Don’t shoot butterflies with guns.
Can you 36 someone running after a butterfly with a gun in his hands? Won’t such stupidity make you burst out laughing? But wait. Stop and consider how often you might have done something 37 .
A hen, Henny-Penny, lived in a forest with many other animals and birds. One fine, sunny morning, she was busy looking for 38 in the ground. Suddenly she let out a frightened cackle (咯咯叫) with wings flapping 39 . A dry leaf had fallen down on her, and she went 40 at whoever she met, “Run, run for your lives; the sky is falling.” The other creatures stopped whatever they were doing. Some ran behind Henny-Penny, screaming warnings with her, while others 41 the unfounded story that the sky was falling.
We all have 42 people like this hen. The rest of us are like the other foolish creatures who didn’t stop to verify (证实) the 43 for themselves. They shoot butterflies with guns. They just will not think for themselves. Why don’t people think for themselves? Often because of laziness, or because they don’t want to be 44 for their way of thinking.
Walking through life 45 is more dangerous than crossing a busy road with eyes closed. Our thoughts should lead us towards the light of wisdom and sense. Our thinking should be high, 46 us to the ranks of the sensible. We have been blessed with reasoning, sensitive minds. Let us make use of them and be 47 of our own minds. Don’t let your mind be enslaved by someone else. Stop, think and then go ahead.
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A．suggest B．imagine C．recall D．prevent
A．different B．extraordinary C．unusual D．similar
A．trees B．worms C．nests D．leaves
A．in delight B．in cheer C．in fear D．in amazement
A．screaming B．staring C．praising D．criticizing
A．recite B．edit C．spread D．print
A．come across B．searched for C．looked after D．cared about
A．impact B．process C．advantage D．truth
A．desperate B．good C．regretful D．responsible
A．speechlessly B．hopelessly C．mindlessly D．homelessly
A．declining B．raising C．wiping D．smoothing
A．masters B．slaves C．authors D．employees
I saw the old man, with his untidy clothes and messy hair, as he dashed between the rows of the department store. He was trying to be ordinary but he was hard not to __21 .
He 22 the saleswoman and with a slight 23 , possibly German, asked where the women’s shoes were sold. “Fourth floor.” She responded in a voice I could hear 10 miles away. “Pardon? Where did you say they were?” he asked again, apparently 24 . Clearly the old man was somewhat 25 “Fourth floor, sir,” the friendly saleswoman replied patiently, this time so 26 that customers turned to see what was causing the 27 .
I continued watching as the man thanked the saleswoman and 28 for what I assumed was the fourth floor. But rather than walk to the 29 or the lift, he dashed behind a shelf, took out a notebook and started writing hurriedly, with an almost mad 30 on his face. Then he went straight up to another saleswoman and asked where the women’s shoes were sold. Again he asked her to 31 the answer and once more he walked away and took down some notes.
He did this three more times before a department store 32 , thinking him mad, removed him from the store. But rather than be 33 , the old man departed with a huge smile on his face. Although the incident was 34 , it was not until a year later, during my first year of university, that I gave it any further 35 . I walked into my language classroom and met my professor. It was that very same man.
A．see B．notice C．neglect D．find
A．followed B．interviewed C．chose D．approached
A．doubt B．voice C．accent D．smile
A．confused B．amused C．annoyed D．tired
A．silly B．shy C．deaf D．weak
A．angrily B．loudly C．suddenly D．quickly
A．disturbance B．accident C．pleasure D．quarrel
A．put away B．passed away C．pulled away D．headed off
A．shoes B．stairs C．exit D．sign
A．confusion B．appearance C．pain D．expression
A．reply B．recite C．repeat D．retell
A．security-guard B．customer C．saleswoman D．policeman
A．excited B．embarrassed C．relaxed D．moved
A．unusual B．serious C．dangerous D．unforgettable
A．wonder B．sense C．thought D．idea
Mrs. Evens was home from work. She had just gone into the kitchen to make the afternoon tea _36_ she saw a mouse running around on the kitchen floor. She 37 and jumped up on the table. As soon as the mouse had disappeared, she jumped off from the 38 , rushed out of the kitchen, _39 her coat, ran out of the house and got on a bus 40 was going into the town. There she hurried into a shop and 41 a large mouse-trap（捕鼠夹）. She wanted to put 42 to this mouse as quickly as 43 .
When she got home 44 the trap, she realized that she had forgotten 45 any cheese （奶酪）to put in it. She searched everywhere 46 there was 47 in the house. It was too late to buy any because now all the shops were 48 . She wondered what to do. In the end she 49 a clever idea. She took a pair of scissors and cut a picture of a piece of cheese 50 a magazine. Then she put the picture in the trap 51 a piece of cheese.
The next 52 Mrs. Evans came down to the 53 and went straight away to the place 54 she had put the trap. She wanted to see if her plan had 55 . The picture of the cheese had gone and in its place was a picture of a mouse.
A．where B．what C．while D．when
A．laughed B．cried C．surprised D．pleased
A．table B．floor C．house D．kitchen
A．put on B．have on C．wore D．dressed in
A．it B．when C．which D．as
A．asked B．bought C．sold D．left
A．a cheese B．an end C．a mouse D．a picture
A．possible B．he could C．possibly D．she can
A．for B．out C．with D．without
A．to sell B．to eat C．to let D．to buy
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．none B．not one C．no D．anything
A．open B．shut C．close D．on show
A．had B．brought C．thought D．used
A．away B．by C．out of D．on
A．instead of B．including C．instead D．with
A．afternoon B．hour C．evening D．morning
A．cooking room B．bathroom C．reading room D．sitting room
A．that B．what C．which D．where
A．worked B．took C．changed D．made
Last year was the first year when I taught the fifth grade. Recently, I’ve been 1 by a “graduated ”student for the first time. I was really surprised when he walked into my home.
