It was a typical Wednesday. My wife and I were speaking in a nursing home (疗养院) about our successful recoveries from our heart attacks. Afterwards, one of the other residents(住院病人), Miriam, asked if we had a few minutes to talk.
“I’ve always thought that to be I need three things: someone to , something to do and something to look forward to,” she said. “I’ve got people here to love, and the activities to me as busy as I want, but I don’t have anything I’m looking forward to. Do you have any ?”
“What did you look forward to before you came here?” we asked.
“Oh, I used to love to laugh with others,” Miriam said.
“What did you about?” we asked.
“Everything I could see, hear, feel, taste or smell,” she said with a smile.
At that very moment, we got the idea to start our . We began looking for humor, and we used all of our .We started with a teabag with the : You are like this teabag… only in hot water do you realize how strong you are.
We continued and found cartoons and videos filled with humor. People brought us stickers, books, games and magazines. We together humor baskets with books, tapes, greeting cards and toys for children of all ages.
Of course, we a humor basket for Miriam, the woman who had us on this project – “Search for a Smile and Share it”. She told us that the of her day was sharing the of her basket with everyone she saw.
The project was so that other facilities heard of it and made special . One nursing home asked us to make a humor cart, like a shopping cart. Volunteers this down the hallways, sharing smiles and laughs with . Still another nursing home requested that we a humor room, complete with a projector showing fun videos.
What started as a simple gesture to one elderly woman turned into a lifetime project.
A．busy B．happy C．rich D．healthy
A．love B．meet C．visit D．respect
A．lead B．find C．keep D．encourage
A．ways B．opinions C．plans D．ideas
A．talk B．worry C．complain D．laugh
A．procedure B．project C．research D．preparation
A．efforts B．senses C．tools D．families
A．message B．letter C．cover D．sign
A．explaining B．searching C．exploring D．researching
A．got B．came C．joined D．put
A．paid B．made C．filled D．applied
A．started B．chosen C．persuaded D．turned
A．highlight(精彩) B．satisfaction C．project D．appointment
A．designs B．foods C．books D．contents
A．touching B．successful C．interesting D．respectful
A．gifts B．donations C．requests D．arrangements
A．walk B．push C．fix D．perform
A．nurses B．workers C．residents D．children
A．design B．organize C．decorate D．offer
A．save B．help C．thank D．satisfy
Columbus returned home with the news of his discovery of “Indian” 36 Columbus called it. Then he was considered as the hero who had given a new world to Spain. Never had so great __37__ been shown to any __38__man.But there were some who were jealous of the __39__.”Who is this Columbus?” they asked, “and what has he done? Isn’t he a poor sailor from Italy？And could __40__ other seamen sail across the ocean just as he has done?”
One day Columbus was at 41 and several of these fellows were __42__ too. They tried to make Columbus __43__.”You have discovered strange lands __44__ the sea,”they said.“But we don’t see why there __45__ be so much said about it. Anybody can sail across the ocean and anybody can coast along the islands __46__ ,just as you have done. It is the __47__ thing in the world.”
Columbus made no answer, but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the people at the table, “Who __48__ you, gentlemen, can make the egg stand __49__ ?” One by one they tried the __50__．When the egg had gone __51__ around and everyone had failed, all said that it could not be done, Then Columbus took the egg and __52__the shell of the egg’s small end a little upon the table. After that there was no trouble in making it stand __53__.“Gentlemen,”said he, “what is easy than to do this __54__ you said was impossible ? It is simplest thing in the world. Anybody can do it-----AFTER HE HAD BEEN SHOWN __55__.”
A. so B. when C as D. that
A．respect B．response C．reward D．request
A．great B．common C．usual D．noble
A．discovery B．inventor C．discover D．bravery
A．some B．any C．no D．every
A．palace B．hotel C．counter D．dinner
A．friendly B．present C．rude D．angry
A．uncomfortable B．happy C．satisfied D．disappointed
A．beyond B．in C．along D．on
A．could B．would C．should D．might
A．on another side B．on other side C．on the other side D．on one side
A．easiest B．simplest C．content D．convenient
A．besides B．among C．including D．except
A．on end B．in end C．by end D．to end
A．egg B．experiment C．method D．way
A．entirely B．eventually C．fluently D．frequently
A．supported B．hit C．broke D．stuck
A．downward B．upward C．backward D．inward
A．that B．what C．how D．why
A．WHAT B．WHEN C．WHY D．HOW
Last week, I took a sales class for female business owners. The 36 thing the instructor did was ask if anyone had been the victim of a 37 sales experience. Every person in the room 38 her hand.
When she knew details, we learned that the 39 situations had one thing in common. It 40 that whenever a class member had a bad sales experience, it involved the 41 promising something he wouldn’t or couldn’t deliver.
The example I 42 with the class was a current one. I bought a summer membership at our community pool 43 because it advertised a lovely baby pool to which I could escape with my active one and four year-olds. However, every time I’ve used the pool this summer, the baby area has been 44 . Too much chlorine（氯气）, 45 one manager.
I’m sure the pool director was very apologetic that his 46 had been inconvenienced, and that’s nice, but the 47 is that I did not get what I paid for. When the baby pool was closed, I had to swim with my 48 in the adult pool, which did not 49 me the control I wanted and as such, was quite stressful. I would have rather stayed home.
