It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking, and looking rather unhappy.
One day, while I was driving past him with my , I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement. , when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back.
“ did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.
I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a bit uncomfortable to wave to a , but next time she would try it as well.
We liked close to the old man, we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would start waving at him and, pretty soon, the old man started at everyone who passed by his house.
One time, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very . She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know , and it felt really good.
As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the of how all the waving began. Her friend answered: “Tell your mom that’s really cool!”
Other friends gave similar . This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and , if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to the giver and the receiver.
Moved by the old man’s actions, we’re planning to give our waving neighbor a thank-you card to express our for his exciting waves. We are really thankful for him sharing his simple joy with all who pass by his house.
A．noticed B．felt C．heard D．kept
A．husband B．son C．daughter D．friend
A．Just now B．On time C．In the end D．At the beginning
A．Why B．How C．When D．Where
A．buy B．cost C．hide D．guess
A．friend B．driver C．classmate D．stranger
A．or B．but C．so D．yet
A．shouting B．waving C．laughing D．looking
A．angrily B．excitedly C．loudly D．carefully
A．him B．me C．her D．us
A．lesson B．accident C．news D．story
A．gifts B．notes C．opinions D．books
A．easy B．funny C．usual D．special
A．past B．between C．all D．both
A．attention B．thanks C．suggestions D．interests
I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some _________, “Don’t treat her any _________ from the other girls. Demand more.” And she did!
My mother had to work to _________ my family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the _________, “Mom, I can’t peel(削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n) _________for anything again!” Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand, while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a way, and Mom knew it. “If you try hard _________,” she said, “you can do anything.” Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars(攀爬架). When it was my turn, I _________ my head. Some kids laughed. I went home crying. After work the next afternoon, Mom took me back to the school playground.“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by_________ I practiced, and she praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget the next time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I _________ I can’t handle things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to _________ anything. And she taught me I could, too.
A．warning B．medicine C．help D．advice
A．badly B．differently C．well D．normally
A．care B．help C．support D．feed
A．kitchen B．bedroom C．house D．school
A．idea B．change C．excuse D．tool
A．enough B．too C．again D．often
A．hurt B．nodded C．shook D．turned
A．before B．as C．after D．until
A．know B．fear C．find D．realize
A．face B．teach C．learn D．solve
“what’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is . It’s unusual —she usually the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She's dying,” mum says sadly. I what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s is dying.
A month ago, we moved our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. . she was free, she would sit her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour sweet smell.
She treated it like a baby and looked after it . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she every morning was the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and , But the tulip was dying too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It's true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.
A．happy B．unhappy C．pleased D．pleasure
A．closes B．opens C．keeps D．takes
A．know B．love C．think D．find
A．favourite B．hate C．unlike D．like
A．into B．around C．across D．with
A．Though B．Because C．After D．When
A．at B．in C．on D．under
A．but B．and C．for D．or
A．happily B．brightly C．carefully D．usually
A．other B．place C．two places D．another
A．got up B．made the bed C．played the piano D．washed her face
A．to take B．to cut C．to water D．to pull
A．dry B．strong C．wet D．old
A．because B．for C．since D．because of
A．must B．should C．may D．need
Dad never tried to hug or kiss me when I was a child. And of course, he never said "I love you"to me, . Maybe it's a Chinese cultural(文化) thing, or maybe that's the way my dad was. But whenever I felt , defeated(被打败) or lonely, dad was always there. Dad was a man of words, but I always liked to talk to him, and I could always feel a very special connection(联系) to him.
When I was in high school, dad retired(退休) and had a stand(摊位) on the street near my school. Dad was very good at making fried noodles, and a lot of people liked his noodles. Every day when I finished school, my classmates and I would pass his food stand. But I really talking to dad in front of his food stand, I did not want my classmates to know that my dad was selling noodles on the street!
