When I started riding a bike a couple of years ago, I didn't think my involvement would ever be more serious than the occasional short ride. But as I built strength, my friends _______me to step up my training and try some longer trips, The first one to come along was a 150-mile trip, the MS-150, an annual _______ that raises money to fight AIDS.
When I registered，the idea seemed fantastic and I trained with ____.However，as the time for the ride approached，my selfdoubts ____ beyond my endurance(忍耐)．I ____ wanted to raise money for the charity，but I didn’t really want to bike all those miles for two days straight.
The ride began on a beautiful Sunday morning in the Georgia countryside，and for the first few hours I felt ____.This was just the experience I had ____，and my spirits were high.__ __ by the end of the day，I felt tired out. If the body is ____ to the mind，here was evidence. Every ____ my brain pushed out seemed to travel right down to my legs. “I can’t handle this” became a leg cramp (抽筋)，and “Everyone else is a better rider” translated into ____ of breath. I was sure I’d have to ____.
As I topped the crest (顶) of a hill，the beautiful sunset kept me going for a few minutes more. Then in the distance，I saw a lone woman riding very slowly ____ the bright red sun. I ___ that the person looked different in some way，but I couldn’t tell why. So I pushed myself to ___.There she was，riding along slowly but ____，with a slight and determined smile on her face and she had only one leg.
My focus changed in that instant. For a whole day I’d been ____ my body. But now I knew it wasn’t the body，but the ___ that would help me reach my goal. It rained all the second day. I never saw the one-legged biker again，but I pushed on without ____，knowing she was out there with me somewhere. And at the end of the day，still feeling ____，I completed the 150mile trip.
A．encouraged B．forbade C．forced D．warned
A．accident B．event C．incident D．affair
A．care B．ease C．enthusiasm D．difficulty
A．achieved B．gained C．progressed D．advanced
A．still B．even C．rather D．then
A．nervous B．disappointed C．wonderful D．refreshed
A．assumed B．appreciated C．admired D．imagined
A．But B．Therefore C．Meanwhile D．Moreover
A．opposite B．connected C．exposed D．equal
A．cause B．reason C．excuse D．effect
A．holding B．saving C．catching D．shortness
A．quit B．continue C．insist D．fade
A．on B．against C．down D．over
A．observed B．watched C．noticed D．overlooked
A．put up B．look up C．catch up D．take up
A．steadily B．abruptly C．closely D．narrowly
A．trusting B．doubting C．cheating D．fighting
A．strength B．honesty C．will D．power
A．struggling B．arguing C．discussing D．complaining
A．strong B．weak C．healthy D．spiritless
I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard my name called for the leading role in our high school play.Mrs.Dermitt，my drama teacher，had been looking for someone to play an energetic boy in a comedy.Luckily for me，she thought that I could handle the ____．
That afternoon my friend Kevin and I talked ____about the play.Although Kevin hadn’t been ____ for a part onstage，his job with the set crew was important to the success of the play.I told him I was a little ____ because I had a lot of lines to memorize.
“You can do it.”He said.I knew I could ____ him：we had been friends since the third grade，and we ____ a good team.
Preparations for the play moved at a rapid pace.While working hard with the set crew，Kevin ____ spent hours helping me learn my lines.I noticed he often said my lines with me by silently moving his lips.We ____ that he could probably play my part as well as I could.
Three days before the ____ night，everything was ready for the performance.But when I woke up ____ a fever and sore throat on the day of the play，the entire production came to a sudden ____．Everyone in the drama department was worried，____ there was no way I could perform.The play was ____ to open in fewer than six hours，and we had no time to cancel.I tried to think of a way to ____．Then it hit me－Kevin knew the ____ as well as I did.I called Mrs.Dermitt to give her my ____．Within a few short hours，Kevin stood onstage in costume and makeup.He gave a wonderful performance.The amusing lines he had ____ with me so many times made the crowd laugh and cheer.In a strange turn of events，Kevin and I had ____ the day for everyone by working as a team.
Of course，I was terribly disappointed to have ____ my chance in the spotlight，but I was extremely ____ to have such a good friend.
