There was a woman in Detroit（底特律），who has two sons．She was worried them，especially the younger one，Ben， he was not doing well in school．Boys in his class fun of him because he seemed so ．
The mother that she would，herself，have to get her sons to do better in school．She them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a a week and do a report about it for her．
One day，in Ben’s ，the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it．Ben up his hand and the teacher let him ．“Why did Ben raise his hand？” they wondered．He said anything；what could he possibly want to say？
Well，Ben not only the rock；he said a lot about it．He named other rocks in its group and even knew the teacher had found it． The teacher and the students were ．Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book ．
Ben later went on to the of his class．When he finished high school，he went to Yale University (耶鲁大学) at last became one of the best doctors in the United States．
After Ben had grown up，he something about his mother that he did not know as a ．
She，herself，had never learned how to ．
A．about B．on C．with D．over
A．because B．so C．but D．though
A．played B．got C．took D．made
A．clever B．hard C．slow D．quick
A．asked B．decided C．forgot D．heard
A．made B．let C．told D．considered
A．notice B．message C．book D．question
A．class B．room C．office D．lab
A．looked B．gave C．took D．put
A．think B．leave C．stand D．speak
A．always B．even C．quickly D．never
A．found B．played C．knew D．threw
A．whether B．when C．where D．why
A．afraid B．surprised C．worried D．unhappy
A．pictures B．exercises C．shops D．reports
A．top B．end C．back D．side
A．so B．and C．or D．however
A．learnt B．remembered C．understood D．guessed
A．doctor B．child C．student D．teacher
A．read B．work C．teach D．show
A couple were having a wedding. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely and all had a wonderful time. The bride was in her white wedding gown and the groom was very handsome. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a , “Each of us will write a list of things we find a bit with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can them and make our lives happier.” The husband agreed. So they went to think of the things that annoyed them about the other.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided they would go over their .
“I’ll start,” said the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband's eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing.” the husband replied,“ reading your list.”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three to her husband.
“Now, it’s your turn and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” she said happily.
the husband stated，“I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are the way that you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me.”
The wife by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the things before us?
A．house B．factory C．ceremony D．church
A．attractive B．nervous C．serious D．strict
A．preparation B．order C．shame D．suggestion
A．annoying B．exciting C．interesting D．puzzling
A．adopt B．keep C．make D．fix
A．celebration B．table C．lists D．document
A．Keep on B．Put on C．Call on D．Get on
A．attacks B．items C．annoyances D．pages
A．Nervously B．Calmly C．Angrily D．Anxiously
A．outgoing B．careful C．perfect D．beautiful
A．shocked B．moved C．disappointed D．threatened
A．bad B．wonderful C．wrong D．horrible
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other , including her“sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression that she's anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, that she doesn't push too hard on them, really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that often don't realize she's blind.
I this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle with us”.
To my great , my child had learned about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never in conversation. When I told my daughter that Michelle was blind, she was for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla . And I knew my child was because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also heard Kayla's in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
A．senses B．means C．methods D．ways
A．enjoyed B．found C．missed D．lost
A．instead B．except C．since D．but
A．who B．it C．she D．which
A．guests B．family C．children D．friends
A．realized B．heard C．recognized D．witnessed
A．sad B．satisfied C．excited D．enjoyed
A．especially B．not so C．a little D．not at all
A．paint B．draw C．create D．mix
A．stayed B．painted C．talked D．played
A．excitement B．surprise C．delight D．encouragement
A．attitude B．color C．picture D．paper
A．touched B．distinguished C．saw D．understood
A．after B．before C．until D．when
A．turned out B．come up C．referred to D．talked about
A．curious B．quiet C．puzzled D．worried
A．cried B．insisted C．complained D．informed
A．right B．wrong C．worried D．uncertain
A．shortcomings B．difficulties C．pride D．description
A．paper B．eyes C．hands D．pens
Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball , Chuck Hart. Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous , he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn't thinking about Hart' s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s on the side of the box. The first indication that something was came as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands ; his heart stopped. It wasn't that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think ?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be by the other players. When he looked up into his dad' s eyes, however, Travis decided he not tell him. "'Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look…” his dad said ,“Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a（n） . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in ?”
“No,” Travis said.
“Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a (n) when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, you were polite and made the best of it. You have such a good , like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I’m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful .
A．surprised B．ashamed C．excited D．worried
A．team B．player C．coach D．game
A．Unless B．If C．Because D．Although
A．skill B．performance C．behavior D．action
A．name B．photo C．sign D．model
A．strange B．wrong C．true D．funny
A．known B．encouraged C．adopted D．influenced
A．fell B．froze C．shook D．folded
A．questioned B．noticed C．teased D．attacked
A．can B．need C．would D．may
A．pulled up B．put up C．took up D．turned up
A．peacefully B．hesitantly C．delightedly D．naturally
A．choice B．effort C．comment D．mistake
A．believe B．miss C．admire D．remember
A．danger B．surprise C．sorrow D．trouble
A．teammate B．adult C．kid D．student
A．so B．and C．but D．or
A．quality B．courage C．dream D．belief
A．clearly B．carefully C．patiently D．differently
A．gift B．look C．hope D．lesson
Just like a boxer, we , too come face to face with many opponents on the stage of life—problems and difficulties. The bad news is that we don’t really know when our with these opponents occur. Here are several reasons why you should yourself for success like a champion boxer!