One night, I couldn't it any more and shouted, "Dad, could you stop selling your stupid noodles? I don't need a father who sells noodles on the street!" At that moment, dad was shocked. He tried to say but didn't. When he his head away, something happened that I had never seen and would never forget the rest of my life. His eyes were filled with tears and sadness. It was the first time that I saw dad . My mom later told me that dad was selling noodles to save money for my college education. I was such a fool, and even today I still feel for that night.
Time really flies. I finished college and then left my home city. For the past ten years, whenever I've visited home, dad was always there meeting me and seeing me off at the railway station. Whenever mom was calling me, dad would sit her with a list of questions. He would ask mom to talk to me for him. That's the way dad is, and that's dad shows his love to me.
Dad is still quiet, but I still feel a connection. —"a silent father's love."
A． also B．still C．too D．either
A．excited B．sad C．pleased D．interested
A． few B．a few C．little D．a little
A． fruit B．vegetable C．food D．meat
A． hoped B．hated C．worried D．wondered
A． because B．so C．or D．but
A． hold B．forget C．stand D．but
A． everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A． ran B．fell C．dropped D．turned
A． at B．to C．in D．from
A． crying1 B．saying C．talking D．listening
A． angry B．serious C．sick D．sorry
A． quickly B．slowly C．quietly D．loudly
A． next B．beside C．through D．across
A． what B．where C．why D．how
There was once a millionaire(百万富翁).He loved money more anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how he had. So he asked a little girl to count(数) his money for him. It the little girl six days to count his money. When she told the millionaire he had forty-two million dollars, he was very glad asked, “How much pay do you want ?”He that she was only a child, he could cheat(骗) her.
The little girl said, “Well, I worked six days, so I think you _ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, give me the amount(数量) you gave the day before multiplied (乘)by itself.”
The millionaire thought that in this way he would only had to give her very few dollars. What a _ _ little girl! So he immediately(立刻) asked his lawyer to make a contract (条约). He was afraid that she would change _ ___.
On the first day, the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, __ pennies. He did what he had planned. And on the sixth day the foolish(愚蠢) millionaire to give the clever little girl all his money.
At last, it was more than he had .Do you know why? If you have in it, you may try to work out this math problem..
A．as B．so C．than D．then
A．many B．much C．often D．far
A．both B．some C．most D．all
A．cost B．spent C．used D．took
A．that B．what C．how D．if
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．asked B．thought C．told D．spoke
A．in B．on C．for D．at
A．had to B．need C．should D．must
A．still B．just C．really D．finally
A．kind B．foolish C．lovely D．clever
A．his plan B．her life C．his place D．her mind
A．two B．four C．six D．eight
A．need B．had C．must D．may
A．interest B．interested C．interesting D．interests
Ten-year-old Johnny was one of the laziest boys in his class. His homework was always and it was usually wrong. He only did half the number of math problems the other children did and in his compositions he __ half the number of words. And usually the words were _ spelled because he was too lazy to use a
One day his class went on a bus trip. The___ did not want to take Johnny with them. But there was no one to look after Johnny at the school so she had to take ."Now, children," the teacher said, "On our bus trip we will_ __ old buildings, some beautiful countryside, and many other things. I want you to write about _ ___ interesting you see on the trip. "The bus trip . The children looked out of the windows at all the interesting things.
They took notes ____ their notebooks. The teacher was very___ with them. Then she saw Johnny on the floor of the bus and went up to him.
"Are you ?" she asked him.
"No." he said.
"Then are you lying on the floor?"
"If I can't see anything," he said, "I can't write about it, can I?"
A．late B．early C．good D．fine
A．that B．who C．what D．whom|
A．learned B．made C．wrote D．read
A．badly B．well C．correctly D．nicely
A．radio B．pen C．library D．dictionary
A．driver B．mother C．father D．teacher
A．him B．himself C．his D．he
A．hear B．listen to C．see D．feel
A．nothing B．something C．nobody D．everybody
A．ended B．began C．finished D．closed
A．over B．by C．in D．at
A．angry B．pleased C．sad D．careful
A．standing B．sitting C．eating D．lying
A．busy B．sick C．happy D．glad
A．where B．what C．how D．why
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