As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常规)basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this at work in people of all . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about with their new toys. But their soon wears off and by January those toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great but are soon looking forward to . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many , who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license (执照)? Before people retire, they usually to do a lot of things, which they never had to do while working. But after retirement , the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they . And , like the child in January, they go searching for new .
A．weaker B．habit C． principle D．power
A．ages B．races C．countries D．parties
A．working B．playing C．living D．going
A．confidence B．sorrow C．anxiety D．interest
A．same B．extra C．funny D．expensive
A．well-organized B．half-filled C．newly-collected D．colorfully-printed
A．broad B．different C． passing D．main
A．silently B．impatiently C．worriedly D．gladly
A．promise B．burden C．right D．game
A．excitement B．calmness C．confusion D．courage
A．graduation B．independence C．responsibility D．success
A．children B．students C．adults D．retirees
A．carefully B．bravely C．nervously D．eagerly
A．required B．obtained C．noticed D．discovered
A．need B．learn C．plan D．start
A．great B．strong C．difficult D．correct
A．knowledge B．money C．skills D．time
A．only B．well C．soon D．even
A．lost B．chose C．quit D．left
A．pets B．toys C．friends D．Colleagues
My First Trip in the United States
I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my . On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man-made . me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something . Since I couldn't speak a single word of English, I couldn't tell the what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some , but he didn't understand me. Finally, I ordered the thing as the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn't fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to .
A．took off B．landed C．dropped D．reached
A．hot B．warm C．cold D．cool
A．look B．listen C．enjoy D．mind
A．home B．hotel C．office D．school
A．first B．one C．last D．only
A．satellites B．lakes C．beauty D．parks
A．Helped B．Helping C．Had helped D．Being helped
A．Before long B．Shortly after C．Soon D．Then
A．restaurant B．shop C．supermarket D．pub
A．to drink B．to read C．to eat D．to listen
A．boss B．cook C．waiter D．waitress
A．voices B．suggestions C．sounds D．gestures
A．similar B．different C．same D．right
A．looking B．ordering C．picking D．eating
A．until B．when C．before D．after
A．tired B．stopped C．determined D．continued
A．anything B．everything C．something D．some things
A．asleep B．awake C．afraid D．alive
A．noise B．voices C．streets D．places
A．drive a car B．cook meals C．teach Chinese D．speak English
Every morning a woman made some bread for members of her family and an extra piece for whoever needed it. She would always the extra piece on the windowsill(窗台).
She noticed an old man came every day and took the extra piece without expressing his _ . This went on day after day. The woman felt very . In order to punish him, she decided to add to the bread she prepared for him! As she was about to place it on the windowsill, she and gave up eventually. Immediately, she prepared another one and put it on the windowsill. , the man came that day, picked up the bread and left, totally unaware of the anger in the heart of the woman.
That evening, there was a on the door. As she opened it, she was to find her son standing in the doorway. He had gone to a distant place to his fortune. For many months she had heard no news of him.
Looking at his mother he said weakly, “Mom, it is truly that I’m here. My business failed so I had to beg for food on my way home. I would have died this morning, but just then an old man passed by. He was enough to give me a piece of bread, and said, “This is what I eat every day. Today, I shall give it to you, for your is greater than mine! ”
As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She remembered the poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not thrown it away, it would have been eaten by her own son and he would have lost his life!
A．cut B．taste C．place D．sell
A．appreciation B．concern C．regret D．sympathy
A．strange B．sad C．satisfied D．angry
A．sugar B．salt C．poison D．milk
A．agreed B．hesitated C．accepted D．understood
A．As usual B．On the way C．As a result D．On earth
A．message B．key C．knife D．knock
A．curious B．surprised C．nervous D．disappointed
A．assess B．spend C．seek D．bring
A．normal B．amazing C．terrible D．necessary
A．kind B．smart C．unique D．mean
A．strength B．job C．help D．need
My First Trip in the United States
I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my . On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man-made . me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something . Since I couldn't speak a single word of English, I couldn't tell the what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some , but he didn't understand me. Finally, I ordered the thing as the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn't fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to .
