Thereisasmallshopabout200meter-优题课

There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 years ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a       . The owner, although he would love to help, simply didn’t have any jobs available, so he kept        the man’s request.
This situation continued        for a few months, until the owner        to give the homeless man a job which        sweeping outside the shop. Every single day from 5 am, the homeless man was there doing the very best he could for the        , and it did earn him some pennies.        , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working as a cashier. He was watched closely to make sure that he didn’t       any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, after all. The homeless man did a/an        job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was promoted to       the finance for the whole shop.
To my       , this was the arrangement up until 2 years ago, when the owner       . In his will, he only had one       , to give the whole shop to the now stable, “homeless” man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as ever, with his own business that is still        and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper.
From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn’t your       situation, it very well may turn out to be some day in the future.

A．coin B．home C．job D．meal

A．ignoring B．considering C．accepting D．refusing

A．again B．weekly C．often D．daily

A．wanted B．agreed C．planned D．expected

A．meant B．involved C．included D．kept

A．family B．owner C．shop D．money

A．Normally B．Accurately C．Generally D．Eventually

A．lose B．pocket C．spend D．save

A．honest B．practical C．fantastic D．kind

A．take B．raise C．provide D．manage

A．knowledge B．mind C．regret D．joy

A．got tired B．grew old C．passed away D．gave up

A．thought B．purpose C．request D．suggestion

A．big B．new C．different D．popular

A．ideal B．current C．reasonable D．financial

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You've got mail…and it's a postcard

Paulo Magalhaes,a 34-year-old Portuguese computer engineer, loves to open his mailbox and find a brightlycolored picture of Rome's Colosseum. Or Africa's Victoria Falls. Or China'sGreatWall. 11

"I often send postcards to family and friends."he says to China Daily,"but you can imagine that after a while, you never receive as many as you send, and you realize that not everyone is into it. 12 " Seekingother like-minded souls,however, Paulo started looking in a somewhat

unlikely place :online .Many would say the Internet is a place for people who have given up on the traditional postal service,but Paulo's hunch（直觉）paid off.

Today his hobby has developed into the website postcrossing.com,a social network that has grown to 575 217registered users in 214 countries and regions since he started it 10 years ago. 13 Runningthe website has almost turned intoa full-time job.

Languageis certainly a harrier for many people. For postcrossing to work worldwide, a common communication language is needed so that everyone can understand each other. As cool as it may be to receive a postcard written in Chinese,the concept doesn't work if one doesn't understand it. 14 So a commonlanguage is required and in postcrossing that's English since it's widely spoken.

"Many people in China have limited exposure to English. 15 That said,we know of many

postcrossing members,including Chinese,who have actually improved their English skills through their use of postcrossing,"Paulo says.

A．	And that'stotallyfine
B．	That makesitextrahardto learnandpractice it
C．	He likes to think of sending postcards as a family-friendly hobby
D．	Manylove tomake aconnectionwith someonefromacross theworld.
E．	On August 5,the number of postcards exchanged by members topped 31 million.
F．	Similarly,if you speak only Chinese,receiving a card in Swedish takes part of the fun away.
G．	In short,he loves postcards,and the excitement of getting a hand-written note from someone far away.

Ecotourism is commonly regarded as low impact ( 影响)travel to undisturbed places .It is different from traditional tourism because it allows the traveler to become 4 1 (educate )about the areas -both in terms of geographical conditions and cultural characteristics, and often provides money for conservation and benefits the 4 2 (develop)of the local areas.

Ecotourism has 4 3 (it) origin with the environmental movement of the 1970s. It was not widely accepted as a travel concept 4 4 the late 1980s. During that time,increasing environmental awareness made it desirable.

Due to 4 5 growing popularity of environmentally-related and adventure travel,various types 4 6 trips are now being classified as ecotourism. Actually, a true eco-friendlytrip must meet thefollowing principles:

Minimize the impact of 4 7 (visit) the place.

 Build respect for and awareness of the environment and cultural practices.

