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On my way to work every day, I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular my attention. It must have suffered some . Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to its own course of life, the trunk took a 90 degree turn to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.
Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be . It was a reminder to me that I may not have had the best start in life, I could change in the parts of my life at any time.
I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同的) tree. But that week I was busy. After that week, I still didn’t take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I drove by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my , I found a sawed-off stump (树桩) where that tree had stood. I had my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too .
What have you been putting off? What would you do today if you knew you would have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things that you have been putting off until tomorrow?
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It was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we________, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had________her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and________in shock.
Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very________about what had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum, it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”
At the front of the supermarket, a________group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and________to funds. Tenyson suggested that we________buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amazed that he’d come up with this ________idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to________ her up. “Just________it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful________.”
By now paramedics (急救人员) had arrived, and were________to the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated (frightened) by all the________and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go________to her.
I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him, “My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”
At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her________it was from. ________badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with________in her eyes and________a little smile at him.
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Whenever we hear about “the homeless,”, most of us think of the Developing world. But the is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first one long hot summer when most Germans were on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t . “What these people also need is warmth and ,” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita make sure there was somebody at home to the phone and their home was always to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to ask for . Today, over thirty companies contribute food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer new shoes.
Kurt and Rita receive no for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets . She says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a in the world.
A．result B．reason C．truth D．idea
A．traditional B．developing C．typical D．wealthy
A．preparations B．meals C．houses D．suggestions
A．began B．met C．called D．left
A．asleep B．alone C．across D．away
A．brought up B．set up C．put aside D．gave away
A．helpful B．necessary C．enough D．expensive
A．caring B．freedom C．courage D．fame
A．intend B．agree C．pretend D．hesitate
A．make B．repair C．answer D．wait
A．open B．crowded C．noisy D．near
A．costing B．wasting C．taking D．spending
A．jobs B．donations C．money D．advice
A．completely B．calmly C．regularly D．roughly
A．advertise B．deliver C．sell D．lend
A．donates B．produces C．designs D．collects
A．permission B．payment C．direction D．support
A．borrow B．raise C．save D．expect
A．surprised B．excited C．tired D．amused
A．difference B．profit C．decision D．rule
It was about the third week in June last year. My 15yearold son had already settled into his summer routine：Go to____ at 2 a. m. and wake up at 1 p．m. only to get back on his computer to play computer games ____ dinner.
It was the middle of the ____ when the sound of his computer games woke me up again. I couldn't ____ that any more and decided it was time for him to get a summer job. I got on the computer and found a lifeguard certification class that____ the next day, and a company that____ teenagers to guard their pools.
From that day I woke him up at 8 a．m. every day for him to____ the class. At first, he continued to complain that I was____his summer. But by the end of the week, he was actually____going. He learned something about first aid, figured he really could____someone from drowning, and got some ideas on how to ____ work for a living.
Two weeks later, he had a___as a lifeguard. He took his responsibility very____ and never went to work late. This summer, he will be working fulltime at a pool. He says a lot of his____don't have jobs. And I say that is because their mothers didn't try____ enough! Even if your kid is super____with finals and afterschool activities and doesn't have time, you can____job information for him.
Whether it is an ice cream store, a movie____，or a summer camp, you can ask if they are hiring____for the summer. After your kid gets a job, pay attention to the____to make sure he is never late.
A．school B．bed C．study D．work
A．around B．after C．until D．during
A．afternoon B．noon C．morning D．night
A．stand B．appreciate C．notice D．watch
A．lasted B．started C．rested D．developed
A．fired B．forced C．persuaded D．hired
A．give B．observe C．attend D．help
A．designed B．enjoying C．ruining D．joining
A．looking forward to B．looking out of C．looking down upon D．looking into
A．recognize B．save C．conduct D．buy
A．roughly B．actually C．luckily D．suddenly
A．reward B．problem C．goal D．job
A．slowly B．calmly C．seriously D．quickly
A．friends B．colleagues C．students D．teachers
A．directly B．fast C．early D．hard
A．clear B．busy C．excited D．disappointed
A．search for B．think about C．wait for D．write down
A．factory B．square C．park D．theatre
A．experts B．teenagers C．foreigners D．villagers
A．habit B．tradition C．schedule D．determination
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village the fishing industry, a volunteer rescue team was needed in cases of . One night a strong storm capsized
( 倾覆) a fishing boat at sea. In trouble, the sent out the S.O.S immediately. Spotting the signal, the captain of the rescue team sounded the alarm and the villagers on the beach. While the team their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited anxiously, holding lanterns to light the way .
