Twenty years ago I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I 21 -，I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor 22
I walked to the door and knocked “Just a minute” answered a weak elderly 23
After a long pause the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood 24 me by her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car and then 25to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked 26 toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing” I told her. “I just try to 27 my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.” “Oh you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi she gave me an address and then asked“Could you drive 28 downtown”
“It’s not the shortest way” I answered quickly.
“Oh I’m 29 ” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice临终医院. I don’t have any 30 left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and 31 the meter计价器.
For the next two hours we drove through the city. She 32 me the building where she had once worked the neighborhood where she had lived and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone 33 as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a 34 building and would sit staring into the darkness saying nothing.
At 35 she suddenly said” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the 36 she had given me. “How much do I 37 you” she asked. “Nothing.” I said. “You have to make a living” she answered. “Oh there are other 38 ” I answered. Almost without thinking I 39 and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
I walked into the 40 morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.
A．waited B．stopped C．arrived D．wandered
A．window B．house C．door D．glass
A．sound B．whisper C．sign D．voice
A．beneath B．before C．behind D．over
A．walked B．left C．returned D．stepped
A．calmly B．hurriedly C．quietly D．slowly
A．receive B．collect C．treat D．drive
A．through B．from C．to D．towards
A．out of work B．in no hurry C．on no purpose D．out of danger
A．hope B．money C．time D．family
A．turned on B．shut off C．switched over D．covered up
A．showed B．pointed C．indicated D．forgot
A．working B．growing C．playing D．dancing
A．memorial B．significant C．particular D．similar
A．dawn B．sunset C．noon D．night
A．house B．address C．direction D．destination
A．pay B．owe C．promise D．save
A．cars B．buildings C．passengers D．chances
A．nodded B．landed C．swung D．bent
A．dim B．colorful C．bright D．black
When your friend yawns as you chat, don't be angry. For, far from being a sign of boredom, yawning may signal empathy (同感).
Scientists believe that contagious (容易感染他人的) yawning— yawning someone else does —is a sign of being very in the first person's thoughts and feelings. This is the theory of Italian researchers who more than 100 men and women from four continents as they went to work, ate in restaurants and sat in the waiting room. When one of the yawned, the researchers noted whether anyone within 10 feet yawned within the next three . Their results showed that race and had no effect on whether the uncontrollable urge to yawn was . But how well the two people knew each other did.
A reciprocal (相互的) yawn was most to occur among family members, then , then acquaintances. The phenomenon was common among strangers, the journal PLoS ONE reports.
The University of Pisa team concluded that contagious yawning is driven by how emotionally (感情上的) we are to someone and so how likely we are to the same feeling with them. They say there are other reasons to link yawning with empathy. , we start to "catch" yawns from the age of four or five, around the time when we the ability to identify each other's emotions .
Studies also show that those easily by contagious yawning are better at knowing others are thinking about from their faces.
Most animals, including snakes and fish, yawn, it is only contagious in humans and chimps (猩猩) and, according to a recent study, dogs.The researchers, from the University of London's Birbeck College, put 29 in a room with a yawning man and found that 21, or 72%, also started to yawn. They said the skill may allow the pet to build stronger with their owners.
A．when B．before C．while D．after
A．absorbed B．concerned C．interested D．disappointed
A．observed B．saw C．noticed D．watched
A．workers B．customers C．researchers D．volunteers
A．days B．weeks C．minutes D．hours
A．age B．sex C．profession D．health
A．passed on B．passed by C．passed away D．passed through
A．normal B．possible C．likely D．probable
A．strangers B．friends C．teachers D．classmates
A．most B．more C．less D．least
A．distant B．different C．close D．fond
A．share B．hurt C．lack D．mix
A．For example B．That is C．In a word D．To begin with
A．need B．lose C．control D．develop
A．exactly B．properly C．particularly D．quickly
A．disturbed B．caught C．influenced D．interrupted
A．what B．which C．how D．who
A．and B．but C．so D．otherwise
A．snakes B．fish C．cats D．dogs
A．beliefs B．bonds C．basis D．bodies
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 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 kid was 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．independent B．free C．sensitive D．different
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 exact D．To be honest
A．princess B．heroine C．individual D．adult
A．praise B．punishment C．reaction D．reflection
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．awareness 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
When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He ______ her Inky.
“I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats ______ playmatcs,”Kruger, The sevevty-year-old man,says.“My hearing was damaged by the ______ of farm epuipment, so I learned to connect with ______. They react to what they see and what you do.”
Inky was a gentle cat, ______the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did ______ that would set her apart from ______ cats forever. Kruger had gone down to the basemeng to ______ the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he ______ to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so , he slipped and ______ his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
______ in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt ______ going into shock（休克）. He shouted for help ,______ his wife, Brenda , was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house.______ Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda, ” Krugger said to Inky.
Inky ______ to the bedroom door and scratched ______ until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the ______ Brenda found her husband ______the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months ______ therd,” Says kruger. “Although I became lame , I was blessed. ” Sinec the acciedent, Inky has ______ Left Krhger’s side.
