Longhands was the son of a pirate (海盗), the grandson of a pirate, and the great grandson of a pirate. Actually, he hadn’t yet stolen anything, nor attacked any ______; but his whole family were sure that he’d ______ to be a very good pirate.
But the idea of spending his life robbing people ______ didn’t excite young Longhands. When he was a toddler, one of his cousins ______ one of his favorite toys, and it made him really sad. He knew robbing would make people ______.
While he was growing up, Longhands ______ terribly that some day his real pirate personality would suddenly ______, and send him down the path of robbing. Every morning, when he ______, he looked in the mirror to see if the ______ change had yet occurred. But every morning he had the same pleasant sort of ______ he had had the day before.
As time went on, it became clear to everyone that Longhands wasn’t a pirate; but the family ______ was so long that no one was bold (胆大的) enough to come out and ______ it. “It’s just that he’s a ______ pirate,” they would say. And they would have kept saying it ______ Longhands had studied medicine and started to ______ the sick. However, Longhands was still worried about turning into a pirate, and he ______ looking into the mirror each morning.
One day, though, seeing that he was now a(n) ______ man, he realized that neither himself, nor ______, was ever forced to be a pirate. Everyone could do whatever they chose with their ______!
And, having chosen his own life and his own path, Longhands felt ______ happy that he never chose to be a pirate.
A．businessman B．bank C．family D．ship
A．turn around B．turn out C．stay away D．watch out
A．unluckily B．slowly C．certainly D．hardly
A．destroyed B．bought C．examined D．replaced
A．fail B．die C．change D．suffer
A．imagined B．remembered C．worried D．doubted
A．break B．appear C．move D．go
A．looked up B．showed up C．woke up D．sat down
A．normal B．necessary C．surprising D．horrible
A．fear B．face C．clothes D．dreams
A．tradition B．hope C．tree D．communication
A．repeat B．destroy C．notice D．say
A．good B．new C．funny D．stupid
A．if only B．in case C．even if D．so that
A．laugh at B．care for C．go through D．look after
A．avoid B．considered C．began D．continued
A．handsome B．honest C．old D．strange
A．anybody B．everybody C．somebody D．nobody
A．experiences B．desires C．wishes D．lives
A．slightly B．deeply C．partly D．commonly
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.
When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son 36 up at me and said,“I love you.”I didn't know what to say. For several 37 all I could do was to 38 there and looked down at him.My first thought was that he must need 39 with his homework or he was trying to 40 me for some news.
Finally I asked,“What was that all about?”
“Nothing,”he said.“My teacher said we should 41 our parents that we love them and see what they say.It is 42 .”
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment”and how the other parents had 43
“Most of the fathers had the 44 reacting（反应）as you did ,”the teacher said.“When I first 45we try this , I asked the children what they thought their parents would say . Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.“The 46 is,”the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of 47.It is something all people 48 .What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too 49 we don't all express those feelings.A boy should be 50 to tell his dad he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man , understands how 51 it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening ,I held on to(抱着)him for 52 second.And just before he 53 away, I said in my deepest, most manly(男子气慨)voice,“Hey, I love you ,too.”
I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good(感觉很好)，Maybe next time one of my children said“I love you”，it wouldn't take me a whole 54 to think of the right 55 .
A．watched B．observed C．looked D．noticed
A．weeks B．days C．hours D．seconds
A．stand B．sit C．see D．play
A．rest B．time C．help D．paper
A．report B．prepare C．answer D．excuse
A．help B．tell C．ask D．make
A．a matter B．an experiment C．a word D．a sentence
A．said B．reacted（反应） C．done D．explained
A．same B．different C．usual D．common
A．suggested B．agreed C．allowed D．planned
A．point B．idea C．way D．cause
A．boy B．health C．life D．study
A．have B．know C．take D．require
A．bad B．good C．late D．early
A．fit B．ready C．worth D．able
A．easy B．much C．often D．difficult
A．a more B．a full C．an exact D．an extra
A．pulled B．ran C．walked D．escaped
A．day B．week C．afternoon D．morning
A．answer B．key C．reason D．experiment
I lay there buried alive under our house when the bomb hit our city. The great 21 started by the bomb came nearer and nearer to us as workers tried to22 us. “Hurry!” they cried to one another as the flames (火焰) came nearer. At last they reached us and 23 me and my mother out from under everything 24 the flames reached us.
Later, as I thought of the pilot of the plane that 25 the bomb on our city, I cried, “I hate him. I hate him.” The people with marked faces from the 26 of the bomb made me cry, “I hate him.” I saw people suffering (遭受) a terrible, 27 death. Again and again I cried as I saw these people, “I hate him!”
Some time later, that man appeared in a meeting I 28 .As I looked at him, I 29 him very much. Then I listened to what he told us of his 30 the day when he dropped the bomb on our city. I heard him say, “When I flew over the city 31 we dropped the bomb, I cried, ‘Oh, God, what have I 32’.” I could see that he found it 33 to speak of that day.
As this happened I suddenly 34 my hatred (仇恨) of him was 35 . It only made me unhappy also. As I did this, it was as if a heavy load (负担) 36 my shoulders. Then I decided to 37 him. I did so and my life was 38 .
I now help those who suffer from 39 other people. I try to help them to 40 everyone, as I am now able to do.
