A small man ih his wheelchair gently makes his way into Line 2 subway. He pulls out his microphone, MP3 player and speaker. He clears his and smiles uncomfortably. “I’m always a bit nervous when I get started,” he says in a quiet . For now, Gao Xiaowei sings in subways in Beijing, this is the he makes a living.
Born in Jiangsu Province on a farm, Gao was a happy and baby. He explains a small illness caused an unfortunate event at the age of three. “At that time, rural medical conditions were very poor and the doctor wasn’t very ”.
Gao didn’t like depending on others. his parents didn’t allow him to leave his hometown, he ran away from home to find out what life offer him. “I sold all kinds of toys. But now singing in subways can let me live day by day better than things before.”
Gao his brightest days in Beijing performing music with two friends. “We to sing in a busy subway at Wangfujing. At that time, many people appreciated us, and we were by Beijing TV and some newspapers.” But Beijing is a city where people come and go, and Gao has struggled(斗争) with loneliness since his friends returned to their hometown.
Fortunately, music to play an important part in his life. “It can give me of mind. Although my life isn’t very good, I need than just food and music gives me a lot of spiritual (精神的) comfort.
A．face B．throae C．head D．back
A．station B．sound C．voice D．place
A．part B．project C．cost D．way
A．disabled B．healthy C．unusual D．well-known
A．how B．what C．where D．who
A．professional B．confident C．energetic D．creative
A．Because B．If C．But D．Though
A．must B．need C．could D．should
A．borrowing B．receiving C．providing D．selling
A．finished B．practiced C．spent D．found
A．wanted B．used C．stopped D．pretended
A．included B．influenced C．interested D．interviewed
A．countinues B．happens C．develops D．describes
A．problem B．prediction C．peace D．pressure
A．less B．more C．fewer D．worse
Mr. and Mrs. Wang are very forgetful. For example, Mr. Wang sometimes goes to work on Sunday morning, because he thinks it is . And Mrs. Wang sometimes forgets to cook supper for the family.
One summer they planned to to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes the plane took off. So time was short. But Mrs. Wang said she must tell Lingling, their daughter, not to forget to the front door when she went to school. But Lingling then was at school. They couldn’t tell her about it by . So they hurried to the post office. Mrs. Wang wrote a short to Lingling, and Mr. Wang bought a and an envelope. Soon the note was ready. They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter , but suddenly Mrs. Wang began to cry. The short note was in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the envelope.
A．sunny B．Cloudy C．Monday D．Sunday
A．walk B．drive C．fly D．run
A．before B．often C．when D．because
A．often B．ever C．always D．suddenly
A．open B．lock C．close D．push
A．plane B．train C．telephone D．bus
A．e-mail B．book C．note D．story
A．note B．pen C．stamp D．letter
A．envelope B．box C．/ D．office
A．still B．already C．always D．not
Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed him. No one showed kindness (友善) to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped , she dropped other bags. He came to help her.“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were kind words he had ever heard. He watched her she went far away, and he whistled（吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low
he said to his dog,“You are a nice little dog!”Tige raised ears as if（似乎）it understood.
“Uh! Even a dog likes it!”he said,“Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.”Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw but a dirty boy. He washed his face . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed (震惊). From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said,“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.
A．dead B．dying C．died D．die
A．at B．to C．/ D．of
A．picking it up B．picking up it C．to pick up it D．to pick it up
A．the first B．first C．the last D．the first time
A．until B．before C．when D．while
A．sound B．noise C．noisy D．voice
A．it B．it’s C．one’s D．its
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．somebody
A．carefully B．careful C．careless D．carelessly
A．What B．How C．It D．It seemed
The manager of a small building company was very surprised to get a bill for two white mice one of his workmen had bought. He for the workman and asked him he had the bill send to the company.
