As I got out of the car, I saw many cars parked around Ah Mah’s house. Uncle Harry stood at the , urging us to go in quickly. I saw all my there. Aunt Lanny, Aunt Nancy, and Aunt Ping were sitting on the sofa choking and wiping their tears. Uncle Harry told me to stay as my parents and my brother went in Ah Mah’s room. During this time some thoughts about my Ah Mah kept racing through my mind.
Ah Mah was my grandmother, but I her because she liked boys more than girls. She had a way of thinking that boys were more than girls. She made her prejudice clear when she announced that she would leave all her to the men of the family and nothing to the women after she . I hated her way of thinking; , she and I never got along.
My thought was suddenly when my parents and my brother came out. Mother was crying.
What happened to Ah Mah? I my way through and forced the door wide open. My eyes fell on her almost hairless head. I froze. After a few seconds, she to me. Slowly, I walked over to her.
She was . She looked tired, and her eyes were open. Most of her hair had fallen out. She held her hands out to me, but I was afraid to her. She pointed to her desk and , “Futju.” The “futju” was her most prized possession, her Buddha beads(佛珠). I went over to her desk and took the “futju.” By now, I was crying, even without my knowing, and I just her. She called my name, breathing quickly with short breaths and . She said, “Keep…forgive me... .”
I ran over to her and tried to seize her out-stretched(伸出) hand but it was too .
A．exit B．table C．door D．stop
A．friends B．companions C．neighbors D．relatives
A．inside B．away C．outside D．down
A．liked B．remembered C．missed D．disliked
A．valuable B．optimistic C．mature D．positive
A．furniture B．belongings C．clothes D．goods
A．passed B．left C．died D．disappeared
A．therefore B．instead C．however D．otherwise
A．awakened B．accepted C．started D．interrupted
A．pushed B．cleared C．explored D．smoothed
A．pointed B．signed C．shouted D．appealed
A．scared B．stubborn C．skinny D．sensitive
A．curiously B．barely C．automatically D．surprisingly
A．strong B．flexible C．dirty D．trembling
A．touch B．meet C．trouble D．shake
A．screamed B．whispered C．announced D．repeated
A．grand B．moral C．holy D．splendid
A．glared at B．glanced at C．smiled at D．stared at
A．struggling B．laughing C．rising D．crying
A．dark B．late C．difficult D．far
Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at 36. When I made my first visit 37 the Unites States, I was 38 I could have a nice easy holiday without any 39 problem. But how 40 I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to 41 my friend Jenny I had 41 . A worker asked if he could 43 me. “Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.” “Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked. “No,” I answered. “I just want to tell her 44 the phone I have arrived.” “Oh,” he said, “there is a 45 downstairs on the first floor.” “But we’re on the first floor now,” I said. “Well, I don’t know what you are 46 about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your 47,” he said. “You just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went 48 ,49 me wondering where on earth I was: at home we wash up after a 50 to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did 51. She 52 the misunderstanding(误会): American say “to give someone a 53 ”, but we English say “ to give someone a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash 54”. And Englishmen start numbering from the floor, so the 55 floor is the second for Americans.
A．work B．school C．home D．table
A．to B．by C．from D．on
A．afraid B．worried C．wondering D．sure
A．food B．life C．language D．travel
A．late B．wrong C．right D．early
A．say B．tell C．mean D．call
A．got B．worked C．spoken D．arrived
A．help B．stay with C．lift D．drive
A．by B．in C．with D．on
A．policeman B．shop C．phone D．gate
A．listening B．talking C．saying D．coming
A．phoning B．arriving C．journey D．drive
A．off B．back C．inside D．down
A．watching B．learning C．bringing D．leaving
A．walk B．sleep C．rest D．meal
A．meet B．quarrel C．get out D．phone
A．showed B．called C．explained D．pardoned
A．visit B．present C．call D．meal
A．down B．up C．out D．back
A．one B．first C．another D．down
One night recently, I was driving down a highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car came from the _21_ direction at about the same speed. As we _22_ each other, I looked into the driver’s eyes for a second. I 23 whether he might be thinking, as I was, how 24 we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall 25 , not to cross over into my lane (车道) and bring my 26 to a sudden end. He relied on me in just the same way without doubt.
I believe that is the way the world _27 . At some level, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to cross over the double yellow line. Sometimes it requires us to _28 cooperatively, with friends or even 29 .
_30 technology makes our world smaller, the need increases for cooperation. In 2003, doctors in five nations were encouraged to find the causes of SARS, saving thousands of lives. The 31 of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring the 32 across the world. We must 33 that our future is not controlled by ourselves alone.
I’ve come to believe that one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others. So, while 34 alone down a dark road, we must know the coming light may not be a danger, but a 35 moment of trust.
A．same B．opposite C．near D．far
A．passed B．caught C．blamed D．reminded
A．asked B．searched C．repeated D．wondered
A．friendly B．strange C．dependent D．confident
A．ill B．asleep C．away D．apart
A．car B．trip C．journey D．life
A．forms B．runs C．works D．appears
A．act B．walk C．stay D．travel
A．strangers B．relatives C．colleagues D．animals
A．But B．If C．As D．After
A．arrival B．organization C．development D．threat
A．efforts B．practice C．fighting D．forces
A．hope B．decide C．recognize D．face
A．sitting B．standing C．flying D．driving
A．closed B．shared C．broken D．concerned
American cities are1 other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the 2 of the culture. Cities contain the very 3 side of a society: opportunities for education, employment and so on. They also 4 the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial discrimination and poverty. American cities are changing, just 5 American society.
