I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying something. The sorrow of 1 my husband of 37 years was still too painful. And this grocery store held so many sweet 2 . Bob often came with me and almost every time he'd 3 to go off and look for something special. I'd always see him walking down the walkway 4 the three yellow roses in his hands. Bob knew I loved yellow roses. With a heart 5 with pain, I came to the meat shelf, I searched for the 6 small steak and remembered how Bob had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was in a soft green dress. I 7 as she picked up a large pack of T-bones, 8 them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but 9 , at these prices, I don't know."
"My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. "Buy him the steaks. And value every 10 you have together."
She smiled and I saw the feeling in her 11 as she placed the package in her basket and 12 away. I turned and pushed my cart forward too. Several minutes later I saw first the green suit and then 13 the pretty lady coming to me. In her arms she carried something. On her face was the 14 smile I had ever seen.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and 15 welled down. "These are for you, " she said and placed three beautiful yellow roses in my arms. She placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again. I wanted to tell her what the roses 16 , but still unable to speak. I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my 17 . I looked down at the beautiful roses and found it almost 18 . How did she know?
Suddenly the 19 seemed so clear. I wasn't alone. "Oh, Bob, you haven't 20 me, have you?" I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
A．leaving B．losing C．passing D．failing
A．flowers B．roses C．thoughts D．memories
A．pretend B．happen C．refuse D．decide
A．by B．between C．with D．during
A．full B．pleased C．filled D．crowded
A．perfect B．beautiful C．pretty D．very
A．saw B．watched C．found D．glared
A．fell B．carried C．took D．dropped
A．honestly B．generally C．usually D．exactly
A．dinner B．moment C．time D．year
A．hands B．voice C．eyes D．basket
A．wheeled B．ran C．slipped D．left
A．realized B．thought C．recognized D．received
A．saddest B．funniest C．strangest D．brightest
A．words B．feelings C．tears D．sweats
A．stood B．described C．designed D．meant
A．cart B．sight C．roses D．package
A．unknown B．uncommon C．unlike D．unreal
A．question B．case C．answer D．puzzle
A．forgotten B．disappointed C．hated D．missed
“The way we choose to respond when others make mistakes can cause them to feel ashamed or can allow them to remember our kindness and share our stories with future generations．”
——Michelle Sedas
When I read the above quote I couldn’t help but Doris．She had been a science teacher by ，but she also was a very person．All around her room were dolls that she had made．They were the most interesting dolls I’d ever seen；each was very from the other．
By talking to Doris I learned she’d a class in doll making．One day while I was in her room she took one of the dolls out of the case to me．This doll was very with fine artistic work．I was that anyone could do such unique work．
As Doris was the doll carefully in her hand，I could see a slight break in the skirt．I was to know what happened．Doris said that on the way to class she the side of the skirt．She expressed how scared she was and almost didn’t go to at a11．When it came her to show the doll to the teacher，she had to point out the in the skirt．Doris felt for sure that the doll would be because of it．Much to her surprise the teacher told her she was just going to this break and grade the doll on the other good it had．Doris shared that this remark and from the teacher changed her life．
This teacher could have made Doris feel by her mistake．But her willingness to ignore the mistake，Doris was sharing her kindness with the next generation．
A．give up B．call on C．turn down D．think of
A．profession B．accident C．birth D．mistake
A．energetic B．generous C．creative D．conservative
A．far B．safe C．free D．different
A．taken B．quitted C．prepared D．organized
A．flatter B．show C．comfort D．upset
A．common B．cheap C．expensive D．unusual
A．disappointed B．amazed C．terrified D．annoyed
A．turning B．bending C．mending D．shaking
A．sorry B．proud C．curious D．content
A．burned B．bumped C．replaced D．decorated
A．hospital B．church C．class D．work
A．turn B．task C．honor D．choice
A．spot B．patch C．hole D．break
A．destroyed B．appreciated C．rejected D．removed
A．ignore B．value C．notice D．assess
A．talents B．quantities C．varieties D．qualities
A．responsibility B．attitude C．habit D．standard
A．ashamed B．shocked C．puzzled D．overjoyed
A．as for B．because of C．despite of D．apart from
After my brother died in an accident，my mother was very sad．I was only 4 years old at the time，but I still understood the in my mom’s attitude toward safety． ，everything around us was potentially ．
I grew up with a lot of and rules that were meant to me．For example，I was not to walk home from school by myself，even though everyone I knew already did．I couldn’t evening parties or go to summer camp， what if something happened to me?
As I got older，the list of things to got longer．I became a natural ．I was concerned about things like getting cancer，losing my wallet，being caught in car accidents and earthquakes — big and small，real and ．The funny part is that you’d never know it by looking at my life，because I’m constantly myself to do the things that frighten or worry me．In fact，I’ve developed a for myself: If it scares me，then I have to do it once．I’ve done lots of things that would have my mom: I’ve ridden a motorcycle，I’ve traveled alone，and I’ve performed stand-up comedy．
Courage isn’t a natural attribute（品质）of human beings．I believe that we have to practice being courageous．The more I do things that scare me or that make me ，the more I realize that I can do a lot more than I originally thought I could do．
Even though I inherited（经遗传获得）my mother’s cautious ，I’ve also come to believe that fear can be a good thing，if we it．Believing that has made my world a less scary place．
A．hint B．change C．scene D．lesson
A．Slowly B．Logically C．Fortunately D．Suddenly
A．important B．inspiring C．convenient D．dangerous
A．restrictions B．considerations C．judgments D．comparisons
A．limit B．help C．protect D．train
A．allowed B．encouraged C．reminded D．advised
A．arrange B．attend C．decorate D．support
A．but B．though C．or D．because
A．hope B．fear C．count D．bear
A．worrier B．dreamer C．adult D．thinker
A．ideas B．affairs C．actions D．disasters
A．special B．common C．imaginary D．practical
A．expecting B．warning C．forcing D．promising
A．rule B．form C．case D．hobby
A．in all B．at most C．after all D．at least
A．threatened B．shocked C．confused D．entertained
A．rarely B．quickly C．often D．fairly
A．confident B．uncomfortable C．happy D．generous
A．nature B．duty C．work D．task
A．know B．get C．avoid D．face
The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day—and 800 miles her from her parents in Ohio.
