I recently returned from a trip to Walt Disney World where my wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. While traveling ____ at 35,000 feet I could not help but be grateful to the people who __
__ to the incredible flying machine. Looking out of the __
__ , I could see a wide expanse of both earth and sky where limits were not seen in direction or space.
Rivers, valleys, mountains, and colors entered my mind ____ I sat and gazed at a scene that most passengers missed as they either slept or __
__ what was beside them. What if they __
__ being unaware of the world around them? What if they began to gather with focused intent to make a better world, to change the air, and to find __
__ among nations? I saw out of my window nothing that __
_ conflict or strife(斗争). __
__ I saw was a world, a beautiful blue and white world, which surpassed the beauty of my wildest __
__.
I ____ the plane and saw few people take the time to look and see that wonder. Some were reading worrisome news while __
__ tended to their children. The stewardess(空中小姐) went about her duties in a(n) __
__ kind of way. “What would you like to drink?” “What kind of snack would you like?” was her world.
What if we ___ just one minute to focus on the __
of this world and its people? What if we began to remove the walls that separate us __
each other and the outside world? What if peace was the focus of our __
for just that small amount of time? Would our world change? I feel the __
are found in the questions themselves. Why not begin to use focused intent to change, and __
the world of our dreams? It will __
only a few minutes each day. What a difference that would make!
A.over B.back C.through D.abroad
A.referred B.pointed C.used D.contributed
A.door B.window C.seat D.glass
A.before B.since C.as D.though
A.ignored B.appreciated C.valued D.realised
A.refused B.continued C.stopped D.risked
A.conflict B.fault C.peace D.wonder
A.read B.suggested C.said D.created
A. How B. What C. Which D. That
A.imagination B.expression C.mind D.confusion
A.took up B.turned up C.went though D.looked around
A.another B.others C.the other D.the others
A.different B.automatic C.common D.unusual
A.set aside B.set off C.set about D.take off
A.kindness B.wildness C.beauty D.politeness
A.off B.between C.with D.from
A.desire B.thought C.attention D.dream
A.answers B.problems C.ways D.changes
A.increase B.improve C.renew D.control
A.cost B.spend C.kill D.take
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish was , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of unconsumed(没吃光的) food left. When we were the restaurant, we someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were about us wasting so much food.
“We for our food; it is none of your how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry and one of them made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro . The officer told us in a stern(严厉的) voice, “Order you can consume. Money is yours, the resources belong to the society. You have no wasting them.” Our faces turned red. We all agreed with him in our colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all it to remind us that we should never be .
A.restaurant B.company C.family D.bank
A.cooked B.served C.gathered D.missed
A.desert B.refuse C.oppose D.finish
A.kept B.sold C.ordered D.made
A.save B.spend C.divide D.find
A.reaching B.passing C.leaving D.seeing
A.appointed B.knew C.realized D.heard
A.curious B.unhappy C.nervous D.optimistic
A.paid B.asked C.applied D.accounted
A.business B.matter C.mind D.question
A.excitedly B.immediately C.passively D.regularly
A.rags B.fashion C.uniform D.dream
A.award B.fine C.food D.souvenir
A.how B.what C.it D.that
A.or B.but C.and D.so
A.ability B.problem C.power D.reason
A.words B.faces C.hearts D.ears
A.accused B.apologized C.admitted D.approved
A.stuck B.threw C.broke D.kept
A.hopeful B.grateful C.wasteful D.merciful
It is nice to know what the weather will be like when we plan a trip. Do you know anything about the history of weather? Don’t look at the sky. Don’t look for old weather reports. Looking at the tree rings is more important. Correct weather reports date back only one century, but some trees can provide an exact record of weather even further back.
It is natural that a tree would grow best in a climate with plenty of sunlight and rainfall. It is also expected that little sunlight or rainfall would reduce the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable to an unfavorable climate can be found out by the reading pattern of rings in a tree trunk. To find out the weather of ten years ago, you can count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the other rings, then it is certain that plenty of sunny and rainy weather occurred. If the rings are close together, then the climate was bad for the tree.
Studying trees is important not only for the history of weather, but also for the history of man. In an area of New Mexico you can find only sand — no trees or people. However, many centuries ago a large population lived there. They left suddenly. Why?
A scientist studied the pattern of the rings of dead trees that had grown there. He made up his mind that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees. Trees were necessary to make fires and buildings. So, after the people destroyed the trees, they had to move.
In this example studying tree rings uncovered an exciting fact about the history of man.
We can find out the weather of five years ago by counting the rings of a tree trunk ____.
