Over years, I've been teaching kids about a simple but powerful concept-the ant philosophy(哲学)．They have an amazing four-part philosophy．First, ants never ．If they're headed somewhere and you try to stop them, they'll look for another ．Second, ants think about winter and summer．That’s an important You can't be so naïve(幼稚的)as to think summer will last forever．So ants are gathering in their winter in the middle of summer．Think ahead．The third part is that ants think summer all winter．During the winter, they themselves, "This won't last long; we'll soon be out of here．" They can't to get out．Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it can．What a great philosophy to have—the ant philosophy: never give up, look ahead, stay and do all you can．
A．escape B．return C．quit D．advance
A．ant B．way C．war D．cave
A．attitude B．plan C．opinion D．policy
A．straw B．fruit C．clothing D．food
A．remind B．warn C．enjoy D．teach
A．expect B．offer C．wait D．manage
A．recently B．possibly C．largely D．generally
A．considerate B．active C．energetic D．positive
Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep 1 . She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her 2 to a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 3 other old folk like her, by talking with them, she 4 two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5 . But old people also had some 6 . She found a new purpose for herself then.
Through the years, she 7 to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 8 : Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus”, which was about 9 old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being 10 . Anna Douglas uses her11 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 12 problems begin. For example, one of her 13 said that his grandchildren 14 the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas 15 some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
A．free B．rich C．powerful D．busy
A．services B．money C．students D．books
A．observed B．met C．comforted D．answered
A．enjoyed B．followed C．recognized D．demanded
A．studied B．agreed C．gave D．used
A．mistakes B．problems C．questions D．characters
A．had B．ought C．was D．used
A．subject B．life C．way D．plan
A．getting B．respecting C．employing D．supporting
A．unknown B．refused C．misunderstood D．discouraged
A．thinking B．working C．reading D．leading
A．that B．when C．whether D．why
A．visitors B．readers C．listeners D．friends
A．got B．entered C．left D．passed
A．suggested B．chose C．invented D．imagined
The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he’s been gone for 17 years, his 21 still resonate（产生共鸣）. He taught me how to run my own race in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to 22 .
One incident is 23in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t very fond of a so-called friend of 24 . Dad was a very generous man, and as he’d done with so many people, he’d given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor 25 , the guy didn’t deliver.
Dad’s outlook（人生观）on most things was “Live and let live.” In this case, however, his calmness 26 Terre and me, and we let him know it.
“How can you be nice to that man?” we said to him. “You’ve been so kind to him, and he’s not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?”
My father shrugged（耸肩）and said to us, “I do not bend my back with 27 . ”
I didn’t get it at first, but over the years I came to understand the 28 . Holding a grudge（怨恨）doesn’t 29 the person you’re angry with, but it changes you. It makes you heavier and gives you more weight to drag around.
After my father died in 1991, a (n) 30 came from a fellow I’d had a quarrel with years before to 31 his sympathy. He wrote: “I thought I’d tell you how sorry I am 32 the loss of your father. I know he 33 the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. ”
Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his 34 . And then, because he’d 35
our disagreement, I recalled Dad’s inspiring words. “I am my father’s daughter,” I wrote. “And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday.”
A．lectures B．suggestions C．lessons D．pictures
A．forgive B．persuade C．forget D．excuse
A．vital B．obvious C．visual D．vivid
A．sister’s B．mine C．father's D．mother’s
A．in return B．in turn C．by return D．by turn
A．relaxed B．moved C．interrupted D．bothered
A．anger B．disappointment C．worry D．yesterday
A．reason B．word C．philosophy D．sentence
A．change B．hurt C．upset D．disturb
A．news B．letter C．message D．information
A．explain B．express C．produce D．present
A．in B．with C．about D．at
A．showed B．represented C．equaled D．meant
A．kindness B．sympathy C．understanding D．consideration
A．referred B．mentioned C．reminded D．retold
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It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 1in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We’ve called for a (n) 2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.”
Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 3 .
The doctor described the accident, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they 4 the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed (喷洒) too much gasoline (petrol). The flames 5 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to his head.
6 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in 7 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars (伤疤). So, he had to return to college with scars.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 8 scar on her arm. “Ann, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It doesn’t mean they won’t 9 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I 10 this wisdom (智慧) on to my son. He took my advice to 11 and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not matter, so he made the 12 to give up any plastic surgery (外科手术).
