Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his and traveling.
Then, after returning to the United States from a trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place him. The material between his bones became .
In less than one week after his return, he could not . Every move that he was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up . Mr. Cousins thought that thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. , he felt that happy thoughts or might cure his illness.
He began to on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into (登记住宿) a hotel room where he could his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping __ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for . After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to .
A．time B．holiday C．sleep D．work
A．boring B．tiring C．dangerous D．pleasant
A．top B．degree C．problem D．limit
A．from B．around C．inside D．beside
A．weak B．ill C．false D．strong
A．speak B．breathe C．stand D．see
A．made B．did C．put D．ran
A．look B．get C．turn D．think
A．effort B．hope C．treatment D．arrangement
A．foolish B．unusual C．funny D．unhappy
A．Instead B．However C．Therefore D．Otherwise
A．sleep B．travel C．laughter D．television
A．beat B．operate C．try D．experiment
A．day B．week C．month D．year
A．Promising B．Telling C．Imagining D．Guessing
A．invent B．begin C．continue D．prove
A．until B．whenever C．unless D．so that
A．soon B．very C．slowly D．enough
A．exercise B．illness C．rest D．pleasure
A．power B．sense C．health D．happiness
I became lame(瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “ ”.
I still remember the first day at . When I appeared at the door, in the classroom stared(凝视) at me in . My face turned . I couldn’t help back. It was the and sympathy(同情) in their eyes that me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.
Being lame, I didn’t dare to in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking .
One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really . They encouraged me with a(n) smile and me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was to them for giving me a chance to see the of our lovely school with my own eyes.
After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always to help me. It made me I am handicapped(残疾的).
Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school? ” Without hesitation(犹豫) I said, “It is the . ”
A．with B．without C．under D．on
A．walk B．run C．sit D．stand
A．school B．wheelchair C．home D．hospital
A．he B．she C．everyone D．nobody
A．thought B．interest C．anger D．surprise
A．red B．brown C．white D．black
A．entering B．hiding C．coming D．turning
A．feeling B．kindness C．sorrow D．pain
A．made B．stopped C．kept D．let
A．walk B．study C．practice D．speak
A．laughed B．smiled C．stared D．looked
A．quickly B．slowly C．happily D．shyly
A．brave B．sad C．hurt D．excited
A．honest B．friendly C．luckily D．handsome
A．pushed B．placed C．drew D．pulled
A．satisfied B．sorry C．loyal D．grateful
A．signs B．sights C．buildings D．students
A．ready B．smart C．wise D．unwilling
A．forget B．remember C．imagine D．think
A．teachers B．schoolyard C．classmates D．friendship
Not too long ago, an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest _ out of our Polynesian Village resort（度假胜地）at Walt Disney was asked how she her visit. She told the front-desk clerk she had had a (n) vacation, but was heartbroken about several rolls of Kodak color film she had not yet developed. At that moment she was particularly over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau, as this was a memory she especially treasured.
Now, please understand that we have no written service rules lost photos in the park. , the clerk at the front desk understood Disney’s idea of caring for our . She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of film, promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau.
Two weeks later the guest received a at her home. In it were photos of all the actors of our show, signed by each performer. There were also of the public procession（游行队伍）and fireworks in the park, taken by the front-desk clerk in her own after work. I happened to know this story because this guest wrote us a letter. She said that in her life had she received such good service from any business.
Excellent does not come from policy (政策性的)handbooks. It comes from people who care —and from a culture that encourages and models that attitude.
A．working B．checking C．trying D．staying
A．expected B．realized C．paid D．enjoyed
A．Disappointing B．wonderful C．uncomfortable D．important
A．taking B．dropping C．losing D．breaking
A．silly B．nervous C．calm D．sad
A．covering B．finding C．making D．keeping
A．Excitedly B．Fortunately C．Therefore D．Quietly
A．workers B．guests C．managers D．clerks
A．printed B．shot C．unused D．recorded
A．film B．card C．camera D．packet
A．frequently B．personally C．alone D．actually
A．rules B．pictures C．handbooks D．performances
A．case B．work C．time D．position
A．only B．almost C．never D．nearly
A．advice B．experience C．quality D．service
Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was than him, he felt disappointed. So he hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started for land.
He that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could by walking through the land before sunset (日落). He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the , he could have it.
The farmer became very when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of without paying anything. He came the next morning and started running, not walking, he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued . Without eating, or drinking, or resting, he just got very . When he came back to the head in the evening, he right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.
Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will everything finally.
