Fifteen years ago, I made a living by driving a taxi.One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pickup at a building that was except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and .
A small woman in her 80’s opened the door. I took her suitcase to the cab then returned to her into the cab. She thanked me for my kindness. When we got in the taxi, she gave me a(n) , then asked, “Could you drive through ?”
“It’s not the way,” I answered.
“Oh, I don’t ,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院).”
I looked in the rear view mirror (后视镜). Her eyes were glistening (闪烁).
“The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and the meter (计程器). “What would you like me to take?” I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the where she and her husband had lived. Sometimes she’d ask me to in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the sun was , she suddenly said: “I’m . Let’s go now.”
We drove in to the address she had given me. There were people waiting for her and they put her in a wheelchair.
“How much do I you?” she asked, reaching into her purse.
“Nothing,” I said.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me .
“You gave an old woman a little moment of ,” she said.
I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut.
I didn’t any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, in thought.
We’re used to thinking that our lives focus on great moments. But great moments often us unaware.
A．old B．dark C．dirty D．lonely
A．entered B．knocked C．listened D．ran
A．invite B．watch C．help D．receive
A．address B．letter C．speech D．gift
A．playground B．downtown C．countryside D．community
A．shortest B．funniest C．safest D．longest
A．consider B．doubt C．know D．mind
A．cut out B．showed off C．shut off D．turned on
A．responsibility B．order C．role D．route
A．apartment B．environment C．neighborhood D．plant
A．break down B．get off C．speed up D．slow down
A．changing B．moving C．rising D．setting
A．tired B．embarrassed C．terrified D．confused
A．darkness B．turn C．silence D．sadness
A．love B．owe C．charge D．cost
A．mysteriously B．tightly C．patiently D．accurately
A．joy B．security C．trouble D．profit
A．talk with B．call up C．pick up D．take away
A．annoyed B．lost C．mad D．guilty
A．catch B．drive C．improve D．puzzle
One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away when my daughter heard cries for help. When I went outside to what was wrong, I discovered an elderly neighbor had fallen down. She was in pain so I helped her inside her house and her on the bed.
I noticed how her place was and it was obvious she hadn’t cleaned it for a while. She insisted she didn’t need an and that someone would be around soon, so I put a bottle of water at her side and .
On my return, I felt sad that, although we had been neighbors for 18 months, apart from a few smiles, we hadn’t . I hadn’t even noticed she hadn’t been for weeks due to painful back.
That weekend I met my grandma for her 80th birthday, and I noticed how her flat seemed in comparison with my . Then I remembered that my grandma was usually visited by her relatives. , my neighbor, as far as I knew, had no family regularly .
When I returned home I went to visit her, but she didn’t my knocks. I walked inside. She was more now than when she started to see me. She explained she was Ok. Yet, unable to due to her back, she could not unpack groceries that a delivery boy had left at floor level and her kitchen was filled with because she was unable to take it out by herself.
we’ve become good friends and chat every day. Now, every time I from putting out her garbage, her mails or just chatting, I feel a deep sense of and peace, so I am really content that I can help others.
A．identify B．comfort C．assure D．check
A．luckily B．easily C．clearly D．scarcely
A．insisted B．settled C．persuaded D．called
A．dirty B．comfortable C．wide D．tidy
A．operation B．ambulance C．encouragement D．application
A．provided B．served C．presented D．left
A．worked B．competed C．quarreled D．connected
A．away B．off C．outside D．around
A．clean B．narrow C．smelly D．sweet
A．wife’s B．neighbor’s C．relative’s D．daughter’s
A．In short B．As a result C．On the contrary D．After all
A．dropping by B．looking after C．bringing up D．sending to
A．answer B．reply C．appreciate D．recognize
A．curious B．thankful C．angry D．impatient
A．sit down B．put down C．lie down D．bend down
A．dust B．garbage C．food D．furniture
A．Suddenly B．Gradually C．Temporarily D．regularly
A．suffer B．escape C．return D．stop
A．collecting B．reading C．writing D．copying
A．determination B．presentation C．ambition D．satisfaction
A woman was at work when she received a phone call and learned that her daughter was very sick with a fever．She left her and stopped by a pharmacy（药房）to get some for her daughter．
When returning to her car, she found that she had her keys in the car．
She was in a hurry to get home to her daughter．She didn’t know what to do, she called her home and told the baby sitter（临时保姆）what had and that she did not know what to do．
The baby sitter told her that her daughter was getting ．She said, “You might a coat hanger and use that to open the ．” The woman looked around and she found an old coat hanger on the ground．She it up but she didn’t know how to use it.
Within five minutes an old rusty（生锈的）car , with a dirty and bearded man．He got out of his car and asked her if he could ．She said, “Yes, my daughter is very sick．I stopped to get her some medicine and I locked my in my car．I must get home to her．Please, can you this hanger to unlock my car．”
He said, “ ．” He walked over to the car, and in less than one minute the car was opened．She the man and through her tears she said, “Thank you so much．You are a very man．”
The man replied, “Lady, I am not a nice man．I just got out of prison today．I was there for car theft and have only been for about an hour.But I would like to be a nice man．”
A．school B．work C．home D． phone
A．presents B．food C．sweets D． medicine
A．locked B．hidden C．covered D． thrown
A．happy B．clever C．sick D． naughty
A．but B．so C．and D． or
A．appeared B．remained C．changed D． happened
A．worse B．better C．taller D． smarter
A．make B．take C．find D． buy
A．cupboard B．door C．room D． package
A．surely B．naturally C．strangely D． fortunately
A．picked B．looked C．turned D． put
A．pulled down B．pulled out C．pulled off D． pulled up
A．open B．close C．help D． repair
A．wallet B．keys C．license D． mobile
A．borrow B．carry C．operate D． use
A．Sure B．Not at all C．It doesn’t matter D．It just depends
A．admired B．respected C．hugged D． encouraged
A．brave B．strong C．generous D． kind
A．trouble B．prison C．control D． hospital
A．out B．down C．on D． up
As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas for her father.
