As a teacher,I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip,there will be no talking as we enter a building.This rule to entering any place,whether it is a cinema,a church,a theatre, or any other place.
Once,in New York City,I took my class to see a(n) near Times Square.When we arrived at the theatre,there were about twenty other classes outside waiting to get in.The students from the other schools were not and there was pandemonium(乌烟瘴气).I told my students to stay in a line and keep .I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other .Soon we started to file into the theatre,and it was very disorganized.There was a lady trying to the groups and get them to their seats, students were everywhere and really knew where to go.My class,observing our rule,walked in in two single-file lines.We stood near the door behind everyone else,and we .All of a sudden,the lady who was noticed us and she walked our direction.She asked the students the teacher was for our group, and I raised my .She asked, “Very, very nice to meet you.Come this way.”We were led into the theatre, ,and we were given front-row seats.
Sometimes for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect,especially when you no one around who is taking manners into .However,that is usually the time when such ____ actions will be most appreciated and recognized.
A.applies B.leads C.turns D.belongs
A.lady B.play C.teacher D.exhibition
A.sorted out B.settled down C.lined up D.turned away
A.listening B.behaving C.concentrating D.watching
A.time B.contact C.watch D.order
A.places B.seats C.classes D.teachers
A.scold B.dismiss C.attract D.organize
A.and B.but C.so D.while
A.anyone B.nobody C.everyone D.somebody
A.anxiously B.immediately C.quietly D.hurriedly
A.passed B.chatted C.rushed D.waited
A.in trouble B.on guard C.in charge D.on business
A.in B.to C.for D.under
A.how B.where C.what D.whether
A.voice B.arm C.head D.hand
A.finally B.somehow C.first D.instead
A.love B.respect C.concern D.support
A.receive B.visit C.meet D.recognize
A.practice B.account C.effect D.operation
A.kind B.urgent C.legal D.firm
Recently divorced and unemployed,I was on my way downtown to do the rounds of the employment offices.I had no umbrella,for my old one had ____,and I could not ____ another one.
I sat down in the ____ and there against my seat was a(n) ___ silk umbrella with a silver handle.I had ____ seen anything so lovely.I examined the handle and saw a carved ___.The usual procedure would have been to ____ the umbrella to the conductor,but an idea ____ to me.I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the bus in a downpour and ____ opened the umbrella to protect myself.Then I ____ a telephone book for the name on the umbrella.I called and a lady ____.
Yes,she said ____,that was her umbrella,which her parents,now dead,had given her as a birthday present.But,she ____,it had been stolen ____ her doorstep a month before.
She was so excited that I ____ I was looking for a job and went directly to her house.She took the umbrella,and her eyes were filled with ____.She wanted to give me a ____,but-though twenty dollars was all I had in the world-her happiness at regaining this ____ possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have ____ something.We talked for a while and I left.
A week later,I got a job as a sales manager ____.It might be my kindness that paid off.But who knows?
A.broken up B.gone away C.fallen apart D.faded away
A.afford B.borrow C.find D.repair
A.office B.bus C.theater D.train
A.ugly B.beautiful C.worn D.ancient
A.even B.always C.already D.never
A.design B.number C.name D.brand
A.turn in B.show off C.open up D.carry away
A.occurred B.ran C.struck D.happened
A.firmly B.suddenly C.casually D.thankfully
A.read B.searched C.got D.used
A.appeared B.replied C.answered D.screamed
A.in surprise B.in panic C.in silence D.in anger
A.assumed B.added C.declared D.announced
A.from B.in C.beside D.of
A.mentioned B.forgot C.realized D.remembered
A.memory B.honor C.tears D.thanks
A.gift B.position C.hug D.reward
A.expensive B.common C.rare D.special
A.bought B.ruined C.expressed D.enjoyed
A.immediately B.naturally C.hopefully D.unexpectedly
“Look,it's Baldy!”A boy shouted in my direction across the playground.Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱)because of the____on my head,it was____ horrible to hear.I sighed as I headed back to the class.
