I was at the post office early that morning, hoping to be in and out in a short while．Yet, I 36 myself standing in a queue that went all the way into the hallway．I had never seen so many people there on a weekday．It seemed someone might have made an announcement, welcoming customers to carry as many 37 as they could and bring them in when I needed to have my own package 38 ．The queue moved very slowly．My patience ran out and I got 39 ．The longer it took, the angrier I became．When I got to the counter finally, I finished my 40 quickly and briefly, and then walked past the queue that was now extending past the front door．
"Excuse me," I said, trying not to be too pushy．Several people had to move 41 to make room for me to get to the 42 ．
I stepped out, complaining about the 43 conditions．Thinking I was going to be late for my dentist appointment, I headed into the parking lot．
A woman was coming across the lot in my 44 ．She was walking with determination, and each step sounded very heavy．I 45 that she looked as if she could breathe fire．It stopped me in my tracks．I 46 _ myself and it wasn't pretty．Had I looked like that? Her body language said that she was having a _47 day．My anger melted away．I wished I could wrap her in a hug but I was a 48 ．So I did what I could in a minute 49 she hurried past me－I smiled．In a second everything changed．She was astonished, then somewhat 50 ．Then her face softened and her shoulders 51 ．I saw her take a deep breath．Her pace slowed and she smiled back at me as we passed each other．
I continued to smile all the way to my _52 ．Wow, it's amazing what a simple smile can do．
From then on, I became aware of people's 53 and my own, the way we show our feelings．Now I use that _54 every day to let it 55 me that when facing the world, I can try a smile．
A．found B．helped C．troubled D．enjoyed
A．things B．packages C．chances D．dollars
A．lifted B．cashed C．weighed D．carried
A．pleased B．disappointed C．delighted D．annoyed
A．business B．choice C．situation D．attitude
A．away B．about C．along D．aside
A．counter B．cashier C．exit D．entrance
A．weather B．service C．work D．shopping
A．satisfaction B．decision C．direction D．imagination
A．announced B．discovered C．proved D．noticed
A．trusted B．recognized C．hid D．persuaded
A．rough B．bright C．big D．nice
A．gentleman B．stranger C．customer D．passenger
A．until B．though C．before D．since
A．attracted B．frightened C．cheered D．confused
A．trembled B．raised C．relaxed D．tightened
A．car B．office C．home D．doctor
A．appearances B．reactions C．behaviors D．expressions
A．treatment B．awareness C．conclusion D．achievement
A．remind B．show C．give D．tell
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more 31 waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 32 everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often 33 what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so34 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 35 . I can still remember he was always 36 a smile and willing to help. He always 37 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He 38 just smile and ask what else he could do ,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly 39 home.
Weeks passed and the 40 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of 41 before the holiday break. I smiled in 42 as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David43 standing by my desk.
“I have something for you” he said and 44 from behind his back a small box. 45 it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it. ”I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my46 saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it’ s 47 . ”
“ Oh no it isn’t ,” said David “ It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there .”
Tears filled my eyes 48 Ilooked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given 49 to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning50 the little empty box set on my desk.
A．courageous B．anxious C．serious D．cautious
A．warning B．calling C．ringing D．yelling
A．scolded B．wondered C．realized D．learned
A．modestly B．naturally C．inappropriately D．inaccurately
A．popular B．special C．upset D．funny
A．expressing B．delivering C．sharing D．wearing
A．practiced B．wandered C．stayed D．studied
A．would B．should C．might D．could
A．aim at B．head for C．put off D．turn to
A．excitement B．argument C．movement D．judgement
A．year B．school C．education D．program
A．vain B．return C．relief D．control
A．quietly B．sadly C．weakly D．helplessly
A．searched B．found C．raised D．pulled
A．Holding B．Sending C．Handing D．Leaving
A．delight B．expectation C．appreciation D．surprise
A．empty B．cheap C．useless D．improper
A．as B．until C．because D．though
A．advice B．support C．command D．attention
A．from B．behind C．over D．towards
My husband Sid and I were never able to have children. I had always wanted a family and that feeling 36 after his death. He was all I had. When he 37 , I felt like I had lost my entire family. I never 38 I would finally get the family I had always wished for. A few years later I met Tom. When we married, I 39 got four grown children and eight grandchildren.
I was 40 about my first meeting with his children. My worries melted away when I realized that they 41 me and were more than willing to bring me into their family. And when his daughters 42 me if their children could call me “Mimi,” I was excited, Tom was divorced, and 43 I was also concerned about the 44 that the children already had two grandmothers. Would the little ones understand 45 I fit into the family？
At our first extended family gathering, I 46 our six-year-old grandson Jim staring at me with a 47 look. He seemed to be thinking about something serious. 48 sporting a big grin(咧嘴笑)，he jumped and said, “I know who you are! You are our 49 grandma!” At that moment, I know it was time to just relax and enjoy my new 50 .
People say when a door close, God opens a window. Now I know what that 51 . I lost so much joy when Sid died, 52 now I have a new happy life. I am enjoying so many things I 53 got to experience before like reading bedtime stories. My refrigerator is covered with drawings, and my walls are 54 with photos of the kids. I may be an instant “extra” grandma in Jim’s eyes, but I am just as 55 any other “regular” grandma I know.
A．disappeared B．deepened C．improved D．worsened
A．died B．returned C．recovered D．divorced
A．dreamed B．found C．forgot D．regretted
A．unwillingly B．merely C．naturally D．surely
A．excited B．crazy C．curious D．anxious
A．doubted B．praised C．liked D．changed
A．challenged B．asked C．promised D．tested
A．as a result B．in other words C．from then on D．in the end
A．trouble B．behavior C．choice D．fact
A．when B．where C．what D．why
A．allowed B．noticed C．ignored D．hated
A．frightened B．sad C．happy D．confused
A．Generally B．Eventually C．Gradually D．Suddenly
A．new B．extra C．distant D．great
A．cause B．partner C．role D．job
A．contains B．determines C．means D．matters
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．ever B．still C．once D．never
A．decorated B．replaced C．covered D．filled
A．proud B．busy C．careful D．healthy
A high school history teacher once told us, “if you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.” __1___ teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily __2___.
