After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, 2011, many touching stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.
I had to walk home since all the 36 had stopped after the quake. On my way home I 37 an old Japanese lady at the bakery shop who was giving out free bread, which made my heart 38 . A middle-aged Japanese man was holding a sign that read, “Please use our 39 .” He was 40 his house for people to go to the restroom.
My friend wanted to 41 others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will 42 you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to a faraway place!
Then the next day I drove to 43 my car with gas. There was a 44 of gas now and many gasoline stations were either closed or had very 45 lines. I got 46 , since I was behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my 47 , the man smiled and said, “ 48 this situation, we are only selling each person $ 30 worth of gas. Is that alright?” “Of course, I’m just glad that we are all able to 49 ,” I said. His smile gave me so much 50 .
I saw a man at the evacuation (疏散) center 51 when people brought food to him, It was the first time in three days that food has been brought to their center. However, after he wiped the tears, his next 52 surprised me. “I am very 53 that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t 54 any food at all. Please go to that centre as well.” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this 55 .
A．traffic B．rescue C．communication D．businesses
A．missed B．caught C．noticed D．heard
A．hungry B．soft C．broken D．warm
A．toilet B．hotel C．hospital D．house
A．advertising B．opening C．repairing D．decorating
A．encourage B．save C．charge D．help
A．drive B．follow C．lead D．bring
A．start B．fill C．check D．wash
A．plenty B．lack C．variety D．kind
A．direct B．straight C．long D．short
A．worried B．lucky C．excited D．annoyed
A．time B．turn C．duty D．decision
A．Apart from B．Together with C．Because of D．Instead of
A．share B．offer C．tolerate D．transform
A．comfort B．fun C．trouble D．entertainment
A．waiting B．grabbing C．sleeping D．crying
A．promises B．roles C．actions D．words
A．upset B．grateful C．surprised D．proud
A．bought B．supplied C．prepared D．received
A．city B．center C．lesson D．disaster
Alcohol is often taken as a symbol of a special celebration or as a sign of friendship. So it is to see people toasting with a large glass of alcohol to the health or fortune. Unfortunately, every year, alcohol also ruins thousands of lives and destroys many happy families.
Some people drink alcohol to their tension or pain. They mistakenly think that through drinking, they can from their problems and worries. But it is never a . During those hours of drinking, alcohol only numbs their senses and makes them forget their worries. However, when they wake up, their problems are still unsolved.
A alcohol drinker is running the great risks of getting heart diseases and liver failure. Too much alcohol taken into the body system, death will occur. Alcohol also affects unborn babies disastrously. Those pregnant mothers with alcohol in their blood system risk causing their unborn babies to suffer from defects (缺陷) at birth. , babies are innocent victims due to their mothers’ mistakes. Therefore they should be extremely cautious of any alcohol and it is better to all drinking during pregnancy.
Drunken driving is one of the worst of alcohol abuse. Every year, many lives are lost due to driving on roads and highways. A drunk driver cannot see and judge the distance clearly and will find it difficult to control his vision and on the road, so he fails to control over his reflexes. That is how accidents occur. Not only does he hurt himself but also other innocent road users.
A．normal B．ideal C．common D．regular
A．increase B．create C．produce D．relieve
A．differ B．escape C．solve D．cancel
A．solution B．success C．fact D．decision
A．social B．addicted C．heavy D．light
A．seldom B．hardly C．eventually D．strongly
A．proper B．excessive C．little D．no
A．After all B．Above all C．First of all D．All in all
A．run out B．leave out C．carry out D．cut out
A．reasons B．effects C．causes D．examples
A．normal B．careless C．dangerous D．drunken
A．judgment B．patience C．emotion D．imagination
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an__ delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
A．difference B．research C．speech D．discovery
A．earn B．lack C．spend D．steal
A．experienced B．connected C．cooperated D．experimented
A．strikes B．flashes C．happens D．attempts
A．appeal B．request C．suggestion D．demand
A．story B．damage C．challenge D．material
A．call B．hold C．cheer D．pick
A．possession B．trouble C．place D．charge
A．plus B．without C．for D．before
A．process B．goal C．return D．concern
A．replied B．addressed C．driven D．brought
A．invitation B．apology C．complaint D．appreciation
A．discussing B．providing C．applying D．starting
A．enough B．extra C．no D．other
A．admitting B．relating C．buying D．waiting
A．positive B．shocked C．discouraged D．optimistic
A．doorway B．window C．home D．yard
A．unfamiliar B．unexpected C．unknown D．uncertain
A．in case B．now that C．even if D．rather
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．Everything
I was driving in my car the other day. The sun was out, the radio was playing, and I was ____ along. The song was a ____ one and even my weak voice sounded good singing it. Then it ____, however. The sweet sound of the music ____ and there came the ____ news. Gas prices ____ again. Fans of two sports teams got into fight. I sighed and wondered about this ____ world we live in.
