What does peace mean to you? A place without noise, trouble, or hard work? There once was a king who a prize to the artist who would the best picture of peace. Many artists .The king looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really and had to choose between them.
One picture was of a lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky soft white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of .
The other picture had too. But these were uneven and bare. Above was an angry sky in which played and from which rain fell. the side of the mountain ran a foaming waterfall. This didn’t look at all. But when the king looked carefully, he saw the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the middle of the of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest—perfect peace.
picture do you think won the prize?
The King chose the second picture. Do you know ? “Because peace does not being in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.” the King. “Peace means being in the of all those things and still be calm in your .That is the real meaning of peace.”
A．held B．set C．sent D．offered
A．sell B．paint C．find D．choose
A．worked B．failed C．believed D．tried
A．understood B．wanted C．kept D．liked
A．full B．good C．calm D．round
A．with B．in C．around D．of
A．peace B．nature C．arts D．lakes
A．lakes B．mountains C．sky D．trees
A．birds B．storm C．lightening D．clouds
A．on B．Down C．Through D．Beside
A．attractive B．peaceful C．still D．natural
A．under B．below C．above D．behind
A．waterfall B．bush C．crack D．rock
A．rush B．noise C．trouble D．place
A．why B．Whose C．Whatever D．Which
A．why B．how C．where D．what
A．enjoy B．need C．mean D．require
A．decided B．explained C．thought D．wrote
A．middle B．way C．front D．place
A．head B．brain C．heart D．body
Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to36 it well. He often receives the customers(顾客) 37 and people like to buy 38 in his shop.
It was a cold day and39 people would go out to do some _40_. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s_41_, came to the shop. He knew the man was_42_ his miserliness (吝啬). But he tried to persuade (说服) him to buy a watch in his shop.
“You’d better buy a watch for43 _, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be _44_ to you whenever.”
“No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll _45_need any watches.”
“But how do you know when it’s time to _46_?”
“The people who live around me always _47_ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer(播音员) say, “ The time is seven o’clock.. Here is the news.”
“But you don’t know when to go to work.”
“That’s _48_,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to _49_ and shave（刮脸）. I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and _50_ working.”
“When do you _51_ your office, then?”
“There’s a _52_ near it, its siren(汽笛) can tell me the right time.”
“How do you know the time if you _53_ in the middle of the night?”
“I always put a stick by my bed”
“But a stick can’t tell you the time”
“You’re _54_. But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always _55_, “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”
A. watchB. manageC. buildD repair
A．coldly B．luckily C．simply D．warmly
A．many B．most C．plenty of D．few
A．work B．reading C．shopping D．fishing
A．neighbors B．friends C．classmates D．workmates
A．good at B．famous for C．proud of D．fond of
A．you B．me C．yourself D．myself
A．helpful B．helpless C．necessary D．important
A．always B．sometimes C．never D．often
A．get up B．go to bed C．go to work D．have breakfast
A．show B．turn on C．turn off D．sell out
A．easy B．possible C．different D．probable
A．cook B．wash C．tidy D．rest
A．finish B．enjoy C．keep D．start
A．clean B．leave C．go to D．find
A．railway station B．post office C．university D．factory
A．sit up B．wake up C．stand up D．get up
A．clever B．right C．wrong D．foolish
A．shout B．wonder C．laugh D．request
It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's 36 heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was 37 him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, 38 several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch (沟渠) filled with water.
Luckily, both the mother and son were39 seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but 40 . As water came through broken windows in the car, he41 unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the42 window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the43 to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to44 her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon45 .
His mother later recalled her experience of the 46 . Being unable to move or even 47 to offer instructions (指导) or encouragement to her son, she was 48 by her little son's action. She recalled 49 her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”
It seemed 50 that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favourite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that 51 , when everyone else had 52 hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had53 and took action. Obviously this book had left a 54 impression before the accident that rainy 55 and motivated (激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.
A．snowing B．smoking C．raining D．blowing
A．ordering B．flying C．pushing D．driving
A．moved B．fell C．rolled D．stopped
A．wearing B．watching C．making D．missing
A．afraid B．dead C．tired D．unhurt
A．nearly B．carefully C．quickly D．happily
A．student B．worker C．family D．passenger
A．box B．room C．car D．ditch
A．respect B．free C．recognize D．introduce
A．accepted B．rescued C．welcomed D．fed
A．travel B．experiment C．accident D．fire
A．speak B．sleep C．listen D．look
A．excited B．amazed C．wounded D．frightened
A．seeing B．hearing C．smelling D．feeling
A．clear B．sorry C．useful D．necessary
A．poem B．notice C．story D．dream
A．realized B．waken C．kept up D．given up
A．courage B．food C．space D．time
A．bad B．deep C．false D．general
A．afternoon B．night C．morning D．evening
Tuesday the twelfth was my birthday. I 16a day of cake and presents 17__ it turned into a day of mystery(神秘). Someone sent a bottle with a letter and a treasure map 18 . It said there was a treasure of over 20 million dollars. I didn’t know if it was a trick(恶作剧) or if I should 19 it. If it was 20 , it would be the best present I had ever got. I decided to 21 . Two of my friends came and we rented a truck. 22 , I thought about turning back twice during this trip, but I didn’t think it was a23 decision for me to make. I 24 to give this trip twice the effort(努力) I had been putting in. This would take all my trust in order for me to find the 25 .
“The map says you have to turn when you see a large stone with a red circle,” said one of them.
“What do we do after the turn?” I asked 26 .
“It says we should see a tree. We are 27 to turn 20 meters north of it and dig.