She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had how colorful their backyard was spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she those lilacs in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she some．
Finally, they returned to their car for the home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her .
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two , bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her . As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair with a smile, and held the lilacs .
“Mom,” the kids asked, “ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so while I have all of you. And anyone would be by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
A．moved B．kept C．separated D．made
A．learned B．mentioned C．imagined D．realized
A．as if B．so that C．now that D．even if
A．grew B．missed C．watered D．showed
A．cars B．kids C．clothes D．lilacs
A．yard B．hill C．bush D．door
A．bought B．picked C．set D．raised
A．break B．holiday C．trip D．dinner
A．friends B．memory C．honor D．flowers
A．responded B．pointed C．drove D．hurried
A．elderly B．loving C．serious D．sensitive
A．hesitated B．waited C．chatted D．sat
A．family B．mother C．path D．home
A．nodded B．left C．waved D．continued
A．sadly B．politely C．quickly D．tightly
A．why B．when C．how D．where
A．lonely B．confused C．alone D．patient
A．calmed B．persuaded C．disappointed D．cheered
A．arranged B．planted C．dried D．hid
A．find B．gather C．receive D．sell
Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. These letters were all pilled up in a basket, dirty and With dust. to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They agreed.
As I carefully opened each letter, all of them delicate with age, I discovered a new page unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents’ lives.
My father used to in the army. So his letters were full of frontline of the things about the war. Each of my mother’s letters was marked her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss. I was to these letters like a magnet (磁铁).
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very . and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the . He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would he February 14. From the letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.
At his bedside, I joked with him, saying , “Today is Valentine’s Day, don’t you want to send Mother a present?” He became more when I handed him the old . He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a voice tight with read the loving he’d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And this time, he could read it to her .
A．came B．hit C．drew D．fell
A．hidden B．covered C．buried D．filled
A．Pretending B．Suggesting C．Preferring D．Deciding
A．recently B．occasionally C．previously D．usually
A．work B．study C．serve D．report
A．accounts B．documents C．introductions D．occupations
A．with B．for C．of D．as
A．devoted B．abandoned C．thrown D．drawn
A．depressed B．dead C．dangerous D．ill
A．typical B．traditional C．different D．familiar
A．wars B．illnesses C．letters D．prescriptions
A．meant B．intended C．planned D．said
A．divided B．sorted C．separated D．updated
A．sadly B．angrily C．softly D．loudly
A．curious B．enthusiastic C．fantastic D．positive
A．Christmas card B．envelope C．basket D．lipstick
A．found B．wrote C．recognized D．missed
A．astonishment B．sorrow C．sickness D．emotion
A．story B．message C．speech D．motto
A．in brief B．in private C．in danger D．in person
The famous composer（作曲家）, Albert Roussel, didn’t have a good start in this career．However, he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a ．
Roussel’s parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his ．As a little boy, he fell in love with music and himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept, which there were a lot of related books．
Three years later, Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother’s sister decided to him．Her husband was a kind man and for young Roussel’s music lessons．One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second to his life—the sea．Then he studied to be a naval cadet（海军学员），but still made time to study ．
In the French Navy, he and two friends found the time to a band, playing the works of Beethoven and other ．Roussel also began composing．On Christmas day 1892, he had his first chance to as a composer, which turned out to be a success．
That success Roussel to write a wedding march（婚礼进行曲），and one of his navy friends to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne．When Roussel’s friend with the manuscript（手稿）, he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to his naval career and devote his life to music．
Not long , at the age of 25, Roussel decided to Edouard Colonne’s advice．He gave his heart and soul to his composing and a major force in twentieth century French music．Because of Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring , Roussel devoted his life to music—but Rousssel’s friend later admitted that he had made it up．He said he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the famous conductor．
A．joke B．lie C．guess D．hope
A．neighbor B．aunt C．teacher D．grandfather
A．taught B．chose C．improved D．asked
A．among B．between C．within D．before
A．miss B．catch C．raise D．leave
A．paid B．applied C．looked D．waited
A．page B．love C．wish D．job
A．art B．English C．dance D．music
A．deal with B．make for C．set up D．take away
A．teachers B．professors C．composers D．singers
A．perform B．produce C．study D．publish
A．found B．encouraged C．forbade D．wanted
A．came B．brought C．refused D．offered
A．went B．returned C．left D．ran
A．give up B．keep to C．begin with D．focus on
A．however B．therefore C．afterwards D．then
A．repeat B．change C．correct D．follow
A．became B．replaced C．improved D．grasped
A．will B．request C．order D．advice
A．school B．navy C．music D．work
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