Dash of Hope
“Dash” is a symbol which represents every day we’ve spent alive on earth. Therefore, how you spend your “dash” is important.
Recently I 36 about a little girl named Hope. After learning more about her life, I couldn’t help but feel it was not by 37 , nor happenstance（意外事件）, that she had been named “Hope”. The strong feeling of sympathy and generosity 38 in her young heart made a lasting impression on me and countless others. 39 I never had the opportunity to meet her, I wish I had. It seems as though she was wise beyond her tender years and very, very special.
Hope was a twelve-year-old girl who was 40 a “wish” in early December 2010 by the “Make-A-Wish” Foundation after being 41 that she had a rare type of bone cancer. However, when she found out that more than 150 42 in her area were waiting for their wishes to be achieved , she unselfishly used her wish to 43 that those children have their wishes granted. She also asked that it be done 44 January 16, 2011. Unfortunately, however, the organization informed her that her 45 request could not be granted as the funds were simply 46 . They calculated that they would need to raise more than one 47 dollars in thirty days in order to grant her wish. 48 , but not discouraged, she turned her disappointment into an enthusiasm that inspired caring 49 to take up helping grant the wishes of the other children, and eventually 50 as well. Newspaper columnists and reporters for radio and TV stations 51 the story of this caring young girl who had 52 the hearts of so many and as word spread, the community was challenged. Committees were fanned and schools, corporations and various organizations assisted in 53 money to help make Hope’s dream come true.
Her efforts were not in vain as they continue to help others, not only 54 , but spiritually and emotionally as well. At the gathering to celebrate her life, “A Celebration of Hope” on January 16, 2011 , the 55 was made that they had indeed received donations totaling more than one million dollars. Her wish had been granted!
A．heard B．thought C．cared D．talked
A．coincidence B．independence C．convenience D．intelligence
A．lost B．carried C．expected D．housed
A．Until B．Unless C．Though D．If
A．expressed B．offered C．made D．sent
A．recognized B．informed C．reminded D．understood
A．children B．citizens C．villagers D．relatives
A．suggest B．ask C．arrange D．order
A．for B．to C．on D．by
A．final B．formal C．simple D．noble
A．unbearable B．unbelievable C．unavailable D．uncomfortable
A．thousand B．hundred C．million D．billion
A．Disappointed B．Surprised C．Worried D．Embarrassed
A．committees B．individuals C．corporations D．organizations
A．theirs B．ours C．hers D．yours
A．wrote B．read C．broadcast D．shared
A．touched B．examined C．won D．opened
A．finding B．spending C．raising D．borrowing
A．perfectly B．physically C．healthily D．thankfully
A．proposal B．decision C．conclusion D．announcement
The word “plastic” comes from the Greek word “Platicos” and is used to describe_1_which can be easily shaped.
The history of plastics is longer than you might_2_.In fact _3_ manmade plastics ever to appear on the market was made over a hundred years ago. It was called “celluloid(赛璐璐)”.It was discovered by both an Englishman and an American in the same year._4_it was the Americans who first produced it on a large scale during the year 1860.Everybody was _5_by this new material which could be moulded (用模子做) into shapes and _6_so cheap to buy.
Poor young men _7_in cities with lots of smoke and dirt were_8_ to buy white celluloid collars(领子).The collars were hard and uncomfortable. But they did not have to be sent to wash. The poor young men _9_ rub them clean every evening with soap and water! Poor mothers,
_10_ had not been able to afford playthings _11_their children, were now able to buy them playthings _12_ of celluloid. But celluloid had one very serious fault. It caught fire very easily. In fact it burned even more quickly than wood or cloth. There were many terrible accidents, particularly _13_ children. For years scientists worked hard to find a better plastic material than celluloid. They had _14_ success. Then in 1932 an American scientist called Baekeland produced a hard plastic material which did not burn. _15_ became known _16_ bakelite(酚醛塑料).Other plastic materials like bakelite were _17_ produced. They _18_ to make electrical fittings and plates and cups. Poor people liked them because they were both cheap and safe, but rich people _19_ them because they were cheap, and because they could only be made _20_dark colours.