The pool has 50 a customer. I will not be buying a pass next summer.
In work and in life, it is really important not to 51 something you can’t deliver, because at best, it will improve your 52 . At worse, you could lose your job. 53 , before you assure a co-worker or customer that you can get something done, make sure that your boss or someone higher-up isn’t going to step in and force you to 54 your plan. You are not God, so don’t lead people to believe that you 55 the universe.
A．last B．first C．latest D．only
A．good B．miserable C．bad D．wonderful
A．raised B．rose C．arose D．aroused
A．negative B．supportive C．positive D．pessimistic
A．appeared B．noticed C．seemed D．presented
A．seller B．buyer C．shopper D．assistant
A．told B．shared C．held D．spoke
A．roughly B．correctly C．naturally D．precisely
A．closed B．turned C．switched D．forbidden
A．announced B．claimed C．declared D．exclaimed
A．colleagues B．fellows C．customers D．children
A．point B．subject C．sense D．truth
A．friends B．students C．kids D．cousins
A．supply B．afford C．provide D．undertake
A．gained B．acquired C．hurt D．lost
A．promise B．serve C．accommodate D．explain
A．mood B．relationships C．feelings D．learning
A．However B．Instead C．Therefore D．Besides
A．abandon B．continue C．change D．conduct
A．command B．demand C．contain D．control
________ in what he was reading, he didn’t see me before he almost knocked me down.
A．Absorbing B．To be absorbed C．Absorbed D．Having absorbed
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always not enough, but we had a 36 over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always 37 . Not knowing we were poor, my kids (孩子们) just thought I was 38 . I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t enough 39 for a lot of gifts, we planned to hold a family party. And the big 40 for the kids was the fun of Christmas 41 .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking 42 what they wanted for Christmas. Luckily, I had saved $120 for them to buy 43 .
The big 44 arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and 45 them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would 46 again at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, 47 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually 48 . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies — fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything 49 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be 50 again. This is what she told me.
“I was looking 51 , thinking of what to buy, and I 52 to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she 53 for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and 54 the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so 55 as I did that day.
A．roof B．hat C．sky D．star
A．little B．less C．enough D．more
A．busy B．serious C．strict D．kind
A．effort B．room C．time D．money
A．improvement B．problem C．surprise D．excitement
A．shopping B．travelling C．parties D．greetings
A．the other B．each other C．one by one D．every other one
A．toys B．clothes C．presents D．bills
A．day B．chance C．cheque D．tree
A．forced B．reminded C．invited D．begged
A．draw B．stay C．move D．meet
A．including B．besides C．except D．regarding
A．quiet B．excited C．happy D．ashamed
A．since B．after C．while D．until
A．happy B．angry C．joyful D．glad
A．out B．over C．forward D．around
A．forgot B．stopped C．failed D．hated
A．wanted B．did C．got D．played
A．made B．searched C．bought D．fetched
A．painful B．rich C．disappointed D．angry
It was 4 o'clock in the morning when I received the phone call．
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 36 in with severe burns on his face，neck and arms．We have called for a（n） 37 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle．” Seattle was 350 miles from his college，so we knew immediately this was 38 ．
The doctor described the 39 ，which caused the burns．At 6 am，our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment．When they 40 the charcoal（木炭），it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline（petrol）．The flames 41 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head．
42 ，one of the boys was quick-minded，grasped my son，and 43 him on the grass．While it saved his life，it was not in 44 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars（伤疤）．
After he 45 from the treatments，the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery（整容）for 6 months 46 it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling．So，he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns．
When I was a child, my mother told my sister，who had a 10-inch, very 47__ scar on her arm，“Nancy，if you ignore the scar，other people will ignore it．It does not mean they will not 48 it，but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you．’’
I 49 this wisdom on to my son．He took my advice to 50 and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive．
By the end of the six-month waiting period，he decided that the scars did not 51 , sohe made the 52 to give up any plastic surgery．
We all have “scars” that we believe 53 people to keep away from us．And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked different，or dressed differently，people would like us better．
But you see，people will only judge you by your looks，or your clothes，if you are judging yourself by these same 54 standards．Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value 55 yourself，and your beauty will shine through．
A．brought B．given C．turned D．showed
A．doctor B．hospital C．aircraft D．ambulance
A．serious B．terrible C．painful D．important
A．event B．process C．reason D．accident
A．got B．lit C．burned D．moved
A．took B．held C．caught D．attracted
A．Fortunately B．Surprisingly C．Happily D．Slowly
A．pushed B．threw C．dropped D．rolled
A．shape B．place C．fact D．time
A．benefited B．recovered C．suffered D．relaxed
A．if B．while C．because D．although
A．normal B．violent C．obvious D．popular
A．mention B．notice C．laugh D．hide
A．sent B．kept C．handed D．passed
A．heart B．life C．practice D．consideration
A．grow B．matter C．exist D．appear
A．mistake B．effort C．decision D．request
A．invite B．cause C．allow D．remind
A．false B．strict C．moral D．general
A．by B．over C．beyond D．within
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