When we’re young, we dream of love and fulfillment. We perhaps think of nights in the moon or walks along the beach at sunset.
No one tells us that the moments of a lifetime are flashing by, unplanned and nearly always catch us off guard.
Not long ago, as I was reading a bedtime story to my seven-year-old daughter, Annie, I became aware of her look. She was staring at me with a charmed expression. , completing The Tale of Samuel Whiskers was not as as we first thought. I asked what she was thinking about.
"Mommy," she , "I just can't stop looking at your pretty face."I almost dissolved on the spot.
Not long after, I took my four-year-old son to an elegant department store, where the sweet notes of a classic love song us toward a musician playing a grand piano. Sam and I sat down on a marble bench nearby, and he seemed as absorbed in the pleasant as I was.
I didn't realize that Sam had next to me until he turned, took my face in his little hands and said, " with me."
those women walking under the Paris moon knew the of such an invitation made by a round-cheeked boy with baby teeth! Although openly laughed and pointed at us as we glided and whirled around the open atrium(中庭), I would not have a dance with such a charming young gentleman if I'd been offered the universe.
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After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced for a few days, I was to wait tables on my own. All went that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily the tables not far from the kitchen. , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。
Before I knew it, the was full of people. I moved slowly, every step. I remember how I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was on. It had nice handles (手柄),which made it to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __ you work. It seems your tray stand has been very to you, but we are getting ready to now, and my wife needs her back.”
At first his did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was . I wanted to get into a hole and .
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just , I have learned to be more and not to be too sure of myself.
A.manager B.assistant C.cook D.waitress
A.promised B.invited C.allowed D.advised
A.well B.quickly C.safely D.wrong
A.left B.given C.brought D.shown
A.Therefore B.However C.Otherwise D.Finally
A.kitchen B.street C.restaurant D.table
A.minding B.changing C.taking D.saving
A.angry B.calm C.sad D.happy
A.fixed B.trained C.loaded D.waited
A.slower B.lighter C.quieter D.easier
A.believe B.agree C.regret D.pretend
A.letting B.making C.watching D.having
A.useful B.familiar C.unusual D.interesting
A.rest B.order C.eat D.leave
A.bag B.walker C.tray D.coat
A.idea B.praise C.message D.need
A.cold B.full of joy C.pale D.on fire
A.lie B.hide C.defend D.stay
A.repeated B.discovered C.corrected D.described
A.careful B.patient C.honest D.practical
Born in America , I spoke English ,not Chinese , the language of my ancestors . When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese at my face , but I pushed them . My mom believed I would learn I was ready . But the never came.
On a Chinese New Year’s Eve , my uncle spoke to me in Chinese , but all I could do was at him , confused , scratching my head . “ Still can’t speak Chinese?” He me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown .”
“Hey ,this is America , not China. I’ll get some with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for .
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu ,” she said ,handing over a $20 bill . I the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I should to the fishman. But he my English words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased their impatience. With every , the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling— me to cry out . “ Xian Sheng Yu , please.” “Very Xian Sheng ,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter . My face turned and I ran back home , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I should feel right at . Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish , but , in the end, the joke is on . Every laugh is a culture ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.
A.custom B.games C.characters D.language
A.ahead B.around C.along D.aside
A.when B.before C.unless D.until
A.success B.study C.time D.attempt
A.aim B.joke C.nod D.stare
A.cared about B.laughed at C.argued with D.asked after
A.right now B.from now C.at times D.in time
A.decision B.permission C.information D.preparation
A.repeated B.reviewed C.spelled D.kept
A.farm B.stand C.pond D.market
A.guessed B.forgot C.doubted D.ignored
A.by B.as C.with D.from
A.second B.effort C.desire D.movement
A.forcing B.allowing C.persuading D.leading
A.bright B.blank C.pale D.red
A.open-mouthed B.tongue-tied C.empty-handed D.broken-hearted
A.service B.home C.risk D.root
A.trade B.deed C.challenge D.incident
A.it B.us C.me D.them
A.thrown B.lost C.divided D.reflected
A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and all day about how wonderful and exciting must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some skill and sensibility (识别力),she her mother for a bike ride the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, her keeping close to the house and not too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew where she was heading! the hill and across the valley, she rode to the of the golden house.
she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she that all the windows were and rather dirty.