A.from the left to the right B.from the right to the left C.from the inside to the outside D.from the outside to the inside
A.bad B.sunny C.favorable D.rainy
A.why the people had to leave B.where the people had to go C.what the people had to eat D.how the people left
A.trees provided an exact record of weather for research B.trees could supply them with fruit and food to live on C.trees could supply them with shades D.trees were materials for fires and buildings
A.trees can’t live in the area without population B.that studying trees is important for the history of man and weather. C.what the real relation is between tree rings and the history of man and weather D.the history of man is important for the history of trees
Have you ever gone hungry? I did after a day of hard work. When I woke next morning, I was dying of ___. I seemed to have a hole instead of a ___. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! __, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better ____ there than in any other hotel; and that was ___ I wanted just then.
The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared carefully for what I must . I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure ____the English for “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.
The waiter asked me I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left . When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little , but you can never what a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought___ tray with some bacon and some eggs. He__ have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language , so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.
Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way back slowly - at least five pounds . I never believed until then that any meal could me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).
A.hunger B.cold C.anger D.illness
A.stone B.head C.breast D.stomach
A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.So D.However
A.received B.fed C.cared D.eating
A.what B.just C.that D.why
A.English B.meal C.questions D.myself
A.say B.answer C.speak D.explain
A.that B.about C.of D.to
A.pronunciation B.meaning C.form D.spelling
A.something B.whether C.when D.what
A.surprised B.friendly C.puzzled D.touched
A.unbelievable B.true C.thought D.a pity
A.waved B.shook C.bowed D.patted
A.much B.a little C.nothing D.empty
A.pleasure B.surprise C.pride D.satisfaction
A.read B.look C.see D.think
A.other B.another C.more D.me
A.should B.might C.would D.must
A.lighter B.heavier C.weightier D.more
A.hurt B.fat C.defeat D.please
People on a college campus were more likely to give money to the March of Dimes if they were asked for a donation by a disabled woman in a wheelchair than if asked by a nondisabled woman. In another , subway riders in New York saw a man carrying a stick stumble(绊脚) and fall to the floor. Sometimes the victim had a large red birthmark on his ; sometimes he did not. In this situation, the victim was more likely to aid if his face was spotless than if he had an unattractive birthmark. In these and other research findings, two themes are : we are more willing to help people we like for some reason and people we think assistance.
In some situations, those who are physically attractive are more likely to receive aid. , in a field study researchers placed a completed application to graduate school in a telephone box at the airport. The application was ready to be , but had apparently been "lost". The photo attached to the application was sometimes that of a very person and sometimes that of a less attractive person. The measure of helping was whether the individual who found the envelope actually mailed it or not. Results showed that people were more likely to the application if the person in the photo was physically attractive.
The degree of between the potential helper and the person in need is also important. For example, people are more likely to help a stranger who is from the same country rather than a foreigner. In one study, shoppers on a busy street in Scotland were more likely to help a person wearing a(n) T-shirt than a person wearing a T-shirt printed with offensive words.
Whether a person receives help depends in part on the "worth" of the case. For example, shoppers in a supermarket were more likely to give someone. to buy milk rather than to buy cookies, probably because milk is thought more essential for than cookies. Passengers on a New York subway were more likely to help a man who fell to the ground if he appeared to be rather than drunk.
A.study B.way C.word D.college
A.hand B.arm C.face D.back
A.refuse B.beg C.lose D.receive
A.challenging B.recording C.understanding D.publishing
A.important B.possible C.amusing D.missing
A.seek B.deserve C.obtain D.accept
A.At first B.Above all C.In addition D.For example
A.printed B.mailed C.rewritten D.signed
A.talented B.good-looking C.helpful D.hard-working
A.send in B.throw away C.fill out D.turn down
A.similarity B.friendship C.cooperation D.contact
A.expensive B.plain C.cheap D.strange
A.time B.instructions C.money D.chances
A.shoppers B.research C.children D.health
A.talkative B.handsome C.calm D.sick
When I settled in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a1problem and had to go to hospital for a2examination.
It seemed a small3compared to the one I was about to face ,but things started to go4right from the beginning.Not having a car or5the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B.6I'd left myself plenty of time, soon it was7I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the8direction.
I9the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a10, who was trying to get past me11, instead of moving on,she stopped to ask if I was12. After I explained my13to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, where a bus would take me back into the city to my14. Sitting there waiting, I felt15that someone had been willing to help.16, hearing a horn (喇叭) nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend17at me to get in. She had returned to offer me a18to the hospital.
Such unexpected19from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose20, for all things are possible.
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