She that he were as easy to please as her mother，who was satisfied with perfume (香水). , shopping at this time of the year was a most job. People on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost you over in their hurry in order to something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest，Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on . “ They are silk，” the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to her to buy one. But Edith knew from past that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance， where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this would please him.
When she got home, with her small but present hidden in her handbag，it was time for supper and her parents were already table. Her mother was in great . “ Your father has at last decided to stop smoking，”，she told her daughter happily. Edith was so that she could not say a single word.
A．suit B．card C．thing D．gift
A．believed B．wished C．hoped D．supposed
A．never B．seldom C．always D．scarcely
A．Therefore B．Fortunately C．Besides D．Finally
A．unhappy B．careful C．exciting D．tiring
A．walked B．stepped C．lifted D．stood
A．turned B．hit C．brought D．knocked
A．watch B．find C．grasp D．sell
A．time B．show C．board D．duty
A．real B．cheap C．poor D．exact
A．hope B．ask C．force D．persuade
A．experience B．things C．books D．school
A．stopped B．saw C．asked D．found
A．money B．cigarette C．shapes D．shop
A．always B．nearly C．only D．never
A．hardly B．impossibly C．possibly D．certainly
A．cheap B．well-chosen C．expensive D．ready-made
A．on B．by C．beside D．at
A．excitement B．anger C．sadness D．disappointment
A．glad B．happy C．surprised D．excited
Marianne, a schoolgirl, was learning to play the piano and day after day her father stood behind her as she practiced. How and kind her father was，and how cleverly he showed Marianne how to play some particularly difficult pieces ！ She was making and that was excellent.
And there, almost in the big chair, sat Wolfgang, her 4-year-old brother, who never had to be told to keep when Marianne was practicing. One evening the father patted Marianne on the shoulder， she had done remarkably well. At the moment, Wolfgang climbed on his father's knee and to be allowed to play the pretty piece Marianne has now What a that was! his baby son, the father laughed，tapped the tiny nose and said, “ Look at your small . Why, you cannot reach the yet. You must , young man ！”
was no end of fun during dinner，and Marianne had to tell her mother about Wolfgang to play one of the classics. After dinner Marianne helped clear away the dishes when the father lit his pipe.
But the went out. He was on his feet. “ Listen！” he said in a( n) voice. ” Listen ！ Marianne is playing piece much better than ever,"he added. But Marianne was washing pots in the kitchen. His wife , he walked quietly upstairs. The lamp in one hand, his pipe in the other, he pushed the door open, and was little Wolfgang playing in the darkness. “ I love it so. ” the child. It was the beginning of Mozart's life of music.
A．patient B．well C．good D．careful
A．believe B．time C．progress D．sure
A．disappeared B．seen C．found D．played
A．warm B．clean C．quiet D．temper
A．speaking B．saying C．telling D．finding
A．begged B．asked C．requested D．demanded
A．finished B．played C．mastered D．practiced
A．fun B．good C．joke D．surprise
A．Looked at B．Picking up C．Looking at D．Picked up
A．baby B．nose C．fingers D．hands
A．piano B．chair C．keys D．knee
A．grow B．wait C．go D．leave
A．It B．This C．There D．That
A．wanting B．speaking C．dreaming D．thinking
A．tea B．pipe C．song D．piece
A．astonishing B．frightening C．embarrassing D．amusing
A．a B．one C．that D．such
A．entering B．coming C．going D．following
A．it B．there C．here D．this
A．shouting B．shouted C．whispered D．whispering
Years ago, I worked at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. One day, as I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. It was _that they could, at any time, break free, strangely enough, they didn’t. I asked a trainer the for this.
He said, “When they were very young we used the size rope, and it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they believe the rope can hold them, so they never try.”
Like the elephants, how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you once before? Do you often tell I cannot dance”or “I’m not good at math”?
These are of self limiting beliefs. You must realize you’re for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math may have as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math, or the remarks made by someone important to you which you. The cool thing is that because you create the ___you can choose to change it! Here is how:
First, it with “I am good at math”. Once you change your , your subconsciousness will make this by driving you to act. That might be to take a math course or to go online help, etc. Gradually you’ll really see your math skills are .
This is such a simple process that you can it today. Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life at a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ago.
A．excited B．confused C．discouraged D．worried
A．impossible B．doubtful C．uncertain D．obvious
A．but B．or C．and D．so
A．case B．result C．reason D．choice
A．same B．bigger C．smaller D．different
A．narrowly B．almost C．still D．hardly
A．did B．failed C．tried D．succeeded
A．yourself B．others C．your teacher D．your partner
A．causes B．stories C．results D．examples
A．conscious B．honest C．responsible D．depended
A．stopped B．referred C．changed D．originated
A．interested B．disappointed C．bored D．inspired
A．belief B．experience C．embarrassment D．remark
A．represent B．compare C．mix D．replace
A．action B．thought C．aim D．plan
A．come true B．run out C．on guard D．keep cool
A．at B．by C．for D．in
A．improved B．judged C．realized D．recognized
A．finish B．continue C．keep D．begin
A．involved B．stuck C．unfinished D．changed