【原创】Times were tough in our household.My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him.In addition to going to nursing school full-time,1 was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.
After a rather__ meal one night,I answered the ringing phone. With no ,a voice asked,’’Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.”Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.
1 was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ?When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. ,lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy （轮廓分明有皱纹的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation!’’Look around. If you see what you want,__ yourself.”'He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn't be real!
I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what we needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man.。’Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then “was his reply,
Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.
I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped" in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.
A．worrying B．boring C．confusing D．promising
A．just B．even C．ever D．also
A．delicious B．necessary C．simple D．ordinary
A．information B．communication C．introduction D．instruction
A．physical B．financial C．educational D．social
A．trusted B．accepted C．recognized D．satisfied
A．certainly B．originally C．actually D．barely
A．chance B．step C．decision D．measure
A．future B．possibility C．trap D．kindness
A．appointed B．directed C．guided D．requested
A．Therefore B．Besides C．Instead D．However
A．discovered B．greeted C．reminded D．examined
A．help B．enjoy C．behave D．seat
A．welcome B．supply C．assistance D．message
A．mostly B．eventually C．absolutely D．accidentally
A．leave out B．drop out C．run out D．get out
A．interesting B．worthwhile C．mysterious D．astonishing
A．usable B．additional C．acceptable D．valuable
A．recalled B．sought C．identified D．inspected
A．although B．since C．before D．until
I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America.
It is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I took pride （自豪）and ___ to ____ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in ____ way: changing the dishes’ colour, the meat’s type or the soup’s style（风味）. Thus, my American friends could discover the ____ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “____” job, I was often rewarded （奖励） by their ____ of appreciation （感激）such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.
But the joke was here: Yesterday, I cooked Sichuan style ___ for dinner. I was ____ at my achievement.（成就）
When all the family members arrived at the table, they first looked ___ at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their ____?” they asked, “It’s terrible!”
Terrible or beautiful? I don’t know. But I ___ know that fish heads are delicious. The ____ is the best part of fish; in ___ only the respectable （受敬重的）guest can have the special honor of ____ it.
Another ___ thing is: The American friends often said to me “__ ” as they ____ fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness ____ actually helping myself to any of the food. ___ , I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me, no matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they ___ hesitated （犹豫）to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished
A．worry B．attention C．delight D．pleasure
A．buy B．fetch C．cook D．leave
A．their B．a new C．the same D．a simple
A．way B．joy C．trouble D．importance
A．hard B．daily C．good D．new
A．expressions B．flowers C．talk D．smile
A．meat B．fish C．soup D．egg
A．praised B．pleased C．good D．surprised
A．happily B．excitedly C．surprisedly D．worriedly
A．bones B．skins C．tails D．heads
A．do B．will C．want to D．should
A．tail B．head C．soup D．flesh
A．fact B．China C．USA D．the West
A．enjoying B．looking at C．playing with D．cooking
A．real B．exciting C．interesting D．easy
A．please help us B．excuse me C．help yourself D．eat them please
A．brought home B．wanted C．were buying D．were eating
A．not B．but not C．without D．nor
A．At last B．Above all C．After all D．In return
A．usual B．often C．never D．Had
Timmy sold magazines. One day he walked up to a that people rarely visited. Timmy the door and waited for some time. No one answered. As he was ready to , the door was slowly opened. An old man showed up. It was Mr. Black. He asked him for his purpose. Before he answered, Timmy happened to see a dog figure on the desk in the house. “Do you dog figures?” Timmy asked. Mr. Black said yes and explained that he had gathered many at home. Timmy felt for Mr. Black, as it seemed that he was a very lonely person. “Well, I have a magazine about dogs.” While saying this, Timmy to find it when Mr. Black said , “I don’t need any magazines!”
Timmy was so sad that he not to sell anything that day. He went home and then had a(n) . He had a little dog figure that he got from an aunt. It did not mean much to him for he had a real live dog and a large family. He wanted to it to Mr. Black.
With the dog figure, Timmy went to Mr. Black’s house. Seeing him, Mr. Black said that he didn’t magazines.
“I just wanted to bring you a gift.” Timmy handed him the figure and Mr. Black’s face lit up. He of the past experiences. No one had ever given him such a gift and shown him so much kindness. He was touched. He started coming out of the house and greeting people.
