Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. The airline had her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and he said, “I love you. I wish you enough.” She said, “Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.” They kissed and she left.
He walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to him, but he welcomed me in by , “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?”
“Yes, I have,” I replied. “Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?” “I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead, and the reality is, the next trip back will be for my ___ ” he said.
“When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough’. May I ask what that means?”
He began to smile. “That’s a wish that has been for many generations within my family. My parents used to say it to everyone.”
He for a moment, looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, and then he smiled and the following:
“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to all that you possess.
I wish you enough ‘Hellos’ to get you enough the final ‘Good-byes’.”
Then he walked away, leaving me lost in thought.
A．reported B．declared C．informed D．announced
A．in general B．in turn C．in particular D．in public
A．help B．interrupt C．destroy D．frighten
A．showing B．saying C．asking D．waving
A．funeral B．stories C．trips D．jobs
A．handed over B．handed in C．handed down D．handed out
A．talked B．stopped C．paused D．cried
A．talked B．cried C．shared D．declared
A．worst B．smallest C．sweetest D．best
A．understand B．devote C．appreciate D．praise
Internet shopping is a new way of shopping. Nowadays, you can shop for just about anything from your armchair. All you need is a computer which is 31 to the Internet. Shopping on the Internet is becoming 32 . In the United States, people 33 over US $ 2.5 billion on Internet Shopping in 2010. This figure is expected to 34 US $ 18 billion by the year 2012.
People can 35 for a variety of products on the Internet. Physical（物质的）products 36 items such as books, CDs, clothes and food. These types of products are the most common purchases through the Internet. You can also buy 37 products such as on-line news or magazine stories, or you can download computer 38 through the Internet. Services such as 39 airline tickets, reserving (预订) hotels or renting cars are also available on the Internet. You can also go shopping on the Internet for entertainment services and take part in on-line 40 .
Internet shopping offers a number of 41 for the shoppers. One of the most important advantages is 42 . You can shop whenever you like as the on-line shops are open 24 hours a day and you don’t have to 43 with other shoppers at the checkout counters. Secondly, it is easy to 44 what you are looking for on the Internet. Even out-of-print books may be ordered on line. Finally, it is often 45 to buy goods through the Internet, because you can pay less money for what you want than in a real supermarket.
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One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__21___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 22___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him, 23 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 24 and landed in the grass.
My 25 went out to him. So, I ran over to him.26 I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 27 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the 28 student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 29 to prepare a 30 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 31 . So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be32!” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 33 those who helped you make it through those 34 years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 35 you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with 36 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 37 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 38 me from doing the unspeakable.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the 39 of your actions. With one small gesture you can 40 a person’s life. For better or for worse.
A．How B．When C．Why D．Where
A．stupid B．clever C．wonderful D．anxious
A．throwing B．knocking C．taking D．snatching
A．lost B．sending C．broken D．flying
A．heart B．head C．hands D．thought
A．While B．As C．Because D．Once
A．passed by B．came up C．went on D．turned out
A．top B．hardest C．favorite D．luckiest
A．pride B．honor C．pleasure D．chance
A．class B．school C．graduation D．college
A．excited B．nervous C．proud D．crazy
A．great B．famous C．praised D．honored
A．reward B．remember C．thank D．congratulate
A．happy B．exciting C．old D．tough
A．chance B．gift C．help D．favor
A．wonder B．anxiety C．disbelief D．pride
A．kill B．enjoy C．test D．hurt
A．protected B．freed C．warned D．saved
A．price B．use C．power D．meaning
A．destroy B．change C．save D．understand
Dad loved children. And he always wanted a 1 family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us all to visitors.
Once, Dad 2 presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, “And this is our 3 model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all, we are 4 the 1953 model some time next month.”
But what he 5 most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted 6 that he had seen eleven people in our car, not 7 Mum and Dad. 8 , Dad called out over his shoulder, “You 9 the second baby up from the front here, Mister.”
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure whether he was telling us the 10. Mum, who was a psychologist, once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the 11 . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was 12 except that one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been 13 . When he pointed at the child that had been 14 Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear. He 15 next door.”