You don’t practice on the stage, that’s where your skills and your abilities are . This also means that you don’t solving problems and developing yourself when occur, you prepare yourself to face them long you actually face them.
If you are talented, you probably need less and training time in facing life’s challenges. Actually, for people who are born with , training and learning becomes even more important. the lazy person’s motto: “If it isn’t broken, why fix it?” Why wait for your roof to leak in the season when you can fix it right away. Act
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Training enables you to gain intuition(直觉 )and reaction. With practice and training, you build up your body, your mind and your heart and gain the intuition and reaction of a (n) .The same thing is true in life. Without training, you will . Without training, you will not be able to how your enemy will hit you.
Keep in mind that training is born out of discipline and . Even if you meet with some setbacks in your training process, you keep at it and are confident, you will soon see in your life and when problems come, you will be like the champion who stands tall and fights until the final round is over and you’re as the champion!
A．friendships B．championships C．programs D．matches
A．train B．offer C．show D．bring
A．appreciated B．shared C．evaluated D．promoted
A．finish B．start C．enjoy D．practice
A．chances B．problems C．occasions D．dangers
A．before B．after C．as D．since
A．consideration B．attention C．preparation D．instruction
A．disease B．ambition C．talent D．belief
A．Understand B．Abandon C．Condemn D．Remember
A．cloudy B．windy C．sunny D．rainy
A．on time B．at times C．right away D．at last
A．constant B．real C．stable D．quick
A．enemy B．champion C．opponent D．coach
A．mix up B．mess up C．stand out D．break out
A．check B．prove C．handle D．predict
A．confidence B．experience C．performance D．improvement
A．before B．unless C．until D．if
A．exchanges B．results C．setbacks D．disadvantages
A．judge B．swimmer C．boxer D．runner
A．claimed B．called C．announced D．elected
In 1972, I returned to Miami Beach High School to speak to the drama class. Afterward I asked the drama teacher any of my English teachers are still there. Irene Roberts, he tells me, is in the class down the hall.
I was no one special in Miss Roberts’ class — just another student who did okay work. I don’t recall any one special bit of wisdom she passed on. Yet I cannot forget her for language, for ideas and for her students. I now, many years later, that she is the perfect example of a teacher. I’d like to say something to her, I say, but I don’t want to her from a class. Nonsense, he says, she’ll be to see you.
The drama teacher Miss Roberts into the hallway where stands this 32-year-old man she last saw at 18. “I’m Mark Medoff,” I tell her. “You were my 12th-grade English teacher in 1958.” She her head to one side and looks at me, as if this angle might remember me in her . And then, though armed with a message I want to in many words, I can’t think up anything more memorable than this: “I want you to know,” I say, “you were to me.”
And there in the hallway, this lovely woman, now nearing age, this teacher who doesn’t remember me, begins to weep; and she encircles me in her arms.
this moment, I begin to sense that everything I will ever know, everything I will ever pass to my students, is an inseparable part of a legacy(遗产) of our ancestors.
Irene Roberts holds me in her arms and through her tears whispers my cheek, “Thank you.” And then, with the briefest of looks into my forgotten face, she back into her classroom, to what she has done thousands of days through all the years of my .
On reflection, maybe those were, , just the right words to say to Irene Roberts. Maybe they are the very words I would like to speak to all those teachers through my life, the very words I would like spoken to me one day by some returning student: “I want you to know you were important to me.”
A．that B．if C．as D．when
A．just B．almost C．nearly D．about
A．kindness B．respect C．friendship D．love
A．know B．learn C．realize D．believe
A．selfish B．self-confident C．self-conscious D．selfless
A．call B．drag C．push D．pull
A．upset B．delighted C．interested D．annoyed
A．brings B．takes C．fetches D．introduces
A．bows B．raises C．rises D．puts
A．thought B．brain C．attention D．memory
A．announce B．speak C．deliver D．tell
A．useful B．important C．hopeful D．beneficial
A．retirement B．enjoyment C．employment D．happiness
A．Reminding B．Explaining C．Remembering D．Forgetting
A．happily B．straight C．calmly D．briefly
A．against B．with C．off D．beyond
A．escapes B．gathers C．disappears D．fails
A．longs B．continues C．goes D．returns
A．absence B．class C．work D．task
A．or rather B．in addition C．as usual D．after all