School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my 16 to get home. Sitting at the front makes you 17 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the 18 atmosphere by striking the match of 194 .
I try to mind my manners and 20 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, 21 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father's sick,” she said to no one in 22 . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked,“What's wrong with him?"
With her eyes wet and her voice tight from 23 the tears, she responded,“Heart trouble.”Her eyes lowered as she 24 . “I've already lost my mum, so I don't think I can stand losing him.”
I couldn't respond. I was 25 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great 26 my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, 27 still is, for her. I wouldn't like anyone to go 28 that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus driver. That was 29 her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as 30 but a driver.
I suddenly felt very 31 . I realized I had only thought of people as 32 as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as 33 .
For all I know, I'm just another person in 34 else's world, and may not even be important. I 35 not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments (约会) to keep. Understanding people is an art.
A．anxiety B．determination C．decision D．attempt
A．find B．make C．think D．stand
A．unpopular B．uncomfortable C．unusual D．unforgettable
A．fire B．topic C．conversation D．discussion
A．politely B．devotedly C．carelessly D．sincerely
A．however B．therefore C．thus D．otherwise
A．surprise B．common C．silence D．particular
A．fighting B．avoiding C．clearing D．keeping
A．told B．lasted C．repeated D．continued
A．for sure B．at ease C．in shock D．in despair
A．mercy B．pain C．pity D．disappointment
A．but B．yet C．and D．or
A．over B．round C．through D．without
A．almost B．nearly C．ever D．just
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．sad B．embarrassed C．selfish D．worried
A．far B．long C．much D．well
A．unfit B．unselfish C．unnecessary D．unimportant
A．everyone B．someone C．anyone D．no one
A．must B．may C．can D．should
America’s Beauty Is in Its Diversity
America is built on the idea of freedom, and there is no exception for Muslim women. I ______the freedom of religion and speech. But mostly, I believe it’s OK to be______, and to stand up for who and what you are. So I believe in wearing the hijab.
The hijab is a religious head covering, like a scarf. I am Muslim, and keeping my head covered is a ______ of maturity(成熟) and respect toward my ______and to Allah’s will. ______, I also like to wear it to be different. I don’t usually like to do what everyone else is doing. I want to be a(n) ______, not just part of the crowd. But when I first wore it, I was also afraid of the______ that I’d get at school.
I ______ on my own that sixth grade was the______ I should start wearing the hijab. I was ______ about what the kids would say or even do to me. I thought they might make fun of me, or ____ be scared of me and ______ my headscarf. Kids at that age usually like to be all the same, and there’s little or no ______of differences.
On the first day of school, I put all those ______ thoughts behind my back and walked in with my head held high. I was holding my breath a little, but ______ I was also proud to be a Muslim, proud to be wearing the hijab, proud to be different.
I was______ about everything I thought the kids would say or even do to me. I actually met a lot of people because of wearing my head covering. Most of the kids would come and ask me questions--______--about the hijab and why I wore it.
I did hear some kids were making fun of me, ______there was one girl-- she wasn’t even in my class, and we never really talked much-- and she spoke______ me, and I wasn’t even there! I made a lot of new friends that year, friends that I still have until this very day, five years later.
Yes, I’m different, but everyone is different here, in one way or another. This is the______of America.
A．believe in B．stick to C．carry out D．push for
A．dependent B．free C．sensitive D．different
A．signal B．sign C．reminder D．cause
A．religion B．country C．parents D．status
A．In a word B．In general C．To be exact D．To be honest
A．princess B．heroine C．individual D．adult
A．praise B．punishment C．reaction D．reflection
A．hoped B．expected C．realized D．decided
A．time B．chance C．case D．occasion
A．disappointed B．scared C．enthusiastic D．angry
A．still B．already C．even D．ever
A．show off B．pull off C．pick up D．put up
A．rejection B．ignorance C．awareness D．acceptance
A．negative B．optimistic C．serious D．strange
A．often B．inside C．only D．outside
A．concerned B．particular C．wrong D．convinced
A．respectfully B．cautiously C．suspiciously D．critically
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．in terms of B．in front of C．in charge of D．in favor of
A．significance B．beauty C．value D．power
“Check it again, you need to be sure.”This culture rule may sound , but it is one of the most powerful culture rules. I took a lot of things for granted. In fact, I used to people who often check things, such as their car engine oil, the house security, even the children in the bedroom. I didn’t realize that this rule would cost me dearly.