We all have “scars” that 13 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 14 standards(标准). Put your imperfections out of your 15 and concentrate (集中) on what you value within yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
A．brought B．given C．turned D．shown
A．doctor B．hospital C．helicopter D．ambulance
A．serious B．terrible C．dangerous D．important
A．got B．lit C．burned D．moved
A．took B．held C．caught D．attracted
A．Personally B．Technically C．Sadly D．Fortunately
A．shape B．place C．fact D．time
A．nervous B．formal C．obvious D．amusing
A．admit B．notice C．hate D．hide
A．passed B．kept C．handed D．sent
A．life B．heart C．consideration D．practice
A．mistake B．survey C．decision D．instruction
A．invite B．cause C．allow D．impress
A．false B．strict C．similar D．amusing
A．head B．heart C．sight D．mind
Once I went to a railway station near New York. I 36 to take the night train there. 37 of people were pushing into the 38 train. I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in a sleeping car, 39 he said sharply, “No, you can’t. The train is full. Don’t 40 me any more.”
I was very 41 indeed. I said to the friend who was with me, “ he talked to me like this 42 he doesn’t know that I am a famous writer. If he knew…But before I could 43 my sentence my friend said, “Don’t be 44 . How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no 45 seats on the train.” I was 46 he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain. But all he said, “I told you not to trouble me any more.”
Just then I 47 a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me, He whispered something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very 48 , “ Can I help you, sir?” “ I 49 do.” I answered.
The porter took out boxes and we got on to the train. When the porter saw we were comfortably 50 in our places, he said, “Now. Is there anything you want, sir? Because you can have whatever you 51 .”
After the porter had gone, my friend looked 52 . He said. “I am 53 sorry I said those things to you just now…” Just then the porter came again and said. “ Oh. Sir, I 54 you immediately”. “Really?” I said happily, “of course”, he said. “I recognized you the 55 I saw you and told the conductor that you are Mr Smith, the mayor of New York City.”
A．managed B．failed C．used D．happened
A．Some B．Most C．Crowds D．Many
A．night B．busy C．full D．leaving
A．but B．and C．though D．where
A．ask B．trouble C．follow D．strike
A．nervous B．uneasy C．hurt D．busy
A．as if B．since C．suppose D．because
A．complete B．continue C．make D．speak
A．upset B．sad C．foolish D．discouraged
A．more B．enough C．our D．empty
A．wondering B．sure C．told D．thinking
A．met B．noticed C．remembered D．knew
A．loudly B．calmly C．politely D．slowly
A．can B．shall C．certainly D．must
A．seating B．settled C．sleeping D．drinking
A．take B．bring C．like D．buy
A．surprised B．ashamed C．sorrowful D．anxious
A．awfully B．much C．more D．too much
A．admired B．realized C．recognized D．respected
A．moments B．while C．minute D．soon
I decided not to bring in home any other things with the words Made in China on a dark Monday, two days after last Christmas, though I still keep some in my house.
At work my boss, Mr. White, points out that I am ___36__ myself if I think I have been __37_____ Chinese products, in spite of the obvious facts in daily life.
“Chinese ___38___ are everywhere,” he says, “You can’t avoid those, no matter how hard you try, it is impossible.”
That is the __39____, which I have been considering for months, since I have kept the American car with the Chinese ___40__ in it. This week I was __41___ again of the difficulty of avoiding China when I bought earrings from a local artist. I was feeling pleased with myself ___42_____ I got home and noticed the gift box made in China.
My boss continues, “You know what you are doing? You are ___43__ your dependence on China, not __44___ it,” he says, “You are just cheating yourself.”
The boss, a frequent complainer, doesn’t slow down when I ___45___ to stop him to ___46___ that I am writing a __47____ of stories on the boycott for the business magazine.
“Maybe you can ___48____ it a year without Chinese products, ___49_____ sooner or later you will even ___50___ Chinese dishes,” the nice boss says, “There is no getting around it.”
I ____51____ at him as he turns to leave, quite ___52____.
“Thanks for your support,” I say to his ___53____.
The year is nearly half over. I can ___54_____without them. ___55___, it is a little inconvenient to live without a DVD player, a DV camera or a printer made in China. But a better question might be: How hard could it be to live without Made in China with the whole family?
A．fooling B．persuading C．beating D．enjoying
A．keeping B．accepting C．avoiding D．admitting
A．advertising B．items C．materials D．business
A．story B．plan C．suggestion D．point
A．parts B．engines C．wheels D．goods
A．asked B．reminded C．troubled D．puzzled
A．as B．when C．since D．until
A．delaying B．losing C．catching D．lacking
A．escaping B．obeying C．objecting D．hating
A．mean B．manage C．try D．intend
A．describe B．suggest C．declare D．state
A．copy B．book C．set D．series
A．do B．get C．make D．have
A．but B．or C．and D．for
A．wash B．break C．serve D．enjoy
A．laugh B．glance C．nod D．stare
A．annoyed B．surprised C．delighted D．satisfied
A．honor B．back C．kindness D．face
A．work B．rescue C．survive D．stay
A．Finally B．Honestly C．Generally D．Directly