Shanghai, a beautiful city during the day, becomes even at night.
At the end of the day, both the old part of the city around the Bund(外滩) and the modern buildings in Pudong are covered with colorful bright lights. The buildings, both new and old, look completely different and very .
If you look the Huangpu River, you can see the Oriental Pearl(东方明珠) TV Tower and the Jinmao Building. Take a boat along the and you can see the amazing nightlife on the Bund. There are over thirty tour boats for you to .
If you prefer in the streets, try the famous Nanjing Road. There are busy shops and cafes and you will see people enjoying themselves. Most of the shops close at 10∶00 pm. but at that time, teahouses are still open. , some of them are open 24 hours a day. Karaoke bars and coffee houses are popular places where you can old friends and make new ones.
If you are in Shanghai for time, make sure you do visit Xintiandi, which is a great place for young people, may be a little noisy for old visitors! A quiet place to s Park 97, near the west gate of Fuxing Park. Luwan District. Park 97 in 1997 and you can find clubs and international restaurants Baci where you can get Italian food and Tokyo Joe’s, a Japanese restaurant.
It was 3:43. Thunder was crashing and the rain was pouring. Suddenly my father rushed into my room. “Adam! Adam! Get up! We’re flooding!” he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That woke up! I ran downstairs to the basement. It was like a swimming pool. My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and take them upstairs. I had no on, so my feet were quite freezing.
Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved everything that we could to the first floor. The computer, big-screen television and heavy boxes with our most valuable things were taken to safety. , our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there—being . There was nothing we could do.
That was the hardest part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but that you can’t do anything to stop it feels even worse.
Water had come in our front door. Rescue were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.
When it was safe to walk outside, all the people in the neighborhood at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People each other. We learned later that the National Weather Service had declared the storm a flash flood.
I really have something from this flood. I’ve learned what destruction is. I have learned what means. I know in the future, when I watch people’ s lives affected by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.
A．him B．them C．her D．me
A．hat B．shoes C．jacket D．glasses
A．covered B．crowded C．filled D．fixed
A．So B．And C．Because D．However
A．discovered B．arranged C．measured D．destroyed
A．realizing B．knowing C．telling D．writing
A．ships B．boats C．cars D．buses
A．finally B．usually C．exactly D．certainly
A．stood B．walked C．gathered D．met
A．comforted B．influenced C．believed D．worried
A．learned B．discovered C．thought D．concluded
A．truth B．safety C．value D．regret
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
Dad lost his job after arguing(争吵) with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket(毛毯) wrapped(卷绕) around me, so I offered to share with Dad, but he said no thanks. We looked at the sky. Those shining stars were one of the treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness(荒凉). Rich city people, he’d say, live in fantastic flats, but their air was so polluted(污染的) that they could not even see the stars.
“ out your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas present. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, “Nobody the stars.”
“Right,” Dad said, “But you can suppose it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”
I my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out(断定) which was the best one. Then, I found one.
“I that one.” I said.
Dad smiled. “That’s Venus(金星),” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her own light. She shone only from reflected(反射) .”
“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”
Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.
We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth(圣诞传说) and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch(堆) of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk(废物) they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will have your star.”
A．it B．me C．us D．him
A．up B．for C．out D．after
A．strange B．special C．important D．impossible
A．Go B．Put C．Take D．Pick
A．owns B．sees C．likes D．reaches
A．lowed B．put C．raised D．rose
A．need B．want C．have D．hope
A．slower B．farther C．closer D．higher
A．sun B．star C．planet D．light
A．when B．before C．after D．until
A．dislike B．refuse C．accept D．consider
A．even B．still C．never D．already
I walked into the Huddle House Restaurant in Brunswick, Georgia and sat down at the table. I picked up the menu and was to order something for breakfast.
“Excuse me,”
I looked up and a nice-looking woman standing before me.
“Is your name Roger?” asked.
“Yes, ” I answered, feeling rather surprised as I had never seen her before.
“My name’s Barbara and my husband is Tony,” she said, pointing to a middle-aged man sitting alone at the table by the window. He was and weak.
“Tony White, from Landon School in Jacksonville, Florida,” she added.
I looked at that man for a few seconds but I didn’t recognize him.
“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell,” I said.
She walked back, began with her husband and once in a while I saw her turn around and look directly at me.
I ordered breakfast and a cup of , sitting there, trying to remember who this Tony was. “I must know him,” I thought to myself. “He recognizes me for some reason.” I picked up the coffee cup. All of a sudden it came to me like a flash of lightning.
“Tony, the bully, the bad boy!” I could believe my eyes. “My God! He’s so thin now. Not the big boy that I from back in 1997.”
Everything came up to my mind. The time this boy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class, and the time this big bully had pushed me against the walls in the hallway just to make himself a big man to all other students.
“I am sorry, Roger,” Tony rolled by me in the wheelchair, being pushed by his wife, raising his thin, shaking hand. “I am so sorry for that I did to you.”
“I’m…I’m er…” I didn’t know what to say to him.
After a few months, I received a letter from Barbara. Tony was . Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.
How I for not saying something to him but I no longer had the chance!
A．heard B．felt C．saw D．told
A．you B．we C．he D．she
A．fat B．strong C．thin D．young
A．listening B．talking C．writing D．playing
A．tea B．juice C．milk D．coffee
A．hardly B．really C．almost D．always
A．protect B．remember C．love D．miss
A．clever B．shy C．friendly D．bad
A．look after B．look like C．look for D．look at
A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything
A．healthy B．famous C．dead D．blind
A．congratulated B．regretted C．doubted D．canceled
On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked towards the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a messy beard and _____ hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us. Paying no attention to his ______, he greeted us in a friendly way.
Once inside, my daughters said in a low voice, “Mom, he _______.” After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the the kids to look beyond the dirt. We then watched other _____ come into the restaurant but many took no notice of him. Seeing this rudeness truly ______me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good example to my children. Yet sometimes being a good example was _______, especially when things didn’t go right. After our meal arrived, I realized I had left my car-sick pills in the car, so I went back to the car to get them.
Just then, the “doorman”was opening the door for a couple. They ______ him without even noticing his presence. Letting them in first, I said a loud “thank you” to ______ as I went out.
When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside _____ he bought food. I went back and asked our waitress to ______ one soup and sandwich. The kids looked puzzed as they had already eaten. But when I told them his story and said the _____ was for the “doorman”, they smiled. When it was time to continue our ______, I found the “doorman” enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily with tears in his eyes.
Back in the car, I fell into deep thought. While we can’t choose many things in life, we can choose _____ to show gratitude. I said thanks to a man who had _____held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that opportunity to teach my children by _______.
A．dirty B．clean C．pretty D．shiny
A．appearance B．happiness C．illness D．carelessness
A．smokes B．shouts C．smells D．smiles
A．travelers B．visitors C．passengers D．customers
A．taught B．upset C．troubled D．surprised
A．tiring B．amazing C．difficult D．successful
A．waited for B．rushed past C．stopped by D．returned to
A．him B．them C．myself D．themselves
A．before B．since C．though D．unless
A．buy B．add C．show D．borrow
A．order B．money C．note D．service
A．meal B．talk C．trip D．story
A．where B．when C．how D．why
A．actually B．truly C．really D．simply
A．journey B．example C．lesson D．experience