A man hired a taxi outside the airfield. The cab had a woolen carpet with 26 lace edges. On the glass partition that 27 the driver's seat was a copy of a famous painting. Its windows were all clean.The customer was very much 28 and said to the driver, “I've never seen a nicer 29 .”“Thank you for your praise.”the driver answered 30 .
“The car isn't mine,” said the driver. “It belongs to the company. I used to be a 31 of cabs. When they returned, all of them were as 32 as garbage cans with cigarette butts and rubbish 33 here and there. On the seats and door-handles could be found something 34 like peanut sauce or, chewing gum.Why so? I thought if the car itself were very clean the passengers would most 35 be considerate and refrain from littering.”
“So when I got a 36 to be a taxi-driver, I began 37 my idea into practice-to tidy and 38 the car. Now before a new passenger gets on my car, I'd make a cheek and be sure it is in good order.When my car 39 after a day's work, it always remains 40 .”
When doing a thing, one makes efforts and wants to see the result. To change others, one has to make twice the 41 but get half the result. To change oneself is the other way round-more fruit with less effort. One had better ask oneself why one makes 42 on others much more than on oneself. 43 you take enough care to do as best you can for other people's sake, your efforts will yield results, If you 44 the inner world of your own, examine yourself and wipe out the dust and dirt, instead of fixing your eyes on other people, you will find a cheerful 45 for yourself and create a pleasant environment for others.
A．ugly B．exciting C．brilliant D．favorite
A．separated B．covered C．protected D．prevented
A．moved B．annoyed C．disappointed D．surprised
A．seat B．carpet C．garage D．cab
A．naturally B．smilingly C．hopefully D．firmly
A．driver B．cleaner C．repairer D．customer
A．attractive B．pleasant C．dirty D．clean
A．spread B．extended C．dotted D．1eft
A．funny B．busy C．sticky D．clumsy
A．likely B．willingly C．extremely D．regularly
A．permit B．1icense C．certificate D．passport
A．put B．take C．make D．get
A．provide B．drive C．decorate D．describe
A．speeds B．leaves C．arrives D．returns
A．spotless B．pretty C．bright D．dirty
A．progress B．effort C．attempt D．trial
A．suggestions B．comments C．demands D．decisions
A．Though B．While C．As D．If
A．look into B．look for C．look up D．look through
A．spirit B．mood C．mind D．sense
He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move.
"What's the matter, Schatz?"
"I've got a headache."
"You better go back to bed."
"No. I'm all right."
"You go to bed. I'll see you when I'm dressed."
But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever.
"You go up to bed," I said, "You're sick."
"I'm all right," he said.
When the doctor came he took the boy's temperature.
"What's is it?" I asked him.
"One hundred and two."
Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules（胶囊） with instructions for giving them. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative(泻药), the third to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza（流感）can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic(传染病；传染性的) of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia（肺炎）.
Back in the room I wrote the boy's temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules.
"Do you want me to read to you?"
"All right. If you want to, " said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached（超然的；冷漠的）from what was going on.
I read aloud from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates（海盗）;but I could see he was not following what I was reading.
"How do you feel, Schatz?" I asked him.
"Just the same, so far," he said.
I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely.
"Why don't you try to sleep? I'll wake you up for the medicine."
"I'd rather stay awake."
After a while he said to me, "You don't have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you."
"It doesn't bother me."
"No, I mean you don't have to stay if it's going to bother you."
I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven o'clock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog….I killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day.
At the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into the room.
"You can't come in," he said. "You mustn't get what I have."
I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed（发红）by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.
I took his temperature.
"What is it?"
"Something like a hundred," I said. It was one hundred and two and four tenths.
"It was a hundred and two," he said.
"Who said so?"
"The doctor."
"Your temperature is all right," I said. "It's nothing to worry about."
"I don't worry," he said, "but I can't keep from thinking."
"Don't think," I said. "Just take it easy."
"I'm taking it easy," he said and looked straight ahead, He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something.
"Take this with water."
"Do you think it will do any good?"
"Of course it will."
I sat down and opened the Pirate book and began to read, but I could see he was not following, so I stopped.
"About what time do you think I'm going to die?" he asked.
"What?"
"About how long will it be before I die?"
"You aren't going to die. What's the matter with you? "
"Oh, yes, I am, I heard him say a hundred and two."
