There was a rich man who wanted to choose a husband for his only child from a great number of pursuers. The man all the pursuers to a river and pointed to the crocodiles there, saying, “Anyone who can swim across the river safely will marry my .” The pursuers looked at each other and no one take action. At that moment, a man plunged into the river and swam _ surprising speed to the other side. All the people there him with a great sense of admiration for his courage. , the man, after landing on the bank, shouted , “who pushed me into the river just now?”
Maybe the man, thinking about the whole and the happy consequences of his act, will eventually be to the one who pushed him into the river. In life it is fairly for disadvantages to turn into advantages and misfortunes into fortunes! But many of us are to realize the true of our “rivals” to success. Generally speaking, many people would see the one who “pushes him into the river” as an opponent. However, the one who “pushes him into the river” gives you a feeling of urgency and stimulates (激励) your ambition and to strive for success! You try your best to your difficulties and progress to the next stage in life!
If a man does not have rivals, he be satisfied with the present and will not strive to improve his . He would in the face of difficulties and sink into laziness. Therefore, your rivals are not your opponents. Instead, they are good ！In our lives, we need some rivals to “pushes him into the river,” leading us to strive ahead in difficulties and competitions. Thanks to our rivals, we can show our to its best. Thanks to our rivals, we are able to make continuous progress while competing with them!
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Suzie goes to her art class Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always looks forward to those days when she can do creative things all afternoon. She loves ___41___ bowls
and cups out of clay. Last month she learned to put ___42___ into a hot oven, called a kiln, to make it hard and strong. After the pottery（陶器）has __43____ down from the kiln, sometimes she ___44___ it with all different colors. Bright colors are her __45____, although sometimes she likes to paint in "___46___ colors," like brown and dark green. What Suzie likes best about art is the good feel
ing she gets ___47___ she has finished __48____ on a piece of art. And then when she takes it home to show her parents she feels so __49____ of what she has made.
On Wednesdays Suzie does something else that she really ___50___. On Wednesday afternoons she writes articles for the school newspaper. When she first ___51___ to her school, she wrote an article about how it feels to be a new student in a new school. Her second article in the newspaper was about a teacher at her school who had just finished writing a book. On the day the newspaper comes ___52___, the first thing Suzie does is to ___53___ where her article is in the newspaper. And at the beginning of her article, are the words: By Suzanne Jefferson.
On the way home from school yesterday, Suzie ___54___ to thinking about how __55____ art and writing are the same. In art class she thinks of __56____ things to make, and then spends a lot of time making it look just right. And when she writes articles for the school newspaper, she thinks of creative things to __57____, and then spends a lot of time making it __58____ just right. And when she has finished writing a really good sentence, she feels almost as if she has made a beautiful piece of art.
Suzie __59____ home so she could write something short before dinner. She already had lots of ideas for next month's newspaper. And she wanted to make sure that none of her creative ideas ___60___ away before she wrote them down permanently on paper.
A．using B．painting C．drawing D．making
A．bowls B．pottery C．cups D．clay
A．dropped B．cooled C．come D．fallen
A．rubs B．cleans C．brushes D．paints
A．bests B．friends D．fears
A．bright B．earth C．black D．deep
A．before B．when C．that D．until
A．working B．painting C．putting D．taking
A．worried B．anxious C．happy D．proud
A．promises B．wants C．hates D．enjoys
A．got B．sent C．moved D．returned
A．up B．in C．out D．about
A．read B．search C．overlook D．check
A．began B．went C．got D．started
A．soon B．much C．long D．far
A．relative B．creative C．productive D．active
A．tell B．talk C．speak D．say
A．feel B．look C．sound D．appear
A．rushed B．walked C．got D．went
A．left B．forgot C．floated D．kept
Many families in the United States observe National Grandparents Day on the first Sunday of September after America’s Labor Day. People often 36 their parents on this day.
Many people 37 the day through a lot of activities such as gift-giving and card giving. Some children 38 their grandparents to school for a day where they take special lessons. Some students 39 storytelling activities that relate to their grandparents, as well as picture or music competitions where children use a story about their grandparents in their 40 .
About four million greeting cards are 41 within the United States each year on National Grandparents Day. This day is also a42 for people to appreciate and express their 43 to their grandparents through 44 actions such as making a phone call and inviting their grandparents for dinner. People living in nursing homes may 45 a visit from their grandchildren.
National Grandparents Day has more than one 46 . Some people consider it to have been first proposed by Michael Goldgar in the 1970s after he visited his aunt in an Atlanta nursing home. Others 47 Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade to have been the main 48 of National Grandparents Day. Throughout the 1970s McQuade worked hard to 49 people about the important contributions senior citizens made and the contributions that they would be willing to make 50 asked. She also urged(强烈要求) people to take good care of a grandparent, not for one day a year and not for material giving, 51 for a lifetime of experience.
National Grandparents Day was 52 signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Marian McQuade received a phone call from the White House to 53 her of this event. Many people believe that National Grandparents Day was inspired by her 54 . A presidential proclamation(声明) on September 6, 1979 made this day 55 .
A．support B．praise C．reward D．honor
A．begin B．hold C．celebrate D．remember
A．invite B．expose C．force D．remind
A．make the use of B．take part in C．take up D．build up
A．diaries B．plans C．reports D．artworks
A．signed B．sent C．carried D．brought
A．chance B．luck C．condition D．possibility
A．satisfaction B．interest C．love D．agreement
A．quick B．careful C．difficult D．kind
A．create B．receive C．present D．realize
A．cause B．origin C．background D．beginning
A．driver B．owner C．researcher D．inventor
A．warn B．educate C．interview D．ask
A．if B．though C．so D．until
A．since B．but C．even D．unless
A．finally B．recently C．nearly D．generally
A．rid B．persuade C．clear D．inform
A．energy B．goals C．bravery D．efforts
A．reliable B．changeable C．official D．beautiful
Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.
