Each day I took the same route to work and passed by a security guard (保安）. 1 greeted everyone walking by and made small talk with many of the passers-by and wishing them well. His simple “hello” made people feel 2 . His cheerful smile became a part of my day. When he was absent, many people noticed it, and I felt a little bit empty.
The first few times, I didn’t say hello back to him when he greeted me. I was 3 in my own world. On Monday the security guard asked me:“How was your weekend?” I told him about my visit to California, to see my mother, who had colon cancer. I 4 how I visited her each month. “The time with my mother is so precious(珍贵的), 5 I know that each time may be the last.”
He listened like a close friend I’d known for years. He felt my 6 and my love. He shared how he had lost his father to cancer two years before. He said, “I understand what you are going through. My father passed away while I was serving in Germany. Because of some reasons I was unable to fly back in time. I was unable to say goodbye to him. I wish I could have been with him, given him a hug, and told him I loved him. You are really lucky to have the gift of 7 .”
As I walked away, I realized I did not even know his name. The following day, on my way to work, I said: “After we spent all that time 8 yesterday, I still don’t know your name.” He answered, “Gary.” I responded back, “I’m Deborah.”
After that, we talked and shared stories about our weekends, dreams and families.
Later, Gary got 9 a new job and moved away. It’s been several years since I last spoke to him, yet the memory feels like yesterday. Gary reached out to me, 10 me and made my morning the best part of the day. I experienced the beauty of friendship and love.
In the business of life, we often forget to wish a stranger hello although how easy it is, and how great and lasting a 11 it can make. When you say hello to a stranger you become like a pebble(鹅卵石) thrown into a pond. With each ripple (波纹）you create, you spread love that continues to 12 . Make a point of saying hello to a stranger today. You will give the gift that keeps on giving.
A．She B．They C．He D．I
A．nervous B．funny C．special D．surprised
A．lost B．left C．missed D．dropped
A．wondered B．shared C．realized D．found
A．because B．so C．and D．but
A．weakness B．illness C．sorriness D．sadness
A．god B．time C．nature D．friendship
A．thinking B．calling C．crying D．talking
A．offered B．afforded C．invited D．chosen
A．moved B．touched C．told D． helped
A．progress B．sense C．trouble D．difference
A．receive B．send C．give D．create
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文中相应空白处的最佳答案。
Do you write your own blog(博客)？Do you often 36 others' blogs on the Internet?
All over the world, not only famous persons but also many students use blogs as diaries and places to share their experience and37 advice or help.
“I write my activities every day, 38 funny things or worries in my life.” says Lali, a 16-year-old high school student at Cambridge High School in Washington." I like putting pictures on my blog because it can make my blog more 39 and more people will like it, It's a good way to 40 my life to the world." She has had her blog for eight months.
Students like writing blogs 41 they can write anything they want to, but don't need to 42 any money.
Once(一旦)you start to write your blog, you will 43 that you open up a new world. But what you write down may trouble you 44 .So, use the blog carefully 45 you can keep yourself away from some trouble. The blog makes everybody's life colorful.
A．read B．write C．forget D．miss
A．learen from B．deal with C．ask for D．depend on
A．without B．between C．including D．besides
A．common B．modern C．famous D．interesting
A．show B．send C．bring D．report
A．unless B．while C．until D．because
A．save B．spend C．take D．waste
A．dream B．think C．find D．hope
A．sometimes B．always C．ever D．never
A．only when B．even though C．so that D．ever since
My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my______35________ over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36________ hurt.
“Hello! I'm Mrs. Claussen. I hear you're from Texas!"
“Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that
______37________ .
“Well," she said with a ______38________Smile. 161've always liked Texas."
She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like those who
told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was______39________.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me - asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings. And she______40________ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody's.
I______41________ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）, but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it
______42________ stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student.
During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better - except with her. When I was in college, things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to______43________ ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44________ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly.
Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much______45________ 0n her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen... and she______46_______ . I'II never forget her.
A．speech B．study C．dream D．fear
A．maybe B．even C．still D．never
A．instruction B．description C．introduction D．presentation
A．shy B．cold C．weak D．kind
A．silent B．simple C．direct D．different
A．cried B．listened C．waited D．stopped
A．sang B．spoke C．played D．clapped
A．against B．besides C．beyond D．without
A．practise B．communicate C．report D．reply
A．train B．share C．change D．follow
A．advice B．influence C．dependence D．action
A．continued B．taught C．agreed D．cared
It is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of 61 ? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too, 62. If he notices that he is being looked at, he may 63 uncomfortable. It is the same in daily life. When you are looked at for several more times, you will look 64 up and down in order to65 if there is anything wrong with you. If 66 goes wrong, you will feel angry with the person who is looking at you. 67 can speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are 68. If you wish to draw someone's 69 , you may look at him or her for more than ten seconds. For lovers, they enjoy looking at each other longer to show the love that words cannot 70 . Clearly, eye communication should be done according to the relationship
between the two people and the certain situation.
A．future B．fear C．experience D．exercise
A．late B．long C．low D．loud
A．feel B．smell C．sound D．taste
A．itself B．himself C．myself D．yourself
A．see B．guess C．hear D．expect
A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything
A．Ears B．Eyes C．Mouth D．Nose
A．different B．difficult C．tiring D．boring
A．direction B．lesson C．attention D．trouble
A．write B．print C．read D．express
Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb (哑的)51 he was normal in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to 52 , but with no success.
When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in the town 53 him carefully, but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he 54 spoke.
"There might be something wrong with his 55 , and he doesn't know he's able to speak," one doctor said.
"But he can read and write," said Mr. Green. "We've written him notes, telling him that he can speak."
"It's certainly very 56 ," another doctor said. "Perhaps he'll be able to speak some day."
57 passed. Leo went to university. But he did not speak a 58 word.
Then one day, Leo was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his 59 and said, "Pass me the salt, please."
Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. "You spoke! You spoke!" they cried, "Why have you60 so long to speak?"
"I didn't have anything to say," he said. "Until now everything was perfect. But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes."
A．because B．when C．though D．before
A．speak B．walk C．play D．laugh
A．taught B．found C．examined D．asked
A．never B．often C．usually D．always
A．back B．hair C．face D．mind
A．unfair B．strange C．noisy D．quiet
A．Hours B．Weeks C．Months D．Years
A．good B．right C．single D．new
A．chair B．meal C．hands D．books
A．slept B．walked C．served D．waited
In England, people often ____36____ the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just ___37___in spring. An hour later black ___38____ come and then it rains____39____. In the late afternoon the sky will be____40____. The sun will begin_____41_____, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should ___42____warm clothes.
When you go to England, you ____43____that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat ___44___them on a sunny day, but you should not laugh at them. ____45____ you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in England.A. talk to B. talk with C. talk about
A. like B. likes C. liked
A. clouds B. cloud C. snow
A.big B. heavy C. heavily
A. rainy B. sunny C. snowy
A. to shine B. shine C. to shining
A. put on B. wear C. in
A. saw B. sees C. will see
A. with B. for C. to
A. Before B. If C. After