It was a cold winter afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any 36 on the river. Near the bridge, however, almost direct below, 37 was a small canoe (独木舟), with a boy in it. The boy was wearing 38 and shivering (颤抖) with cold, Robert noticed. Just then he heard a cry, “Help! Help!” The cry 39 from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was 40 the water and his canoe was floating away. “Help! Help!” he called again.
Robert was a good 41 . Taking off his clothes, he 42 into the river. The 43 water made him tremble all over, 44 in a few seconds he reached the boy. “Don’t be afraid,” he said and started to swim towards the river bank, 45 the boy with him. But at that 46 he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all 47 in his direction. Robert 48 to swim towards the boat.
“Give me a hand,” he shouted 49 he got near the boat. He 50 up into a row of faces. “It’s funny,” he thought. “They look so 51 .” Silently they helped the boy into the boat and 52 him in a blanket (毯子). But they did not move to 53 Robert.
“Aren’t you going to pull me 54 , too?”
“You!” said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large 55 . “You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled (破坏) a whole afternoon’s work! You can stay in the water!”
A．fish B．boats C．waves D．birds
A．there B．it C．where D．that
A．more B．many C．much D．little
A．happened B．went C．arrived D．came
A．on B．within C．in D．under
A．swimmer B．guard C．soldier D．player
A．threw B．looked C．jumped D．turned
A．deep B．cool C．dirty D．cold
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．pushing B．dragging C．holding D．catching
A．place B．period C．second D．moment
A．seeing B．smiling C．looking D．shouting
A．decided B．went C．agreed D．promised
A．while B．till C．for D．as
A．turned B．looked C．hurried D．stood
A．nervous B．afraid C．excited D．angry
A．wrapped B．left C．placed D．threw
A．save B．thank C．wrap D．help
A．on B．out C．away D．off
A．boat B．blanket C．camera D．screen
Every morning, before dropping her son off at school, my friend would stop on the way to work to grab a quick breakfast. They tended to frequent the restaurant every morning grabbing an egg sandwich, juice, and coffee for herself, milk for her son.
One day she an additional breakfast. When they had eaten and walked out of the door, she stopped and said good morning to a
man who was sitting alone outside the restaurant and
him the additional breakfast she had bought. He
her, grinning, telling her it was the first meal he had in a great many days. She couldn’t help but feel
and was glad she finally took action.
She told her son that she had him every day that week outside the restaurant and that no one, herself included, had
to offer him food, drink, comfort, etc. She further
that homelessness can happen to anyone, the importance of service to others and
acts of kindness were.
And so her kindness tradition… each day thereafter she and her son
to buy and supply the homeless gentleman with breakfast. The
was going on until they
several years later but the lesson was
implanted in her son by then.
She as she told me that this kindness legacy
to her son, who remembered this childhood tradition and lesson. Now a college graduate and
employed, her son stops every day at Starbucks for his morning cup of coffee and purchases a
for a homeless person nearby before commuting to the
.
What a great family legacy that she can pass along to her children as well!
A. small B. same C. crowded D. ordinary
A. received B. demanded C. expected D. ordered
A. strong B. kind C. homeless D. sick
A. handed B. bought C. supplied D. provided
A. remembered B. thanked C. respected D. paid
A. grateful B. sorry C. anxious D. good
A. helped B. seen C. disliked D. missed
A. agreed B. refused C. stopped D. appeared
A. shouted B. replied C. argued D. explained
A. what B. which C. how D. where
A. ended B. began C. met D. presented
A. hesitated B. hurried C. continued D. needed
A. moment B. life C. practice D. performance
A. moved away B. got around C. turned down D. broke up
A. hardly B. firmly C. happily D. slightly
A. smiled B. cheered C. sighed D. wondered
A. came B. occurred C. went D. belonged
A. regularly B. carefully C. entirely D. gainfully
A. chance B. tent C. shirt D. breakfast
A. city B. office C. house D. school
A 25-year-old student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua, China’s most famous university, after an eight-year . Li Jun comes from a poor family in a small village of Hubei Province. He first going to college in the year 2000 he was admitted by a local school after
from a secondary technical school at age 17.
As a art student, he passed the exam again next year but ____
school due to economic pressures in September 2002. Life seemed but Li didn’t give up. He earned a by working part time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students. But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of the Academy of Arts ＆ Design of Tsinghua University. Li
the college entrance examination for five continuous years starting from 2003. , he missed making the cut one mark last year.
In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts . he finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major into Tsinghua University. Every year, Li took art in Beijing and took exams from December to March. He then took cultural courses in his school till June. The rest of the year he spent on work. Li said he hadn’t any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school. Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his through knowledge.
by his contribution, Li Jun’s university him 9,000 yuan out of his tuition fees of 11,450 yuan. An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new has now begun. Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present. He wants to study well and more scholarships.