"Well ,"the workman answered, "you the house we were repairing in New-bridge, don't you? One of the things we had to there was to put some new electric wiring (线路). Well, in one place we had to pass some wires a pipe thirty feet long and about an inch ，which was built into stone and had four big bends (弯) in it. None of us could think how to do this until I had a good . I went to a shop and two white mice, one of them male and the other female. Then I a thread (线) to the body of the male mouse and put it into the pipe at one end, Bill held the female mouse at the other end and her gently to make her squeak (吱吱的 ). When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks, he rushed along the pipe to help her. I he was a gentleman even though he was only a mouse. Anyway, as he ran through this pipe, he pulled the behind him. It was then quite for us to tie the thread to the electric wires and pull them through the pipe."
The manager paid the bill for the white mice.
A．waited B．sent C．answered D．arranged
A．why B．whether C．how D．when
A．see B．mean C．enter D．remember
A．do B．repair C．buy D．work
A．into B．out C．in D．away
A．near B．through C．around D．onto
A．across B．short C．big D．small
A．idea B．thing C．way D．advice
A．saw B．bought C．caught D．exchanged
A．followed B．held C．tied D．passed
A．when B．but C．while D．so
A．put B．pressed C．took D．played
A．doubt B．remember C．suggest D．suppose
A．bends B．pipe C．female mouse D．thread
A．easy B．hard C．impossible D．unnecessary
There were two villages in South Asia. They were always fighting each other for more farms. One village lived in the low land and the other lived in the mountains. The mountain people came to the low land one day. They stole a from one of the low land families and took him back up into the mountains.
The people in the low land didn't know to climb the mountain. They didn't know where to find the mountain people. Even so, they sent their fighters to climb the mountain to bring the baby back. The fighters many ways of climbing. They used ropes, and they also used ladders. At last, they stepped others' shoulders to climb. But _ worked. After several days of hard work, they climbed only 100 meters. Feeling , the fighters decided to return to their village.
As they were ready to go back, they saw the baby's mother to them. They were greatly surprised to see her baby was on her back. How could it be? They asked the mother how she the baby. She said, " Because it isn't your baby. "
As long as you have love in your heart, there is no mountain you can't climb.
A．low B．high C．far D．deep
A．baby B．dog C．horse D．ladder
A．what B．why C．how D．which
A．tallest B．youngest C．oldest D．best
A．made B．took C．trird D．got
A．to B．on C．in D．at
A．none B．neither C．all D．both
A．hungry B．lonely C．hopeless D．tired
A．turning B．pointing C．shouting D．walking
A．fed B．saved C．caught D．carried
On the first day of school our teacher let us know someone. Looking out, we found an old woman appeared at the door. She said, "Hi, my name is Susan, I'm seventy years old." While we were what made her take this challenge (挑战) at her age, she said with a smile, "I/m here to meet a rich husband, get , have two children and travel together. "Hearing this, all of us laughed. "In fact," she went on, " I always of having a college education, and now I'm getting one!"
After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good . I often listened to this "time machine" as she shared her study with me.
At the end of the term we invited Susan to give us a . When she was stepped up to the front, suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little frustrated (沮丧的) and said, "I'm sorry. I'm so nervous that I can't get my ready talk back , so I have to tell you I know. "In her speech she told us, "We don't stop playing as we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. The secret of staying , being happy and getting success is that we should laugh and find something every day. I think there is a great between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I lie in bed for one full year and never do anything, I'll become seventy - one. Since anybody can grow older, my idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. Growing older can't be avoided , growing up can be , It's never too late to be all you can be possible. "
During the four years' study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends wherever she went. In the end, the wonderful woman got a college degree.
A．finding B．getting C．wanting D．wondering
A．married B．worried C．excited D．relaxed
A．liked B．made C．knew D．dreamed
A．teachers B．friends C．students D．neighbours
A．lesson B．present C．talk D．story
A．which B．how C．what D．why
A．old B．young C．clear D．awake
A．natural B．difficult C．interesting D．possible
A．difference B．chance C．pleasure D．confidence
A．noticed B．chosen C．thought D．mentioned