During a recent vacation I visited Dusseldorf,a city in the dormer West Germany.The nine-day trip left a deep impression on me.I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at six.It was already dark outside.The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to 36 .I decided to telephone the youth hotel.But to use the 37 I needed some coins. I asked a lady for help.To my 38,she 39 me five coins to use!But all the phones in the 40 needed phone cards.And phone cards could only be 41 at post office during the daytime.I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to call the 42 .An old gentleman helped me.He couldn’t speak English but 43 that I needed to make a phone call.He showed me where the 44 was and inserted(插入) his phone card.I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night.The kindness of the German people made me feel 45 and it seemed that I was not far from 46 .And my first day in Germany wasn’t as 47 as I expected previously.
Whenever I went,I asked people for 48 .What surprised me most was that almost every young German could tell me the way in 49 English.Older Germans couldn’t speak English so well, 50 ,they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man I asked for directions even 51 me to the place I was looking for.My experience in Germany completely changed my 52 of Germans.Before,I thought they were unfriendly to foreigners. In the World War II in the 1940s,Germans were always 53 .But things have 54 since then.And Germans today couldn’t be more 55 ,in my opinion.
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A rich man was camping alone on a hill. One day it began to rain and the rain made the tent wet.
At last he 1 make his way home. As he passed a beautiful house he 2 to look for rest. A lady in 3
walked past him with her 4 holding up high. Following her were her two pretty daughters. They
stopped and stared at him 5 .
“Who are you? We don’t like tramps（流浪汉）going around 6 our home .”one of them shouted.
“Go away at once. ”cried the other.
“But I’m not a 7 . ”said the man, “All I want is food and stay for the night.”
“How 8 you come here? Go away at once!” they 9 “We don’t like your feet around our house.
Go, go!”
The man moved on and reached a 10 house. On entering it he saw a 11 preparing their
supper. Though the light was 12 and the furniture was poor, it made him feel 13 and comfortable.
“Can I have some 14 and rest for the night?” he asked. “Of course, friend,” said the woman,
bringing forward a little chair for him. “We are going to15 our supper. Come and 16 us.”
The food was not 17 but they shared it with the stranger. That night they let him sleep on their
bed 18 they themselves used the stable（厩）. Early the next morning, the man said good-bye to them. Their 19 left him a memory full of thanks.
When he reached home he 20 ordered a lovely house to be built for the couple in the woods.
A．had to B．must C．should D．would
A．tried B．managed C．asked D．stopped
A．sight B．cloth C．silk D．trouble
A．nose B．head C．eyes D．hands
A．curiously B．suddenly C．surprisingly D．angrily
A．around B．over C．to D．at
A．madam B．tramp C．thief D．stranger
A．do B．can C．will D．dare
A．explained B．continued C．repeated D．announced
A．big B．small C．lovely D．dirty
A．woman B．man C．person D．couple
A．weak B．bright C．dark D．strong
A．sad B．cold C．warm D．clean
A．cloth B．food C．light D．chair
A．prepare B．cook C．buy D．have
A．join B．help C．attend D．enjoy
A．enough B．scary C．short D．lot
A．and B．while C．then D．when
A．coldness B．sickness C．kindness D．thank
A．quickly B．finally C．happily D．quietly
One day, four lawyers were riding along a country road. There had been a(n) 36 , and the ground was soft. The lawyers rode 37 , talking and laughing. As they were passing through a 38 , they heard some noises in the grass.
“What’s the matter here?” asked one man.
“Oh, it’s only some old robins (知更鸟)!” said another one, “The 39 has blown them out of the nest. They are too young to 40 .”
“What a 41 ! They’ll die,” said the third one.
“Well! They’re nothing but 42 ,” said the first lawyer.
The three men looked down and saw the mother robin 43 to her mates. Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they had 44 the birds. But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, 45 . He got down from his 46 and gently took the little ones up. They didn’t seem 47 , but chirped (唧唧叫) softly, as if they knew they were safe.
“Never 48 , my little fellows,” said Mr. Lincoln. Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had 49 . It was much higher than he could reach. But Mr. Lincoln could 50 . He put the birds softly, one by one, into their warm home.
In a few minutes, Mr. Lincoln 51 the others. He had torn his coat on the thorny (多刺的) tree. Then all three of them 52 heartily. They thought it so 53 that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless young birds.
“Gentlemen,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I couldn’t have 54 tonight if I had left those helpless robins to die in the 55 grass.”
Abraham Lincoln afterwards became President of America.
