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My Emotional (感人的) Experience in Jaipur
I came to India in February 2012 to complete a volunteer practicum requirement with some friends．It was really an unforgettable experience!
Before we set off, I thought it would be a hard job, ____ that I could not adapt to the poor living conditions．After arriving in Jaipur, we went straight to the hotel that the Center had ____ for us; a relief to us as we were tired from the ___．During the following days we were ____ to the city and had Hindi lessons with our guide Ravi．
On our fourth day in Jaipur we were taken to the head office．There we were ___ for the Child Development Program and over the course we ____ two studies related to child work and child rights．We focused on the experiences of the children who were working and the ____ that pushed them into work．The experience was entirely new for me and I learned so much through the ____．The best part of the work, however, was ____ being in the communities and interacting with the children and their parents．I was ____ to a way of life completely different from my own．In spite of the poor living situations, people in Jaipur were ____．We found that the parents communicated openly with each other and they were always ____ to share their own thoughts and feelings with their children．I could ____ that people in Jaipur have positive relationships with their family and community members．Talking with the people there and hearing their stories was something that had a strong effect on my worldview, continuing to ____ how I understand everything around me now．I have been ____ by the people that I met through this experience．
On the weekends I spent time in Jaipur, ____ the city and shopping．We were ___ enough to be there during Holi, an exciting and colorful celebration in February end or early March in India! We really ____ every minute of the life in Jaipur!
Generally, my practicum experience with Volunteering India was extremely ____．I know that I will be thinking about everything that I saw, learned and ____ in India and look forward to the day that I can return to this amazing country．
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Once there was a very brilliant, creative and learned man. He gained much____36_____while traveling throughout the world. Unfortunately he lost his legs and left arm in a traffic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so____37_____ that he was afraid he would spend his life_____38_____ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n)____39_____way.
One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting____40_____. He realized that he still had partial____41_____ of his right hand and could write with____42_____. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”
He___43___ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in____44___. Many of them had hope of regaining their____45___ . Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to__46____ them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be____47____. However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.
____48_____with the intention, the man began sending 49 messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the___50____. He poured his heart and soul into his words,___51_____ his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.
It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any___52___. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone___53____read his letters. However, this was his___54____chance，so he determined to continue.
At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to____55___!”
We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.
A．wealth B．faith C．experience D．confidence
A．depressed B．embarrassed C．ashamed D．thrilled
A．writing B．suffering C．weeping D．wandering
A．abnormal B．regular C．comfortable D．meaningful
A．presents B．e-mails C．letters D．prizes
A．sense B．strength C．shape D．function
A．affection B．caution C．difficulty D．confidence
A．estimated B．doubted C．assumed D．wondered
A．hospitals B．churches C．prisons D．charities
A．families B．letters C．freedom D．conscience
A．release B．reach C．defend D．know
A．acceptable B．reasonable C．forbidden D．considered
A．Faced B．Filled C．Satisfied D．Impressed
A．holy B．daily C．one-way D．round-way
A．point B．worst C．degree D．limit
A．sharing B．learning C．gaining D．enriching
A．success B．reply C．help D．progress
A．curiously B．patiently C．carefully D．actually
A．only B．better C．extra D．lost
A．ruin B．pieces C．the ground D．the bottom
Internet shopping is a new way of shopping. Nowadays, you can shop for just about anything from your armchair. All you need is a computer which is 31 to the Internet. Shopping on the Internet is becoming 32 . In the United States, people 33 over US $ 2.5 billion on Internet Shopping in 2010. This figure is expected to 34 US $ 18 billion by the year 2012.
People can 35 for a variety of products on the Internet. Physical（物质的）products 36 items such as books, CDs, clothes and food. These types of products are the most common purchases through the Internet. You can also buy 37 products such as on-line news or magazine stories, or you can download computer 38 through the Internet. Services such as 39 airline tickets, reserving (预订) hotels or renting cars are also available on the Internet. You can also go shopping on the Internet for entertainment services and take part in on-line 40 .
Internet shopping offers a number of 41 for the shoppers. One of the most important advantages is 42 . You can shop whenever you like as the on-line shops are open 24 hours a day and you don’t have to 43 with other shoppers at the checkout counters. Secondly, it is easy to 44 what you are looking for on the Internet. Even out-of-print books may be ordered on line. Finally, it is often 45 to buy goods through the Internet, because you can pay less money for what you want than in a real supermarket.
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One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__21___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 22___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him, 23 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 24 and landed in the grass.
