Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas Plans. With each day passing, everyone became more __1___ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its ___2___ everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often ___3___ what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __4__ for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __5___. I can still remember he was always _6__ a smile and willing to help. He always __7__ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He ___8___ just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly __9__ home.
Weeks passed and the __10__ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of __11__ before the holiday break. I smiled in __12__ as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David __13__ standing by my desk.
“ I have something for you,” he said and __14__ from behind his back a small box __15__ it to me, he said anxiously, “open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my __16__ saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s __17__.”
“Oh no it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes__18__ I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given __19__ to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning __20__ the little empty box set on my desk.
A．anxious B．courageous C．serious D．cautious
A．warning B．ringing C．calling D．yelling
A．scolded B．wondered C．realized D．learned
A．modestly B．naturally C．inaccurately D．inappropriately
A．popular B．upset C．special D．funny
A．expressing B．delivering C．wearing D．sharing
A．practiced B．wandered C．studied D．stayed
A．would B．should C．might D．could
A．aim at B．turn to C．put off D．head for
A．argument B．excitement C．movement D．judgment
A．school B．year C．education D．program
A．relief B．return C．vain D．control
A．weakly B．sadly C．quietly D．helplessly
A．searched B．found C．raised D．pulled
A．holding B．handing C．sending D．leaving
A．delight B．expectation C．appreciation D．surprise
A．cheap B．empty C．useless D．improper
A．as B．until C．because D．though
A．advice B．support C．attention D．command
A．from B．behind C．over D．towards
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This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided "I want to break up". "Why?" he asked.
"I am ______." she answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep ______. finally he asked, "What can I do to ______ your mind?"
Looking into his eyes she said, "Answer my question. If you can ______ my heart, I will change my mind. Let's say, I want a flower ______ on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your ______. will you do it for me?"
He said, "I will give you my ______ tomorrow."
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which _____"My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the _____ are …"
"When you use the computer you always ______ the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the ______ . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my ______ to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) ______ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always ______ at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes ______ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those ______ white hairs."
"Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ______I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …"
That's life, and ______. flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the _____ of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
A．but B．and C．or D．so
A．lonely B．shamed C．worried D．tired
A．space B．shade C．impression D．thought
A．speak B．blow C．keep D．change
A．represent B．expand C．admit D．convince
A．falling B．growing C．living D．waiting
A．attention B．death C．interest D．satisfaction
A．answer B．agreement C．announcement D．judgment
A．informs B．goes C．prints D．writes
A．reasons B．meanings C．messages D．purposes
A．turn up B．put up C．use up D．mess up
A．structures B．balance C．position D．programs
A．dollars B．patience C．energy D．legs
A．ancient B．new C．modern D．underground
A．shout B．jump C．stare D．knock
A．as if B．so that C．now that D．in case
A．enjoyable B．annoying C．dusty D．amusing
A．more than B．less than C．rather than D．other than
A．Determination B．progress C．power D．love
A．principle B．way C．nature D．surface
One day, a woman from The Express News called. She said she wanted to work on a(n) on me. When she had finishedme for the article, she asked, “What are you planning to do next?”
Well, at that, there was actually nothing I was planning on doing next, and what_out for us was, “I’m thinking aboutthe Guinness Book of World Records for Fastest-Talking Female.”
The newspaper article came out the next day, and the writer hadmy final remarks(评论)about trying to break the World’s Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5:00 that afternoon, I got a from Larry King, asking me to go on the. They wouldme up at 8:00 — because they wanted me to do it that night!
I the phone for a while, and then I called Guinness to find outto break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something. I began . I was bothand excited at the same time.
At 8:00, the car came. I practised the whole way there, and by the time I reached the ___ . I was tongue-tied. I asked the woman in charge, “WhatI don’t break the record?”
“Larry doesn’tif you break it or not,” she said. ” “He just cares that you try it on his show.” So I asked myself, “What’s thethat can happen? I’ll look like a fool on television!” Athing, I told myself,I could live through that. And what if I break the record?
So I decided just to give it my best shot, and I did. I broke the record, becoming the World’s Fastest-Talking Female speaking 585 words in one minute!A. article B.experiment C. research
A. studying B.interviewing C. calling
A. day B. university C. time
A. provided B. gave C. took
A. setting B. breaking C. playing
A. set B. made C. spoke
A. time B. chance C. call
A. show B. stage C. movie
A. bring B. pick C. call
A. thought of B. stared at C.went through
A. what B. whether C. when
A. practicing B. singing C. learning
A. horrible B. tired C. nervous
A. studio(演播室) B. theatre C. lab
A. unless B. if C. though
A. wonder B. consider C. care
A. best B. most C. least
A. small B. nice C. terrible
A. reading B. carrying C. thinking
A. in B. on C. with
It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call．
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just ______ in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n) ______ and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was ______.
The doctor described the ______, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they ______ the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline. The flames _____ my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
______, one of the boys who was quick—minded grasped my son and ______ him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in _____ to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars.
