I was nineteen years old the first time I saw my own true character.
My trip to and from work each day included a ten-minute walk through the heart of downtown, where the 36 often gathered. Like most busy citizens, I learned to 37 those nameless faces. When it came to homeless beggars, my 38 life experience had led me to one 39 that they are on the street because they choose to be, probably due to alcohol or drugs.
It was an extremely cold day. When I passed the groups of beggars as usual, I heard a shaky voice target me.
“Spare some change?” he asked.
I didn’t even 40 looking up at his nameless face. I briefly 41 him walking into a liquor store and buying whiskey with the money we spared him. Like most teenagers, it took me only moments to 42 him.
“I have no money on me,” I said quickly
Looking back now, I feel as if God had set out that day to teach me a lesson. And God 43 . Just a few feet past him, I managed to find the only ice patch on the sidewalk. I 44 and landed heavily on my right knee. The 45 was almost killing me as I tried to get up. Then I heard a shaky voice only inches above me.
“Are you all right?” he asked.
I knew immediately this was the man I had just rushed past. Even in pain, I 46 took a quick moment to sniff for the smell of alcohol on his breath. There was none. He wasn’t 47 . I saw the 48 in his eyes.
I 49 to get to my feet. He held my arm as I walked difficultly to the nearby bus stop.
“My name is Mike,” he said. “That’s quite a fall you took, and you really need to get it checked by a doctor,” he said with deep 50 .
“This bus goes past the hospital,” I said.
Mike paused, and a look of sudden 51 crossed his face. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small cup. He took out all the change and held it out toward me.
“I think there’s just enough here for you to take the bus,” he said,
I was highly embarrassed as I remember my 52 . I reached for my purse and took out my change. At least ten dollars. I offered Mike all my change.
“Thank you and take care of yourself,” I said. Both of us knew that few minutes earlier I couldn’t have 53 what happened to him.
Mike held his cup tightly, 54 it as if it were the first gift he had ever received.
A half cup of change seemed too small a gift for the man who gave a 55 to every nameless face I’ve ever seen.
A．doctors B．beggars C．citizens D．sellers
A．pity B．observe C．forgive D．ignore
A．limited B．painful C．meaningful D．rich
A．fact B．rule C．assumption D．suggestion
A．mind B．bother C．avoid D．bear
A．imagined B．followed C．noticed D．heard
A．judge B．stop C．tease D．blame
A．signed B．succeeded C．responded D．approached
A．skipped B．dashed C．slipped D．hesitated
A．regret B．scare C．cold D．pain
A．still B．ever C．yet D．also
A．honest B．reliable C．drunk D．shabby
A．greed B．surprise C．sorrow D．sympathy
A．failed B．struggled C．hurried D．chose
A．relief B．satisfaction C．understanding D．concern
A．confusion B．realization C．excitement D．sadness
A．lie B．injury C．promise D．experience
A．known B．predicted C．cared D．accepted
A．treasuring B．protecting C．making D．showing
A．lesson B．name C．chance D．fortune
In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of an engineer. One day walking along the bank of a lake, the girl happened to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose(鹅). After some time the girl the mother would not return to the eggs and she to take them home. There she carefully the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days , the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the .
Geese are known to take the first living thing theysee as their mother. Thus, to these geese, the girl was their mother.
As they grew, the girl was able to her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to . The litter girl became increasingly worried about this, both when and in her dreams. Suddenly, she thought a clever idea: she would fly a plane to guide them in . She asked her father for a plane and he made a small one for her. Caring about safety, the father flew the plane himself. However, the birds didn’t him. They all slept in the grass .
The girl was so worried about it that one day the girl into the plane and started it. Soon the plane left the . Seeing their mother in the air, the birds expanded their wings and . She flew the plane freely in the sky, with her young birds following.
A．since B．after C．while D．because
A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．agreed
A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
A．ago B．out C．later D．long
A．family B．house C．home D．world
A．what B．which C．that D．who
A．great B．big C．shy D．young
A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
A．of B．through C．over D．back
A．sky B．heaven C．flight D．plane
A．his B．her C．their D．its
A．respect B．remember C．follow D．receive
A．sadly B．instead C．hardly D．too
A．climbed B．looked C．drove D．fell
A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．immediately
A．looked away B．set out C．went by D．turned back
Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but for a glance.
One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden, in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he the old gardener was blind. , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you reasons. First I was a when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s .
“Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man .
“Yeah, it’s that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good . In the meantime, it also a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The old man’s astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and them as a link of minds so as to make enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？
I believe every flower has with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.
A．loving B．watering C．tending D．planting
A．stop B．stay C．live D．run
A．kept B．dropped C．fallen D．lost
A．realized B．noticed C．felt D．thought
A．Excited B．Frightened C．Shocked D．Satisfied
A．feel B．see C．hear D．eat
A．one B．two C．three D．four
A．gardener B．teacher C．farmer D．painter
A．taste B．plant C．touch D．appreciate
A．it B．me C．them D．you
A．with pleasure B．in surprise C．with hope D．in anger
A．true B．possible C．a pity D．a shame
A．put B．turn C．get D．knock
A．mind B．life C．future D．mood
A．introduces B．offers C．stands D．leaves
A．words B．behavior C．story D．attitudes
A．treats B．acts C．works D．serves
A．anybody B．somebody C．everybody D．nobody
A．ears B．soul C．eyes D．heart
A．refusing B．trying C．pretending D．Failing
Dear Students，
I am glad to be your guest speaker today. It’s a great pleasure to your school and to meet all of you.
