In our life, we are always meeting different kinds of friends. Some are always with you, but don’t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only friends leave footprints.
I shall always recall (回忆）the autumn and the girl with the . I know she will always be my best friend.
It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves on the cool wind. In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, to the sound of them.
Autumn is a season and life is uninteresting. The free days always make me sad. But one day, the sound of a violin into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. A young girl, standing in the wind, was in playing her violin.
I had never seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been there for so long but my existence did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building when I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became . Though we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believed she also loved me.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly . To my astonishment (惊讶), the girl came over to me.
"You must like violin." she said.
"Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked.
Suddenly, a expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
"I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that me." she said.
"In fact, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn," I answered. "Let's be friends." The girl smiled, and so did I.
A．young B．true C．new D．old
A．sound B．song C．play D．violin
A．shaking B．hanging C．falling D．floating
A．watching B．listening C．seeing D．hearing
A．lively B．lovely C．harvest D．lonely
A．flowed B．grew C．started D．ran
A．absorbed B．active C．busy D．interested
A．waiting B．stopping C．standing D．sitting
A．interesting B．moving C．encouraging D．exciting
A．changed B．began C．gone D．stopped
A．happy B．sad C．strange D．surprised
A．surprised B．excited C．encouraged D．interested
My mother seemed to be able to make dolls (洋娃娃) out of anything. She made some dolls for me and my two elder sisters. I playing with them, but still, secretly, I hoped for a store-bought like the one our rich cousin had. Her doll open and close its blue glass eyes and even say “Mamma”. I stopped admiring it and hoping to have one.
However, my dream came true when I was six. One day my father came back from his business trip with three dolls! They were much smaller than our cousin’s doll and their eyes were just painted ones, but I did not such differences. They were “store-bought”dolls. We each chose one and I named Misako.
Soon my sisters and I became devoted . Our “children” kept us all day. We gave them a bath, them, brushed their hair, took them out for a walk and put them to bed. Several months later, they got more like real children —their and bodies became dirtier; their dresses got stained; their hair less smooth.
But, by then, interests seemed to have moved into toys. Their dolls were abandoned (被抛弃) and in bad condition. One had one of her arms, and was one-legged. “You can them if you want,” my sisters said to me. Therefore, I had dolls. They were more or less handicapped (残疾) and they often looked at me as if they needed me to them. I enjoyed this feeling of being needed —being the only one in the world who could protect them with a lot of love. Indeed, they made the rest of my childhood days very happy.
A．wanted B．expected C．hoped D．enjoyed
A．doll B．toy C．girl D．baby
A．might B．should C．could D．dared
A．often B．never C．sometimes D．seldom
A．immediately B．firstly C．hardly D．finally
A．beautiful B．lovely C．store-bought D．new
A．care about B．care for C．think about D．worry about
A．total B．real C．like D．unlike
A．my B．one C．them D．mine
A．sisters B．fathers C．friends D．mothers
A．free B．busy C．hard D．tired
A．wore B．put on C．dressed D．wash
A．faces B．legs C．arms D．hands
A．my B．their C．my sisters’ D．my doll’s
A．tiny B．different C．curious D．humorous
A．hurt B．wounded C．lost D．damaged
A．the other B．another C．it D．other
A．look out for B．take care of C．pay attention to D．have a look at
A．two B．few C．many D．three
A．teach B．feed C．satisfy D．help
Jane walked into the hospital and shivered (寒颤). She did not like them because ______ were always so cold, and everything in them was so white. Unwillingly, she ______ her mother and father into her grandmother’s room. Up to her chin in blankets, her grandmother looked small and ______. Jane saw a tube in her grandmother’s arm and all types of machines beside her.
Her mother gently kissed her grandmother on the cheek, ______ Jane was afraid to get too close. Her grandmother smiled at her and ______ for her to come closer, and ______ Jane walked over and took her grandmother’s hand. “Hi, Sweetie,” said her grandmother. “Don’t be ______ by all these machines. It’s still me.”
The nurse came in to _____ on her grandmother. She used a thermometer(温度计) to take her grandmother’s _____ and a stethoscope (听诊器) to listen to her heart. Jane found everything the nurse did for her grandmother extremely ______. She asked about the medical instruments, and the nurse ____ how they were used. Jane was all ears, examining each instrument carefully.
The nurse was really ______ toward her grandmother. She softened her pillows (枕头)and made sure she was ______ comfortably. She supplied her with ______, food, and reading materials. Jane could see what a positive ______ the help had on her grandmother. She asked, “Do you enjoy being a nurse?” “Yes, I love taking care of people,” the nurse replied, “and I find it ______ to watch people get better. It’s exciting to be a part of all these different people’s lives.”
As the nurse left the room, Jane ______ at her grandmother and her parents. She was filled with excitement as she ______ herself attending Nursing School and learning to care for sick people. For the first time, she didn’t _____ being in a hospital. She was starting to like the smell and the white walls of the hospital. They were ______ of people trying to help other people.
