The 48-year-old American music teacher Amy Coplan took a trip to the Amazon jungle(亚马逊丛林) hoping to see animals. What she discovered was more valuable: children. “I was really moved by what I found in the villages I went down there to see the big animals,”she said.“They are , but they are very rich in such ways as family, traditions and life.”
Coplan wanted to do something to help improve the poor she saw, but he found her skills a piano teacher weren’t exactly helpful. Searching the Internet, she found little information about the people live in the village she visited in the Amazon jungle. Considering her mind, she decided she could help the children their own world.
Coplan cameras to children, aged between 12 and 16. In villages they enjoy only a few hours daily of solar-produced electricity. Coplan taught the children to use the cameras. She was by how quickly they learned to use them and by the photos they .
“Kids just get it,”she said.
The photos in showing the moments of daily life in the Amazon children’ s eyes. Coplan hopes her project will children’s attention in the Amazon and she is working hard to a small foundation(基金会).She wants the foundation to buy needed medicines, school supplies and scholarship money to the children to continue their outside the village if they choose so. “I consider myself a for these people,” Coplan said. “I don’ t wish to do anything but offer a chance for the children, and I just give them what I can give.”
A．very B．much C．quite D．too
A．though B．however C．but D．unless
A．old B．calm C．poor D．healthy
A．modern B．sad C．boring D．natural
A．condition B．chance C．stage D．Role
A．on B．for C．as D．with
A．which B．whose C．who D．what
A．scientist B．cyclist C．coach D．artist
A．review B．record C．repeat D．recite
A．handed out B．sorted out C．broke out D．dug out
A．how B．what C．whether D．why
A．devoted B．surprised C．frightened D．Relaxed
A．took B．made C．drew D．found
A．joined B．succeeded C．increased D．managed
A．at B．on C．from D．by
A．draw B．lead C．take D．help
A．make B．do C．set D．build
A．borrow B．offer C．pass D．raise
A．guidance B．discovery C．research D．education
A．friend B．teacher C．bridge D．Leader
I don’t remember her name and would not recognize her if I were to pass her on the street. But I do__36__the kindness given by a stranger and the difference it has made in my life.
One Sunday, I was told to dress in my best clothes for I was going to __37__ . She smiled brightly as I got into her car, the car of a __38__I did not even know her name, but here I was , along with four others I __39__from our low-income neighborhood, on our way to church.
As we __40__ into the parking lot, I remember how beautiful the old stone building was with its tall steeple(尖塔)and stained glass windows. The__41__seemed long, and not accustomed to the rituals(仪式)of the Catholic Church, I felt out of place. Once the service had ended, I __42__ to be taken home, but __43__ we headed in the opposite direction. We were taken to a small__44__with the furnishings that portrayed a simple lifestyle. Two tables were set up with large boxes__45__ puzzles. As she made us hot chocolate, we were__46__ to begin working the puzzles. It was a quiet and happy time.
I came to __47__ Sundays，to hot chocolate, to puzzles that__48__ where we had left off the week before, and to the love I felt whenever she __49___at me .
Once our 1,000-piece puzzles had been completed, she no longer came to__50__us up on Sundays .I was told she was__51__ and no longer able to travel. However, I _52__ if perhaps it was time for her to “rescue” the next group of children. To give them hope that kindness still__53__ and can be found within those we call strangers.
I am forty-four years old now and often show__54__to strangers when given the chance. I know she may not move amongst us now, but I hope she smiles when she sees that her efforts to reach out to those less fortunate__55__.
A．forget B．understand C．remember D．see
A．school B．college C．hospital D．church
A．friend B．stranger C．teacher D．leader
A．pulled B．pushed C．broke D．stopped
A．service B．holiday C．cure D．ceremony
A．imagined B．recommended C．expected D．expressed
A．besides B．except C．instead D．still
A．park B．apartment C．field D．path
A．consisting B．concluding C．including D．containing
A．instructed B．explored C．convinced D．determined
A．pay attention to B．devote to C．look forward to D．lead to
A．covered B．replaced C．changed D．remained
A．stared B．smiled C．threw D．glared
A．make B．pick C．take D．bring
A．lost B．gone C．ill D．old
A．wondered B．wandered C．hoped D．insisted
A．gathers B．exists C．drops D．moves
A．respect B．guidance C．signs D．kindness
A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train．After getting off the train, they walked without an 36 into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept 37 ．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38 that the couple would finally become disappointed and 39 ．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 40 ．
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 41 face．The lady told him, “We had a son that 42 Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was 43 here．But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to 44 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved ．Instead, he was 45 ．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this place would look like a 46 ,” “Oh, no,” the lady 47 quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a 48 to Harvard．” The president rolled his eyes and 49 at the couple and then exclaimed（喊道）, ” A building! Do you have any 50 how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was 51 , because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 52 ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded． 53 their offer was turned down，Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University 54 after them , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55 about．
A．appointment B．decision C．acquaintance D．choice
A．talking B．standing C．sitting D．waiting
A．hoping B．finding C．realizing D．imagining
A．cold B．funny C．pleasant D．sad
A．attended B．studied C．visited D．served
A．clever B．brave C．proud D．happy
A．set about B．set down C．set up D．set off
A．satisfied B．shocked C．excited D．ashamed
A．park B．cemetery C．garden D．museum
A．expressed B．explained C．refused D．admitted
A．building B．yard C．playground D．square
A．laughed B．shouted C．glanced D．called
A．suggestion B．thought C．idea D．opinion
A．bored B．astonished C．interested D．pleased
A．department B．club C．business D．university
A．Once B．While C．Since D．Though
A．followed B．looked C．taken D．named
A．cared B．knew C．heard D．talked
After forty-three years I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a 16 on the newspaper route in my hometown when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it remains in my memory that she taught me a lesson in 17 that I shall never forget.
