Last weekend I was out walking with my dog. She loves wandering around and seeing we meet, so it becomes a social walk rather than an exercise.
Then we 0ur neighbour who was preparing to sell her house. She was busy getting ready for her open house（看房时间）that afternoon . After talking a little we went our separate ways .I could tell it was a(n) day for her.
After I got home, I quickly some of the wonderful lavender（薰衣草) in my garden
Wonderful! They smelled good and the purple were so pretty. I wrapped some packing paper around the bunch and it to my neighbor for her open house. I loved her expression she saw me there with a bunch of lavender! It made me happy. It made her stop and take a deep and maybe reduced her stress for a second
The next day I had a note in my mailbox from my neighbor thanking me for my . She said everybody commented on how wonderful her house smelled She said the 0f kindness I showed helped some of the stress she was feeling. Her note was like a big hug to me.
Never that it's the gift from the heart that is the most .I think sometimes we hesitate（犹豫) to do the acts of kindness because we may think they aren't anything but actually they are probably the best gift
A．dogs B．people C．scenes D．food
A．came across B．came up C． came to D． came into
A． exciting B．natural C． active D． difficult
A．bought B．cut C．raised D．buried
A．leaves B．grass C．flowers D．roots
A．took B．posted C．placed D．moved
A．because B．when C．until D．if
A．hardly B．probably C．merely D．completely
A．breath . B．sigh C．look D．step
A．idea B．kindness C．activity D．matter
A．form B．desire C．act D．service
A．Lose B．realize C．warn D．remove
A．forget B．consider C．change D．mention
A．honest B．friendly C．valuable D．expensive
A．total B．true C．easy D．simple
It was Tom’s first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey, on London’s Underground Railway. And against his friends’ 1_____, he was determined to travel 2 _____.
He entered the station shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a 3_____ time to travel in London, 4_____ crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He 5 _____ to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his 6 _____ came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by t, , he ticket seller. 7____, he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the 8 _____, he also found the right platform. It was 9 _____ tight with people. He did not 10_____ to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better 11_____ to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was 12 _____ forward onto the train by the 13______ of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the 14 _____ of the stations where the train 15 _____, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth 16 ______ along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling 17 _____ that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never 18 _____. He explained his 19_____ to a man who was standing on the platform. With a 20_____ on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.
A．thought B．advice C．relation D．favor
A．alone B．abroad C．along D．away
A．short B．certain C．possible D．bad
A．for B．and C．so D．but
A．planned B．had C．happened D．hoped
A．luck B．time C．chance D．turn
A．Thus B．Instead C．Therefore D．However
A．question B．way C．place D．condition
A．packed B．caught C．covered D．seized
A．manage B．try C．agree D．expect
A．situation B．state C．position D．seat
A．fought B．swept C．drawn D．brought
A．speed B．support C．strike D．push
A．signs B．points C．names D．numbers
A．left B．topped C．started D．moved
A．part B．pause C．stop D．arrived
A．glad B．sick C．sorry D．tired
A．heard of B．talked about C．thought of D．arrived at
A．result B．mistake C．difficulty D．ticket
A．joke B．smile C．surprise D．pity
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so 1_____ that he didn’t know what to do with 2 ______. The person who had gone in 3 _____ him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident(自信的) when she went in, 4 _____James. He felt 5 _____ that she had already got the 6 _____. The problem was that he wanted this job 7____ . It meant 8____ to him. He had 9_____ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself 10_____ brilliantly(出色地) at the interview and 11_____ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 12 _____. He couldn’t 13_____ all those things he had 14 _____ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 15 _____. But no---he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 16_____ like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 17_____ with herself. She smiled sympathetically(同情地) at James. At the moment, James 18_____ her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly 19____ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 20_____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
A．healthy B．nervous C．careless D．confident
A．the interviewer B．the woman C．himself D．the situation
A．by B．with C．before D．after
A．Not like B．So did C．Do as D．Do like
A．doubtful B．sure C．angry D．astonished
A．reward B．first C．prize D．job
A．hopelessly B．naturally C．easily D．so much
A．everything B．happiness C．difficulty D．nothing
A．dreamed of B．learned of C．thought about D．talked about
A．explaining B．performing C．answering D．writing
A．offered B．asked for C．being offered D．being asked for
A．mad B．excited C．certain D．terrible
A．depend on B．afford C．believe in D．remember
A．kept B．been taught C．planned D．been supplied
A．leave B．go in C．prepare D．practise
A．take back B．put off C．give up D．put down
A．ugly B．pleased C．sad D．pretty
A．noticed B．loved C．missed D．hated
A．thought B．hoped C．wished D．regretted
A．shaking B．bending C．walking D．stopped
I ran across an old photo of him the other day, thinking of some old things. He’s been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex.
1_____ was his favorite recreation(娱乐). He had so much 2_____ in the water as any person I have known. You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 3_____ him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you 4 _____ throw one in.
That 5 ____ me of that night, 6_____ he brought back a small box that he found somewhere--- how 7_____ nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex, it 8_____ easily have been half a race. The box wasn’t a god one. It was just a 9______ old piece that somebody 10______. Still it was something he wanted, probably 11_____ there was some difficulty in transportation（运输）. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in the night, we 12 _____ him trying to get the box up onto the porch(门厅). It sounded 13_____ two or three people were trying to tear the house 14 _____. We came downstairs and turned on the 15_____ light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 16_____somehow. And he was just holding his own(坚持着). I suppose he would have held his own 17_____ dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a 18____ place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token(象征)of his strength in such matters. 19____, he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was 20_____ of his skill.
