As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses (老茧) and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a , including all his struggles.
One summer, I remember, a drought (旱灾) hit Ontario, turning it into a desert.On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last from the grocery shore. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t quickly. After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field, we needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and . Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves!” Dad , “Just think, my little girl, only ten dozen left for each of us and then we’re . ” Such is Dad—whatever problem he , he never gives up.
, the disastrous effects of the drought were felt all over our country. It was a challenging time for everyone, Dad remained optimistic. He to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates. Only then did I truly begin to Dad and his faith guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real . From dawn to dark, he works countless hours to our family. He always puts our happiness his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games his exhaustion after long days. His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic and , putting others first.
Dad, the life I have learned from you will stay with me forever. You are my father, teacher, friend and, most importantly, my hero.
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In 1985 a France television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro（地铁）．They took ___21___ to see what passengers would do if they saw someone ___22___ on the platform or trains．The incidents looked ___23___ and they were all done with the help of actors．However, very ___24___ people tried to help, and most passengers ___25___ not to notice．In one of the ___26___, a foreigner was attacked by three men．The attack was on a ___27___ which was quite full, and although the man tried to get ___28___ passengers to help, they all refused．This is not only a French ___29___．A British newspaper reported in 1991 that a professor of Social Psychology in New York had ___30___ his students out to rob their own cars．The students didn’t try to ___31___ what they were doing．About 80 people ___32___ 250 car thefts, and only twelve of them tried to ___33___ the student robbers．In a typical incident, one man stopped, looked, and then put his hands over his ___34___ and shouted “I didn’t see that!” About forty people ___35___ to help the thieves, and two people ___36___ sat down next to the car and ___37___ to buy a camera and a television set a student was ___38___ from the back seat of his own car．The professor ___39___ whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the ___40___ thing as happens anywhere．
A．notes B．trains C．cameras D．newspapers
A．attacked B．stolen C．wounded D．struck
A．great B．real C．serious D．terrible
A．many B．old C．few D．large
A．pretended B．seemed C．managed D．asked
A．passengers B．actors C．accidents D．incidents
A．plane B．train C．truck D．bus
A．another B．all C．more D．the other
A．situation B．agreement C．problem D．accident
A．brought B．sent C．took D．put
A．expose B．hide C．tell D．find
A．watched B．discovered C．found D．realized
A．help B．refuse C．stop D．report
A．face B．head C．eyes D．ears
A．expected B．offered C．hated D．liked
A．bravely B．surely C．actually D．certainly
A．wanted B．loved C．needed D．waited
A．sending B．taking C．offering D．robbing
A．knows B．wonders C．learns D．asks
A．former B．different C．same D．small
I was born disabled．A difficult birth, feet first, my head 46 in the birth canal（产道）． 47 I was 3, the Hospital in Boston told my father I had cerebral palsy（脑瘫）．A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain 48 to the right side of my body．But 49 son of my dad’s was going to be disabled．Every day my dad 50 me on the bedroom floor to51 my right leg．His job was to craft（用手精心推拉） them straight, at any 52 ．Back and forth, up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into 53 ．But my dad’s help didn’t stop there． 54 my 13th birthday, he threw me a special party．When everybody was gone, he brought me a set of boxing gloves．We put them on．My dad continued to 55 me mercilessly．Each time I 56 him to stop．He told me I was a man now and things would be extra 57 for me．That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn’t 58 for Little League．Everybody laughed at me．Two weeks 59 , Dad started the Shed Park Minor League．Dad coached the Yankees and 60 me a pitcher（棒球投手）．In high school, I became a football star．The 61 of my dad’s love guaranteed I walked and more．In 1997, a brain doctor in San Jose told me I didn’t have cerebral palsy 62 ．
My dad never knew the whole truth 63 he passed away years ago．But all that 64 is the bottom line．After all his 65 , on this Father’s Day, like every Father’s Day, I’m no longer disabled．
A．stuck B．struck C．got D．laid
A．Because B．Though C．When D．Once
A．symbols B．signals C．character D．warnings
A．each B．every C．no D．neither
A．placed B．forced C．dropped D．threw
A．push B．pull C．exercise D．practice
A．expense B．pay C．salary D．cost
A．shape B．form C．style D．position
A．In B．On C．With D．By
A．beat B．win C．knock D．chase
A．ordered B．demanded C．wanted D．begged
A．rough B．bright C．tough D．easy
A．elected B．picked C．liked D．thought
A．later B．ago C．past D．over
A．asked B．offered C．made D．let
A．energy B．influence C．source D．power
A．in all B．after all C．above all D．all in all
A．since B．because of C．that D．when
A．finishes B．ends C．counts D．results
A．study B．effects C．function D．effort
My experience as a first year camp instructor held many things I was expecting, but also a number of things I was not expecting．My 36 came from lower-income neighborhoods and schools for an 8-week summer day camp．Many of the kids seemed to 37 each other before arriving and those who didn't certainly became friends with each other by the second week of camp．
