Recently, my husband and I had the chance to do something good for two complete strangers. This us feel so good that I felt I had to share our experience.
We were traveling to Mexico for week with our family. I traveled a lot for work, we had enough frequent flier miles (累计飞行里程) and could upgrade (升级) our tickets to class seats. We were sitting in the very first two seats in the first row of first class, the plane to take off. I overheard one of the flight attendants (空乘) telling the others that there was a couple sitting in the of the plane who had just got married the previous day and were heading off on their . They had booked their flight eight months in advance , due to some schedule changes, they had not been able to get together. No one else on the plane was willing to move and the bride (新娘) was .
I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We immediately and I called the flight attendant over to tell her that we would be happy to our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed and amazed and said, “Really? Are you sure” We said, “Of course!”
So we moved to the back of the . I sat in a middle seat part way back and my sat in the window seat in the last row of the plane.
The flight attendants were extremely thankful and good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first class. We both made friends with the people around us and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to pick up a forgotten bag at one point during the . I saw the newlyweds sitting very close together, enjoying champagne (香槟).
It didn’t just make my day—it made my whole Thanksgiving !
A．forced B．made C．got D．persuaded
A．Christmas B．New Year C．Thanksgiving D．Halloween
A．Since B．When C．While D．If
A．second B．last C．middle D．first
A．watching B．waiting for C．listening to D．observing
A．front B．beside C．back D．left
A．honeymoon B．holiday C．business D．dream
A．and B．or C．but D．therefore
A．bags B．seats C．tickets D．wishes
A．in tears B．in silence C．in surprise D．in comfort
A．agreed B．answered C．replied D．moved
A．give out B．give up C．give off D．give in
A．shocked B．interested C．tired D．disappointed
A．house B．car C．plane D．train
A．friend B．husband C．son D．daughter
A．made B．turned C．took D．looked
A．sitting B．standing C．walking D．talking
A．time B．flight C．space D．schedule
A．satisfactorily B．shamefully C．terribly D．happily
A．week B．day C．month D．year
Most people need hear those “three little words”—I love you. Once in a while, they hear them just in time.
I met Connie the day she was to the ward(病房), where I worked as a(n) . Her husband, Bill, stood nearby as she was transferred to the hospital bed. Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight cancer, she was alert(机敏的) and cheerful. We got her . I finished marking her name on all the hospital supplies she would , and then asked if she needed other things.
“Oh, yes,” she said, “Would you please me how to use the TV? I enjoy the soaps so much and I don’t want to get behind on what’s happening.” As we became , she told me how 44 it was to be married for 32 years to a man who often called her “a silly woman”.
“Oh, I know Bill loves me,” she said, “but he has been one to say he loves me, or send cards to me.” She . “I would give anything if he’d say ‘I love you,’ but it’s just not in his .”
Bill visited Connie every day. In the , he sat next to the bed while she was the soaps. Later, when she began more, he paced up and down the hallway outside her room. Soon, when she no longer watched television and had waking moments, I began spending more of my volunteer time with Bill.
A few days later, when I knew from the head nurse that Connie , I went into the room to say my own to Connie. There, on the table, was a large Valentine card from Bill that says, “To my wonderful ... I love you.”
A．admitted B．entered C．forced D．asked
A．partner B．volunteer C．doctor D．assistant
A．excitedly B．nervously C．calmly D．hurriedly
A．for B．with C．against D．of
A．settled up B．settled on C．settled for D．settled in
A．be used B．be useful C．be using D．make use
A．give B．show C．make D．take
A．peaceful B．familiar C．strange D．happy
A．frustrating B．warm C．happy D．angry
A．never B．ever C．always D．seldom
A．read B．sighed C．smiled D．cried
A．nature B．characteristic C．feature D．quality
A．first B．end C．beginning D．top
A．watching B．using C．making D．talking
A．watching B．talking C．sitting D．sleeping
A．little B．less C．few D．fewer
A．was dying B．had died C．was dead D．died
A．goodbye B．hello C．sorrow D．missing
A．bedside B．above C．behind D．front
A．friend B．son C．wife D．Teacher
When I settled in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a problem and had to go to hospital for a examination.
It seemed a small compared to the one I was about to face, but things started to go right from the beginning. Not having a car or the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B. I’d left myself plenty of time, soon it was that I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the direction.
I the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a who was trying to get past me. instead of moving on, she stopped to ask if I was . After I explained my to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, a bus would take me back into the city to my appointment. Sitting there waiting, I felt that someone had been willing to help. , hearing a horn (喇叭) nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend at me to get in. She had returned to offer me a to the hospital.
Such unexpected from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose , for all things are possible.
A．housing B．traveling C．social D．physical
A．scientific B．final C．thorough D．previous
A．challenge B．chance C．success D．error
A．fast B．easy C．wrong D．ahead
A．leaving B．knowing C．visiting D．appreciating
A．Since B．Although C．Unless D．Once
A．strange B．necessary C．important D．obvious
A．same B．opposite C．general D．right
A．looked at B．waited for C．got on D．got off
A．stranger B．friend C．driver D．gentleman
A．Especially B．Normally C．Probably D．Surprisingly
A．nervous B．OK C．excited D．dangerous
A．idea B．motivation C．situation D．excuse
A．who B．when C．where D．which
A．grateful B．afraid C．certain D．disappointed
A．Then B．Thus C．Perhaps D．Surely
A．staring B．waving C．laughing D．shouting
A．bike B．suggestion C．lift D．guide
A．kindness B．news C．results D．appearance
A．power B．support C．touch D．faith
In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn't help crying，“Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the ____！”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a ____ dream.
