December 24 arrived along with a heavy snow. It was my first Christmas Eve without my mother, and the day’s usual 36 had disappeared.
The telephone rang. I 37 it and went to my bedroom to bury the continuous 38 , knowing it must be my friend Rebecca calling. How could I be 39 ? I wanted to be left 40 .
My heart felt as 41 as the falling snow. 42 can I stop missing my mother?
I 43 the window. Seeing Rebecca’s car parked out front, I went back to my bed and drew the covers over my head.
“Lucy!” she shouted. “I know you’re in there. Answer the door!”
“Leave me alone!” I 44 back. I heard paper rustling(沙沙作响) as she slid 45 under the door.
“Merry Christmas, ” she called out.
Not answering the 46 made me even 47. It wasn’t fair to my best friend. Her father and sister 48 in a car accident when she was eight years old. 49 , her mother had to return to 50 , and Rebecca was left to look after herself.
When she left, I carried the small package, sat down and 51 it. Inside was a golden pen and a journal. When I opened the journal’s front cover, out fell a bookmark with a(n) 52 written on it:
Dear Lucy,
My words won’t heal（治愈）the 53 . But your own words can.
Love,
Rebecca
As I stared at the journal’s blank pages, a single tear fell on the page which quickly absorbed it.
That night, I 54 the phone and dialed her number.
“Looks like the snow is melting(融化), ” I said. “Spring was just ___55____the corner.”
A．excitement B．disappointment C．fright D．pity
A．answered B．covered C．picked D．ignored
A．pleasure B．puzzled C．sadness D．interest
A．regretful B．joyful C．comfortable D．careful
A．alive B．active C．alone D．crazy
A．light B．white C．heavy D．clear
A．Why B．Where C．Whether D．How
A．looked through B．looked into C．looked out D．looked up
A．brought B．shouted C．took D．turned
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．phone B．question C．letter D．door
A．more helpful B．more attractive C．worse D．better
A．survived B．escaped C．lived D．died
A．As a whole B．As a result C．In all D．In general
A．work B．wash C．repair D．learn
A．closed B．folded C．opened D．painted
A．article B．poem C．notice D．message
A．failure B．pain C．wish D．shame
A．picked up B．picked out C．pushed back D．put away
A．around B．over C．on D．at
Youth sports teach kids to develop a winning state of mind as well as the ability to become team leaders. Although having is a major part of athletics, the only purpose of sports is to compete and create the mentality（心态）people need in sports.
have the extremely hard task of getting their young athletes to learn how to play the sport and become disciplined, and ready to play the sport to the best of their ability. , I was at my younger brother’s baseball game the other night and his team was by five runs in the last part of the game. While most teams in this situation would be desperately trying to regain their for heroics, his team just seemed to slowly walk around, sunflower seeds, and laugh at jokes made by teammates. I asked my brother after the game why everybody was so about the loss and he said it was because some kid’s mom brought really good snacks.
Some parents have a with coaches shouting at their child. If a child makes a mistake, it is the coach’s to correct the problem. When parents get involved in telling the coach how to the team, problems . Some parents feel if they pay their money, they should have an equal on how to coach the team. In order to have a successful learning experience, the coach needs to feel like he can control his team and the parents from having the last say. Without that, the coach feels as if he needs to the parents by giving more playing time to their kids who actually don’t it.
With youth sport programs becoming less competitive, club teams are on the . More teens can get an easier access to them. Club teams more of what high school and junior high coaches are looking for, the competitive edge that is absolutely necessary in . While having fun is important, skills and a mentality is worth more in the world of sports.