We got there and dug. We had 28 at first digging but we got better and worked very 29 . My trousers were dirty but I kept digging 30 I hit something. It was a large metal box. We 31 the lock and looked inside. There was a letter. It read:
“The lesson you have learned will be very 32 . If you put as much 33in anything you do as you did in finding the 34 , you will have found the key to making over 20 million dollars.”
This was a trick from my parents. I thought I would never forget this 35 birthday present.
A．expected B．accepted C．passed D．planned
A．or B．but C．and D．so
A．above B．away C．inside D．nearby
A．trust B．forget C．refuse D．share
A．common B．easy C．interesting D．real
A．choose B．try C．ask D．think
A．Luckily B．Finally C．Probably D．Actually
A．wise B．big C．different D．quick
A．hated B．failed C．needed D．remembered
A．pleasure B．truth C．help D．aim
A．gratefully B．sadly C．angrily D．seriously
A．allowed B．required C．forced D．encouraged
A．training B．experience C．trouble D．fun
A．quickly B．badly C．tiredly D．carefully
A．since B．if C．because D．until
A．repaired B．opened C．changed D．cleaned
A．valuable B．necessary C．satisfying D．painful
A．time B．money C．health D．energy
A．bottle B．map C．letter D．tree
A．pretty B．perfect C．special D．expensive
One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be 36 for the night, “I’m very sorry,” the clerk on night shift said politely, “we are all 37 tonight. 38 ,you could stay in my room if you don’t mind. I’m39 ,so I’ll be here.” The young man gave the sincere advice.
The elderly couple accepted his 40 with gratitude. They apologized for the 41 they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it 42 . When the old gentleman went to pay his bill, the same clerk said, “The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper 43 room in this hotel, so you don’t need to pay.”
The old gentleman nodded in 44 : “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would dream of . Perhaps someday I’ll build a hotel for you.” The clerk was 45 but, deciding that the guest must have been46 , he gave the remark 47 thought.
Two years later, the young man received a letter from the old gentleman, in which he 48 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also 49 a formal invitation, asking that young man to pay a visit.
At a street corner in Manhattan, the young man met his 50 guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a magnificent new building 51 over the crossroads, “Look, that is the hotel I 52 to build for you. I hope you will 53 it for me .Remember what I said then? Well, I was 54 about it.”
The young man stammered, “But…will there be any 55 , sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”
“My name is William Aster.” This building was none other than the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a symbol of supreme status and honor in New York.
A．put up B．put away C．stay up D．set up
A．preserved B．conserved C．booked D．occupied
A．Meanwhile B．Moreover C．Otherwise D．However
A．on duty B．on display C．on stage D．on hand
A．service B．view C．offer D．invitation
A．Instruction B．consideration C．Inconvenience D．interruption
A．cleared away B．picked out C．cleaned up D．cleared up
A．living B．double C．admirable D．luxury
A．appreciation B．admiration C．surprise D．excitement
A．excited B．skeptical C．annoyed D．respectful
A．lacking B．covering C．joking D．cheating
A．not more B．no more C．some D．another
A．described B．stated C．recited D．recalled
A．swapped B．included C．attached D．added
A．former B．original C．formal D．primitive
A．displaying B．towering C．flying D．hovering
A．determined B．promised C．tended D．intended
A．get B．keep C．manage D．make
A．sensitive B．concerned C．curious D．serious
A．Scene B．situation C．condition D．Occasion
I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends, who were ___36___ waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.
There was a young boy sitting quietly in the ___37___ . He held a small box of ___38___ in one hand and a tablet(写字板) in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost ___39___ . And there was a strange silence.
"Daddy, when is Mommy going home?" the young boy asked, breaking the ___40___.
"Tomorrow." his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and ___41___ something on the tablet.
I ___42___ him as he moved his feet back and forth, looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine-filled window. "When's ___43___, Daddy?" he asked. His father ___44___ him over to sit by him. "Come, ___45___ here next to me," he said with a gentle tone in his voice.
___46___ his things, the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner.The man ___47___ out and held his son by his shoulder.
"There are three days in life. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done, one we live in, the other we ___48___ . We can't live in yesterday, but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow," he said in an attempt to ___49___ the boy.
The little boy looked at him for a moment and said, "If Mommy is going home tomorrow, I'll be ___50___. So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy."
Now hanging on every word of this ___51___ , I leaned forward to hear his response. It was ___52___.
"Son, the one great thing about today is once it ___53___, it is already almost tomorrow."
I thought about how ___54___ it was. Even in my adult life, I still live waiting for what tomorrow may ___55___. Now I know that it is already "almost tomorrow".
A．eagerly B．patiently C．happily D．curiously
A．chair B．corner C．distance D．shadow
A．gifts B．toys C．chalks D．crayons
A．dark B．full C．empty D．clean
A．promise B．rule C．record D．silence
A．wrote B．drew C．printed D．carved
A．followed B．found C．watched D．caught
A．today B．yesterday C．future D．tomorrow
A．knocked B．ordered C．called D．pulled
A．stand B．sit C．lie D．sleep
A．gathering B．forgetting C．saving D．choosing
A．got B．took C．set D．reached
A．spend B．waste C．kill D．expect
A．frighten B．satisfy C．persuade D．warn
A．happier B．calmer C．smarter D．sadder
A．story B．argument C．conversation D．discussion
A．humorous B．silly C．positive D．perfect
A．ends B．starts C．passes D．lasts
A．meaningful B．important C．interesting D．fantastic
A．happen B．come C．bring D．need