Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker.He is not famous in sports or the arts.But people in the streets___him，especially those who are____.
For those people，he is “Gloves” Greenberg.How did he get that____？He looks like any other businessman，wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱)．But he’s____.His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter，Mr.Greenberg does not____like other New Yorkers，who look at the sidewalk and ____the street.He looks around at____.He stops when he____someone with no gloves.He gives them a pair and then he____，looking for more people with cold____.
On winter days，Mr.Greenberg____gloves.During the rest of the year，he____gloves.People who have heard about him____him gloves，and he has many in his apartment.
Mr.Greenberg ___ doing this 21 years ago.Now，many poor New Yorkers know him and___his behavior.But people who don’t know him are sometimes____ him.They don’t realize that he just wants to make them____.
It runs in the____.Michael’s father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier.Michael Greenberg feels the____.A pair of gloves may be a____thing，but it can make a big difference in winter.
A．know about B．learn from C．cheer for D．look after
A．old B．busy C．kind D．poor
A．job B．name C．chance D．message
A．calm B．different C．crazy D．curious
A．act B．sound C．feel D．dress
A．cross over B．drive along C．hurry down D．keep off
A．cars B．people C．street numbers D．traffic lights
A．helps B．chooses C．greets D．sees
A．holds up B．hangs out C．moves on D．turns around
A．hands B．ears C．faces D．eyes
A．searches for B．stores up C．gives away D．puts on
A．borrows B．sells C．returns D．buys
A．call B．send C．lend D．show
A．delayed B．remembered C．began D．enjoyed
A．understand B．dislike C．study D．excuse
A．sorry for B．satisfied with C．proud of D．surprised by
A．smart B．rich C．special D．happy
A．city B．family C．neighborhood D．company
A．honor B．pain C．same D．cold
A．small B．useful C．delightful D．comforting
Once 1 spoke at a high school. After the speech, the principal a sick student named Matthew had expressed an in meeting me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter, and I about overcoming obstacles (障碍)and for my dreams.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. He spoke about winning and succeeding and seeking his dreams.When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase and out the first gold medal I won and put it around his . I told him he was more of a and knew more about success and overcoming than 1ever would. He looked at it for a while, then took it off handed it back to me. He said, "You earned that medal. when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you. ”
Last summer I got the news that Matthew had passed and he sent me a letter：
Dear Rick,
My mom said I should send you a thank you letter for the picture you sent me.I told you that in the future I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I' . But God knows I'm a champion. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my and when you get there. I will show it to you.Thank you for loving me.
Your friend, Matthew
A．idea B．agreement C．opinion D．interest
A．knew B．read C．thought D．asked
A．looking B．longing C．going D．waiting
A．pushed B．pulled C．carried D．got
A．neck B．head C．hand D．waist
A．loser B．winner C．patient D．buy
A．pains B．diseases C．obstacles D．shortcomings
A．or B．so C．but D．and
A．Somewhere B．Somehow C．Nowadays D．Someday
A．out B．away C．on D．by
A．seldom B．already C．never D．ever
A．medal B．picture C．life D．letter
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the United States team would be the winner of canoe (划艇）racing. One member of that team was Bill Havens. It became clear that Bill's first child would be born about the time that the U. S. team was in the Paris Games.
Bill's wife insisted that he go to Paris. ，competing in the Olympics was a lifelong dream. But finally Bill decided to stay at home, where he could his wife when the child arrived. He considered being at her his highest priority (优先考虑的事），even higher than going to Paris to fulfill his .
The team won the gold medal in Paris. And Bill's wife was in giving birth to their child. ，Bill could have competed in the event and returned home to be with her when she gave birth.
But Bill said he had no . For the rest of his life, he he had made the better decision.
Twenty-eight years later, Bill a telegram. It was from Finland, where the 1952 Olympics were being held. The telegram read，“Dad, I won. I'm bringing home the gold medal you while waiting for me to be born. ”
A．competing B．struggling C．preparing D．winning
A．In all B．After all C．As a result D．As usual
A．persuade B．encourage C．support D．satisfy
A．place B．side C．door D．mercy
A．busy B．successful C．safe D．late
A．In addition B．For example C．In fact D．At last
A．on time B．in time C．in general D．in surprise
A．judgments B．excuses C．choices D．regrets
A．believed B．concluded C．learned D．proved
A．discovered B．wrote C．sent D．received
A．grasped B．offered C．took D．lost
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. He had wanted a beautiful in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day came near, the young man expected that his father had bought the gift . , on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his own .His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He .his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.
Curious, and somewhat ., the young man opened the box and found a lovely leather bound Bible，with the young man’s name written in gold. Angry, he .his voice to his father, and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” and out of the house.