So _ and heart-broken, she didn’t go any further. She and all of a sudden she saw an amazing . There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
A.might B.should C.would D.must
A.Unless B.Although C.Since D.But
A.dreamed B.worried C.asked D.shouted
A.this B.that C.it D.which
A.different B.scientific C.musical D.basic
A.begged B.blamed C.invited D.paid
A.inside B.outside C.through D.along
A.insisting on B.relying on C.arguing about D.wondering about
A.traveling B.running C.riding D.walking
A.madly B.rapidly C.exactly D.possibly
A.Over B.Down C.Around D.Beside
A.windows B.steps C.center D.gate
A.Until B.As C.While D.Because
A.getting B.introducing C.leading D.moving
A.felt B.learned C.concluded D.found
A.transparent B.bright C.plain D.wide
A.anxious B.angry C.serious D.sad
A.turned around B.cheered up C.settled down D.dropped in
A.hill B.valley C.background D.sight
A.imagined B.decided C.realized D.guessed
Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets him, especially those who are.
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that ?
He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's _. His briefcase always has some gloves。
In winter,Mr.Greenberg does not like other New Yorkers,who look at the sidewalk and the street.He looks around at .He stops when he someone with no gloves.He gives them a pair and then he ,looking for more people with cold .
On winter days,Mr.Greenberg gloves.During the rest of the year,
he gloves.People who have heard about him him gloves,and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Greenberg doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them .
It runs in the .Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the .A pair of gloves may be a thing,but it can make a big difference in winter.
A.know about B.learn from C.cheer for D.look after
A.old B.busy C.kind D.poor
A.job B.name C.chance D.message
A.calm B.different C.crazy D.curious
A.act B.sound C.feel D.dress
A.cross over B.drive along C.hurry down D.keep off
A.cars B.people C.street numbers D.traffic lights
A.helps B.chooses C.greets D.sees
A.holds up B.hangs out C.moves on D.turns around
A.hands B.ears C.faces D.eyes
A.searches for B.stores up C.gives away D.puts on
A.borrows B.sells C.returns D.buys
A.call B.send C.lend D.show
A.delayed B.remembered C.began D.enjoyed
A.understand B.dislike C.study D.excuse
A.sorry for B.satisfied with C.proud of D.surprised by
A.smart B.rich C.special D.happy
A.city B.family C.neighborhood D.company
A.honor B.pain C.same D.cold
Believe it or not,there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform. It makes you proud of your school. It builds a common spirit of unity (整体) among students and them of the values and history of their school. But for most students,school uniforms are not something to be proud of .
“Why not the school uniform just one day a week?Always wearing the same clothes makes me feel bored,” a senior student from a high school complained.“I don’t like the big English letters of the name of our school on the back,” said a junior student.“They could be .” The main student complaints about school uniforms are:simple colors,boring designs and bad .And a teacher at a middle school in Guangzhou said that a teacher and a mother,she eagerly8 the quality of school uniforms will be improved soon.
What has caused all these problems?Chen Hong,a uniform designer in Shenzhen,pointed out that problems because the whole society doesn’t see the of the school uniform.
“Most designers are to stick to the same old fashion, there are no professionals (专业人员) work for students,” Chen said.
His company most of the awards in the first national competition for school uniforms last month in Nanning,Guangxi.
“Besides,high quality calls for a high price,” said Chen.“But in some schools,the annual (一年一度) expense for each student’s uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan.How can we produce high-quality clothes with so money?”
Even with these problems,efforts have been made the situation,according to Zhai Shiliang, of the School Uniform Administration and Service Center in Beijing.A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing.Thirty-seven uniforms, in schools next spring,were selected from 570.“We will offer the samples for schools to choose,” Zhai said.
“The perfect uniform should the students of the school’s honor and cause them to be of it whenever and wherever they are,” Chen said.
A.take B.feel C.to take D.to feel
A.remains B.remember C.reminds D.recalls
A.at all B.in all C.for all D.after all
A.put on B.suit C.wear D.dress
A.large B.larger C.small D.smaller
A.quantity B.amount C.quality D.unit
A.as B.like C.for D.with
A.wishes B.needs C.wants D.hopes
A.come through B.come up C.come in D.come on
A.importance B.important C.design D.possibility
A.like B.possibly C.unlikely D.likely
A.if B.although C.because D.because of
A.what B.which C.that D.whom
A.won B.has won C.wins D.had won
A.few B.little C.much D.many
A.improve B.develop C.change D.to change
A.a head B.the head C.heads D.head
A.being seen B.to be seen C.to see D.will be seen
A.remind B.offer C.supply D.provide
A.ashamed B.nervous C.proud D.aware