confidence
A．speaking B．saying C．typing D．spelling
A．follow B．write C．read D．copy
A．friendship B．marriage C．happiness D．hardship
A．as well as B．such as C．like D．as
A．offered B．presented C．delivered D．found
A．try B．come C．work D．manage
A．designed B．sold C．planned D．imagined
A．Whether B．However C．Whatever D．Wherever
A．send B．access C．communicate D．exchange
A．webpage B．speech C．words D．opinions
A．create B．produce C．recognize D．organize
A．moment B．change C．opportunity D．occasion
A．hopeful B．disappointed C．pleasant D．optimistic
A．but B．and C．so D．then
A．eagerness B．expectation C．richness D．nervousness
A．touch B．fell C．experience D．suffer
As a single mother, I had to do two jobs, which kept me very busy.
Two months ago, I went to a with Alice. Since I went out with her, she seemed very happy. Many parents were there with their children. I sat down on a bench, Alice playing with other children. About half an hour later, a man of about forty years old came and beside me. As I had to go back to work, I stood up and told Alice that we had to .
"Can I stay here a little longer?” Alice pleaded.
"No, we must go now, " I said, Alice just didn't move.
"Just ten more minutes, " she pleaded again, and I became .
"Go now, " I , and Alice started to cry. that, the man sitting on the stood up and came to us.
"Why don't you just let her ten more minutes?" he asked. Then he told me a . He used to be very busy, too. Every time his little son wanted to go out and play, he told him he was . One day, his son went out and played , and he didn't come back again—he was hit by a driver of a car. The father regretted what he had done to his son, but he never had the 31 to play with him again. Hearing the story, I . 1 knelt down and said to Alice, "OK, ten more minutes, and Mom will play you. "
is all about making priorities (优先). What are your priorities? Give someone you 35 ten more minutes of your time today.
A．park B．school C．sea D．cinema
A．sometimes B．often C．usually D．hardly
A．keeping B．hearing C．finding D．watching
A．got off B．sat down C．broke in D．turned up
A．go B．shop C．change D．eat
A．because B．as C．but D．so
A．sad B．pleased C．angry D．excited
A．whispered B．wished C．begged D．shouted
A．Knowing B．Seeing C．Hoping D．Thinking
A．ground B．chair C．bench D．stone
A．run B．play C．do D．laugh
A．story B．joke C．way D．lie
A．busy B．lonely C．boring D．ill
A．suddenly B．alone C．happily D．crazily
A．blind B．kind C．drunken D．good
A．energy B．interest C．heart D．chance
A．stayed up B．took part C．calmed down D．came back
A．behind B．with C．for D．under
A．Choice B．Joy C．Work D．Life
A．appreciate B．dislike C．admire D．love
Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn't just want a small in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out and drew the 1, 500-mile route along which I would be from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I my plans with my dad, he as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous from him, he was all for it.
I had only been away from my three days now, but there was an inner going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I could make it. The other part of me was ready to to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.
On the road, I met another who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of . It encouraged me not to .
As I listened to my artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled (踩踏板) with my feet. There was around me for miles. , that wasn't entirely true. There were mosquitoes一 millions of them. My arms were so dotted with that they looked like a topographical map (地形图). But, however it would be, nothing could stop my advance towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.
A．meeting B．party C．conversation D．lecture
A．flight B．interview C．trip D．performance
A．instructions B．maps C．magazines D．newspapers
A．walking B．biking C．flying D．running
A．shared B．compared C．prepared D．changed
A．left B．sighed C．agreed D．cried
A．stories B．hobbies C．skills D．spirits
A．home B．school C．hotel D．office
A．request B．activity C．battle D．discussion
A．certainly B．reasonably C．usually D．really
A．turn B．reply C．prove D．adapt
A．driver B．jogger C．bicyclis D．pilot
A．slowly B．alone C．patiently D．worriedly
A．humour B．direction C．satisfaction D．balance
A．calm down B．break down C．speed up D．give up
A．personal B．favourite C．professional D．successful
A．nobody B．everybody C．anything D．everything
A．Firstly B．Eventually C．Actually D．Fortunately
A．wounds B．cuts C．dots D．bites
A．boring B．difficult C．complex D．confusing