Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 2 the details.Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news.
Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it.Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers.So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations.Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before.Competition also led newspapers to branch outsintosmany other fields.Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, today's newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters.Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 12 advertising.Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost ofproduction.The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers.This 17 in terms of circulation.How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspaper's pages.But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space. 1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before
2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given
3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring
4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose
5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write
6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other
7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So
8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed
9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed
10.A.inform B.be informed C.to be informed D.informed
11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit
12.A.on B.through C.with D.of
13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose
14.A.tries to cover B.manages to coverC.fails to cover D.succeeds in
15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance
16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success
17.A.measures B.measured C.Is measured D.was measured
18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something
19.A.offering B.offered C.which offered D.to be offered
20.A.by B.with C.at D.about
It’s not the goodbye that hurts．but the flashbacks that follow．My mother suffered with Alzheimer’s disease(老年痴呆症)during her last fifteen years．Until then she had been a bright， woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her．I would go home to visit her in Virginia and she would look at me in a(an) way and ask，”Who are you?”I would answer,”I'm your son．“Where do you live?”She would ask．”In California,”I would tell her．”Isn’t that interesting，”she would say,”I have a son in California．”My name had my mother completely．
She seemed forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease，but later on she would periods of sharp anxiety．She would through the house she had lived in most of her life，crying uneasily that she wanted to go home，or she would leave home and wander away if she was not for a short time．
Hoping to please her and put her mind ，I would take her for a drive，Visiting sites where she had lived as a ．In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and ，the view of the old oaks and long green lawn．I could my mother there as a little girl Playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of．I looked to her for some ，but She just shook her head and said，“I want to go home．”
Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a ，but a time．I suspect it was a time when she was much ，when her children were still underfoot， when her husband was still energetic and considerate．
Watching my mother’s suffering set me to 55 what I would have in mindif someday I could n’t find and wanted to go there．In this family we tend to be long lived and we grow fuzzy(模糊的)minded as the years go by．At eighty I have already noticed some symptoms．My doctor says the forgetfulness is only and that it comes with age．Still the of Alzheimer is haunting(萦绕)in my mind．Someday if and when I become even cloudier minded than I am now, unable to drive and tell you where“home”is，my dear son，I expect I will a ask you to take me home．I know you Will do your best to find the place I need to be．I leave these notes for your ．
A．caring B．cheerful C．hopeful D．considerate
A．excited B．frightened C．puzzled D．amazed
A．forgotten B．reminded C．escaped D．slid
A．greatly B．hardly C．totally D．simply
A．go through B．break trough C．1ook through D．put through
A．hunt B．pace C．search D．1ook
A．settled B．attended C．concerned D．inspired
A．in place B．under control C．in order D．at ease
A．1ady B．student C．child D．mother
A．inspected B．admired C．appreciated D．respected
A．tell B．picture C．suspect D．doubt
A．response B．smile C．reasons D．answers
A．name B．dream C．symbol D．place
A．prettier B．younger C．happier D．healthier
A．feeling B．wondering C．doubting D．believing
A．memory B．passion C．home D．way
A．deadly B．alarming C．poisonous D．allergic
A．natural B．special C．rare D．unique
A．intention B．fear C．expectation D．hate
A．appreciation B．admiration C．guidance D．assistance
America’s Beauty Is in Its Diversity
America is built on the idea of freedom, and there is no exception for Muslim women. I the freedom of religion and speech. But mostly, I believe it’s OK to be , and to stand up for who and what you are. So I believe in wearing the hijab.
The hijab is a religious head covering, like a scarf. I am Muslim, and keeping my head covered is a of maturity（成熟）and respect toward my and to Allah’s will. , I also like to wear it to be different. I don’t usually like to do what everyone else is doing. I want to be a(n) , not just part of the crowd. But when I first wore it, I was also afraid of the that I’d get at school.
I on my own that sixth grade was the I should start wearing the hijab. I was about what the kids would say or even do to me. I thought they might make fun of me, or be scared of me and my headscarf. Kids at that age usually like to be all the same, and there’s little or no of differences.
On the first day of school, I put all those thoughts behind my back and walked in with my head held high. I was holding my breath a little, but I was also proud to be a Muslim, proud to be wearing the hijab, proud to be different.
I was about everything I had thought the kids would say or even do to me. I actually met a lot of people because of wearing my head covering. Most of the kids would come and ask me questions — — about the hijab and why I wore it.
I did hear some kids were making fun of me, there was one girl----she wasn’t even in my class, and we never really talked much---and she spoke me, and I wasn’t even there! I made a lot of new friends that year, friends that I still have until this very day, five years later.
Yes, I’m different, but everyone is different here, in one way or another. This is the of America.
A．believe in B．stick to C．carry out D．push for
A．dependent B．free C．different D．sensitive
A．signal B．sign C．reminder D．cause
A．religion B．country C．parents D．status
A．In a word B．In general C．To be brief D．To be honest
A．princess B．heroine C．individual D．adult
A．praise B．punishment C．reflection D．reaction
A．hoped B．expected C．realized D．decided
A．time B．chance C．case D．occasion
A．disappointed B．scared C．enthusiastic D．angry
A．still B．already C．even D．ever
A．show off B．pull off C．pick up D．put up
A．rejection B．ignorance C．knowledge D．acceptance
A．negative B．optimistic C．serious D．strange
A．often B．inside C．only D．outside
A．concerned B．particular C．wrong D．convinced
A．respectfully B．cautiously C．suspiciously D．critically
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．in terms of B．in front of C．in charge of D．in favor of
A．significance B．beauty C．value D．power
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle (雀斑)-faced image of innocence. It was outside, the kind of rain that spilt over the top of gutters (檐槽), so much in a hurry to the Earth.
