Not being sure where I want to start this, I will say that I lost my mom back in April of this year. She was ninety-two. , I was not expecting her to and I don’t think she was expecting it either. I was very close to my mom, being an only child. We did have on the surface, but we still had a close relationship those.
Being newly married less than a year, and having moved a couple of times , I have had more changes recently in my life than at any other point of my fifty-four years. Stability is one of the gifts that Mom me and it had so many that I wasn’t aware of until now. My husband and I have made some to Mom’s home and will be moving at the end of next week. It is now our home, but it still has my heart in it. It’s where I grew up, and there are many that will live there with us. At the same time, I am looking forward to some very happy and memorable ones with my husband.
Mom such a big part in my life. Our lives were woven because she gave me her values which have become strongly in the woman I am today. I don’t have any children whom I could these on to. However, Mother’s values affect me every day with the I have with others, whether I know them or not. I hope Mom would be of who I am, what I’ve become because of her, and of I am going to live with my . She gave me everything I needed to know in life: respect others, and give help to others who it most. I love you, Mom, and I will never forget you.
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The Fish I didn't Catch
I still remember my first fishing experience as if it were but yesterday. I have been many times in my life (like when I got admitted to the best school), but never more intensely sothan when I received that first fishing from my uncle.
My uncle, who knew by long where pickerel（梭鱼）would gather, placed me at the most favorable point. I threw out my line and waited anxiously for a bite, the float up and down rapidly on the surface of the water. But nothing came of it. "Try again," said my uncle. Suddenly the float out of sight. "Now for it," thought I; "here is a fish at last."
I made a strong pull, only to bring up a tangle of weeds. Again and again I cast out my line with aching arms, and drew it back empty. I looked at my uncle ．"Try once more," hesaid；"we fishermen must have
Suddenly something tugged at my line, and swept off with it into deep water. Pulling it up quickly, I saw a fine pickerel wriggling in the sun. "Uncle！”I cried, looking back in uncontrollable , "I've got a fish!”"Not yet," said my uncle. Just then, I saw the scared fish shooting into the middle of the stream, my hook hung from the line. I had lost my prize.
My heart sank with it and I felt like a failure. We tend to speak of the of childhood as matters of little importance those of grown-ups. Controlled by reason and self-respect, the sorrows of grown-ups the social customs and rules of conduct the sorrows of childhood are a complete abandonment to the passion. The doll's nose is broken, and the whole world with it.
So, overcome with my bitter disappointment, I refused to be ，even by my uncle's guarantee that there were more fish in the river. He refitted my bait, and, putting the pole again in my hands, told me to try my luck once more.
"But remember, boy," he said, with a smile, "it's no use to boast of（自夸）anything before it's done, nor then, either, it speaks for itself."
How often I have been reminded of the fish that I did not catch ！When I hear people talking about their distant aims as if they had already been achieved, I call to mind that by the riverside, and the wise caution of my uncle takes the form of a proverb of application: "NEVER BOAST OF YOUR FISH BEFORE YOU CATCH HIM."
A．happy B．confident C．curious D．optimistic
A．basket B．pole C．net D．boat
A．casually B．desperately C．considerately D．unexpectedly
A．sank B．bounced C．flew D．extended
A．understandingly B．appealingly C．seemingly D．approvingly
A．affection B．imagination C．competence D．patience
A．amusement B．disappointment C．excitement D．astonishment
A．separate B．heavy C．empty D．dull
A．achievements B．sorrows C．remarks D．commitments
A．in comparison with B．in favour of C．in response to D．on account of
A．reform B．keep C．violate D．establish
A．if B．since C．when D．while
A．goes ahead B．takes off C．breaks up D．comes out
A．criticized B．teased C．comforted D．protected
A．for B．once C．if D．though
A．just then B．ever since C．ever after D．only now
A．view B．location C．conflict D．scene
A．liberal B．potential C．artificial D．universal
I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the . People walked in, between the cars newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It’s a familiar in most poor developing countries.
While we were for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It’s unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of his way around the spaces. He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he got to the outside of our car. Out of , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to the change. However, with his sense of touch, he quickly went through his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum’s . It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control, we decided to go on our way.
I broke down and even when I got home. Here’s a blind man, born in , trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He our sympathy. Life hasn’t been to him, yet he’s giving it his best shot. I think that is what is all about facing life bravely.
A．signs B．crossroads C．stations D．theatre
A．giving B．buying C．selling D．throwing
A．scene B．play C．activity D．street
A．watching B．asking C．waiting D．changing
A．blocks B．crossings C．turns D．cars
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．expensive B．fashionable C．ragged D．splendid
A．pushed B．drove C．cleared D．felt
A．eventually B．quickly C．frequently D．happily
A．curiosity B．sympathy C．thirsty D．politeness
A．impatiently B．casually C．naturally D．carefully
A．keep B．return C．borrow D．count
A．searched for B．went through C．turned over D．looked for
A．hand B．arm C．face D．lap
A．still B．yet C．so D．but
A．gave up B．set off C．held on D．broke down
A．pain B．poverty C．sadness D．loneliness
A．refused B．enjoyed C．doubted D．cheated
A．rich B．unfair C．kind D．bad
A．kindness B．courage C．experience D．challenge
Rachel lived outside Seattle and always wanted to help others when young. At age 5, she learned about an organization named Locks of Love which hair donations to make wigs (假发) for children who have their own hair because of cancer or other diseases. Rachel then asked to have her long hair and sent to it.
Then when she was 8, her school began money to build wells in Africa. When she learned that other children had no clean , Rachel was shocked. So she asked her parents to holding her birthday party. In place of , she asked her friends to $9 each to the project in Africa.
