It was a rainy day. I was riding on a bus downtown to go to . I was sitting next to a man in a business suit and didn’t much attention until we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same to get a morning paper.
The man running the stand was having a bad day. He was and unsmiling as we purchased our papers, which served to only more gloom(抑郁) to my day. The businessman caught my eye and . He then continued to smile and thanked the newsstand owner for the and for being open on such a morning to make sure we were able to get our papers. , he expressed his appreciation for something most of us would take for granted.
The newsman only with a cold expression. The businessman then pleasantly wished him a pleasant day. As we , I asked this man why he had to be pleasantto the newsman when he obviously didn’t care about and didn’t respond to his expression of and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said, “Why would I let someone else what I say and what I feel or what kind of day I’m going to have?”
We then to go to our respective work places. To this day, I don’t know anything about that business man. But I’ve never the words he said or the way his smile seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day. That was a good deed 25 years ago, but the this had on my life has lasted. I never had a to thank him personally, but the way in which I choose to look at life as a result of those words is his legacy (遗赠) to me and my thanks to him.
We cannot control people and situations that come to us, but we can always control our response to them. And in such decisions lie our control and personal power to make a positive difference. And it’s something anyone and everyone can do.
A．school B．church C．work D．hospital
A．draw B．pay C．make D．attract
A．market B．stand C．office D．library
A．curiously B．gradually C．eventually D．obviously
A．rude B．modest C．angry D．kind
A．add B．refer C．devote D．apply
A．shouted B．waved C．confirmed D．smiled
A．quickly B．luckily C．brightly D．loudly
A．book B．present C．paper D．food
A．In short B．After all C．On average D．As usual
A．responded B．objected C．appealed D．disagreed
A．ran out B．left behind C．turned away D．put aside
A．attempted B．continued C．intended D．expected
A．excitement B．gratitude C．impression D．assessment
A．ignore B．manage C．control D．enjoy
A．travelled B．disappeared C．separated D．drove
A．forgiven B．shared C．evaluated D．forgotten
A．effort B．lesson C．effect D．pain
A．wish B．chance C．right D．power
A．positive B．proper C．fortunate D．nervous
“Where is the bus?” I asked myself. I was going to be late and the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. Thank God, here it is! The bus__1__round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the__2__ where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I__3__ the manager doesn’t notice.” But no __4__luck! “Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your__5__ this time?”. “ I’m afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “Get up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your__6__ at the counter, we’ll be opening in a few minutes.”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. Behind her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very__7__, and every few seconds he looked __8__the main entrance. The girl__9__about opening a bank account. I gave her the necessary __10__and she walked out. __11__, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something__12__with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was terrified to see a gun__13__ out of his coat. The moment a loud noise __14__ my ears. Everything went black. I was falling…. After__15__seemed a very long time, I opened my eyes and found in bed! __16__shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. As usual, the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “__17__of your excuse! Go start work at once!” To my__18__, the first customer was a girl __19__ a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The __20__! Wasn’t that the surprise of my life?
A．ran B．came C．rode D．drove
A．hotel B．shop C．bank D．restaurant
A．believe B．expect C．guess D．hope
A．much B．such C．more D．this
A．excuse B．idea C．cause D．answer
A．business B．job C．place D．spot
A．nervous B．shy C．calm D．angry
A．down B．for C．towards D．through
A．cared B．talked C．asked D．worried
A．information B．offer C．instruction D．support
A．Again B．Then C．Thus D．However
A．hidden B．rolled C．filled D．covered
A．getting B．aiming C．appearing D．sticking
A．took B．shook C．filled D．covered
A．what B．when C．that D．it
A．Even B．Still C．Just D．Ever
A．Less B．Plenty C．More D．None
A．belief B．surprise C．joy D．regret
A．of B．with C．on D．in
A．dream B．story C．affair D．accident
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.” the sign said.
“Boy!” The silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute.”
Slowly the boy 1 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman's house. When he arrived at her house, she 2 out her hand and wrapped her 3 old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 4 to my bed. What's your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 5 up, raising berselfon her elbow (肘) . Water 6 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 7 .
“I'm 8 , Joseph. You can see that, can't you? I want you to write a will(遗嘱) for me. There's paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 9 , and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola. I want my silver pin to 10 to my daughter."
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 11 the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There's my Bible.(圣经)”The old woman said. “That's for my daughter, too. I want a 12 Christian burial (基督葬礼) with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That's the last - 13 of a poor old woman.”