A．research B．struggle C．service D．expectation
A．talked of B．told of C．dreamt of D．knew of
A．where B．when C．that D．since
A．learning B．seperating C．dating D．graduating
A．gifted B．surprised C．interested D．easy going
A．went on with B．watched out for C．dropped out of D．looked forward to
A．unfair B．hard C．practical D．busy
A．value B．respect C．freedom D．living
A．entering B．visiting C．supporting D．pursing
A．turned to B．applied for C．called for D．adapted to
A．Instead B．At times C．However D．Besides
A．took off B．paid off C．gave off D．sent off
A．ways B．programmes C．success D．courses
A．full-time B．part-time C．out of door D．all
A．asked for B．looked for C．prayed for D．waited for
A．plan B．ideal C．fate D．opinion
A．Encouraged B．Influenced C．Accused D．Impressed
A．funded B．gave C．paid D．cost
A．challenge B．life C．case D．relationship
A．spend B．win C．care D．use
Inspiration
“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was to more, my interests in the world of dance varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a : I became a member of the company back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief I was half way through rehearsals(排练) on my first day. I never actually to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely . I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of . through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme to detail(细节) and stress on practice that set us . To then follow those high-energy rehearsals a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new of the words “hard work”. What I thought were my physical were pushed much further than I thought . I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great
of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a （20） that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow—and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
A．hobby B．plan C．dream D．word
A．connected B．expanded C．exposed D．extended
A．rarely B．certainly C．probably D．consistently
A．director B．trainer C．leader D．dancer
A．symbol B．memory C．truth D．reality
A．bouncing B．dating C．turning D．tracking
A．lacks B．adds C．makes D．brings
A．while B．since C．until D．when
A．cared B．expected C．asked D．decided
A．motivated B．relaxed C．convinced D．astonished
A．challenges B．profits C．advantages D．adventures
A．put B．mix C．build D．pick
A．attention B．association C．attraction D．adaptation
A．apart B．aside C．off D．back
A．over B．by C．with D．beyond
A．function B．meaning C．expression D．usage
A．boundaries B．problems C．barriers D．efforts
A．necessary B．perfect C．proper D．possible
A．talent B．honour C．potential D．responsibility
A．victory B．trend C．tradition D．desire
Eating the Cookie
One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way.
was “having the cookie”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life was
.
Unfortunately, the cookie kept some of the time it was money, and sometimes power. At
times, it was the new car, the biggest contract… A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate(前列腺)cancer, he sits
his head regretfully. “It seems that I stopped learning how to
after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. if I take the cookie away or it
, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It has taken me this long to understand that the
will never make me happy for long.
The you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to
about it crumbling(弄碎)or about someone trying to take it away from you. You know, you have to
a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be
that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it
you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
the cookie is not what life is about.”
My patient laughs and says has changed him. For the first time he is
. No matter if his
is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer
me, ‘What is really important?’ Well, life is important. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to
with the cookie: it has to do with being
. ”
A. Happiness B. Success C. Business D. Love
A. normal B. Common C. worthless D. Useless
A. increasing B. changing C. decreasing D. recovering
A. one B. other C. no D. other
A. shaking B. nodding C. knocking D. raising
A. grow B. learn C. live D. work
A. burns B. breaks C. shares D. throws
A. disease B. change C. kid D. cookie
A. hour B. time C. second D. minute
A. think B. come C. worry D. doubt
A. give up B. add up C. use up D. call up
A. brave B. curious C. aware D. sure
A. unless B. because C. though D. until
A. Eating B. Protecting C. Having D. Making
A. death B. energy C. life D. cancer
A. happy B. weak C. upset D. sad
A. result B. fortunate C. business D. behavior
A. asked B. left C. deserted D. recognized
A. deal B. do C. connect D. link
A. alone B. alive C. ambitious D. active
Megan’s Library of Love Book Drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The idea to send books to a school in was created by Megan’s classmates at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute to her.
The project formed out of the desire to honour memories of Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a in the life of others. Students have many of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent help she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her for learning and reading to create the Library of Love.
This project honours Megan’s special qualities. In the of one of her classmates, “Megan was a good daughter, a good student and a good friend. We are all blessed to have been a of Megan’s life.
Every February, on Megan’s birthday, fifth grades at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School donations of newly-purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “love books” are truly a of love meant to reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local . The fifth grades also have the of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker, sorting books in categories, and all the books for shipping.
In the two years since the Library of Love began, students have collected over 5,000 newly-purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3,149 books were sent to St. Bernard’s Parish to help to their school library after Hurricane Katrina devastated the community. In 2007, 1,613 books were sent to Whited Mountain School in Alaska, which was by a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of reading to other schools in the future.
A．debt B．need C．trouble D．practice
A．mark B．contribution C．difference D．start
A．images B．expressions C．comments D．memories
A．enthusiasm B．interest C．preference D．determination
A．looks B．words C．case D．diary
A．company B．favor C．witness D．part
A．collect B．abandon C．devote D．present
A．force B．signal C．measure D．gift
A．push B．inspire C．reward D．combine
A．libraries B．post offices C．hospitals D．business
A．ability B．pleasure C．responsibility D．chance
A．packing B．fastening C．check D．settling
A．project B．assignment C．organization D．campaign
A．repair B．refill C．rebuild D．remove
A．broken B．hurt C．closed D．damaged
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