I had not seen my parents for a long time. Last Saturday I drove a long way to visit them, 36 neither of them was at home. So I waited patiently at their home 37 their return. Not seeing them made me really 38 .
As I was walking around their bedroom, I 39 little reminders of them. Some Christmas gifts were still 40 in boxes. There were 41 on the wall, which I guess must have a 42 meaning to them. What took my breath away was seeing my dad’s emblems（徽章）from his military service of our country 43 he was young. My father never 44 to us about the Korean Wars. As I looked at those emblems hanging 45 with all the photos that he treasures, I 46 that this was an important part of his life, but I never spent the 47 in talking with him about them. The photos of my mom with her close 48 made me realize her life before she was my mom. I had been so 49 running my business to raise my own family that I 50 the chance to know about their past and experience.
We sometimes don’t realize something is 51 for us until we have lost it, so it’s not too late for us to talk to our parents about their past. I am writing my story to 52 everyone who is fortunate to still have their parents 53 to invest some time to learn about them. I am grateful to have 54 of my parents. So I still have time to talk with them. I hope that readers will 55 from my story and find the time to talk about those things in their life that mean so much to their parents.
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．for B．to C．of D．in
A．frightened B．embarrassed C．upset D．excited
A．sought B．took C．needed D．saw
A．kept B．folded C．hidden D．covered
A．Santa Claus B．family trees C．family photos D．old clothes
A．simple B．real C．past D．special
A．if B．when C．though D．until
A．talked B．explained C．showed D．referred
A．finally B．clearly C．proudly D．openly
A．promised B．declared C．admitted D．realized
A．courage B．time C．chance D．energy
A．friends B．teachers C．students D．children
A．strict B．eager C．busy D．blind
A．rejected B．avoided C．delayed D．missed
A．hopeful B．important C．careful D．original
A．encourage B．demand C．require D．warn
A．one B．neither C．either D．both
A．make B．benefit C．change D．recover
I'd been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to 51 the problem. It certainly wasn’t 52 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled 53 from behind me. A man got out and offered to 54 me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos（纹身）on his arm, I became 55 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But 56 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the 57 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had 58 me.
Then, without 59 , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I 60 agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much 61 when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my 62 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you 63 with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he 64 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.
The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed me tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he 65 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they 66 . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my 67 . He said, ‘‘I experience that same 68 often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I 69 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a 70 . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’
A．find B．make C．fix D．avoid
A．useful B．easy C．wise D．lucky
A．up B．out C．on D．round
A．carry B．lift C．drive D．help
A．discouraged B．frightened C．disappointed D．astonished
A．when B．until C．as D．before
A．tire B．suit C．expression D．shirt
A．embarrassed B．concerned C．discouraged D．puzzled
A．warning B．realizing C．knowing D．waiting
A．directly B．happily C．hurriedly D．unwillingly
A．fear B．satisfaction C．relief D．excitement
A．regret B．amusement C．surprise D．delight
A．working B．repairing C．fighting D．struggling
A．studied B．performed C．grew D．volunteered
A．refused B．kept C．ignored D．left
A．behaved B．spoke C．looked D．thought
A．selfishness B．stupidity C．weakness D．disability
A．life B．incident C．reaction D．change
A．hardly B．actually C．finally D．probably
A．point B．start C．remark D．comparison
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___36___. according to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___37___ one. The world will be more __38___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___39__ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___40___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___41___ have 15 million by then.
Food production will ___42___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, __43___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___44___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___45___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___46___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___47___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___48___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___49___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___50___. They only carried out the situation that ___51___ today. By changing the situation, by ___52___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___53___ time for the nations of the world to work ___54___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___55___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A．learning B．project C．notice D．study
A．pleased B．pleasant C．safe D．blue
A．dangerous B．beautiful C．crowded D．terrible
A．no more than B．as many as C．as much as D．as large as
A．developing B．developed C．big D．mountainous
A．none B．each C．all D．neither
A．insist B．reduce C．increase D．continue
A．so B．but C．or D．however
A．already B．hardly C．partly D．never
A．wanted B．lacked C．found D．expected
A．destroying B．protecting C．disturbing D．interrupting
A．saved B．lost C．discovered D．used
A．Air pollution B．Water pollution C．Some diseases D．All farmland
A．animals B．plants C．forests D．people
A．must be true B．will come true C．can't be true D．may be wrong
A．happens B．develops C．exists D．appears
A．settling B．working out C．answering D．dealing
A．no B．still C．less D．plenty of
A．about B．in C．out D．for
A．working B．suggesting C．spending D．waiting
Michel is a young girl who works for the police 36 a handwriting expert. She has helped 37 many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents.