A．war B．earthquake C．fire D．rain
A．calmly B．nervously C．slowly D．frequently
A．forest B．room C．street D．city
A．snow B．storm C．light D．flood
A．fly B．speak C．move D．eat
A．success B．shame C．pity D．case
A．trees B．pets C．children D．birds
A．dancing B．pointing C．singing D．crying
A．dealt with B．forgotten about C．cared for D．turned to
A．shouted B．stopped C．considered D．insisted
A．wall B．car C．horse D．truck
A．frightened B．tired C．interested D．touched
A．stay B．mind C．stand D．rest
A．learned B．come C．fallen D．heard
A．drive B．climb C．cook D．run
A．noticed B．blamed C．visited D．joined
A．laughed B．jumped C．worked D．cried
A．lucky B．clear C．foolish D．dangerous
A．changed B．returned C．read D．slept
A．wet B．green C．small D．fresh
“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”
The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 37 . Each of you will have to 38 someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This _39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head. “How about some 41_ ?” I shook my head again .
Finally , I thought he realized I was 42 , and I got my first big tip as a 43 : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from 44 in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t __46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and 47 all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 49 .
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and 51 choosing my strongest area. 52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get 54 all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could 55 her.
A．good B．mad C．careless D．curious
A．university B．family C．professions D．life
A．interview B．find out C．admire D．learn from
A．expressed B．ordered C．expected D．meant
A．hardly B．nearly C．naturally D．eagerly
A．drink B．newspapers C．preparations D．paper
A．satisfied B．comfortable C．terrified D．sorry
A．student B．journalist C．teacher D．writer
A．research B．books C．imagination D．memory
A．called B．recognized C．remembered D．visited
A．answer B．promise C．stop D．persuade
A．how B．whether C．why D．when
A．It B．Virginia DeView C．My parents D．My oral report
A．breaking in B．getting down C．falling off D．going on
A．making up B．listening to C．covering D．writing
A．of course B．finally C．doubtfully D．in all
A．When B．As long as C．Once D．On condition
A．for B．with C．of D．to
A．hurt B．excited C．disappointed D．asked
A．respect B．support C．thank D．favor
A well-known speaker started his speech by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “What is this piece of 1 and is it worth anything?”
Hands started going up. “It is a $20 bill, encashable(可兑现的) in international and national 2 .”replied one of the 3 who raised their hands.
The speaker continued, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He continued to crumple the 20 dollar bill using both his hands. He then 4 it and asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.
“Well,” he said, “what if I do this?” He dropped it on the 5 and started to step on it. He picked up the crumpled and 6 bill and said, “Now, who still wants it?”
7 went back into the air. “I think this bill is still 8 its value”, said a young man in an unsure 9 . “We can still use the bill to 10 goods worth 20 dollars,” said the other people.
“My friends, you have all learned a very 11 lesson in this exercise that we are just through with. You’ve 12 that I can crumple the $20 bill during the process as the effects can be seen clearly. 13 , no matter what I did to the piece of paper, you were 14 in your mind that my actions did not actually decrease its 15 . It was still worth $20.”
“Many times in our lives, we feel like as if we are 16 , crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are 17 ; but no matter what happened or what will happen, please 18 , you will never lose your value.” Values that you keep in your heart will always 19 you from a difficult situation.
Dirty or clean, crumpled or not, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE.” “You are 20 — don’t ever forget it.”
A．paper B．advice C．information D．luck
A．organizations B．flights C．markets D．conferences
A．family B．teachers C．speakers D．audience
A．hid B．bought C．carried D．unfolded
A．square B．beach C．ground D．playground
A．thin B．dirty C．new D．clear
A．Hands B．Books C．Heads D．Smoke
A．losing B．reducing C．increasing D．holding
A．sound B．voice C．noise D．shout
A．deliver B．buy C．sell D．produce
A．boring B．difficult C．valuable D．painful
A．heard B．seen C．forgotten D．doubted
A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Otherwise
A．sure B．curious C．proud D．sad
A．price B．growth C．value D．size
A．dropped B．turned C．looked D．talked
A．important B．confident C．selfish D．useless
A．accept B．argue C．remember D．decide
A．leave B．search C．save D．beat
A．especial B．normal C．ordinary D．special
It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of 11 to where he was going. Pretty soon 12_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to refind his way or to 13 someone who could tell him how to get back to the 14 .
It was a long 15 road. For many __16__ he kept on driving. When it was almost dark ，he saw in a field a tall 17 ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his 18 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”
“Hello，yourself，”the farmer___19____，still ploughing .
“Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It 20 stays right where it is，”said the farmer，withoutstopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more 21 .
“Don’t know. I never 22 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 23 .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”
Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time 24 at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much. 25 I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！”
A．signs B．orders C．attention D．direction
A．realized B．recognized C．accepted D．received
A．miss B．meet C．look D．lose
A．town B．country C．capital D．village
A．lonely B．busy C．dirty D．crowded
A．driver B．policeman C．farmer D．worker
A．strong B．tired C．weak D．tiring
A．asked B．demanded C．replied D．ordered
A．always B．often C．sometimes D．seldom
A．politely B．friendly C．loudly D．angrily
A．judged B．measured C．saw D．studied
A．sad B．lovely C．friendly D．angry
A．gladly B．immediately C．silently D．excitedly
A．Generally B．Fortunately C．Certainly D．Perhaps
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