 Provide 4 8 (finance)aid and other benefits for local peoples.

 Make sure that the tourism provides positive experiences for both the visitors and the hosts.

Komodo National Park,officially recognized in 1980,is popular for ecotourism because of its unique biodiversity. 4 9 (activity)there range from whale watching to

hiking ( 远足 )and accommodations aim 5 0 (have )a low impact on the natural environment.

Simplysayingthankyoudoesn'tseem enough in certain situations.I was considering this while working as a 21 Just a few weeks ago.And it came to me then how

much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different 22 ofgratitude (感谢).

My thoughts were soon 23 .Wehad a woman patient who was 24 froma knee replacement operation. One afternoon,while 25 to get into bed she collapsed(倒下) from what was 26 discoveredto be a heart attack.The collapse was disastrous, 27 the emergency medical team and good teamwork. But she recovered,though 28 ,and was ready for discharge (出院)after four weeks.

She was 29 for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her.On her day of discharge,we shared in her 30 at her recovery.As she was

31 she was eager to say 32 to each of us in the nursing team.When she 33 one nurse, she tried to press a five-pound note into her hand. My colleague 34 to accept it, saying that we were all just 35 our job. The patient looked puzzled, and then 36 : "Oh this isn't for the 37_ I had. Itake that as a 38_ .No,this is for setting my hair yesterday.''

And there you have it. To many people, 39 lives is part of the job but styling hair is an 40_ and should be rewarded.

21.

cleaner

chemist

nurse

doctor

22.

grades

meanings

needs

expectations

23.

A．

brushed aside

B．

put to the test

C．

brought under discussion

D．

taken into account

2 4.

departing

escaping

retiring

recovering

2 5.

attempting

choosing

pausing

promising

26.

eventually

fortunately

casually

secretly

2 7.

assessing

requiring

forming

proving

2 8.

slightly

accidentally

slowly

happily

2 9.

grateful

thoughtful

sorrowful

fearful

3 0.

surprise

delight

curiosity

disappointment

31.

operating

thinking

hesitating

leaving

32.

sorry

hello

goodbye

yes

33.

reached

consulted

introduced

persuaded

34.

wished

pretended

failed

refused

35.

enjoying

doing

securing

starting

36.

repeated

recited

replied

reported

37.

courage

patience

duty

care

38.

goal

given

push

greeting

3 9.

risking

changing

saving

building

40.

honour

ability

opening

extra

According to Jessica Hagy,author of How to Be Interesting,it's not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party.

16 ，if you're out of your comfort zone or if you're wandering into somebody's house for the first time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to strangers.

People love to talk about themselves. If you can start the conversation with aquestion other than "What do you do for a living?", you'll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it is you're talking to. 17 . it can bring in "I have this old, broken-down vehicle" or "I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back." It just opens up conversation.

1 8 ? Ifyoucan'ttaketheirwineaway , youshould certainly try to take away their soapbox （讲台）. If you're the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation. 19 .

And what about that other dinner-party killer :awkward silence? If you're faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking againistogivethehostacompliment (赞扬). 20 .Just quickly turn around and say,"This cake is extremely delicious and you have to tell me all about it."

So being interesting at a dinner party isn't that hard.

A.How do you know the host

B.The first step is to go exploring

C.If you ask the question" How did you get here?"

D.Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangers

E.Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to say

F.What about that person who has had too much to drink or won't stop talking

G.He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most

The Xi'an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China's long history. It 41 (build) originally to protect the city 42 the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored (修复). It is possible 43 (walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.

We accessed the wall through the South Gate. The wall is 12 meters high and from here you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.

After 44 (spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we decided it was time for some action and what 45 (good) than to ride on a piece of history!

We 46 (hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky 47 did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all 48 way around the Xi'an City Wall. Supposedly you can do it in two hours, but we stopped at the different gates and 49 (watchtower) to fake pictures or just to watch the local people going about their 50 (day) routines.