"People don't die with a fever of one hundred and two. That's a silly way to talk."
"I know they do. At school in France the boys told me you can't live with forty-four degrees. I've got a hundred and two."
He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine o'clock in the morning.
"You poor Schatz," I said. "Poor old Schatz. It's like miles and kilometers. You aren't going to die. That's different thermometer（温度计）. On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. On this kind it's ninety-eight."
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely," I said, "It's like miles and kilometers. You know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car?"
"Oh," he said.
But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack(松驰的) and he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance.
The author writes about the doctor’s visit in order to _____.
A．show the doctor’s knowledge about influenza and its treatment B．show the boy’s illness was quite serious C．create a situation of misunderstanding around which to build a story D．show the father was very much concerned about the boy’s illness
A．the boy’s high temperature B．the father giving the medicine to the boy C．the father staying with the boy D．the boy’s death
A．early in the afternoon B．close to evening C．at noon D．late in the morning
A．he did not want to be a bother to others B．he wanted to recover quickly so that he could go hunting with his father C．he was afraid that he would die if he lost control over himself D．he thought he was going to die and he must show courage in the face of death
A．he couldn’t control his emotions when he finally relaxed B．his father would go out hunting without him if he didn’t cry C．something went wrong with his brain after the fever D．he often complained about unimportant things as a spoiled boy
A．death is something beyond a child’s comprehension B．to be calm and controlled in the face of death is a mark of courage C．misunderstanding can occur even between father and son D．misunderstanding can sometimes lead to an unexpected effect
Jane raced onto the train platform and asked a porter, “Is this the train to Rochester?”
“Yes,” said the porter. “but only the …Hey! Wait.” He was too 21 .Jane had raced off
22 he had finished speaking.
She had just 23 herself in a seat when the train 24 out of the station. Jane got out her book and settled down to read. After about an hour or so, she looked 25 and glanced out of the window. “That’s26 .” she thought . “the landscape(景色)doesn’t look 27 ,and it should; I’ve 28 this route so many times.” She was getting increasing 29 when the big, red-faced conductor walked up and asked for her30 .
One glance was enough. He 31 his head in friendly reproach(责备) and said, “Now, young lady, what did you do a fool thing like that for? This is the 32 ticket. You 33 have sat at the back of the train. The Rochester-bound(开往) section was 34 at the last station.
Jane’s face grew red. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I guess I was in too much of a 35 to find out…” “Well,” said the conductor, “don’t `36 . You shouldn’t have been in such a hurry, but I dare say we can 37 you a train going in the right 38 at Syracuse. You’ll be a couple of hours late 39 ,though .”
When Jane finally stepped onto the Rochester platform, her mother 40 up to her . “Oh, Jane, we have been so worried. What on earth happened?”
“Well, Mom,” said Jane, “it’s a long story.”
A．busy B．early C．late D．quick
A．when B．then C．after D．before
A．settled B．took C．made D．gave
A．pushed B．pulled C．left D．started
A．around B．about C．up D．down
A．exciting B．interesting C．strange D．right
A．familiar B．beautiful C．nice D．alike
A．walked B．gone C．followed D．traveled
A．uneasy B．calm C．angry D．unhappy
A．money B．ticket C．book D．name
A．put B．shook C．raised D．nodded
A．wrong B．used C．only D．right
A．would B．must C．should D．could
A．joined B．turned C．connected D．separated
A．hurry B．trouble C．worry D．difficulty
A．sorry B．worry C．hurry D．regret
A．make B．give C．find D．get
A．time B．place C．station D．direction
A．arriving B．leaving C．going D．returning
A．called B．picked C．rushed D．pushed
It was my first year teaching in a special needs class, and I wasn’t sure what to expect at our yearly Special Olympics sports meeting. My 36 had some challenges, from learning disabilities to cerebral palsy（大脑性麻痹）.
Mark was one with the latter. Restricted to a 37 , he had to fight his spasms （抽筋） just to control his movements. 38 , he always had a positive attitude and greeted everyone with a huge smile.
His classmates 39 him and always took the time to make sure he was included in group activities, especially Mike, Andy and Lucas, three boys who were good at 40 . Obviously, Mark wanted to be like them, unrestricted by the limitation of his 41 and watching them moving on the playing field seemed to fill him with 42 .
