Mondays are usually pretty busy for me. On one of these Mondays, I got ready to go to work thinking about all the things I had to on that day and walked down to get to my car scolding myself for being late to work, but the car was nowhere to be found. I right across my apartment the previous night but it wasn’t there that morning.
This was at 8:00 am in the morning. I made to all the towing（拖）places, police stations all the time thinking that it was towed by . By around 10:00 am, I couldn’t find it anywhere and the policemen decided that it was stolen. After filing a report with them, I finally got to work thinking how my day was completely .
Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at an enterprise to realize that my license was missing too along with my car. I told the enterprise guy the whole and he was so sorry for me that he to take me to the nearest DMV（车管局）and get a duplicate（副本的） . I was totally surprised. I didn’t know why this complete stranger would want to some time off his day to help me . He actually took me to DMV, got a duplicate and then me a car. I was the whole day because of the continuous events that happened to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a stranger made it all worth it. It cheered me up and made me forget all the misfortunes of the day. I was so by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar . I took some smiley shaped chocolates and them on some of my colleague’s desks.
This is still a lot out there in the world. We just need to take the time to discover it.
A．typical B．lovely C．strange D．pleasant
A．face B．explain C．accomplish D．arrange
A．excitedly B．surprisingly C．interestingly D．hurriedly
A．stayed B．looked C．walked D．parked
A．ways B．trips C．surveys D．contributions
A．policemen B．doctors C．thieves D．officials
A．normally B．curiously C．actually D．finally
A．made up B．worked out C．figured out D．messed up
A．still B．even C．never D．only
A．message B．secret C．story D．business
A．declined B．offered C．hesitated D．approved
A．license B．card C．book D．ticket
A．spend B．leave C．take D．get
A．lent B．presented C．bought D．rented
A．delighted B．annoyed C．disappointed D．amused
A．complete B．perfect C．wonderful D．special
A．moved B．puzzled C．shocked D．embarrassed
A．honor B．method C．problem D．surprise
A．forgot B．threw C．left D．exposed
A．friendship B．goodness C．competition D．misunderstanding
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d 36 known. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t 37 lives, he was planting trees.
The good doctor had some 38 theories on planting trees. He believed in “No pains, no gains”. He never 39 his new trees, which was 40 many people. Once I asked why. He 41 that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each following tree generation will 42 weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 43 for them. He talked about how watering trees 44 shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in 45 of water. I came to understand that he meant deep roots were to be 46 . I planted a couple of trees a few years back and I took good care of them. Two years of 47 has resulted in trees that expect to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows, they 48 and tremble their branches. Funny things about those trees of Dr. Gibbs’. The lack of water seemed to 49 them in ways comfort and ease never could.
I used to 50 for my sons that their lives will be easy. But 51 I’ve been thinking that it’s time to 52 my prayer. I know my children are going to meet 53 , and I’m praying they will be strong. The prayer for comfort is seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, 54 when the winds blow, we won’t be 55 away.
A．even B．ever C．never D．hardly
A．valuing B．making C．enjoying D．saving
A．exciting B．dull C．interesting D．terrible
A．watered B．raised C．loved D．sheltered
A．against B．beyond C．within D．from
A．wondered B．answered C．doubted D．guessed
A．grow B．change C．appear D．show
A．harmful B．favorable C．tough D．wonderful
A．made for B．headed for C．allowed for D．cared for
A．charge B．favor C．honor D．search
A．treasured B．challenged C．respected D．liked
A．education B．information C．preparation D．devotion
A．dance B．shake C．spread D．lift
A．harm B．raise C．benefit D．hurt
A．pray B．apply C．stand D．call
A．perfectly B．formally C．obviously D．lately
A．attend B．say C．change D．keep
A．hardships B．worries C．bosses D．jobs
A．or B．so C．and D．but
A．given B．sent C．broken D．swept
I agree with the saying that some people “see old memories as a chance to deal with the past and unite past and present.” Many people are so ___1___ by things that happened in their past that they are not able to focus on the ___2___ . For example, in the book Ceremony, the main character, Tayo, cannot concentrate on the present because he can’t forget his troubled childhood and ___3___ continues to relive things that happened during that time.
However, past memories can help people to ___4___ in the present. A ___5___ example of people learning from the past would be the Marshall Plan. After the ___6___ of World War II there were many war-torn countries around the world in need of ___7___ assistance to help rebuild their countries, and the United States would have to be the one to ___8___ that assistance. Many American politicians thought it was ___9___ for the US government to spend money abroad on countries that would not be able to repay it for a long time. However, George Marshall, a former US general, remembered how the exact same ___10___ of "why should we spend money on war-torn nations that really owe us reparations (赔款)?" had been used after World War I towards Germany. The ___11___ of assistance towards Germany after World War I had caused a gigantic economic depression in Germany that had made the Mark (German money) virtually ___12___ . The German people became so desperate that they started ___13___ an extreme German nationalist named Adolf Hitler, who eventually started World War II. Marshall knew that if the US did not ___14___ war-torn Germany and, especially, Japan, we could ___15___ have a World War III on our hands.