Tired and defeated, I 36 to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had 37 . He often got almost everything in the house out of 38 . Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking 39 to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional 40 Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as 41 as possible, but inside I was shouting. “I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t 42 him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued 43 him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping 44 teens.
At the 45 ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had 46 the most to him or her. Brett spoke 47 to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter 48 . My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you, 49 troubled enough by me, always 50 me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”51 , I stood as Brett placed the white rose i
n my hand and hugged me 52 .
At that moment, tears 53 in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for 54 . Although I had struggled with silent 55 toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.
A．sat B．sank C．bent D．dropped
A．ruined B．lost C．torn D．broken
A．danger B．place C．trouble D．order
A．off B．in C．up D．away
A．pain B．injury C．damage D．harm
A．patiently B．willingly C．strictly D．rudely
A．forgive B．educate C．stand D．control
A．parenting B．pardoning C．comforting D．feeding
A．lazy B．troublesome C．disappointing D．careless
A．opening B．official C．victory D．graduation
A．afforded B．meant C．supplied D．owed
A．lovingly B．sadly C．proudly D．nervously
A．where B．how C．what D．who
A．unless B．although C．because D．when
A．cost B．lent C．taught D．showed
A．Astonished B．Puzzled C．Encouraged D．Interested
A．surely B．roughly C．tightly D．fiercely
A．fell B．flowed C．moved D．gathered
A．pity B．happiness C．luck D．success
A．love B．anxiety C．anger D．care
By my third day in the hospital, I realized Tom didn’t visit. I couldn’t understand 36 my best friend wouldn’t come to see me. Struggling against the37 , I phoned his __38 . His mother answered, and when I asked for Tom, she got39 . “He’s not here right now,” she said. I thought it was 40 that she didn’t tell me where he was or 41 to have him call me. But I was so weak, I just let it42 . I found out later that Tom’s mother called my parents right after we rang 43 . My phone call really made her44 , and she 45 they talk to me. Later that night, my mom46 . Did I remember drinking? Did I remember in a car？I had 47 what she was talking about, so she finally told me the news: I’d hit a tree. Tom, in the48 seat, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. The only reason I’d lived was because of my49 .
My first 50 was of shock. I’d been drink-driving? Hit a tree? Killed Tom? I felt like the51 person in the world. Even after I was able to 52 several weeks later, I didn’t want to eat, I didn’t want to talk. I just53 at the wall in my54 and cried. The only person I wanted to see was Tom. I didn’t feel like55 with any of my old friends.
A．if B．whether C．how D．why
A．pain B．doctor C．nurse D．wound
A．company B．office C．school D．house
A．unfair B．wrong C．strange D．unnecessary
A．offer B．allow C．permit D．refuse
A．down B．alone C．be D．go
A．off B．up C．out D．back
A．disappointed B．shocked C．anxious D．excited
A．hoped B．wished C．insisted D．ordered
A．went by B．came by C．called back D．passed by
A．understood B．believed C．no idea D．wondered
A．passenger B．drive C．front D．spare
A．doctor B．friend C．luck D．seat-belt
A．view B．reaction C．action D．idea
A．luckiest B．happiest C．worst D．most lonely
A．stand up B．get on C．go home D．eat out
A．looked B．stared C．glanced D．glared
A．sickroom B．office C．dormitory D．bedroom
A．drying out B．taking out C．setting out D．hanging out
I work as a volunteer（志愿者）for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to 36 him.
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and 37. For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried the trip was too 38 for a 17-year-old. Then, on Day three, as we were 39 over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned（咧嘴笑）, “Pretty hard. ”
After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes 40 large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized （着迷）. He couldn’t stop 41 . Later he said 42. “I wish I could speak French.” I was 43－this from a boy who hated and 44 French classes throughout school.
Usually silent, he 45 Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people. He blossomed（活泼起来）.
46 , the moment that really took 47 breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was 48 a woman villager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in 49 . Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and 50 to become part of the leadership of the 51 .
Learning her story, Barrett was as 52 as I by this tiny woman’s achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a 53 of love and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work.
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay 54 as a volunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This 55 achieved all I’d expected. Soon he will celebrate his 18th birthday. He’ll be a man.
A．comfort B．please C．attract D．educate
A．rough B．dangerous C．troublesome D．violent
A．little B．much C．fast D．slow
A．moving B．running C．climbing D．looking
A．too B．very C．even D．so
A．joking B．crying C．shouting D．smiling
A．patiently B．regretfully C．lightly D．cheerfully
A．ashamed B．disappointed C．determined D．surprised
A．took up B．went in for C．fought against D．called off
A．befriended B．disregarded C．avoided D．recognized
A．Thus B．Even C．Meanwhile D．However
A．my B．his C．our D．her
A．asking B．interviewing C．arranging D．describing
A．brain B．wish C．will D．health
A．appeared B．struggled C．hesitated D．failed
A．village B．city C．organization D．state
A．pleased B．bored C．puzzled D．touched
A．combination B．composition C．connection D．satisfaction
A．in B．behind C．out D．away
A．interview B．flight C．article D．trip