In 2012, I had just recovered from a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer’s conference in Orlando, Florida. My family persuaded me that a(n) might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I .
Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring, but I to catch a taxi to my and settle in. Next morning, I took another to the shopping center to buy a few souvenirs. I went to a cafe to have lunch, but all the tables were . Then I heard a friendly voice saying, “You can my table.”
I gratefully sat down with the lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the drew to a close, she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadn’t a car, and hadn’t realized how taking taxis would be. After a while she said, “My dear, don’t use any more taxi. I’m retired and it would be my pleasure to you wherever you wish.” I told her that I couldn’t put her to that . but she brushed aside my protests(反对). She asked me where I was and next morning she was waiting at my apartment at the time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before leaving me to alone. At the end of the day, she to take me back to my accommodation. I offered her money, she refused to take any.
I’ll never forget that wonderful lady who, through her , filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.
A．holiday B．ceremony C．operation D．experiment
A．kept B．went C．dropped D．knocked
A．intended B．promised C．managed D．deserved
A．hospital B．company C．accommodation D．university
A．bus B．truck C．train D．taxi
A．Instead B．First C．Later D．Once
A．classified B．occupied C．decorated D．painted
A．share B．reserve C．set D．possess
A．old B．poor C．innocent D．stubborn
A．journey B．meal C．speech D．interview
A．donated B．repaired C．hired D．guided
A．convenient B．worthwhile C．unfortunate D．expensive
A．inspire B．entertain C．call D．drive
A．business B．argument C．trouble D．challenge
A．working B．staying C．moving D．shopping
A．appointed B．limited C．favourite D．regular
A．digest B．explore C．perform D．calculate
A．forgot B．refused C．returned D．preferred
A．so B．and C．but D．owed
A．confidence B．dignity C．curiosity D．kindness
A man hired a taxi outside the airfield. The cab had a woolen carpet with 26 lace edges. On the glass partition that 27 the driver's seat was a copy of a famous painting. Its windows were all clean.The customer was very much 28 and said to the driver, “I've never seen a nicer 29 .”“Thank you for your praise.”the driver answered 30 .
“The car isn't mine,” said the driver. “It belongs to the company. I used to be a 31 of cabs. When they returned, all of them were as 32 as garbage cans with cigarette butts and rubbish 33 here and there. On the seats and door-handles could be found something 34 like peanut sauce or, chewing gum.Why so? I thought if the car itself were very clean the passengers would most 35 be considerate and refrain from littering.”
“So when I got a 36 to be a taxi-driver, I began 37 my idea into practice-to tidy and 38 the car. Now before a new passenger gets on my car, I'd make a cheek and be sure it is in good order.When my car 39 after a day's work, it always remains 40 .”
When doing a thing, one makes efforts and wants to see the result. To change others, one has to make twice the 41 but get half the result. To change oneself is the other way round-more fruit with less effort. One had better ask oneself why one makes 42 on others much more than on oneself. 43 you take enough care to do as best you can for other people's sake, your efforts will yield results, If you 44 the inner world of your own, examine yourself and wipe out the dust and dirt, instead of fixing your eyes on other people, you will find a cheerful 45 for yourself and create a pleasant environment for others.