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for __3___ friendship to __4__. However, there can be _5__ disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to have clear in our _6__ the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or __7_ at arm’s length? Do we want to __8_ ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are _9__ enough---and that’s right. But at some point we need to _10__ that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of _11__ experience _12__ our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it __13_ be undertaken（进行）slowly and carried on only if there are _14__ of interest and action in return.
What are some of the _15__ of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships __16_ time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention, Similarly, friendships __17___actions in return, in __18__ words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of . Unless you spend __19__ time together, talking on the phone, writing letters doing things together, friendships will die __20__
A．Knowledge B．Teachers C．Experience D．Parents
A．understood B．formed C．realized D．produced
A．true B．common C．deeply D．actual
A．design B．intend C．developed D．appear
A．any B．some C．no D．none
A．hearth B．thoughts C．actions D．minds
A．remained B．left C．kept D．stayed
A．own B．share C．owe D．spare
A．that B．very C．quite D．not
A．make sure B．remember C．expect D．check out
A．social B．ordinary C．good D．personal
A．includes B．to include C．including D．included
A．can B．must C．will D．need
A．marks B．sights C．scenes D．signs
A．difficulties B．differences C．advantages D．things
A．cost B．spend C．ask D．take
A．require B．request C．depend D．suggest
A．some B．many C．other D．different
A．less B．comfortable C．reasonable D．a lot
A．for B．away C．out D．from
My neighbor’s children love playing hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) as all children do, but no one 36 that a game they played last week would be reported in the local newspaper.
One afternoon, they were playing in the vacant lot (空地)down by the corner. Young Paul, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to 37 . His sister, Natalie, had 38 her eyes and was counting to ten when Paul noticed the mail box at the corner and that the metal door was standing open. The mailman had just 39 several bags of mail and had carried them to his truck which was standing a few feet away. Paul climbed 40 the mail box and pulled the door closed so hard that it 41 . Soon realizing what he had done, he became 42 and started crying. At that time, Natalie was looking for him everywhere but could not find him. It was 43 that she happened to stand at the corner for a minute and heard her brother’s cries. She 44 ran to tell the mailman who hurried back from his 45 to unlock the metal door. Paul was now 46 , but he had such a bad fright that he could not stop crying. The mailman, however, soon found a way of making him 47 again. He told him that the next time he wanted to hide in a mail box, he should remember to put a stamp on himself!
A．realized B．warned C．imagined D．wondered
A．hide B．watch C．rest D．sleep
A．opened B．shut C．raised D．wiped
A．lost B．found C．taken out D．put in
A．through B．over C．out of D．into
A．broke B．fell down C．opened D．locked
A．surprised B．frightened C．excited D．angry
A．lucky B．a pity C．possible D．strange
A．suddenly B．slowly C．immediately D．carelessly
A．home B．truck C．mail box D．post office
A．found B．hidden C．happy D．free
A．laugh B．cry C．climb in D．play
The day was Thankful Thursday, our “ regular day” of service. It’s a __36__tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. On this __37__ Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do.
__38__ along a busy road, we prayed for guidance in search of __39__our weekly Act of Kindness. My girls were__40__, and started shouting “ McDonald’s” . Suddenly I realized that almost every crossing I__41__ was occupied by a beggar, and then it hit me! All these beggars must be hungry. Perfect! We were going to buy__42__for them.
It was a great way to__43__. The Act of Kindness was anonymous(匿名的)，and we loved what we saw in the back view mirror: a__44__and delighted person holding up his lunch bag and just looking at us__45__we drove off.
We had come to the end of our “ route” where there was a small woman standing there, asking for__46__. We handed her our final lunch bag, and then made a U-turn to head back in the opposite direction for home. Unfortunately, the light stopped us. I was __47__and didn’t know quite how to behave.
“No one has ever done anything like this for me before,” the woman said with__48__. I replied, “Well, I’m glad that we were the first one.”__49__ uneasy , and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, when do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”
“Oh honey, I’m not going to__50__this lunch.” I was confused , and she continued , “I have a little girl of my own at home and she just __51__ McDonald’s , but I can never buy it for her because I just don’t have the __52__ . You know what… tonight she is going to have McDonald’s !”
So many times I had__53__whether our Acts of Kindness were too small or insignificant to really__54__any difference . Yet in that moment, I recognized the__55__of Mother Teresa’s words, “We cannot do great things---only small things with great love.”
A．weekly B．monthly C．yearly D．daily
A．common B．particular C．ordinary D．usual
A．Walking B．Running C．Driving D．Wandering
A．finding B．meeting C．realizing D．fulfilling
A．hungry B．tired C．puzzled D．bored
A．talked about B．passed through C．turned down D．picked up
A．bread B．cloth C．lunch D．water
A．receive B．beg C．present D．give
A．surprised B．troubled C．pleased D．moved
A．because B．as C．but D．otherwise
A．trouble B．invitation C．change D．advice
A．worried B．frightened C．feared D．embarrassed
A．amazement B．excitement C．enjoyment D．disappointment
A．Keeping B．Feeling C．Sounding D．Seeming
A．accept B．refuse C．eat D．share
A．dislikes B．prefers C．sells D．loves
A．money B．courage C．honour D．choice
A．considered B．questioned C．determined D．imagined
A．make B．keep C．determine D．promote
A．importance B．value C．structure D．truth