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It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 1 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We’ve called for a (n) 2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.”
Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 3 .
The doctor described the accident, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they 4 the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed (喷洒) too much gasoline (petrol). The flames 5 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to his head.
6 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in 7 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars (伤疤). So, he had to return to college with scars.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 8 scar on her arm. “Ann, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It doesn’t mean they won’t 9 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I 10 this wisdom (智慧) on to my son. He took my advice to 11 and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not matter, so he made the 12 to give up any plastic surgery (外科手术).
We all have “scars” that 13 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 14 standards(标准). Put your imperfections out of your 15 and concentrate (集中) on what you value within yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
A．brought B．given C．turned D．shown
A．doctor B．hospital C．helicopter D．ambulance
A．serious B．terrible C．dangerous D．important
A．got B．lit C．burned D．moved
A．took B．held C．caught D．attracted
A．Personally B．Technically C．Sadly D．Fortunately
A．shape B．place C．fact D．time
A．nervous B．formal C．obvious D．amusing
A．admit B．notice C．hate D．hide
A．passed B．kept C．handed D．sent
A．life B．heart C．consideration D．practice
A．mistake B．survey C．decision D．instruction
A．invite B．cause C．allow D．impress
A．false B．strict C．similar D．amusing
A．head B．heart C．sight D．mind
One day, Nancy came home from school crying. Taking her in her arms, Mummy tried to 36 her. After a while, she stopped crying and asked, “Mummy, am I 37 ?” “No, you are not,” said Mummy, “but let us discuss this after you 38 , OK?”
Several minutes later, Nancy began to have supper with Mummy.
“Who 39 that you are bad?” asked Mummy.
“Phillips, my friend. He asked me for help with his maths but I 40 because I wanted to read the new book Daddy gave me. He got 41 and said I was a bad girl,” said Nancy.
“You are 42 ,” said Mummy. “Phillips has often helped you with your English. You should have helped him. Why don’t you phone him and say 43 to him?”
“But he called me bad and 44 with me. I don’t want to go,” Nancy cried.
“Though you have done 45 bad, it does not make you a bad person. You are 46 a good person.”
Nancy showed a 47 look on her face. “How can that be, Mummy?” she asked.
“Our 48 is always good. So never believe that you are bad,” Mummy replied with a smile.
49 flooded on Nancy’s face. “Am I 50 good, Mummy?” she asked.
“Yes, you are good, and always will be so. But that does not mean that you should not 51 the wrong that you do. You will have to call and 52 to Phillips. Do you understand me?”
“Yes, Mummy,” said Nancy slowly. “Thank you for telling me this. I feel much better now,” said Nancy 53 . “I am going to 54 Phillips right away, and I am never going to 55 that I am always good.”
A．calm B．protect C．trick D．praise
A．shy B．foolish C．bad D．strong
A．get up B．grow up C．wash up D．turn up
A．said B．saw C．heard D．doubted
A．cried B．refused C．admitted D．allowed
A．excited B．comfortable C．nervous D．angry
A．wrong B．brave C．wise D．careful
A．goodbye B．sorry C．thank you D．hello
A．competed B．lived C．worked D．argued
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．always B．sometimes C．ever D．never
A．worried B．puzzled C．confident D．satisfied
A．chance B．choice C．condition D．nature
A．Fear B．Patience C．Shock D．Joy
A．really B．hardly C．already D．gradually
A．account for B．pay for C．look forward to D．rely on
A．devote B．apologize C．introduce D．turn
A．coldly B．sadly C．gratefully D．pitifully
A．consult B．change C．teach D．call
A．agree B．explain C．forget D．confirm
Many of us learn valuable lessons from our patients. I was 36 to learn one early in my career as a nurse. I have 37 her name, but she has influenced the way I treat many other patients.
I was working the 3-11 pm shift at a small hospital at that time. The patient was a 42-year-old woman who had 38 a heart attack. She was expected to stay in 39 for about two weeks before being sent home. She was 40 that she could not see her three young children. We did not 41 children into a hospital in those days.
Every evening, we would 42 our children. I had one daughter and I loved her so much that I could not 43 not seeing her every day. The patient was getting 44 and we both knew it wouldn’t be long before she would be home 45 her little ones again.
About a week later, she 46 me to sit with her for a while. I held her hand and she told me she was 47 and thought she might not see her kids again. I tried to let her know that her 48 so far had been great. It was 10:30 pm, almost time for the 49 of my work. I told her I had to hand in my 50 and that I would come back to her room.
Then I 51 with my friends. It wasn’t until I had got home that I realized I had forgotten to keep my promise. “That’s OK,” I thought, “I will spend 52 time with her tomorrow.”
The next day I was told that she had 53 at midnight. She wanted company and I let her down. She left the world quietly. If I had stayed in her room, would she be home surrounded by her 54 right now? I would never know. What I do know is this: I have 55 every patient’s request since that night.
A．fortunate B．afraid C．smart D．brave
A．replaced B．spread C．asked D．forgotten
A．treated B．suffered C．checked D．damaged
A．town B．school C．room D．hospital
A．delighted B．calm C．upset D．hopeful
A．need B．allow C．pull D．force
A．talk about B．look after C．play with D．deal with
A．imagine B．avoid C．enjoy D．practice
A．fatter B．better C．warmer D．older
A．between B．against C．with D．on
A．asked B．paid C．permitted D．ordered
A．relaxed B．scared C．confident D．honest
A．attitude B．method C．progress D．idea
A．development B．period C．change D．end
A．homework B．report C．design D．drawing
A．argued B．arrived C．boarded D．left
A．extra B．useful C．valuable D．little
A．died B．disappeared C．escaped D．agreed
A．kids B．patients C．nurses D．doctors
A．learned from B．looked for C．cared about D．made up
Every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in New York．Inside the car 36 a driver and his boss, a well-known millionaire（百万富翁）.
