Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with drugs and gang problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often ______trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day off.
Those fun trips had a______impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day, while working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys _______. He sensed trouble between them. _____, one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug. “I remember you. You took me ______ when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the ______days of my life.”
Deeply touched by the boy’s words, Moody decided to create a foundation that ____ teenagers to the basis of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw where there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damage ______ on the kids,” says Moody.
By turning kids on to fishing, he intended to present an alternative way of life, “When you are sitting there waiting for a _______” he says, “you can’t help but talk to each other, and such conversation can be very deep.”
“Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer(同龄人) pressures in high school ,”says Michelle, 17, who _______ the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother _______ drugs”
Moody faces retirement in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time. “I’m living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my_____to give back,” Moody says. “If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”
A．ran into B．got over C．left behind D．looked into
A．immediate B．damaging C．limited D．lasting
A．quarreling B．complaining C．talking D．cheering
A．Slowly B．Suddenly C．Finally D．Secretly
A．fishing B．sailing C．boating D．swimming
A．quietest B．longest C．best D．busiest
A．connects B．introduces C．reduces D．commits
A．impression B．burden C．decision D．effect
A．solution B．change C．bite D．surprise
A．participated in B．worked out C．approved of D．made up
A．misuse B．avoid C．tolerate D．test
A．team B．school C．family D．community
Albert Roussel is one of the most famous French musicians. The composing of Albert Roussel got off with a (n) start, but received one of its biggest successes from a lie.
At the age of eight, Roussel lost his parents and he had to live with his grandfather. He built on the music learned from his mother by reading through the family music and playing classics and popular songs on the.
Three years later, Roussel was taken in by his mother’s sister. She helped young Albert to continue to the professional piano courses. The summer vacations at their beach house added a second love to Rouseel’s life—the sea. He studied to be a navel (海军)man, still spared much time to study music.
In the French Navy, while he was at a training base, he and two of his friends found the time to play the piano trios （三重奏）of Beethoven and other . Roussel also began composing . At a church nearby on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first performance as a composer with a beautiful piano trio. Everyone in church was pleased with the new piece.
That encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march. One of his fellow naval officers offered to show to an influential conductor, Edourad Colonne. When Roussel’s friend with the composition , he reported to Roussel and other people that Colonne advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.
Then at the age of 25, Roussel did just that he had spent seven years in the navy.He the self-discipline and his sense responsibility that he had developed in the to his composing and became a force in the 20th century French music. As for Edourad Colonne’s advice that Roussel devote his life to music —Roussel’s navy friend later admitted that he had that advice and he had never even shown Roussel’s to the conductor.
A．sound B．career C．failure D．courage
A．difficult B．ideal C．direct D．normal
A．collection B．tradition C．contribution D．communication
A．DVD B．piano C．stage D．concert
A．take B．write C．make D．teach
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．relaxing B．fighting C．driving D．serving
A．friends B．composers C．soldiers D．officers
A．historically B．successfully C．rapidly D．informally
A．day B．church C．success D．audience
A．it B．that C．him D．them
A．left B．brought C．returned D．arrived
A．before B．unless C．after D．until
A．applied B．received C．refused D．enjoyed
A．of B．for C．in D．with
A．future B．navy C．childhood D．church
A．peaceful B．military C．meaningful D．majo
A．threatening B．inspiring C．criticizing D．satisfying
A．set out B．picked up C．come out D．made up
A．idea B．interest C．composition D．talent
I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new teacher, and I gave an honest of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting. But he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his .
So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech. Because of me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he loved me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the I had nurtured(培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left.
I sat, stunned (惊呆), for about half an hour, what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without even knowing it? What I finally came to was one day, several months before, when some students were reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke , and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the only one you have to , and he can’t hear you in the of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, smiled more, and became happy. And it was all because he to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed was the one who took the last seat that day.
It taught me the most lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.
A．account B．talk C．explanation D．consideration
A．courage B．abilities C．feelings D．dream
A．desperate B．responsible C．unprepared D．unsuitable
A．gradually B．constantly C．recently D．obviously
A．self-respect B．self-doubt C．self-pity D．self-defense
A．imagining B．observing C．wondering D．regretting
A．expect B．remember C．believe D．accept
A．writing B．reviewing C．editing D．giving
A．quietly B．repeatedly C．quickly D．firmly
A．persuade B．convince C．advise D．approve
A．entrance B．middle C．front D．back
A．intended B．pretended C．refused D．happened
A．change B．praise C．thanks D．visits
A．difficult B．painful C．valuable D．enjoyable
A．early B．slowly C．frequently D．occasionally
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them off at the walls or floor. However, one lady my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing; at least they didn’t like that. As we got with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she sang. she was singing, she was also out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my were to my students. People who worked at the care center could to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also the same lady. The difference between us is that he on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my to let you know that.”