After he ______ from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months ______ it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns．
When I was a child, my mother told my sister，who had a 10-inch very ______ scar on her arm, “Nancy，if you ignore the scar，other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not ______ it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you. ’’
I ______ this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to _____ and returned to school with his head held high—glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not ______. So he made the ______ to give up any plastic surgery.
We all have “scars” that we believe _____ people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks or your clothes if you are judging yourself by these same ______ standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value ______ yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
A．brought B．given C．turned D．showed
A．doctor B．hospital C．aircraft D．ambulance
A．serious B．terrible C．dangerous D．important
A．event B．process C．reason D．accident
A．got B．lit C．burned D．moved
A．took B．held C．caught D．attracted
A．Fortunately B．Surprisingly C．Happily D．Slowly
A．pushed B．threw C．dropped D．rolled
A．shape B．place C．fact D．time
A．benefited B．recovered C．suffered D．relaxed
A．if B．while C．because D．although
A．normal B．violent C．obvious D．popular
A．mention B．notice C．1augh D．hide
A．sent B．kept C．handed D．passed
A．heart B．life C．practice D．considerate
A．grow B．matter C．exist D．Appear
A．mistake B．effort C．decision D．request
A．invite B．cause C．allow D．remind
A．false B．strict C．moral D．general
A．by B．over C．beyond D．within
A beautiful ,expensively dressed lady came to see her doctor and complained that her whole ______ was empty: it had no meaning.
The doctor called over the old lady who______ the office floors, and then said to the rich lady, “I’m going to _____ Mary here to tell you how she found happiness. _____ I want you to do is to listen.”
So the old lady put_______ her broom and began her story: “Well, my husband died of malaria(疟疾） and three months later my______ son was killed by a car. I had nobody... I had nothing____. I couldn’t sleep; I couldn’t eat; I never smiled at______, I even thought of taking my own life. Then one evening a little____ followed me home from work. Somehow I felt ______ for it. I decided to let the cat_______. I got it some milk, and it licked the______ clean. Then it purred(咕噜叫) and rubbed(蹭）against my ____, and for the first time in months, I smiled. Then I began to think: if_____ a little cat could make me smile, maybe doing something for people could make me_____. So the next day I took some biscuits to a neighbor who was______ in bed. Every day I tried to do something ______ for someone. It made me so happy to _____ them happy. Today, I don’t know of anybody who sleeps and eats better than I do. I’ve found _____, by giving it to others.”
When she heard that, the rich lady cried. She had everything that ____ could buy, but she had lost the things which money couldn’t buy.
A．house B．room C．life D．family
A．cleaned B．made C．stood on D．draw
A．let B．ask C．have D．teach
A．Something B．Both C．Everything D．All
A．down B．in C．off D．on
A．elder B．bigger C．only D．younger
A．better B．left C．made D．wrong
A．anyone B．everyone C．husband D．son
A．boy B．girl C．dog D．cat
A．happy B．sorry C．worry D．sad
A．in B．away C．go D．come
A．floor B．house C．plate D．milk
A．head B．leg C．floor D．bed
A．help B．helping C．feed D．feeding
A．smile B．cry C．sad D．happy
A．sleep B．happy C．sick D．glad
A．better B．nice C．wrong D．interested
A．see B．know C．look D．feel
A．happiness B．life C．value D．meaning
A．she B．people C．money D．her husband
You must have heard these words like how happy it is to be a child. But would you honestly change places with a child? Think of the at school. The years spent living in constant fear of examinations and school . Every movement you make, every thought you think is by some adults. Think of the you had to go to bed early, you had to eat thing that was supposed to be good for you. Remember how “gentle” pressure was given to you with words like “If you don’t do as I say, I will…” I’m sure you will never !
, these are only part of child’s . No matter how kind and loving parents may be, children often from some terrible and illogical fears since they can’t understand the world around them. They often have such in the dark or . Adults can their fears with other adults children have to face their fears alone.
But the most part of childhood is a period when you to go out of it, the period when you go into adolescence(青春期). Teenagers start to be against their parents and this them great unhappiness. There is a complete of self-confidence during this time. Adolescents pay much attention to their and the impression (印象)they make on others. They feel shy, awkward and clumsy. Feelings are strong and hearts broken. Teenagers moments of great happiness or black despair. And through this period, adults seem to be unkind than ever.
A．times B．days C．months D．years
A．results B．exercises C．reports D．teachers
A．observed B．understood C．known D．looked
A．years B．times C．evenings D．days
A．helpful B．harmful C．hateful D．bad
A．remember B．receive C．forget D．know
A．Even so B．Though C．In fact D．Therefore
A．difficulties B．life C．trouble D．fears
A．get B．suffer C．receive D．take
A．troubles B．diseases C．fears D．worries
A．in the day B．in the dreams C．in the school D．at home
A．enjoy B．know C．share D．get
A．while B．but C．so D．as a result
A．happy B．interesting C．painful D．unforgettable
A．have B．need C．are D．begin
A．rises B．results C．takes D．causes
A．lose B．lack C．losing D．lacks
A．confidence (信心) B．likes C．action D．appearance (外貌)
A．hard B．easily C．naturally D．truly
A．pass B．experience C．face D．take