I was fifteen months old, a happy kid until the day I fell. It was a 31 fall. I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to make it blind. Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched(缝合) the eyeball together where it was 32 , leaving a big ugly scar(疤痕) in the middle of my eye. The attempt 33 , but my mother, in all of her wisdom, found another doctor who knew that if the eye were removed 34 , my face would grow up badly distorted(扭曲), 35 my scarred, sightless, cloudy and gray eye lived on with me. As I grew, this sightless eye in so many ways 36 me.
I walked with my face looking at the 37 so that people would not see the 38 me. Yet my mother would say to me, at every turn, “Hold your head up high and 39 the world. If you hold your head up high, it will be OK, and people will see your 40 soul.” She continued this 41 whenever I was trying to hide.
Mama’s words were of great help for me to face the world 42 . As a teenager, even though I tended to look down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people know me, they 43 me. In high school, I was 44 both academically and socially. I was 45 elected class president. My mother’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them 46 the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes, even if they couldn’t see it on the 47 .
Now I’m a happy wife and great mother. The message “Hold your head up high,” has been
48 many times in my 49 home. Each of my children has felt 50 invitation, and the gift my mother gave me has lived on in another generation.
A.surprising B.sudden C.big D.bad
A.separated B.destroyed C.cut D.hurt
A.failed B.tried C.succeeded D.managed
A.quickly B.entirely C.carefully D.slowly
A.then B.if C.still D.so
A.protected B.affected C.stopped D.interrupted
A.floor B.world C.front D.people
A.shy B.eldly C.ugly D.strange
A.deal with B.see C.laugh at D.face
A.different B.beautiful C.lonely D.honest
A.sentence B.passage C.opinion D.message
A.bravely B.proudly C.simply D.fairly
A.disliked B.liked C.hated D.noticed
A.comfortable B.valuable C.successful D.special
A.nearly B.even C.hardly D.still
A.touch B.observe C.watch D.recognize
A.surface B.outing C.head D.scar
A.discussed B.heard C.talked D.written
A.brave B.peaceful C.sweet D.exciting
A.their B.my C.its D.her
Rain was falling as my sister Jill and I ran out of the church, eager to get home and play with the 1 that Santa had left for us. Across the street was a gas station where the bus stopped. It was 2 for Christmas, but I noticed a family standing close to the locked door in an attempt to keep 3 .
We were on the way to our grandparents’ house for the Christmas dinner. We were approaching our destination(目的地) 4 my father U-turned in the middle of the road and said, “I can’t 5 it! They are standing in the rain. They’ve got children. It’s Christmas. ”
When my father 6 the gas station, he rolled down his window. “Merry Christmas. You are waiting for the 7 ?” Father asked.
The man said that they were. They were going to Birmingham, where he had a brother and 8 of a job.
“Why don’t you all get in the car and I’ll 9 you up there. ”
After they settled in, Father looked back over his 0 and asked the children if Santa had found them yet. Their sad faces gave him the 11 .
“Well, I didn’t think so,” my father said, “ 12 when I saw Santa this morning, he told me that he was having 13 finding all, and he asked me if he could leave your toys in my 14 . We’ll just 15 them first before I take you to your destination. ” All at once, the three children’s faces shone with 16 .
When we got out of the car at our house, the children 17 the front door and straight to the Christmas tree. One of the girls picked up Jill’s doll and 18 hugged it to her breast, and the other girl seized(抓住)something of mine.
All this happened many years ago, but the memory of it remains 19 . That was the Christmas when my sister and I learned the 20 of making others happy.
A.balls B.presents C.parcels D.trees
A.open B.familiar C.closed D.unexpected
A.clean B.energetic C.active D.dry
A.while B.when C.now that D.even if
A.understand B.admit C.deserve D.stand
A.pulled into B.drove away C.passed by D.looked at
A.truck B.brother C.bus D.driver
A.chances B.benefits C.emergencies D.discoveries
A.show B.seek C.bring D.drive
A.window B.head C.shoulder D.children
A.sympathy B.answer C.problem D.belief
A.because B.though C.as if D.so
A.pleasure B.trouble C.confidence D.suffering
A.company B.car C.shop D.house
A.recognize B.buy C.fetch D.find
A.doubt B.disappointment C.curiosity D.excitement
A.ran through B.stared at C.watched out D.looked through
A.shyly B.immediately C.quietly D.slowly
A.sensitive B.worthwhile C.fresh D.weak
A.joy B.award C.patience D.attention
“Where is the bus?” I asked myself. I was going to be late and the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. Thank God, here it is! The bus__1__round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the__2__ where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I__3__ the manager doesn’t notice.” But no __4__luck! “Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your__5__ this time?”. “ I’m afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “Get up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your__6__ at the counter, we’ll be opening in a few minutes.”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. Behind her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very__7__, and every few seconds he looked __8__the main entrance. The girl__9__about opening a bank account. I gave her the necessary __10__and she walked out. __11__, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something__12__with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was terrified to see a gun__13__ out of his coat. The moment a loud noise __14__ my ears. Everything went black. I was falling…. After__15__seemed a very long time, I opened my eyes and found in bed! __16__shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. As usual, the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “__17__of your excuse! Go start work at once!” To my__18__, the first customer was a girl __19__ a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The __20__! Wasn’t that the surprise of my life?
