When I was in high school, my father retired and set up a food booth on the street near my school. He was particularly good at making . Every day after I finished school, my classmates and I would his food booth. But I really talking to him before his food booth, because I didn’t want my classmates to know my father was selling noodles on the street!
One night, I couldn’t it any more and shouted, “Dad, could you selling your annoying noodles? I don’t need a father who sells noodles on the street!” At that moment, my father was . He tried to say something but didn’t. When he turned , something happened that I would never . His eyes were filled with tears. I saw him for the first time. My mother later told me my father was selling noodles to money for my college education. Even today I still feel for what I did that night.
Time really flies. I finished and then left my home to work. During the past years, whenever I home, he was always there meeting me at the railway station. Whenever he saw me off, he never tried to hug me, although I always his hug. When I was away from home, he never wrote or telephoned me, he always pushed my mother to telephone me. Whenever my mother was telephoning me, he’d sit beside her with a list of questions. He’d my mother to talk to me for him. That’s the way he is, and that’s how he shows his to me.
My father is quiet, but I feel a , which is deep and powerful. It lives in a place far beyond , and it is something special-“a silent father’s love”.
A.chicken B.noodles C.bread D.dessert
A.pass B.watch C.visit D.advertise
A.enjoyed B.hated C.considered D.continued
A.stand B.deserve C.forgive D.digest
A.start B.stop C.forget D.remember
A.tired B.confused C.interested D.shocked
A.around B.back C.up D.down
A.describe B.forget C.prove D.face
A.arguing B.weeping C.laughing D.smiling
A.save B.take C.spend D.count
A.happy B.empty C.lonely D.guilty
A.meeting B.reading C.homework D.college
A.returned B.missed C.left D.stayed
A.shyly B.regularly C.quietly D.responsibly
A.saw B.refused C.expected D.rewarded
A.and B.but C.or D.if
A.force B.challenge C.tell D.inspire
A.love B.hate C.anger D.respect
A.connection B.competition C.condition D.combination
A.greetings B.injuries C.links D.words
There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they Socrates for advice on where happiness . But giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a first. The group of guys had to the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then together in it, singing with .
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We be happier!” Socrates , “That’s it! you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through work and creativity.
We may have to pain in our daily life and in the process of happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our and spirit. So why not turn suffering into life, and tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of , and I you all a life of happiness.
A.led to B.stuck to C.belonged to D.turned to
A.hold B.lay C.stood D.laid
A.apart from B.other than C.instead of D.in case of
A.boat B.room C.bridge D.hospital
A.set down B.set about C.set out D.set up
A.run B.stood C.rowed D.made
A.sadness B.joy C.appointment D.hope
A.mustn’t B.shouldn’t C.needn’t D.couldn’t
A.explained B.said C.announced D.added
A.Unless B.Whenever C.Until D.However
A.never B.always C.ever D.seldom
A.careful B.limit C.hard D.effective
A.experience B.escape C.appreciate D.delay
A.seeking B.searching C.creating D.improving
A.spiritual B.good C.fresh D.material
A.body B.brain C.soul D.heart
A.blaming B.praising C.criticizing D.accusing
A.turn B.put C.divide D.draw
A.time B.energy C.fact D.choice
A.promise B.wish C.take D.demand
Mrs. Ohama spoke to the graduates of Martin luther King Jr. High School on Saturday in her only high school commencemenl (毕业典礼)speech this year. The ceremony___1____in the gymnasium of Tennessee State University.
'The first lady told her 170 ___2_____ that she spent too much of her time in college _____3___ on acadamic achievements. While her success in college and law school ____4____ a good job, she said, she ended up focusing on public service. “My message to you today is that don’t ____5______ a minute living someone else’s dream”she said. “It ______6___ a lot of real work to discover what brings you___7____ and you won’t find what you love simply by _____8_____ mailboxes or surfing the net."
She said MLK reminded her of her own high school ______9____ in Chicago. “My No. 1 _____10__ was to go to a high school that would push me and___11______me,” she said: “I wanted to go somewhere that would ____12_____achievement. ___13_____ schools like this don't exist for every kid,” she said. “You are blessed.”
The first lady told graduates that__14____ may be a part of their college lives and careers, and that how they respond ___15_____ what they will became. “That’s when you ___16_____what you are really made of in those hard times,” she said. “But you can only do that if you’re willing to put yourself in a position ____17_____ you might fail.” Overcoming diffcultie has been the ____18_____of many great people,she said, “Oprah was demoted (降职)from her first job as a news reporter, and now she doesn’t even need a last name,” she said of media giant Oprah Winfrey.And then there’s this guy Barack Obama. I could ____19______a whole afternoon talking about his failures. He ___20____ his first race for Congress”.the first lady joked, “and now he gets to call himself my husband.
