A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited. The house was old and the owner 36 came out. When he did come out he wouldn’t say hello to anybody 37 simply stared at them.
The boy knocked on the door and 38 . As he was ready to 39 away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want?” the old man said.
“Uh, sir, I’m selling these magazines and I was 40 if you’d like to buy one.” The old man 41 stared at the boy. The boy could see the inside of the house and 42 some dog figurines（小雕像）. “Do you 43 dogs?” the boy asked. “Yes, I do. They’re my family here and they’re all I have.” The boy felt sorry for the man, as he seemed to be very 44 . “I’ve a magazine here for collectors. It’s perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.” But the old man said, “I need 45 of the magazines, now goodbye.”
The boy was sad. He went home and then an idea 46 to him. He had a little dog figurine. He walked back to the old man’s house with the 47 . He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. “Boy, I 48 I told you no magazines.”
“No, sir. I know that. I wanted to bring you a 49 . ” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man’s face 50 . “It’s a Golden Retriever. I have one at home. This one is 51 you.” The old man was 52 ; no one had ever shown him so much 53 . “Boy, you have a kind 54 . Thank you!” From that day on the old man 55 coming out of the house and talking with people.
A．hardly B．never C．regularly D．nearly
A．so B．when C．as D．but
A．hurried B．left C．remained D．waited
A．walk B．run C．escape D．drive
A．doubting B．wondering C．saying D．hoping
A．ever B．yet C．just D．still
A．loved B．sensed C．noticed D．contacted
A．help B．collect C．raise D．like
A．alone B．cruel C．lonely D．terrible
A．nothing B．none C．either D．some
A．happened B．brought C．reached D．occurred
A．fear B．magazine C．idea D．figurine
A．imagined B．thought C．wished D．expected
A．friend B．gift C．dog D．book
A．lit up B．went up C．grew up D．turned up
A．for B．on C．with D．in
A．calm B．encouraged C．disappointed D．surprised
A．pity B．happiness C．politeness D．kindness
A．eye B．heart C．hand D．head
A．continued B．avoided C．started D．risked
My son Joey was born with club feet(天生特厚的畸形脚). The doctors promised us that with treatment he would be able to walk , but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were in surgery(手术). By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a when you saw him walk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during , and Joey would jump right in, run and play, too. We told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he with the team. He worked harder and ran than any of the others—perhaps he sensed that the that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the chance to points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He to run four to five miles a day, every day —even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was , so I went to look for him after school. I found him all alone. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy（目光呆滞的） from his fever. he looked straight ahead and kept running.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were . Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in grade —the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn’t to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it… so he didn’t know. He just did it.
A．quickly B．slowly C．normally D．comfortably
A．spent B．wasted C．suffered D．lost
A．pain B．problem C．treatment D．surgery
A．holidays B．day C．fun D．play
A．seldom B．never C．always D．once
A．study B．run C．walk D．behave
A．decided B．preferred C．refused D．agreed
A．gathered B．camped C．trained D．competed
A．more slowly B．less C．faster D．more
A．ability B．strength C．power D．energy
A．Since B．Because C．After D．Although
A．increase B．score C．hold D．take
A．continued B．stopped C．liked D．hoped
A．sad B．surprised C．angry D．worried
A．running B．resting C．crying D．sleeping
A．tests B．miles C．lessons D．examinations
A．Otherwise B．So C．Yet D．Thus
A．included B．found C．shown D．called
A．sixth B．eighth C．seventh D．fifth
A．manage B．determine C．expect D．attempt
Every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in New York．Inside the car a driver and his boss, a well-known millionaire（百万富翁）.
Each morning the millionaire a poorly-dressed man on a park bench(长凳)．The man always sat staring at the hotel in which the rich man lived．One day the millionaire was so in the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and he to the bench．He said to the poor man, “Excuse me, 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 ．I sleep on this bench and every night I dream that day I will sleep in this hotel.” The rich man had ．He said to the poor man, “Tonight your dream will come . I’ll for the best room in that hotel for you for .” The millionaire smiled and felt of himself.