An hour later, the rescue boat and the villagers ran to greet them. The reported that the rescue boat couldn’t hold any more and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more would have capsized the rescue boat and all would have been lost.
Therefore, the captain called for another volunteer team to go after the lonely . Sixteen-year-old Hans forward. His mother grabbed ( 抓住 ) his arm and said, “Please don’t go. Your older brother, Paul, has been lost at sea for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have .”
Hans replied, “Mother, I have to go. What if everyone said, ‘I can’t go, let else do it?’ When the call for comes, we all need to take our turn and do our .” Hans kissed his mother, the team and disappeared into the night.
Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans’ mother a century. Finally, the rescue boat reappeared in the fog with Hans on the boat. And he yelled, “We found him. Tell my mother it’s my older brother, Paul!”
A．depended on B．suffered from C．turned away D．got through
A．struggle B．preparation C．consequence D．emergency
A．groups B．family C．crew D．army
A．traded B．gathered C．shouted D．separated
A．lost B．went C．felt D．fought
A．back B．up C．ahead D．down
A．appeared B．followed C．returned D．succeeded
A．journalists B．volunteers C．villagers D．policemen
A．soldiers B．guests C．patients D．passengers
A．hardly B．gradually C．surely D．rudely
A．son B．survivor C．traveller D．brother
A．stepped B．looked C．put D．threw
A．taken B．received C．left D．wanted
A．everyone B．someone C．anyone D．no one
A．service B．protection C．relief D．sacrifice
A．part B．lesson C．business D．exercise
A．built B．trained C．managed D．joined
A．for B．with C．like D．at
A．working B．standing C．running D．fishing
A．calmly B．worriedly C．sincerely D．excitedly
The Fitting-in of Suzy Khan
The first time I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her. She was really small for her age of 12. The boy in my class often about her and laughed their heads off. She would open a book, pretending to read, with tears dropping on the open page.
All I knew was that she was an orphan (孤儿) from Africa. She had just been adopted by a family in town who that the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with American kids. I looked down at this girl and promised myself that somehow I would help her.
But how could I help her in with us? There had to be a .
One day, when I went into the classroom, I saw that Suzy had her geography book to a picture of a train, and in her notebook, she had made a(n) copy.
I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming show. So, I took her to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed her what Suzy had . “Why, it’s wonderful,” said Miss Parker, who then showed us a poster she had painted the talent show. “I need more of these, but I just don’t have enough . Could you help me, Suzy?”
On the day of the talent show, Suzy’s were everywhere — all over the hall and all over the school, each one different.
“And finally,” said Mr. Brown, the schoolmaster, at the end of the show, “we have a (n) award. I’m sure you’ve all noticed the wonderful posters.” Everyone nodded. “One of our own students them.”
I could hear everyone whispering. “Who in our school could draw well?”
Mr. Brown waited a while before saying, “ this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a , too. Our mystery(神秘) artist is our new student — Suzy Khan!”
Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist’s set. “Thank you,” she cried.
I , at that time when I was looking at her excited face, she’d probably never anything in her whole life.
Everyone started to their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was deafening. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right.
A．joked B．cared C．trains D．worried
A．reported B．decided C．complained D．questioned
A．rich B．proud C．tiny D．popular
A．come B．fall C．fit D．tie
A．manner B．pattern C．choice D．way
A．read B．taken C．opened D．put
A．free B．perfect C．final D．extra
A．art B．talk C．quiz D．talent
A．colored B．written C．carved D．drawn
A．at B．after C．for D．around
A．room B．time C．paper D．interest
A．gifts B．books C．photos D．posters
A．special B．academic C．national D．royal
A．painted B．found C．printed D．collected
A．very B．that C．quite D．too
A．If B．Though C．Unless D．Since
A．prize B．rank C．rest D．place
A．replied B．realized C．remembered D．regretted
A．offered B．valued C．owned D．controlled
A．clap B．wave C．raise D．shake