Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing World. But the 26 is that homeless is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a 27 country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making 28 for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first 29 one long hot summer when most Germans were 30 on holidays. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, 31 a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t 32 . “What these people also need is warmth and 33 ,” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t 34 to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita 35 there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 36 to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon 37 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to 38 donations. Today, over thirty companies 39 donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to 40 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 41 new shoes.
Kurt and Rita receive no 42 for their hard work.. “We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t 43 money for helping their children. The love we get on the street is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets 44 , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a 45 in the world.
A．result B．truth C．reason D．idea
A．traditional B．developing C．typical D．wealthy
A．preparations B．houses C．meals D．suggestions
A．began B．met C．called D．left
A．asleep B．alone C．across D．away
A．brought up B．set up C．put aside D．gave away
A．enough B．necessary C．helpful D．expensive
A．fame B．freedom C．courage D．caring
A．hesitate B．agree C．pretend D．intend
A．make sense B．found out C．make sure D．worked out
A．open B．crowded C．noisy D．near
A．costing B．wasting C．taking D．spending
A．pay for B．ask for C．look into D．carry out
A．completely B．calmly C．regularly D．roughly
A．advertise B．sell C．deliver D．lend
A．donates B．produces C．designs D．collects
A．permission B．payment C．direction D．support
A．borrow B．raise C．save D．expect
A．surprised B．excited C．tired D．amused
A．profit B．difference C．decision D．rule
Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a girl who strengthened my understanding of the power of belief. She was __36___ the most powerful individual I had ever met. I met Chris for the first time while taking the Dale Carnegie __37___ in California.
Our class had already been going for quite some time when ___38___, supported by metal crutches(拐杖), ___39__ herself in. Chris had cerebral palsy(大脑性麻痹). She had much ___40___ in communicating with others. This was not due to ___41___ of desire, but because most of her twenty-one years of life she had been kept in a room with no more than Elvis records and tapes to __42___ her. No one had taken the time to assist her in developing the ability to ___43___. It was Bonnie, her present caretaker, who ___44___ there was much more to Chris than anyone else could see.
When asked by the instructor what her goal ___45___ the twelve-week course was, Chris struggled to respond and became frustrated and ____46___ in the process. For most of her ___47___ nobody would listen to her. The only way she knew to get someone to ___48___ was through temper outbursts(发脾气). With Bonnie as her interpreter, Chris conveyed that her ___49___ was to be able to stand by herself in front of forty-five people and tell us about herself.
On the twelfth week, Chris stood in front of the room and ___50___ with us, in her own words, what her life had been like. It was one of the most beautiful and enlightening experiences I had ever ___51____. Though as a girl who had in many ways been ____52___, she believed that she could ___53___ more in her life and she did. And she also had the love and support of forty-five friends, who, just weeks before, had been ____54___ strangers.
What we all witnessed through Chris’ courage is that life is ____55___ moment by moment, based on our beliefs, which are relevant to both our personal and professional direction and have the power to make our wildest dreams come true.
A．luckily B．naturally C．formally D．probably
A．break B．course C．house D．chance
A．someone B．he C．herself D．she
A．ran B．rushed C．dragged D．jumped
A．difficulty B．concept C．disagreement D．suggestion
A．lack B．need C．notice D．cheer
A．impress B．entertain C．calm D．annoy
A．walk B．pronounce C．communicate D．write
A．knew B．asked C．spoke D．required
A．at B．for C．on D．in
A．grateful B．surprised C．angry D．noisy
A．way B．process C．operation D．life
A．watch B．smile C．listen D．understand
A．class B．goal C．ability D．reason
A．began B．agreed C．found D．shared
A．argued B．attended C．witnessed D．accepted
A．found out B．thrown away C．brought up D．held out
A．give B．accomplish C．spend D．accompany
A．complete B．necessary C．enough D．typical
A．called B．carried C．searched D．created
An amazing teacher
Years ago a John Hopkins professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums（贫民窟）. Took 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and 31 their background and environment, then 32 their chances for the future.