A. fun B. dignity C courage D. patience
A．social B．competitive C．healthy D．responsible
A．Coaches B．Parents C．Experts D．Headmasters
A．As a result B．In addition C．For example D．On the contrary
A．up B．below C．above D．down
A．scores B．goals C．spirits D．dreams
A．chew B．spit C．count D．swallow
A．worried B．happy C．serious D．casual
A．joke B．problem C．contact D．compromise
A．duty B．experience C．awareness D．turn
A．dismiss B．unite C．handle D．assess
A．stand out B．break out C．work out D．come out
A．say B．guidance C．response D．reward
A．protect B．defend C．excuse D．discourage
A．assist B．motivate C．please D．blame
A．want B．deserve C．value D．appreciate
A．way B．decline C．go D．rise
A．offer B．require C．seek D．preserve
A．academics B．sports C．exams D．competitions
A．risking B．controlling C．winning D．cooperating
Dinah Shore said, “There are no hopeless situations — only people who are hopeless about them.” Some 30 years ago, when he was only 11 years old, Morgan Rowe lost his left arm and much of the use of his right arm. It happened when he off a tractor at his father’s fence company, and was dragged under the machine.
Young Morgan was from the hospital after three and a half months. The first thing he to do was to help pay the bill — $30,000 worth. For a boy of 11 to such a task, the situation seemed .
For five years Morgan roadsides picking up cans and bottles. He thousands of cans and picked up and old newspapers. He never gave up . First, he paid off the $455 ambulance bill. He was still a long way off his parents raised another $9,000 toward the debt.
People began to the injured boy and poured in, totaling $25,000. The bill was paid ！Morgan set aside the money for future education.
What then? Morgan his projects and collected money for the hospital so he could others though the bill was paid up.
Maybe someone to tell the boy he was too injured for that kind of work. Maybe someone neglected to inform him that the was hopeless. Somehow young Morgan didn’t that an 11-year-old boy could never pay off a hospital bill so large.
Martin Luther once said, “Everything that is done in the world is done by the hopeful.” Without hope, is possible.
A．ran B．fell C．drove D．lay
A．released B．dismissed C．removed D．liberated
A．set about B．set up C．set out D．set down
A．understand B．complete C．arrange D．cancel
A．hopeless B．different C．meaningful D．dangerous
A．searched B．controlled C．explored D．examined
A．purchased B．recorded C．collected D．prepared
A．delivered B．sold C．gave D．bought
A．courage B．challenge C．hope D．adventure
A．though B．so C．but D．because
A．hear about B．learn from C．worry about D．benefit from
A．invitations B．applications C．suggestions D．donations
A．exactly B．fully C．deeply D．partly
A．voluntary B．useless C．additional D．present
A．ended B．kept C．began D．paused
A．help B．comfort C．affect D．move
A．attempted B．managed C．forgot D．remembered
A．situation B．life C．illness D．devotion
A．realize B．discuss C．argue D．expect
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
There is one word that is on the lips of Americans , day and night -"Sorry."
Once as I was walling on the street, a young man ran by ,brushing against my handbag. Even as he continued on his .way, he back and said "sorry" to me. Even in a rush, he didn't forget to apologize.
One day, after I bought some apples, the salesman was giving me the change, but I wasn't ready for it And a dropped on the ground. "I'm sorry," he said while bending down to pick it up. I was -why would he apologize when it was my .
Another time ,I stepped a man's foot in a lift At the same time, we both said "sorry"．I thought it interesting at first - was it really for him to apologize?
Later on, an American friend to me that according to the American ideas, the lift is a place everyone should be able to stand in. After someone occupies （占据） a position in the lift, making it for someone else to find a place to stand in ,isn't it necessary to an apologize?
During my stay in America ,I gradually that when friction（摩擦）happen in daily life, Americans don't care much about who is responsible. Someone is troubled, a "sorry" is always necessary. The "sorry”would cool tempers（脾气） the other person is hurt. Perhaps this is why I saw anyone quarreling on the buses, subways or street in America.
A．excitedly B．hurriedly C．happily D．hopefully
A．drove B．held C．watched D．turned
A．coin B．handbag C．wallet D．bill.