A．house B．factory C．school D．company
A．closed B．kicked on C．opened D．knocked on
A．come B．stop C．leave D．shout
A．collect B．sell C．make D．repair
A．happy B．calm C．nervous D．sorry
A．tried B．pretended C．continued D．seemed
A．weakly B．angrily C．gladly D．strangely
A．refused B．learned C．decided D．realized
A．idea B．message C．suggestion D．opinion
A．give B．throw C．mail D．leave
A．have B．need C．accept D．understand
A．wrote B．thought C．spoke D．heard
Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big at the hospital, but somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not the one. She liked dancing very much, so she felt very for herself. She went to one sick child after another and said good evening, until she came to Dickey, who was only eleven years old, but he was already able to talk an adult. Poor Dicky had a very serious illness and now he was able to move. Joan knew he would never get any better, he was always happy and always about other people instead of himself. Dickey knew that Joan loved dancing, so he her with the words, “I’m very sorry that you have to the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you’ll find a piece of cake. And there is also a dollar for you to buy something to drink.” “And I’d and dance with you if I were able to,” he added.
Suddenly the hospital dance seemed not at all important to Joan.
A．concert B．discussion C．operation D．dance
A．quiet B．clever C．lucky D．brave
A．sorry B．happy C．proud D．calm
A．like B．with C．to D．about
A．nearly B．completely C．hardly D．easily
A．so B．and C．or D．but
A．talking B．thinking C．writing D．worrying
A．greeted B．praised C．corrected D．scolded
A．hold B．stop C．miss D．serve
A．come over B．set off C．call back D．get up
In a small village, there lived a potter (陶工) who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the field to his house. the field was quite far off, the potter would under a tree midway, his donkey nearby.
One day, the potter to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the , he thought, “How do I tie this donkey today? He might if I sleep.” The potter decided to lie down holding the donkey’s while sleeping.
But this way, neither the donkey nor the potter was able to take a rest. A saint (圣人), who to be passing by, saw the potter holding on to the donkey’s ears. When the potter told the saint what the was, the saint said: “Take the donkey to the place where you tie him every day. to tie him using an imaginary rope. I you he won’t run away.” The potter did what the saint had said.
He left the donkey and went to take a nap. When he woke up, to his and relief, he found the donkey standing in the place.
Soon the potter prepared to leave for . But the donkey did not . “What is wrong with this donkey?!” the potter in frustration.
, the potter saw the wise saint again. He ran up to the saint and told him about the donkey’s behavior. The saint said: “You tied up the donkey, but did you untie him? Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter the saint’s advice.
Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter understood that his donkey was a bonded (被束缚的) donkey. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home with his donkey.
A．Though B．Unless C．Because D．While
A．stand B．rest C．sing D．dance
A．training B．walking C．feeding D．tying
A．forgot B．decided C．stopped D．agreed
A．stone B．tree C．bridge D．house
A．walk around B．lie down C．run away D．make noises
A．ears B．nose C．legs D．tail
A．failed B．tried C．happened D．managed
A．animal B．problem C．place D．result
A．Learn B．Consider C．Wish D．Pretend
A．promise B．believe C．warn D．remind
A．anger B．surprise C．regret D．disappointment
A．similar B．special C．same D．wrong
A．home B．field C．factory D．village
A．stand B．move C．run D．understand
A．laughed B．cheered C．replied D．cried
A．Strangely B．Luckily C．Finally D．Unfortunately
A．funny B．foolish C．common D．strange
A．offered B．followed C．refused D．recognized
A．sadly B．bravely C．seriously D．happily
Mrs Evens was home from work. She had just gone into the kitchen to make the afternoon tea she saw a mouse running around on the kitchen floor. She and jumped up on the table. As soon as the mouse had disappeared, she jumped off from the , rushed out of the kitchen, her coat, ran out of the house and got on a bus was going into the town.
There she hurried into a shop and a large mouse-trap(捕鼠器). She wanted to put to this mouse as quickly as .
When she got home the trap, she realized that she had forgotten0 any cheese to put in it. She searched everywhere there was in the house. It was too late to buy any because now all the shops were . She wondered what to do. In the end , she a clever idea. She took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut a picture of a piece of cheese a magazine. Then she put the picture in the trap a piece of cheese.
The next Mrs Evans came down to the and went straight away to the place she had put the trap. She wanted to see if her plan had . The picture of the cheese had gone and in its place was a picture of a mouse.
A．where B．what C．while D．when
A．laughed B．cried C．surprised D．pleased
A．table B．floor C．house D．kitchen
A．pulled on B．have on C．wore D．dressed in
A．it B．when C．which D．as
A．asked B．bought C．sold D．left
A．a cheese B．an end C．a mouse D．a picture
A．possible B．he could C．possibly D．she can
A．for B．out C．with D．without
A．to sell B．selling C．buying D．to buy
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．none B．not one C．no D．anything
A．open B．shut C．close D．on show
A．had B．brought C．thought D．used
A．away B．by C．out of D．on
A．instead of B．including C．instead D．with
A．afternoon B．hour C．evening D．morning
A．cooking room B．bathroom C．reading room D．sitting room
A．that B．what C．which D．where
A．worked B．took C．changed D．made