After a whole day's work in my office, I walked home. On the busy street, I saw a young man ___1___ some small toys around the corner. Usually, I would hurry ___2___ such sellers and never buy anything. But when I noticed he was ___3___ , I decided to stand there for some time. I wanted to see ___4___ he sold his toys.
Soon, a little girl came with her mother and wanted a toy that could ___5___ a noise. Kids liked such toys because the noise sounded really funny. The toy was 2 dollars. The mother ___6___ five dollars. She told the young man how much she was giving him and wanted the change ___7___ . I was wondering what he was going to do next. He told the mother to put the money in his bag and get the change ___8___ . Then she did so.
What the young man did shocked me. He chose to ___9___ people even if he couldn't see. He let me know believing in people is a ____10____ thing. It brings us warmth and love. I was so touched that I made a _____11_____ to buy a toy although I didn't need it at all. He said it cost 2 dollars and I told him that I had 5 dollars. Again he told me to do the same thing as the mother. I put my 5 dollars in his bag, ____12____ I didn't take any change.
As I walked down the street, I saw another little girl with her father and gave her the ____13____ I bought. She looked at me in surprise and then thanked me ____14____ . I was happy to see the smile on her face.
The young man was good ____15____ to us all. On my way home, kept thinking the world would be better place if we all could learn to trust people more, just like the young blind street seller.
( )1 .
A. |
making |
B. |
buying |
C. |
selling |
D. |
washing |
( )2 .
A. |
with |
B. |
past |
C. |
across |
D. |
towards |
( )3 .
A. |
fat |
B. |
deaf |
C. |
short |
D. |
blind |
( )4 .
A. |
how |
B. |
why |
C. |
when |
D. |
where |
( )5 .
A. |
hear |
B. |
make |
C. |
avoid |
D. |
mind |
( )6 .
A. |
cut out |
B. |
kept out |
C. |
took out |
D. |
worked out |
( )7 .
A. |
up |
B. |
out |
C. |
off |
D. |
back |
( )8 .
A. |
itself |
B. |
herself |
C. |
myself |
D. |
yourself |
( )9 .
A. |
hate |
B. |
doubt |
C. |
trust |
D. |
praise |
( )10 .
A. |
beautiful |
B. |
bad |
C. |
silly |
D. |
direct |
( )11 .
A. |
promise |
B. |
mistake |
C. |
speech |
D. |
decision |
( )12 .
A. |
or |
B. |
so |
C. |
but |
D. |
for |
( )13 .
A. |
bag |
B. |
toy |
C. |
note |
D. |
change |
( )14 .
A. |
politely |
B. |
coldly |
C. |
proudly |
D. |
crazily |
( )15 . A . fan B . expert C . guard D . example
A.a secretary B.a waiter or waitress C.an accountant D.a salesclerk
A.a woman B.a university graduate C.shorter than 1.65 meters D.younger than 30 years old
A.$ 1, 800. B.$ 2,200. C.$ 3, 000. D.$ 4, 000.
A.being a woman B.knowing how to use a computer well C.an experience of at least 2 years D.having an accountant certificate
A.a secretary B.a waiter C.an accountant D.a computer salesclerk
Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on _ is more useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man family hardship tells us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby . A year later, Hong’s mother home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s : to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.
After Hong’s story went , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong ___ ___ offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.
Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.
A.parents B.friends C.yourself D.God
A.out of B.into C.without D.with
A.dog B.cat C.girl D.boy
A.left B.arrived C.went D.came
A.back B.shoulders C.head D.body
A.help B.save C.protect D.feed
A.make B.buy C.produce D.collect
A.build B.borrow C.rent D.share
A.public B.clear C.by D.far
A.accepted B.asked C.received D.refused
Liu Yu, a boy from Shandong, is a running star. He is his school running team, and has always wanted to be a professional athlete. However, his parents won’t him to train as much as he would like to. “Of course we want to see Liu Yu achieve his dreams,” says Mr. Liu, “and we know he loves running. That’s great, and my wife and I have watched him in every one of his races. We have nothing against running! But we do think about that our son needs to be realistic. Now he is getting , and he needs to think about what will happen if he doesn’t become a professional runner in the end.”
A.15 years old B.15-years-old C.15 year old D.15-year-old
A.of B.on C.at D.with
A.let B.make C.allow D.have
A.how much B.how many C.why D.how
A.old B.older C.big D.bigger
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There are two twin brothers in a family .One was an optimist and the was a pessimist. The parents were worried about
behavior and attitude, and finally took the boys to see a psychologist( 心理学家).
The psychologist looked over them for a while ,and then he said, “They can be helped.” He told the parents to prepare a room filled with all the
that a boy could want .They should put the pessimist boy in that room and
him to enjoy life. They also needed to
another room and fill it with horse manure(马粪). They should put the optimist boy in that room. They
this, and then watched both boys through one-way mirrors.
The pessimist continued to be a pessimist. He said that he had one to play with.
They went to look at the optimist, and were to see him digging through the manure.
The psychologist ran into the room and asked the boy was doing. He looked up through the manure and said, “I am sure there must be a horse in the room somewhere.”
When we were having an English test this morning, I felt__ was watching me a little too closely. I turned my__quickly and saw Jack , who sat right behind me. My eyes caught his and he said quietly. “I hope you studied for this___!”
“What am I going to do?” I thought to myself. I___cheating(作弊)in exam. Besides, I’d studied___ for the test, clearly Jack hadn’t.
___the exam, I tried several ways to guard my answers___Jack wouldn’t be able to see them. When the exam___,I felt I should let him know cheating was wrong .And I didn’t want to destroy(破坏) our friendship. My mind ___ the right words.
“Sorry, Jack, but you know how I feel about cheating. ”I said slowly and gently. “Maybe I could help you___before the next test.”
“OK, Bob,” he smiled weakly,“ it might not be easy, but I’ll have a try.”
A.somebody B.nobody C.anybody D.everybody
A.hand B.head C.eraser D.pencil
A.chance B.job C.book D.exam
A.suggest B.remember C.hate D.finish
A.slow B.slowly C.hard D.hardly
A.During B.After C.Before D.Among
A.though B.when C.because D.so that
A.ended B.began C.went on D.took place
A.agreed with B.searched for C.took up D.looked at
A.drive B.count C.study D.cheat