Christopher Reeve made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995. The doctors did not him to live.
However, he made amazing progress. He learnt to breathe on his own and started a new life with great j . Like many people suffered some terrible injury, Christopher Reeve was changed by that experience. He raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He also made speeches about his experiences. It not only drew public attention, but also encouraged people living with all kinds of problems.
Reeve has never thought of . He got involved with charity work to improve the quality of life for all disabled people.
Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004, but people all over the world will always remember him as a real-life .
A．want B．wish C．expect D．encourage
A．energy B．courage C．effort D．decision
A．who B．whose C．which D．whom
A．giving in B．giving out C．giving up D．giving off
A．film star B．history maker C．player D．superhero
There once lived a young man who was always unhappy and complained about his poverty. One day, he went to see a fortune teller to inquire how to become_____1____. The fortune teller said, "Young man, you are already wealthy now."
"Where is my wealth?" the young man asked _______2____.
"It is with you. Your _______3___ is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the ______4______things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your ____5_____are your wealth. You can go to any places..." the fortune teller said.
"You call these wealth? Everyone has them," the young man said.
"These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you ______6___ to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to _____7_____ for them," the fortune teller said.
"No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are _____8____ to me!" the young man ____9_______.
"Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not ____10_____ them or treasure them. They are not_____11____ to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to _____12_____one of them before you will treasure them?" the fortune teller said.
Everyone is wealthy. But we should not ____13______it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take care of it and use it _____14_____. We should not overuse it because once it is ____15____, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.
A．happy B．young C．wealthy D．poor
A．anxiously B．sadly C．quietly D．patiently
A．knowledge B．skills C．brain D．eyes
A．ugly B．beautiful C．strange D．useful
A．legs B．cars C．jewels D．banknotes
A．lovely B．optimistic C．angry D．willing
A．charge B．buy C．exchange D．change
A．precious B．useless C．extra D．special
A．wept B．demonstrated C．smiled D．yelled
A．see B．realize C．keep D．hold
A．grateful B．careful C．meaningful D．faithful
A．get B．grasp C．have D．lose
A．take B．make C．set D．sell
A．wrongly B．wisely C．naturally D．really
A．old B．used C．gone D．dead
A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling (雷声隆隆地响), and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was 1 down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open.
Gleams of light appeared from windows of faraway houses, ___2___ like jewels in all the dark.
A 3 woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was 4 on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was 5 her without pause.
She knocked at a door, and a 6 answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while7 . The boy then let her into the sitting room and 8 her sitting by the fire.
The woman 9 old and tired under the bright electric light, 10 she was only in her early thirties. She sat 11 for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the 12 . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she 13 up, looking thunderstruck.
Just then, the boy came with his 14. The man at once recognized the woman as his 15 . They had 16 touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.
17 words needed to be spoken. They ran into each other’s arms 18 the boy stared at them, puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very 19 , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually 20 .
A．pouring B．falling C．dropping D．flooding
A．blowing B．breaking C．shining D．flying
A．rich B．beautiful C．poor D．ugly
A．crying B．wandering C．struggling D．wondering
A．striking B．hitting C．flowing D．beating
A．girl B．woman C．man D．boy
A．out B．near C．inside D．outside
A．left B．made C．asked D．told
A．became B．appeared C．showed D．sounded
A．so B．though C．however D．and
A．still B．thirsty C．hungry D．straight
A．house B．picture C．room D．fire
A．picked B．came C．stood D．looked
A．brother B．mother C．friend D．father
A．sister B．wife C．mother D．girlfriend
A．kept B．got C．made D．lost
A．Much B．Many C．No D．Not
A．as B．while C．when D．since
A．disappointed B．sorry C．happy D．sad
A．began B．stopped C．ended D．went
Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence can be more useful than crying for __36___! That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of__37__ boy to man with family hardships tells us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was ___38___ 11, his father became mentally ill and one day came back with an abandoned baby girl. A year later, Hong’s mother and younger brother both ___39__home because of poverty and pressure from his sick father.
Their burdens fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders: to treat his father’s illness, to ___40___ the adopted sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Hong didn’t __41___ . Since a young age, he has worked in part-time jobs to feed his family. At the same time, he has studied at college. To take care of Chenchen , he worked hard to___42__a room near his campus for her, and send her to school.
After Hong’s story went public, people were ___43___to tears by his unselfishness. Hard __44__ his life was, Hong didn’t abandon his father and the adopted ___45__, because they needed his help. With his hard-won money, he even aided other students ___46__against misfortunes.
Today when many tend to worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds ___47__ us of what we usually neglect: Love and care for others. Without these, ___48___ of us could survive.
