It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said, “ Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?”
I said , “ Of course!”
“Why are you in college at an age?” I asked.
She joked, “ I’m here to meet a husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.”
“No, seriously,” I asked.
“ I always of having a college education. Now I’m getting one!” she told me .
After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from .
At the end of the semester(学期) we invited Rose to at our party. I’ll never foget what she
taught .
“We do not stop playing becasuse we are old; we grow because we stop playing. Here are the of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every_______. You’ve got to have a dream. When you your dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a big between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to , you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did, rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week graduation(毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
A．slowly B．happily C．heavily D．badly
A．so B．this C．such D．that
A．rich B．bad C．poor D．short
A．hoped B．wished C．wanted D．dreamed
A．another B．the other C．the others D．others
A．say B．speak C．talk D．discuss
A．us B．her C．him D．them
A．young B．old C．tall D．thin
A．stories B．secrets C．seasons D．surveys
A．week B．month C．year D．day
A．lose B．have C．keep D．like
A．chance B．change C．difference D．problem
A．stand up B．grow up C．grow old D．keep healthy
A．because B．so C．though D．but
A．in B．after C．during D．before
Some students cheat(作弊) because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without______the time studying. Other students might feel that they can’t______the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, it isn’t a good idea. A student who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test______to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so that they can find some better ways together. Talking about these problems and______ them out will help feel better than cheating.
If a student gets caught cheating, the teacher may give a “zero” on the test, send him or her to the head teacher’s______, and call his or her parents. Worse than the______grade may be the feeling of having disappointed those people, like parents and teachers. A parent may worry that you are not an______person and a teacher might watch you more closely the next time you’re taking a test.
There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn’t cheat, but some students have already cheated. If that’s you, it’s______too late to stop cheating. Cheating can become a______, but a student is always able to act better and make better______. It might help to talk the problem over with a parent, teacher, or friend.
A．taking B．spending C．costing D．Using
A．write B．exercise C．pass D．expect
A．decides B．hopes C．refuses D．needs
A．breaking B．dreaming C．missing D．working
A．office B．school C．seat D．conversation
A．natural B．dangerous C．exciting D．bad
A．outside B．boring C．interesting D．honest
A．always B．never C．once D．neither
A．menu B．medicine C．habit D．match
A．education B．decisions C．challenges D．risks
Tina was the best speed-walking partner I could ever meet. But I could never understand my friend's habit of while we walked.
Together we walked all over the town and even entered a marathon(马拉松）together，a full 26 miles, but she did give me a list to take with me. She told me that it her a lot. I thought it would just slow us down. I it along to the starting line. Twenty-six cheering ideas, one for every mile. I wasn’t really planning to slow myself down with all those ideas but I didn’t want to hurt Tina’s feelings, so I kept her .
I walked the first mile of the in 12 minutes—a new personal record. I looked at Tina’s cheering list when I checked my watch. was simply Yourself. It did give me a good start to the race, I thought. I thanked Tina for her cheering list. If I finished the race, I would thank her for the she gave me. By the time I finished the second mile, my husband and kids were cheering me on. It just so happened that “ ” was the next one on Tina’s cheering list. I had lots of things to be ready for them.
The next mile flew by, then the next and the next, each with a cheering idea. But by the time I neared the final mile? I was nearly out of breath. “I don’t know if I can the last mile,” I thought. In despair(绝望）I looked at the final cheering idea on Tina’s list，now sweaty in my hand： You just can make it!
I finished the marathon in less than six hours. I thought the cheering list would slow me down. ______, it carried me past the finishing line.
A．cheering B．smiling C．shouting D．chatting
A．taught B．saved C．calmed D．helped
A．hid B．gave C．moved D．carried
A．promise B．list C．word D．idea
A．round B．circle C．race D．road
A．At the back B．At the top C．In the beginning D．In the past
A．task B．strength C．thought D．way
A．Team B．House C．Family D．Home
A．have B．gain C．finish D．put
A．Besides B．Instead C．Later D．Again
We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special. , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.
Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they compare (比较)us to . By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望). There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at . Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is for us to be better than everyone else all the time.
We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have us the very things that we want. These things make us others. When we are growing up, sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. , it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.
A．Again B．Next C．Otherwise D．However
A．other B．others C．another D．the others
A．believe B．work C．mean D．show
A．to B．on C．by D．in
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．helpful B．impossible C．necessary D．important
A．inside B．among C．around D．for
A．worse than B．better than C．different from D．the same as
A．friends B．scientists C．parents D．doctors
A．Also B．Anyway C．Although D．After all
Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce（弹跳）back.
But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of .If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?
Don't look down on your by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.
Don't let other people set for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.
Don't give up when you still have something to give. is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be .
Don't love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only you've been, but also where you are going.
Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.
Don't use time or words .You can't get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that's why we call it "the present". Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.
A．work B．health C．friend D．family
A．wool B．leather C．glass D．wood
A．still B．never C．even D．also
A．use B．cost C．price D．worth
A．difficulties B．goals C．records D．problems
A．Everything B．Anything C．Nothing D．Something
A．brave B．happy C．curious D．modest
A．take B．get C．shut D．catch
A．how B．who C．where D．what
A．carelessly B．excitedly C．cheaply D．Differently
A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor(教授). Soon they began to about the stress in work and life.
The professor went to the kitchen and returned a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups—crystal(水晶的), glass, plastic, some nice looking, some plain looking, some , some cheap. And he told them to help to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the cause of your and stress. You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you went for the best cups.”
Now think about this: Life is the coffee, the jobs, money and in society are the cups. They are just to hold and contain life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by paying only to the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has us. God gave us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the of everything.
Live simply. Love sincerely. Care deeply. Speak . And leave the rest to God.
A．chat B．think C．complain D．discuss
A．for B．at C．in D．with
A．expensive B．usual C．strong D．serious
A．them B．themselves C．him D．everyone
A．mixed B．left C．taken D．accepted
A．normal B．important C．impossible D．necessary
A．thoughts B．failure C．questions D．problems
A．Who B．How C．What D．That
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．position B．age C．health D．purpose
A．cups B．tools C．bags D．bowls
A．money B．attention C．advantage D．record
A．taught B．provided C．returned D．bought
A．fun B．use C．best D．worst
A．kindly B．sadly C．rudely D．seriously