This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No can completely describe that touching moment.
It a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself to have witnessed his lesson.
A．rooms B．building C．floors D．groups
A．bravely B．beautifully C．madly D．shyly
A．dancing B．meeting C．gathering D．singing
A．stared B．shut C．paid D．glared
A．looked B．escaped C．caught D．hurt
A．appear B．sound C．hear D．feel
A．higher B．nearer C．faster D．louder
A．As B．Because C．Since D．Though
A．moving B．reaching C．coming D．spreading
A．interests B．abilities C．feelings D．responsibilities
A．attend B．object C．speak D．compare
A．afraid B．sure C．guilty D．scary
A．feared B．avoided C．helped D．noticed
A．called B．acted C．insisted D．kept
A．tears B．hands C．eyes D．face
A．cheek B．flower C．body D．time
A．words B．poems C．expressions D．songs
A．caused B．wasted C．took D．made
A．message B．lesson C．activity D．class
A．lucky B．foolish C．right D．clever
At seventeen, Shaun should be enjoying the time of his life. Instead, he’s using time he has left to a message. “Live life to the because you never know what’s going to ,” Shaun says in a video he sent online.
Born with a disease Shaun spent his childhood in and out of . He’s had almost 1000 operations in total, and his first heart transplant just eight-year-old.
He had another transplant at thirteen, but his body didn’t it. “It could be six months, could be twelve months—don’t know. It’s for me as a father that Shaun will close his eyes and not up again. One day that will be it,” his dad Cameron said.
“I have the heart rejection where the arteries became narrow, and it’s difficult for the blood to ,” Shaun explained. So why did he make the video which has so many? “I made it to let my Face Book friends know what was going on,” Shaun said. “It was hard to make the video, but it’s harder to watch the video. It that you have heart rejection and you will die soon.”
Shaun’s You Tube video has gone , with more than 50000 hits already. People who were inspired by his message, called into offering . His airfares to Disneyland were for by a kind person. Another offered to buy his Disneyland tickets.
“There’ll be a lot more to come,” said Cameron, who is looking for a to turn his son’s story into a book. Life may be but Shaun will live it to the fullest, each day as a gift.
A．pay B．spend C．share D．gain
A．fullest B．worst C．hardest D．longest
A．happen B．end C．fail D．serve
A．lung B．heart C．head D．stomach
A．factory B．hotel C．restaurant D．hospital
A．in B．at C．over D．with
A．question B．operation C．relation D．education
A．need B．believe C．accept D．refuse
A．quick B．slow C．hard D．good
A．wake B．cut C．call D．break
A．turn out B．get through C．block out D．dress up
A．frightened B．confused C．satisfied D．touched
A．persuades B．reminds C．warns D．asks
A．rare B．good C．sad D．popular
A．books B．gifts C．thanks D．prizes
A．cared B．paid C．used D．devoted
A．comfort B．explanation C．support D．rescue
A．worker B．writer C．doctor D．cleaner
A．curing B．fading C．expanding D．remaining
A．teaching B．killing C．helping D．enjoying
There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) came and said, "Please let me a picture on a wall." The king happened to have a big new hall . So he 39 the artist to work on one of the walls.
At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist’s looking at the first artist’s work. The second artist asked to have a thick curtain between the two walls neither of them could see each other.
The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in a(n) supply of paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a and a bucket (桶).
A month later, the first artist’s work was completed, and the second artist said, "My wall is too!"
The king went to the first artist’s wall. He was pleased with it and gave the artist a large of money. He then asked people to open the curtain.
! Each line was the same as that on the opposite wall.
The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he how the second man had made it.
"I just the wall with the cloth," the man said .The wall was made of white marble (大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection (倒影) of the first painting 4 up on it!
The is a reflection of you too. If you are sad, the world will be sad. If you are happy, the world will be happy.
A．Editor B．artist C．server D．actress
A．put B．copy C．paint D．get
A．created B．destroyed C．founded D．built
A．allowed B．realized C．persuaded D．decided
A．same B．similar C．opposite D．ordinary
A．with B．under C．upon D．without
A．put up B．put back C．put away D．put on
A．even if B．so that C．as if D．in case
A．common B．artificial C．extra D．regular
A．mirror B．cloth C．stick D．curtain
A．present B．free C．ready D．useful
A．see B．touch C．research D．cover
A．number B．total C．amount D．many
A．Amazing B．Exciting C．Famous D．Valuable
A．probably B．exactly C．certainly D．hardly
A．knew B．warned C．noticed D．wondered
A．drew B．faced C．displayed D．wiped
A．briefly B．naturally C．safely D．correctly
A．set B．added C．showed D．took
A．story B．world C．king D．painter