A boy carefully took his blind father to a seat in a noodle restaurant.
He called 1 for two bowls of beef noodles. When the restaurant owner was going to 2 the food, the boy suddenly whispered to him,“Only one bowl with 3 , the other without ---just plain noodles.”
In fact, the boy had a light purse and couldn’t afford 4 bowls of beef noodles. He called loudly just to let his 5 know.
When the noodles were sent to them, the father wasn’t in a hurry. He used his chopsticks to search in his bowls, trying to 6 a piece of beef. As soon as he succeeded in finding one, he picked it out 7 put it into his son’s bowl, saying kindly, “Eat some more. Have enough 8 so that you can study well.”
The boy accepted silently(默默地) and then quietly put the beef 9 to his father’s bowl.
When the restaurant owner saw this, he was 10 , then he asked a waiter to bring 11 some dishes from the kitchen. The boy thought 12 the waiter took the dishes to a wrong table, but the owner came up explaining with a smile, “Today is my restaurant’s anniversary(周年庆). The dishes are 13 .”
After the father and son left, the waiter 14 the bowls from the table and found some coins 15 one of them. The sum is just the price of the dishes.
A．quickly B．slowly C．loudly D．quietly
A．ask B．prepare C．eat D．heat
A．pork B．chicken C．beef D．fish
A．five B．two C．three D．four
A．mother B．father C．friend D．waiter
A．look B．listen C．find D．see
A．so B．but C．or D．and
A．money B．book C．food D．work
A．back B．up C．down D．off
A．angry B．afraid C．moved D．nervous
A．us B．him C．her D．them
A．who B．that C．where D．how
A．free B．cheap C．expensive D．best
A．found B．cleaned C．finished D．came
A．out B．in C．on D．under
I used to be a very self-centered（自我中心的） person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a different person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my degree（学位）and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I talked to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone had made friends and was having fun, except me. So I had a（n） . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble, I would to help. That was really a big step for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who was badly ill became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was , but I was very grateful（感激的）to her.
I think I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have taught me to about other people more than about myself.
A．since B．before C．unless D．or
A．change B．interest C．tour D．education
A．usually B．often C．hardly D．just
A．happy B．relaxed C．angry D．lonely
A．hobby B．problem C．idea D．job
A．offer B．have C．refuse D．forget
A．us B．you C．them D．it
A．hobby B．attitude C．hope D．job
A．friend B．teacher C．classmate D．guide
A．strange B．terrible C．polite D．happy
A．liked B．asked C．visited D．believed
A．understand B．guess C．explain D．hate
A．homeless B．sad C．hopeless D．lazy
A．face B．forget C．find D．improve
A．talk B．care C．worry D．learn
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten(幼儿园) teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs White.
I don’t remember much about we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she could see there were so many mistakes. no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a Good! It worried my mother, so one day she went to Mrs White and asked her why she corrected my mistakes.
And my mother says Mrs White said “The children are just to get excited about using words, about forming sentences. I don’t want to lose the interests with red ink(墨水). and grammar can wait. The wonder of won’t... ”.Maybe she didn’t say it exactly like that at that moment. And what my mother gave me was the main idea of what she could remember.
I now and think Mrs White must have been a rather teacher. She encouraged joy, wonder and excitement—even ifour expression of it was . Because she believed a bud(花蕾)once nipped(掐断) never opens.
I used to misspell “beautiful” a lot. Never could quite remember that the e went the a. It annoyed my teacher in high school very much. If I was going to use the word so often, she considered the I could do was spell it right. Finally the e’s and a’s were in their right places. Am glad I didn’t wait on them though. Pretty is to spell but it doesn’t hold as much as you mean sometimes.
And Mrs White I had no worries about writing what I meant. BecauseLife isn’t Pretty. It’s Baeutiful.
A．where B．what C．why D．when
A．liked to B．supposed to C．used to D．happened to
A．But B．So C．And D．Because
A．chat B．criticize C．show D．meet
A．often B．always C．never D．sometimes
A．beginning B．staring C．thinking D．opening
A．Speaking B．Reading C．Listening D．Spelling
A．exams B．words C．exercises D．homework
A．look forward B．look after C．look for D．look back
A． excellent B．strict C．hardworking D．careless
A． right B．wrong C．good D．bad
A．behind B．after C．before D．below
A．best B．worst C．most D．least
A．easy B．easier C．funny D．funnier
A． think of B．come up with C．thanks to D．remind of
On last Christmas Day, our parents’ home was full of joys of a close family relationship but this year things are . Our father had gone on November 26, and this was our Christmas without him. Mother was doing her best to be good, but I could tell this was especially for her. I’m not sure I should give her my planned Christmas gift.
