I believe the best heroes are often the ones who haven’t been publicly recognized. They’re someone’s hero just by living their life as 36, not necessarily struggling for anything particular outside of survival. They’re everyday ordinary people.
37, my greatest hero without doubt isn’t a famous person or someone who has a rags-to-riches (白手起家的) story. In fact, this person isn’t a 38 at all, but a heroine: my mother, who has been my greatest source of inspiration（鼓舞）.
A brief glance (一瞥) into this 39 woman’s life makes it clear. My mother was married to a man who drank like a fish almost every day. As Mother 40 to us later in life, she simply didn’t want us to be 41 by my father. So, one day she packed her seven kids into an old wagon (马车), and headed back down south to Montgomery, Alabama.
At five foot three, she was a black lady with a small figure, with no college education. She did whatever she had to do to 42 as a single(单身的) parent and to successfully 43 all her children to adulthood.
By high school I had started to 44 my mother had achieved something 45 as a single parent. Then, when I was seventeen years old, I signed up(报名) for the Marine Corps. The day I 46 for basic training, my mother told me, a very thin and nervous black kid, four 47 words: “Just do your best.” That 48 may be a cliché (套话), but coming from her , it has given me a lifetime of powerful inspiration.
I’ve had my 49 of ups and downs in my life. Whenever meeting with any difficulty, I would 50 to myself, “If Mother overcame her challenges, I have no 51 not to do the same.” 52 I grew, I admired her for what she had achieved.
I graduated from community college with highest 53, and now I’m a student at Columbia University. Every step of the 54, I’ve been encouraged by the inspiration of my mother — my heroine. I’ve never 55. I’ve tried to do my best.
A．much B．usual C．well D．active
A．Indeed B．Otherwise C．Therefore D．Altogether
A．hero B．model C．heroine D．example
A．educated B．famous C．generous D．unusual
A．explained B．replied C．devoted D．responded
A．employed B．fooled C．influenced D．missed
A．escape B．survive C．hide D．recover
A．raise B．add C．enrich D．attract
A．believe B．imagine C．determine D．realize
A．exciting B．interesting C．tiring D．amazing
A．waited B．returned C．left D．came
A．honest B．simple C．useless D．extra
A．answer B．praise C．expression D．encouragement
A．movement B．experiences C．origin D．advantage
A．think B．lie C．react D．object
A．demand B．ability C．cause D．excuse
A．As B．Though C．Unless D．Before
A．honors B．flame C．pressure D．purpose
A．escape B．danger C．way D．hope
A．appeared B．stopped C．knocked D．glanced
We were a group of people who took a bus to work every day. One of the ___ was a small old man who took the bus to the health center every morning. He always chose to ___ behind the driver. No one ever paid much ___ to him.
But one July morning he said good morning to the driver and ____ at others. The driver nodded. The rest of us were ___ as usual.
The next day, the old man got on the bus and said in a loud voice, “A very good___ _ to you all!” Some of us looked up, ___ , and said, “Good morning!” From then on he said good morning to us every day and we began to ___ to each other.
One morning he had some flowers in his hand. The driver turned around ____ _ and asked, “Are these for me, Charlie?” We never got to know his name was really “Charlie”, ____ _ he waved(挥动) the flowers and said ____ _. People laughed. Every morning after that Charlie always ___ a flower.
Until one morning Charlie wasn’t _____ at his usual stop. And he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that. What might have ____ to him? When we came nearer to the health centre, a woman ____ _ the driver to wait a moment. We all held our ___ _ when she went to the door.
She said she knew ____ _ we were talking about. The elderly gentleman was sick. They ____ _ him back on Monday.
The next Monday when Charlie got on the bus, all of us who he had brought ____ to in that summer sat with a ____ _in our hands.
A．friends B．drivers C．passengers D．workers
A．sit B．hide C．shout D．sleep
A．attention B．energy C．interest D．expectation
A．called B．laughed C．smiled D．pointed
A．upset B．crazy C．silent D．bored
A．trip B．morning C．holiday D．time
A．worried B．surprised C．moved D．scared
A．introduce B．admit C．write D．talk
A．politely B．proudly C．carefully D．smilingly
A．because B．so C．until D．but
A．sorry B．yes C．thanks D．hello
A．bought B．found C．wore D．brought
A．waiting B．arriving C．greeting D．walking
A．happened B．sent C．spoken D．regarding
A．ordered B．invited C．asked D．promised
A．tears B．breath C．hands D．flowers
A．where B．when C．who D．what
A．kept B．expected C．looked D．got
A．happiness B．luck C．concern D．power
A．letter B．ticket C．card D．flower
I still remember my first day in the U.S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to_. From the airport, my friend and I a taxi to my . On the way I saw the skyline（天际线） of Manhattan（曼哈顿） for the_time and I stared in surprise at the famous skyscrapers （摩天大厦）and their man-made . Helping me unpack（卸下包裹） at the hotel, my friend left and to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something to eat. Since（因为） I couldn’t speak a single of English, I couldn’t tell the what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some , but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I didn’t feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see _on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to English.
A．hot B．warm C．cold D．cool
A．look B．listen C．enjoy D．mind
A．sat B．took C．rode D．used
A．home B．hotel C．office D．school
A．first B．one C．last D．only
A．satellites B．lakes C．beauty D．parks
A．advised B．liked C．Promised D．hoped
A．Before long B．Shortly after C．Soon D．Then
A．restaurant B．shop C．supermarket D．pub
A．letter B．word C．sentence D．phrase
A．boss B．cook C．waiter D．waitress
A．voices B．suggestions C．sounds D．gestures
A．looking B．ordering C．picking D．eating
A．until B．when C．before D．after
A．tried B．stopped C．decided D．continued
A．anything B．everything C．something D．some things
A．came B．went C．returned D．arrived
A．asleep B．awake C．afraid D．alive
A．noise B．voices C．streets D．places
A．say B．talk C．speak D．tell
John and Mary had a nice home and two lovely children，a boy and a girl. John had a good ____ and had just been asked to go on a business trip to another city and it was ____ that Mary needed an outing and would go along too. They ____ a reliable woman to care for the children and made the ___，returning home a little earlier than they had planned.