The boy labored over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 14 it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 15 the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 16 me now, boy,” she sighed(叹气).“I'm tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 17 window, but the old woman on the bed
18 nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 19 on the paper were some childish letters, which 20 the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
A．rushed B．stepped C．hurried D．struggled
A．pushed B．let C．reached D．pointed
A．firm B．smooth C．dry D．fresh
A．back B．over C．away D．down
A．sit B．get C．stand D．wake
A．rolled B．burnt C．burst D．ran
A．sick B．ill C．unpleasant D．funny
A．dead B．dying C．living D．alive
A．table B．pen C．paper D．woman
A．send B．go C．belong D．come
A．moved B．drew C．used D．pulled
A．great B．merry C．real D．splendid
A．look B．chance C．opinion D．wish
A．sign B．write C．remember D．copy
A．setting B．hiding C．placing D．lying
A．Hold B．Pardon C．Take D．Leave
A．large B．open C．small D．pretty
A．did B．saw C．felt D．knew
A．Described B．Printed C．Recorded D．Written
A．formed B．spelled C．organized D．repeated
Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never 1 to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week 2 Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he 3 that he could not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and 4 had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate them quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch 5 .The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour.
Mr. West stood politely at the edge(边)of a crowd of women who were6 forward to try to get to the people who were 7 necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forward slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were 8 into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly past him.
After half an hour, he was just as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been 9 he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his10 of doing things: he put his head down, 11 a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the 12 of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very13 when they saw what he was doing, and began to scold him.” Why can’t you behave like a gentleman?” they shouted.
“Ladies,” he 14 them,” I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no 15 ,so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
A．sure B．certain C．able D．possible
A．before B．after C．till D．within
A．promised B．decided C．agreed D．insisted
A．never B．sometimes C．seldom D．usually
A．hour B．moment C．minute D．second
A．pulling B．pushing C．gathering D．managing
A．selling B．buying C．choosing D．seizing
A．going B．entering C．fetching D．coming
A．where B．until C．when D．even if
A．habit B．way C．action D．sign
A．caught B．made C．blew D．gave
A．center B．end C．front D．back
A．patient B．angry C．surprised D．nervous
A．hated B．waved C．explained D．answered
A．treasure B．good C．respect D．present
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80’s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment (约会) at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a __1__in the waiting area, __2__him it would be at least 40 minutes __3__ someone would be able to see him. I saw him __4__ his watch and decided, since I was __5__busy—my patient didn't __6__ at the appointed hours, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he __7__ to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his __8__. He told me that she had been __9__ for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be __10__ if he was a bit late. He replied that she __11__ knew who he was, that she had not been able to __12__ him for five years now. I was __13__， and asked him. “And you __14__ go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are？”
He smiled and said, “She doesn't know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back __15__ as he left.
Now I __16__ that in marriages, true love is __17__ of all that is. The happiest people don't __18__ have the best of everything; they just __19__ the best of everything they have. __20__ isn't about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
A．breath B．test C．seat D．break
A．persuading B．promising C．understanding D．telling
A．if B．before C．since D．after
A．taking off B．fixing C．looking at D．winding
A．very B．also C．seldom D．not
A．turn up B．show off C．come on D．go away
A．needed B．forgot C．agreed D．happened
A．daughter B．wife C．mother D．sister
A．late B．well C．around D．there
A．lonely B．worried C．doubtful D．hungry
A．so far B．neither C．no longer D．already
A．recognize B．answer C．believe D．expect
A．moved B．disappointed C．surprised D．satisfied
A．only B．then C．thus D．still
A．curiosity B．tears C．words D．judgment
A．realize B．suggest C．hope D．prove
A．agreement B．expression C．acceptance D．exhibition
A．necessarily B．completely C．naturally D．frequently
A．learn B．make C．favor D．try
A．Adventure B．Beauty C．Trust D．Life
完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
School was over and I felt quite tired. I sat at the very 1 of the crowded bus because of my anxiety to get home. Sitting there makes me 2 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver , tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of conversation . I tried to mind my manners and3 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,4 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in 5 ,I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. “What’s wrong with him?” I asked. With her eyes wet and her voice tight from 6 the tears, she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes 7 as she continued. “I have already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”
I was 8 . My heart ached for her. And this reminded me of the great 9 that my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to10 that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a whole world of 11 and concerns, too. I suddenly felt very selfish. I realized I had only thought of people as 12 as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie 13 she was a bus driver. I had14 her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.
For all I know, I’m just another person in someone else’s world, and may not even be 15 . I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointment to keep. Understanding people is an art.
A．front B．end C．side D．middle
A．find B．take C．stand D．think
A．politely B．slightly C．carelessly D．partly
A．however B．therefore C．instead D．otherwise
A．surprise B．particular C．silence D．purpose
A．fighting B．turning C．clearing D．protecting
A．opened B．shone C．closed D．lowered
A．recognized B．worried C．shocked D．excited
A．victory B．pain C．respect D．disappointment
A．pick up B．work out C．go through D．get down
A．family B．factory C．school D．friend
A．far B．long C．much D．well
A．while B．because C．though D．until
A．criticized B．received C．considered D．judged
A．happy B．wise C．useful D．important