A few months earlier I had painted two pictures of my parents. I’d planned to give them as gifts.
While painting one day, I was surprised by the doorbell ringing. I opened the . My father came. I showed the paintings. Finally, with tears running down his face, he said, “I don’t believe it. Look, how beautiful your mother is. Will you let me decorate them with frames(边框)?” I offered to send them to the frame shop the next day.
Several had passed after my dad died. It seemed all was taken away from my mother and me. I finally remembered to call about the paintings and was glad that my father had got a chance to see the pictures he died. I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had visited the shop, the frames and had them wrapped.
As I my mother’s sad eyes and unsmiling face, I to give her Daddy’s and my gift.
After looking at the paintings and the card, with tear-filled eyes and a wide smile, she said, “ I knew Daddy would be us on Christmas Day!”
I looked at the gift card with my father’s handwriting. “ Mother: Our daughter reminded me why I am so lucky. I’ll be looking at you always. Daddy.”
A．usual B．same C．different D．beautiful
A．first B．second C．third D．last
A．interesting B．hard C．easy D．proud
A．why B．if C．because D．so
A．Mother’s Day B．birthday C．New Year D．Christmas
A．door B．window C．box D．present
A．it B．her C．them D．him
A．happily B．sadly C．surprisely D．loudly
A．minutes B．hours C．weeks D．years
A．character B．luck C．advice D．happiness
A．after B．until C．before D．when
A．heard of B．paid for C．shouted at D．gave up
A．looked at B．looked after C．looked for D．looked around
A．happened B．forgot C．promised D．decided
A．for B．with C．on D．at
Cancy is now with her parents. But she was stolen as a baby on Aug. 4, 1987.
“It’s a wonderful feeling. Now I can sleep,” mother Joy White said after her grown-up daughter over the weekend, “I never took her picture off my dresser. I never looking for her.”
Cancy was not yet a month old she was stolen. She had a and her worried parents took her to hospital. A woman dressed as a got close to Joy White in the emergency room and told her everything would be .Joy went home to rest. When she returned to the hospital ,Cancy was gone.
, a girl known as Nejdra grew up in Bridgeport. As a teenager, she began to doubt that she wasn’t concerned with the family that her. And she was puzzled that she was able to get a copy of her birth certificate（出生证明）.
Finally, she began to do some on the Internet. On a website, she found a photo of a baby named Cancy. The site got in touch with Joy White on Jan.4 and her a baby photo taken by the family who raised Nejdra.
“I was shouting. I was so excited,”Joy said, “ I saw the picture I said, ‘That’s my daughter.’ I saw myself in her.”
DNA tests Nejdra is Cancy --- the daughter of Joy White and Carl Tyson.“I already knew in my heart that this was my daughter,” Tyson said.DNA检测证实Nejdra是凯西。
A．helping B．noticing C．dreaming D．meeting
A．kept on B．insisted on C．gave up D．set about
A．when B．if C．until D．so
A．mistake B．habit C．chance D．fever
A．nurse B．student C．friend D．child
A．special B．attractive C．fine D．exact
A．Besides B．At the same time C．Still D．yet
A．actually B．always C．simply D．luckily
A．served B．saved C．stole D．raised
A．never B．also C．only D．already
A．homework B．tests C．research D．experiments
A．missing B．smiling C．crying D．singing
A．lent B．showed C．bought D．handed
A．Although B．Because C．In case D．As soon as
A．allowed B．suggested C．proved D．wished
Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then _？ Here is an example.
There was a farmer who _ corn (玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the _ and won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it.The farmer _ seed (做种子的) corn to his neighbors.
“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors？” the reporter asked.“You know they are taking part in the _ with you each year.”
“Why, sir,” said the farmer, “didn't you know？The wind picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow __ corn, crosspollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must _ _ my neighbors to grow good corn.”
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve _ _ his neighbor's corn improves.
As a great man says, “We make a living by what we __ _, but we make a life by what we give.” We can't live without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us different from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find _ _ in their life.
A．why B．how C．when D．where
A．grew B．bought C．sold D．collected
A．cheapest B．prettiest C．best D．shortest
A．lent B．showed C．offered D．provided
A．game B．fight C．experiment D．competition
A．tasty B．bad C．tall D．unusual
A．teach B．remind C．help D．require
A．unless B．though C．because D．when
A．do B．own C．get D．grow
A．hope B．success C．friendship D．happiness