When I was just 20 months old,I suffered serious____ after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head.I was____ to hospital and had to stay there for weeks,while the doctors___ to save my life.“Holly's very____to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad.“But she'll be____ with scars on her head,and of course her hair won't grow there.”
As a child,I cared much about my scars ,so I____wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.____I didn't,people would call me horrible names like Baldy.Although my friends were always comforting me, they never____understood how it felt.
Then through the hospital I was____ to a children's burns camp,where children like me can get any help.There,I____14-year-old Stephanie,whose burns are a lot more serious than mine.But she is so __ that she never lets anyone put her down.“You shouldn't____what people say about what you look like because we're not different from anyone else,Holly,”she____me.“And you don't need to wear a scarf because you look great ____ it!”For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who'd been through something____.So weeks later,at my 13th birthday party,____by her bravery,I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars.It felt amazing not having to____away behind my scarf.
Now,I am____ of what I look like and much happier,because I have realized it is your personality(个性)that decides who you truly are.
A.hat B.scarf C.scars D.cuts
A.still B.just C.never D.seldom
A.hunger B.cold C.defeats D.burns
A.rushed B.led C.invited D.forced
A.learned B.fought C.returned D.decided
A.happy B.lucky C.lonely D.poor
A.pressed B.occupied C.left D.painted
A.possibly B.usually C.finally D.nearly
A.Although B.Since C.If D.Before
A.correctly B.roughly C.easily D.really
A.promoted B.introduced C.reported D.carried
A.met B.recognized C.remembered D.caught
A.honest B.strong C.active D.young
A.write down B.agree with C.pass on D.listen to
A.promised B.encouraged C.ordered D.calmed
A.in B.for C.without D.beyond
A.similar B.strange C.hard D.important
A.allowed B.required C.guided D.inspired
A.hide B.give C.keep D.put
A.sick B.away C.tired D.proud
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, for a new life. They found out that the new baby was going to be a girl, and every day Michael sang to his in Mommy’s tummy.
The days went by. The little girl got after the birth. The doctor told the parents, “There is very hope. Be prepared for the worst.” They had fixed up a special in their home for the new baby, but now they a funeral.
Michael kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to to her,” he said. If he didn’t see sister now, he might never see her . She dressed him in an oversized suit and marched him into ICU, but the head nurse him as a child and shouted. “Get the kid out of here now! No children are .” The mother rose up strong, and the mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed into the head nurse’s face. “He is not leaving he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny infant the battle to live, and he began to sing. In the pure voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray....”
Instantly the baby girl . The pulse rate became calm and steady.
“You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my away.”
“The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I I held you in my arms.....”
Michael’s little sister relaxed.
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s !
NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. LOVE IS SO POWERFUL.
A.baby B.relative C.boy D.girl
A.delight B.play C.prepare D.study
A.mother B.sister C.parents D.father
A.worse B.well C.better D.terrible
A.much B.big C.some D.little
A.bed B.room C.chair D.toy
A.planned B.attended C.held D.expected
A.talk B.smile C.sing D.dance
A.afraid B.asleep C.awake D.alive
A.treated B.viewed C.promised D.recognized
A.refused B.allowed C.attended D.forbidden
A.seldom B.usually C.rarely D.constantly
A.when B.after C.if D.until
A.winning B.getting C.losing D.fighting
A.hearted B.broken C.wonderful D.frightened
A.cried B.laughed C.responded D.answered
A.sunshine B.sister C.happiness D.gift
A.knew B.saw C.hoped D.dreamed
A.song B.voice C.love D.smile
A.SIMPLY B.UNBELIEVABLY C.STRANGELY D.EASILY
I always remembered the first time I took part in an English composition competition. “Right! Dean would be the of our class to participate in the English composition competition,” my classmates said. (Applauding)
I was too to speak when I heard what my classmates said. In order not to short of my classmates’ , I trained myself very hard for the hope of being the of the competition, which would take place a month later. I a lot of vocabulary, sentence structures and rules and read many good or renowned articles. Not having I pretty well, the day came. Every candidate me looked so well – prepared and . “Only 1.5 hours. Start,” a supervisor suddenly said. Seeing the “What do most teenagers concern nowadays?” I was nervous and got block. What’s worse, other candidates had begun writing. Moments later, I myself, took a deep breath, and began brainstorming ideas the topic. I quickly wrote down the composition structure, central theme, and necessary elements. As the finishing time was , I tried my best to accelerate my writing. Unfortunately, my failure of time management, I left my composition incomplete. My final draft looked like a robot legs were broken.
