We experienced and unusual weekend last month!
Early in the morning, we went to the country and spent a whole day wild flowers. the car full of we were going home. On our way back, my wife a bookshelf outside a furniture shop. “Buy it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.”
Ten minutes , we were back with the bookshelf in the flowers on the roof.
In the gathering darkness I drove . Other drivers seemed unusually that evening. The even stopped traffic to let us through. I had thought carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “ There’s a long line of cars . Why don’t they overtake（超车）, I wonder?” Just at that time a police car did . The two officers inside looked at us seriously they passed. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said, “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit . “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind.”
He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said, . “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood the police drove here. The truth me. I smiled at the officer, “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, thanks again.” Then I home as fast as I could.
A．growing B．picking C．buying D．selling
A．For B．As C．Without D．With
A．books B．flowers C．fruits D．vegetables
A．noticed B．heard C．watched D．felt
A．post B．carry C．send D．hold
A．before B．after C．later D．ago
A．quickly B．quietly C．carelessly D．slowly
A．polite B．worried C．rude D．frightened
A．drivers B．police C．cleaners D．villagers
A．behind B．ahead C．beside D．along
A．go B．stop C．overtake D．arrive
A．while B．after C．as D．before
A．take B．follow C．move D．push
A．officers B．passers-by C．drivers D．ministers
A．puzzled B．excited C．depressed D．delighted
A．coughing B．laughing C．crying D．shouting
A．how B．what C．who D．why
A．pleased B．fooled C．interested D．hit
A．so B．but C．and D．or
A．drove B．walked C．flew D．left
Everybody has a choice .I believe that I always have a choice. No matter what I'm doing and what is happening to me. I used to write my books, typing on a keyboard, ____now I can no longer _____ my hand. Today I am sitting at my computer, speaking these words through a microphone. In 2008, I was diagnosed with ALS, a(n) _ ____ disease, which would weaken and finally ______every important muscle in my body. That is to say, I will be _____ unable to move, to speak, and finally, to______. Only largely depending upon others could I live. I was lost and felt everything around me become dull.
I was ____ to give up writing completely and remained _ __ all day long. In the ____, some of my friends and ralatives came to ____ me. However, It wasn’t long _ ____I became lonely again, wondering the meaning of life. Sometimes I came up with the _____ that I’d better end my life because I couldn’t ____ the complex(复杂的) expressions on my family’s faces. I became depressed, doubtful and _____. Then one day as I was wheeling myself along a nearby street, I found an old guy in dirty clothes with no legs ___ in the street. I was shocked and woke up at once. I was more ____ than him. I have thousands of ____ to live on. When he came to me begging, I was so inspired and offered all that was in my purse. From then on I _____ to go through the process of learning to use voice recognition software. Old woman ____I was, I wrote more now than ever.
Every day now I have a ____ on not only whether I will live, but how I will live. I can choose to see it as an invitation—an opportunity to learn who I really am.
A．and B．so C．but D．until
A．lift B．control C．remove D．wash
A．curable B．unknown C．common D．terrible
A．destroy B．rebuild C．cancel D．remove
A．hardly B．actually C．gradually D．totally
A．communicate B．behave C．breathe D．die
A．determined B．forced C．encouraged D．advised
A．positive B．disabled C．dependent D．silent
A．beginning B．end C．evening D．hospital
A．guide B．admire C．entertain D．comfort
A．since B．when C．until D．before
A．opinion B．idea C．imagination D．choice
A．understand B．guess C．forgive D．bear
A．hopeless B．adventurous C．disabled D．impolite
A．sleeping B．begging C．singing D．dancing
A．unlucky B．miserable C．confident D．fortunate
A．chances B．excuses C．reasons D．purposes
A．managed B．continued C．intended D．stopped
A．but B．though C．even if D．that
A．way B．method C．thought D．choice
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Many of my friends meet on Wednesday in the early morning to go to a specific parking lot sale. We it because we can put whatever fits into the shopping bag just $1.
One day as we finished, paid our dollars, and stayed to talk a bit, we noticed the that remained was being thrown into their dustbin. We asked , and they said they had no room for the extra clothes and it would up very quickly. I asked them why they had not in touch with places like churches and for women and children. They said they several times in the past and they only came two or three times and as they had to be there at a specific time in the right after the parking lot sale. After coming a few times, most of these organizations quit.
As we are here all the time, we to take the remainder of what was left. They ! So we loaded our two cars full and drove it to our city. We have done this every now for two years! We held yard sales and flea markets for whoever clothing. We opened up a clothing closet called Gifts Of Grace a storage facility donated two units to us.
Now we have a real building and advertise clothing for anyone who has the need. We have served hundreds of in the tight economy so far with the clothing they were just going to . Now our community is better because of it and our lives are blessed. Their lives are made a bit to have this opportunity to find nice clothing for not any penny.
We volunteer and run it about two or three days a . One person’s trash is always another person’s treasure!