Rachel’s ninth birthday was on June 12, and she had a birthday page on the Internet with a goal of $300. , Rachel was able to raise only $220 — which had left her just a bit .
On July 20, Rachel was injured in a traffic accident. That was a terrible shock to her friends, who wanted to find some way of showing . They began donating on Rachel’s birthday page. Donations her $300 goal quickly, and kept rising.
When it was that Rachel would never recover, her parents donated her hair a final time to Locks of Love, and her organs (器官) to other children. Word about Rachel’s story. More was being raised. The total donations soon topped $100,000, then $300,000. others, I was also moved and donated. Until now more than $850,000 has been raised from all over the world, donations from Africans moved by the little American girl who their continent.
A．uses B．sells C．buys D．borrows
A．washed B．worn C．lost D．pulled
A．tied B．cut C．brushed D．dried
A．raising B．spending C．wasting D．earning
A．air B．paper C．room D．water
A．stop B．enjoy C．practise D．start
A．time B．hair C．games D．presents
A．serve B．owe C．give D．award
A．put up B．set up C．picked up D．backed up
A．Besides B．So C．However D．Therefore
A．excited B．relaxed C．tired D．disappointed
A．unluckily B．uncertainly C．impossibly D．unfairly
A．courage B．support C．interest D．power
A．established B．found C．passed D．allowed
A．possible B．clear C．necessary D．proper
A．disappeared B．changed C．ended D．spread
A．evidence B．money C．advice D．doubt
A．From B．Like C．For D．Without
A．saving B．sending C．including D．costing
A．cared about B．looked for C．belonged to D．relied on
Brownie and Spotty were neighbour dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any ____, these two dogs loved each other and played ____ so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.
One evening, Brownie’s family ____ that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no ____. Brownie didn’t appear the next day, and, despite their ____ to find him, by the next week he was still missing.
Curiously, Spotty ____ at Brownie’s house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the ____ little neighbour dog.
Finally, one morning Spotty ____ to take “no” for an answer. Spotty followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say, “____ me! It’s urgent!”
Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a ____ spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie ____, one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier requirement ____. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.
Spotty had done more than simply ____ Brownie’s owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the ____ dog, Ted found some dog food---which was later ____ as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that ____!
Spotty had been visiting Brownie ____, in a single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering his own comfort. Spotty had obviously stayed with Brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling (依偎) with him at night to keep him ____ and touching him gently with its nose to keep his spirits up.
Brownie’s ____ was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For many years afterwards, the two families watched the faithful friends frolicking (嬉戏) ____ chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.
A．village B．story C．neighborhood D．film
A．together B．wildly C．separately D．happily
A．watched B．heard C．feared D．noticed
A．hope B．success C．failure D．information
A．wishes B．demands C．efforts D．worries
A．went up B．showed up C．took up D．put up
A．nervous B．eager C．angry D．clever
A．decided B．refused C．wanted D．pretended
A．Love B．Hit C．Forgive D．Follow
A．beautiful B．distant C．wild D．clean
A．alive B．dead C．brave D．sleepy
A．immediately B．seriously C．directly D．honestly
A．asked B．ordered C．informed D．led
A．injured B．defeated C．frightened D．worried
A．regarded B．determined C．recognized D．showed
A．month B．day C．evening D．week
A．anxiously B．regularly C．sometimes D．calmly
A．fearless B．well C．warm D．hopeful
A．leg B．head C．body D．tail
A．but B．or C．so D．and
As soon as the plane took off, it was clear that something was wrong. People their seats and there were already some terrible shouts. It seemed that we were about to .
People cried all around. Although I didn’t shout, I couldn’t have spoken . Then two rows to my left, I heard a calm voice, a woman’s voice, speaking in a normal tone nothing serious was happening. The woman, in her mid-30s, was staring into the face of her daughter, who looked to be four years old. The child so carefully that she seemed unaffected by the sounds of 36 around her.
I suddenly remembered another girl who had a terrible plane crash with the protection of her mother. The mother lost her life. , the little girl had to be treated to get rid of the feelings of guilt and unworthiness that often survivors. She was told time and again that it hadn’t been for her that her mother had gone away. I hoped this situation wouldn’t in the same way.
Finally, I leaned over and heard this soft, voice. Over and over again, the mother said, “I love you so much. Do you know that I love you more than anything else?”
“Yes, Mommy,” said the little girl.
“And remember that no matter what happens, I will always be you. And you are a good girl. Sometimes things happen, and they are not your fault. You are a good girl and my love will always be with you.” Then the mother put her over her daughter’s, fastened the seat belt over both of them and was to crash. Everything seemed hopeless. But , the horror was over in seconds. We landed safely.
That mom showed me what a real looked like. And in those few minutes, I heard the voice of .
A．fitted in with B．got out of C．kept out of D．got away with
A．quit B．land C．crash D．withdraw
A．calmly B．loudly C．clearly D．steadily
A．what if B．even if C．as if D．only if
A．followed B．listened C．nodded D．glanced
A．fear B．sympathy C．regret D．shock
A．escaped B．prevented C．suffered D．survived
A．Instead B．Anyway C．However D．Otherwise
A．stress B．trouble C．possess D．remind
A．honor B．responsibility C．fault D．excuse
A．tend B．turn C．stop D．develop
A．firm B．ugly C．hesitant D．tough
A．as usual B．beyond belief C．at all D．for sure
A．in B．on C．for D．with
A．yet B．only C．still D．again
A．arm B．body C．head D．hand
A．engaged B．devoted C．prepared D．involved
A．fortunately B．accidentally C．ridiculously D．desperately
A．educator B．rescuer C．hero D．sponsor
A．belief B．commitment C．faith D．courage