I would like to tell you about . I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I chose this job I could travel the world, but the job has me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes difficult. I have seen famines (饥荒), , earthquakes, poverty and death. But I have also seen courage, hope and .
In India, I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as as four years old. They lived in the streets and survived by begging or . But then a lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year, she was two hundred children. She clothed them, fed them and taught them. She them hope.
Here in China, I a young boy with a serious disease. He had had twenty operations and spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be , but when I met him, his smile was so warm and welcoming.
In life, we need role models that we can admire and learn from. I feel upset, I try to remember the courage and goodness of these people.
A．visit B．call C．run D．leave
A．yourselves B．Themselve C．myself D．itself
A．or B．so C．but D．and
A．taught B．made C．remembered D．heard
A．love B．help C．victories D．wars
A．sadness B．happiness C．loneliness D．illness
A．young B．new C．long D．short
A．studying B．laughing C．stealing D．teaching
A．stubborn B．terrible C．calm D．kind-hearted
A．caring for B．looking for C．giving in D．giving up
A．made B．paid C．gave D．told
A．liked B．asked C．trained D．met
A．sad B．happy C．pleased D．friendly
A．Since B．After C．When D．Before
A．one B．two C．three D．Four
When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.
Their staring eyes don’t see that I get ________ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team, or that I belong to ______youth organizations. All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young, black, and male---a potential _______to them.
White men look at me as if I am up to no good, or as if they are ________to me. White women just look at me with________, say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ________.
Many people come to San Francisco to get away from the stereotypes(成见) of the cities they were born and ________ in. The majority of the blacks and Latinos who live in this city don’t have that luxury.
How can you feel at home when people are__________telling you to get back to Africa or Mexico ----or just back to “where you belong”?
My way of dealing with this kind of thing has ________over the years. In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would make us angry enough to hurt or _______them.
Now I’m more likely to use ________ to defend myself against those eyes. To women who clutch their purse in terror, I’ll say, “Man, I ain’t gonna do anything to you, I got money in my pocket!” My cousin has even started wearing a T-shirt _______ in big letters, “NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.”
The most painful thing is when we get those______ stares from black people, especially elderly ones. I want o say to them, “We’re black, too. Why would we do something to you?”
Usually I react more _______to all of this than a lot of my friends do. Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do.
But for me, that’s not good enough. I just can’t stand it when every day a hundred pair of eyes tell you you’re not__________.
A．hardly B．mostly C．merely D．particularly
A．social B．local C．positive D．new
A．danger B．treasure C．gift D．neighbor
A．better B．close C．perfect D．superior
A．fear B．interest C．honor D．despair
A．run B．walk C．pass D．move
A．known B．developed C．raised D．located
A．honestly B．constantly C．hopefully D．freely
A．changed B．formed C．strengthened D．increased
A．kill B．rob C．damage D．steal
A．actions B．deeds C．signs D．words
A．writing B．printing C．telling D．saying
A．fearful B．doubtful C．pitiful D．impressive
A．strongly B．actively C．disappointedly D．casually
A．sincere B．mature C．welcome D．gentle
Mary was seven years old. Her parents recently moved to a new town, and so Mary was going to a school, which was a few kilometers from the house they lived in now. A school bus going around picked up every morning and brought them back to their every afternoon, and as both of Mary’s parents to go to work, she always went on this bus.
Mary’s parents always their alarm clock for seven o’clock so that none of them would be . But one morning the alarm to go off, and it was not until a quarter past eight that Mary’s mother suddenly , looked at the clock and said, “What’s ever happened to that clock?” and then into Mary’s room to wake her up.
“I’m sorry, dear,” she said, “ you’ll have to wash and dress very quickly, have an even break-fast and then I’ll you to school on my way to the office.”
“But how can you find the , Mum?” Mary said, “You’ve been to school only once.”
“Yes,” her mother answered, “but you’ve done the several times now on the bus, so you can be my guide to get there, can’t you?”
“Oh, yes,” said Mary, “I suppose so.” She washed, and and had a quick breakfast, and then they set off. Mary told her mother to turn each time they came to a place she . In this way she made her mother drive round most of the town they got to her school. When they arrived, her mother saw that it was not really very far from her house.
“Why ever did you make me go such a long way round, Mary, instead of the most way?” her mother asked her.
“Well, Mum,” answered Mary, “it was because I didn’t know else to get here. That’s the way our bus always goes to the other children to school.
A．big B．nice C．different D．distant
A．pupils B．teachers C．parents D．passengers
A．offices B．towns C．classrooms D．homes
A．seemed B．had C．refused D．used
A．found B．set C．cleaned D．fixed
A．late B．ready C．lazy D．asleep
A．started B．stopped C．failed D．continued
A．stood up B．stayed up C．put up D．woke up
A．rushed B．stepped C．escaped D．jumped
A．but B．and C．so D．then
A．later B．quicker C．easier D．heavier
A．bring B．fetch C．leave D．drive
A．truth B．bus C．way D．guide
A．homework B．shopping C．trip D．reading
A．rose B．dressed C．moved D．showed
A．wondered B．realized C．recognized D．designed
A．unless B．after C．if D．before
A．comfortable B．helpful C．important D．direct
A．how B．when C．what D．which
A．look for B．pick up C．drop by D．deal with