A．part B．play C．band D．crew
A．calmly B．seriously C．excitedly D．anxiously
A．elected B．chosen C．invited D．trained
A．upset B．bored C．nervous D．confused
A．count on B．tend to C．talk with D．agree with
A．joined B．founded C．took D．made
A．also B．only C．still D．simply
A．expected B．debated C．agreed D．joked
A．final B．special C．opening D．greeting
A．with B．from C．in D．by
A．change B．turn C．stop D．end
A．for B．but C．and D．so
A．likely B．ready C．sure D．due
A．pass B．help C．care D．face
A．steps B．lines C．points D．cases
A．introduction B．instruction C．explanation D．suggestion
A．scanned B．grasped C．practiced D．presented
A．valued B．saved C．left D．kept
A．offered B．avoided C．risked D．missed
A．successful B．thankful C．trustful D．hopeful
In three days I will leave China behind for a few weeks and head back to Australia to spend time with my family and friends. This will be a very trip for me as, for the first time ever, I will not be to my hometown. You see, my parents sold their house in my hometown and moved about 500 kilometers away.
As it me that I would be returning to a whole new place, I was with two questions: Do I still have a hometown? Where is my home? I needed to do some research.
After reading A Story from the Chinese Diaspora, I learned I was not alone in feeling about where I call home. In the story, a Chinese American girl with finding her identity and her past with her present. I realized the place we live now and the place we lived then, have a great over who we are, where we long to be and where we feel and safety.
Back to My Motherland of a woman who left her motherland years ago and started a new life in America--the place she now calls home. But, some people move on from their hometown and a new life somewhere else, others have a strong to the city that they grew up in. In Hometown Boy we learn of a man who clings(坚持) to his and continues to make his hometown a of his life for now and for the future. He makes it his to give back to the community that has given so much to him and his family.
As I the days until I head back to my motherland and where exactly my home is, I am to decide where my heart is. And quite , my heart is wherever I am.
A．unique B．serious C．strange D．curious
A．removing B．referring C．returning D．relating
A．impressed B．clarified C．occurred D．struck
A．satisfied B．presented C．appointed D．charged
A．excited B．convinced C．depressed D．confused
A．sticks B．struggles C．starts D．supplies
A．connecting B．consulting C．confirming D．contenting
A．difference B．influence C．impression D．advantage
A．unrest B．tension C．comfort D．stress
A．tells B．shows C．talks D．learns
A．why B．how C．while D．where
A．expand B．trend C．survive D．build
A．commitment B．attachment C．devotion D．ambition
A．bases B．rules C．roots D．tasks
A．part B．sign C．role D．soul
A．urge B．duty C．conduct D．purpose
A．account for B．appeal to C．centre upon D．count down
A．foresee B．remind C．consider D．expect
A．forced B．annoyed C．sacred D．directed
A．awfully B．gently C．merely D．simply
Try It a Different Way
Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a tough working-class neighbourhood on Manhattan’s West Side. By tradition he ______ have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman. But he wanted ______. Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act. “I wasn’t a ______ actor, but I had a driving need to do something ______ with my life,” he said.
He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his ______. But he didn’t make ______. For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, ______ at an actors’ workshop that he opened in Hollywood. But Moresco kept working at his ______ career.
In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his ______ neighbourhood. In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was ______ to his life. Called Half-Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother’s ______ and staged at a small theater. A Hollywood producer ______ to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His ______ grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. However, it was never easy. By 2003, he was _____ out of work and out of cash ______ he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. The two worked on the script but every studio ______ it down. Moresco believed so ______ in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance.
The movie, Crash, ______ into the theatres in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It won three Academy Awards---Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing.
At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an ______ success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about the ______ to get it done.”
A．must B．should C．can D．need
A．over B．far C．out D．up
A．simple B．strict C．firm D．good
A．different B．impressive C．effective D．special
A．occasion B．treasure C．fortune D．possibility
A．it B．one C．this D．that
A．communicating B．entertaining C．practicing D．volunteering
A．afforded B．chosen C．respected D．offered
A．early B．worn C．old D．passed
A．turned B．pointed C．belonged D．related
A．arresting B．injuring C．killing D．shooting
A．advised B．happened C．intended D．planned
A．influence B．ambition C．success D．reputation
A．again B．even C．finally D．still
A．before B．when C．since D．while
A．let B．looked C．took D．turned
A．strongly B．hardly C．deeply D．bravely
A．moved B．slipped C．fell D．put
A．effortless B．enjoyable C．overnight D．optimistic
A．ways B．lines C．manners D．actions
One afternoon I toured an art museum and I was looking forward to a quiet view of the masterpieces(名作) A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me talked between themselves. I watched them a moment and she was doing all the talking.