Each morning the millionaire 37 a poorly-dressed man 38 on a park bench(长凳)．The man always sat 39 staring at the hotel in which the rich man lived．One day the millionaire was so 40 in the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and he 41 to the bench．He said to the poor man, “Excuse me, 42 I just have to know why you sit staring at my hotel every morning.” “Sir, ”said the poor man, “I’m a failure．I have no job, no family and no 43 ．I sleep on this bench and every night I dream that 44 day I will sleep in this hotel.” The rich man had 45 ．He said to the poor man, “Tonight your dream will come 46 . I’ll 47 for the best room in that hotel for you for 48 .” The millionaire smiled and felt 49 of himself.
A few days 50 , the millionaire went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he 51 himself．To his great 52 , he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench．When the millionaire asked why, the man said, “You see, when I’m 53 here sleeping on the bench．I always dream I’m up there in the hotel．It’s a wonderful dream．But when I was up there in the hotel, I dreamed I was 54 here on this cold bench．It was 55 dream and I could not get any sleep at all.”
A．stayed B．stood C．sat D．seated
A．had B．noticed C．laughed D．heard
A．thinking B．lying C．sitting D．resting
A．down B．up C．there D．here
A．interested B．surprise C．strange D．nervous
A．rushed B．swam C．raced D．walked
A．but B．so C．and D．because
A．food B．bed C．home D．shoes
A．each B．one C．that D．every
A．a talk B．an advice C．a friend D．an idea
A．easy B．here C．true D．real
A．pay B．look C．work D．prepare
A．the first time B．two days C．two times D．a whole month
A．pleased B．proud C．glad D．sorry
A．past B．ago C．later D．before
A．liked B．enjoyed C．treated D．satisfied
A．joy B．surprise C．anger D．sorrow
A．down B．below C．up D．under
A．much B．still C．even D．besides
A．a terrible B．a surprised C．a moving D．an exciting
A young student was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly __36_ the students’ friend. As they went 37, they saw lying in the path a pair of old 38_, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was working in a 39 . The student turned to the professor, saying: “Let us play the man 40: we will hide his shoes, and 41ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his 42 when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never 43 ourselvesat the 44of the poor. But you are 45, and may give yourself a much greater 46 by means of the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and 47 how the discovery affects him.” The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes. The poor man soon finished his work and came 48the field to the path 49 he had left his coat and shoes. While 50his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 51, he bent down to feel 52 it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe; but his53was doubled on finding the other coin. He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and said aloud a fervent(热烈的) thanksgiving, in which he 54 his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. The student stood there deeply55, and his eyes filled with tears.
A．held B．kept C．named D．called
A．along B．on C．over D．back
A．socks B．gloves C．shoes D．trousers
A．field B．factory C．company D．shop
A．a game B．a trick C．a joke D．a word
A．hide B．have C．let D．make
A．pleasure B．sorrow C．disappointment D．anxiety
A．make B．treat C．amuse D．laugh
A．price B．expense C．value D．pay
A．poor B．kind C．honest D．rich
A．pleasure B．money C．thought D．good
A．notice B．watch C．realize D．find
A．about B．across C．into D．by
A．where B．that C．there D．which
A．wearing B．dressing C．putting on D．pulling
A．soft B．terrible C．strange D．hard
A．what B．how C．whether D．why
A．confidence B．embarrassment C．surprise D．joy
A．mentioned B．remembered C．recommended D．reminded
A．amazed B．defeated C．puzzled D．affected
Three years ago, I had a job in a retail store (零售店). I 21 to talk to everybody and know what was going on in their 22 . I remember a girl who started 23 there a few months after me. We seldom talked but we always 24 each other and smiled.
She always smiled in a really happy way 25 one day when we got to work in the 26 department. She smiled as if she was the 27 girl in the world. I went up to her and asked, “What’s wrong with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I could feel you’re very 28 , but you’re always trying to 29 it.”
Her mouth just dropped as if I had 30 her deepest secret, so we started talking. She told me 31 she was feeling unhappy and why she was trying to 32 that nothing was wrong. Time went by and we became good friends. She’d always tell me I had 33 her life in so many ways.
Today that girl is one of my best 34 . I really don’t know what I would do 35 her. She has been there for me in every 36 way a friend could be.
What I’m trying to say is that you never know 37 you’re helping yourself. I helped this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a 38 friend.
So the next time you see a 39 and he needs someone who will 40 to him, wait and let him say what he wants to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself.
A．managed B．intended C．remembered D．liked
A．lives B．jobs C．studies D．marriages
A．shopping B．talking C．going D．working
A．assisted B．looked at C．realized D．stared at
A．though B．since C．until D．unless
A．similar B．nearby C．same D．different
A．quietest B．happiest C．busiest D．luckiest
A．sad B．angry C．happy D．surprised
A．keep B．stop C．hide D．show
A．caught B．discovered C．controlled D．checked
A．when B．how C．why D．what
A．pretend B．become C．make D．admit
A．protected B．recovered C．supported D．changed
A．customers B．friends C．neighbors D．classmates
A．without B．for C．upon D．with
A．simple B．possible C．strange D．perfect
A．before B．since C．because D．when
A．truthful B．useful C．hopeful D．careful
A．stranger B．worker C．passenger D．visitor
A．belong B．refer C．listen D．turn
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