After World War Ⅱ， the population of 6 large American cities decreased; ___7 , the population in many Sun Belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities 8__ population increased. These population moving to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society.
During this time, in the 9 1940s and early 1950s, city people became wealthier. They had more children. They needed more10 . They moved out their flats in the city to buy their own houses. They bought houses in the 11 , areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American “dream” was to have a house on the outskirts.
Now things are changing. The children of the people who12 the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They, 13 their parents, want to live in the cities. 14 continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are15 and the population is increasing in 16 states as Texas, Florida and California. Others are moving to more 17 cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.
Many young professionals, doctors and lawyers are moving back into the city. They prefer the city 18 the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just 19 the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities---a wealthier, 20 mobile class.
A．different from B．similar to C．better than D．worse than
A．values B．worth C．importance D．expenses
A．well B．good C．better D．best
A．maintain B．obtain C．contain D．sustain
A．likely B．as C．while D．when
A．all B．most C．few D．much
A．but B．and C．however D．although
A．its B．which C．where D．that
A．late B．later C．lately D．latter
A．space B．spots C．time D．food
A．outskirts B．downtown C．districts D．suburbs
A．moved to B．left C．reached D．entered
A．likely B．like C．dislike D．unlike
A．Some B．All C．Several D．Lots of
A．stretching B．widening C．expanding D．prolonging
A．such B．these C．those D．many
A．organized B．famous C．official D．established
A．than B．better than C．rather than D．to
A．win B．enjoy C．earn D．acquire
A．very B．and C．more D．or
In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she was a teenager, she 36 of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American 37 was from the textbooks she had read. “I had a 38 in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living room, Mummy 39 cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend.”
Atsuko 40 to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 41 world. “People were struggling with problems and often seemed 42 ,” she said. “I felt very alone.”
One of her hardest 43 was physical education. “We played volleyball.” she said. “The other students were 44 it, but I wasn’t.”
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 45 the ball to her teammates so they could knock it 46 the net. No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face 47 she failed.
A young man on her team 48 what she was going through. He walked up to her and 49 , “Come on. You can do that”
“You will never understand how those words of 50 made me feel…Four words: You can do that. I felt like crying with happiness.”
She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not 51 .
Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. “I have 52 forgotten the words.” she said. “When things are not going so well, I think of them.”
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 53 to her. “He probably doesn’t even remember it,” she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will 54 . She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four 55 words: You can do that.
A．learned B．spoke C．heard D．dreamed
A．way B．education C．life D．spirit
A．photo B．painting C．picture D．drawing
A．baking B．frying C．steaming D．boiling
A．hoped B．arranged C．liked D．attempted
A．described B．imagined C．created D．discovered
A．tense B．relaxed C．cheerful D．deserted
A．question B．times C．projects D．classes
A．curious about B．good at C．slow at D．nervous about
A．kick B．pass C．carry D．hit
A．through B．into C．over D．past
A．after B．if C．because D．until
A．sensed B．considered C．believed D．wondered
A．warned B．sighed C．ordered D．whispered
A．excitement B．encouragement C．persuasion D．suggestion
A．interested B．doubtful C．puzzled D．sure
A．seldom B．never C．already D．almost
A．meant B．applied C．seemed D．happened
A．continue B．stay C．exist D．live
A．merciful B．bitter C．simple D．easy
Several years ago, well-known writer and editor Norman Cousins became very ill. His body ached and he felt constantly tired. It was difficult for him to even __11__ around. His doctor told him that he would lose the ability to move and eventually die from the disease. He was told he had only a 1 in 500 chance of survival.
__12__ the diagnosis(诊断), Cousins was determined to overcome the disease and survive. He had always been interested in medicine and had read a book, which discussed the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negative _13__. The book made Cousins think about the possible __14__ of positive attitudes and emotions. He thought, “Is it possible that love, hope, faith, laughter, confidence, and the __15__ to 1ive have positive treatment value?”
He decided to concentrate on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms of his disease. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations that would __16__ positive emotions. “Laugh therapy” became part of his treatment. He _17__ time each day for watching comedy films, reading humorous books, and doing other activities that would draw out __18_ emotions. Within eight days of starting his ‘‘laugh therapy” program his pain began to __19__ and he was able to sleep more easily. He was able to return to work in a few months’ time and __20__ reached complete recovery after a few years.
A．run B．pass C．move D．travel
A．Besides B．Despite C．Without D．Beyond
A．attitudes B．beliefs C．goals D．positions
A．shortcoming B．harm C．benefit D．interest
A．emotion B．pain C．fear D．will
A．bring about B．set about C．put up D．make up
A．afforded B．appointed C．offered D．arranged
A．positive B．approving C．strong D．mixed
A．escape B．decrease C．shrink D．end
A．generally B．especially C．actually D．presently