A group of men, highly successful in their jobs, went to visit their old teacher. Soon they began to about the stress in work and life.
The old teacher went to the kitchen and returned a pot of coffee and different kinds of cups: glass, plastic; nice-looking ones, ugly ones; some , some cheap. He told them to help to the coffee.
When all the students were holding a cup of coffee, the teacher said: “I’ve found that all the nice-looking expensive cups were and you’ve left behind the ugly and cheap . While it is for you to take only the best for yourselves, your problems and stress come along.
You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee, what you wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups.
Now think this: life is the coffee. The jobs and money are the cups. They are just outlooks of our life, and the type of cup does not the quality of life. Sometimes, we care about the cup, and we fail the coffee that life offers us. Life hands us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’ t have the of everything. They just make the best of everything.
So please speak kindly, live , and love deeply.
A．think B．complain C．worry D．say
A．by B．at C．with D．for
A．expensive B．good C．beautiful D．strange
A．yourself B．yourselves C．them D．themselves
A．taken B．changed C．broken D．lost
A．one B．cup C．ones D．coffee
A．necessary B．usual C．normal D．often
A．first B．true C．really D．just
A．still B．only C．unless D．though
A．for B．of C．to D．about
A．make B．improve C．change D．have
A．much too B．a little C．too little D．too much
A．enjoy B．enjoying C．enjoyed D．to enjoy
A．worst B．better C．best D．worse
A．shortly B．quickly C．simply D．clearly
It was a fine Sunday morning. Tom______stay at home. He was on a ____to the zoo. A woman with a baby( 婴儿 ) got on the bus. Tom stood up and______to her, “Come and sit here, please.” The woman said_______to him. Twenty minutes later, the bus____at the zoo. Tom got off(下车 ) the bus and said goodbye to the woman. Tom _____into the zoo. He_____a lot of animals, and he also____many photos. He _____ happy . It’s an_____day.
A．wasn’t B．isn’t C．doesn’t D．didn’t
A．way B．zoo C．bike D．bus
A．spoke B．told C．said D．talked
A．hello B．thanks C．Ok D．sorry
A．stop B．stopped C．stoping D．stops
A．go B．gone C．goes D．went
A．got B．looked C．read D．saw
A．made B．fed C．took D．fed
A．went B．was C．is D．are
A．glad B．exciting C．funny D．boring
Japanese people often ask people what blood group they are. This is b ____ they believe that a person’s blood group says a lot about their character and personality. The Japanese also believe that k___
__ blood group can help them decide that if a person will be a person’s good friend. It is strange that this idea is so popular in Japan because it is not a traditional idea, but a m_
__ one. Blood groups were only d___
___ in 1901 and in 1916 a Japanese doctor suggested that blood groups were related to temperament (气质、性情).
In 1927, a writer did a large study of people and wrote a guide to blood groups. He said that people f____ blood group O are calm, patient and in control of their emotions (情绪). They are f__
__ of self-confidence but are also quiet. People from blood group A are gentle and careful, worry a lot, find it hard to make a d__
__, and do not like arguments. People from blood group B are cheerful and “independent”(独立). They like to talk and do things w__
___ needing help from others. Blood group AB is quite a strange group. These people may seem like people from blood group B but they are actually m__
__like people from blood group A. They are shy and confident, trustworthy (可信赖的)and like to help others. The Japanese also think that your blood group a_
__ your choice of job and even your choice of marriage partner!
A farmer found a wounded eagle (鹰) in his field. He was so that he took it home and cleaned its wounds（伤口）. After that he placed it outside in the yard, in the hope that it get well soon.
Strangely enough, the eagle soon got used to the of all the chickens in the yard. It learned to from side to side like chickens, and eat happily from a trough (食槽). For many years, the eagle his new life on the farm.
Then one day, one of the farmer’s friends pointed to the playing eagle and asked, “ is that eagle acting like a chicken?” The farmer told him what had , and the friend felt quite .
“What a pity!” said the friend. “It should fly in the sky instead of living here!” He picked up the eagle, and it into the air. The eagle was , and cried loudly. Then it just fell down on the ground.
That night, the friend could hardly sleep as he remembered the chicken-like eagle. The next morning, he headed back to the farm for another . This time he carried the eagle to the of a nearby mountain.
When he stood at the highest place of the mountain, he looked into its eyes and shouted, “Don’t you understand? You weren’t made to live like a chicken!” As he the eagle up, he made sure it was facing into the bright of the rising sun. Then he tossed (抛) the bird into the sky. This time the eagle opened his wings, and disappeared into the clouds.
A．polite B．brave C．kind D．proud
A．would B．should C．must D．need
A．food B．sounds C．water D．habits
A．walk B．sleep C．talk D．drink
A．missed B．enjoyed C．lost D．forgot
A．When B．Why C．How D．What
A．suffered B．experienced C．happened D．found
A．puzzled B．sorry C．amazed D．worrying
A．pulled B．moved C．took D．threw
A．frightened B．guilty C．excited D．angry
A．drink B．meeting C．rest D．try
A．top B．foot C．center D．side
A．tied B．put C．filled D．held
A．sight B．light C．space D．shape
A．easily B．hardly C．quickly D．powerfully
Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees to be to the buyers and he gets a lot of . One day an old woman went to the shop to a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and saw it. She put it into her quickly. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she . That evening Mr. Young was told about it. He was very and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her . Several young men came, but _ of them could satisfy him.
This morning a young man came to his . He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.
"Do you ?" "No, sir."
Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him the last question, "You have shortcoming, do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”
A．strict B．friendly C．strange D．terrible
A．business B．surprise C．money D．hope
A．buy B．borrow C．look for D．lend
A．threw B．put C．placed D．left
A．found B．knew C．understood D．wanted
A．somebody B．anybody C．nobody D．everybody
A．hand B．pocket C．bottle D．glass
A．won B．lost C．forgot D．failed
A．sad B．angry C．happy D．worried
A．place B．seat C．table D．chair
A．both B．all C．neither D．none
A．house B．car C．office D．pigstye
A．dress B．drink C．eat D．sleep
A．answer B．clothes C．knowledge D．face
A．much B．some C．any D．no
Mr Ball is a teacher. He biology in a middle school in the town. He’s and gets unmarried. So he lives with his mother. Something is wrong with her and he has to talk to her or she can’t hear him. The old woman often felt when he was at school, so he bought a dog for her.
Once his dog had some .One of them was very beautiful and he it very much. The animal was too young to eat itself. Mr Ball had to it during his holiday. A new term began and he had to most time at school. He was afraid his mother would to give it some food in time, he began to train the little dog to bark（吠）when it felt so that his mother could it and gave some food to it. He told his workmates about his experiment in his office and he was sure he would be .
Several months passed and one of his workmates asked him the result.
“I don’t think I’ve .” said Mr Ball. “My experiment has obtained（得出）a surprising result: It doesn’t eat anything I don’t bark”
A．studies B．learns C．teaches D．practises
A．strong B．young C．healthy D．old
A．hands B．arms C．eyes D．ears
A．loudly B．slowly C．carefully D．clearly
A．sad B．lonely C．exciting D．happy
A．babies B．sisters C．brothers D．playmates
A．hated B．believed C．thanked D．liked
A．look for B．look like C．look after D．look at
A．use B．pay C．spend D．take
A．remember B．forget C．hope D．try
A．hungry B．thirsty C．terrible D．sick
A．find B．touch C．listen to D．hear
A．strange B．common C．successful D．wise
A．failed B．explained C．when D．after