When I was about to go back home, it was dark. In order to get home as soon as possible, I hired a taxi. The car was along the road, now well-lit, now sank in darkness. I broke the on purpose, that the driver might be too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening?” “9 o’clock. I’ll go after this trip.”
“Then when do you come out in the morning?” I another question.
“9 o’clock, too. And I go home for lunch and dinner, just as if I worked at an office.” His easiness surprised me, because every time I ride in a taxi, what I hear from are only complaints. They complain that they work , that it is to earn money, that they are bullied (欺侮) by the policeman, or that the corporation leaders are seated, , and enjoy the of others’ work. It seems that they have a grievance (不满意) against everything. But this driver told me, “I find it to be a section chief as I was before. I don’t like management work. I like driving, just for . It’s that I drive without a passenger. So I can earn two or three thousand Yuan a month with ease. Any ? Yes, I never follow an empty taxi. If it goes , I go northward. If it goes along the highway, I turn into a street. In this way I always get customers.
His words showed his satisfaction with his life and the pride he in his job. Such feelings are so among people nowadays as oxygen in high mountains. As an ancient saying , “Neither joy in material gains nor grieve over personal setbacks (挫折).” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by simple living and go far with a calm mind? I couldn’t help feeling curious when I found such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold winter night.
A.running B.flying C.driving D.Walking.
A.silence. B.stillness C.calmness. D.quietness
A.in order B.for fear C.in case. D.on condition.
A.threw out B.gave up C.let off D.set off
A.driver B.passenger C.taxi D.radio
A.need B.should C.must D.have to
A.from morning till afternoon B.from dawn till dark C.from night till morning D.from morning till night
A.hard B.impossible C.possible D.easy
A.busy B.lazily C.lazy D.busily
A.gains B.fruits C.results D.achievements
A.excited B.exciting C.tiring D.tired
A.work B.pleasure C.interest D.money
A.fortunate B.wise C.unfortunate D.likely
A.hardly B.often C.seldom D.usually
A.secret B.method C.trick D.skill
A.eastward B.westward C.southward D.northward
A.lonely B.narrow C.wide D.empty
A.kept B.had C.took D.made
A.much B.little C.rare D.common
A.goes B.talks C.says D.suggests
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health,have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating,if I can not dress,have patience and remember the hours I ___ teaching it to you.If,when I speak to you,I ____ the same things thousand and one times,do not ____ me,listen to me.When you were small,I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story ____ you got to sleep.When I do not want to have a ____,neither shame me nor scold me.Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I ____,in order that you wanted to bathe.When you see my ____ little about new technologies,give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile.I taught you____ to do so many things:to eat good,to dress well,to confront life...When at some moment I lose the memory or the ___ of our conversation,let me have the necessary time to remember,and if I cannot do it,do not become nervous,as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you ____ to me.
If ever I do not want to eat,do not force me.I know well ____ I need to and when not.When my ___ legs do not allow me to walk,give me your ____,the same way I did when you gave your first ____.And when someday I say to you that I do not want to___ any more-that I want to rest forever,do not get angry.Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.Some day you will discover that,____ my mistakes,I always wanted the ____ thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.You must not feel sad,angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me ____ you.You must be next to me,try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you ____ living.Help me to walk,help me to end my way with love and ____.I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you,Son.
Your father
A.paid B.spent C.cost D.took
A.praise B.think C.repeat D.criticize
A.interrupt B.disturb C.look D.avoid
A.when B.after C.since D.until
A.rest B.word C.shower D.sleep
A.discovered B.invented C.noticed D.assumed
A.knowing B.fearing C.enjoying D.consulting
A.what B.when C.how D.why
A.news B.attitude C.material D.thread
A.talking B.listening C.responding D.appealing
A.where B.how C.that D.when
A.tired B.short C.long D.strong
A.leg B.ear C.hand D.mind
A.step B.pace C.laugh D.cry
A.talk B.live C.write D.sleep
A.though B.since C.while D.despite
A.last B.first C.best D.most
A.near B.behind C.below D.against
A.made B.started C.earned D.found
A.mercy B.care C.excuse D.patience
I had offered to watch my 3yearold daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend.I was getting some work done in my study while she ____ to be having a good time in the other room.No problem, I figured.But then it got a little too ____ and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response.I ____ my question and heard her say,“Oh...nothing.” Nothing?