Many years passed and the young man was very .in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but .his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to see him. .he could make arrangements, he received a telegram him his father had passed away and willed all of his .to his son. When he arrived at his father’s, sudden sadness and regret .his heart. He began to .his father’s important papers and saw the still new gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had .it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully .a verse(诗),Matthew 7-11,“And if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?”
As he read those words, a car key .from the back of the Bible. It had a tag(标签) with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the of his graduation, and the words:PAID IN FULL.
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A．computer B．bike C．car D．recorder
A．pay B．buy C．support D．afford
A．signs B．facts C．marks D．results
A．However B．Finally C．Quietly D．Actually
A．house B．room C．study D．office
A．gave B．handed C．showed D．presented
A．excited B．nervous C．interested D．disappointed
A．raised B．changed C．improved D．increased
A．ran B．went C．walked D．stormed
A．busy B．successful C．comfortable D．happy
A．remembered B．realized C．knew D．considered
A．When B．As C．After D．Before
A．informing B．announcing C．telling D．discovering
A．treasures B．possessions C．clothing D．eagerness
A．filled B．caught C．attacked D．beat
A．pick up B．remind of C．searchthrough D．refer to
A．seen B．got C．left D．thrown
A．made B．written C．underlined D．designed
A．dropped B．appeared C．rolled D．showed
A．year B．date C．moment D．day
As China faced up to a battle against bird flu, the government announced a range of control measures it believed would bring the disease under control.
This bird flu more than 16 people across Asia and was made certain in China in late January, 2004. No cases had been found in the mainland but at least 13 of the country’s 31 provinces, autonomous regions(自治区) and municipalities had the disease in poultry(家禽).
“It a difficult task for China to prevent and control the disease, the government is confident in the fight,” said a Vice-Minister of Agriculture. He gave details of a range of measures designed to the disease spreading. Poultry within 3km of infected farms was to be killed and those within 5km vaccinated(接种疫苗). , there would be constant monitoring(监控) and daily on the disease across the country, and production of bird flu vaccines.
Among the 11 Asian countries and regions by bird flu in animals, only Viet Nam and Thailand had reported human cases. The people infected were reported to have the disease from poultry.
While the World Health Organization said there was proof of human transmission(传播) of bird flu, it admitted that two sisters who died of bird flu in Viet Nam have caught it from their brother.
The big was that the disease could combine with a human flu virus(病毒) to create a deadly disease that would kill millions of people across the . Many Asian farmers live closely with their animals and sell chickens on the market. This greatly increases the of human being infected with bird flu.
An official from WHO said Asian countries affected by bird flu should introduce a more way of raising and selling chickens. They have to completely their lifestyle and attitude towards animals.
A．hurt B．hit C．struck D．killed
A．animal B．bird C．human D．poultry
A．shown B．reported C．struck D．said
A．remains B．leaves C．stays D．continues
A．but B．and C．while D．so
A．fight B．control C．keep D．stop
A．However B．Meanwhile C．Therefore D．Instead
A．controls B．treatments C．reports D．vaccines
A．started B．improved C．increased D．attempted
A．affected B．destroyed C．connected D．introduced
A．held B．covered C．carried D．caught
A．some B．much C．no D．more
A．should B．might C．must D．need
A．accident B．problem C．task D．flu
A．new B．strange C．serious D．bad
A．country B．area C．mainland D．globe
A．killed B．many C．dead D．live
A．speed B．possibility C．introduction D．experience
A．healthy B．useful C．simple D．gentle
A．stop B．change C．form D．keep
Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming ____ the hill towards the frontier, ____ a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike ____ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and ____ him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very ____ to see ____ he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets ____ he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always ____ to find gold or other valuable things ____ in the straw, he never found ____. He was sure the man was ____ something, but he was not ____ to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked ____ the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets ____ usual, he ____ to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things ____ this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today’s my last day on the ____. Tomorrow I’m going to ____. I promise I shall not tell ____ if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for ____. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
A．towards B．down C．to D．up
A．filling B．pulling C．pushing D．carrying
A．arrived B．appeared C．came D．reached
A．ask B．order C．make D．call
A．carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly
A．that B．where C．how D．whether
A．before B．after C．first D．so
A．lucky B．hoping C．thinking D．wondering
A．had been B．hidden C．hiding D．have been
A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
A．taking B．smuggling C．stealing D．pushing
A．possible B．strong C．able D．clever
A．through B．thoroughly C．upon D．up
A．like B．more C．then D．as
A．told B．cried C．ordered D．said
A．cross B．past C．across D．into
A．thing B．work C．job D．duty
A．rest B．back C．retire D．retreat
A．everyone B．anyone C．no one D．someone
A．moment B．long time C．sometime D．some time
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