A．patients B．nurses C．doctors D．hospitals
A．followed B．led C．showed D．invited
A．angry B．kind C．weak D．young
A．so B．or C．for D．but
A．headed B．longed C．gestured D．looked
A．rapidly B．immediately C．surprisingly D．hesitantly
A．frightened B．unsatisfied C．discouraged D．disappointed
A．visit B．call C．meet D．check
A．hand B．temperature C．blanket D．tube
A．meaningful B．useless C．perfect D．interesting
A．explained B．wondered C．learned D．promised
A．hopeful B．special C．attentive D．serious
A．recovering B．laying C．sitting D．resting
A．machines B．water C．pillows D．support
A．behavior B．effect C．attitude D．experience
A．tiring B．painful C．satisfying D．amusing
A．stared B．laughed C．waved D．smiled
A．imagined B．found C．admitted D．enjoyed
A．forbid B．love C．mind D．regret
A．signals B．signs C．marks D．images
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This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided "I want to break up". "Why?" he asked.
"I am ______." she answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep ______. finally he asked, "What can I do to ______ your mind?"
Looking into his eyes she said, "Answer my question. If you can ______ my heart, I will change my mind. Let's say, I want a flower ______ on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your ______. will you do it for me?"
He said, "I will give you my ______ tomorrow."
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which _____"My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the _____ are …"
"When you use the computer you always ______ the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the ______ . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my ______ to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) ______ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always ______ at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes ______ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those ______ white hairs."
"Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ______I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …"
That's life, and ______. flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the _____ of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
A．but B．and C．or D．so
A．lonely B．shamed C．worried D．tired
A．space B．shade C．impression D．thought
A．speak B．blow C．keep D．change
A．represent B．expand C．admit D．convince
A．falling B．growing C．living D．waiting
A．attention B．death C．interest D．satisfaction
A．answer B．agreement C．announcement D．judgment
A．informs B．goes C．prints D．writes
A．reasons B．meanings C．messages D．purposes
A．turn up B．put up C．use up D．mess up
A．structures B．balance C．position D．programs
A．dollars B．patience C．energy D．legs
A．ancient B．new C．modern D．underground
A．shout B．jump C．stare D．knock
A．as if B．so that C．now that D．in case
A．enjoyable B．annoying C．dusty D．amusing
A．more than B．less than C．rather than D．other than
A．Determination B．progress C．power D．love
A．principle B．way C．nature D．surface
One day, a woman from The Express News called. She said she wanted to work on a(n) on me. When she had finishedme for the article, she asked, “What are you planning to do next?”
Well, at that, there was actually nothing I was planning on doing next, and what_out for us was, “I’m thinking aboutthe Guinness Book of World Records for Fastest-Talking Female.”
The newspaper article came out the next day, and the writer hadmy final remarks(评论)about trying to break the World’s Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5:00 that afternoon, I got a from Larry King, asking me to go on the. They wouldme up at 8:00 — because they wanted me to do it that night!
I the phone for a while, and then I called Guinness to find outto break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something. I began . I was bothand excited at the same time.
At 8:00, the car came. I practised the whole way there, and by the time I reached the ___ . I was tongue-tied. I asked the woman in charge, “WhatI don’t break the record?”
“Larry doesn’tif you break it or not,” she said. ” “He just cares that you try it on his show.” So I asked myself, “What’s thethat can happen? I’ll look like a fool on television!” Athing, I told myself,I could live through that. And what if I break the record?
So I decided just to give it my best shot, and I did. I broke the record, becoming the World’s Fastest-Talking Female speaking 585 words in one minute!A. article B.experiment C. research
A. studying B.interviewing C. calling
A. day B. university C. time
A. provided B. gave C. took
A. setting B. breaking C. playing
A. set B. made C. spoke
A. time B. chance C. call
A. show B. stage C. movie
A. bring B. pick C. call
A. thought of B. stared at C.went through
A. what B. whether C. when
A. practicing B. singing C. learning
A. horrible B. tired C. nervous
A. studio(演播室) B. theatre C. lab
A. unless B. if C. though
A. wonder B. consider C. care
A. best B. most C. least
A. small B. nice C. terrible
A. reading B. carrying C. thinking
A. in B. on C. with
It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call．
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just ______ in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n) ______ and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was ______.
The doctor described the ______, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they ______ the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline. The flames _____ my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
______, one of the boys who was quick—minded grasped my son and ______ him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in _____ to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars.
After he ______ from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months ______ it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns．
When I was a child, my mother told my sister，who had a 10-inch very ______ scar on her arm, “Nancy，if you ignore the scar，other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not ______ it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you. ’’
I ______ this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to _____ and returned to school with his head held high—glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not ______. So he made the ______ to give up any plastic surgery.
We all have “scars” that we believe _____ people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks or your clothes if you are judging yourself by these same ______ standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value ______ yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
A．brought B．given C．turned D．showed
A．doctor B．hospital C．aircraft D．ambulance
A．serious B．terrible C．dangerous D．important
A．event B．process C．reason D．accident
A．got B．lit C．burned D．moved
A．took B．held C．caught D．attracted
A．Fortunately B．Surprisingly C．Happily D．Slowly
A．pushed B．threw C．dropped D．rolled
A．shape B．place C．fact D．time
A．benefited B．recovered C．suffered D．relaxed
A．if B．while C．because D．although
A．normal B．violent C．obvious D．popular
A．mention B．notice C．1augh D．hide
A．sent B．kept C．handed D．passed
A．heart B．life C．practice D．considerate
A．grow B．matter C．exist D．Appear
A．mistake B．effort C．decision D．request
A．invite B．cause C．allow D．remind
A．false B．strict C．moral D．general
A．by B．over C．beyond D．within