When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage(孤儿院) every week to lead us in woodworking projects. I remember the night that I finished my first project. It was a small table and I looked upon it as though I had created a life. I could wait to give it to Mother Winters, our orphanage’s leader, as a .
Since the tables’ coating was still , the man asked us to wait a while before taking our tables to our dormitories. But I couldn’t wait. I dashed out the door in a , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.
“It is very pretty,” Mother Winter smiled at me. When she touched the coating she noticed that it was still wet. Then she asked me why I had brought. I stood with down. “Were you supposed to bring this home?” she asked. “No, ma’am, ” I said.
Mother Winters kicked the table over and all of the legs were off. She made me throw the table outside. After Mother Winters left, I went out to get my little table. There was dirt all over it. silently, I hid the ruined table in my closet. A year later I gave it to Mother Henderson, my houseparent, to .
Thirty years later I learned Mother Henderson was living in Asheville, North Carolina, so I drove up to see her. She gently asked me to come down to her basement and help her get something . “Do you remember that?” she asked, into a dark corner. I did. I could not speak for fear of crying. “Roger, I want you to it.” Mother Henderson gave me back the little that I had given up for lost so long ago. She had kept it, never if she would see me again.
Today, I look at the table with bittersweet memories. I think of when Mother Winters forced me to throw it away. But I am also and joyful at the kindness of Mother Henderson, who kept it as a remembrance of a young orphan who tried very hard to .
A．only B．hardly C．almost D．simply
A．gift B．reward C．work D．praise
A．unfinished B．drying C．covering D．applied
A．way B．while C．circle D．hurry
A．head B．tears C．voice D．hands
A．taken B．broken C．cut D．let
A．Screaming B．Freezing C．Standing D．Crying
A．put away B．throw away C．take away D．wash away
A．proper B．popular C．important D．expensive
A．struggling B．diving C．sliding D．pointing
A．lay B．have C．sell D．clear
A．table B．gift C．memory D．joy
A．promising B．hoping C．knowing D．complaining
A．excited B．comforted C．amused D．entertained
A．accept B．struggle C．tolerate D．please
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A teacher teaching math to seven-year-old Laiq asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple , how many apples will you have?”
With a few seconds Laiq confidently, “Four!”
The confused teacher was expecting a(n) correct answer, three. She was disappointed. “Maybe the child didn’t hear ” she thought. She , “Laiq, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”
Laiq had seen the on his teacher’s face. He again on his fingers. But within him he was also the answer that would make the teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four.”
The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. Suddenly she that Laiq liked strawberries. She thought maybe he didn’t like apples and that was why he couldn’t answer the question. This time with an excitement in her she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how many will you have?”
Seeing the teacher , young Laiq calculated on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new to succeed. a hesitating smile young Laiq replied, “Three?”
The teacher now had a smile. Her approach had succeeded. She wanted to herself. But one last thing remained. she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many will you have ?”
Confidently Laiq answered, ‘Four!” The teacher was “How Laik , how?” She demanded in a little annoyed voice.
In a voice that was and hesitating young Laik replied, “Because I already have one in my bag.”
The story tells us： someone gives you an answer that is from what you expect, don’t think they are wrong. There shall be an angle(角度) that you may not have thought about yet.
A．told B．added C．replied D．wrote
A．worthless B．effortless C．careless D．selfless
A．possibly B．actively C．clearly D．strictly
A．repeated B．ordered C．whispered D．complained
A．satisfaction B．disappointment C．punishment D．determination
A．recognized B．discovered C．calculated D．insisted
A．searching for B．waiting for C．arguing for D．talking about
A．decided B．noticed C．expressed D．remembered
A．eyes B．hands C．mouth D．nose
A．sad B．happy C．pitiful D．lovely
A．invention B．system C．reform D．approach
A．On B．In C．With D．By
A．precious B．satisfied C．lasting D．appealing
A．thank B．congratulate C．help D．enjoy
A．Above all B．In vain C．On purpose D．Once again
A．astonished B．concerned C．amused D．relaxed
A．high B．low C．easy D．clear
A．strawberry B．apple C．coin D．box
A．Before B．After C．Until D．When
A．absent B．free C．different D．safe
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Brother Michael and Chris were born in the early 1960s and grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were in the primary school and brought home mostly A’s on their report cards.
But in a black family with eight children, money was always , so the two growing boys often went . They turned to stealing. They stole cookies from the grocery store and bread from the . They even stole money from their parents to feed.
At the end of his first year in high school, Chris received three A’s and F’s on his report card --- the first time he had anything in school. Because Kennedy High School only allowed three failures four years, one more F and Chris would be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to .
Chris made every effort to become in school. After Chris graduated from college, he worked as a prosecutor(检察官), criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. Today Chris is famous as one of the prosecutors in the trial of the century, the O.J. Simpson trial!
That decision to change took him in an entirely direction from his brother Michael, who changing his bad behavior. After high school, Michael continued his anti-social ---fighting in the streets, taking and stealing. At the age of 42, Michael Darden died from AIDS.
This story us that what we become is determined by the we make. We can choose to get or we can choose to get worse. Chris changed. He changed from being a criminal to prosecuting criminals. His brother Michael, on the other hand, was changed. He was changed by drugs…and finally, he was changed by a deadly disease. Chris made the right choices. He made the changes in his life that helped him his great dreams.