Hong ___49__ donations from others. He said that he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could ___50__ his own work. Short of money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to ___51__ around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed ___52___ against misfortune that made him a hero in people’s eyes.
Hong’s story shows that with love and willpower, no hardship can ___53__ a person but himself. So when facing difficulties, don’t ___54__ about bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society ___55___ you’ll find the world smiling back.
A．money B．food C．clothes D．help
A．only B．already C．ever D．still
A．stayed B．went C．sold D．left
A．bring up B．turn to C．stick to D．devote to
A．give away B．give up C．run out D．turn down
A．build B．rent C．but D．paint
A．encouraged B．moved C．inspired D．made
A．as B．because C．unless D．while
A．brother B．daughter C．sister D．uncle
A．struggling B．learning C．standing D．turning
A．left B．remembered C．reminded D．told
A．any one B．every one C．none D．no one
A．threw away B．turned out C．gave off D．turned down
A．depend on B．stick to C．refer to D．turn to
A．show B．eat C．sell D．share
A．a chance B．an ability C．a spirit D．a belief
A．bury B．defeat C．win D．knock
A．worry B．care C．complain D．joke
A．and B．when C．while D．until
Mr. Jones had always wanted to make a trip into the middle of Africa to shoot wild animals. 36 first he had no enough money, and then he was married. His wife had not wanted him to 37 her. At last his wife 38 to the trip if he allowed her to go, too.
“But it will be very uncomfortable,” Mr. Jones 39 her. “ It will be very hot and we shall live in a tent, and it 40 be dangerous. ”“I don’t care.” said his wife. “I want to go with you.” So they bought a big tent, camp beds, a refrigerator (电冰箱)which did not need 41 and many other things which would make the trip comfortable, and went off to the__42 of Africa.
The first morning, 43 Mr. Jones took his gun and left the tent, he 44 his wife a bell and explained to her, “If you fell in 45 and you need me , 46 this bell and I’ll come at once.”
After a few minutes, he heard the bell and returned 47 to the tent. “What’s the matter?” he asked.“ 48 ” said his wife, “I was only 49 the bell.” Mr. Jones went off, but after a quarter of an hour, the bell rang 50 .
Mr. Jones hurried back to the tent, but his wife said, “I’m 51 . I was cleaning our tent, and I knocked the bell over by mistake.” Mr. Jones returned to his __52 , but soon he heard the 53 once more. This time, when he got back to his 54 , the tent was burning and Mrs. Jones was lying on the ground, with 55 running from a big cut on her shoulder. “That’s better!” said Mrs. Jones. “This time the bell had been used correctly!”
A．And B．But C．For D．So
A．leave B．miss C．marry D．care
A．allowed B．permitted C．satisfied D．agreed
A．told B．advised C．persuaded D．warned
A．may B．ought C．can’t D．shall
A．money B．electricity C．force D．power
A．south B．middle C．east D．west
A．while B．until C．before D．after
A．gave B．sent C．lent D．bought
A．hurry B．surprise C．safety D．danger
A．hit B．knock C．beat D．ring
A．again B．back C．quickly D．home
A．Something B．Nothing C．No D．None
A．ringing B．trying C．using D．testing
A．again B．once C．across D．away
A．happy B．sorry C．tired D．all right
A．wife B．tent C．trip D．hunting
A．cry B．shot C．bell D．shout
A．garden B．house C．camp D．office
A．water B．tears C．blood D．sweat
I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I 1 a room with two double beds and the bathroom was too2 for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was 3 and my stepmother had 4 us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no5_ of what to do with me. And that’s when my other family 6 .
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home 7 their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I 8 with them for the next seven years.
Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She 9 I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders. As far as I could tell, for the Beaches there was no10 between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I11 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance they _12_ when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew13 about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _14 his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely 15__ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
16 the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n)17 that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed(麻痹的) by my _18 , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
Now I 19 family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was20 , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate
A．lived B．shared C．possessed D．bought
A．cheap B．noisy C．small D．limited
A．in trouble B．in sight C．in place D．in parts
A．struck B．took C．kicked D．knocked
A．plan B．choice C．chance D．idea
A．looked after B．showed up C．turned over D．came across
A．so B．because C．until D．while
A．worked B．traveled C．lived D．learned
A．worked out B．called up C．watched out D．made sure
A．change B．problem C．conflict D．difference
A．set off B．left for C．entered into D．admitted into
A．paid B．bought C．had D．owned
A．all B．little C．something D．nothing
A．supply B．teach C．encourage D．raise
A．different B．unfair C．easy D．hopeful
A．Thanks to B．In spite of C．Except for D．But for
A．home B．house C．ability D．lesson
A．choice B．failure C．past D．present
A．doubt about B．call on C．center on D．believe in
A．born B．accepted C．educated D．deserted