A．impressed B．moved C．annoyed D．puzzled
A．duty B．attitude C．fault D．business
A．over B．on C．in D．at
A．necessary B．important C．surprising D．polite
A．lied B．explained C．pointed D．admitted
A．crowded B．common C．public D．free
A．unfit B．impossible C．narrow D．difficult
A．express B．receive C．expect D．tell
A．realized B．remembered C．agreed D．meant
A．Although B．What C．Unless D．If
A．as if B．even if C．as soon as D．before
A．always B．often C．never D．sometimes
When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can’t what it was about, but I have never forgotten the I learned that day.
I was that I was right and he was wrong--and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The decided to teach us a very important lesson. She both of us up to the of the class and him on one side of her desk and me on . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could see that it was black. She asked the boy what the object was. “White,” he answered.
I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, it was obviously black! Another started between my classmate and me, this about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go and stand where the boy was standing and told him to come and stand where I had been. We changed , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I answer, “White.” It was an object with two colored sides, and from his side it was white. from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must in the other person’s shoes and look at the through their eyes in order to understand their view.
A．think B．suppose C．remind D．remember
A．lesson B．lecture C．class D．text
A．told B．wished C．convinced D．allowed
A．officer B．teacher C．doctor D．parent
A．told B．came C．brought D．woke
A．back B．front C．middle D．side
A．planted B．placed C．had D．fixed
A．the other B．another C．other D．others
A．happily B．fortunately C．clearly D．nearly
A．width B．shape C．color D．size
A．when B．unless C．until D．if
A．fight B．argument C．conversation D．game
A．time B．year C．month D．day
A．places B．seats C．attitudes D．glasses
A．needed to B．was able to C．hoped to D．had to
A．similarly B．differently C．beautifully D．surprisingly
A．Still B．Since C．Only D．Also
A．seat B．stand C．lie D．put
A．situation B．movement C．condition D．behavior
A．unexpectedly B．suddenly C．quietly D．truly
Jack threw the papers on my desk and glared at me.
“What’s ?” I asked.
“Next time you want to change anything, me first,” he shouted.
How dare he treat me like that? I thought. I just changed a long sentence and corrected grammar—something I thought I would be to do.
In fact I’d been . One co-worker took me aside the first day and reminded me of his temper. One day, another thing left me in tears so I stormed into his office .
“What?” he asked.
I knew what I must do. After all, he deserved it. “Jack, the you’ve been treating me is wrong,” I said. Jack seemed and leaned back in his chair.
“I make you a promise. I’ll be a(n) . I’ll treat you as you deserve to be , with respect and kindness.” With the words, I left.
Jack me the rest of the week. Letters appeared on my desk while I was at lunch; the corrected versions weren’t seen again. day I left a on his desk, reading “Hope your day is going great.” Over the next few weeks, Jack reappeared, but nothing happened again.
One year later, I had suffered breast cancer and would die soon. The last day of my stay, Jack came. He placed some flowers beside me, saying, “Tulips(郁金香)”.
I smiled, not . He cleared his throat. “If you plant them when you get home, they’ll next spring.” Tears clouded my eyes and I whispered “Thank you.”
Jack grasped my hands, saying, “You’re . You can’t see it now, next spring you’ll see the colors I picked out for you.”
I’ve seen those beautiful tulips push through the soil every spring for ten years now. I’ll never Jack.
A．different B．ill C．wrong D．important
A．help B．ask C．allow D．invite
A．made B．punished C．forced D．paid
A．warned B．proved C．reported D．ordered
A．excitedly B．happily C．angrily D．disappointedly
A．Accidentally B．Eventually C．Immediately D．Suddenly
A．action B．way C．method D．manner
A．moved B．stupid C．scared D．nervous
A．enemy B．boss C．friend D．helper
A．treated B．hoped C．refused D．worked
A．visited B．accompanied C．punished D．avoided
A．Some B．Another C．The other D．Any
A．note B．passage C．paper D．book
A．fearful B．pleasant C．unhappy D．exciting
A．school B．hospital C．office D．home
A．doubting B．explaining C．crying D．understanding
A．come up B．pick up C．turn up D．go up
A．right B．fine C．welcome D．popular
A．so B．and C．then D．but
A．remember B．miss C．forgive D．forget
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