I got up from my desk and ran out ____ the living room, where I saw her running across the hall.I followed and watched her as her little behind(屁股) made a quick____into the bathroom.I had her____!I told her to turn around.She____.I pulled out my big Daddy voice,“Young lady,I said turn around!”
____,she turned toward me.In her hand was what was left of my wife's new lipstick.And every square inch of her face was____with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes,I heard____ voice that had been shouted to me as a child.“How could you...You should know...How many times you have been____...What a bad thing to do...” It was just a matter of my picking out which old___I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been.But____I could let loose, I looked ____at the sweater on her.In big____ it said,“I'M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and,____seeing a bad girl who didn't listen,I saw a little angel full of____that I had come dangerously close to____.“Sweetheart, let's take a picture so Mommy can see how ____ you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn't____the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me.
A.happened B.liked C.appeared D.pretended
A.long B.quiet C.calm D.strange
A.asked B.answered C.raised D.repeated
A.into B.of C.from D.for
A.way B.turn C.change D.progress
A.followed B.scolded C.cornered D.fooled
A.laughed B.listened C.agreed D.refused
A.Slowly B.Eagerly C.Angrily D.Unfortunately
A.filled B.marked C.printed D.covered
A.every B.such C.any D.one
A.told B.beaten C.frightened D.forbidden
A.reports B.notice C.advice D.words
A.as B.when C.since D.before
A.up B.down C.in D.on
A.signs B.letters C.messages D.figures
A.because of B.instead of C.in spite of D.as a result of
A.value B.sadness C.pities D.tricks
A.preventing B.getting rid of C.destroying D.doing wrong on
A.dirty B.ugly C.special D.silly
A.have B.get C.take D.miss
Teaching second grade is always a challenge.Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties.One year a student called Billy___me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.He struggled daily with his ____emotions and often became angry or violent.I knew that,to make____progress,his emotions needed controlling.
One ____I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.Billy's mom would____me to alert me to a particularly emotional morning at home.Then,I would focus on____his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying____.I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal.I was preparing activities focused on dog themes____I was told that Billy had a ____morning at home and I might need to get him____.As I was talking to his mom,Billy____into the classroom.To Billy's____,Rocky immediately ran up to his new____,wagging his tail and licking Billy's face with doggy affection.Billy couldn't ____Rocky's charm(魅力)and began laughing as his anger melted away.
Throughout the day,Billy never left Rocky's side,feeding him,being gentle with him and even ____the other students while Rocky was sleeping.
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid____,but on this day he found a good dog story,“ Clifford's Puppy Days”,and read it to Rocky.How ____I was at the sight of Billy reading happily!My little dog was able to____Billy's day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter,gentleness and ____.
That day Rocky more than helped me with my____;he helped to change the life of a child!After that Billy's behavior definitely improved.
A.challenged B.cheated C.benefited D.betrayed
A.unforgettable B.uncontrollable C.unconscious D.unfortunate
A.physical B.mental C.academic D.authentic
A.advantage B.agenda C.reason D.way
A.awake B.call C.visit D.sign
A.tolerating B.observing C.relieving D.ignoring
A.emotions B.pets C.botany D.diet
A.after B.as C.when D.before
A.boring B.fantastic C.busy D.rough
A.settled B.punished C.treated D.excited
A.fled B.stormed C.jogged D.floated
A.surprise B.delight C.shame D.fear
A.protector B.trainer C.friend D.owner
A.resist B.describe C.reduce D.forget
A.educating B.envying C.comforting D.quieting
A.exploding B.reading C.arguing D.apologizing
A.surprised B.disappointed C.amused D.confused
A.urge B.shorten C.transform D.expand
A.admiration B.curiosity C.anxiety D.love
A.family B.teaching C.housework D.performance
One of the warmest Christmas memories that I have was the year that I was Santa Claus.I was a young substitute(替代者)for a ____with a new family just starting out in life.I was ____ to work at the local grade school on the last day ____ the Christmas holidays.
