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）. It 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 a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor men. As I looked down at the short man, he was smiling. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he stood there. He said, “Good day” as he ____ the few coins he had been holding.
The young lady at the counter asked him they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all， Miss” because that was all they could . He just wanted to be warm.
Then I really felt it—the compulsion（冲动）was great that I almost reached out and hugged the little man ___ the blue eyes.
That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging(判断) my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on tray（托盘）.
I then walked around the corner to the that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed man’s hand. He looked up at me, with in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”
I with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: acceptance without condition.
A．friendly B．healthy C．proud D．lucky
A．treated B．served C．welcomed D．greeted
A．give B．put C．move D．throw
A．sounded B．tasted C．looked D．smelled
A．happy B．careless C．homeless D．pleasant
A．counted B．discovered C．made D．found
A．what B．how C．why D．who
A．save B．share C．afford D．drink
A．such B．too C．very D．so
A．of B．in C．with D．for
A．other B．the other C．another D．others
A．window B．door C．kitchen D．table
A．warm B．clean C．dirty D．cold
A．fear B．tears C．hope D．unhappiness
A．began B．stopped C．graduated D．filled
I have thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one was the most important.
It happened last term just after I had got a result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence（自信). I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be .
The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking like a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty yuan note(钞票). Who wants this? He asked.of us in the class help up our hands.
He smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. He smiled again but said. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same question a time.
I didn’t understand what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I wanted to get the note, I put my hand up again. After a while, hethe note and started to laugh. “You have all just told me how to become successful. The note is worth (价值)20 yuan. It is 20 yuan even though I threw it on the floor. You are like the note. Whatever happens to you , you still have your worth.”
Suddenly II worth a lot . I may have done poorly in the exam, but it doesn’t mean I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful.A. school B.class C. exam
A. good B. lucky C. bad
A. brave B. famous C. successful
A. Few B. All C. Many
A. nothing B. everything C. something
A. first B. second C. third
A. so B. if C. but
A. cleaned up B. gave up C. picked up
A. never B. always C. hardly
A. forgot B realized C. dreamed
I have a pet dog named Abby. I often play with , and she can do tricks. I to feed her. Unluckily, about three years ago, she went blind. She’s a great dog,she can’t see anything.
That’s why we were so when she got lost.It was very cold in Alaska ten days before Christmas. Abby became lost . We everywhere, it seemed we’d find her.
Though Abby’s didn’t work, she made her way to a house ten miles away. A nice man there took her . With the help of his neighbors, the man found where Abby and gave my family a phone call. We went and got her back on Christmas Eve. Getting Abby back was the most amazing ChristmasI could ever receive.A. him B. her C. them
A. love B. start C. fail
A. but B. because C. if
A. sleepy B. worried C. bored
A. cleaned B. traveledC. searched
A. yet B. ever C. never
A. ears B. eyes C. feet
A. in B. up C. out
A. hid B. played C. lived
A. chance B. present C. suggestion
Mel Kiser was driving along a busy highway in Columbus, Ohio. He saw an armored truck （运钞车）a few cars ahead of him. Suddenly the back door of the armored truck___ , and a blue plastic bag fell out of the truck. A car in front of Mr. Kiser hit the bag. And money spilled （洒落）out of it. Then another bag fell out of the truck, and another. Money was____ __ everywhere.
At first, drivers thought the ___ _ papers on the highway were leaves. Then they realized that the papers were not leaves—they were money! Drivers quickly stopped right in the middle of the highway and jumped out of their cars. They began ____ _ money! They were putting ten, twenty, and one-hundred-dollar bills into their pocket. Mr. Kiser also got out of his car. He took hold of a bag of money, put the bag in his car, and drove away.
