Tolerance: Respect the difference in others
You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is also the place 36 you learn to get on well with people. But this is not 37 easy. What can you do 38 you just don’t like one of your classmates?
If you discover that you have problems 39 your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the 40 to realize and respect the 41 in others. We can not change the way that other people do, 42 it is important to learn to live happily with them.
Practicing tolerance will allow everyone to form better 43 with each other. Getting to know someone 44 help you understand why they do things 45 from you. It is important to remember that something different does not exactly mean that it is bad. 46 teaches us to keep an even (平和的) temper and open mind..
You need to 47 an old saying, “Treat others how you want 48 ”. You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is 49 to treat them with equal kindness. If you tolerate 50 it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to 51 who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you should be 52 of the differences in others and not try to make them change.
It is important to 53 tolerance, because it will make everyone’s lives easier. Learn to accept people for their different abilities and interests. The world is very 54 , and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make 55 .
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A．hardly B．seldom C．always D．already
A．unless B．since C．because D．if
A．getting along with B．making apologies to C．getting away from D．fleeing from
A．reflection B．benefit C．patience D．ability
A．characteristics B．thoughts C．things D．differences
A．so B．and C．but D．although
A．moods B．habits C．relationships D．feelings
A．must B．may C．should D．dare
A．fortunately B．easily C．differently D．attentively
A．Patience B．Experience C．Tolerance D．Kindness
A．keep in touch B．keep in mind C．keep up with D．keep away from
A．to treat B．being treated C．to be treated D．to be treating
A．attractive B．important C．possible D．interesting
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．change B．remind C．promise D．Decide
A．convenient B．respectful C．negative D．unselfish
A．stop B．cancel C．prevent D．practice
A．diverse B．same C．individual D．apparent
A．no difference B．an effect C．an apology D．a difference
One day Jack broke his mother’s mirror. When she saw the broken___41___ she cried. “Jack, you are too careless and because of that, father is going to punish you.”
“I’m too angry to ___42___ him a beating now,” said Jack’s father as he examined the broken mirror, “I’ll do it after supper.”
When supper was over, his father took ___43____ to the garden. “I’m going to ___44___ a branch that is just the right size,” he said. They looked everywhere but found___45___.
Then Jack had ___46___. “Father, I think your walking stick will be just __47____.”
“Yes, that’s a good idea. Now come along to my room and we’ll try it.”
Up in his room Jack’s father took ___48___ his coat. Jack was __49____. But to Jack’s great surprise, his father turned to his bed and hit it again and again with the walking stick. He hit it like this for a while and then stopped. “Well, I think that’s enough,” said his father. “You must be careful in future. You will be a good boy, won’t you?” Jack __50____ he would be and never forget it because it was such an unusual punishment.
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A．get B．have C．hit
A．it B．him C．that D．them
A．buy B．make C．cut D．do
A．no one B．none C．a big one D．a small one
A．a stick B．an idea C．an act D．a mind
A．long B．short C．right D．thing
A．up B．away C．off D．with them
A．happy B．pleased C．satisfied D．worried
A．promised B．allowed C．was told D．hoped
In the first week after arriving in the new city for further study, I fell and broke my leg. I was really 36 by the kindness of my new roommate. “We are family now,” she said when she 37 me lying in my room with a swollen(浮肿的) 38 , unable to move. She took me to the nearest 39 by taxi to get my leg examined. The driver was so 40 that we arrived there very quickly. After that, my 41 didn’t stop helping me though I told her I could do things on my own.
So many blessings(幸事) I had never 42 came to me when I was alone and helpless. Bus drivers picked me up 43 anywhere they saw me. Many people 44 the door for me. Such things were small but 45 for a person on walking sticks.
46 people’s kindness, I did whatever I could to make people 47 . I made many jokes about my two 48 and the bad fall. And I tried not to 49 even a single time about what had happened. I also tried to be kind to 50 students who were injured. I took time to 51 with a girl in a wheelchair who always ate lunch alone.
I soon realized that pain can be 52 by mental (精神上的) power. I could see that 53 I was using physical sticks, there were hundreds of mental sticks I could depend on. I also saw that sometimes 54 situations could be good. Einstein once said, “You can live your life seeing nothing as a miracle( 奇迹 ) 55 seeing everything as a miracle.”
