My husband Mike hated Christmas. He didn’t hate the true meaning of ___36___, but the commercial aspects (方面) of it. Knowing he felt this ____37__, I decided one year to__38__the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something __39_just for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was____40__at the junior level at the school he attended and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match___41____a team sponsored（资助） by a church.
These youngsters from the church, dressed in shoes so____42___that shoestrings(鞋带) seemed to be the only thing holding them together,___43_____our son’s team were in their beautiful new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was___44___to see that the other team was wrestling without a helmet(头盔) designed to___45____a wrestler’s head. They clearly could not____46___ them. Well, our son’s team ended up defeating them and took every weight class. But as the other team ____47__up from the mat(垫子), they walked around with a sense of pride that couldn’t admit___48____.
Mike, seated beside me, shook his head___49___, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential(潜力), but___50___like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved__51____and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball. That’s when the __52____for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and ___53____some wrestling helmets and shoes and sent them to the church.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his____54___from me. His smile was the____55___ thing about Christmas that year.
A．the gift B．an envelope C．the wrestling D．Christmas
A．way B．joy C．music D．fear
A．buy B．avoid C．wear D．give
A．beautiful B．expensive C．special D．new
A．wrestling B．weightlifting C．shooting D．boxing
A．at B．against C．for D．on
A．big B．small C．worn D．cheap
A．because B．if C．so D．while
A．frightened B．disappointed C．pleased D．surprised
A．cover B．surround C．protect D．hide
A．carry B．afford C．design D．expect
A．got B．dressed C．turned D．cheered
A．defeat B．evidence C．charge D．mistake
A．gently B．sadly C．nervously D．gladly
A．running B．winning C．losing D．shaking
A．workmates B．parents C．friends D．kids
A．invitation B．idea C．care D．money
A．return B．sold C．bought D．left
A．gift B．warning C．praise D．love
A．brightest B．funniest C．ugliest D．darkest
Youth sports teach kids to develop a winning state of mind as well as the ability to become team leaders. Although having is a major part of athletics, the only purpose of sports is to compete and create the mentality（心态）people need in sports.
have the extremely hard task of getting their young athletes to learn how to play the sport and become disciplined, and ready to play the sport to the best of their ability. , I was at my younger brother’s baseball game the other night and his team was by five runs in the last part of the game. While most teams in this situation would be desperately trying to regain their for heroics, his team just seemed to slowly walk around, sunflower seeds, and laugh at jokes made by teammates. I asked my brother after the game why everybody was so about the loss and he said it was because some kid’s mom brought really good snacks.
Some parents have a with coaches shouting at their child. If a child makes a mistake, it is the coach’s to correct the problem. When parents get involved in telling the coach how to the team, problems . Some parents feel if they pay their money, they should have an equal on how to coach the team. In order to have a successful learning experience, the coach needs to feel like he can control his team and the parents from having the last say. Without that, the coach feels as if he needs to the parents by giving more playing time to their kids who actually don’t it.
With youth sport programs becoming less competitive, club teams are on the . More teens can get an easier access to them. Club teams more of what high school and junior high coaches are looking for, the competitive edge that is absolutely necessary in . While having fun is important, skills and a mentality is worth more in the world of sports.
A. fun B. dignity C courage D. patience
A．social B．competitive C．healthy D．responsible
A．Coaches B．Parents C．Experts D．Headmasters
A．As a result B．In addition C．For example D．On the contrary
A．up B．below C．above D．down
A．scores B．goals C．spirits D．dreams
A．chew B．spit C．count D．swallow
A．worried B．happy C．serious D．casual
A．joke B．problem C．contact D．compromise
A．duty B．experience C．awareness D．turn
A．dismiss B．unite C．handle D．assess
A．stand out B．break out C．work out D．come out
A．say B．guidance C．response D．reward
A．protect B．defend C．excuse D．discourage
A．assist B．motivate C．please D．blame
A．want B．deserve C．value D．appreciate
A．way B．decline C．go D．rise
A．offer B．require C．seek D．preserve
A．academics B．sports C．exams D．competitions
A．risking B．controlling C．winning D．cooperating
Dinah Shore said, “There are no hopeless situations — only people who are hopeless about them.” Some 30 years ago, when he was only 11 years old, Morgan Rowe lost his left arm and much of the use of his right arm. It happened when he off a tractor at his father’s fence company, and was dragged under the machine.