The result came out two weeks later. To my surprise, I got the second prize! All my classmates cheered for me. This encouraged me a lot. I was not the first prize winner, I could still the scent of pride and happiness spreading around me.
A.player B.choice C.representative D.person
A.proud B.delighted C.nervous D.surprised
A.get B.be C.lose D.fall
A.promises B.expectations C.dreams D.words
A.success B.beater C.winner D.victory
A.memorized B.copied C.read D.wrote
A.grammar B.phrase C.pattern D.term
A.remembered B.prepared C.started D.completed
A.besides B.except C.except for D.as well as
A.easy B.nervous C.interested D.unconfident
A.problem B.idea C.topic D.theme
A.writer’s B.teacher’s C.thinker’s D.composer’s
A.persuaded B.told C.encouraged D.calmed
A.with B.towards C.at D.for
A.another B.the other C.other D.others
A.approaching B.accessing C.finishing D.ending
A.thanks for B.due to C.as a result D.on account
A.of which B.which C.whose D.that
A.However B.As a result C.Worse still D.Although
A.smell B.touch C.sense D.realise
It was a perfect day, just the right kind of day to go fishing
My 13-year-old son Jonathan and I had been this trip for weeks, and now we were sitting on the shore of a beautiful lake.
We and talked, and then, suddenly, I saw small waves my float(浮子)had been. I waited, thinking it would pop right back up again, but the float stayed the water and my heart started to beat .After a few more seconds, my fishing rod was suddenly pulled off the stick it was leaning on me and it was being towards the water.
I firmly caught hold of the fishing rod and lifted it up. This fish was ! Slowly, my son balanced on two rocks and leaned down to get the giant off the fishhook.
For just one second, he lost his and reached up with his right hand to steady . At that moment, our huge fish got off the fishing line and started to swim
I saw teas streaming down Jonathan's face. "Dad, I'm sorry. I'll never be able to this up to you." I reached out and put my hands on his shoulders. I said the following almost without thinking. "Jon, how did you feel I was reeling(往卷轴上绕起)that fish in? Were you excited?" He nodded and said,"Dad,I've never been so in my whole life!”I repied,
"Jon, wasn’t that about the most fun we've ever had together?" He nodded his head in .
Then I said, "So, why should we let a fish getting away possibly the best experience we've ever had? Let’s be happy about the fun we did have."
My son, his arms around me, said,"Dad, I love you so much!”1 him back and said softly into his ear, "I love you too, Jon."
We did catch that big fish. But I've known ever since that I didn't let the most important thing get away that day.
A.promoting B.planning C.appreciating D.setting
A.ran B.listened C.lay D.fished
A.where B.which C.in which D.that
A.over B.on C.under D.by
A.heavily B.quietly C.curiously D.regularly
A.on top of B.in front of C.behind D.against
A.taken B.dragged C.carried D.pushed
A.alive B.white C.huge D.beautiful
A.health B.temper C.balance D.bucket
A.him B.it C.himself D.itself
A.away B.beyond C.along D.up
A.pick B.build C.make D.speed
A.comments B.words C.songs D.apologies
A.although B.since C.unless D.while
A.excited B.angry C.forgetful D.puzzled
A.happiness B.surprise C.guilt D.agreement
A.bring B.mend C.shake D.ruin
A.throwing B.getting C.showing D.folding
A.held B.hugged C.followed D.pushed
A.really B.once C.never D.merely