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A．heard B．left C．found D．remembered
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A．museum B．hospital C．playground D．library
A．patient B．angry C．nice D．funny
A．driver B．doctor C．family D．roommate
A．listed B．expected C．given D．accepted
A．before B．from C．through D．with
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A．hard B．rare C．easy D．weak
A．Instead of B．In place of C．Except for D．In return for
A．believe B．laugh C．talk D．think
A．hands B．books C．sticks D．stories
A．complain B．advise C．miss D．enjoy
A．both B．no C．other D．few
A．study B．discuss C．practise D．eat
A．reduced B．seen C．caused D．doubted
A．since B．because C．whether D．although
A．boring B．unpleasant C．dangerous D．tiring
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling. Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. Inoneof the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to 36 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t37 , as I knew, but all the time 38 his foot against mine.
My39 raced back more than thirty years to the 40 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The41 was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
42 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to43 each other very well. Frank West44 me because he wasn’t 45 , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had46 of a mind than a baby has. His “ 47” consisted of rough sounds—sounds of pleasure or anger and 48 more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank 49 on her entirely. He needed all the 50 of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She 51 nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the52 ones. So before we53 that morning, I stood beside Frank and 54 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 55 to me was always the same.
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A．answer B．speak C．smile D．laugh
A．covering B．moving C．fighting D．pressing
A．minds B．memories C．thoughts D．brains
A．better B．dark C．younger D．old
A．cave B．place C．sight D．scene
A．Discussing B．Solving C．Sharing D．Suffering
A．learn from B．talk to C．help D．know
A．needed B．recognized C．interested D．encouraged
A．normal B．common C．unusual D．quick
A．more B．worse C．fewer D．less
A．word B．speech C．sentence D．language
A．not B．no C．something D．nothing
A．fed B．kept C．lived D．depended
A．attention B．control C．treatment D．management
A．lost B．needed C．destroyed D．left
A．troublesome B．unlucky C．angry D．unpopular
A．separated B．went C．reunited D．returned
A．pushed B．tried C．showed D．measured
A．nodding B．greeting C．meeting D．acting
At least thirty times Bobby has attempted to climb the big snowy mountain, but he had never reached the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures, 26 Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of 27 and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glassed, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 28 . They’ll help you.” Bobby accepted the gift without much thought.
The day came when he was to have another try. About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he 29 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but 30 the sunglasses he could see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.
31 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the 32 through the clouds. He kept climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of 33 was extremely good, almost as great as that 34 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t that the clouds were as 35 as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the secret. Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses, 36 Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!
Bobby 37 that the only obstacle (障碍) to reaching the top had been losing 38 when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little 39 to help him see that his 40 was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.
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A．with B．under C．for D．about
A．Happily B．Hopefully C．Unnecessarily D．Unfortunately
A．top B．friend C．climber D．village
A．decision B．success C．freedom D．friendship
A．strong B．popular C．wonderful D．familiar
A．cool B．natural C．wide D．thick
A．or B．and C．if D．though
A．realized B．suggested C．expected D．announced
A．love B．help C．heart D．face
A．word B．trick C．plan D．opinion
A．position B．lesson C．story D．aim
Shaping a child is like shaping clay（粘土）— you have to start from the beginning and work your way to the end with extreme caution but with gentle and loving 16 . However, unlike clay, you don’t get a second 17 with a child. You can put all the clay back together and start again but with a child, what is done is done. 18 it’s even more caution with care.
Building a child’s esteem is no small play; it makes your black hair 19 , steals away years of your life and still will not look done. Therefore you have to learn how to build self-esteem and 20 your child from the beginning. After all, parenting begins from babyhood.
Small case could leave large 21 on your child’s mind. Reason why you should not overlook something that went wrong. If another child 22 your kid, everyone laughed and you told your son to 23 it, that’s the first wrong step. You have to teach your child to 24 up for himself. Don’t let your child fall down inside. Tell him to ask the child why he is hitting him or 25 to the nearest adult he can reach.
Most of all before you speak to a child you have to be a 26 example. If you go around laughing at people, your kids will do the 27 . If you are a coward（懦夫）yourself and do not stand up to situations, do not 28 your child not to follow you. Children are like monkeys—they copy every 29 , from how you eat to how you handle situations.
Building self-esteem begins at home. Small self-confident acts make a(n) 30 impact on your child.
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A．test B．grade C．class D．chance
A．Thus B．But C．Or D．Although
A．lost B．gray C．weak D．curl
A．interest B．direct C．order D．encourage
A．impact B．lesson C．mark D．space
A．laughed B．pushed C．pulled D．drew
A．make B．leave C．forget D．move
A．stand B．turn C．take D．set
A．announce B．manage C．leave D．complain
A．caring B．living C．touching D．breathing
A．different B．meaningful C．same D．useless
A．expect B．hope C．allow D．persuade
A．homework B．step C．picture D．action
A．negative B．objective C．positive D．subjective