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,” suddenly a soft voice came into my ear.
I looked up and a nice-looking woman standing before me.
“Is your name Roger?” asked.
“Yes, ” I answered, feeling rather confused(困惑的) as I had never seen her before.
“My name’s Barbara and my 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 I didn’t recognize(认识) him.
“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell(听起来不耳熟), ”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 know him, ” I thought to myself. “He recognizes me for some reason.” I picked up the coffee cup. Suddenly it came to me like a flash of lightning.
“Tony, the bully(横行霸道者), the bad boy!” I could believe my eyes. “Jesus! He’s so thin now. Not the big boy that I from back in 1977.”
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 trembling hand. “I am so sorry for that I did to you.”
“I’m…I’m er…” I didn’t know to say to him.
A few months later, I received a letter from Barbara. Tony was . Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.
How I regretted(后悔) for not saying something to him but I no longer had the chance!
A．heard B．saw C．felt D．told
A．you B．we C．he D．she
A．husband B．father C．brother D．son
A．fat B．thin C．strong D．young
A．but B．and C．or D．so
A．listening B．writing C．talking D．playing
A．tea B．juice C．coffee D．milk
A．needn’t B．need C．mustn’t D．must
A．hardly B．really C．almost D．always
A．protect B．remember C．love D．miss
A．clever B．shy C．bad D．friendly
A．look after B．look for C．look at D．look like
A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything
A．when B．why C．what D．where
A．healthy B．dead C．famous D．blind
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What must you ________ when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you letter. The words “Thank you” are very important. We have to use them often. We________ when someone gives us a drink, helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter, lends us a book, gives us a book or a present.
________ important word is “please”. Many people forget________ it. It is not polite to ask someone to do something________ saying “please”. We have to use it when we ________ something, too. It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or more tea. It may be used in the classroom, at home, at the bus stop or in a shop. We have to use “please” to make each other________.
We have to ________ to say “sorry” too. When we have hurt someone, we go up and say we are________ . When we have told lie (说谎 ) and feel sorry, we use ________ word. When we have forgotten something or broken something, we use the word “sorry”, too. “Sorry” is a word that can make people forget wrongs.
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The first stamp was born in England in 1840.
Today almost_____country has its own stamps. We can_______that most stamps are very beautiful . There are all kinds of wonderful_______on them. It may be a great leader(领袖) or a famous man. It may____be a nice bird ，a fish or an interesting place. Each picture on a stamp has_______meaning .It sometimes_____us a story . Stamps collecting may be the best way to learn ______a country.
Today more and more people are _____of collecting stamps .They think of it as a____. In some countries ,because many children like collecting stamps ,there are even______on stamp collecting at school. A. anyB. eachC.every
A.hear B. findC. hope
A.people B. animalsC.pictures
A. tooB.alsoC.either
A.itsB.hisC.their
A. talks B. tellsC.speaks
A.in B.forC.about
A.fond B.readyC.afraid
A.job B.gameC.hobby
A.ideas B.courses C.students
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A new term has begun. Teachers are worried about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with. They like to bring cell phones and MP3 players to school. What is_____, some students even use cell phones_____out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some_____students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interest in.
Are these new students really that____? “Yes.” says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University. ____she adds it’s not their fault. _____, the teachers should be blamed(责备). Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. “I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well or had nothing to do with them.” she says. “At first, I got worried about this.” But then I said to myself, “You’re giving lessons, and you need to manage this kind of situation. These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good______. They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they may regret the time they____.”
Mrs Kirk also____a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
●On the first day of class, tell students how they will benefit(受益) by taking the class and the importance of listening carefully in class.
●Do not allow them to bring cell phones or MP3 players to the class at all.
● Tell them how to use cell phones or MP3 players _____.
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Hi, I’m Mary. I like playing the piano. When I grow up, I’m going to be a professional(专业的) ____. My biggest dream is to ____the International Chopin Piano Competition. It is one of ____ competition for pianists in the world. ____ I play the piano in concerts, I can make people ____and also give the money I ____to charities. So ____ am I going to do it? First, I am going to find a part-time job and save some ____. And I’m going to ____ playing the piano every day and take piano lessons on weekends. Then I’m going to be a ____at a music school in China. I think I can realize my dream one day.
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Australia is the greatest (最大的) island in the world. It is much ________ than China. It is in the ________ of the Earth. So when it is ________ summer in China, it is cold winter in Australia.
Australia is big, but the population there is ________. The population of Australia ________ the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.
Australia is famous ________ its ________ and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find ________ in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, ________ are sheep. Have you ever seen a kangaroo? It has a “bag” in its body. The ________ kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in the “bag”. It is very interesting, isn’t it?
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