“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to ____ again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm __ _！”
Peter got out of bed and started ____， but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt？” he asked. His wife was ____ ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my ____ stomach！”
As soon as he had put his clothes ____， he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite ____ that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait ____ morning, can't you？”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted，“ ____ you will find me dead ____ the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters ____ he heard his wife calling him again.
“I'm ____ again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as ____ as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake ____ around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there？”
“Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very ____ news for you. My wife ____ ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly ____ her. So you need not come. Go back to ____ now，and sleep well！”
A．driver B．nurse C．doctor D．child
A．terrible B．interesting C．surprising D．wonderful
A．bed B．sleep C．dream D．hospital
A．walking B．dying C．aching D．sleeping
A．dressing B．wearing C．raising D．working
A．very B．so C．too D．quite
A．good B．bad C．wrong D．poor
A．down B．off C．on D．up
A．surprised B．afraid C．certain D．worried
A．before B．for C．to D．until
A．And B．But C．So D．Or
A．after B．in C．before D．until
A．after B．when C．before D．while
A．good B．wrong C．all right D．right
A．fast B．slowly C．hurriedly D．happily
A．everyone B．someone C．no one D．doctors
A．good B．bad C．necessary D．ill
A．fell B．stayed C．grew D．failed
A．gone B．missed C．disappeared D．left
A．your home B．your bedroom C．your dream D．bed
Polly never foresaw she would one day be helped by an old, blind man. At 4 o’clock that afternoon, she left work and tried to go home as usual, but the bus conductor told her there would be no bus the thick fog. She had to change to a Metro to Park Street, then to her house. It was so that she felt a bit frightened. On the bus she that she was being watched by a tall man. Walking in Park Street, she heard footsteps and felt a man’s rough hand brush her face. Her heart was beating with fear. , when she heard another man’s footsteps, how she wished to run, but held her still. Much to her joy, this time an old man carrying a stick out his hand, led her to her street, chatting all the way.
, Polly got to know that the old man was ! Why do that on such a day? The old man wanted to pay back the help he received when it was sunny. Polly felt so warm.
Everyone needs help and should the help one receives.
A．by bus B．on foot C．by car D．by bike
A．in case of B．according to C．due to D．learners
A．rainy B．snowy C．sunny D．foggy
A．sensed B．knew C．understood D．glanced
A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Yet
A．joy B．surprise C．fear D．excitement
A．reached B．shook C．waved D．lifted
A．In addition B．In the end C．In fact D．In no time
A．deaf B．foolish C．dumb D．blind
A．hear of B．believe in C．make up D．pay back
When I was in my fifth grade，I found my favorite — acting．It is not only interesting，but it teamwork and empathy, things I think the world should have more of．
However, I never expected that acting would also teach me to !
In the first semester of my freshman year of high school，my school the play Frankenstein．It’s about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster, and the monster destroys the scientist’s life．
I got the lead female 45 of Frankenstein’s girlfriend，Elizabeth．I had been in plays before，so I was very 46 to the rehearsal(排练)process of memorizing lines and then a character with help from the director．But this play was different from one I had ever done before，because Frankenstein and Elizabeth had to kiss in the play a lot．The boy who 49Frankenstein was very cute，I must say．There was a(n) in which our characters shared “15kisses”． ，the director removed it．But there were still some kissing scenes．
Would we to kiss，or would we actually kiss? Our director having us kiss for real，and for the first few times，it was very ．My lips barely touched the boy’s．Many of the other actors and actresses laughed at us．
，one thing about stage kissing that you have to understand is that you are not being yourself. That goes for any ．After that experience，I feel like I can any role．It was a big event in my toward becoming a better actress．I feel more being onstage and showing my character’s personality to the ．And that is important for getting the message of a play across．
A．1earns B．teaches C．directs D．explains
A．kiss B．hug C．bow D．pray
A．prepared for B．carded out C．put on D．took up
A．when B．where C．whether D．how
A．star B．role C．maid D．keeper
A．used B．addicted C．related D．devoted
A．imagining B．convincing C．developing D．revising
A．each B．no C．some D．any
A．played B．served C．created D．replaced
A．space B．part C．area D．interval
A．Eventually B．Surprisingly C．Fortunately D．Regrettably
A．intend B．mean C．try D．pretend
A．applied to B．ended up C．objected to D．gave up
A．fierce B．romantic C．awkward D．pitiful
A．However B．Therefore C．Meanwhile D．Otherwise
A．behaving B．acting C．touching D．moving
A．change B．design C．handle D．assess
A．way B．journey C．tour D．trip
A．comfortable B．practical C．optimistic D．hopeful
A．readers B．actresses C．actors D．audiences