A．gave B． chose C． named D．remembered
A．like B． as C． except D．among
A．sound B． alarm C．noise D．voice
A．animals B． friends C．farmers D．neghbors
A．sharing B． visiting C．dividing D．discovering
A．anything B． nothing C．something D．everything
A．familiar B． lovely C．ordinary D．outstanding
A．shut out B． shut off C．shut down D．shut up
A．marched B． flew C．struggled D．climbed
A．bent B． hit C．shook D．pulled
A．Falling B． Lying C．Appearing D．Thinking
A．it B． itself C．him D．himself
A．and B． but C．or D．so
A．Thus B． Otherwise C．Then D．Rather
A．walked B． ran C．returned D．withdrew
A．rapidly B． suddenly C．madly D．urgently
A．bedroom B． basement C．yard D．house
A．at the bottom of B．in the middle of C．at the top of D．in the front of
A．regretting B． resting C．relaxing D．recovering
A．never B． ever C．still D．Already
I'm one of the fortunate ones without much flood impact on my home. Today, I went over to a friend's house to help with the there. The flash flood broke a basement window, the basement up to eight feet A crew of her friends had been pulling up the carpet and moving all morning when I arrived. She asked me to help move _ items out of a back room where the carpet was _ pulled out
There was a three-foot square of in front of a door, and on it sat a tall cactus(仙人掌)in a blue Our friend had asked us to be with that plant .it had been her mother's.
The woman helping me had been there all morning, and she was getting tired and I was ，at one point she asked me to just tell her what to do. I thought, if we could get the floor on that little under the cactus cleaned up, it would make our friend feel So, together we _ the cactus enough to get the mud out from under it ,and I the floor. Then I asked my helper to get some water and get that little square of floor _ . It was small job that I thought would he for her, since she'd worked so much already.
When our friend came back in to us, she was really affected by what we had _ ,andI think our taking so much care with her mom's plant did what I hoped. She shouted , and smiled, and put her hand to her heart. I think n was a for her, just to see one little space so clear of mud
A．repair B．decoration C．cleanup D．painting
A．filled B．separated C．enlarged D．lifted
A．used B．mended C．damaged D．recycled
A．still B．already C．even D．ever
A．floor B．grass C．blanket D．step
A．cup B．pool C．pot D．cupboard
A．concerned B．ashamed C．guilty D．careful
A．although B．since C．unless D．until
A．fresh B．tall C．intelligent D．handsome
A．plant B．carpet C．section D．wood
A．sadder B．better C．dirtier D．calmer
A．planted B．watered C．straightened D．moved
A．cleared B．dug C．fulfilled D．covered
A．hardly B．nervously C．really D．occasionally
A．colorful B．clean C．crowded D．exact
A．easy B．accessible C．important D．possible
A．call on B．care for C．check on D．turn t
A．expected B．offered C．sent D．accomplished
A．experience B．relief C．belief D．duty
I still remember the moment I looked at my saving book when I had only two clients all month. I started my speech pathology (言语病理学) practice in 1998 and gradually the business to 13 employees. But last year, people were not able to speech therapy (言语治疗) because of the economic crisis. I cut my own because I didn’t want to let any of my staff go. my husband, Brian, lost his job.
We had 11 in all and our oldest four were already and away from home. We’ve always been interested in food sources and the kids where their came from. We love fresh vegetables, eggs or meat directly from small farms, which are safe and . So we wondered what if we started farming.
When a local farmer we get some laying hens because there was a market for fresh , our plan came together. It was scary and . What if no one bought anything? people did buy the eggs. The local farmer took eggs to to his customers, and today he purchases about 20 dozen a week from us.
The children out, which is important we already have 270 laying hens and 200 chickens.
The speech therapy business is still , but I put in less than ten hours a week. I know that on the , there is life, there is physically satisfying work, and our family members more to each other. Our quality of life is so much better. I spend most of the day with my children, which I was grateful . And at night, I have the good feelings that come from working with my hands and doing something positive.
A．developed B．divided C．presented D．passed
A．call for B．care for C．pay for D．apply for
A．fund B．salary C．profit D．cost
A．Unlikely B．Excitedly C．Unfortunately D．Specially
A．partners B．employees C．children D．maids
A．anxious B．independent C．complicated D．prepared
A．checking B．satisfying C．questioning D．teaching
A．food B．wealth C．property D．money
A．processed B．polluted C．healthy D．expensive
A．suggested B．required C．learned D．demanded
A．water B．fruit C．eggs D．chicken
A．stressful B．safe C．helpless D．regretful
A．But B．Thus C．Otherwise D．So
A．donate B．devote C．send D．sell
A．give B．run C．help D．need
A．because B．until C．before D．though
A．alive B．busy C．easy D．painful
A．business B．farm C．campus D．hand
A．contrast B．care C．relate D．compete
A．on B．at C．in D．For
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