I used to work as a waitress in a little restaurant. I felt frustrated then so I had been 31 that period. I hadn’t told anybody except my employer. Somehow a 32 had overheard (无意中听到) my saying that I had to go to another 33 . As I passed her table, she 34 me a card with her phone number on it. She explained that she lived in Sydney and that I should call 35 I needed any help.
Some weeks later, it was time for 36 appointment(约会) in Sydney and I flew there. I was 37 as I had never been there before and didn’t 38 anyone else there. So I 39 to ring the lady who had given me her 40 number, even though I had only met her that once. 41 I had arrived, she was very excited and came 42 to meet me. She gave me a bed and a meal and took me to my appointment the next day and afterwards, she took me back to the 43 .
She treated me so 44 that I offered her a gift to express my 45 but she refused. She said “Your 46 to me is to offer your help to another when it is 47 .” Over the months we kept in touch but then for some reason our communication got less and less 48 .
I always felt I wasn’t giving enough to others as a 49 , but she had told me that I gave her very much and the way I 50 people was a gift. I now give a hand to others every day even if it is only a smile to those who have none to give.
A．going through B．worrying about C．wishing for D．dreaming of
A．manager B．waiter C．customer D．friend
A．restaurant B．school C．town D．city
A．showed B．handed C．lent D．returned
A．before B．after C．if D．because
A．her B．their C．my D．his
A．pleased B．tired C．scared D．honest
A．help B．know C．meet D．serve
A．decided B．promised C．refused D．expected
A．room B．hotel C．car D．phone
A．Considering B．Admitting C．Learning D．Thinking
A．secretly B．immediately C．slowly D．unwillingly
A．room B．airport C．park D．station
A．calmly B．warmly C．coldly D．poorly
A．thankfulness B．concern C．excitement D．attitude
A．advice B．question C．pay D．gift
A．needed B．tested C．appreciated D．accepted
A．frequent B．valuable C．important D．meaningful
A．nurse B．waitress C．teacher D．cook
A．laughed at B．recognized C．talked about D．treated
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination. 16___ , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 17 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 18 , with him were his American wife Fanny and his son 19 .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 20 over the hills. They had been 21 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse.Kept indoors by the heavy rain Lloyd felt the days 22 . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 23 .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 24 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 25 . "What's that ?" he asked. "That's the 26 treasure." said the boy. Robert suddenly 27 something of an adventure story in the boy's 28 . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the29 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 30 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to31 such a man in a story. 32 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 33 .
So thanks to a 34 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest35 stories in the English language.
A．However B． Therefore C．Besides D．Finally
A．alone B．next door C．at home D．abroad
A．meeting B．story C．holiday D．job
A．Lloyd B．Robert C．Henley D．John
A．talk B．rest C．walk D．game
A．attempting B．missing C．planning D．enjoying
A．quiet B．dull C．busy D．cold
A．cleaning B．writing C．drawing D．exercising
A．doubted B．noticed C．decided D．recognized
A．the sea B．the house C．Scotland D．the island
A．forgotten B．buried C．discovered D．unexpected
A．saw B．drew C．made D．learned
A．book B．reply C．picture D．mind
A．star B．hero C．writer D．child
A．help B．problem C．use D．bottom
A．praise B．produce C．include D．accept
A．Yet B．Also C．But D．Thus
A．read B．born C．hired D．written
A．rainy B．sunny C．cool D．windy
A．news B．love C．real-life D．adventure
John Snow was born and worked as a __36__ in Great Britain．Exactly, he was an anaesthetist，37 means that he put people to sleep during operation．He also began to experiment using the same drugs to help women when they had 38 ．That is why he became the doctor who 39 Queen victoria to give the birth of her babies．
At the time he lived，cholera was the most 40 disease．Neither its cause，nor its 41 was understood．So many thousands of people died 42 there was an outbreak．John Snow was 43 to help ordinary people 44 from cholera．He 45 the disease began in the stomach and the patients died quickly after severe vomiting(呕吐)and diarrhea (腹泄)．46 ，he believed cholera resulted from water．When another 47 hit London in 1854，John Snow set to work．
John Snow approached the problem in a systematic way．He marked on a map 48 all the dead people had lived and found many of the 49 were near a water pump．It seemed the water was the50 ．So he collected information about the 51 habits of the dead people and used them eventually to prove his theory．With the information 52 ，John Snow was sure that 53 water was the cause．
Then people were required to 54 the water company to supply them with clean water．Thanks __55___ John Snow there was no more outbreaks of cholera．
A．scientist B．an official C．an officer D．doctor
A．pain B．ache C．difficulties D．babies
A．assisted with B．took care C．look after D．joined
A．surprising B．interesting C．interested D．frightening
A．cure B．method C．result D．threat
A．each time B．at one time C．in no time D．the first time
A．delighted B．devoted C．absorbed D．determined
A．suffered B．having suffered C．suffering D．being suffered
A．noticed B．was noticing C．has noticed D．had noticed
A．Therefore B．As a result of C．So D．According to
A．disease B．disaster C．outbreak D．case
A．how B．where C．what D．in which
A．women B．men C．death D．injuries
A．result B．cause C．origin D．case
A．drinking B．1iving C．working D．housing
A．having collected B．being collected C．collected D．collecting
A．being polluted B．polluted C．polluting D．having polluted
A．take on B．call on C．depend on D．carry on
A．to B．/ C．for D．on
During a recent vacation I visited Dusseldorf,a city in the dormer West Germany.The nine-day trip left a deep impression on me.I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at six.It was already dark outside.The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to 36 .I decided to telephone the youth hotel.But to use the 37 I needed some coins. I asked a lady for help.To my 38,she 39 me five coins to use!But all the phones in the 40 needed phone cards.And phone cards could only be 41 at post office during the daytime.I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to call the 42 .An old gentleman helped me.He couldn’t speak English but 43 that I needed to make a phone call.He showed me where the 44 was and inserted(插入) his phone card.I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night.The kindness of the German people made me feel 45 and it seemed that I was not far from 46 .And my first day in Germany wasn’t as 47 as I expected previously.
