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One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to _ for the night.
“Could you _ give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a _ man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and _ that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our _ are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a _ couple like you _ into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be _ to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you _ for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t _ me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build _ for you.” The three of them had a good _ .
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it _ he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip（双程的） _ to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and _ him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
He then pointed to a great new _ there， a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to ___.”
“You must be _ ,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of _ was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Bolt became its first manager.
A．rain B．anger C．snow D．hunger
A．leave B．go C．stay D．look
A．surely B．possibly C．really D．freely
A．lazy B．bored C．nervous D．friendly
A．shouted B．explained C．believed D．agreed
A．hotels B．desks C．streets D．rooms
A．nice B．famous C．rich D．common
A．beyond B．off C．out D．under
A．kind B．glad C．good D．generous
A．enjoyable B．helpful C．grateful D．comfortable
A．worry about B．take care of C．make use of D．come up with
A．one B．it C．them D．those
A．sleep B．meal C．laugh D．walk
A．after B．before C．while D．when
A．ticket B．bill C．check D．questionnaire
A．made B．told C．treated D．led
A．building B．car C．bedroom D．place
A．live B．sell C．manage D．rent
A．lying B．joking C．dreaming D．cheating
A．whose B．which C．whom D．who
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime (一角银币) left. He was hungry so he decided to for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then
asked, "How much do I you?" "You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught me never to accept for a kindness." He said, "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart." As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger , but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and before this point. Years later the young woman became critically ill. The doctors were baffled (阻挡). They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists could be called in to study her disease. Dr Howard Kelly, now was called in for the consultation (会诊). When he heard the name of the town she came from, a(an) light filled his eyes. , he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He her at once. He went back to the room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special to her case.
After a long struggle, the battle was . Dr Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked,
and the note on the side of the bill her attention. She read these words:
"Paid in full with a glass of ."
(Signed) Dr Howard Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently:"Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands."
A．pay B．beg C．wait D．look
A．Because of B．In front of C．In case of D．Instead of
A．upset B．thirsty C．hungry D．sad
A．owe B．cost C．lend D．own
A．offer B．pay C．help D．thanks
A．quickly B．mentally C．physically D．warmly
A．quit B．continue C．retire D．surrender
A．local B．poor C．kind D．cruel
A．common B．ordinary C．rare D．scarce
A．old B．famous C．unknown D．retired
A．strange B．special C．poor D．angry
A．Suddenly B．Generally C．Unfortunately D．Immediately
A．called B．recognized C．remembered D．found
A．waiting B．treating C．information D．consultation
A．interest B．food C．attention D．effort
A．defeated B．won C．lost D．completed
A．changed B．read C．crossed D．wrote
A．excited B．afraid C．nervous D．surprised
A．caught B．called C．paid D．caused
A．water B．coffee C．milk D．ice cream
Lighting flashed through the darkness over Sibson’s bedroom skylight(天窗).Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder ___ he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly ___ his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to ____; he opened the door to the basement（地下室）,and flames ___ out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt ___ because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.
But the phone didn’t work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was ___ by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped（困住）.
Sibson’s house was three kilometers ___ the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be ___
Up a hill nearby lived Sibson’s neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm ___ his ears. He jumped out bed took his ___ and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the ___.That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to ___ the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson ___ and die in that fire.”
“Anyone there?” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! I’m trapped!” coming from the second floor balcony（阳台）. He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his ___.
After one more ___ inside the house, Huggons gave up and ___ around back.
The wind parted the smoke just ___ for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He ___ the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and ___ Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.
Sibson is still ___ when he tells the story, “I was alone that night,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons.”
A．until B．while C．since D．before
A．over B．in C．through D．on
A．hide B．wait C．check D．escape
A．moved B．gave C．went D．exploded
A．worried B．safe C．glad D．tired
A．burned B．stopped C．shocked D．covered
A．beside B．across C．off D．along
A．limited B．fruitless C．false D．regretful
A．stuck B．missed C．touched D．passed
A．coat B．key C．basin D．phone
A．road B．noise C．smoke D．danger
A．enter B．search C．leave D．damage
A．call B．roll C．scream D．sigh
A．flashlight B．attention C．ladder D．breath
A．attempt B．chance C．thought D．stay
A．climbed B．circled C．looked D．jumped
A．enough B．open C．clear D．fit
A．led B．put C．shone D．drove
A．persuaded B．kicked C．forced D．pulled
A．nervous B．surprised C．thankful D．proud
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother.My ___ began when I was just a kid.I ___ becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic.Through her work, she observed that ___ people spent a lot more time reading than they ___ watching television.She announcees that my brother and I ___ watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week.In our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and ___ her written book reports.She would mark them up with check marks and highlights.Years later we realized her marks were a ___.My mother was illiterate.
When I entered high school I was a(n) ___,but not for long.I wanted the fancy clothes.I wanted to ___the guys.I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student.One night my mother came home from ___her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts.She said,”Okay,I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms,and you can buy ___food and pay the bills.With everything ___,you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.”I was very ___with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was ___left.I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to ___our heads and any kind of food on the table, ___buy clothes.I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere.Success required intellectual preparation.I went back to my ___ and became an A-student again, and eventually I ___ my dream and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother's story—a woman with ___ formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job ___ than parenting. This I believe.
