I still remember that day. I was waiting to get some for shopping in a bank. Among the crowd, I noticed a little boy carrying some sunglasses in one hand and a big bag in .
The boy was about 10 years old. He was walking around the people inside the and asked them to buy his sunglasses. But would buy any from him. He tried from one person to another. From the look on his face, I knew he would not anyway.
Now, I decided to have a with him. I went up and asked, “Do you go to school?” He nodded his head. Then I continued, “Why do you sunglasses?” He said nothing. I gave him $20 and said that I was not in of the sunglasses but he could keep the money. To my , his face changed a lot, which is still in my memory today. I didn’t know to say next. Then he replied, “Either you buy sunglasses or you back the money. I don’t need your pity.” I felt very for what I did, and I told him that I would buy two pairs.
I took these sunglasses home and kept myself, “Did such a young boy need to do it for his self-respect（自尊）?” He could take the $20 and left. But he chose to sell his sunglasses and get the money not because of others’ . I will remember this lesson forever.
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One day an old man went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) to eat in America for the first time. He sat down at an empty table and waited for 43 to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria 44 .
“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and 45 what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in the US,” the old man later told a friend. “46 is a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want 47 you are willing(自愿的) to pay the price. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to 48 it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
49 , life everywhere is like a cafeteria. Don’t wait for things to happen to you. Success lies in your own 50 .
A．his friend B．his wife C．a stranger D．someone
A．worked B．painted C．repaired D．planned
A．send out B．give out C．pick out D．look out
A．School B．Life C．Office D．Company
A．if B．because C．though D．until
A．carry B．lend C．move D．bring
A．In peace B．In the end C．In fact D．In a hurry
A．work B．hands C．opinion D．books
July 4 is the birthday of the United States of America. Since 1776, people have 36 the Independence Day holiday every year.
What do people 37on Independence Day? Many colorful and interesting things. They have fireworks shows in the evenings and sing songs. Some families organize picnics with barbecues (烧烤). Kids can 38much delicious food like hotdogs.
And these parties are a good time to dress up. Some kids make July 4 hats 39 the stars and stripes(星条) of the country’s flag on them. And Independence Day is in summer. Many kids use stars and stripes fans to keep themselves 40 .
It’s a great day, but no one forgets that it’s 41too. US people are proud of their 42 and proud of what the founders did for it. On Independence Day everyone gets the chance to show it. A. spent B. celebrated C. decorated
A. do B. make C. give
A. smell B. sell C. eat
A. for B. with C. at
A. hot B. warm C. cool
A. funny B. serious C. boring
A. country B. school C. home
A new supermarket put on a notice at the entrance. It said, "Remember, once a week, one ofour customers will get __ 41 goods. This may be your lucky day. " All the housewives_42 went to the supermarket wanted to be the lucky customer.
In the following several weeks, Mrs. Black _43__ didshopping in the same supermarket.Unlike many other customers, she never __44 hope. Her kitchen was full of things that she did not need. She dreamed of the __45__ when the manager of the supermarket would come and say to her. “Madam, this is your lucky day and __46__ in your basket is free."
One Friday morning, after she finished her shopping and had taken all the things _47 her car, she realized that she had forgotten to buy some tea. She went back to the __48__ to buy the tea. As she was waiting at the cashier(收银台), the manager of the supermarket came to __49 _and said,“Congratulations. Madam! You are our lucky customer and all that you __50__ in your basket is free!"
A．bad B．heavy C．free D．big
A．who B．which C．whose D．whom
A．never B．always C．sometimes D．seldom
A．gave out B．gave up C．gave in D．gave off
A．day B．week C．month D．year
A．thing B．something C．nothing D．everything
A．school B．supermarket C．car D．home
A．put B．putted C．putting D．puts
Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But 31you use the phone, you can’t see the person you are talking with. That 32 change in the future.
Now some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or a vision phone(视频电话). Two people 33 are talking can see each other w
ith it.
Picture phones can be useful when you have 34 to show the person you are calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a 35and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to 36the book over your picture phone. Also you may b
e able to do shopping through your picture phone. If you see something 37the newspaper that you want to buy, you can 38the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you’re 29in over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never even leave your room.
The picture phone is really a 40phone. More and more people will use it. A. if B. when C. before
A. can’t B. must C. may
A. whom B. who C. which
A. something B. nothing C. everything
A. shop
B. school C. libraryA. read B. see C. watch
A. in B. about C. on
A. visit B. go C. call
A. interested B. bored C. interesting
A. useless B. helpless C. helpful
Everyone has his dream. ＿21＿do I .In ten years, I think I will be a reporter. I’ll live in Shanghai, because I want to Shanghai and ＿22＿in love with it last year. I think it’s a really beautiful city. ＿23＿ a reporter, I think I’ll meet lots of interesting ＿24＿.I think I’ll live in 25apartment with my best friends, because I don’t like living 26. I will have pets. I can’t have 27pets now because my mother hates them and our apartment is too small. So in ten years, I’ll have many different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot. I’ll probably go skating and swimming 28. During the week, I’ll look smart, and probably will 29a suit. On weekends, I’ll dress more casually. That’s my dream. I’ll work 30to make it come true.A. Neither B. So C. Nor
A. were B. fell C. fall
A. AsB. For C. Like
A. men B. women C. people
A. an B. a C. the
A. alone B. together C. lonely
A. some B. no C. any
A. all day B. every day C. everyday
A. dress B. wear C. put on
A. hardly B. freelyC. hard