Whenever I went,I asked people for 48 .What surprised me most was that almost every young German could tell me the way in 49 English.Older Germans couldn’t speak English so well, 50 ,they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man I asked for directions even 51 me to the place I was looking for.My experience in Germany completely changed my 52 of Germans.Before,I thought they were unfriendly to foreigners. In the World War II in the 1940s,Germans were always 53 .But things have 54 since then.And Germans today couldn’t be more 55 ,in my opinion.
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Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. However, he did not teach me acceptance(接受) when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 1 and ill.
My father was once a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 2 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 3 One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about life, and I told them about one of my 4 . I said that we must very often give things up as we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends—but it always 5 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 6 up. He said, “But, Peter. I gave up 7 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 8 , he answered his own question.
“I 9 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also 10 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(激动的) at someone, I would remember his words and become 11 . He could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 12 to give up my small irritations. In this 13 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 14 what other things I cold learn from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful（感谢的）for this15 .
A．tired B．weak C．poor D．slow
A．took B．threw C．sent D．put
A．impossible B．difficult C．helpless D．hopeless
A．decisions B．experience C．dreams D．beliefs
A．suggests B．promises C．seems D．requires
A．spoke B．turned C．got D．opened
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．had B．accepted C．gained D．enjoyed
A．touched B．surprised C．attracted D．warned
A．quiet B．calm C．relaxed D．happy
A．ready B．likely C．free D．able
A．case B．form C．method D．way
A．doubt B．wonder C．know D．guess
A．award B．lesson C．gift D．word
We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home．As years went on, these events took on a 41 meaning for me: A traditional birthday party for Dad, and thanking for all that he had been doing to me in my life．When we knew it might be his 42 birthday, the whole family decided to 43 together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home．
Dad was a good story-teller and here was the 44 he had had．During a quiet moment, I announced it was now Dad’s 45 to listen to stories for a change．I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him．The room became 46 ．Then one after another, people told stories from their hearts, while Dad 47 with tears in eyes．People 48 kinds of stories—stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures．
The stories 49 ． Everyone seemed to
have more than one story．Even the little grandchildren couldn’t 50 to tell Dad why they loved him．For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our 51 to celebrate him．A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had 52 Dad that night．Those are the stories people 53 tell at a funeral after a loved one is no longer 54 to hear the words．They tell stories, full of 55 ．But we had given those memories to Dad in his 56 , and we had told them through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joys．He had them to 57 and roll over in his mind during his last days and months．
Words do 58 , and they are enough．We just need to say them or to speak them 59 to the ones we love．That’s the way to 60 love and ou
r chance to celebrate a person in his or her life．
A．special B．valuable C．double D．complex
A．another B．last C．important D．gather
A．unite B．arrange C．move D．gather
A．career B．pride C．happiness D．audience
A．choice B．wish C．turn D．right
A．lively B．still C．cosy D．noisy
A．understood B．invented C．recalled D．discussed
A．flowed B．passed C．unfolded D．differed
A．stop B．stand C．afford D．wait
A．responsibility B．situation D．desire
A．returned B．left C．given D．owed
A．sincerely B．gently C．normally D．regularly
A．available B．happy C．eager D．alive
A．tears B．feelings C．joy D．peace
A．mind B．life C．world D．work
A．hold B．share C．consider D．continue
A．suit B．fail C．survive D．matter
A．willingly B．publicly C．actually
A．get back B．call up C．give back D．keep up