A．shocked B．troubled C．punished D．annoyed
A．memory B．situation C．present D．future
A．constantly B．innocently C．ridiculously D．rarely
A．forget B．recover C．enjoy D．compare
A．personal B．scientific C．historical D．commercial
A．conclusion B．decision C．invasion D．extension
A．medical B．political C．economic D．lawful
A．need B．provide C．find D．prevent
A．reasonable B．necessary C．difficult D．foolish
A．statement B．argument C．suggestion D．introduction
A．intension B．request C．influence D．lack
A．hopeless B．worthless C．worldwide D．valuable
A．refusing B．employing C．supporting D．charging
A．stop B．warn C．resist D．help
A．similarly B．simply C．regularly D．unlikely
Many years ago three soldiers, hungry and tired of battles, came upon a small village. The villagers, 36 a poor harvest and many years of war, quickly 37 what little they had to eat and met the three at the village square, wringing（绞）their clothes and complaining of the 38 shortages.
The soldiers spoke quietly among themselves and the first soldier then 39 the village elders. “Your tired fields have left you 40 to share, so we will share what little we have: the41 of how to make soup from stones.”
42 the villagers were interested and soon a fire was put to the town’s greatest pot as the soldiers dropped three smooth 43 into the pot full of water. “Now this will be a fine soup,” said the second soldier, “but a little salt and some parsley（欧芹）would make it 44 !” Up jumped a villager, crying “I’ve just remembered 45 some have been left!” She ran away, 46 with the parsley and salt. 47 the water boiled, corn, carrots, beef and cream 48 their way into the pot when all sat 49 to have a large meal.
The villagers ate and sang and danced well into the 50 , full of energy again by the meal and their new-found friends. In the next morning the three soldiers 51 up to find the whole village standing before them. At their feet 52 a bag of the village’s best bread and cheese. An elder said that the soldiers had given them the 53 gift: the secret of how to make soup from stones and they would never forget. The third soldier turned to the 54 and said, “There is no secret, but this is certain: it is only by 55 that we may enjoy a large meal.”
A．having B．disliking C．knowing D．suffering
A．threw B．hid C．covered D．collected
A．clothing B．money C．food D．water
A．called for B．believed in C．looked for D．turned to
A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．something
A．skill B．secret C．study D．story
A．Quietly B．Naturally C．Suddenly D．Finally
A．coins B．spoons C．stones D．knives
A．salty B．wonderful C．sweet D．beautiful
A．where B．when C．why D．how
A．leaving B．starting C．playing D．returning
A．while B．Though C．As D．Since
A．lost B．went C．found D．directed
A．up B．around C．by D．down
A．night B．morning C．afternoon D．day
A．stayed B．jumped C．woke D．moved
A．lay B．stood C．hung D．fell
A．greatest B．simplest C．worst D．funniest
A．adults B．soldiers C．workmen D．crowd
A．learning B．sharing C．borrowing D．trusting
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the 36 side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to37 in good health, or38 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society．If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to39 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 40 the title．Therefore, the scissors would41 before they start, 42 halfway done when I find out the 43 result．
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your44 ．You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 45 up．
But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left46 ．Thus you are47 in a difficult position and feel sad．How48 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 49 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other．
In fact that is what50 is like: we are often51 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only52 we get into another．The53 may be more important than the latter and give rise to divided mind．I54 remember a philosopher's remarks: "When one door shuts, another opens in life．" So a casual55 may not be a bad one．
A．front B．same C．opposite D．either
A．get B．keep C．lead D．bring
A．a report B．news C．a theory D．advice
A．reduce B．suffer C．prevent D．cause
A．on B．for C．without D．off
A．use B．stay C．prepare D．handle
A．or B．but C．so D．for
A．satisfying B．surprising C．regretful D．impossible
A．courage B．strength C．attention D．patience
A．given B．held C．made D．picked
A．near B．alone C．behind D．about
A．caught B．attracted C．filled D．struck
A．dares B．deals C．comes D．does
A．goes B．changes C．progresses D．improves
A．life B．society C．nature D．study
A．supplied B．faced C．connected D．fixed
A．before B．after C．until D．as
A．following B．next C．above D．former
A．almost B．also C．once D．still
A．treatment B．choice C．action D．remark
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 21 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would 22 his taxi on the road. I 23 why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home 24 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 25 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 26 .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 27 to be outside one evening two weeks 28 ,when the garage door was 29 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely 30 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But31 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）32 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 33 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）34 .
We go to bed every night and 35 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 36 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 38 the social ladder—how much bigger and better a 39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 40 we are than what we do!
A．window B．garage C．door D．yard
A．park B．stop C．check D．repair
A．knew B．understood C．asked D．wondered
A．for B．out of C．without D．from
A．business B．national C．personal D．public
A．wasteful B．meaningful C．wonderful D．plentiful
A．appeared B．intended C．expected D．happened
A．later B．more C．ago D．before
A．broken B．fine C．shut D．open
A．once B．before C．when D．until
A．far B．deep C．long D．little
A．driver B．engineer C．father D．son
A．called B．made C．elected D．turned
A．experience B．earning C．life D．position
A．stay up B．wake up C．stay home D．go home
A．competition B．performance C．debate D．party
A．family B．company C．team D．whole
A．build B．climb C．stand D．lay
A．house B．garage C．car D．taxi
A．who B．what C．which D．Where