I admired his patience for up with her talkativeness. Annoyed by their noise, I moved on.
I with them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. I heard her constant flood of words, I moved quickly. I was making a purchase(购买) at the counter of the gift shop when I the couple approaching(靠近) the exit. Before they left, the man took out a and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a vow(发誓) that his life wouldn’t . So, as before he and his wife come in there’s a new art show.”
“But does he get out of the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”
“Can’t see! You’re . He sees a lot. More than you or I do,” the clerk said.. “His wife each painting so he can see it in his .”
I something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the of a young wife describing paintings to a person without and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life. And I saw the love by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.
A．continuously B．carefully C．hardly D．lively
A．commanded B．Suggested C．decided D．insisted
A．keeping B．staying C．coming D．putting
A．met B．quarreled C．viewed D．compared
A．As though B．Now that C．Each time D．Ever since
A．up B．away C．in D．out
A．watched B．considered C．realized D．noticed
A．walking stick B．walking dog C．cell phone D．wallet
A．patient B．unlucky C．brave D．clever
A．give in B．give up C．give away D．give back
A．worsen B．change C．end D．darken
A．whenever B．wherever C．however D．whoever
A．how B．if C．whether D．what
A．right B．wrong C．foolish D．careless
A．paints B．buys C．admires D．Describes
A．spirits B．ears C．head D．soul
A．learned B．found C．judged D．considered
A．kindness B．words C．courage D．patience
A．stop B．sight C．complaint D．delay
A．shown B．valued C．shared D．Received
A few days ago I was sitting in a Thai restaurant enjoying a meal when I got on a phone call from a friend I hadn’t spoken to for a long time. In my enthusiasm and___ I talked slightly louder than usual voice and in Spanish, my mother tongue.
A few minutes into the___, the lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly___, and asked the restaurant staff to relocate her to a table as far away as possible from the man who wouldn’t _ __his phone.
I sank in my seat out of ___. I ended the call soon afterwards and felt the urge to go over and ___. Before getting up I looked around to see where she was and she was, ___, at the table furthest away from me.
I noticed that the lady was___ and staring out of the window. I ___ a tinge(气息) of sadness——perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace. But I had___ destroyed it minutes earlier.
Right then I ___ my plans for a conventional apologetic gesture. Seeing the Smile Cards in my wallet I took one out. On signing my restaurant bill I asked my server to ___charge the lady’s meal to my credit card and hand her the Smile Card instead of her bill.
Did she take it the wrong way, I ___? Did she get confused? Did she refuse the anonymous___? And so on. I just waited and felt nervous to learn the ___.To my pleasant surprise, things___ to be the best possible way.
The waiter approached me in a stream of ___, telling me, “In many times she had ___there before, but we had never seen the old lady smile as she did upon ___the Smile Card and the $0check. She thanked me even though I ___ that someone else did the job.”
A．anger B．sorrow C．nervousness D．excitement
A．call B．restaurant C．discussion D．interview
A．informed B．cheered C．offended D．separated
A．get off B．get on C．get through D．get over
A．enthusiasm B．embarrassment C．disappointment D．satisfaction
A．donate B．cooperate C．apologize D．exchange
A．instead B．indeed C．again D．also
A．moved B．thankful C．proud D．alone
A．arranged B．ignored C．broke D．detected
A．obviously B．naturally C．pleasantly D．purposefully
A．prepared B．abandoned C．suggested D．enjoyed
A．partly B．eventually C．secretly D．formally
A．wondered B．discouraged C．expected D．continued
A．service B．point C．advice D．offer
A．approach B．outcome C．difference D．reason
A．turned out B．put out C．took out D．made out
A．pity B．doubt C．joy D．sorrow
A．quarreled B．worked C．smiled D．dined
A．selling B．receiving C．making D．wrapping
A．explained B．suspected C．argued D．complained
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