1. A. something B. everything C. thing D. anything
2. A. wish B. think C. want D. hope
3. A. first B. at first C. for the first D. the first
4. A. So B. But C. And D. As
5. A. surprised B. excited C. told D. frightened
6. A. be B. were C. was D. is
7. A. waiting B. running C. walking D. working
8. A. goingB. sure C. about D. able
9. A. could B. ought to C. must D. should
10. A. which B. who C. whom D. that
11. A. for B. like C. in D. of
12. A. done B. produced C. worked D. made
13. A. between B. on C. among D. about
14. A. much B. great. C. never D. little
15. A. The man B. He C. It D. The scientist
16. A. as B. with C. by D. to
17. A. already B. still C. also D. yet
18. A. used B. hoped C. were used D. had
19. A. took B. loved C. enjoyed D. disliked
20. A. in B. by C. fromD. of
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 1she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished2a driving offence (犯规，犯法).
Then one day she nearly 3her record. A police car4her, and the policemen in it saw her 5a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed6that she would be punished.
7Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 8old to drive a car, and that the9why she had not stopped at the red 10was most probably that her eyes had become weak 11old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 12, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was13and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 14a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had 15done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed16the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 17. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the 18and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was 19, and her record 20unbroken.
1. A. whichB. whenC. thatD. this
2. A. aboutB. on C. toD. for
3. A. kept B. wonC. missedD. lost
4. A. watchedB. after C. followedD. ran after
5. A. pass B. go C. runD. rush
6. A. sure B. indeedC. certainD. perhaps
7. A. BeforeB. WhileC. UntilD. When
8. A. so B. very C. tooD. quite
9. A. causeB. reasonC. matterD. trouble
10. A. lightB. lamp C. sign D. one
11. A. withB. becauseC. for D. of
12. A. speakingB. sayingC. talkingD. telling
13. A. holdingB. getting C. carryingD. bringing
14. A. took B. brought C. pickedD. chose
15. A. almostB. hardly C. successfullyD. successful
16. A. both B. all C. neitherD. either
17. A. time B. turn C. chanceD. job
18. A. thread B. glasses C. needlesD. needle
19. A. dismissedB. passedC. settled D. studied
20. A. was B. kept C. seemedD. remained
Some time ago, two navy officers made a journey to the deepest point on the earth. The two men went down seven miles to the__1__of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball to find out if there are any__2__of life.
They set out early so that the ball would come to the surface in the__3__and so be easily found by the mother ship. The divers began__4__at dawn and soon afterwards the ball__5__under the surface of the water.
__6__, the temperature dropped to freezing point and the men trembled inside the ball. They kept in touch with the mother ship by telephone__7__how they felt. At a depth of 3,000 feet, the telephone stopped working and they were quite cut__8__from the outside world. At 30,000 feet, the men were shocked by a sudden loud__9__- even the smallest hole in the ball would have__10__instant death. Luckily, it was only one of the outer windows__11__had broken.
Soon afterwards, the ball__12__the soft ocean floor, raising a big cloud of "dust" made__13__different kinds of small, dead sea animals. Here, powerful lights lit up the __14__water. The men were surprised to see fish swimming just above them, quite__15__ by the very large water pressure. But they did not__16__to leave lights on for long, as the great__17__from them made the water boil. Quite__18__, the telephone began working again and the weak__19__ clear voices of the officers were heard on the mother ship. After a__20__of thirty minutes the men began their journey up, arriving three hours later.
1. A. foot B. base C. bottom D. tip
2. A. marks B. signs C. signals D. messages
3. A. evening B. night C. secret D. daytime
4. A. diving B. rising C. traveling D. preparations
5. A. disappeared B. floated C. threw D. flew
6. A. In time B. On time C. At times D. At one time
7. A. guiding B. realizing C. describing D. imagining
8. A. down B. over C. off D. out
9. A. voice B. noiseC. explosion D. shout
10. resulted B. suggested C. meant D. saved
11. A. where B. that C. which D. whose
12. A. touched B. visited C. attacked D. landed
13. A. of B. fromC. up of D. into
14. A. green B. blue C. dark D. hot
15. A. unbelieved B. unchanged C. uncovered D. untroubled
16. A. use B. need C. dare D. think
17. A. light B. heat C. pressure D. sound
18. A. unexpected B. uncovered C. unknown D. uncontrolled
19. A. or B. and C. but D. either
20. A. living B. stay C. rest D. break
Miss Lovely began to work in our office last year. She thought she was__1__and hardly talked with us. Her house was a little far from our company and she had to go to work __2__ every day.