A.happened to B.took place C.occurred to D.came across
A.graduates B.teachers C.students D.teenagers
A.depending B.focusing C.deciding D.living
A.led to B.referred to C.looked forward to D.occurred to
A.spend B.spoil C.enjoy D.waste
A.demand B.takes C.spend D.benefit
A.energy B.power C.joy D.laughter
A.opening B.checking C.writing D.designing
A.experience B.memory C.failure D.events
A.task B.goal C.homework D.wish
A.disappoint B.encourage C.satisfy D.challenge
A.celebrate B.congratulate C.apply D.analyse
A.Unfortunately B.Fortunately C.Occasionally D.Unexpectedly
A.happiness B.sadness C.failure D.success
A.affects B.determines C.dedicates D.donates
A.find out B.pull out C.beak out D.hold out
A.what B.which C.where D.that
A.mark B.shortcoming C.point D.advantage
A.turn on B.take on C.turn up D.take up
A.abandoned B.lost C.won D.obtain
I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item. The item she has ___ __ was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a similar one. The lady ___ __ to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID or the deal could not take place.
I went to the __ __ with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started ___ ___ her of asking the first random person she saw to help her. Although that was true , I didn’t understand why it mattered. After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to __ __ an ID in this country.
Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no way to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not ___ ___ she purchased the item.
“If I , a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be ___ __ the privilege--- as I have proof from the past.” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he ___ __ to exchange the item.
There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I hesitated when the woman asked for my help, but ___ ___ in my hand I asked myself, “ Why not? What valid reasons do I usually have?” I had none, so I helped her.
The second lesson is not to judge a book by its cover. The woman looked poor, but she ___ __ the same treatment as anyone else does.
A.purchased B.shown C.lost D.mended
A.managed B.wanted C.refused D.promised
A.counter B.department C.market D.window
A.warning B.informing C.reminding D.accusing
A.leave B.pay C.find D.obtain
A.answer B.prove C.support D.admit
A.ordered B.asked C.denied D.given
A.agreed B.prepared C.failed D.remembered
A.totally B.gradually C.hardly D.quickly
A.deserved B.required C.received D.appreciated
My wife Julie and I were out on the road that______around where we live, when we saw a(n)______ worn-out dog stumbling (蹒跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked __38____to the dog and patted it. I______ and there was a collar with a phone number. I called ______ no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s ______ while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk ______ our new friend made short work of the food. ______we got her home.
After trying for many times we got a ______from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She ______ that Tara had been her father’s dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was ______returned home.
Here is the _____of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to______me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing ______ that made that sound likely.
I was ______ to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more______than our problem to worry about. There was a creature ______ right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the______ “Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, ______ God send angels (天使) to guard the door.”
Sometimes angels come ______ as dogs.
A.flows B.reaches C.runs D.walks
A.young B.old C.tired D.ugly
A.gently B.carefully C.angrily D.slowly
A.comforted B.touched C.tested D.checked
A.or B.and C.but D.so
A.clothes B.food C.toys D.basket
A.while B.when C.until D.though
A.Gradually B.Successfully C.Eventually D.Surprisingly
A.letter B.phone C.note D.response
A.explained B.declared C.suggested D.insisted
A.happily B.safely C.quickly D.loudly
A.secret B.point C.truth D.background
A.advise B.allow C.urge D.persuade
A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something
A.going B.about C.supposed D.used
A.important B.influential C.effective D.foolish
A.in order B.in danger C.in need. D.in use
A.song B.story C.film D.book
A.should B.may C.would D.could
A.treated B.regarded C.worked D.disguised.
Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used force—either against people or safes.He was a real of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult he had ever met.In about 10 years, by his brother Stefan,he took about 33,000,000—from the safes of 28 banks in Austria.On his last job,he the safe door open and 80,000 behind.With the was a note,“We don't need all that much”.A witness his car and Streit was caught by the police.Then he was sent to Austria's Stein Prison to serve a six-year .He boasted(吹嘘)at his trial that he would continue the law, “I'm a thief and I shall use every opportunity.” In spite of the prison officials moved Streit to the prison's blacksmith shop.One day during the week before Christmas,Streit .Searchers found all his doors were well locked.Streit had to make a set of keys and let himself out.Not to ,though.After crossing into Bavaria,Streit the suspicion(怀疑)of German customs police on purpose and got himself .“I want to be in a German prison, ”he to the surprised police.“As German coups give much milder(温和的)sentences for like mine and will the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison.”In prison,Streit his keepers to let him telephone his former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison.“I'm sorry I caused trouble.I didn't want to anybody by escaping.Conditions weren't that bad.In fact the food was better than it is here.”
A.dancer B.artist C.composer D.musician
A.safe B.bank C.prison D.door
A.offered B.trained C.respected D.helped
A.made B.broke C.left D.removed
A.safe B.money C.door D.job
A.rode B.stole C.broke D.recognized
A.sentence B.holiday C.freedom D.treatment
A.obeying B.respecting C.breaking D.destroying
A.sentence B.warning C.trial D.suggestion
A.survived B.starved C.disappeared D.worked
A.tried B.decided C.expected D.managed
A.safety B.prison C.hometown D.freedom
A.offered B.attracted C.removed D.admired
A.arrested B.relaxed C.recognized D.encouraged
A.went B.lied C.explained D.negotiated
A.mistakes B.robbery C.money D.crimes
A.multiply B.reduce C.add D.lose
A.cheated B.expected C.persuaded D.helped
A.if B.but C.for D.though
A.injure B.steal C.accuse D.embarrass