My tire was flat. And I was on a country road. When I with the tire, a car pulled off the road behind me. I saw a male and said, “Hey, do you need any help?”
I literally was . This young guy was dressed in black. Nearly everything imaginable was tattooed(纹身). When he asked to give me a , I someone sitting in his car. That me. Thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind.
Then, it began to . It hit like a waterfall and made it to finish the tire change. With the car jacked(千斤顶托起) up, I was to get in my car. “Get in my car” he insisted, “We’ll wait with you until the rain stops.” “No. I don’t need your help.” I said. “Come on. Get in.” he said as he _____my arm and pulled me toward his car. “Oh, God, protect me!” I to myself.
As I settled into the back seat, suddenly a delicate came from the front seat of the car. “Are you all right?” “Yes, I am,” I replied with much_____ seeing an old woman there. “My name is Beatrice and this is my neighbor John. John takes me to visit my husband in a nursing home every day. He is a really nice guy.”
“John, I had thought you were, well, ah, you know I…” Embarrassment my words. John laughed, “I often experienced reaction. I actually thought about changing the way I look. then I saw it as an opportunity to see others.”
He was right. What he wore outside was just a of the world as he saw it, but what he wore was the spirit of giving and caring the world he wanted to see. I never believed that I should people by the way they dressed. I was with myself for what I did.
The rain stopped and John and I changed the tire. As we shook hands I apologized for my stupidity.
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One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I have some ___1_____ of why the failure is so total. 2 the faults already found out in the education system as a whole, there have been several serious 3 which have a direct effect on language teaching.
The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English 4. Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun or the subject of a sentence from its object.
Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so 5 that the most able groups are 6 and are bored while the least able are lost and 7 bored.
Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 8 lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school have forgotten it a few years later.
Most American schools have accepted what is necessary and 9 modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop 10 resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.
A．questions B．evidences C．ideas D．knowledges
A．Due to B．In addition to C．Instead of D．In spite of
A．errors B．situations C．systems D．methods
A．vocabulary B．culture C．grammar D．sentences
A．wide B．similar C．separate D．unique
A．kept out B．turned down C．held back D．left behind
A．surprisingl B．individually C．equally D．hardly
A．extra B．traditional C．basic D．regular
A．restored B．absorbed C．prohibited D．remove
A．wasting B．focusing C．exploiting D．sharing
Many cancer patients are finding new hope in an unusual approach to cancer treatment. The common method has been developed by Carl Simonton, a specialist in the science of tumors. 1 can sometimes be "truly amazing," he says, when a cancer 2 lets his mind take part in the treatment.
Simonton remembers that his first patient might have been thought to be a " 3” case by some. "He was a sixty-one-year-old man with very severe throat cancer. He had lost a great deal of weight. He could 4 swallow his own saliva and could eat no food.
"I taught him to 5 and mentally see his disease," Simonton says. "Then I had him 6 an army of white blood cells coming, attacking and 7 the cancer cells. The results of the treatment were both exciting and frightening. Within two weeks his cancer had noticeably become smaller and he was quickly gaining weight. I say it was ' 8 ' because I had never seen such a change. I wasn't sure what was going on. I also didn't know what I would do if things went wrong. But 9 didn't go wrong.
"We may believe that we have the power in our own bodies to fight cancer as well as the power to 10 the disease in the first place. With those patients who are willing to stay with us and try, we always find that the cancer has filled some emotional need."
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A．Results B．Researches C．Records D．Replies
A．specialist B．author C．patient D．agent
A．hopeful B．hopeless C．valuable D．worthless
A．easily B．mostly C．carefully D．barely
A．worry B．be nervous C．relax D．get angry
A．suppose B．observe C．pretend D．picture
A．overcoming B．managing C．treating D．threatening
A．frightening B．interesting C．amusing D．relaxing
A．I B．we C．they D．it
A．carry B．take C．produce D．find
For some people, the sight of a mouse can be reason to scream. For other mice, the same sight can be reason to sing.
Mice will probably 1 sing their way to any concert, but researchers in the United States have found 2 that mice do, 3 , sing.
Scientists already knew that mice make ultrasonic(超声波) sounds—noises that are too high-pitched(高音的) for people to hear 4 special equipment.
