A teenage girl couldn’t stand her family rules, so she left home.
She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has been dead. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you. Come back home!”
One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was surprised and she couldn’t believe her . “Is that me?” She moved and read the words, “I still love you.” She cried. She couldn’t wait back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and her daughter looked at each other in excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “ is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”
As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents. this way, both parents and children can be happy.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
For several years , Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by telephone ．Now teleshopping is starting in Europe ．In some countries , people can turn on their and shop for clothes , jewellery , food , toys and things ．
In Germany , last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day ．Then the government allowed more teleshopping ．Other channels can for telebusiness , including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company ．German are hoping these will help them sell more things ．
Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things on TV．They think high quality is the most important thing , and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things ．
The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be the American companies ．They have to be more careful about of the things they sell ．They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves .
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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．
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Once there was a rich man named Chulong．
One day, he was walking in his garden when he saw a strange________with beautiful feathers and sweet voice in a tree．Chulong________ went near the tree and caught the bird, which he thought he could________and get lots of money．
“Don’t think about making money through me!” said the bird, “________will buy me, because, in imprisonment (监禁), I lose my beauty and sweet voice.” Chulong’s hope of making money was shattered(使…成为泡影)．He became angry and wanted to________the bird for the meat.
Then the________ bird suggested, “Well, set me free．In return I shall teach you________simple but useful rules, which can do good to you.”
Chulong didn’t believe the bird________ , and he was afraid that the bird would fly away．However, the bird________it would keep its word(守信)．Chulong wanted to take a risk．He set the bird free and it sat on the branch of a tree．It became________again.
Chulong asked, “Now teach me the rules.” “Certainly,” said the birD．
Then the bird taught Chulong the________ : The first rule is Never believe everything others say．The second rule is Never be sad about something you don’t have．The third rule is Never throw away what you have in your hand.
“You silly bird,” shouted Chulong, “These rules are known to everyone．You ________me.”
But the bird said, “Today, you had me in your hand, but you threw me away．You believed all that I said． And you are sad about not having me．Though the rules are simple, you have neverthem．Now have you got the________of the rules? Just sit down and think for a while.” With these words, the bird________and disappeared from his sight．
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off．She told him that she would bring him the soon．Twenty minutes , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once．She was kept so busy that she to bring him the water．Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine．She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he it．In the following hours on the flight, time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile he needed help or not．But the passenger never her words．When he was going to get off the , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿)．She was very ．She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her the job． with a smile she handed it to him．Off the plane, she the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times ．How can I refuse twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!
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Will you put others’ needs before your own? will you get if you do? Here is an experience of mine.
It was a wet day and I had a time. I was busy and everyone I talked to was in a bad mood. What’s more, I went to work without breakfast and I left my at home. So I couldn’t get lunch and was terribly hungry.
When I work，I called to ask my wife to meet me at the door with some money so that I could quickly go to buy . Then I quickly made my way home in hope of eating my meal of the day at 5:00 p.m.
As I was halfway home, my wife told me by phone that a friend of ours was in and needed a lift（搭便车）home. My mind said，“I will help him I get the meal.” But my mouth said，“All right, I’ll give him a .”
He jumped in the car with a smile on his face and repeated how he was that I would drive him home. He told me he usually walked home from his company but that day the stopped him from making that journey because he didn’t have an umbrella.
There a lot of traffic. A drive to him normally took 10 minutes but that day it took 30 minutes.
Now you would guess the person that I was helping is a friend of mine. But，in fact，he is a friend of a friend.
I wonder if I will see this person again but I feel glad that I was there when he me.
So you will feel yourself helpful and useful when you 15 more about others.
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