A．careful B．bored C．busy D．pleased
A．richer B．healthier C．stronger D．cleverer
A．thought B．learned C．tried D．worked
A．borrow B．spend C．save D．make
A．looking B．waiting C．preparing D．caring
A．explained B．hoped C．guessed D．found
A．follow B．visit C．help D．cheat
A．chance B．result C．condition D．purpose
A．promise B．wish C．suggestion D．order
A．for B．without C．by D．before
A．farm B．buy C．cover D．have
A．year B．month C．day D．week
A．interested B．sad C．happy D．calm
A．crop B．experience C．knowledge D．land
A．quietly B．early C．finally D．suddenly
A．so that B．even if C．because D．whether
A．dreaming B．walking C．speaking D．running
A．nervous B．excited C．tired D．worried
A．refused B．died C．appeared D．rested
A．lose B．face C．change D．defeat
It was one of the hardest days of my young life. My 110-pound body had been knocked to the ground more times than I could . It had become as the practice went on that there was no way I was ever going to be able to compete against the taller and stronger boys. My of being a football star had been crashed to the ground along with my bruised (擦伤的) body.
I made it home, .
My mom me at the door. From my expression, she could see that I was and had me sit at the kitchen table. I thought she had known what had happened that day. She me up with a bowl of soup. While I had the soup, I felt her hand rubbing my aching back. We said no word, but by the time the soup was done I was feeling again. I knew I was loved and that was all that .
I have kept that in my heart all of these years. Even today, no matter what life throws at me, a bowl of soup always lifts my spirits. Sometimes I can even feel Mom’s gentle hand rubbing my back from Heaven and see her beautiful face smiling at me with .
In this world, all of us have had our dreams crashed to the ground at one time. Sometimes it takes a lot of dreams until we find our true purpose in life, too. are always there, though, to comfort us and to remind us that we are loved.
A．write B．count C．report D．explain
A．clear B．easy C．natural D．possible
A．order B．habit C．dream D．request
A．fearful B．stupid C．hungry D．sad
A．helped B．invited C．met D．taught
A．troubled B．shocked C．warned D．praised
A．brought B．warmed C．kept D．caught
A．gently B．tightly C．sharply D．properly
A．hotter B．better C．greater D．smarter
A．happened B．passed C．appeared D．mattered
A．information B．lesson C．memory D．record
A．schedules B．secrets C．results D．difficulties
A．respect B．purpose C．love D．patience
A．broken B．colored C．pleasant D．strange
A．Relatives B．Teachers C．Parents D．Friends
The Canadian people are made up of different national races.The first ____ settlers of the country were the Indians.
It was said that the Indians entered this continent ____ the Bering Strait(白令海峡) and Sea from eastern Asia at most 10,000 years ____.When Europeans first ____ the country，Indians were living in most of areas ____ forests.There were only ____ Indians in the provinces near the Atlantic Ocean.
The second group of people to enter Canada ____ the Eskimos.They ____ the Bering Strait from Asia less than 3,000 years ago.There are few ____ of their early movements.The first white settlers in Canada were the ___.They came in greatest ____ to Quebec，but also to Nova Scotia，___ they cleared farms on the southern side of the Bay of Fundy.The French built their castles at Quebec City，and cleared farms out of the forests in the area.____ the time of the British conquest(征服) in 1763，there had been about 60,000 Frenchmen in Canada，____ chiefly between Quebec and Montreal.There were not many British in Canada ____ American Revolution drove large numbers northward.
Throughout the 19th century，____ British people came to Canada.The descendants(后代) of these people ____ England，Scotland and Ireland now make ____ about half of the population.Around the ____ of the century people came in increasing numbers from Europe and the largest numbers came ___ Central and EasternGermans，Czechs，Poles，Rumanians and Ukrainians.
A．famous B．wellknown C．known D．news
A．through B．into C．on D．across
A．early B．more C．ago D．long
A．reached B．left C．flew to D．shipped
A．protected B．covered by C．like D．covering
A．few B．packs of C．a number of D．a few
A．are B．is C．were D．was
A．crossed B．walked C．passed D．swam
A．notes B．records C．signs D．speeches
A．British B．Indians C．French D．American
A．deal B．members C．areas D．numbers
A．who B．which C．whom D．where
A．By B．In C．At D．On
A．to live B．living C．lived D．live
A．when B．after C．until D．since
A．thousand of B．thousands of C．thousands D．thousand
A．in B．to C．near D．from
A．up B．of C．from D．by
A．year B．change C．turn D．day
A．from B．in C．over D．up
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