I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the . People walked in, between the cars newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It’s a familiar in most poor developing countries.
While we were for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It’s unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of his way around the spaces. He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he got to the outside of our car. Out of , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to the change. However, with his sense of touch, he quickly went through his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum’s . It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control, we decided to go on our way.
I broke down and even when I got home. Here’s a blind man, born in , trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He our sympathy. Life hasn’t been to him, yet he’s giving it his best shot. I think that is what is all about facing life bravely.
A．signs B．crossroads C．stations D．theatres
A．giving B．buying C．selling D．throwing
A．scene B．play C．activity D．street
A．watching B．asking C．waiting D．changing
A．blocks B．crossings C．turns D．cars
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．expensive B．fashionable C．ragged D．fastened
A．pushed B．drove C．cleared D．felt
A．eventually B．quickly C．frequently D．happily
A．curiosity B．sympathy C．thirsty D．politeness
A．impatiently B．casually C．naturally D．carefully
A．keep B．return C．borrow D．count
A．poor B．superior C．limited D．enlarged
A．hand B．arm C．face D．lap
A．still B．yet C．so D．but
A．smiled B．shouted C．complained D．cried
A．pain B．poverty C．sadness D．loneliness
A．refused B．enjoyed C．doubted D．cheated
A．rich B．unfair C．kind D．bad
A．kindness B．courage C．experience D．challenge
Recently，I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive，the pilot announced（宣布） with apology that there would be a slight before landing. High desert winds had the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be the city for a few minutes waiting to . We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened there might be a few bumps(颠簸)．We11, that few minutes turned into about four—five minutes，including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车)pale by .
The movement was so sudden that several passengers felt and had to use airsickness bags（晕机袋）. As you might guess，that’s not good thing to happen in a(n) space because it only to increase the discomfort of the situation.
About twenty minutes into the adventure，the entire airplane became very . There was now a sense of worry and fear that could be noticed．Every passenger simply held on for dear life …except one. A was having a good time! With each bump of the he would let out a giggle(咯咯的笑)of happiness. As I observed this, I that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his He neither thought about the past nor about the future Those are what we grown-ups have learned from . He was the ride because he had not yet been taught to fear it. Having understood this, I took a deep breath and back into my seat, pretending I was on a roller coaster(过山车). I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even to giggle once or twice , which is much to the anger of the man who was sitting next to me and holding the airsickness bag.
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Think about a time you went someplace that you had never been before. It seemed as if it was very and it took a really long time to get there. Then you noticed that th trip did not seem to take nearly as long, it was exactly the same distance. Scientists have studied these common observations. They have come to the that our feeling of how time passes is sometimes based on the of information we are dealing with. The more information we are getting, the more slowly time seems to pass.
On the way to a place, we are faced with unfamiliar sights, , or even smells. We may be reading directions, landmarks, or trying to find a（n） road sign. We are repeatedly processing the information we are .There may be others in the car asking. “Are we there yet?” In fact, the experiences the same things as the passengers.
On the return trip, we are somewhat familiar with the . Now much of the information is not to us. Our brain now processes the information more . We don’t have to take notice of a lot of what we see and hear. We know what to and we screen out the rest.
The process could be to the first and second days of school. On the first day is new and different and time seems to pass slowly. On the second day, you know what to , and your brain spends less time processing new information. , the second day of school usually seems to go forward at a more rapid pace. Thus, in a sense, time when our surroundings become more familiar.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
"I...I thought you could use it for something." Susan's did nothing to help us understand why a dark blue carpet remnant(零头布料) was being as a birthday gift.The murmured "thanks" could be barely heard as Holly tried not to allow her disappointment to show.
Holly's disappointment didn't become until the following evening when she came downstairs to say good night. "Well, I guess we know how much my best friend me, huh, Mom?" She said , with her head down.
The next morning, I carried a garbage bag outside. My heart sank as I the lid of the garbage can and saw Susan's carpet lying there. only a moment, I picked it up and brought it into the house .
“Susan you and me to go over to her house after school tomorrow .”Weeks later Holly announced as she arrived home from school. her voice carried a so-what attitude , I sensed she was pleased by the invitation.
The next day we to the destination along the winding country road . A tall woman stood in the doorway to us as we approached the small farmhouse. The house was but neatly decorated with used furniture .From the with the woman we knew Susan had long been separated from her parents and she was Susan’s foster mother(养母).
A warm light shone in her eyes as she to me her fondness for Susan . I came to respect this woman who had opened her home to a young girl and attempted to make a difference in her life.
As daylight began to we offered our thanks and said goodbye . Holly sat quietly in the car leaning her body forward as if willing the car to move faster. No sooner had we come to a stop than she opened the car door and walked purposefully toward the garbage can.
“Is this what you were looking for?” I held out the piece of . “Thanks, Mom.” a tear or two from her eyes and fell onto the remnant ,as if , that has become the most precious birthday present in the world.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My son Joey was born with clubfeet （畸形足）. The doctors told us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in . By the time he was eight, you he had a problem when you saw him walk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would and play, too. We told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross country . Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others perhaps he that the abilities that seemed to come to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential（可能性）to points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never the team, so he didn’t know.
He to run four to five miles a day, every day even the day he had a 103 degree fever. I was , so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt, “ ,” he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn’t run four miles with a 103 degree fever. So he didn’t know.
Two weeks later, the name of the team runners were . Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was only in seventh--the other six team members were all .We never told him he shouldn’t to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know. He just did it.
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As I entered womanhood, mom told me that no matter what happened and no matter what I did, I could always come home. Because of what those words meant to me, I said the same thing to my .
My childhood was filled with — a lot of kisses，lots of hugs, and lots of spoken “I love you”. Because of what those meant to me, I my sons the same things.
My mom came from a family and had a difficult childhood，yet she never about how unlucky she was. my mom, I saw love’s ability to forgive.
I saw my sweet mom love my Grandpa, he had abandoned her and my Grandma and failed to for their needs; I never saw mom treat Grandpa any way but lovingly, even though he was far from . I learned how love behaves and forgives.
I watched my mom my 100-year-old grandma who，in her blindness，deafness and feebleness(虚弱)，needed almost care. When I was in her home, I heard what I’ve heard all my life, “I love you, mom.” They would this to each other at least five times a — when mom got Grandma up，made her comfortable in bed，or prepared her . And I would hear love’s when Grandma said, “And I love you too.”
Love forgives and , not focusing on what has happened. , love’s focus is on what needs to be done and on doing it the we can.
My mom taught me to love；she told me to it on to my children, and she forgiveness herself.
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