My son was badly hurt in a fire. After he 36 from a series of treatments, the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months 37 it took long for the skin to stop shrinking (收缩). So, he had to return to college with a visible 10-inch 38 on his face.
I said to my son, “Keaton, 39 will pay any more attention to your scar 40 you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother 41 .” He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head 42 high — glad he was alive.
43 , everyone has scars and shortcomings. Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better, 44 you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer 45 .
But you see, like Keaton’s scar, people will only judge you by your looks, or your 46 , or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false 47 .
One of my friends in college was very 48 . At first, when people met him, they noticed his 49 for about 10 seconds. This man felt 50 about himself and spent most of his time 51 about other people’s comfort and welfare(幸福). 52 , people ignored his looks. What people 53 was his kindness and his concern for them. He didn’t act in an ugly way so people didn’t treat him as an ugly man.
Therefore, concentrate on what you value 54 yourself, because if you can see that beautiful person, everyone you are in contact with will see the same 55 .
A．cured B．recovered C．improved D．returned
A．because B．though C．until D．before
A．cut B．wound C．injure D．scar
A．no one B．anyone C．everyone D．someone
A．as B．like C．than D．when
A．another B．others C．all D．us
A．put B．held C．taken D．hung
A．After all B．In conclusion C．In fact D．Above all
A．as long as B．if C．even if D．as if
A．house B．telephone C．job D．car
A．clothes B．hairstyle C．figure D．salary
A．means B．standards C．comments D．rules
A．smart B．optimistic C．rude D．ugly
A．manners B．expressions C．looks D．actions
A．lucky B．worried C．good D．sad
A．inquiring B．asking C．knowing D．caring
A．Completely B．Gradually C．Obviously D．Suddenly
A．wanted B．understood C．brought D．saw
A．within B．beyond C．except D．above
A．kindness B．concern C．beauty D．perfection
My dad was a very busy man. After he retired, every morning he’d get up, take a shower, prepare a breakfast, and then draw up his to-do ______ for the day.
In the summer he planted and ______ the garden. In the winter he made sure the pile of logs for the wood-burning stove never got too small. ______ at daylight saving time, he’d make sure to ______ every clock in the house, from the digital one to the old clock he’d ______ Mom on their 15th anniversary. Dad never let a task slip from his ______. Dad took care of everything around our house. If it was on his schedule, it got ______.
Dad passed away in mid-November, 2006. What would we do then? I ______ the clock. It was an hour ahead. Dad never had the ______ to change the time from then on. Both Mom and I ______ to fix every clock except for one — that anniversary clock. It was a ______ — the chimes (钟声) needed to ______ perfectly with the numbers on the face of the clock. If not, it would ring out the ______ number of chimes on the hour. We were about to begin our attempt ______ we heard a loud pop and all the lights went out.
My God! I thought. This ______ was already falling apart without Dad. It took the electric company about 40 minutes to come and ______ the lights. We were in no ______ to work on the clock. “Let’s just wait until tomorrow and try again,” I said to Mom.
The next morning the power went out again. ______, the electric company responded in half the time it had taken them the night before. With the lights back on we started getting ready for the day. A loud, musical sound ______ the silence. The anniversary chime now has been set to just the right time.
Dad may not be here anymore, I thought, but I should make a ______ for every day.
A．contract B．list C．address D．letter
A．tended B．defended C．visited D．admired
A．Moreover B．Yet C．Even D．Still
A．remove B．paint C．clean D．reset
A．promised B．bought C．told D．reminded
A．idea B．decision C．mind D．feeling
A．done B．known C．hidden D．taken
A．threw away B．showed off C．looked at D．forgot about
A．hope B．ability C．courage D．chance
A．advised B．hated C．managed D．permitted
A．challenge B．try C．lesson D．skill
A．run B．match C．prepare D．move
A．right B．same C．wrong D．opposite
A．because B．though C．so D．when
A．place B．country C．world D．time
A．buy B．produce C．repair D．study
A．doubt B．mood C．money D．sense
A．Curiously B．Particularly C．Strangely D．Thankfully
A．opened B．ended C．broke D．mixed
A．noise B．plan C．bid D．choice
Bobby had tried to climb to the top of the snowy mountain for at least thirty times. But he had always ______. At first, he climbed very well, but as he went on, he became weak and often looked at his worn-out shoes ______ looking up. Finally, when the clouds gathered around him, he understood he wouldn’t be able to ______ the top that day. He would sit down to rest and then ______.