We all there inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We all waited, some patient, others , because nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running and splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome from the worries of my day.
Her voice was so sweet as it the depressing atmosphere. “Mom,let’s run through the rain,”she said.
“What?”Mom asked.
“Let’s run through the rain!”She repeated.
“No, honey. We’ll wait until it down a bit.”Mom replied.
The young child waited another minute and repeated: “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll get wet through if we do.”Mom said.“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning.” The young girl said as she at her Mom’s arm, “Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, if God can get us through this, he can get us through !”
The entire crowd stopped dead .No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom and thought for a while about what she would say.
Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation (肯定) in a young child’s life,a time when trust could be nurtured (培育) so that it would bloom into .“Honey, you are right.Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing.”Mom said. Then off they ran.We all stood watching, smiling as they ran past the cars. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. Soon they were by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.
or people can take away your material possessions, your money, your health or sometimes your happiness. But no one can ever take away your memories. So don’t forget to take the opportunities to memories every day!
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. I do hope you will the time to run through the rain.
A．howling B．freezing C．pouring D．cheering
A．hit B．mix C．slip D．bear
A．lay B．rested C．sat D．stood
A．excited B．relaxed C．annoyed D．astonished
A．running B．washing C．driving D．turning
A．reward B．relief C．remark D．refund
A．broke B．disturbed C．awoke D．extended
A．calms B．slows C．settles D．passes
A．pointed B．dragged C．stared D．pulled
A．anything B．something C．anybody D．everybody
A．silent B．content C．touched D．inspired
A．reasoned B．mourned C．paused D．converted
A．definite B．concrete C．apparent D．innocent
A．ambition B．faith C．assumption D．truth
A．absolutely B．loosely C．actually D．considerably
A．assessed B．reserved C．followed D．advocated
A．Procedures B．Circumstances C．Chances D．Occasions
A．private B．proper C．precious D．particular
A．build B．promote C．refresh D．make
A．take B．value C．occupy D．arrange
Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a ________ old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects...
One day ________ walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly. He ________it home.
A few days later, a small ________appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours _________it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to _______making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go______ farther.
Then the man decided to help the _______ , so he took a pair of scissors and _______the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then came out ________.
_______it had a swollen (浮肿的) body and small, shriveled (枯萎的) wings. The man ________ to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would ________ to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! ______ , the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
It never able to ________ .
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting (限制的) _______and the struggle required for the butterfly to ________ the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its________ from the cocoon.
Sometimes _______ are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges, it would weaken us. We would not be as ______as what we could have been.
And we could never fly.
A．cold B．kind C．polite D．tiresome
A．unless B．if C．while D．because
A．took B．moved C．circulated D．dashed
A．sign B．shadow C．shade D．opening
A．and B．until C．as D．then
A．stop B．prevent C．appeal D．adapt
A．any B．more C．no D．much
A．bug B．butterfly C．animal D．fly
A．take down B．take apart C．cut down D．cut open
A．greedily B．easily C．hardly D．quickly
A．Generally B．Even C．So D．But
A．sought B．lasted C．continued D．began
A．enlarge B．shorten C．tighten D．darken
A．In conclusion B．In time C．In fact D．In particular
A．walk B．fly C．flee D．run
A．wing B．tale C．subject D．cocoon
A．get out B．get through C．get away D．get down
A．freedom B．outcome C．balance D．reliability
A．struggles B．passions C．manners D．spirits
A．weak B．intelligent C．gifted D．strong
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. Among the topics in ourseminarsis theretention (留住)of quality . During these , I asked the participants, “What has you to stay long enough to become a manager?” Minutes later a new manager the question and slowly, with her voice almost breaking, said, “It was a $19 baseball glove.”
Cynthia told the group that she took a Circle K clerk job. On her second or third day behind the , she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He a baseball glove for Little League. She that as a single mother, money was , and her first check would have to for paying bills. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check.
When Cynthia for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the office. Cynthia if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job from the day before. She was and confused.
Patricia her a box. “I overheard you talking to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. He may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as as we would like to; but we do , and I want you to know you are important to us.”
People more how much an employer cares than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.
A．goods B．employers C．customers D．employees
A．discussions B．tests C．preparations D．trips
A．taught B．caused C．urged D．impressed
A．took B．raised C．replied D．applauded
A．officially B．particularly C．originally D．normally
A．counter B．store C．job D．shelves
A．asked B．needed C．changed D．purchased
A．explained B．argued C．disagreed D．decided
A．tight B．impossible C．troublesome D．vital
A．prepare B．spend C．use D．go
A．arrived B．left C．reached D．went
A．assumed B．wondered C．realized D．admitted
A．open B．finished C．incomplete D．alone
A．delighted B．ashamed C．worried D．disappointed
A．delivered B．handed C．brought D．served
A．convenient B．simple C．complex D．hard
A．after B．before C．because D．though
A．much B．great C．far D．many
A．appreciate B．value C．care D．count
A．believe B．remind C．understand D．Remember
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