When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My took me by train or by car to a hotel by the . All day, I seem to remember, I38 on the sands with strange children. We made houses and gardens, and 40 the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the seemed to shine always brightly the water was always warm. Sometimes we beach and walked in the country, exploring(搜寻) ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were in one’s pockets or good places where one could ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good is much the same as it was. I like the sun and warm sand and the sound of beating the rocks. I no longer wish to any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about
who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves on too many ices creams.
A．teacher B．parents C．nurse D．younger sister
A．sea B．lake C．mountain D．river
A．played B．slept C．sat D．stood
A．moving B．exciting C．anxious D．nervous
A．made B．brought C．watched D．heard
A．collected B．jumped C．turned D．climbed
A．light B．sun C．moon D．lamp
A．and B．yet C．but D．or
A．left B．came to C．stood by D．played by
A．sweets B．sand C．ice-creams D．money
A．make B．sell C．buy D．offer
A．house B．holiday C．garden D．tide
A．hardly B．almost C．still D．perhaps
A．waves B．tides C．hands D．feet
A．destroy B．fix C．use D．build
A．But B．However C．Otherwise D．Besides
A．wonder B．feel C．understand D．believe
A．strong B．weak C．young D．old
A．children B．boys C．girls D．grown-ups
A．happy B．tired C．sad D．sick
Life is often like a game of cards—you can't help the hand you're dealt，but you can help the way you play it. It's easy for us to do something without careful thinking，but it's hard for us to take back what we have done.
There was once a who repeated a bit rumor(谣言)about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community the story. The person it concerned，was deeply and annoyed. Later，the woman responsible for the rumor learned that it was completely . She was very sorry and went to a old man to find out what she could do to the damage.
“Go to the marketplace，”he said，“and a chicken，and have it . Then on your way home，pluck its feathers and drop them along the road.” surprised by this advice，the woman did she was told.
The next day the wise man said，“Now，go and collect all those you dropped yesterday and them back to me.”
The woman the same road，but to her disappointment，the wind all the feathers away. After searching for ，she returned with only three in her hand. “You see，” said the old man，“it's easy to drop them， it's impossible to get them back. So it is with rumor. doesn't take much to spread a rumor，but you do，you can never completely make up for the wrong.”
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There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄榄园）．He was very hardworking, and the always prospered（繁荣）under his care．But he knew that his three looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.
When the farmer was and felt that he would die, he the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
The sons tried to him to tell them in what part of the orchard the was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They until they had turned up the from one end of the orchard to the other, the tree-roots and between them． no pot of gold was to be found．It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits．The three sons were bitterly to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive , the olive trees in the orchard bore（结果实）more fruit than they had given; when it was , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard．Dig for it, if you wish it.”
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Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探)．It seems just like the lottery(彩票), but better you get fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream．But everything last week in Beijing．I was eating dinner with some friends．As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me．I was that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without it.
“You are a white man,” she said when she got to our table.
“Yes, I am a white man,” I replied.
“Can you speak ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good．Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest _ _ .
The woman, a talent agent (经纪人), had a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to __．She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one _ ．My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then _ the club．When I got to the club, I was supposed to to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man．We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line or walk without tripping(绊倒), but I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward．“You are so ．I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou． , it seems that my _ “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English． , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the ．If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)!
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was a small boy my family was very poor. My father always used his savings to my mother to visit her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the house. One evening Dad came home from and there was no food in the house, not a piece of bread. Although we were , my brother and I went to bed without eating anything.
My father had no money, but I knew from the on his face that he could not let us have an empty stomach. He the house and about two hours later returned and quickly us up. He had in his hand two small potato pies, which he gave us to eat. I don't know where he got the but somehow he to get us something to eat.
My father had not eaten and had worked all day he sat there with great satisfaction watching us eat. This has stayed in my mind and left more of an impression than any amount of he may ever have given me. At that moment, I felt happy knowing that he was there and would not let us .
I guess the I am trying to make is that in difficult times it is not to show weakness but strength and character. If a is the cement (粘合剂) that holds a family together, then the father is that strengthens that cement.
It is his values and and memories that have carried me forward and helped me to my own problems in life. In my own I have learned that it is the valuable time you spend with your children and the values you give to them that will remain with them always.
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It was my first college acting class. With great hesitation, sweating hands and an heart,1 walked into the classroom. I had spent my entire life__ public speaking. But now here l was, not only to learn how to speak like someone on _ .but to become them entirely. Theater classes are _ at many high schools and universities in the US. "Theater kids" are a quite different bunch who always seemed able to _ a room with their personalities.
__ _ it was only a beginner-level course, my college class was filled with students who seemed a _ _ fit for acting. They were confident, funny and _ .The professor, a stout（矮胖） woman with a permanent smile and gentle behavior,_ _ just as well, She _ us each with a handshake and welcoming eyes. The class was held in a circular room with _ situated around the edges. This allowed everyone in the room to have a(n) _ 0f whatever performance or lecture was _ in the center.
After our first-day of introductions, each week we _ in a series of activities designed to help us find our own inner _ .We sang songs, danced to music, and recited _ _ from our favorite short stories.
The__ was eye opening .I learned that anyone has the _ to act, and many of us already do in our daily life. In the end, I'm not_ 一that l would consider myself an actor. But I don't think I ever had more fun in a college class.
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