A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
A．majored in B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
A．spent B．paid C．took D．did
A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
A．read to B．present to C．teach D．explain to
A．joke B．means C．tool D．trick
A．A-student B．B-student C．C-student D．D-student
A．get rid of B．hang out with C．break away from D．keep in touch with
A．making B．stopping C．working D．getting
A．your brother B．yourself C．your sister D．the family
A．left over B．paid off C．used up D．carried out
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．put an idea into B．gave an impression on C．keep a roof over D．have eyes in the back of
A．let alone B．let out C．let in D．leave alone
A．guys B．mother C．studies D．play
A．made B．fulfilled C．changed D．tried
A．little B．much C．few D．high
A．more interesting B．less important C．more important D．less interesting
Carly's eyes filled with tears as the dusty bus drove down a dirt road in southern Vietnam.The 14-year-old girl and her ___ had traveled by plane from Canton, Ohio, to Ho Chi Minh City and then by bus deep into the Mekong Delta.Now, as they reached the village, hundreds of cheering ___ lined the entrance to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had ___ money for,
When Carly was eight,she started ___ others by giving Thanksgiving baskets in the church to families in need.It was a snowy day, ___ she saw that one girl was wearing only a shirt and that others didn’t have ___ coats.The next November, she went door to door ___ uesed coats, hats, gloves, and scarves,and then ___ them out with the baskets.
But Carly wanted to do ___ ---she wanted to”change their lives”.She ___ that her grandmother’s Rotary club had, years, earlier, collected money to build a ___ in Vietnam.That was it,she decided.She’d build a school too.
She tried to let people ___ more about Vietnam and the ___ there.She gave speeches.She ___ with enthusiasm.”The kids in rural Vietnam don’t have beautiful schools,”she told a room of 200 Rotarians.”That’s not ___.I want to give them a ___ to make their lives better.”That summer, Carly set off with her family across Ohio,___ three or four Rotary clubs a week.”We traveled like crazy people to all these ___,”recalled her mother, Kris.
In two year,Carly had collected $50,000.At the dedication ceremony(落成典礼)in Hoa Lac,the school principal was ___ with the girl.”How wonderful it was that a girl of her age wanted to do something for kids so ___,”he said through a translator.
A．classmates B．friends C．family D．team
A．villagers B．farmers C．workers D．schoolchildren
A．raised B．earned C．spent D．borrowed
A．encouraging B．teaching C．helping D．engaging
A．and B．before C．though D．because
A．beautiful B．warm C．big D．thin
A．buying B．asking for C．booking D．consulting about
A．took B．left C．handed D．put
A．more B．a lot C．once D．both
A．considered B．thought C．believed D．remembered
A．school B．hospital C．factory D．hospital
A．feel B．save C．know D．study
A．culture B．economy C．scenery D．children
A．spoke B．played C．laughed D．traveled
A．true B．exciting C．careful D．fair
A．place B．room C．house D．playground
A．passing B．visiting C．watching D．scanning
A．discussions B．topics C．meeting D．suggestions
A．pleased B．satisfied C．shocked D．impressed
A．far away B．lovely C．good-looking D．lonely
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One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. After that, he became . When he saw a photograph booth (照相亭) nearby, he had . He wore the most unhappy expression he could manage, which was not in the situation. In a few moments, he was holding four small prints that even him.
He wrote his wife’s name on the back of the photos and handed them to a behind the desk in the booth. “ you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously someone, would you please give her this?” he said. He then his office in Morrison Building, that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good ! He sat down with a smile.
His wife those pictures. She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married …
How are you with ? One person calls it “wait training.” It seems that there is always something we are .We wait on traffic and we wait in lines. We wait to hear about a new job. We wait to complete school. We wait for someone to change his or her mind.
Patience is an important of a happy and rewarding life. , some things are worth waiting for. Every presents many opportunities for wait training.
We can hate waiting, it or even get good at it! But one thing is —we cannot avoid it. How is your coming along?
A．stressfully B．respectfully C．curiously D．patiently
A．confused B．annoyed C．frightened D．endangered
A．a question B．a reason C．an idea D．an opinion
A．serious B．regular C．difficult D．convenient
A．disturbed B．shocked C．attracted D．encouraged
A．companion B．accountant C．passer-by D．clerk
A．Since B．Before C．Unless D．If
A．looking for B．standing for C．sending for D．paying for
A．called up B．lead to C．set off D．returned to
A．worried B．disappointed C．satisfied D．astonished
A．description B．lecture C．demand D．declaration
A．saved B．offered C．developed D．destroyed
A．freedom B．marriage C．patience D．determination
A．hoping for B．ready for C．waitingfor D．fit for
A．lesson B．reputation C．attempt D．quality
A．Afterall B．Now that C．Right now D．So far
A．age B．day C．era D．office
A．improve B．control C．exchange D．accept
A．certain B．amusing C．precious D．relaxing
A．photo taking B．job hunting C．decision making D．waittraining