A．rich B．lovely C．close D．large
A．surprisingly B．nervously C．generously D．proudly
A．dearest B．smallest C．latest D．youngest
A．ordering B．selling C．expecting D．improving
A．hated B．enjoyed C．cared D．hoped
A．doubtfully B．excitedly C．calmly D．directly
A．counting B．naming C．showing D．reading
A．Immediately B．Carefully C．Angrily D．Easily
A．saw B．missed C．forgot D．left
A．truth B．story C．adventure D．accident
A．lecture B．house C．office D．activity
A．expensive B．regular C．correct D．fine
A．troublesome B．careless C．active D．quiet
A．found B．caught C．punished D．wounded
A．goes to B．belongs to C．works D．plays
A young man was getting ready to gradually from college, for many months he bad 26 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 27 his father could well 28 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 29 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 30 but slightly disappointed, the young man 31 the box and found a lovely book. 32, he raised his voice at his father and said. “33 all your money you give me a book?” And rushed out of the house 34 the book in the study
He did not contact（联系）his father for a whole year 35 one day he saw in the strict an old man who looked like his father. He 36 he had to go back home and see his father.
When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 37 the hospital. he saw on the desk the 38 new book ,just as he had left it one 39 ago. he opened it and began to 40 the pages. suddenly, a car key 41 from an envelope taped behind the book ,it bad a lag（标签）with dealer’s name, the 42 dealer who had the sports car he bad 43 on the tag was the 44 of his graduation. and the 45 PAID IN FULL
A．expected. B．enjoyed. C．admired. D．owned
A．finding B．proving C．deciding D．knowing
A．afford. B．offer C．keep D．like
A．encouraged. B．comfortable C．proud. D．moved
A．Nervous B．Serious C．Careful D．Curious
A．packed. B．opened. C．picked up D．put aside
A．Angrily B．Eagerly C．Calmly D．Anxiously
A．At B．From C．With D．To
A．toasting B．putting C．forgetting D．leaving
A．until B．as C．before D．unless
A．learned . B．realized. C．recognized. D．admitted
A．get to B．search for C．turn to D．leave for
A．much B．still C．hardly D．quite
A．year B．month C．week D．day
A．clean B．read. C．turn D．count
A．lost B．came C．appeared. D．dropped
A．old. B．same C．special D．new
A．remembered. B．desired. C．found. D．met
A．picture B．place C．date D．met
A．word. B．information C．date D．card
Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay. She stepped into the __11__ and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and __12__ to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach __13__ side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, __14__ and uneven; it became __15__ difficult to row. If she __16__ for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the __17__.
She wasn’t even halfway, __18__ she was already tired and her hands __19__ from pulling onthe rough wooden oars (船桨). "I'm never going to __20__ it”, she thought. She rested the oars onher knees and __21__ her head helplessly, then looked up as she __22__ the boat shift(晃动) against the tide.
The east wind , which had swung(旋转) around from the south-west, __23__ her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be __24__. Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst __25__.
The lights of the town became __26__. one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she __27__ it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just __28__? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last __29__ on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves __30__ and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.
A．car B．boat C．ship D．mail
A．beside B．before C．behind D．beyond
A．another B．other C．either D．the other
A．deep B．calm C．gentle D．rough
A．more B．less C．as D．least
A．slept B．continued C．rested D．rowed
A．home B．mountains C．south-west D．entrance
A．if B．so C．but D．since
A．hurt B．ruined C．troubled D．broke
A．get B．make C．keep D．take
A．mined B．dropped C．cocked D．raised
A．saw B．made C．heard D．felt
A．got to B．came to C．sent for D．reached for
A．difficult B．serious C．all right D．certain enough
A．any more B．still more C．no more D．once more
A．brighter B．bigger C．closer D．smaller
A．destroyed B．threw C．repaired D．seized
A．dreaming B．guessing C．inventing D．expecting
A．blow B．hit C．pull D．strike
A．anxiously B．happily C．sadly D．carefully