A．hate B．love C．dislike D．admire
A．for B．at C．with D．by
A．vegetables B．furniture C．food D．clothing
A．how B．what C．why D．where
A．take B．stand C．pile D．pick
A．kept B．got C．stayed D．been
A．shelters B．schools C．hospitals D．villages
A．did B．visited C．wrote D．called
A．paused B．left C．continued D．stopped
A．night B．evening C．afternoon D．morning
A．pretended B．Helped C．Offered D．promised
A．refused B．agreed C．hesitated D．admitted
A．Tuesday B．Wednesday C．Thursday D．Sunday
A．sold B．bought C．needed D．donated
A．until B．before C．while D．when
A．free B．cheap C．expensive D．new
A．families B．churches C．stores D．buildings
A．take away B．wash away C．throw away D．put away
A．harder B．easier C．tougher D．simpler
A．century B．year C．month D．week
When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me s new English dictionary. I was _____to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary.____it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one ____, to be honest, I found it extremely ___ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and ___ not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the ____ bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are ___ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt ___ to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I ___ that monolingual dictionaries are ___ in learning a foreign language
As I found out, there is ___, often no perfect equivalence(对应) between two ____ in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to _____ that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the _____ meaning of a word in English! ____ , she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a world in a monolingual dictionary _____ I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. ______, I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) ____ number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am ____ exposed to（接触）the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. ____ this, I can express myself more easily in English.
A．sad B．surprised C．worried D．nervous
A．Because B．If C．Unless D．Although
A．and B．so C．or D．but
A．interesting B．difficult C．ambitious D．practical
A．thus B．even C．again D．still
A．new B．familiar C．earlier D．ordinary
A．described B．expressed C．explained D．created
A．decided B．agreed C．offered D．happened
A．imagine B．recommend C．predict D．understand
A．natural B．easier C．better D．convenient
A．at best B．in fact C．at times D．in case
A．ideas B．names C．words D．characters
A．declare B．hope C．doubt D．tell
A．basic B．exact C．translated D．expected
A．Rather B．However C．Therefore D．Instead
A．while B．before C．until D．when
A．Gradually B．Generally C．Largely D．Probably
A．extra B．average C．total D．limited
A．nearly B．repeatedly C．immediately D．anxiously
A．According to B．In relation to C．In addition to D．Because of
An ordinary teacher named Pan Shanji has moved China by devoting the past 34 years as an educator who has been his knowledge to children with few other for schooling. Pan Shanji has about 200 students over his 34-year teaching , and although not one of them it to college, he is very proud of all of them. "My students are the first group of people from three local villages who have dared to leave the mountains to look for jobs," Pan, 53, says .
Pan, a member of the Mulam ethnic group(么佬族), is the only teacher for 12 students from 6 to 9 years old in the mountainous Dayandong village of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. He teaches many subjects, Chinese, math, sports, painting and music.
As far as the three villages are concerned, they are the most in Guzhai town. In the 1940s, their ancestors to the mountains to avoid the Japanese invasion(侵略) and there. The average annual income per family is less than 1,000 yuan ($159). They plant some crops on the farmland in valleys and a self-sufficient life.
Pan is the first high school in Dayandong village, which makes him feel for helping the illiterate villagers.
"I have four younger sisters who their only chance of schooling for me. My father lost his chance to the army because of illiteracy(文盲) in the 1950s. In the early 1970s, when he worked as a temporary worker at a local railway construction site, he often cried at night , because he missed home but could not home for three years and he was too shy to ask for help. So I tried my best at school and realized that writing is for us."
Pan told the media that he will stay in the village and do he can to help the children because they are the future of the village.
A． passing on B．deciding on C．fixing on D．relying on
A．opportunities B．equipment C．patterns D．technique
A．discussed B．taught C．learned D．chatted
A．project B．choice C．work D．career
A．took B．appreciated C．made D．managed
A．proudly B．sharply C．slowly D．sadly
A．choosing B．seeking C．ranging D．growing
A．appointing B．including C．consisting D．attracting
A．clean B．fancy C．remote D．quiet
A．led B．hid C．fled D．forced
A．slid B．settled C．improved D．constructed
A．earn B．act C．perform D．live
A．graduate B．driver C．coach D．director
A．generous B．responsible C．professional D．funny
A．gave off B．gave out C．gave up D．gave in
A．attend B．join C．fight D．devote
A．firmly B．happily C．surprisingly D．silently
A．write B．support C．visit D．raise
A．essential B．creative C．typical D．careful
A．wherever B．whatever C．whenever D．whichever
He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father's life who was the main of support for the family. He had to the arms of his younger brother, and his younger brother became his ， never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do （4） in his life.
One late night, his younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and went back to . But being so , his younger brother fell asleep, leaving him on the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew up together,they had their share of problems and they would often .His younger brother wanted to live （8） from him, living his own life, as many normal people do. So he was （9） and didn't know what to do.
A misfortune befell (降临) a girl. One night her mother,who suffered from mental illness . So her father went out looking for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare a for her parents, only to overturn the stove, in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister who was studying in another city, showed her to take care of her, she was determined to be completely . At school, she always studied hard.
One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother's arms are my arms; the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
Disasters can at any time. If you choose only to complain and from the ordeal (苦难的经历), it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be , the hardship will turn out to be a (n) on which new hopes will arise.
A．cause B．strength C．source D．course
A．live on B．take on C．turn on D．depend on
A．shadow B．volunteer C．bodyguard D．servant
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．play B．work C．wait D．wash
A．tired B．angry C．impatient D．unfair
A．support B．separate C．quarrel D．avoid
A．lonely B．different C．separated D．divided
A．heartless B．heart-broken C．kind-hearted D．heart-warming
A．same B．similar C．simple D．strange
A．died B．disappeared C．dismissed D．failed
A．meal B．medicine C．heating D．plan
A．leading B．resulting C．taking D．bringing
A．willingness B．anxiety C．contribution D．respect
A．independent B．relaxed C．disabled D．energetic
A．since B．while C．as D．though
A．strike B．afford C．form D．return
A．hide B．remain C．survive D．escape
A．careful B．strong C．healthy D．polite
A．difficulty B．fortune C．occupation D．attitude