Some time ago, my wife and I traveled to visit my sister. We had taken more clothes than we needed and struggled onto the rain.
In front of us, in a face-to-face seat, ___16__ six young men in their early 20s. They were strong and ___17__ , and I disliked them immediately. They were laughing loudly, obviously ___18__ themselves and they __19___a foreign language.
As we went quickly __20__ the countryside, I kept an eye on them as they joked around. Sometimes they took a look in our direction. When two of them go out ___21__ , relaxed a little. The rest of them ___22__ to laugh and joke in their own language.
When we finally arrived at our ___23__ ,only one of them was left on the train. He was obviously ___24____ too and as I struggled towards him with my heavy luggage(行李), he reached out and asked in English “Want a hand with that, mate?”
He____25___ the heavier bag up the station steps for us. We were pleasantly surprised and very grateful.
A．sat B．stood C．lay D．lived
A．polite B．quiet C．lazy D．noisy
A．helping B．enjoying C．teaching D．devoting
A．told B．spoke C．said D．talked
A．above B．onto C．over D．through
A．off B．up C．along D．on
A．wanted B．started C．stopped D．continued
A．house B．hotel C．station D．shelter
A．bored B．worried C．excited D．frightened
A．carried B．left C．brought D．bought
Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often ____ that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of ___ ? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he ____ that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is ____ wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel _______ toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract(吸引)her attention, to make her understand that he __ her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ______ make sure that the listener does pay attention __ _ what he or she is speaking. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ____ cannot express.
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place ____ you stay.
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The old man walked slowly into the restaurant. His poor jacket, patched（打补丁的）trousers, and worn - out shoes made him from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd. With the help of his walking - stick, he walked toward a by the window. A young waitress named Mary watched him and ran over to him, and said, "Here, sir. Let me give you a with that chair.”
Without saying a word, he smiled and nodded a thank - you. She pulled the chair away from the table. And then she helped him move in front of the chair, and get seated with his walking - stick against the table. In a soft, clear voice he said, "Thank you, Miss." "You're welcome, sir." she replied. "My name is Mary. I'll be back in a moment. If you need , just wave at me!"
he had finished a hearty meal, Mary brought him the change from his ticket, helping him up from his chair and out from behind the table. She him his walking - stick, and walked with him to the door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Come back and see us, sir!" He said softly with a smile, "You are very kind!" When Mary went to clean his table, she was greatly .Under his plate she found a business card and a$100 bill! The note read--"dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.”
The man she had waited on was the of the restaurant, This was the first time that she, or any of her workmates had ever seen him in person.
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Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact, she walked five kilometers before every morning, and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool. She didn’t smoke and never . She didn’t eat chocolate. She didn’t eat sweet and fatty food, . She weighted herself every day.
One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a sitting in a rocking chair under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking, he looked very happy.
He smiled at her and said, “Good morning! Lovely day, isn’t it?”
He had a wide smile his face, and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.
“Good morning!” replied Alicia. “Yes, it is a lovely day.”
Alicia thought he very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old! She decided to ask him about the of a happy old age.
“I hope you don’t me asking,” she said, “but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do I am your age.”
The man in the rocking chair said, “My secret for ? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day.”
Alicia was . She didn’t expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did wrong. She thought he should be and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life eating well or doing lots of exercise.
“How old are you?” she asked.
“It’s my birthday today,” said the man. “I’m forty-seven!”
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It was a cold winter's night. It was getting late and l was tired so I went to bed.
At about two in the morning my phone began to ring. It was from Mum. I started to feel frightened, because she only if something was wrong.1 lived in the same flat as Mum, I rushed down to see what was wrong.
The door would not open. Everything was running through my mind including Mum could be dying and I could not get into her flat. I went around to her bedroom window and could see Mum on the floor. She had heard me and to unlock the door painfully.
Then I entered the flat and what I saw was terrible. I could see Mum's leg was badly broken and it was completely the wrong way. I rang the ambulance(救护车) and while we were waiting I tried to make Mum comfortable.
The ambulance finally arrived and I it. It was a cold freezing night. The roads were empty and . It seemed that everything was going in a slow way.
We arrived at the hospital and rushed into A&E. The doctor told me that Mum would need an the next day. After Mum fell asleep, I went home to get some sleep.
When I rang the hospital the next morning, Mum had gone to the operating room. Everything was racing through my head. Is she OK? Will she be safe? Would she it through the operation? Finally that day she was fine. My mum is a very lady and I am so proud of her.
From this I have learned that you should never take family for granted(想当然), everyday every moment you have with them because in my mind family is the most important thing you will ever be a part of, so never, ever forget what you have.
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Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their owners ask them to do and they do their duty very well.
Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his . He likes running and playing with me. He likes to .my father around in the fields, too.
One day my father took off his coat, put it on the ground a big tree and said to Curly, “ my coat.”
Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to dinner for the family. he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog
Late in the evening I my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly, Curly!" But Curly did not answer.
Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket(口袋). Suddenly he remembered he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it .
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