A．ugly B．exciting C．brilliant D．favorite
A．separated B．covered C．protected D．prevented
A．moved B．annoyed C．disappointed D．surprised
A．seat B．carpet C．garage D．cab
A．naturally B．smilingly C．hopefully D．firmly
A．driver B．cleaner C．repairer D．customer
A．attractive B．pleasant C．dirty D．clean
A．spread B．extended C．dotted D．1eft
A．funny B．busy C．sticky D．clumsy
A．likely B．willingly C．extremely D．regularly
A．permit B．1icense C．certificate D．passport
A．put B．take C．make D．get
A．provide B．drive C．decorate D．describe
A．speeds B．leaves C．arrives D．returns
A．spotless B．pretty C．bright D．dirty
A．progress B．effort C．attempt D．trial
A．suggestions B．comments C．demands D．decisions
A．Though B．While C．As D．If
A．look into B．look for C．look up D．look through
A．spirit B．mood C．mind D．sense
Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead．
I don't remember when it first started me --her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and against my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted at her: “Don' t do that any more --your are too rough！” She didn’t say anything in ．But never again did my mother close out my day with that expression of her love．
Time after time, with the years, my thoughts returned to that night．I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my
Now, my own children are . Mom no longer has Dad. It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand before stealing across my face to brush the from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so touched my brow．In my , thousands of times, I the night my young voice complained. Mom's hand in my hand, I said how I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did, Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and —long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．
A．surprising B．hurting C．annoying D．amazing
A．rough B．gentle C．smooth D．strong
A．noises B．words C．feelings D．hands
A．anger B．silence C．reply D．fear
A．healthy B．familiar C．popular D．perfect
A．coming B．remaining C．following D．passing
A．often B．even C．never D．once
A．family B．neighbor C．husband D．home
A．developed B．grown C．moved D．forgotten
A．imagined B．hesitated C．regretted D．trembled
A．hair B．tears C．dirt D．kisses
A．quickly B．roughly C．gently D．slowly
A．memory B．opinion C．history D．diary
A．chanced B．missed C．hated D．recalled
A．Beating B．Picking C．Catching D．Stopping
A．happy B．sorry C．annoyed D．amused
A．and B．while C．because D．but
A．remembered B．faded C．forgiven D．apologized
A．hope B．appreciation C．thought D．approval
A．guilt B．pride C．sorrow D．Failure
My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were a bit _ __about what was waiting for us. However, when we _ ___at the airport, a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were _ ___made easy for us by this kind man. He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He __ ___us in going to the bank, in buying our groceries, in showing us__ __to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother. Twice, we __ __ the match in a coffee shop.
During the first get-together, he __ __ us that we are lucky--- my husband and I are___ _ in this foreign land. He said he has been__ __for eight years now because he hardly sees his family,__ ___they are in his home country.
During the second get-together , he __ __told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will__ __us because he has been given a __ ___of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night, he spoke these words which__ ___a great effect on my life:“ You changed my life…”That night deep in our hearts we were __ ___by our friend’s words. We texted him upon reaching home,__ ___him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him__ __that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he__ ___,“You are my family here.” On the first week of October, we’re going to_ ___him back from his vacation. We ’ll watch the football match again in that__ __shop that holds dear memories.
A．serious B． crazy C．certain D．worried
A．checked B．dropped C．landed D．settled
A．therefore B．instead C．also D．otherwise
A．expected B．troubled C．comforted D．accompanied
A．when B．where C．why D．whether
A．won B．met C．watched D．played
A．advised B．warned C．blamed D．convinced
A．together B．nearby C．around D．apart
A．sick B．lonely C．cheerful D．afraid
A．once B．unless C．as D．although
A．secretly B．jokingly C．proudly D．sincerely
A．hate B．miss C．forget D．respect
A．delay B．right C．vacation D．date
A．had B．designed C．solved D．received
A．puzzled B．moved C．astonished D．bothered
A．thanking B．forgiving C．repaying D．punishing
A．after all B．as well C．in return D．in advance
A．agreed B．objected C．added D．replied
A．see B．inform C．call D．force
A．book B．grocery C．coffee D．sports
Standing on the top of a church tower not far from our home in Rome, Father said to me, "Look down, Elsa." I gathered all my and looked down. I saw the crisscross（十字形）of twisting, turning streets to the square in the centre of the village.
“See, my dear,” Father said gently. "There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get where you want to go by one road, try ."
Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the lunches that were served at school. But she because she could not believe the lunches were so bad.
When I turned to Father for help, he would not . Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a(n) .