To find out whether mice put such sounds together in song-like 5 , the researchers recorded the sounds of 1 mice. Using computer 6 , they were able to separate the sounds into specific types of syllables(音节), and found the mice produced about 10 syllables per second.
The results showed that nearly all of the mice repeated sequences(顺序) of syllables in different patterns. That’s enough to meet the definition of what scientists 7 song. But not all scientists are 8 _ that what the mice are doing is 9 singing. To prove it, the researchers must show that there’s learning involved. And, they need to __ 10 why the mice sing.
A．almost B．even C．never D．usually
A．coincidence B．evidence C．guidance D．instance
A．at once B．by means C．for example D．in fact
A．during B．inside C．through D．without
A．fashions B．instructions C．patterns D．styles
A．access B．printer C．screen D．software
A．call B．hear C．sing D．write
A．accustomed B．convinced C．involved D．qualified
A．actually B．obviously C．simply D．unlikely
A．figure out B．get about C．run across D．talk over
Essays for Early Writers
1 for the essay writers: For each essay, begin with a topic (focus) sentence that 2 the main ideas that you will be writing about. Then write at least four to five sentences that clearly explain the 3 of your essay. End the essay with a strong closing sentence that summarizes what you wrote. Check that your grammar, spelling, and punctuation are correct. 4 to use complete sentences and write neatly!
General Topics:
Book Report: Use this form to write a book report, noting the book’s name, author, main character, 5 ,and plot summary.
Movie Review: Review a movie. Include a description 6 the characters, the story, the scenery, and what you liked the 7 and the least about the movie.
A Veteran’s Story: Write a page about a relative or friend who was in the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, or National Guard. Who was this person, when did this person 8 , was it during a war, what did that person do during their service, and what are their recollections (回忆)of their service?
A Friend: Write about what being a friend means to you. 9 what friends do and how they behave with each other and with other people. What happens when friends disagree?
Improve the World: what you would do to improve the world? Think of actions you could take to help make the world a 10 place. June 23 is United Nations Public Service Day.
Instruments B. Installments C. Indications D. Instructions
A．states B．talks C．speaks D．says
A．object B．words C．point D．purpose
A．Insure B．Make sure C．See to it that D．Assure
A．setting B．content C．people D．topic
A．with B．for C．to D．of
A．best B．more C．most D．better
A．study B．serve C．do D．stay
A．Describe B．Imagine C．Review D．Report
A．clean B．easy C．better D．neatly
If you walk through the streets of any big city at six or seven in the morning, the chances are that you will see women hurrying along, pushing prams (婴儿推车). You may see more than one woman 1 on the same door and, as it opens, quickly kiss the child, 2a package of nappies and hurry off down the street to clock on the early shift in an office, leaving their children to a child – minder – a woman who may be doing the job legally or illegally, well or badly. Brain Jackson, director of the Child – minding Researching Unit, and his colleagues have done a great deal of work in finding out 3 it means for a child to spend the first years of life in the care of a child – minder.
4 law, anyone who looks after a child for more than two hours a day and gets paid must be registered. 5 the punishment is a 6 pounds fine. Local authorities are responsible for the registration and supervision (监管) of minders. The regulations 6 adequate provision (保障) for fire, safety and health. Very few minders can 7 these. Yet, not many districts give financial assistance. “This means,” Brain Jackson says, “that when you have one registered minder tested and proved by the local authorities, you can be sure that you will get a dozen unregistered, illegal minders 8 .”
The researchers found themselves 9 into the role of private investigators when they conduct their 10 . Getting up early to do a “Dawn Watch” following mothers through cold, dark streets and nothing where they left their babies, Jackson says, was a long, slow process.
A．knock B．stop C．stick D．stay
A．hand out B．hand in C．hand down D．hand over
A．which B．what C．how
A．For B．Through C．By D．With
A．Therefore B．However C．Otherwise D．Moreover
A．require B．demand C．insist D．acquire
A．pay B．offer C．afford D．do
A．at work B．in public C．in vain D．at present
A．run B．looked C．forced D．dropped
A．experiment B．survey C．view D．project