A.ran B.came C.rode D.drove
A.hotel B.shop C.bank D.restaurant
A.believe B.expect C.guess D.hope
A.much B.such C.more D.this
A.excuse B.idea C.cause D.answer
A.business B.job C.place D.spot
A.nervous B.shy C.calm D.angry
A.down B.for C.towards D.through
A.cared B.talked C.asked D.worried
A.information B.offer C.instruction D.support
A.Again B.Then C.Thus D.However
A.hidden B.rolled C.filled D.covered
A.getting B.aiming C.appearing D.sticking
A.took B.shook C.filled D.covered
A.what B.when C.that D.it
A.Even B.Still C.Just D.Ever
A.Less B.Plenty C.More D.None
A.belief B.surprise C.joy D.regret
A.of B.with C.on D.in
A.dream B.story C.affair D.accident
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.” the sign said.
“Boy!” The silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute.”
Slowly the boy 1 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman's house. When he arrived at her house, she 2 out her hand and wrapped her 3 old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 4 to my bed. What's your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 5 up, raising berselfon her elbow (肘) . Water 6 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 7 .
“I'm 8 , Joseph. You can see that, can't you? I want you to write a will(遗嘱) for me. There's paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 9 , and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola. I want my silver pin to 10 to my daughter."
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 11 the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There's my Bible.(圣经)”The old woman said. “That's for my daughter, too. I want a 12 Christian burial (基督葬礼) with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That's the last - 13 of a poor old woman.”
The boy labored over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 14 it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 15 the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 16 me now, boy,” she sighed(叹气).“I'm tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 17 window, but the old woman on the bed
18 nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 19 on the paper were some childish letters, which 20 the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
A.rushed B.stepped C.hurried D.struggled
A.pushed B.let C.reached D.pointed
A.firm B.smooth C.dry D.fresh
A.back B.over C.away D.down
A.sit B.get C.stand D.wake
A.rolled B.burnt C.burst D.ran
A.sick B.ill C.unpleasant D.funny
A.dead B.dying C.living D.alive
A.table B.pen C.paper D.woman
A.send B.go C.belong D.come
A.moved B.drew C.used D.pulled
A.great B.merry C.real D.splendid
A.look B.chance C.opinion D.wish
A.sign B.write C.remember D.copy
A.setting B.hiding C.placing D.lying
A.Hold B.Pardon C.Take D.Leave
A.large B.open C.small D.pretty
A.did B.saw C.felt D.knew
A.Described B.Printed C.Recorded D.Written
A.formed B.spelled C.organized D.repeated
Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never 1 to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week 2 Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he 3 that he could not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and 4 had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate them quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch 5 .The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour.
Mr. West stood politely at the edge(边)of a crowd of women who were6 forward to try to get to the people who were 7 necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forward slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were 8 into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly past him.
After half an hour, he was just as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been 9 he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his10 of doing things: he put his head down, 11 a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the 12 of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very13 when they saw what he was doing, and began to scold him.” Why can’t you behave like a gentleman?” they shouted.
“Ladies,” he 14 them,” I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no 15 ,so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
A.sure B.certain C.able D.possible
A.before B.after C.till D.within
A.promised B.decided C.agreed D.insisted
A.never B.sometimes C.seldom D.usually
A.hour B.moment C.minute D.second
A.pulling B.pushing C.gathering D.managing
A.selling B.buying C.choosing D.seizing
A.going B.entering C.fetching D.coming
A.where B.until C.when D.even if
A.habit B.way C.action D.sign
A.caught B.made C.blew D.gave
A.center B.end C.front D.back
A.patient B.angry C.surprised D.nervous
A.hated B.waved C.explained D.answered
A.treasure B.good C.respect D.present
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80’s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment (约会) at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a __1__in the waiting area, __2__him it would be at least 40 minutes __3__ someone would be able to see him. I saw him __4__ his watch and decided, since I was __5__busy—my patient didn't __6__ at the appointed hours, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he __7__ to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his __8__. He told me that she had been __9__ for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be __10__ if he was a bit late. He replied that she __11__ knew who he was, that she had not been able to __12__ him for five years now. I was __13__, and asked him. “And you __14__ go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?”
He smiled and said, “She doesn't know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back __15__ as he left.
Now I __16__ that in marriages, true love is __17__ of all that is. The happiest people don't __18__ have the best of everything; they just __19__ the best of everything they have. __20__ isn't about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
A.breath B.test C.seat D.break
A.persuading B.promising C.understanding D.telling
A.if B.before C.since D.after
A.taking off B.fixing C.looking at D.winding
A.very B.also C.seldom D.not
A.turn up B.show off C.come on D.go away
A.needed B.forgot C.agreed D.happened
A.daughter B.wife C.mother D.sister
A.late B.well C.around D.there
A.lonely B.worried C.doubtful D.hungry
A.so far B.neither C.no longer D.already
A.recognize B.answer C.believe D.expect
A.moved B.disappointed C.surprised D.satisfied
A.only B.then C.thus D.still
A.curiosity B.tears C.words D.judgment
A.realize B.suggest C.hope D.prove
A.agreement B.expression C.acceptance D.exhibition
A.necessarily B.completely C.naturally D.frequently
A.learn B.make C.favor D.try
A.Adventure B.Beauty C.Trust D.Life