One day, he went up the mountain ______ by old Peeper, the town optician (配镜师). Halfway to the top, Peeper gave him a pair of ______ sunglasses. “If it starts clouding over, put these glasses on. They’ll ______ you,” said Peeper before he went back. Bobby accepted the ______.
Just as nearly always seemed to happen, bad luck ______ in the form of cloud cover. Bobby remembered Peeper’s ______ and put on the glasses. He could ______ see the clouds with the glasses on, but they seemed so light that he could see the top of the mountain ______ the clouds. And so Bobby kept climbing, leaving the clouds behind, and ______ arrived at the top of the mountain. He felt great. But as he took off the glasses, he was ______ — the mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. Bobby didn’t remember the clouds being as ______ as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and ______ everything.
Peeper had made a light picture on the glasses, in the ______ of the snow-covered mountain top. It was made in such a way that Bobby could only ______ it if he looked upwards.
Bobby ______ that the only obstacle (障碍) to getting to the top of the mountain had been his own discouragement. He thanked Peeper for using that little ______ to help him understand that his aim was not impossible.
A．waited B．failed C．finished D．rested
A．along with B．because of C．except for D．instead of
A．reach B．find C．miss D．measure
A．look up B．go on C．give up D．run away
A．attracted B．protected C．controlled D．accompanied
A．special B．beautiful C．big D．expensive
A．save B．help C．follow D．test
A．material B．pity C．design D．gift
A．stood B．changed C．returned D．disappeared
A．plans B．words C．thoughts D．points
A．still B．never C．only D．ever
A．beside B．under C．before D．through
A．personally B．finally C．necessarily D．nearly
A．frightened B．angry C．surprised D．disappointed
A．thick B．pretty C．white D．small
A．proved B．explained C．remembered D．understood
A．middle B．form C．way D．place
A．feel B．copy C．see D．touch
A．realized B．agreed C．imagined D．told
A．experiment B．chance C．shock D．trick
I stopped at a red light only a mile or so from my goal of my brother’s house. We were planning to ______ down together to North Carolina to be with my father who was critically ill.
As I ______ at the stop light, I noticed Sharper’s Florist over to the left. It was the same ______ I had stood as a young man nervously ______ some roses for my date — floods of ______ went through my mind. I noticed the liquor (酒) store straight ahead where my father and I had been many times before, ______ the beer of the week. We both liked German beer.
The light finally turned ______. And I made my left turn and went through the ______ section of our hometown. I remembered how each thanksgiving my ______ would be together, including my parents and my brother. I also remembered how my father would ______ some time every thanksgiving, making sure there was no one ______ in the neighborhoods surrounding where we lived. I can remember as a young boy going with him to ______ some food. I was scared. I had ______ been into this part of town this deeply before. But my father seemed ______ and went about his business.
The people seemed to know him and _____ accepted what he came to offer. My father seemed able to give away the food in a way that honored those he was giving to. He would ______ at each place and talk a little.
My father wanted to be sure ______ had food. If there were people he found who didn’t have food, he would ______ and get more. That’s the kind of man he was.
I pulled into the driveway of my brother’s home. I got out of the ______ and my brother Joel was there to meet me. We hugged and Joel said Dad had ______ just an hour ago. How I hoped I could see him for the last time! But I had no chance.
A．turn B．drive C．walk D．slow
A．waited B．thought C．rested D．looked
A．mark B．place C．way D．sign
A．picking out B．making out C．pointing out D．turning out
A．warnings B．complaints C．tears D．memories
A．selling B．drinking C．buying D．producing
A．yellow B．green C．red D．dark
A．high B．low C．poor D．rich
A．friends B．family C．brother D．classmates
A．spend B．waste C．plan D．pass
A．cold B．afraid C．thirsty D．hungry
A．eat B．seek C．send D．cook
A．almost B．never C．nearly D．really
A．calm B．nervous C．angry D．quiet
A．carefully B．easily C．gratefully D．hardly
A．stop B．move C．continue D．run
A．no one B．everyone C．someone D．anybody else
A．step forward B．stand out C．walk down D．go back
A．kitchen B．room C．car D．bus
A．passed away B．lain down C．gone out D．got up
The teacher sat cross-legged in front of the gathering of fourth grade students. She asked them what kinds of things would ____ world peace. Immediately they began offering such ____ as “Get rid of all the bombs.” “There ought to be a ____ against war.” The teacher rose to note each offering on the board. Once the list was ____，she sat again with the children and asked them if there was anything ____ war in their lives.