A．took off B．landed C．dropped D．reached
A．hot B．warm C．cold D．cool
A．look B．listen C．enjoy D．mind
A．home B．hotel C．office D．school
A．first B．one C．last D．only
A．satellites B．lakes C．beauty D．parks
A．Helped B．Helping C．Had helped D．Being helped
A．Before long B．Shortly after C．Soon D．Then
A．restaurant B．shop C．supermarket D．pub
A．to drink B．to read C．to eat D．to listen
A．boss B．cook C．waiter D．waitress
A．voices B．suggestions C．sounds D．gestures
A．similar B．different C．same D．right
A．looking B．ordering C．picking D．eating
A．until B．when C．before D．after
A．tired B．stopped C．determined D．continued
A．anything B．everything C．something D．some things
A．asleep B．awake C．afraid D．alive
A．noise B．voices C．streets D．places
A．drive a car B．cook meals C．teach Chinese D．speak English
Not long ago I wasn't doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and thinking. While on the Internet, I met many new friends, but one in particular . His nickname is Colorful Day, and we on the web. He told me he lost his at age 15 and felt the whole world had closed its door to him.
He was so fast that I couldn't believe he was blind! But he continued to ，“ Five years ago, I realized it was time to change my life. I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life . So I developed a website about her life mine called "Three Days to See".
I visited his website which was well produced and vividly .
I asked, "How did you to build such a website?" He said, "Thanks to the new technology, I can use software specially for the blind. I point the cursor (光标), it will just read it out to me. We can do far more things and more information than we could before. "
I then asked, "Didn't you have great difficulty with it?" He hesitated and then began his with a smiling face, "Yes, but I have faith in myself to my colorful days. And modern technology gives me this medium and to do it. "
His attitude towards life made me believe that our destiny offers not the cup of despair, the chalice (高脚杯) of opportunity. I returned to my lessons, with a smile on my face and with of a colorful future.
The Internet, which opened to me to different lives and cultures, has a charm you can't find in another wise non-virtual world.
A．positive B．active C．negative D．instructive
A．turns out B．stands out C．comes out D．looks out
A．argued B．interviewed C．told D．chatted
A．eyesight B．hearing C．courage D．confidence
A．speaking B．saying C．typing D．spelling
A．follow B．write C．read D．copy
A．friendship B．marriage C．happiness D．hardship
A．as well as B．such as C．like D．as
A．offered B．presented C．delivered D．found
A．try B．come C．work D．manage
A．designed B．sold C．planned D．imagined
A．Whether B．However C．Whatever D．Wherever
A．send B．access C．communicate D．exchange
A．webpage B．speech C．words D．opinions
A．create B．produce C．recognize D．organize
A．moment B．change C．opportunity D．occasion
A．hopeful B．disappointed C．pleasant D．optimistic
A．but B．and C．so D．then
A．eagerness B．expectation C．richness D．nervousness
A．touch B．fell C．experience D．suffer
As a single mother, I had to do two jobs, which kept me very busy.
Two months ago, I went to a with Alice. Since I went out with her, she seemed very happy. Many parents were there with their children. I sat down on a bench, Alice playing with other children. About half an hour later, a man of about forty years old came and beside me. As I had to go back to work, I stood up and told Alice that we had to .
"Can I stay here a little longer?” Alice pleaded.
"No, we must go now, " I said, Alice just didn't move.
"Just ten more minutes, " she pleaded again, and I became .
"Go now, " I , and Alice started to cry. that, the man sitting on the stood up and came to us.
"Why don't you just let her ten more minutes?" he asked. Then he told me a . He used to be very busy, too. Every time his little son wanted to go out and play, he told him he was . One day, his son went out and played , and he didn't come back again—he was hit by a driver of a car. The father regretted what he had done to his son, but he never had the 31 to play with him again. Hearing the story, I . 1 knelt down and said to Alice, "OK, ten more minutes, and Mom will play you. "
is all about making priorities (优先). What are your priorities? Give someone you 35 ten more minutes of your time today.
A．park B．school C．sea D．cinema
A．sometimes B．often C．usually D．hardly
A．keeping B．hearing C．finding D．watching
A．got off B．sat down C．broke in D．turned up
A．go B．shop C．change D．eat
A．because B．as C．but D．so
A．sad B．pleased C．angry D．excited
A．whispered B．wished C．begged D．shouted
A．Knowing B．Seeing C．Hoping D．Thinking
A．ground B．chair C．bench D．stone
A．run B．play C．do D．laugh
A．story B．joke C．way D．lie
A．busy B．lonely C．boring D．ill
A．suddenly B．alone C．happily D．crazily
A．blind B．kind C．drunken D．good
A．energy B．interest C．heart D．chance
A．stayed up B．took part C．calmed down D．came back
A．behind B．with C．for D．under
A．Choice B．Joy C．Work D．Life
A．appreciate B．dislike C．admire D．love