A few days , the millionaire went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he himself．To his great , 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 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 here on this cold bench．It was 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
What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not enough．
Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, however hard we work, it seems that there is someone else who can do it much better．
I have always enjoyed music and it is to me that every musician has a of their own．My father _ several instruments and when he played with other people, it was not difficult to his sound in a group．Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own sound．
I heard of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, " else can make the sound that you make．" The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's, but who is to say which is ．It is said that, " is in the eye of the beholder .” . Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the ．
Every person has a different tone of voice that only to them, we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of that is unique to them．It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all．It be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps．
Each person has a（an） on the world in some way．Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it in the same way that you do it．The next time you feel , remember nobody else can make the sound that you make．
A．easy B．good C．simple D．hard
A．because B．although C．when D．if
A．seldom B．always C．never D．sometimes
A．satisfying B．convincing C．inspiring D．interesting
A．gift B．sound C．life D．song
A．played B．designed C．created D．checked
A．turn down B．call up C．pick out D．give off
A．loud B．powerful C．perfect D．special
A．once B．yet C．even D．still
A．Anybody B．Somebody C．Nobody D．Everybody
A．bigger B．better C．deeper D．lower
A．Beauty B．Interest C．Patience D．Honesty
A．speaker B．receiver C．listener D．looker
A．devotes B．adds C．adapts D．belongs
A．but B．yet C．and D．for
A．running B．walking C．jumping D．speaking
A．must B．might C．would D．should
A．choice B．opinion C．duty D．effect
A．exactly B．carefully C．cautiously D．seriously
A．annoyed B．puzzled C．discouraged D．bothered
People say one man's trash(垃圾) is another man's treasure. That comes to me as I the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away in 1996. My father left the house my sister and me when he died a few months ago.
After Dad was , we looked around the house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so all the stuff(东西) left. Like so many of their generation, my parents everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious about what to abandon and what to keep.
As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every my parents ever saw, I also many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵) and a world traveler, everything -- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the . The letters he wrote during the war his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I our old kitchen table, which brought back of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.
I'm realizing all these things my parents' life journey. Each time I go to , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I knew. , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.
A．coincidence B．goal C．principle D．thought
A．looked for B．looked through C．looked into D．looked after
A．to B．for C．with D．by
A．retired B．ill C．gone D．injured
A．clean B．strange C．empty D．modern
A．pleased with B．familiar with C．astonished at D．disappointed at
A．saved B．enjoyed C．purchased D．designed
A．decisions B．bargains C．challenges D．responsibilities
A．person B．doctor C．neighbor D．child
A．bought B．discovered C．buried D．lost
A．just B．even C．only D．yet
A．liked B．bought C．kept D．lost
A．countryside B．school C．college D．army
A．receive B．direct C．sense D．describe
A．repaired B．cleaned C．spotted D．set
A．introductions B．memories C．descriptions D．communications
A．represented B．recognized C．instructed D．confirmed
A．the supermarket B．church C．my office D．the house
A．merely B．always C．really D．never
A．Everything B．Nothing C．Anything D．Something
Flood damage cleanup is an unforgettable experience for me. I have seen a number of news reports on television showing houses that have been by natural flooding and how the different there are coping and starting their flood damage cleanup. I have always felt for the families that have become victims of flooding however I couldn’t imagine what they were because I have never experienced flooding or flood damage cleanup at first until two years back.
My experience happened when I woke up early one morning because of the of water. As I started to get out of bed to turn on the light, I felt cold muddy water at my . I then realized that the power was . This probably happened due to the heavy and strong wind that were brought by a hurricane during the .
As the rains stopped, I decided to do my flood damage cleanup . Because I had only moved in the house and had only a few belongings, the amount of damage was . It involved only washing shoes and bags soap and water.
It was a good thing that most of my things were inside plastic buckets and most of the furniture that I bought was made of and plastic. This made my flood damage cleanup a lot easier. My cleanup work only the removal of mud from the apartment floors. It was also a good thing that the had hardwood floors. Had the apartment been covered with carpet, I would have had to a lot having the carpet cleaned if not replaced with a new one.
A．drowned B．washed C．affected D．removed
A．citizens B．householders C．owners D．residents
A．sorry B．worried C．excited D．glad
A．feeling B．doing C．speaking D．thinking
A．view B．hand C．thought D．sight
A．cleanup B．flooding C．earthquake D．landslide
A．smell B．shape C．taste D．sound
A．head B．neck C．feet D．breast
A．out B．in C．on D．down
A．rain B．snow C．frost D．fog
A．morning B．afternoon C．evening D．night
A．slowly B．gradually C．quickly D．frequently
A．unfolded B．unpacked C．uncovered D．unloaded
A．great B．big C．small D．tiny
A．with B．by C．through D．in
A．thrown B．dipped C．displayed D．stored
A．wood B．metal C．paper D．leather
A．undertook B．began C．involved D．engaged
A．bedroom B．kitchen C．building D．apartment
A．spend B．cost C．pay D．take
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