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We live in the “computer age”. People like scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do 16 work. But more than 40 years ago, 17 couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive. Very 18 people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and 1
9 . 20 they can do a lot of work, many people like to use them. Some people even have them at home.
Computers become very important because they can work 21 than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can 22 people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to study and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put 23 them. Computers are very 24 and helpful. They are our good friends.
Do you want to 25 a computer?
A．many of B．all kinds of C．a lot D．very much
A．scientists B．teachers C．students D．computers
A．few B．little C．a few D．a little
A．cheap B．cheaper C．expensive D．more expensive
A．But B．And C．Since D．If
A．slow B．slower C．fast D．faster
A．help B．make C．use D．stop
A．in B．into C．on D．up
A．beautiful B．careful C．useful D．heavy
A．pay B．sell C．lend D．have
Just off La Rambla Street in Barcelona, I skimmed through The Saints (圣人) of Spain in a bookstore. It would be a good read for the home. At that moment, I couldn’t help thinking of my own personal saint, the angel who’d my trip.
It was the first time for me to travel abroad and I called it a “spiritual journey”. I hadn’t a hotel before setting out I thought I could find a cheap one when I arrived. , it turned out to be a(n) .
I knew Spanish, but the quick, sad of each hotel owner’s head was easily understood — no room at the hotel. The sun had just gone down below the horizon (地平线)，I didn’t know what to do and began to . Just then, an old man came with a hat covering his white hair. He asked me if I needed any help. I supposed maybe he the worried look on my face.
After explaining why I was there, he asked me to him. At first, I whether the stranger did that out of kindness. However, considering my situation, I had no other choice but to him. I walked behind him and passed through a narrow, dark side street. Finally he rang the bell on a door. “You will stay here,” he said. “It is a place.”
He was . My room was huge —with a bed, a desk and even a bath. I wanted to him, but he’d gone away. “This man can be trusted,” I thought.
Now , at the , I felt a tap (轻拍) on my shoulder. It was him ! So he was . “I want to thank you. What’s your name ? ” I said.
“Raphael,” he said. “You’re very welcome.” With that, he went away into the crowd on La Rambla. “He was not an angel but just a kind ,” I thought.
On the planet, I turned to a page in The Saints of Spain by chance. “Raphael,” it read, “is known as the supporter of travellers. He helps guide spiritual journeys.’’ Yes, he does.
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In 2012, I had just recovered from a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer’s conference in Orlando, Florida. My family persuaded me that a(n) ____might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I____.
Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring, but I____to catch a taxi to my____and settle in. Next morning, I took another____to the shopping centre to buy a few souvenirs.____I went to a caf to have lunch, but all the tables were____. Then I heard a friendly voice saying，“You can___my table.”
I gratefully sat down with the ____lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the____drew to a close she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadn’t____ a car, and hadn’t realized how____taking taxis would be. After a while she said，“My dear, don’t use any more taxis. I’m retired and it would be my pleasure to____ you wherever you wish.” I told her that I couldn’t put her to that____， but she brushed aside my protests (反对). She asked me where I was____and next morning she was waiting at my apartment at the____time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before leaving me to____alone. At the end of the day, she____to take me back to my accommodation. I____her money but she refused to take any.
I’ll never forget that wonderful lady who, through her____， filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.
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When asked to point out one or two things that are most important to themselves, many put friends ahead of homes, jobs, clothes and cars.
A true carries a long history of experience that determines who we are and keeps us connected. It is a we should value.. ，the better friends you are, the more probably you’ll have disagreements. And the can be what you don’t want : an end to finish the relationship.
The good news is that most troubled friendships can be . First, don’t let your pride get in your way. Most of us can forgive each other when are brought out in the open. Second，____when you’re wrong －even if you’ve been . Over the course of friendship, the best people make mistakes. Sometimes, it may be best if the wronged person the lead and apologizes. When you apologize, give your friend a to admit that he has been wrong. Third, see things from your point of view. And accept that friendships change as our needs and lifestyles change. Making friends can sometimes seem . The hard part is __15__the connections strong during the nature ups and downs that have an effect on all relationships. My suggestion: Consider friendship an honor and a gift, and worth the effort to treasure and nurture (培 养)．
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The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day—and 800 miles her from her parents in Ohio.
She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had how colorful their backyard was spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she those lilacs in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she some．
Finally, they returned to their car for the home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her .
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two , bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her . As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair with a smile, and held the lilacs .
“Mom,” the kids asked, “ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so while I have all of you. And anyone would be by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
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Last summer I went through a training program and became a volunteer teaching people how to read. When I what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I began to realize the true of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44-year- old single mother of three children. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule. She told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always the things that she really needed. she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only items by sight.
We worked hard together, learning how to build Marie’s , which encouraged her to in her studies. She began to make rapid and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this trip, she told me how self-confident she felt. the end of the program, she began her youngest son with his reading. She sat with him before he went to and read bedtime stories. When his eyes became with excitement as she read, was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as . I found that helping Marie to build _ self-confidence was very rewarding.
I learned a great deal about and helping others and I may have learned more from the than Marie did.
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