The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys, and collecting much data， concluded that 90 percent of the boys would 33 some time in prison.
Twenty-five years later 34 group of graduate students was given the job of 35 the prediction. They went back to the same area. Some of the boys---by then 36 ---were still there, a few had died, some had moved away, but they got in touch with 180 of the 37 200.They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to 38 .
Why was it that these men, who had lived in a breeding place of crime, had such a surprisingly good record? The researchers were 39 told,“Well, there was a teacher…”
They pressed（追问）further, and found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher, now living in a home for retired teachers. How had she had this brilliant 40 on that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys should have remembered her?
“No,” she said,“No，I really couldn’t.”And then， thinking back 41 the years, she said musingly（沉思地）,42 to herself than to her questioners,“Ｉloved those boys…”
A．look into B．make up C．show up D．result in
A．control B．arrange C．desert D．predict
A．cost B．spend C．take D．waste
A．others B．the other C．another D．other
A．cursing B．convincing C．applying D．testing
A．teachers B．students C．men D．professors
A．native B．rare C．recorded D．discouraged
A．slums B．society C．prison D．school
A．continually B．optimistically C．curiously D．officially
A．reflection B．harmony C．effect D．existence
A．before B．after C．in D．over.
A．less B．more C．better D．worse
One dark stormy night an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be 36 for the night." I’m very sorry,” the clerk on night shift said politely, "we are all 37 tonight． 38 ,you
could stay in my room if you don't mind．I’m 39 , so I'll be here．“ The young man gave the sincere advice．
The elderly couple accepted his 40 with gratitude．They apologized for the 41 they had caused him．The next day, the rain stopped and it 42 ．When the old gentleman went to pay his bill, the same clerk said．" The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper 43 room in this hotel, so you don't need to pay．”
The old gentleman nodded in 44 : “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would dream of．Perhaps someday I’ll build a hotel for you．”The clerk was__45 but, deciding that the
guest must have been 46 , he gave the remark 47 thought．
Two years later, the young man received a registered letter from the old gentleman, in which he 48 the experience of that dark stormy night．The letter also 49a formal invitation, asking that young man to pay a visit．
At a street comer in Manhattan, the young man met his 50 guest．The old gentleman, pointing
to a magnificent new building__51 over the crossroads, said, "Look, that is the hotel I 52 to build for you．I hope you will 53 it for me．Remember what I said then? Well, I was 54 about it．”
The young man stammered, "But…will there be any 55 ,sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?"
“My name is William Aster．”This building was none other than the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, a symbol of supreme status and honor in New York．
A．put up B．put away C．stay up D．set up
A．preserved B．conserved C．booked D．occupied
A．Meanwhile B．Moreover C．Otherwise D．However
A．on duty B．on display C．on stage D．on hand
A．service B．view C．offer D．invitation
A．instruction B．consideration C．inconvenience D．interruption
A．cleared away B．picked out C．cleaned up D．cleared up
A．living B．double C．admirable D． luxury
A．appreciation B．admiration C．surprise D．excitement
A．excited B．skeptical C．annoyed D．respectful
A．lacking B．covering C．joking D．cheating
A．not more B．no more C．some D．another
A．described B．stated C．recited D．recalled
A．swapped B．included C．attached D．added
A．former B．original C．formal D．primitive
A．displaying B．towering C．flying D．climbing
A．determined B．promised C．tended D．intended
A．get B．keep C．manage D．make
A．sensitive B．concerned C．curious D．serious
A．scene B．situation C．condition D．occasion
I became lame（瘸的）in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand 36 the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “ 37”.
I still remember the first day at 38 . When I appeared at the door, 39 in the classroom stared（凝视）at me in 40 . My face turned 41 . I couldn’t help 42 back. It was the 43 and sympathy（同情）in their eyes that 44 me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.
Being lame, I didn’t dare (敢) to 45in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be 46 at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking 47 .
