The old man walked slowly into the restaurant. His poor jacket, patched（打补丁的）trousers, and worn - out shoes made him from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd. With the help of his walking - stick, he walked toward a by the window. A young waitress named Mary watched him and ran over to him, and said, "Here, sir. Let me give you a with that chair.”
Without saying a word, he smiled and nodded a thank - you. She pulled the chair away from the table. And then she helped him move in front of the chair, and get seated with his walking - stick against the table. In a soft, clear voice he said, "Thank you, Miss." "You're welcome, sir." she replied. "My name is Mary. I'll be back in a moment. If you need , just wave at me!"
he had finished a hearty meal, Mary brought him the change from his ticket, helping him up from his chair and out from behind the table. She him his walking - stick, and walked with him to the door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Come back and see us, sir!" He said softly with a smile, "You are very kind!" When Mary went to clean his table, she was greatly .Under his plate she found a business card and a$100 bill! The note read--"dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.”
The man she had waited on was the of the restaurant, This was the first time that she, or any of her workmates had ever seen him in person.
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A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggle（奋力）with a large box. It was half in and half 1______ of her car. He was a helpful kind of man, so he went up to the woman and said, “Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very 2______.”
“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said. “I’m having a lot of 3______ with it. I think it’s struck（卡住）.”“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. He 4______ into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, “I’m ready.” And he began to 5______ hard.
For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were 6______ in the fact. “Let’s rest for a minute,” the man said. “I’m sorry, but it 7______ stuck.” A few minutes later, the man said, “Let’s try again. Are you ready?” 8______ of them took hold of the box again. “One, two, three!” the man said, and they went on with their struggle.
At last, when they were very tired, the man said, “You are 9______. It really is stuck. I don’t think there’s 10______ we can get it out of the car.”“Get it out of the car!” The woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in!”
1. A. in B. out C. on D. off
2. A. heavy B. strong C. dear D. new
3. A. trouble B. questions C. matterD. accidents
4. A. got B. stepped C. came D. walked
5. A. pull B. carry C. push D. lift
6. A. white B. tired C. red D. hurt
7. A.goes B. falls C. grows D. seems
8. A. Every B. AllC. Either D. Both
9. A. ready B. right C. clever D. sure
10. A. anything B. anywhere C. any one D. any way
As we know，there1four seasons in China . It’s 2in spring（春）, hot in 3 , cool in autumn(秋) and cold in 4 . My 5season is winter. Sometimes it snows（下雪）. Everything is all white. The world 6 clean and fresh(新鲜). I can go skating then.
But Kitty likes summer 7than winter. She says summer is 8 for sports. She can go 9 , sometimes in a lake and sometimes in a river. She 10it very much .
1. A. haveB. isC. areD. be
2. A. warmB. coolC. coldD. hot
3. A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winter
4. A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winter
5. A. bestB. betterC. like bestD. favourite
6. A. looksB. watchesC. seesD. looks at
7. A. goodB. wellC. betterD. best
8. A. badB. goodC. wellD. very
9. A. swimingB. swimC. to swimD. swimming
10. A. enjoyB. enjoysC. wantsD. like
Mike always loves ships. When he was older, he said, “I’m going to be a soldier.” But his eyes were not very ___1_____, and he did not get in.
Then he said,“I’m going to 2a small boat and I’m going around the world.”But boats were very expensive, and Mike did not have enough 3.
Last summer Mike found a swimming 4near his house. The lessons did not cost very 5, and Mike began going to the school at every end of the week and having 6. Now he is a good swimmer.
Last week a little boy said to him,“You’re a very good swimmer. How do 7learn to swim so well?”
“I’m not good at all,”Mike said and he smiled.“ 8I’m in the water, I say to myself, There are 9fishes behind me! Then I’m very afraid, and I 10quickly.”
( ) 1. A. big B. beautiful C. good D. strong
( ) 2. A. buy B. make C. borrow D. draw
( ) 3. A. food B. work C. time D. money
( ) 4. A. park B. school C. farm D. factory
( ) 5. A. much B. little C. many D. any
( ) 6. A. meals B. lessons C. talks D. games
( ) 7. A. IB. they C. we D. you
( ) 8. A. If B. When C. Though D. Where
( ) 9. A. interesting B. nice C. dangerous D. different
( ) 10. A. run B. jump C. swim D. fly
A woman saw three old men sitting outside. She said," I don’ t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something to___1____ . ""We don’t go into a house ___2___," they answered. "Why is that?" she asked. One of the old men said, "His name is Wealth (财富) this is Success, and I am Love. Now go in and___3___with your family which one of us you want in your house. "The woman went in and told her family all that happened. She said, "Let’s invite Wealth. We have been so___4___ . " Her husband disagreed, "My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man?" Then her daughter asked, "Would it be___5__ to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!" In the end, the family decided to take the ___6___advice.So the woman went out and asked, "Which one of you is___7___? Please come in and be our guest. " Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and ___8___ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, " I____9___invite Love. Why are you coming along?" The two old men answered, "If you invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to___10____, but as you invite Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success. "
There is a piece of good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl 1 big eyes. Her big eyes are 2 us her dream: I want to 3 ! In China, there are still 4 girls and boys like her.They want to go to school, but their 5 are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder 6 all the children to go to school. So the parents often ask 7 to stay at home,and boys to go to school.
Now they needn’t worry aboutthe money for their children’s education. From2006,children can go to school for free(免费) in China. They don’t have to 8 money for the books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the the government to make their life 9 .
Soon , all the poor children can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is 10 great!
A．with B．on C．of D．has
A．saying B．telling C．speaking D．talking
A．go to school B．go to bed C．go to work D．go to hosital
A．a lot B．few C．a lot of D．much
A．schools B．cities C．families D．country
A．for B．of C．with D．to
A．teachers B．boys C．son D．girls
A．spend B．pay C．take D．use
A．better B．worse C．longer D．well
A．not B．never C．really D．real