I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.
We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.
On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.
They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.
Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."
That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.
Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.
A．dangerous B．different C．impossible D．terrible
A．promise B．wish C．suggestion D．decision
A．miss B．keep C．get D．accept
A．whom B．whose C．which D．what
A．first B．next C．other D．last
A．us B．them C．me D．her
A．expecting B．remembering C．agreeing D．allowing
A．again B．still C．then D．ever
A．excuse B．fun C．trouble D．chance
A．moved B．talked C．turned D．looked
A．colors B．tears C．joys D．fears
A．even though B．as if C．so that D．now that
A．sure B．proud C．alone D．together
A．on B．for C．since D．through
A．visit B．sleep C．leave D．play
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There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as winto a neighborhood shop to look at its announcement(通知) board. Local shops often have a
where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include c
for children or cleaning houses.
Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment（招聘） announcements placed by companies looking for workers.
Another ptool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy things, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it r
two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is ta college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job r
knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people c
a career since it was first published(出版) in nineteen seventy.
Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller oa company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and i
. Then she provides them with methods and resources(资源) to help them find the right job.
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相应空白处的最佳答案。 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)
Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.
There the workers of the dead mail offices have ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages, expecting that something will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be forever; there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months, some people who are are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the bidder (出价者).
A．impatient B．important C．unclear D．inactive
A．turn off B．eat up C．sell out D．throw away
A．sent B．returned C．lent D．sold
A．no B．various C．silly D．cruel
A．people B．time C．clues D．books
A．funny B．inside C．useless D．outside
A．phone B．mirror C．TV set D．computer
A．stored B．put C．bought D．borrowed
A．bored B．interested C．worried D．satisfied
A．cheapest B．cleverest C．highest D．easiest
There are 45 students in our class. Here are the results of a survey(调查). Thirty-six students they like to exercise. Most boys basketball twice a week, but girls think basketball is for them. They like to play volleyball twice a week. My friend, Tony, is at running. He runs fastest in our class. He runs for 30 minutes in the playground every evening he goes to bed. Gray is good at . He goes to the Swimming Club three times a month in winter, four times a week in summer, so he’s quite . Some of my classmates have good habits. They eat meat and vegetables. 70% of them drink milk every day. Fifteen students say they drink milk three or four a week. But some students like to eat junk food, especially(特别)Sally. What’s , she doesn’t like to , so she is very . She always says, “I’m going to weight tomorrow.”
A．talk B．tell C．say D．speak
A．buy B．play C．watch D．enjoy
A．easy B．bad C．able D．interested
A．good B．well C．bad D．excited
A．after B．if C．before D．when
A．running B．swimming C．skating D．flying
A．so B．but C．or D．and
A．tall B．nice C．happy D．healthy
A．eating B．reading C．walking D．sleeping
A．every B．any C．both D．each
A．pieces B．minutes C．kinds D．times
A．bad B．badly C．worse D．more badly
A．exercise B．practice C．sing D．dance
A．thin B．beautiful C．fat D．clever
A．lose B．buy C．get D．sell
On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a pizza store. We had bought many things. We were dressed , and I was feeling a little as I was carrying our shopping bag, so I decided to throw something away. I was walking towards a dustbin（垃圾箱）I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us. He headed over to the nearby dustbin and started looking through it.
I suddenly felt very because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was too heavy. I walked up to him and handed the and some bread over to him. The man looked up and took what I gave him. A huge smileon his face. I felt I couldn’t be happier with . But then he said, “Wow, this is my son’s lucky day!”
With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his bike. I heard him singing as he rode away. I got a warm inside. I now understand what it by the saying “Giving is getting”.
it was only a little action, I got and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month. Everyone in the world help. Everyone can give help and everyone can be helped.
The look of that man’s happiness appears in my mind I have the chance to do something nice. This is the power（力量）of .
A．poorly B．simply C．warmly D．expensively
A．worried B．interested C．surprised D．tired
A．and B．but C．so D．when
A．nervous B．happy C．sorry D．proud
A．money B．toys C．drink D．clothes
A．in silence B．in surprise C．in anger D．in excitement
A．turned B．appeared C．went D．ran
A．myself B．ourselves C．yourself D．himself
A．still B．once C．even D．ever
A．idea B．welcome C．word D．feeling
A．aims B．means C．looks D．offers
A．If B．Though C．Because D．While
A．needs B．gives C．takes D．brings
A．whichever B．however C．whatever D．whenever
A．kindness B．friendship C．knowledge D．feeling
A king was old and he knew it was time to choose a new king. He told all the young people in the country,” I’ll give of you a seed(种子). Plant it and bring it back one year later. Show me the plant that you bring, I’ll choose a new king from you.
A boy _Ling got a seed, too. He planted it . But the seed didn’t grow at all. A year later, Ling had to take his box to the palace . Others all brought beautiful plants there and Ling felt .
The king the palace and looked around. When he found there was nothing in Ling’s box. The king smiled and said to the others, “ One year ago, I gave everyone a seed couldn’t grow. But all of you, except Ling, have brought me plants and flowers. Ling was the only one the honesty(诚实) and courage(勇气)to bring a box. So he will be the new king.”
A．each B．neither C．both D．every
A．and B．but C．although D．so
A．liked B．helped C．named D．asked
A．careful B．carefully C．careless D．carelessly
A．full B．empty C．beautiful D．broken
A．sad B．excited C．happy D．lucky
A．got B．arrived C．went D．arrived at
A．that B．who C．what D．it
A．for B．with C．have D．has
A．so B．such C．very D．quite