When she was fourteen, Michel was already 38 interested in the differences in her friends' 39 that she would spend hours 40 them. After 41 college she went to France for a 42 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is 43 for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover _44 of what she needs to know simply 45 looking at the writing with her own eyes, 46 she also has machines 47 help her make 48 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often 49 great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good 50 of what kind of person the 51 is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow 52 I didn't like his handwriting." She says. But she 53 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 54 she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 55 , however.
A．with B．by C．like D．as
A．look B．follow C．catch D．judge
A．so B．too C．quite D．extra
A．books B．letter C．tongues D．handwriting
A．writing B．studying C．settling D．uncovering
A．attending B．finishing C．starting D．stepping into
A．powerful B．natural C．special D．common
A．main B．safe C．easy D．impossible
A．most B．nothing C．little D．sight
A．with B．by C．of D．about
A．so B．for C．thus D．but
A．where B．in which C．that D．it
A．up B．out C．for D．into
A．of B．to C．with D．for
A．test B．sign C．means D．habit
A．listener B．speaker C．writer D．policeman
A．whether B．unless C．if D．after
A．adds B．hears C．repeats D．cries
A．before B．after C．so D．and
A．necessary B．all right C．bad D．quite easy
One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had established a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week.
The other family was a naturalized(加入国籍的)family from Switzerland who also marketed roses, and 21 families became modestly successful, 22 their roses were known in the markets of San Francisco for their 23 vase-life.
For four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons 24 the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan 25 Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were American, the 26 of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. In the turmoil(动乱) and the questions about internment camps（拘留营）, his neighbor made it clear that, if 27 , he would look after his friend’s nursery（花圃）. It was 28 each family had learned in church—Love the neighbor as thyself. “You would do 29 for us, ” he told his Japanese friend.
It was not long before the Japanese 30 was transported to a poor landscape in Granada, Colorado. The relocation center consisted of tar-paper-roofed barracks (兵营) 31 by barbed wire and armed guards.
A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the 32 neighbors were in internment, their friends worked in the greenhouses, the 33 before school and on Saturdays, and the father's work often stretched to 16 and 17 hours. And then 34 , when the war in Europe had
35 , the Japanese family packed up and 36 a train. They were going home.
What would they find? The family was 37 at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family stared.. There was the nursery, complete, clean and shining in the sunlight, neat, prosperous and healthy.
So was the balance of the bank passbook 38 to the Japanese father. And the house was 39 as clean and welcoming as the nursery.
And there on the dining room 40 was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold- the gift of one neighbor to another.
A．each B．both C．all D．two
A．as B．if C．unless D．though
A．short B．perfect C．long D．important
A．took over B．dealt with C．watched out D．handed over
A．achieved B．battled C．controlled D．attacked
A．children B．members C．father D．girls
A．possibility B．necessary C．likely D．possible
A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
A．the same B．similarly C．familiar D．the similar
A．father B．family C．neighbors D．mother
A．surrounded B．covered C．watched D．guarded
A．Swiss B．Swede C．naturalized D．Japanese
A．members B．girls C．children D．boys
A．sometime B．some day C．one time D．one day
A．completed B．ended C．started D．died
A．entered B．got C．boarded D．reached
A．met B．seen C．received D．accepted
A．referred B．devoted C．prepared D．handed
A．right B．quite C．just D．rather
A．chair B．table C．floor D．ground
It was a bitter, 36 evening in northern Virginia. The old man’s beard was 37 by winter’s frost (霜)while he waited for a ride across the river. The wait seemed endless. Then he heard the weak sound of hooves(马蹄) advancing along the frozen path. 38 , he watched as several horsemen rounded the bend. He let the first one pass by, then another. As 39 rider drew near where the old man sat, the old man 40 the rider’s eye and said, “Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side of the river?”
Reining(勒住) his horse, the rider replied, “Sure thing.” Seeing the old man unable to 41 his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman helped the old man onto the horse and took him to his 42 . On the way, the horseman said: “Sir, I notice that you let several other riders pass by. I'm 43 why, on such a bitter winter night, you would wait and ask the last rider.”
The old man looked at the rider and replied, “I know people pretty good. When I 44 the eyes of the other riders, I immediately saw there was no 45 for my situation. But when I looked into yours, kindness and compassion(同情) were obvious. I knew that your gentle spirit would give me help in my time of 46 .”
Those heart-warming comments 47 the horseman deeply. “I'm most grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man. “May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”
A．warm B．cool C．cold D．windy
A．marked B．covered C．equipped D．filled
A．Happily B．Anxiously C．Appreciatively D．Confidently
A．the second B．the third C．the fourth D．the last
A．stared B．looked C．caught D．attracted
A．lift B．carry C．rise D．jump
A．home B．company C．destination D．office
A．afraid B．excited C．delighted D．curious
A．got into B．ran into C．looked into D．broke into
A．concern B．worry C．envy D．doubt
A．trouble B．need C．danger D．difficulty
A．amazed B．promoted C．touched D．benefited
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