A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day ________ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my ________ stopped. It was out of gas on a ________ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone ________ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile ________ I finally found a house near the ________ . I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair ________ . She said, “I’ve been ________ for you here for a long time. Come in. ________is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t ________ what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You ________tea,” said she.
I quickly ________ that my car was out of________ , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ________ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been ________ she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ________ .
________, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ________, he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ________ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and ________ came back because of the war.”
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You might say that one reason Barack Obama is president of the US is that he knows how to give a good speech. In 2004，when Massachusetts Senator John Kerry was the Democratic Party’s nominee(被提名者) for the presidency，a(n) ____senator from Illinois gave the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. That senator was Obama. It was a ____speech—poetic, and inspiring. The people who heard it would____it for a long time.
Since 2004, Obama has written and____thousands of speeches. These are usually____for two reasons：he treats the____like intelligent adults，and he is able to express complicated ideas in a straightforward，____way.
Before becoming____， Obama was a lawyer, a college professor，and a successful writer—his two memoirs(回忆录) have become bestsellers. The skills he needed to succeed in his previous jobs have also contributed to his____ as a speechmaker.
As a lawyer, Obama learned how to make strong, convincing____. As a professor, he learned how to explain complex subjects in ways that helped____understand without boring them. As a writer，he learned how to use____to have a powerful impact ____ his audiences.Star musician Will. i. am even ____one of Obama’s early speeches into a song during the election campaign.
Obama delivers speeches to audiences large and ____. He can make his audiences laugh or cry. His speeches are always thoughtful, well written, and just right for each____. He usually starts his speech by gently____his guests.His opening lines____the audiences’ attention while giving them an opportunity to relax and laugh at themselves and each other. He doesn’t go anywhere without his teleprompter (讲词提示器). The textbooksized panes of glass ______the president’s prepared remarks follow him____he goes to speak.
A．famous B．ignorant C．wellknown D．littleknown
A．special B．remarkable C．boring D．comfortable
A．remember B．keep C．know D．study
A．heard B．attended C．delivered D．published
A．used B．demanded C．praised D．explained
A．audiences B．officials C．children D．blacks
A．sensible B．ridiculous C．natural D．general
A．husband B．speechmaker C．governor D．president
A．downfall B．success C．intention D．condition
A．actions B．decisions C．connections D．arguments
A．patients B．students C．employees D．customers
A．language B．literature C．culture D．knowledge
A．on B．in C．for D．to
A．translated B．joined C．moved D．turned
A．broad B．small C．effective D．boring
A．type B．behavior C．occasion D．description
A．patting B．teasing C．scolding D．treating
A．require B．pay C．harm D．grab
A．holding B．making C．changing D．forming
A．whatever B．whenever C．wherever D．whichever
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure，please read on.For often，achieving what you ___ to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a ____ hole behind their house.As they were working，a couple of older boys stopped by to ____．
“What are you doing？”asked one of the visitors.
“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth！”One of the brothers ____ excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh，____ the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was ____．After a long ____，one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders，worms and a wide variety of insects.He ____ the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing (嘲笑) ____．
Then he said quietly and ____，“Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth，look what we have found along the way！”
Their ____ was far too ambitious，but it did ____ them to dig.And that is what a goal is for－to cause us to move in the ____ we have chosen；____ to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully ____．Not every job will end successfully.Not every relationship will endure.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every endeavor will be completed.Not every dream will be ____．
But when you ____ your aim，perhaps you can say，“Yes，____ look at what I found along the way！Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something！”
It is in the ____ that life is lived.And I believe it is joy in the journey，in the end，that truly ____．
A．look forward B．set out C．set about D．give in
A．wide B．deep C．large D．shallow
A．watch B．discuss C．introduce D．instruct
A．whispered B．commented C．lectured D．volunteered
A．expressing B．explaining C．telling D．arguing
A．unnecessary B．impossible C．unbelievable D．incorrect
A．silence B．intention C．recreation D．imagination
A．folded B．covered C．removed D．deleted
A．volunteers B．hunters C．contributors D．visitors
A．confidently B．curiously C．immediately D．strictly
A．idea B．thought C．goal D．belief
A．make B．expect C．cause D．force
A．decision B．feeling C．chance D．direction
A．as a result B．in other words C．now and then D．all the way
A．achieved B．absorbed C．controlled D．decided
A．predicted B．grasped C．realized D．depended
A．correspond to B．head for C．live up to D．fall short of
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．searching B．digging C．arranging D．discovering
A．regards B．proves C．occurs D．matters
I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard my name called for the leading role in our high school play.Mrs.Dermitt，my drama teacher，had been looking for someone to play an energetic boy in a comedy.Luckily for me，she thought that I could handle the ____．
That afternoon my friend Kevin and I talked ____about the play.Although Kevin hadn’t been ____ for a part onstage，his job with the set crew was important to the success of the play.I told him I was a little ____ because I had a lot of lines to memorize.
“You can do it.”He said.I knew I could ____ him：we had been friends since the third grade，and we ____ a good team.
Preparations for the play moved at a rapid pace.While working hard with the set crew，Kevin ____ spent hours helping me learn my lines.I noticed he often said my lines with me by silently moving his lips.We ____ that he could probably play my part as well as I could.
