科I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was sociology(社会学). The teacher was really great. The class was asked to go out and smile at three people.
I am a very person and thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after, my husband, youngest son and I went out to McDonald’s. We were standing in line, waiting to be , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to away, and then even my husband did.
As I turned around I smelled a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, he was “ ”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he searched for acceptance. He said, “Good day.” as he counted the few he had been holding.
The young lady at the counter(柜台) asked him what they . He said, “Coffee is all Miss.” because that was all they could afford. He just needed to be warm.
Then I really it—the compulsion(冲动) was so great that I almost out and hugged the little man with the blue eyes.
That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give two more breakfast meals on two plates.
I then picked up the plates and walked around the counter to the that the men had chosen as a resting place. I put the plates on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s hand. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”
I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn:acceptance without condition.
A.friendly B.healthy C.proud D.careful
A.treated B.served C.welcomed D.greeted
A.give B.put C.throw D.move
A.happy B.careless C.homeless D.pleasant
A.smiling B.crying C.thinking D.nodding
A.apples B.flowers C.books D.coins
A.hated B.wanted C.learnt D.ate
A.made B.felt C.got D.took
A.put B.took C.went D.reached
A.her B.him C.me D.it
A.corner B.door C.kitchen D.table
A.cold B.warm C.clean D.dirty
Mike wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He 46 about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not 47 . He has to 48a long time for that. He can’t cut grass for their gardens 49 he has no tools to do the work. Then he 50 one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送) 51 . “I can do that, 52”, he thinks, “Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can pay(付款) for it a little each week”. He 53 to catch up with(赶上) Dick. Mike asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is 54 to get twenty-five dollars each week. Dick 55 him that the job takes about three hours each week and 56 him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Mike almost flies home. After he tells his mother 57 he thinks, she 58 , “ I think it is a 59 idea,” she says, “I'll call the newspaper.” “Wait, Mum,” Mike says, “I’ll call. After that, I' m going to be a businessman now.” Mike’s mother smiles 60 .
A.says B.tells C.thinks D.speaks
A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
A.walk B.wait C.spend D.want
A.because B.when C.while D.after
A.looks B.sees C.helps D.catches
A.newspapers B.bikes C.computers D.tools
A.either B.too C.again D.also
A.walks B.comes C.runs D.jumps
A.friendly B.kind C.easy D.wrong
A.sees B.learns C.tells D.knows
A.teaches B.gives C.asks D.makes
A.that B.when C.what D.where
A.smiles B.shouts C.cries D.worries
A.big B.large C.great D.bad
A.sadly B.happily C.politely D.angrily
When I was young,my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in 1 .
One hot summer afternoon, I was2 down the highway to New York when another car suddenly 3 into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane,so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n) 4 driver,I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.
I was5 with that driver,but I thought that he just did not pay attention to(注意) the lane change, and he6 did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away7 after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while,I came around a curve(弯道) and found the8 car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked9 . As there was no telephone nearby and the nearest services were twenty miles away, I decided to 10 and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had another tire,he had nothing to work with. I decided to11 him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later,I12 the work. I was hot and tired,but I really felt13 after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier14 my car run off the road.
You can really enjoy great15 from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.
A.need B.school C.danger D.summer
A.walking B.riding C.running D.driving
A.fell B.jumped C.came D.climbed
A.new B.experienced C.frightened D.cheerful
A.unhappy B.interested C.kind D.friendly
A.even B.certainly C.almost D.simply
A.quickly B.quietly C.politely D.carefully
A.new B.red C.same D.other
A.excited B.relaxed C.surprised D.worried
A.stay B.search C.stop D.hide
A.give B.train C.help D.encourage
A.began B.finished C.took D.continued
A.good B.sorry C.angry D.shy
A.kept B.made C.watched D.heard
A.friendship B.success C.excitement D.happiness
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and 15 all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll 16 the whole world smiling to you.
On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk 17 yourself. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why 18 sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(庄稼)in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest(收成).
Everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, 19 life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way 20 success. In fact, difficulty isn’t terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is like spring(弹簧). If you are 21 , it will be strong. Attitude(态度) decides 22 . With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and 23 . So when you meet difficulties, don’t give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile. Remember these five rules: Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect24 .
A.happy B.unhappy C.smile D.cry
A.look B.look for C.find D.find out
A.enjoying B.to relax C.relax D.enjoy
A.don’t B.didn’t C.haven’t D.not
A.but B.and C.or D.so
A.of B.to C.about D.for
A.energetic B.powerful C.confident D.weak
A.anything B.something C.everything D.nothing
A.please B.pleasure C.pleased D.pleasant
A.little B.few C.less D.fewer
A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clean plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn’t want to forgive(原谅) in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person’s 1 and the date on it and put it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were very 2 . They were then told to carry this bag with them 3 for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at 4 . The 5 carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to(注意) it all the time so that they wouldn’t 6 it or leave it in embarrassing(尴尬的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went 7 and smelt terrible. Too often we think of tolerance(宽容) as a 8 to other people, but it clearly is for 9 ! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred(仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to 10 them around all our lives.
A.age B.name C.hobbies D.weight
A.small B.beautiful C.light D.heavy
A.everywhere B.nowhere C.somewhere D.where
A.home B.work C.night D.school
A.students B.days C.potatoes D.teachers
A.forget B.buy C.remember D.find
A.big B.wrong C.bad D.good
A.feeling B.waste C.gift D.greeting
A.themselves B.ourselves C.yourself D.itself
A.miss B.meet C.carry D.enjoy
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They 1 that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict 2 them.
Parents often find 3 difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without 4 . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can 5 any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them like to plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be known. So when you want your parents to let you do 6 , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by the clothes they wear, the music they enjoy, and something else. But they 7 to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture 8 their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes 9 going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home alone and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you. 10 your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
A.think B.hope C.say D.know
A.with B.in C.to D.over
A.that B.this C.one D.it
A.thinking B. speaking C.seeing D.reading
A.solve B.find C.know D.find out
A.everything B.something C.nothing D.anything
A.don’t mean B.mean C.don’t like D.like
A.at B.to C.over D.of
A.instead B.instead of C.besides D.except
A.Of B.If not C.If so D.However