One day the owner of the supermarket I worked in asked me to make a(n) to the investors(投资者) whom we wanted to become partners with. I was given a month to it.
The day of the presentation arrived. I left home at 7 am with the intention of getting to the office . On the way , my car climbed over a bunch of rocks and I heard a loud noise. I stepped on the brake and got out of the car to check what happened: I had a flat tire.
“Oh dear, please not now .” I quickly ran behind the car to the spare tire, only to be again :there was none. I began to think of the moments when my wife would me to get one each time I drove the car out. But I was too to listen to her.
It was already 8 am and it seemed like I had only one left. I had to run to the supermarket. It should me about 45 minutes to get there . I the car and ran as fast as I could , hoping I would have the to get there on time .
it took me longer than I had expected. I arrived at the twenty minutes late. I to the guests for my lateness and did my best to give a good presentation. Finally, the supermarket the deal, but I was suspended(停职) for two months without pay.
A．familiar B．foolish C．simple D．difficult
A．make fun of B．pay attention to C．catch up with D．look up to
A．changing B．following C． signing D．disobeying
A．contribution B．analysis C．presentation D．comparison
A．apply for B．prepare for C．arrange for D．account for
A．early B．easily C．safely D．shortly
A．soft B．hard C．smooth D．rough
A．carefully B．lightly C．quickly D．bravely
A．check B．get C．move D． repair
A．shocked B．pleased C．bored D．confused
A．challenge B．remind C．help D．encourage
A．selfish B．sensitive C．stubborn D．independent
A．wish B．choice C．minute D．plan
A．give B．spare C．allow D．take
A．left B．passed C．rented D．stopped
A．condition B．idea C．luck D．goal .
A．Deliberately B．Unfortunately C．Strangely D．Consequently
A．market B．party C．office D．station
A．appealed B．reported C．referred D．apologized
A．accepted B．won C．offered D．finished
I grew up poor-living with six brothers, three sisters and my mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still a dream.
My dream was . By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per- hour baseball and anything that moved on the field. I was also : my high school coach was John, who not only me, but also taught me how to believe in myself. He me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction(信念). One particular incident with coach John changed my life forever.
A friend me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket — money for a new bike, new clothes and the of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,”he said,“Your days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”I stood before him with my head , trying to think of the that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his in me.
“Well,”he asked,“is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made to me the difference between something right now and having a goal. I myself in sports that summer and the year I was drafted(选拔) by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and a $ 20,000 contract. Later, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
A．happy B．polite C．shy D．honest
A．bring B．afford C．make D．occupy
A．athletics B．music C．business D．money
A．kick B．play C．pass D．hit
A．right B．popular C．lucky D．confident
A．believed in B．relied on C．called on D．dealt with
A．gave B．taught C．brought D．asked
A．called B．advised C．applied D．recommended
A．aim B．idea C．start D．purpose
A．keep B．end C．give D．pick
A．mad B．excited C．frightened D．shameful
A．living B．playing C．working D．dreaming
A．moving B．nodding C．shaking D．hanging
A．questions B．excuses C．words D．ways
A．belief B．pride C．helplessness D．disappointment
A．direct B．clear C．straight D．bare
A．wanting B．changing C．dreaming D．enjoying
A．devoted B．engaged C．applied D．contributed
A．by B．for C．beyond D．within
A．paid B．found C．offered D．presented
O. Henry was the name used by William Sidney Porter. He was in Greensboro, North Carolina in eighteen sixty-two. His mother died when he was three years old. He school at the age of fifteen to work in his uncle’s drug store. He to Texas five years later. He lived in the city of Austin where he married, worked in a local bank and a weekly newspaper.