On a winter afternoon, my fellows and I were throwing stones onto the slanted (倾斜的) roof of the old lady’s house to observe how the stones 18 off the roof’s edge and shot out like missiles. I found a 19 smooth rock and threw it out, but it 20 straight not for the roof but for a small window of the old lady’s house. 21 the sound of broken glass, we knew we were in trouble. We ran faster than any of our 22 flew off her roof.
I was so 23 about getting caught that first night 24 I was not concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter. 25 , a few days later I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She 26 greeted me with a smile when I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act 27in her presence.
I 28 my mind that I would save my newspaper delivery money, and in three weeks I had seven dollars. I put the money in an envelop with a 29 explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hope that the seven dollars would 30 the cost for repairing it.
I waited until it was 31 to avoid being seen, and put the letter I didn’t 32 into her yard. To my relief, I could have the 33 of, once again, looking straight into the old lady’s kind eyes.
The next day, I handed the old lady her newspaper. She thanked me and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself. 34 eating cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. After opening it, I was shocked. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note 35 , “I’m proud of you.”
A．teacher B．customer C．relative D．friend
A．happiness B．carelessness C．forgiveness D．kindness
A．rolled B．flowed C．ran D．floated
A．simply B．mostly C．fairly D．roughly
A．followed B．came C．lay D．headed
A．At B．On C．For D．From
A．athletes B．missiles C．windows D．fellows
A．excited B．disappointed C．embarrassed D．frightened
A．as B．that C．when D．though
A．Therefore B．Meanwhile C．However D．Besides
A．yet B．still C．even D．already
A．cautiously B．constantly C．cheerfully D．comfortably
A．take up B．made up C．set up D．put up
A．paper B．notice C．note D．message
A．cover B．offer C．afford D．pay
A．rainy B．fine C．cloudy D．dark
A．sign B．read C．expect D．want
A．ability B．freedom C．chance D．desire
A．Unless B．Until C．Because D．While
A．saying B．writing C．telling D．explaining
When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific__16_ that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to 17 . She wanted to help, 18 she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to 19 and hand out to people. When _20_ to the homeless shelter, I passed out the _21_ meals. I began making sandwiches and 22 them with the crowd. I had the containers with my 23 cookies in them and began to 24 , offering them to anyone near me.
I 25 an old gentleman and said, “ Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me rightly and said, “ What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I __26_, and his eyes 27 a little bit and said, “ No one has 28 called me sir.’ So he was completely moved.
It __29_ me.
I explained I had been raised that 30 color and social status, everyone deserved(应得) respect. It 31 me to think that just because he was homeless, no one 32 him the honor. It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand 33 no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every 34 person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that memory and the __35__ it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone’s life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?
A．accident B．incident C．event D．affair
A．participate B．join C．choose D．go
A．however B．but C．yet D．so
A．bring B．fetch C．collect D．take
A．arriving B．getting C．reaching D．coming
A．remained B．remaining C．remain D．left
A．shared B．gave C．helped D．assisted
A．classmate’s B．schoolmate’s C．sister’s D．family’s
A．walk around B．knock around C．come around D．stand around
A．went B．came C．approached D．met
A．had B．called C．would D．do
A．watered B．cried C．tore D．dropped
A．already B．ever C．still D．yet
A．hit B．occurred C．struck D．beat
A．in spite of B．regardless of C．concerned about D．for fear of
A．strengthened B．saddened C．frightened D．pleased
A．handed B．offered C．provided D．supplied
A．what B．when C．whether D．why
A．single B．poor C．ordinary D．normal
A．lesson B．class C．truth D．reality
Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list __16__ in our past that we felt __17__ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very __18__ process, but there’ s always some __19__ soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then __20__ that we find ways to __21__ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever __22__ my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my _23__, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff __24__ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a __25__ on him.
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a sob.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious __26__. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one __27__ found out.”
“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name __28__ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still __29__. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few __30__, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”
“And I want you to know that I did it？”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a __31__ discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you __32__ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it __33___ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”
Jimmy inspired me to __34__ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to __35__ the past wrong doings.
A．something B．anything C．somebody D．anybody
A．ashamed B．afraid C．sure D．proud
A．private B．secret C．interesting D．funny
A．foolish B．polite C．simple D．brave
A．expected B．suggested C．ordered D．demanded
A．connect with B．depend on C．make apologise to D．get along with
A．improve B．continue C．realize D．keep
A．notes B．list C．plan D．stories
A．any B．most C．none D．all
A．part B．game C．trick D．record
A．view B．sign C．attention D．remark
A．also B．even C．still D．ever
A．appears B．considers C．presents D．remembers
A．angry B．happy C．doubtful D．alive
A．words B．rings C．repeats D．calls
A．cold B．plain C．nervous D．lively
A．in case B．so long as C．unless D．because
A．around B．out C．on D．away
A．build up B．make up C．clear up D．give up
A．regret B．forgive C．right D．punish