A．sound B．heat C．fire D．light
A．call B．reach C．find D．help
A．put B．sent C．pulled D．brought
A．after B．as C．when D．before
A．made B．dropped C．attacked D．set
A．noise B．energy C．effect D．power
A．slow B．serious C．sad D．hard
A．joined B．took C．attended D．gave
A．hated B．feared C．honored D．believed
A．activity B．idea C．experience D．opinion
A．when B．after C．as D．before
A．got B．heard C．done D．seen
A．difficult B．easy C．useless D．proud
A．imagined B．realized C．knew D．thought
A．right B．funny C．necessary D．wrong
A．took away B．took off C．fell off D．fell on
A．forgive(原谅) B．kill C．defeat D．accept
A．balanced B．changed C．continued D．ruined
A．punishing B．hurting C．disliking D．hating
A．respect B．love C．consider D．move
One day around 5:30 pm, I was going home on a bus and everybody on the bus was quiet. People had just36 from work, students had just finished their 37 class and everybody was a little 38 from a long day. I was just looking outside of the 39 without any specific（具体的）thought in my mind. It was the same40 I have seen many times before, people hurrying home.
In front of me, there was a guy who didn’t look very clean. 41 he was looking out of the window, he suddenly 42 to me and pointed at something outside. “Hey, look! ”He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the 43 he was pointing in and there it was the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful 44 . He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He 45 “Wow” and “It’s so beautiful” again and again. Everybody on the bus 46 the view indeed.
The 47 view also helped me to 48 my long tiring day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more 49 , I was so inspired to see that this man wanted to 50 the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, totally strangers. His 51 act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn’t even know I had lost. He made me 52 that I had lost the feelings and the 53 I used to have every day. In my daily life, many things had 54 their color and movement, but he 55 me that things are still there—they never get lost.
A. given up B. got off C. gone on D stopped by
A． morning B． important C． last D． boring
A． excited B． tired C． puzzled D． disappointed
A． window B． classroom C． mountain D．city
A． bus B． guy C． trouble D． view
A． If B． So C． As D． But
A． adapted B． attended C． turned D． adjust
A． finger B． object C． direction D． sky
A． sunset B． memory C． tree D． sunrise
A． wrote B． discussed C． followed D． repeated
A． enjoyed B． proved C． described D． recorded
A． amazing B． full C． same D． simple
A． save B． hate C． challenge D． end
A． naturally B． honestly C． beautifully D． importantly
A． share B． compare C． remember D． praise
A． final B． kind C． violent D． hard
A． agree B． decide C． realize D． fear
A．excitement B． friends C． chances D．hope
A． used B． increased C． showed D． lost
A． advised B． reminded C． promised D． told
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources（资源） seemed to be 26 .
Today things are 27 , the world has become too 28 . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are 29 our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not 30 .
Everyone 31 today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing 32 , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, 33 will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we 34 to use bigger and more powerful machines to 35 more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. ___36, in most countries wastes are 37 put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 38 laws to stop this. We know, too, that if the 39 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough food. What can we do to 40 these problems ?
If we eat more vegetables and less 41 , there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops 42 five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will 43 longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 44 .
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner45 in the future.
A．beautiful B．unlimited C．rare D．valuable
A．common B．the same C．changeable D．different
A．crowded B．small C．dirty D．busy
A．protecting B．saving C．polluting D．fighting
A．breathe B．survive C．drink D．move
A．wonders B．realizes C．considers D．discovers
A．poles B．boats C．methods D．ideas
A．mountains B．the sea C．trees D．forests
A．continue B．stop C．keep D．go on
A．grow B．plant C．save D．cut down
A．Thus B．However C．But D．Therefore
A．still B．even C．also D．certainly
A．too many B．a few C．some D．few
A．production B．pollution C．population D．pronunciation
A．work B．deal C．solve D．serve
A．fruit B．meat C．fish D．grain
A．feeds B．increases C．supplies D．helps
A．use B．stay C．keep D．last
A．control B．born C．plan D．reward
A．nature B．sea C．planet D．forest
Wings of Angel
I used to hate myself because I wasn't "normal". Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not 36 . I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much 37 than others. I hated going to school and I hated others 38 at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing 39 and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the 40 and seeing an ugly hunchback(驼背).
My friends found me 41 because I didn't let other get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life 42 Angela appeared.
That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would 43 me. That's when I first heard your voice. "Hi. Can I sit down?"
I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face. "What are you looking at?" you asked. "Ants." "What are they doing?" "No 44 ." "I bet they're playing games and make friends. Don't you think so?" That was how our 45 started and it didn't stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)—until it was sunset. Then suddenly, you saw my 46 . She just stared. My heart 47 . What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would 48 me now. She stood up, pointed at my back and said, "I know 49your back is hunched." I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be 50 . I begged in my heart for her to 51 , but she just kept on going. "I know what you've got there. Do you?" "No," I answered 52 . She bent and whispered in my ears. "Your back is bunched because you've got a pair of wings from the angels."I was 53 . I looked into her eyes and her 54 touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to 55 myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind_hearted friend.
A．them B．it C．me D．her
A．sadder B．shorter C．weaker D．slower
A．looking B．smiling C．aiming D．glaring
A．still B．alone C．straight D．together
A．street B．sun C．corner D．mirror
A．distant B．stubborn C．hopeless D．unfortunate
A．after B．before C．since D．until
A．disturb B．seek C．interrupt D．ignore
A．wonder B．idea C．sign D．action
A．connection B．competition C．conversation D．comprehension
A．face B．back C．eyes D．shoulders
A．sank B．beat C．broke D．ached
A．care for B．rely on C．look down upon D．put up with
A．that B．how C．whether D．why
A．accused B．arrested C．punished D．sentenced
A．relax B．leave C．stop D．pause
A．shyly B．weakly C．proudly D．firmly
A．astonished B．ashamed C．annoyed D．amused
A．wisdom B．generosity C．honesty D．kindness
A．control B．like C．comfort D．enjoy