Young Morgan was from the hospital after three and a half months. The first thing he to do was to help pay the bill — $30,000 worth. For a boy of 11 to such a task, the situation seemed .
For five years Morgan roadsides picking up cans and bottles. He thousands of cans and picked up and old newspapers. He never gave up . First, he paid off the $455 ambulance bill. He was still a long way off his parents raised another $9,000 toward the debt.
People began to the injured boy and poured in, totaling $25,000. The bill was paid ！Morgan set aside the money for future education.
What then? Morgan his projects and collected money for the hospital so he could others though the bill was paid up.
Maybe someone to tell the boy he was too injured for that kind of work. Maybe someone neglected to inform him that the was hopeless. Somehow young Morgan didn’t that an 11-year-old boy could never pay off a hospital bill so large.
Martin Luther once said, “Everything that is done in the world is done by the hopeful.” Without hope, is possible.
A．ran B．fell C．drove D．lay
A．released B．dismissed C．removed D．liberated
A．set about B．set up C．set out D．set down
A．understand B．complete C．arrange D．cancel
A．hopeless B．different C．meaningful D．dangerous
A．searched B．controlled C．explored D．examined
A．purchased B．recorded C．collected D．prepared
A．delivered B．sold C．gave D．bought
A．courage B．challenge C．hope D．adventure
A．though B．so C．but D．because
A．hear about B．learn from C．worry about D．benefit from
A．invitations B．applications C．suggestions D．donations
A．exactly B．fully C．deeply D．partly
A．voluntary B．useless C．additional D．present
A．ended B．kept C．began D．paused
A．help B．comfort C．affect D．move
A．attempted B．managed C．forgot D．remembered
A．situation B．life C．illness D．devotion
A．realize B．discuss C．argue D．expect
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
There is one word that is on the lips of Americans , day and night -"Sorry."
Once as I was walling on the street, a young man ran by ,brushing against my handbag. Even as he continued on his .way, he back and said "sorry" to me. Even in a rush, he didn't forget to apologize.
One day, after I bought some apples, the salesman was giving me the change, but I wasn't ready for it And a dropped on the ground. "I'm sorry," he said while bending down to pick it up. I was -why would he apologize when it was my .
Another time ,I stepped a man's foot in a lift At the same time, we both said "sorry"．I thought it interesting at first - was it really for him to apologize?
Later on, an American friend to me that according to the American ideas, the lift is a place everyone should be able to stand in. After someone occupies （占据） a position in the lift, making it for someone else to find a place to stand in ,isn't it necessary to an apologize?
During my stay in America ,I gradually that when friction（摩擦）happen in daily life, Americans don't care much about who is responsible. Someone is troubled, a "sorry" is always necessary. The "sorry”would cool tempers（脾气） the other person is hurt. Perhaps this is why I saw anyone quarreling on the buses, subways or street in America.
A．excitedly B．hurriedly C．happily D．hopefully
A．drove B．held C．watched D．turned
A．coin B．handbag C．wallet D．bill.
A．impressed B．moved C．annoyed D．puzzled
A．duty B．attitude C．fault D．business
A．over B．on C．in D．at
A．necessary B．important C．surprising D．polite
A．lied B．explained C．pointed D．admitted
A．crowded B．common C．public D．free
A．unfit B．impossible C．narrow D．difficult
A．express B．receive C．expect D．tell
A．realized B．remembered C．agreed D．meant
A．Although B．What C．Unless D．If
A．as if B．even if C．as soon as D．before
A．always B．often C．never D．sometimes
When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can’t what it was about, but I have never forgotten the I learned that day.