Three days before the ____ night，everything was ready for the performance.But when I woke up ____ a fever and sore throat on the day of the play，the entire production came to a sudden ____．Everyone in the drama department was worried，____ there was no way I could perform.The play was ____ to open in fewer than six hours，and we had no time to cancel.I tried to think of a way to ____．Then it hit me－Kevin knew the ____ as well as I did.I called Mrs.Dermitt to give her my ____．Within a few short hours，Kevin stood onstage in costume and makeup.He gave a wonderful performance.The amusing lines he had ____ with me so many times made the crowd laugh and cheer.In a strange turn of events，Kevin and I had ____ the day for everyone by working as a team.
Of course，I was terribly disappointed to have ____ my chance in the spotlight，but I was extremely ____ to have such a good friend.
A．part B．play C．band D．crew
A．calmly B．seriously C．excitedly D．anxiously
A．elected B．chosen C．invited D．trained
A．upset B．bored C．nervous D．confused
A．count on B．tend to C．talk with D．agree with
A．joined B．founded C．took D．made
A．also B．only C．still D．simply
A．expected B．debated C．agreed D．joked
A．final B．special C．opening D．greeting
A．with B．from C．in D．by
A．change B．turn C．stop D．end
A．for B．but C．and D．so
A．likely B．ready C．sure D．due
A．pass B．help C．care D．face
A．steps B．lines C．points D．cases
A．introduction B．instruction C．explanation D．suggestion
A．scanned B．grasped C．practiced D．presented
A．valued B．saved C．left D．kept
A．offered B．avoided C．risked D．missed
A．successful B．thankful C．trustful D．hopeful
In three days I will leave China behind for a few weeks and head back to Australia to spend time with my family and friends. This will be a very trip for me as, for the first time ever, I will not be to my hometown. You see, my parents sold their house in my hometown and moved about 500 kilometers away.
As it me that I would be returning to a whole new place, I was with two questions: Do I still have a hometown? Where is my home? I needed to do some research.
After reading A Story from the Chinese Diaspora, I learned I was not alone in feeling about where I call home. In the story, a Chinese American girl with finding her identity and her past with her present. I realized the place we live now and the place we lived then, have a great over who we are, where we long to be and where we feel and safety.
Back to My Motherland of a woman who left her motherland years ago and started a new life in America--the place she now calls home. But, some people move on from their hometown and a new life somewhere else, others have a strong to the city that they grew up in. In Hometown Boy we learn of a man who clings(坚持) to his and continues to make his hometown a of his life for now and for the future. He makes it his to give back to the community that has given so much to him and his family.
As I the days until I head back to my motherland and where exactly my home is, I am to decide where my heart is. And quite , my heart is wherever I am.
A．unique B．serious C．strange D．curious
A．removing B．referring C．returning D．relating
A．impressed B．clarified C．occurred D．struck
A．satisfied B．presented C．appointed D．charged
A．excited B．convinced C．depressed D．confused
A．sticks B．struggles C．starts D．supplies
A．connecting B．consulting C．confirming D．contenting
A．difference B．influence C．impression D．advantage
A．unrest B．tension C．comfort D．stress
A．tells B．shows C．talks D．learns
A．why B．how C．while D．where
A．expand B．trend C．survive D．build
A．commitment B．attachment C．devotion D．ambition
A．bases B．rules C．roots D．tasks
A．part B．sign C．role D．soul
A．urge B．duty C．conduct D．purpose
A．account for B．appeal to C．centre upon D．count down
A．foresee B．remind C．consider D．expect
A．forced B．annoyed C．sacred D．directed
A．awfully B．gently C．merely D．simply
Try It a Different Way
Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a tough working-class neighbourhood on Manhattan’s West Side. By tradition he ______ have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman. But he wanted ______. Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act. “I wasn’t a ______ actor, but I had a driving need to do something ______ with my life,” he said.
He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his ______. But he didn’t make ______. For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, ______ at an actors’ workshop that he opened in Hollywood. But Moresco kept working at his ______ career.
In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his ______ neighbourhood. In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was ______ to his life. Called Half-Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother’s ______ and staged at a small theater. A Hollywood producer ______ to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His ______ grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. However, it was never easy. By 2003, he was _____ out of work and out of cash ______ he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. The two worked on the script but every studio ______ it down. Moresco believed so ______ in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance.
The movie, Crash, ______ into the theatres in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It won three Academy Awards---Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing.
At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an ______ success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about the ______ to get it done.”
A．must B．should C．can D．need
A．over B．far C．out D．up
A．simple B．strict C．firm D．good
A．different B．impressive C．effective D．special
A．occasion B．treasure C．fortune D．possibility
A．it B．one C．this D．that
A．communicating B．entertaining C．practicing D．volunteering
A．afforded B．chosen C．respected D．offered
A．early B．worn C．old D．passed
A．turned B．pointed C．belonged D．related
A．arresting B．injuring C．killing D．shooting
A．advised B．happened C．intended D．planned
A．influence B．ambition C．success D．reputation
A．again B．even C．finally D．still
A．before B．when C．since D．while
A．let B．looked C．took D．turned
A．strongly B．hardly C．deeply D．bravely
A．moved B．slipped C．fell D．put
A．effortless B．enjoyable C．overnight D．optimistic
A．ways B．lines C．manners D．actions