____, I could take no more and turned off the _____. Silence seemed preferable to listening to ____ else about the crazy, competitive society we live in. I slowed down as I entered a town and ____ the people as I drove by. A tall man was ____ an elderly lady out of a car and helping her place her walker so she could go into store. A smiling woman was ____ food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the ____ being laid out before them. A young man was walking along, carrying his ____ safely in his arms. When the daughter pulled the hat off his head, they both ____. I laughed too as I looked at all of his ____. The radio may have been off in my car, _____ in my heart I was _____ singing.
In truth, this world could have more kindness and less _____. Kindness makes us all winners in this life and our life is full of kindness, love and joy.
A．talking B．singing C．walking D．driving
A．long B．boring C．joyful D．sad
A．appeared B．remained C．happened D．stayed
A．ended B．continued C．jumped D．fell
A．sports B．business C．unpleasant D．welcome
A．cut B．changed C．going down D．going up
A．exciting B．interesting C．unusual D．crazy
A．Finally B．Generally C．Secretly D．Calmly
A．television B．radio C．gas D．lights
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．touched B．watched C．avoided D．recognized
A．freeing B．protecting C．helping D．keeping
A．collecting B．moving C．covering D．throwing
A．water B．bread C．grass D．food
A．daughter B．son C．dog D．cat
A．stopped B．stood C．laughed D．shouted
A．weakness B．kindness C．loneliness D．safeness
A．for B．or C．and D．but
A．still B．just C．soon D．first
A．silence B．development C．competition D．sickness
WHEN John Gurdon was 15, he ranked last out of the 250 boys in his grade at biology. He also came in last for every other science subject. His teacher wrote in a : “I believe he has ideas about becoming a ; on his present showing this is quite foolish.”
Luckily, the teacher’s words didn’t Gurdon’s love for science. He kept working hard. He went to lab earlier and left than anyone else.
On Oct 8, 2012, 64 years later, the British professor the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka had contributed to the research and therefore the award.
Gurdon got the honor his research into cells and cloning. When he was studying at Oxford, he did some on cells. He took a cell from an adult frog, moved its , and put them into an egg cell. The egg cell then into a clone of the adult frog. His research for the first time that every cell in the body contains the same genes.
At that time, many people accept Gurdon’s idea. But later it helped to Dolly the sheep in 1996, the first cloned mammal in history. It also led to important findings in the use of cells. For example, from someone’s skin can turn into any type of tissue in the body. This is good news for those who have diseased or damaged tissue.
Gurdon always remembers the he had when he was 15. He even put the report on his desk as a daily to himself.
“When you have , like an experiment doesn’t work, it’s nice to remind yourself that perhaps you are not so good at your job and the teacher may be ,” he said.
However, the facts suggest Gurdon is pretty good indeed.
A．report B．letter C．passage D．program
A．musician B．scientist C．manager D．millionaire
A．stop B．mean C．inspire D．reflect
A．sooner B．later C．more hurriedly D．more happily
A．won B．founded C．dreamed of D．applied for
A．accepted B．refused C．Collected D．shared
A．instead of B．in spite of C．because of D．in place of
A．reading B．writing C．change D．research
A．baby B．power C．genes D．features
A．cut B．grew C．went D．formed
A．predicted B．studied C．proved D．provided
A．couldn’t B．shouldn’t C．mustn’t D．needn’t
A．save B．drive C．feed D．create
A．everyday B．medical C．physical D．illegal
A．cells B．hairs C．water D．blood
A．fools B．scientists C．patients D．doctors
A．friend B．teacher C．classmate D．neighbor
A．rule B．paper C．reminder D．reward
A．prizes B．diseases C．meals D．problems
A．right B．wrong C．happy D．welcome
Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head his walking stick. McKay's wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a person, he had been to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.
Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a collector. Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay's, or too often, on the McKays .
“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our ,” said Laurence. She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks. “We'd be there happily reading our newspapers, when so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the of fish!”
And on Saturday evening it was just too . “It was James's birthday,” explained Laurence, “and I'd made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get to blow them out.” , Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet . Rarely had Laurence seen McKay move so fast. “I couldn't him. He was up there in a flash. It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”
Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his from now on. And what of James McKay? he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”. “ the most exciting birthday !” said the cheerful old man. “The best since my adolescence I'd say!”
A．hitting B．tapping C．pushing D．touching
A．by B．via C．through D．with
A．quiet B．peaceful C．sensitive D．stubborn
A．Accustomed B．taken C．driven D．attracted
A．fish B．seed C．plant D．newspaper
A．himself B．itself C．themselves D．herself
A．Bathroom B．kitchen C．bedroom D．balcony
A．which B．what C．that D．whether
A．sitting B．exercising C．sleeping D．eating
A．Regularly B．Unconsciously C．precisely D．suddenly
A．swum B．showered C．watered D．drowned
A．taste B．sense C．feeling D．smell
A．little B．soon C．late D．much
A．Beside B．Instead C．Otherwise D．Conseque5ntly
A．over B．across C．through D．down
A．stop B．blame C．ignore D．stand
A．views B．attitude C．ways D．mind
A．While B．Since C．Until D．As
A．Sincerely B．Impossibly C．Definitely D．Previously
A．Before B．ever C．already D．Since