During the third week of camp, a new camper 38 us．He had just gotten out of year-round school,39 he joined the summer camp a little late．The first week he would 40 every morning because he wanted to go home．He complained （报怨）of not having any 41 and he didn't think he would have any fun．
One day the following week he didn't 42 to camp．Many of the kids had come up to me and asked me 43 he was and if he was OK．When I told them he stayed home then and that he didn't think anyone44 him, some of the kids had a 45 look on their face because they knew they hadn't made him feel46 Thankfully this camper 47 the next day．As he walked over to the area where our group of kids were in the morning times, the entire group stood up and clapped and 48 for him．All that day, the kids asked him to 49 with them at lunch, be on their teams for games, and stayed in 50 with him when we moved to new activities．The．rest of that day, he was happy．
I had the pleasure of 51 his mother a few days ago, and she gave me the biggest hug and thanked me for helping him to 52 ．She said, "My son told me that you are the instuctor who's always 53 to make him feel welcome, and he knows that you 54 care for him．And last week for the first time since he's been here, he didn't call me to pick him up 55 from camp．Thank you．"
A．teachers B．workmates C．campers D．employees
A．meet B．help C．comfort D．know
A．contacted B．joined C．disturbed D．visited
A．but B．before C．so D．since
A．smile B．hesitate C．exercise D．cry
A．friends B．families C．programmes D．goals
A．come B．travel C．drive D．fly
A．how B．where C．what D．who
A．pleased B．pardened C．noticed D．liked
A．quiet B．guilty C．pleasant D．strange
A．relaxed B．respected C．welcome D．extraordinary
A．showedup B．ranaway C．rangup D．brokeaway
A．waited B．prepared C．cheered D．arranged
A．play B．sweep C．agree D．sit
A．circle B．line C．time D．advance
A．meeting B．serving C．consulting D．understanding
A．loseheart B．settledown C．fitin D．dropout
A．tried B．directed C．promised D．decided
A．nearly B．truly C．finally D．suddenly
A．hurriedly B．safely C．late D．early
By the third year of teaching I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children. I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me 36 . I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year.
The morning bell rang. I walked 37 through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty-two smiling faces 38 me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to 39 their smiles. Back into the classroom, they 40 , comparing plans for the 41 . I had to remove one student from each arm 42 I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book（点名册） my desk was covered with 43 and gifts followed by a 44 of “Merry Christmas” wishes.
“Oh, thank you,” I must have 45 a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 46 mood. It was kind of them to 47 
me. After a while, I heard a small nervous 48 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing 49 by my desk, holding a small, round gift. “This is for you.”
“Thank you, Sweetheart.” I laid it on my desk with the others.
“Um, could you 50 it now?”
I gently tore at the paper and tape. “ 51 ,” he said, “it’s breakable.” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament（装饰物）, complete with a hook already 52 . It dawned on me what he had done. Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree. I tried to keep my 53 back.
Later that day, I sat 54 the ornament in my hands. Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 55 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.
A．excited B．tired C．amazed D．relaxed
A．eagerly B．aimlessly C．gently D．heavily
A．watched B．greeted C．delighted D．warned
A．return B．forget C．ignore D．refuse
A．calmed B．settled C．chatted D．argued
A．study B．weekend C．vacation D．lesson
A．before B．when C．after D．because
A．letters B．books C．chalks D．cards
A．knowledge B．collection C．series D．bunch
A．confirmed B．assessed C．responded D．explained
A．pleased B．low C．thrilled D．angry
A．talk about B．think of C．turn to D．connect with
A．call B．sound C．shout D．voice
A．shyly B．bravely C．rudely D．sadly
A．classify B．collect C．open D．check
A．Careful B．Dangerous C．Patient D．Hasty
A．exposed B．adapted D．attached
A．trees B．hooks C．gifts D．tears
A．looking into B．turning over C．giving away D．packing up
A．anxiously B．hurriedly C．delicately D．casually
During one of the toughest weeks of my life, I had the chance to experience surprising grace(善举).
I was in my office, when a young man came by. He was obviously very 36 and close to tears. He was an older student and always appeared like a tough guy, 37 showing emotion.
He had told me 38 that he was dealing with some difficult 39 problems. He was a caregiver for his sister who was ill. This day he came in, sat down and just sobbed(抽泣). I 40 while he told me how he had been up all night in the hospital with his sister and that was why he couldn’t take my exam that morning. I told him not to 41 it at all. He was clearly in no shape for an exam. I told him to go home and 42 . I reassured(使放心) him that I would do everything I could to help him get through the class.
I just sat there while he sobbed. “I think she might die,” he gasped(喘着气说). “What am I going to do?” It was clear to me that he had never 43 this fear out loud to anyone. I just sat there, fully focused on him and his 44 , and tried to offer some soft words of 45 .
After quite some time, he 46 himself. I reassured him again that it didn’t matter to me when he took his exam and that I would help him through. Then he left.
Afterwards, I felt like his 47 was a blessing(为人带来幸福的事). Being able to help him while I was in pain myself was the most valuable gift.
Life never gives more than we can handle.
A．lazy B．angry C．sad D．nervous
A．still B．even C．also D．never
A．earlier B．later C．harder D．faster
A．study B．family C．health D．money
A．cried B．imagined C．listened D．laughed
A．work on B．worry about C．prepare for D．look after
A．practice B．wait C．sleep D．play
A．expressed B．conquered C．figured D．admitted
A．choice B．pain C．danger D．secret
A．regret B．doubt C．explanation D．encouragement
A．calmed B．showed C．found D．defeated
A．effort B．visit C．illness D．challenge