Later, Mr. Kiser____ the money. He had＄57000. For the next two hours Mr. Kiser thought about the money. He ____ about spending it. He needed a new TV set for his house. He wanted to take a vacation in Florida. But he decided to return the money. He drove to the police station and gave the police the＄57000. There other people____ _ money, too. But most of the money—almost one million dollars were still missing. The truck company____ a 10 percent reward. “If you return ＄1000, for example, we will pay you＄100,”the company said.
Then the company got some ___ _ . A man telephoned and said, “I was driving along the highway when I saw the traffic jam and the money. People were___ _ everywhere. I had a camera in my car and I took some pictures. Would you like the pictures?”
“Yes!” answered the truck company. The company gave the pictures to the police. The police looked____ _ at the pictures. They looked at the cars, the license plates, and the people's ____ . They tried to find the people who had taken the money, but they didn't have much ___ _.
One man who had taken money___ _a Columbus newspaper. The man did not give his name. “I took two bags of money,” he said, “I'm going to take this money and ____ Columbus. I have enough money for the rest of my life. ”
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A．lying B．falling C．flying D．showing
A．green B．yellow C．red D．white
A．looking for B．picking up C．putting away D．laughing at
A．spent B．hid C．counted D．exchanged
A．complained B．dreamed C．worried D．cared
A．made B．received C．refused D．returned
A．paid B．offered C．accepted D．wasted
A．help B．trouble C．money D．time
A．running B．jumping C．watching D．stealing
A．quickly B．carelessly C．angrily D．closely
A．pockets B．faces C．names D．ages
A．chance B．fun C．luck D．experience
A．visited B．helped C．telephoned D．invited
A．leave B．buy C．traveled D．developed
Sudan Chandran， a classical dancer from India， was cut off in the best of her career when her right leg had to be cut off after a car accident.
Though the accident her bright career to a stop， she didn’t give up.
In the painful months that followed， she met a who developed an artificial limb (假肢) made of rubber filled with sponge(海锦).
So strong was her will that she decided to go to dancing after she had been fitted with an artificial leg.
Sudan knew if she believed in herself she could make her dream come true. She began her courageous journey back to the of dancing－learning to balance， bend， stretch， walk， turn， twist(旋转)and finally .
After every show， she would ask her dad about her performance. “You still have a long way to go” was the answer she to get in return.
In January 1984， Sudan made a historic comeback by a public show in Bombay. She performed in such a wonderful manner that it everyone to tears.
That evening when she asked her dad the usual question， he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet which was a way to a great artist.
Sudan’s comeback was heart-warming that a film producer decided to make the story into a film. When someone asked Sudan how she had to dance again， she said quite simply. “You don't need to dance.”
Nothing is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win， you can anything
A．made B．fed C．brought D．wanted
A．teacher B．manager C．engineer D．doctor
A．ahead B．straight C．along D．back
A．that B．what C．whether D．how
A．place B．world C．class D．stage
A．perform B．dance C．sing D．show
A．wonderful B．special C．private D．public
A．used B．wanted C．liked D．learned
A．taking B．providing C．giving D．losing
A．made B．moved C．influenced D．sent
A．praise B．thank C．flatter D．like
A．very B．too C．rather D．so
A．decided B．managed C．wished D．dreamed
A．heart B．body C．feet D．time
A．achieve B．try C．succeed D．have
World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of .
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading he’s very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world by changing through reading,” he said.
Reading can benefit (有益于) people . Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the developments of science and technology. Reading us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the smarter we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that we_____ learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.
“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help to know more about the outside world and perfect us.Therefore, it is necessary for us to form the habit of reading every day.
A．listening B．speaking C．reading D．writing
A．clothes B．dictionaries C．computers D．books
A．since B．in C．from D．by
A．because B．though C．through D．when
A．ourselves B．yourselves C．themselves D．itself
A．in many ways B．by the way C．in any way D．in the way
A．earlier B．later C．latest D．last
A．shares B．offers C．opens D．provides
A．think B．to think C．talk D．to talk
A．can B．can’t C．might D．have to