One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really 48 . They encouraged me with a(n) 49 smile and 50 me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was 51 to them for giving me a chance to see the 52 of our lovely school with my own eyes.
After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always 53 to help me. It made me 54 I am handicapped (残疾的).
Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without hesitation (犹豫) I said, “It is the 55 . ”
A．with B．without C．under D．on
A．walk B．run C．sit D．stand
A．school B．wheelchair C．home D．hospital
A．he B．she C．everyone D．nobody
A．thought B．interest C．anger D．surprise
A．red B．brown C．white D．black
A．entering B．hiding C．coming D．turning
A．feeling B．kindness C．sorrow D．pain
A．made B．stopped C．kept D．let
A．walk B．study C．practice D．speak
A．laughed B．smiled C．stared D．looked
A．sadly B．slowly C．happily D．shyly
A．brave B．sad C．hurt D．excited
A．honest B．friendly C．luckily D．handsome
A．pushed B．placed C．drew D．pulled
A．satisfied B．sorry C．loyal D．thankful
A．signs B．sights C．labs D．students
A．ready B．smart C．wise D．unwilling
A．forget B．remember C．imagine D．think
A．teachers B．schoolyard C．classmates D．friendship
My First Job
Jay Leno is a very famous TV host in NBC．He started his talk show titled The Jay Lena Show in September 2009．It was a very popular TV programm in America．Here is the story of his first job．
I gained a very strong work concept from my parents, both of whom lived through a hard period of time-the Great Depression（大萧条）．They couldn't ___36___ people who didn't work regularly．I once told my mom that Sylvester Stallone was getting $12 million for ten weeks of work．"What's he going to do the rest of the _37__?" she asked．
I took my first job at Wilmington Ford near my homerown of Andover, Massachusetts, when I was 16．I worked until five or six o'clock on school days and __38____ 12-hour days during the summer as a prepper（擦洗汽车的小工）．This meant washing and polishing the new cars, and making sure the paper floor mats were in __39__．Another responsibility was taking off the hubcaps (车轮毂盖） at night, so they wouldn't get stolen, and 40 them the next day．This was 41 work because we had about seven acres of 42 One day, carrying an armful of hubcaps 43a corner, I almost __44__ our new general manager．Scared, I dropped them all．He __45 me on the spot．
I was too ashamed to tell my parents．Every day for about two weeks, I stayed __46 until evening．Then I would go home and say I had a ．__47___ day at work．
Trying to make a last 48 , I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened．I said that we were a reliable Ford family and that when I was old enough, I was going to buy a Mustang． __49__ the owner of the dealership(经营店） called．"I don't know who you know in Detroit．" he said．"but if you want your job back, you've 50 it.”
Later, during college, I wanted to work at a Roils-Royce dealership, but the owner said there were no openings．So 1 started washing cars there anyway．When the ___51__ noticed me, I said I was working until he _52__ me．He did．And the second day, I started to work there as a sales clerk．
It 53 persistence (坚持） to succeed．Attitude 54_ matters．I have never thought I was better than anyone else, but I have always believed I couldn't be _ 55 ．
A．see B．know C．understand D．love
A．day B．month C．week D．year
A．put in B．took up C．gave out D．stuck to
A．place B．need C．shape D．fashion
A．changing B．selling C．replacing D．cleaning
A．hard B．normal C．regular D．plain
A．mats B．cars C．areas D．floors
A．at B．in C．beyond D．around
A．broke into B．looked across C．crashed into D．came across
A．fired B．left C．punished D．forgot
A．calm B．busy C．still D．alone
A．stressful B．relaxing C．bad D．great
A．effort B．change C．dialogue D．decision
A．Gradually B．Eventually C．Temporarily D．Hopefully
A．reached B．passed C．got D．caught
A．prepper B．owner C．clerk D．customer
A．helped B．tired C．hired D．called
A．makes B．shows C．carries D．takes
A．also B．even C．never D．ever
A．followed B．scolded C．defeated D．interrupted