Of course, she had to spend a lot of __3__on this. She decided to have her own car, and began to __4__how to drive two months ago. Now she was able to drive, but had to__5__a licence before she could buy a car. It took her a week to__6__the traffic regulations. She was sure she would__7__the examinations.
It was finally time for her to take the examinations yesterday. Miss Lovely didn't come to work. We__8__she would drive her new car to our company this morning. But to our__9__she came here by taxi and didn't tell anybody about it. None of us asked her the__10__but her face clearly showed she had__11__in the exams.
This afternoon one of our workmates told us __12__had happened to the girl when she was__13__. Yesterday the chief examiner had asked her some questions, but she could answer only a __14__. For example, "Would you run over a man or a dog if you see them both in the middle of the__15__?"
"Of course I'd run over the dog, sir", Miss Lovely answered without __16__.
"I'm sorry to tell you, Miss Lovely," the examiner shook his__17__and said, "you have to take the examination again!"
"I don't think my answers were__18__, sir," the girl said in a hurry. "I__19__ run over a man, you know!"
"I agree with your__20__, Miss Lovely," the chief examiner said with a smile. "but why not brake (刹车)?"
1. A. oldB. foolish C. clever D. kind
2. A. by taxi B. by train C. on foot D. by plane
3. A. time B. money C. energy D. room
4. A. teach B. plan C. operate D. learn
5. A. findB. apply for C. look for D. make
6. A. learn B. forget C. teach D. break
7. A. take B. prepare C. explain D. pass
8. A. suggested B. described C. thought D. replied
9. A. surpriseB. joy C. anger D. pleasure
10. A. name B. reason C. rule D. notice
11. A. believed B. heard C. found D. failed
12. A. why B. how C. what D. when
13. A. ill B. alone C. in D. out
14. A. few B. several C. all D. lot
15. A. room B. playground C. hospital D. road
16. A. asking B. thinking C. discussing D. advising
17. A. foot B. noseC. ears D. head
18. A. wrong B. correct C. right D. true
19. A. can B. need C. can't D. needn't
20. A. car B. opinion C. fact D. purpose
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. He had wanted a beautiful 36in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well 37 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day came near, the young man expected 38 that his father had bought the gift .39, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his own 40. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He 41 his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.
Curious, and somewhat 42 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely leather bound Bible，with the young man’s name written in gold. Angry, he 43.his voice to his father, and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” and 44 out of the house.
Many years passed and the young man was very 45.in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but 46.his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to see him.47 he could make arrangements, he received a telegram 48 him his father had passed away and willed all of his 49 to his son. When he arrived at his father’s, sudden sadness and regret 50 his heart. He began to 51 his father’s important papers and saw the still new gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had 52 it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully 53 a verse(诗),Matthew 7-11,“And if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?”
As he read those words, a car key 54 from the back of the Bible. It had a tag(标签) with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the 55 of his graduation, and the words:PAID IN FULL.
36.A.computer B.bike C.car D.recorder
37.A.pay B.buy C.support D.afford
38.A.signs B.facts C.marks D.results
39.A.However B.Finally C.Quietly D.Actually
40.A.house B.room C.study D.office
41.A.gave B.handed C.showed D.presented
42.A.excited B.nervous C.interested D.disappointed
43.A.raised B.changed C.improved D.increased
44.A.ran B.went C.walked D.stormed
45.A.busy B.successful C.comfortable D.happy
46.A.remembered B.realized C.knew D.considered
47.A.When B.As C.After D.Before
48.A.informing B.announcing C.telling D.discovering
49.A.treasures B.possessions C.clothing D.eagerness
50.A.filled B.caught C.attacked D.beat
51.A.pick up B.remind of C.search through D.refer to
52.A.seen B.got C.left D.thrown
53.A.made B.written C.underlined D.designed
54.A.dropped B.appeared C.rolled D.showed
55.A.year B.date C.moment D.day