When the day came, Mike, Andy and Lucas 43 well in their sports events, and gave the normally calm audience something to cheer about. Mark sat in his wheelchair on the sidelines,44 them on.
The final event of the day was the 400 meter race. 45 was invited to either walk or run, according to their ability, around the 46 length of the track.
When Mike, Andy and Lucas reached the finish line, they 47 and turned to look behind them. At the 48 of the crowd, determined not to be left behind, was Mark. All his classmates had 49 him. He was alone on the track with over half the distance left to 50 .
Mike, Andy and Lucas looked at each other, and a silent 51 passed between them. Slowly, they jogged 52 towards their friend, cheering him on 53 he had done for them moments before.
The progress was 54 , but in the end the three star runners and Mark crossed the finish line together to the enthusiastic cries of their teachers and classmates. Seeing the look on Mark’s face as he crossed the finish line, hands upraised and laughing, I came to understand what 55 the Special Olympics, and the determined athletes who compete, so extraordinary.
Years later, I’m still cheering them on.
A．partners B．friends C．students D．classmates
A．bed B．machine C．wheelchair D．desk
A．So B．However C．Otherwise D．Therefore
A．protected B．satisfied C．respected D．loved
A．sports B．practice C．studies D．expression
A．interests B．body C．habits D．mind
A．wonder B．trust C．stress D．reset
A．trained B．played C．operated D．prepared
A．bringing B．holding C．cheering D．moving
A．Someone B．Nobody C．Anybody D．Everyone
A．entire B．different C．average D．equal
A．fell B．paused C．rushed D．rested
A．center B．front C．end D．top
A．left B．ignored C．passed D．helped
A．continue B．jog C．walk D．cover
A．demand B．thought C．action D．relief
A．back B．along C．again D．on
A．while B．although C．since D．as
A．boring B．great C．slow D．relaxing
A．leaves B．finds C．keeps D．makes
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired(雇佣) a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours. It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _____.
A．want to be as rich as their neighbours B．want others to know or to think that they are rich C．don’t want others to know they are rich D．want to be good friends with their neighbours
A．live outside New York City B．live in New York City C．live in apartments D．have many neighbours
A．an important name B．a popular name in the United States C．his neighbour’s name D．a name often used by the rich
A．correct B．interesting C．impossible D．Good
I made up my mind to drive to South Carolina to meet my friends in my used car. Though I had only been there once 1 and did not know the 2 very well. I was on the 3 after I had made some enquires.
At Ashville, there was a crossroad where I could go on along the main road or I could take a short cut. The short cut was to 4 several hills and was dangerous. I hesitated for a little while and then chose the main road, for I wanted to be 5 .
Something strange happened after I drove a long 6 and found it was not the correct road that I wanted to 7 , but the hilly road I decided to avoid. I realized that it was at the 8 that I had made the 9 mistake. “What shall I do?” I asked myself. If I went back to take that road again, it would be very late by the time I got to Columbia. Thinking it 10 , I decided to go on. “If 11 people can go along this road, why can’t I?” I 12 myself.
The short cut, to my surprise, was not that 13 . In fact, it was only a very peaceful country road, 14 up and down two low 15 . There was 16 traffic. On both sides of the road, you could see trees, wild flowers, and 17 with cows and horses. My fear was 18 with the wind. Listening to the beautiful country music over my car stereo (立体声), I drove on and 19 the scenery which was so quiet and so natural. Even my used car forgot to give me 20 . It was just in this light-heartedness that I arrived at my destination. My friends, after they heard what had happened to me, all said it sounded like an adventure.
A．before B．ago C．already D．still
A．town B．country C．friends D．way
A．train B．car C．highway D．phone
A．have B．go C．ride D．cross
A．safe B．dangerous C．fast D．slow
A．moment B．way C．land D．day
A．come B．leave C．take D．drive
A．crossroad B．beginning C．station D．corner
A．direction B．interesting C．disappointed D．road
A．about B．over C．of D．up
A．another B．the other C．other D．others
A．advised B．cheated C．encouraged D．forced
A．far B．safe C．dangerous D．dirty
A．walking B．coming C．driving D．going
A．lands B．cars C．farms D．hills
A．heavy B．little C．crowded D．few
A．villages B．trucks C．houses D．farms
A．together B．gone C．covered D．shared
A．looked B．liked C．enjoyed D．found
A．advances B．warnings C．problems D．joys