They were ____ at first but eventually they seemed to begin to ____ that the teacher meant “war”as a metaphor(暗喻). One student said, “My brother declares a war on me when I ____ his things.”“ My Dad blows up at bad drivers，” offered one girl.____ said she did war with one of her dishonest friends.
____ the thought appeared that all violence was in conflict with the idea of ____. Through the discussion the teacher ____ the concept that they could decrease violence and increase peace in their own lives by giving up the ideas of ____ with others. She asked them to spend the rest of the week ____ track of the times when they would choose to carry out peace ____ violence.
By the end of the week the students had experienced dozens of examples ____ violence and conflict had been avoided in their ____ lives.
Eventually the class created a peace movement in the school. They helped rewrite school ____ that decreased conflict. Homework became more inventive and ____. Parent-teacher meetings always ____ activities of the students (a dance, or an art or science exhibit). Cooperation became the primary path to peace.
A．break B．ignore C．increase D．witness
A．cases B．events C．chances D．suggestions
A．law B．will C．deal D．duty
A．missing B．necessary C．simple D．complete
A．but B．like C．against D．after
A．puzzled B．frightened C．excited D．encouraged
A．state B．prove C．realize D．guess
A．receive B．bother C．collect D．reserve
A．Each B．Another C．The one D．The other
A．Luckily B．Suddenly C．Hopefully D．Finally
A．peace B．power C．culture D．wealth
A．returned B．passed C．introduced D．moved
A．joking B．fighting C．discussing D．working
A．wasting B．appointing C．keeping D．finishing
A．aside from B．away from C．regardless of D．instead of
A．that B．where C．whether D．whose
A．political B．traditional C．personal D．natural
A．rules B．decisions C．records D．introductions
A．similar B．familiar C．confusing D．interesting
A．started with B．belonged to C．put up with D．come up to
Sometimes, we tried to do one thing, but met with another thing instead: something fortunate we never would have expected. That ______ to the Myers family on a visit to Madison.
The Myers family, ______ their nicest wedding attire (盛装), decided to take a ______ photo in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Mr. Myers put down his bag, found a nice sunny ______ front of the building, told his wife and kids where to ______, set his camera on a wall and pressed the timer button. He ______ to get into the picture. Three ... two ... one ... snap! A ______ shot! The surroundings matched them so well.
Then Mr. Myers went to get his bag from where he’d left it, only to find the bag was gone. Inside were his cash, his credit cards, keys ... Mr. Myers ran around the building, ______ he didn’t see anyone with his bag. Mr. Myers glanced at all the fellows around, hoping to ______ something on their faces. Then a fellow in red caught his ______. The guy seemed to ______ Mr. Myers’ eyes. What’s more, he looked a little ______. But how could Mr. Myers ______ that he was the thief?
Then a good _____ struck him at once. He quickly ______ his camera and looked at his photo carefully again, zooming (调焦) in this time: Sure enough, there was the thief, caught in the ______ on the left. Mr. Myers shouted ______, “He is the thief!” But as he ______, the fellow in red was missing. He showed the photo to police officers. After a few minutes, they found the thief and recovered the ___ ___ bag.
If they had moved a little to their left, the thief wouldn’t have been photographed. If the timer had been set just a (n) ______later, the camera might have only caught a blur of the fleeing man. Everything had lined up so perfectly.
A．meant B．happened C．led D．passed
A．dressed in B．glanced at C．showed off D．covered with
A．cover B．passport C．family D．wedding
A．district B．house C．park D．spot
A．stand B．rest C．stay D．lie
A．waited B．rushed C．stopped D．decided
A．perfect B．simple C．bad D．common
A．and B．although C．but D．so
A．tell B．recognize C．test D．read
A．mind B．arm C．attention D．breath
A．avoid B．open C．attract D．cast
A．sad B．nervous C．curious D．worried
A．dream B．believe C．prove D．guess
A．explanation B．opinion C．excuse D．idea
A．turned on B．paid for C．passed by D．asked about
A．event B．trip C．act D．study
A．calmly B．excitedly C．coldly D．slowly
A．jumped out B．woke up C．walked out D．looked up
A．beautiful B．stolen C．expensive D．broken
A．day B．hour C．second D．minute