At school the next day, I secretly my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I the cook into serving it to Mother at dinner. The plan worked . She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered（喷溅）, "The cook must have gone mad!" Quickly I told her what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would the matter of lunches at school the next day!
In the years that followed I often remembered the Father taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in life — to be a fashion designer. And on the way to my first small success I found the road .
I was busy getting ready to my winter fashions. Then just 13 days before the presentation the sewing girls were called out on strike. I felt so depressed that I was that we would have to cancel the presentation show the clothes unfinished. Then it dawned on me. Why not show the clothes unfinished?
We worked hurriedly and the showing took place as . Some coats had no sleeves; others had only one. Many of our clothes were only made of heavy cotton cloth. But on these we pinned sketches and pieces of material. In this way we were able to show what colors and textures the clothes would have when they were finished. It was our showing that caught the attention of the public, and for the clothes poured in.
Father’s wise words had guided me once again. There is more than one way to the square always.
A．strength B．breath C．courage D．belief
A．linking B．appealing C．taking D．leading
A．each B．another C．none D．the other
A．awful B．special C．fascinating D．delicious
A．regretted B．agreed C．complained D．refused
A．comment B．submit C．oppose D．handle
A．conclusion B．plan C．rest D．image
A．drank B．spat C．poured D．flowed
A．talked B．forced C．sent D．urged
A．terribly B．naturally C．perfectly D．shortly
A．get through B．take up C．look into D．make up
A．class B．lesson C．story D．idea
A．occupied B．smoothed C．blocked D．widened
A．show B．provide C．follow D．lead
A．curious B．doubtful C．determined D．sure
A．apart from B．or else C．rather than D．or rather
A．usual B．supposed C．scheduled D．unexpected
A．patterns B．colours C．drags D．scarves
A．meaningful B．common C．ordinary D．unusual
A．criticisms B．orders C．designs D．budgets
What do Chinese college graduates have in common with ants? The recent Ants Tribe about the lifeof some young people flock (聚集) to Beijing after university, describes the graduates, like ants, as smart but as individuals, drawing strength from living together in communities.
The book, which is based two years’ interviews with about 600 low-income college graduates in Beijing, in mid September, about a month before an announcement from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that 74% of the 6.11 million new graduates had been by Sept. 1.
For the book’s chief editor, Lian Si, a professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, that piece of statistic says about the real situation for many of these graduates. “I am always how many of these employed college graduates are leading a decent life,” Lian said. “I hope this book could offer a window on these graduates, whose stories are known.”
The setting of the book is several so-called “settlement villages for college students” on the outskirts of Beijing, large number of college graduates . Most of these graduates work for or medium-sized businesses, less than 2,000 yuan a month. They live together because it’s : the rent in these communities is only around 350 yuan a month. Many of them travel several hours a day for short-term jobs or job interviews.
Tangjialing, a small 20 kilometers from Tiananmen Square, has around 3,000 villagers, but has become a for more than 50,000 migrants, most of them from all over the country. Lian describes the students’as five-or-six-storey buildings with two or three people crammed together in each room of about 10 square meters. Up to 70 or 80 people share the same toilet and kitchen.
A．film B．story C．book D．magazine
A．who B．what C．which D．whose
A．leaving B．studying C．going D．working
A．meaningful B．meaningless C．important D．tiring
A．up B．on C．at D．out
A．camp up B．came on C．came along D．came out
A．fired B．interviewed C．employed D．graduated
A．much B．little C．some D．more
A．wondering B．researching C．studying D．telling
A．rarely B．well C．always D．often
A．which B．that C．why D．where
A．work B．study C．relax D．live
A．small B．big C．famous D．unknown
A．earning B．thinking C．shopping D．paying
A．expensive B．comfortable C．cheap D．convenient
A．city B．town C．community D．village
A．original B．young C．rich D．poor
A．school B．hotel C．home D．company
A．benefit B．differ C．come D．suffer
A．lives B．dormitories C．buildings D．restaurants