A．well- behaved B．well-dressed C．well-known D．well- informed
A．plentiful B．loose C．common D．tight
A．mad B．wrong C．hungry D．bad
A．chemist’s B．baker’s C．doctor’s D．barber’s
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．obtained B．failed C．passed D．missed
A．beyond B．by C．over D．above
A．steal B．respond C．stand D．change
A．outstanding B．friendly C．powerful D．outgoing
A．treating B．saving C．questioning D．punishing
A．leading B．working C．acting D．performing
A．similar B．different C．new D．strange
A．preferred B．resisted C．admitted D．appreciated
A．habits B．signs C．behaviors D．manners
A．drugs B．actions C．buses D．pills
A．persuades B．warns C．convinces D．wishes
A．choices B．friends C．promises D．efforts
A．taller B．cleaner C．happier D．better
A．illegal B．useful C．harmless D．lawful
A．destroy B．form C．accomplish D．approach
My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an _. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market（跳蚤市场）. She collected little weeds and such to sell anything for the we needed, she was such an embarrassment. I remember that it was field day(户外活动日) during elementary school, and my mom came. I was so . How could she do this to me? I threw her a look and ran out. The next day at school, “Your mom only has one eye?" they me.
I wished that my mom would just from this world so I said to my mom, "Mom, why don't you have the other eye?! You're only going to make me a laughingstock(笑柄). Why don't you just die?" My mom did not . I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt to think that I had said what I'd wanted to say all this time.
Maybe it was because my mom hadn't me, but I didn't think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.
That night I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was there, so , as if she was afraid that she might wake me. I took a look at her, and then turned . Because of the thing I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching （夹痛）at me in the corner of my . Even so, I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. So I told myself that I would grow up and become , because I hated my one-eyed mom and our poverty.
Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied, and got admitted to the Seoul University with all the I had. Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. Now I'm living happily as a successful man. I like it here because it's a place that doesn't me of my mom.
This was getting bigger and bigger, when someone came to see me. "What? Who's this?" It was my mother still with her one eye. It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little daughter ran away, of my mom's eye.
A．shame B．delight C．embarrassment D．advised
A．food B．house C．book D．money
A．proud B．embarrassed C．shy D．frighted
A．kindly B．disappointed C．hateful D．loving
A．teased B．asked C．scold D．blame
A．leave B．travel C．escape D．disappear
A．speak B．response C．object D．forgive
A．good B．sad C．regreful D．ashamed
A．cherished B．loved C．punished D．valued
A．laughing B．drinking C．cooking D．weeping
A．loudly B．quietly C．carefully D．sadly
A．away B．out C．in D．over
A．mind B．face C．heart D．room
A．strong B．confident C．healthy D．successful
A．desperate B．considerate C．compared D．consistant
A．indepedence B．honours C．experience D．misery
A．warn B．remember C．remind D．inform
A．confidence B．heart C．dream D．happiness
A．unexpected B．special C．strange D．similar
A．tired B．scared C．glad D．curious
On arrival in the downtown El Paso, I came across an old man, a bum(流浪汉) on the street corner. He me and asked if I was running away from home. I him, “Not exactly, sir.” The old man wanted me to follow him to see great. We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public .
He asked me to sit down while he was looking for something between the shelves. A few moments , he returned with a couple of old books. He then sat down, , “There are two things that I want to teach you Number one is to judge a book by its cover, for a cover can you. As a matter of fact, I am one of the men in the world and have all the things that money can buy. a year ago, my wife died, and since then l have been thinking about my life. I realized there were certain things I had not yet in life, one of which was it would be like to live like a on the streets. I promised to do that for one year. For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, don't ever judge a by its cover, for a cover can fool you “
“Number two is to learn how to read, my boy. For there is one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your .” At that moment, he put my right hand in his and put them upon the books he had from the shelves. They were the writings of Plato(柏拉图) and Aristotle(亚里斯多德)—great classics from ancient times.
A．hit B．stopped C．blamed D．rewarded
A．refused B．warned C．told D．prevented
A．something B．everything C．nothing D．anything
A．Factory B．School C．Library D．Hospital
A．special B．normal C．rich D．favorite
A．before B．late C．later D．ago
A．crying B．saying C．reading D．laughing
A．ever B．always C．never D．often
A．attract B．fool C．protect D．teach
A．wealthiest B．happiest C．loneliest D．stupidest
A．So B．Simply C．But D．Since
A．finally B．aimlessly C．thankfully D．deeply
A．experienced B．saw C．paid D．used
A．where B．what C．how D．why
A．bum B．beggar C．policeman D．driver
A．busily B．easily C．freely D．exactly
A．picture B．book C．person D．price
A．always B．hardly C．only D．rarely
A．opinion B．clothes C．wisdom(智慧) D．appearance
A．opened B．pulled C．placed D．filled
Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, they us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see CJ’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that his sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
A．inspiring B．frustrating C．encouraging D．exciting
A．expectation B．love C．education D．instruction
A．suggested B．hoped C．persuaded D．advised
A．Luckily B．Unfortunately C．Naturally D．Generally
A．due to B．as long as C．so far as D．in case
A．However B．Besides C．Thus D．Therefore
A．charged B．prepared C．engaged D．held
A．familiar B．similar C．friendly D．close
A．host B．teacher C．headmaster D．judge
A．effect B．way C．force D．struggle
A．where B．as C．when D．that
A．after B．during C．before D．once
A．anxious B．enough C．amazing D．pleased
A．displayed B．kept C．taken D．replaced
A．take up B．keep up C．get up D．pick up
A．surprise B．expectation C．anxiety D．amusement
A．got B．drew C．made D．defeated
A．special B．extraordinary C．curious D．mixing
A．on B．high C．great D．easy
A．difficult B．upset C．disappointed D．different