1.
A．Fighting B．Swimming C．Barking D．Running
A．fun B．trouble C．danger D．difficulty
A．stop B．make C．get D．have
A．will B．do C．did D．would
A．reminds B．warns C．tells D．suggests
A．which B．while C．as D．when
A．Far B．long C．old D．heavy
A．could B．can C．should D．would
A．priceless B．worthless C．valuable D．important
A．kept B．forgot C．deserted（遗弃） D．remained
A．because B．only if C．even if D．in case
A．saw B．heard C．watched D．caught
A．like B．that C．as if D．at least
A．up B．in C．away D．down
A．hall B．kitchen C．bedroom D．porch
A．rolled B．stopped C．caught D．broken
A．at B．before C．till D．during
A．distant B．nearby C．silent D．busy
A．In all B．As a result C．At last D．After all
A．proud B．tired C．ashamed D．doubtful
Bob and Annie had not known each other long before they became eager to get married:Bob because he wanted Annie and she because she could at least lead a life away from her1_____. When Mrs.Thompson 2_____ that they marry and live with her until they could get a 3 _____ of their own, Annie hesitated. Her idea of 4_____ had been something which 5 _____her a husband and an orderly, well-furnished home all at once. 6_____ she soon saw the 7_____ of this arrangement. She would, first of all, 8_____ from her present life into a house which was quiet and well run, not 9_____ her own; and she would be able to go on walking so that she and Bob could 10____ up all the more quickly for their own house. She would also get Bob, a good enough husband for any working-class 11_____:good-natured and 12_____ to be bent her way whenever it was 13 _____for her ends.
Things went well until her mother-in-law’s 14_____, when Annie had to give up her 15_____ and was at home all day. Her father-in-law became just a 16_____ figure in the house and 17____Bob became used to him, Annie began to find the old man’s constant 18_____in the house a source of growing annoyance(烦恼).
“He gets on my nerves, Bob,” she said. “And he hardly says a word all day.”
“Well, I suppose he has a 19_____ to do as he likes,” Bob said mildly. “It’s his house not ours.” But to Annie, now looking after the house 20_____ it were her own, it was beginning to seem the other way about.
1.
A．city B．family C．room D．company
A．learned B．thought C．heard D．suggested
A．stay B．child C．house D．world
A．marriage B．life C．future D．expectation
A．give B．found C．brought D．searched
A．But B．So C．Instead D．Besides
A．difficulty B．advantage C．trouble D．result
A．leave B．make C．change D．escape
A．of B．on C．like D．for
A．earn B．save C．build D．set
A．home B．character C．custom D．girl
A．easy B．ready C．kind D．lovely
A．necessary B．right C．important D．helpful
A．illness B．arrival C．death D．appearance
A．job B．idea C．decision D．dream
A．active B．funny C．strange D．silent
A．until B．although C．before D．when
A．rest B．work C．presence D．cough
A．right B．way C．wish D．freedom
A．because B．if C．even though D．as if
Kate said “Hello” to Mr Patel as she entered. She picked up a wire basket and walked towards the back of the store 1_____ the rice was kept. The room was quite large and divided by three long aisles(过道), with rows of shelves full of 2_____. Besides her and Patel there were only two boys in the store. They were both wearing 3_____ overcoats. They looked rather 4_____ because the overcoats were too big for them. “5_____”, she heard one of them whisper to 6_____. She walked on to the next aisle and found the 7_____ she was looking for. Then she heard something else. It 8_____ like a box dropping on the floor. She looked through the small open space 9_____ goods on the shelf and saw one of the boys picking up a box. But 10_____ putting it in the basket, he dropped 11_____into the inside pocket of his overcoat. Kate looked back and 12_____ see Mr Patel at the door checking through a list. Then she looked through the 13______ in the shelf again. The boys still had their backs to her. They were putting something 14_____into their inside pockets and then one of them said, “Let’s get out of here.” They moved away from her.
When she got to the door the two boys were 15_____ her. She watched them 16_____ for the few lings in their 17_____. They had both 18_____ their overcoats. Mr Patel did not seem to know what they had done. He even 19_____ at them as they were about to 20_____. Now Kate decided to stop them.
1.
A．which B．that C．there D．where
A．books B．baskets C．goods D．magazines
A．dirty B．long C．grey D．tight
A．strange B．young C．nervous D．excited
A．Look up B．Listen to me C．Watch out D．Put it down
A．him B．her C．the boy D．the other
A．book B．rice C．bag D．magazine
A．looked B．heard C．showed D．sounded
A．between B．of C．around D．at
A．instead of B．before C．without D．as if
A．something B．it C．one D．that
A．would B．should C．might D．could
A．spot B．space C．goods D．books
A．important B．new C．else D．extra
A．looking at B．talking to C．in front of D．behind
A．paying B．looking C．asking D．reaching
A．hands B．pockets C．box D．basket
A．thrown out B．put on C．buttoned D．hidden
A．shouted B．smiled C．looked D．laughed
A．leave B．pay C．speak D．apologize