William Sidney Porter had bad in Texas. His wife became sick, their baby died and his newspaper . Then he was accused of money from the bank where he worked. He fled to Honduras, but returned to be with his wife. She died in eighteen ninety-seven. Porter was to prison. That is where he started to . His first story was published in a national magazine in eighteen ninety-eight. After being from prison in nineteen oh-one, Porter went to New York City. He published more stories, all under the name O. Henry. No one really knows where he got that name.
O. Henry's first book was a short story collection called “Cabbages and Kings”. It was published in nineteen-oh-four. O. Henry published thirteen other of short stories. He wrote six hundred stories during his life. He wrote so that he could complete about one story a week.
Porter tried to forget his , but could not. He did not have any good friends. He began to drink too much alcohol. A second marriage failed. He died of tuberculosis in New York City in nineteen ten. He was forty-eight years old.
A．born B．lived C．died D．buried
A．attended B．left C．finished D．taught
A．related B．referred C．returned D．moved
A．got B．changed C．felt D．turned
A．read B．owned C．bought D．booked
A．day B．habit C．luck D．future
A．failed B．influenced C．spread D．appeared
A．stopping B．robbing C．losing D．stealing
A．lovely B．careful C．ill D．sick
A．sentenced B．attached C．accused D．caught
A．wonder B．write C．worry D．sink
A．fled B．released C．driven D．forced
A．collections B．films C．plays D．works
A．interestingly B．well C．quickly D．richly
A．past B．mistake C．shortcomings D．stories
One day I met a man in the hospital, who needed blood to save his daughter. He was struggling to get blood for her and curiously my blood type. My blood type was the same needed for his daughter. Before that I donated my blood, so I was afraid of doing this and didn’t know what to do.
Then suddenly I saw a little girl in the hospital, who was from a critical disease and needed blood from her six-year-old brother. Yes, from her younger brother, why?
His brother had suffered with the same disease and by God's kindness by developing the anti-bodies(抗体) needed to fight for the disease.
The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be to give his blood to his sister. I saw him for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save my sister."
As the transfusion（输液）progressed, he smiled, seeing the returning to her sister's cheeks. But suddenly, his face grew pale and his faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a voice, "Am I going to die?"
Being young, the boy had the doctor; he thought he was going to give her all his blood and his life.
I felt , when that young boy, the fact of blood donation, got ready to give his blood, thinking that he will lose his life but save his sister's life. And I, being a mature person, knowing that this will not my life, I will not lose my life, save others’ lives and I was hesitant of doing this.
That moment my thoughts and I became enthusiastic about doing this important duty and felt that true by helping save that little girl's life.
If any patient dies due to a blood shortage, I will not call this the of doctors, as science is still not able to make blood artificially. Only we can save others’ lives donating blood.
A．tested B．asked C．noticed D．found
A．always B．ever C．seldom D．never
A．suffering B．dropping C．preventing D．recovering
A．almost B．only C．still D．also
A．survived B．died C．corrected D．controlled
A．careful B．willing C．fearful D．hard
A．shake B．defend C．hesitate D．bargain
A．sorrow B．relief C．color D．pain
A．plan B．smile C．light D．pride
A．disappointing B．exciting C．trembling D．satisfying
A．questioned B．misunderstood C．accepted D．believed
A．lose B．protect C．save D．destroy
A．ashamed B．proud C．scared D．pleased
A．discovering B．designing C．unknowing D．collecting
A．improve B．select C．turn D．affect
A．so B．and C．or D．but
A．threw B．changed C．hurt D．stopped
A．happiness B．success C．purpose D．advantage
A． goal B．task C．fault D．nature
A．to B．for C．on D．by
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