My 25 went out to him. So, I ran over to him.26 I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 27 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the 28 student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 29 to prepare a 30 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 31 . So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be32!” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 33 those who helped you make it through those 34 years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 35 you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with 36 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 37 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 38 me from doing the unspeakable.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the 39 of your actions. With one small gesture you can 40 a person’s life. For better or for worse.
A．How B．When C．Why D．Where
A．stupid B．clever C．wonderful D．anxious
A．throwing B．knocking C．taking D．snatching
A．lost B．sending C．broken D．flying
A．heart B．head C．hands D．thought
A．While B．As C．Because D．Once
A．passed by B．came up C．went on D．turned out
A．top B．hardest C．favorite D．luckiest
A．pride B．honor C．pleasure D．chance
A．class B．school C．graduation D．college
A．excited B．nervous C．proud D．crazy
A．great B．famous C．praised D．honored
A．reward B．remember C．thank D．congratulate
A．happy B．exciting C．old D．tough
A．chance B．gift C．help D．favor
A．wonder B．anxiety C．disbelief D．pride
A．kill B．enjoy C．test D．hurt
A．protected B．freed C．warned D．saved
A．price B．use C．power D．meaning
A．destroy B．change C．save D．understand
Dad loved children. And he always wanted a 1 family. Eventually, he got what he wanted with twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us all to visitors.
Once, Dad 2 presented the first three children in the family, Ann, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up a fourth child, and said, “And this is our 3 model, complete with all the improvements. And don’t think that this is all, we are 4 the 1953 model some time next month.”
But what he 5 most was taking us out for a drive. On one occasion a man in a village we were passing through shouted 6 that he had seen eleven people in our car, not 7 Mum and Dad. 8 , Dad called out over his shoulder, “You 9 the second baby up from the front here, Mister.”
Another time, Dad told us this joke, though we were not sure whether he was telling us the 10. Mum, who was a psychologist, once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of the 11 . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had been OK. He said everything was 12 except that one of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been 13 . When he pointed at the child that had been 14 Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That’s not one of ours, dear. He 15 next door.”
A．rich B．lovely C．close D．large
A．surprisingly B．nervously C．generously D．proudly
A．dearest B．smallest C．latest D．youngest
A．ordering B．selling C．expecting D．improving
A．hated B．enjoyed C．cared D．hoped
A．doubtfully B．excitedly C．calmly D．directly
A．counting B．naming C．showing D．reading
A．Immediately B．Carefully C．Angrily D．Easily
A．saw B．missed C．forgot D．left
A．truth B．story C．adventure D．accident
A．lecture B．house C．office D．activity
A．expensive B．regular C．correct D．fine
A．troublesome B．careless C．active D．quiet
A．found B．caught C．punished D．wounded
A．goes to B．belongs to C．works D．plays
A young man was getting ready to gradually from college, for many months he bad 26 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 27 his father could well 28 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 29 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 30 but slightly disappointed, the young man 31 the box and found a lovely book. 32, he raised his voice at his father and said. “33 all your money you give me a book?” And rushed out of the house 34 the book in the study
He did not contact（联系）his father for a whole year 35 one day he saw in the strict an old man who looked like his father. He 36 he had to go back home and see his father.
When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 37 the hospital. he saw on the desk the 38 new book ,just as he had left it one 39 ago. he opened it and began to 40 the pages. suddenly, a car key 41 from an envelope taped behind the book ,it bad a lag（标签）with dealer’s name, the 42 dealer who had the sports car he bad 43 on the tag was the 44 of his graduation. and the 45 PAID IN FULL
A．expected. B．enjoyed. C．admired. D．owned
A．finding B．proving C．deciding D．knowing
A．afford. B．offer C．keep D．like
A．encouraged. B．comfortable C．proud. D．moved
A．Nervous B．Serious C．Careful D．Curious
A．packed. B．opened. C．picked up D．put aside
A．Angrily B．Eagerly C．Calmly D．Anxiously
A．At B．From C．With D．To
A．toasting B．putting C．forgetting D．leaving
A．until B．as C．before D．unless
A．learned . B．realized. C．recognized. D．admitted
A．get to B．search for C．turn to D．leave for
A．much B．still C．hardly D．quite
A．year B．month C．week D．day
A．clean B．read. C．turn D．count
A．lost B．came C．appeared. D．dropped
A．old. B．same C．special D．new
A．remembered. B．desired. C．found. D．met
A．picture B．place C．date D．met
A．word. B．information C．date D．card