I can still ____ going from classroom to classroom and doing my best to____both old and joyful at the same time.I was about 50 pounds heavier then,____I had the round little belly part down fine.My beard,however,was another ____as it kept sliding halfway down my face.I thought that more than a few of the kids ____me,but it didn't matter.They still enjoyed ____ Santa.They still laughed and delighted in their__45__gifts and candy canes.They still felt joyous and happy.They still knew that they were____and that was all that mattered to them.
If there is one____that I could give to each of you at Christmas time and____day of the year,it would be that knowledge that you are loved.You are loved and ____by a greater love than you could ever imagine.You are loved by God who____you.In all the difficulties,problems,and heartaches this world ____,you are loved.In all the obstacles you must overcome,challenges you must ____,and pains you must go through,you are loved.In all the mistakes you make,times you stumble(绊倒),and___ paths you take,you are loved.You are loved every second in your life with a glorious love that will ____end.
Know that you are loved.Know that God loves you always.Rejoice(欣喜)in this love with the ____heart of a child.And then,like a jolly(欢乐的)laughing Santa,go out and share it with the world.
A.worker B.farmer C.student D.teacher
A.called in B.called on C.called down D.called at
A.after B.before C.during D.over
A.regret B.stop C.remember D.consider
A.taste B.sound C.smell D.feel
A.but B.and C.so D.still
A.matter B.pound C.gift D.knowledge
A.recognized B.welcomed C.visited D.memorized
A.buying B.selling C.writing D.seeing
A.big B.small C.old D.ugly
A.hated B.thrown C.loved D.forgotten
A.thing B.man C.woman D.school
A.another B.every C.one D.either
A.looked out B.looked for C.watched over D.watched out
A.kept B.made C.liked D.removed
A.takes B.fetches C.carries D.brings
A.face B.hand C.break D.please
A.right B.wrong C.real D.busy
A.seldom B.often C.never D.almost
A.joyous B.angry C.jealous D.pitiful
Tracy Wong is a wellknown ChineseAmerican writer.But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself.After her first ____, teaching disabled children, she became a parttime writer for IBM.____, writing stories was simply a ____ interest.Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher.____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $50,000 advance.“A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.”
___ Tracy's characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural.“My mother believed I could ____ the afterlife world,”she told a close friend.“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I? I don't think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh.“But I do have ____ when things come to me ____.” Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China, ____ the doorbell rang.It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____.It came without her having ____ it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame.She lives in the same ___ she lived 27 years ago—although in a more comfortable home.There's more room for ____ in her life—and it wasn't just ____.
A.skill B.experience C.practice D.method
A.duty B.effort C.job D.task
A.Instead B.Normally C.Certainly D.Then
A.general B.deep C.personal D.lively
A.Interested B.Anxiously C.Seriously D.Encouraged
A.film B.story C.program D.article
A.a foreign B.a popular C.an unusual D.an unknown
A.Now that B.Even though C.Just because D.Except that
A.find B.turn C.leave D.hold
A.make up B.connect with C.control D.explain
A.events B.chances C.feelings D.moments
A.for no reason B.from a distance C.by accident D.as gifts
A.description B.pointing C.scene D.talk
A.surprisingly B.suddenly C.expectedly D.fortunately
A.cooking B.history C.play D.medicine
A.known B.sent C.realized D.ordered
A.unchanged B.excited C.determined D.unmoved
A.life B.city C.house D.way
A.success B.work C.joy D.variety
A.writing B.reporting C.luck D.fun