I was that I was right and he was wrong--and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The decided to teach us a very important lesson. She both of us up to the of the class and him on one side of her desk and me on . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could see that it was black. She asked the boy what the object was. “White,” he answered.
I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, it was obviously black! Another started between my classmate and me, this about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go and stand where the boy was standing and told him to come and stand where I had been. We changed , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I answer, “White.” It was an object with two colored sides, and from his side it was white. from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must in the other person’s shoes and look at the through their eyes in order to understand their view.
A．think B．suppose C．remind D．remember
A．lesson B．lecture C．class D．text
A．told B．wished C．convinced D．allowed
A．officer B．teacher C．doctor D．parent
A．told B．came C．brought D．woke
A．back B．front C．middle D．side
A．planted B．placed C．had D．fixed
A．the other B．another C．other D．others
A．happily B．fortunately C．clearly D．nearly
A．width B．shape C．color D．size
A．when B．unless C．until D．if
A．fight B．argument C．conversation D．game
A．time B．year C．month D．day
A．places B．seats C．attitudes D．glasses
A．needed to B．was able to C．hoped to D．had to
A．similarly B．differently C．beautifully D．surprisingly
A．Still B．Since C．Only D．Also
A．seat B．stand C．lie D．put
A．situation B．movement C．condition D．behavior
A．unexpectedly B．suddenly C．quietly D．truly
Jack threw the papers on my desk and glared at me.
“What’s ?” I asked.
“Next time you want to change anything, me first,” he shouted.
How dare he treat me like that? I thought. I just changed a long sentence and corrected grammar—something I thought I would be to do.
In fact I’d been . One co-worker took me aside the first day and reminded me of his temper. One day, another thing left me in tears so I stormed into his office .
“What?” he asked.
I knew what I must do. After all, he deserved it. “Jack, the you’ve been treating me is wrong,” I said. Jack seemed and leaned back in his chair.
“I make you a promise. I’ll be a(n) . I’ll treat you as you deserve to be , with respect and kindness.” With the words, I left.
Jack me the rest of the week. Letters appeared on my desk while I was at lunch; the corrected versions weren’t seen again. day I left a on his desk, reading “Hope your day is going great.” Over the next few weeks, Jack reappeared, but nothing happened again.
One year later, I had suffered breast cancer and would die soon. The last day of my stay, Jack came. He placed some flowers beside me, saying, “Tulips(郁金香)”.
I smiled, not . He cleared his throat. “If you plant them when you get home, they’ll next spring.” Tears clouded my eyes and I whispered “Thank you.”
Jack grasped my hands, saying, “You’re . You can’t see it now, next spring you’ll see the colors I picked out for you.”
I’ve seen those beautiful tulips push through the soil every spring for ten years now. I’ll never Jack.
A．different B．ill C．wrong D．important
A．help B．ask C．allow D．invite
A．made B．punished C．forced D．paid
A．warned B．proved C．reported D．ordered
A．excitedly B．happily C．angrily D．disappointedly
A．Accidentally B．Eventually C．Immediately D．Suddenly
A．action B．way C．method D．manner
A．moved B．stupid C．scared D．nervous
A．enemy B．boss C．friend D．helper
A．treated B．hoped C．refused D．worked
A．visited B．accompanied C．punished D．avoided
A．Some B．Another C．The other D．Any
A．note B．passage C．paper D．book
A．fearful B．pleasant C．unhappy D．exciting
A．school B．hospital C．office D．home
A．doubting B．explaining C．crying D．understanding
A．come up B．pick up C．turn up D．go up
A．right B．fine C．welcome D．popular
A．so B．and C．then D．but
A．remember B．miss C．forgive D．forget
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