____ they drove into their hometown，they found a home in flames. Mary said，“Oh well，it isn't our fire；let's go home.”
____ John drove closer and exclaimed，“That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn't be ____ work yet. Maybe there is something we could do.”
John drove up and stopped and they were both ____ to see the whole house in flames. A woman on the lawn was in hysterics ____，“The children！Get the children！They are in the basement.”
____ Mary's protests，John grabbed the water hose and soaked（浸湿）his clothes，put his wet handkerchief on his head and ____ for the basement which was full of ____.He found two nearly suffocated（窒息的）children and after carrying them to safety，he asked how many more children were ____ there. They told him two more and Mary ____ his arm and screamed，“John！Don't go back！It's ____！That house will cave in any second！”
But he shook her off and went back by ____ his way down the smoke-filled hallway and into the room. It ____ a long time before he found both children and started back and at last when they came out into the ____ and fresh air，he found that he had just ____ his own children.
It turned out that the babysitter had ____ them at this home while she did some shopping.
A．job B．family C．wife D．boss
A．known B．believed C．decided D．hoped
A．asked B．hired C．intended D．reminded
A．preparations B．promise C．decision D．trip
A．Before B．As C．Once D．Since
A．And B．So C．Now D．But
A．off B．on C．out of D．at
A．heartbroken B．consciencestricken C．horrorstricken D．povertystricken
A．coughing B．screaming C．whispering D．laughing
A．Apart from B．In case of C．Instead of D．In spite of
A．reached B．searched C．dashed D．sent
A．smoke B．darkness C．children D．danger
A．up B．away C．out D．down
A．pulled B．took C．grabbed D．held
A．dangerous B．useless C．over D．stupid
A．pushing B．feeling C．jumping D．moving
A．meant B．spared C．spent D．seemed
A．shade B．sunlight C．shadow D．crowd
A．helped B．found C．recognized D．rescued
A．left B．charged C．removed D．forgotten
“My name’s Jim Shelley and I am an addict (有瘾的人) …”
With these words I began to the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people , from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially—a few calls each day. It seemed , just a quick chat. Gradually though, the got worse. Soon it was use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect my . During the day I would disappear for call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more , in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and messages to make sure calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends’ homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the “Is it OK if I just use the phone…?” At work, I became when my fellow workers tried to me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss (with the phone). Finally the police caught me a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).
I haven’t a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.
A．face B．find C．accept D．notice
A．now and then B．all the time C．at home D．at work
A．tried B．asked C．waited D．invited
A．polite B．important C．fine D．special
A．condition B．situation C．result D．effect
A．frequent B．regular C．unusual D．particular
A．friends B．study C．family D．work
A．a quick B．a secret C．an expected D．an extra
A．hopeful B．delighted C．frightened D．anxious
A．forcing B．telling C．giving D．limiting
A．leaving B．taking C．passing D．recording
A．long B．immediate C．enough D．surprising
A．saying B．demands C．wish D．words
A．careful B．mad C．determined D．helpless
A．save B．reduce C．protect D．stop
A．destroying B．using C．stealing D．emptying
A．offered B．guided C．ordered D．reminded
A．missed B．had C．received D．fixed
A．as B．when C．if D．since
A．always B．just C．more D．different
One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good science storybook. I was so the story I was reading that I didn’t that it was getting dark. When I realized that it was too dark for me to read , I put the book down and got up to turn on the light. Just then I heard someone , “Help! Help!” It seemed to come from the trees at the end of the yard. I looked out but it was too dark to anything clearly. Almost immediately I heard the cry again. It like a child, but I could not what someone would be doing in our backyard, unless one of my neighbor’s children had climbed a tree and had not been able to . I decided that I ought to go out and have in the yard, just in case someone was. I got a flashlight and a stick, which I thought might be useful. With these in my hands, I went out the yard. Once again I heard the cry and this time there was no doubt that it came from the trees at the far end of the yard. “Who is there” I as I walked across the yard towards the trees. But there was no . With the help of my flashlight, I all over that end of the yard, including the branches of the trees. There was no of anybody or anything. I came to the conclusion that my made fun of me, probably because of the strange creatures (生物) on another which I read about in the story.
I had to go back into the house and put the stick and flashlight away. I had just sat down to read my book again when I was by the cry of “Help! Help!” This time it was from right behind me! I dropped my book and . There, sitting on the table was my neighbor’s large green and red.
A．worried about B．interested in C．surprised at D．tired of
A．mind B．hope C．notice D．expect
A．quietly B．quickly C．noisily D．easily
A．shouting B．laughing C．speaking D．talking
A．listen B．feel C．see D．find
A．sounded B．looked C．smelt D．tasted
A．question B．imagine C．choose D．understand
A．hurry off B．send away C．come off D．get down
A．a look B．a rest C．a sleep D．a walk
A．at work B．in shock C．on holiday D．in trouble
A．forward B．onto C．into D．backward
A．sang B．called out C．whispered D．read
A．noise B．sound C．voice D．answer
A．searched B．touched C．cut D．beat
A．seat B．sign C．place D．sort
A．neighbor B．imagination C．brother D．dog
A．world B．country C．planet D．satellite
A．called B．told C．encouraged D．frightened
A．jumped up B．sat up C．rang up D．knocked down
A．cock B．hen C．parrot D．chicken