He hasn’t physically changed much since 2 my class last year and if I had had to guess who would come to visit me first. I wouldn’t have thought of him. Carlos was a student who had a hard time sitting 3in the beginning of last year. He would often 4 to go to the bathroom, and he’d talk or look like he was falling asleep because of little sleep. He often needed 5in doing anything that other students could do well on their own.
I found out that the reason for his behavior in my classroom was that he had been 6 nightmares(噩梦)about his border-crossing experience. He was 7 that the immigration office would take him or his parents to prison or back to their 8 . And here he was in my class trying to learn a(n) 9 language, which he had never touched before.
When he was in my class, one thing that stood out was that he had a(n) 10 time speaking English. But when he walked in my room yesterday, all of that was missing. In walked a calm, 11 boy who spoke and understood English far better than when he left me in June. He even 12 to speak to my class in the sixth grade in English. He told me he remembered doing sign language and the video I made to help him 13 his English.
His visit 14a lot to me not only because he has made great progress, but also because it reminded me what it means to be a teacher ----- to have a lasting influence on 15 .
A．treated B．recognized C．visited D．invited
A．leaving B．attending C．teaching D．organizing
A．promise B．ask C．continue D．plan
A．notice B．help C．time D．work
A．suffering B．making C．receiving D．destroying
A．angry B．sorry C．afraid D．disappointed
A．boss B．school C．street D．country
A．interesting B．new C．easy D．useless
A．unforgettable B．enjoyable C．difficult D．funny
A．hard-working B．naughty C．rich D．confident
A．pretended B．offered C．refused D．feared
A．improve B．copy C．examine D．find
A．threw B．pulled C．took D．meant
A．audience B．parents C．students D．speakers
Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing 41 was something she picked up by herself. After her first 42 , teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. 43 , writing stories was simply a 44 interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商).45 , they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long 46 and paid Tracy a $50,000 in advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for 47 writer.”
48 Tracy’s characters (人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes 49 readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could 50 the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have 51 when things come to me52 .” Once, she was wondering how to complete a 53 set in ancient (古代的) China. 54 the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese 55 . It came without her having 56 it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained 57 by her fame. She lives in the same 58 she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for 59in her life----and it wasn’t just 60 .
A．method B．experience C．practice D．skill
A．job B．effort C．duty D．task
A．Instead B．Then C．Certainly D．Normally
A．general B．deep C．personal D．lively
A．Interested B．Anxiously C．Seriously D．Encouraged
A．film B．story C．program D．article
A．a foreign B．a popular C．an unusual D．an unknown
A．Even though B．Now that C．Just because D．Except that
A．find B．turn C．leave D．hold
A．make up B．connect with C．control D．explain
A．events B．chances C．feelings D．moments
A．for no reason B．from a distance C．by accident D．as gifts
A．description B．pointing C．scene D．talk
A．Surprisingly B．Suddenly C．Expectedly D．Fortunately
A．cooking B．history C．play D．medicine
A．known B．sent C．realized D．ordered
A．unchanged B．excited C．determined D．unmoved
A．life B．city C．house D．way
A．success B．work C．joy D．variety
A．luck B．reporting C．writing D．fun
A student went to college(大学) after_41_ all his school examinations. There he put his name down for world geography. _42_after taking the first lecture on the first day, he did not go to class any_43_. The teacher noticed that this student was _44_ absent (缺课) and thought that he had changed to_45__class. He was very_46_when he saw the boy's name on the list(名单) of students __47_ wanted to take the geography examination _48_ the end of the year.
The teacher had prepared a difficult examination paper, which covered__49__he had taught, and he was eager(急切) to see_50__this student answered the questions. He expected that his answer would be very_51__. But when he examined his paper carefully, he found only one small mistake in it.__52__ this surprised him very much, he went through the paper__53__, but was still not able to find__54___one mistake, so he sent__55___the student to ask him about his work..
When the student had__56___the room, the teacher said to him, “I know that you came to my class only once on the first day and that you have been absent from all the others. Yet I have found only one small mistake in your paper.__57___ is that?”
“Oh, I'm sorry about that mistake, sir, ”answered the student. “After the examination, I realized __58___I ought to have written. I would not have made that mistake___59___I had not been confused(弄糊涂) by your ___60___lecture.”
A．having B．taking C．passing D．failing
A．So B．But C．However D．And
A．much B．many C．long D．longer
A．always B．once C．never D．sometimes
A．another B．the other C．other D．others
A．angry B．happy C．sorry D．surprised
A．which B．what C．who D．whom
A．in B．at C．after D．by
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．what B．when C．how D．why
A．good B．full C．nice D．bad
A．For B．As C．So D．Though
A．two rimes B．twice C．once D．again once
A．more than B．other C．the other D．more
A．with B．to C．up D．for
A．reached to B．arrived to C．arrived D．come into
A．When B．What C．How D．Which
A．where B．why C．what D．when
A．unless B．if C．because D．as
A．first B．last C．latest D．certain