Mardy, a special education teacher, wanted to build a playground for kids with disabilities. She knew it wouldn’t long to arouse（引起）interest in the project. But she expected that a third of the town would their sleeves to bring her vision to life!
“A lot of learning comes through play,” said Mardy, “But my students (with special needs) are too often left out because playgrounds will stop wheelchairs dead in their tracks.”
The city committee to mark out a piece of land for the playground.
The Kiwanis Club came through with $7,000 and that’s the grassroots movement really got started. Soon small businesses were giving some money. The local Pieper Foundation to donate half of the remaining $170,000 balance.
Finally Mardy a considerable sum of money that could the construction materials. And what Mardy was 500 volunteers work six 12-hour days.
On the first day of the construction, a lot of people came. Two women heard about the on the way to work and took the day to help. A couple drove the tool truck. Families brought pieces of wood for the fence and bricks for walkways.
“It was truly a(n) week, you know,” said Mardy very proudly. with construction experience became organizers. Those who could power tools formed a separate group. One team served donated from local churches, and another organized activities for children of volunteers.
Today the playground is one of most 3 destination in the area. There’s a rocking ship, a climbing wall, high and low rings, and monkey bars. All children play shoulder to shoulder on the same playground having whether they are able-bodied or disabled. It’s what Mardy imagined. You’ll love it.
A．release B．update C．take D．spare
A．always B．never C．even D．still
A．roll up B．bring up C．keep off D．cut off
A．dishonest B．disabled C．unpleasant D．unknown
A．reasonable B．convenient C．suitable D．traditional
A．failed B．agreed C．demanded D．expected
A．why B．where C．what D．when
A．refused B．demanded C．offered D．required
A．spent B．made C．raised D．saved
A．distribute B．cover C．import D．cost
A．needed B．predicted C．implied D．committed
A．business B．discussion C．experience D．project
A．away B．out C．off D．down
A．interesting B．attracting C．inviting D．amazing
A．Youths B．Children C．Volunteers D．Students
A．afford B．operate C．carry D．donate
A．meals B．fruits C．coffee D．water
A．complex B．casual C．permanent D．popular
A．fun B．money C．materials D．tracks
A．exactly B．accurately C．properly D．barely
One day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me he had a good in Chicago and he wondered if I to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to think that all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a big city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to the subject and talk about something else. But he was silent for a few minutes, and then began to tell me all about his friend.
His friend's main in life seemed to be tennis, and he had his own tennis court. A lot of people have swimming pools, yet only two people have private tennis court and his friend in Chicago was one of . I told him that I knew several people like that, my brother, a doctor in California. He that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized, Then he asked me my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had the house next to my brother's house.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He and said,“Yes. Would your brother's name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my to laugh.“Yes,” I replied.
A．brother B．friend C．neighbour D．teacher
A．managed B．tried C．happened D．wanted
A．expecting B．lying C．talking D．joking
A．funny B．serious C．careful D．disappointed
A．against B．out of C．beyond D．far from
A．instead B．actually C．indeed D．exactly
A．so B．too C．very D．such
A．begin B．reject C．refuse D．drop
A．problem B．choice C．interest D．work
A．just B．even C．ever D．surely
A．those B．them C．that D．whom
A．included B．including C．includes D．to include
A．admitted B．argued C．advised D．announced
A．as B．that C．than D．when
A．how B．whether C．where D．when
A．if B．because C．then D．though
A．friend B．doctor C．neighbour D．player
A．hired B．visited C．designed D．sold
A．smiled B．nodded C．cried D．laughed
A．chance B．turn C．time D．pleasure
Time spent together with family members is always a reminder of happiness. Never will I forget the days with my grandparents. Meals in their dining room, where stood a grandfather clock, were a for four generations to become one. The was always spread with delicious food containing as the main ingredient. That grandfather clock always stood like a family friend, our happiness.
The clock began to me in my childhood. I watched and listened to it during meals, how, at different times of the day, that clock would with a wonderful sound. Year after year, the clock struck a part of my , a part of my heart.
More wonderful was what my grandfather did each day. He wound that clock with a special and magic key, which the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and . When we grandkids got a little older, he us how to wind it.
To our great sorrow, my grandfather passed away suddenly one night. Several days after his death, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing . The clock stood desertedly , seeming smaller. I couldn’t to look at it.
Years later, my grandmother gave me the key. Entering the old quiet house one morning, I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then and reverently（虔诚地）, I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to . Tick – tock, tick – tock, life was into the dining room and into my . With the hands moving, my grandfather seemed to live again. How beautiful the feeling was!
Dear friends, let’s the beautiful time being spent together with our family members!
A．party B．time C．place D．occasion
A．room B．clock C．table D．key
A．thrill B．surprise C．care D．love
A．sharing B．meeting C．ignoring D．responding
A．excite B．encourage C．interest D．inspire
A．questioning B．remembering C．doubting D．wondering
A．strike B．hit C．beat D．tap
A．comments B．opinions C．memories D．brains
A．strangely B．carefully C．eagerly D．usually
A．got B．kept C．made D．let
A．break B．fall C．stop D．move
A．showed B．provided C．demanded D．said
A．joyfully B．gently C．difficultly D．freely
A．ticking B．moving C．noisy D．quiet
A．help B．bear C．enjoy D．resist
A．slowly B．quickly C．violently D．naturally
A．feeling B．feet C．sense D．life
A．breathed B．blown C．taken D．appeared
A．study B．bedroom C．heart D．head
A．use B．treasure C．find D．search
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
John, a famous musician, took his priceless old guitar and played it in the crowded subway station. The music was wonderfully streaming throughout the whole . However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly the charming music. A three-year-old kid was fully in the music that he forget everything around. John got 52 U.S. dollars for his work that day.
However, in days, when John is about to hold a , one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is very to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not the famous musician and missing such a valuable but music feast.
I have a rich friend whose wife had a illness. Nevertheless, his wife did not manage to conquer the illness and soon. He often sighed miserably that due to his past life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now, it is impossible to it.
It is no crying over spilt milk. We have missed a lot of precious things in our life knowing to value them. Actually, I also missed something precious before. The why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had that we could still own them tomorrow. Nevertheless, tomorrow is by no means reliable. The result is that they were always too late to cherish (珍惜) what they had before they it. However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish any more, because we have lost it by then.
A．city B．river C．station D．hall
A．appreciating B．creating C．hearing D．writing
A．caught B．absorbed C．stuck D．trapped
A．hardly B．scarcely C．even D．only
A．normal B．special C．ordinary D．countable
A．play B．show C．concert D．countable
A．easy B．hard C．suitable D．popular
A．staff B．children C．musicians D．passers-by
A．recognizing B．realizing C．meeting D．remembering
A．expensive B．cheap C．dull D．common
A．horrible B．thorough C．heavy D．serious
A．passed over B．died out C．passed away D．died away
A．busy B．hard C．wonderful D．unhappy
A．make up of B．make up for C．make out to D．make out of
A．sense B．point C．use D．pleasure
A．on B．in C．with D．without
A．reason B．fact C．factor D．excuse
A．intended B．thought C．decided D．proved
A．already B．just C．actually D．nearly
A．got B．forgot C．lost D．expected
After the classmates reunion, some graduates decided to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into about stress in work and life. his guests with coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some , some expensive, some exquisite— them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee , the professor said, “ you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, the plain and cheap ones. While it is for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups... and then you began each other’s cups.”
“Now consider this: life is the ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not , nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups you ... enjoy the coffee 50 .”
A．compliments B．conflicts C．challenges D．complaints
A．Showing B．Offering C．Providing D．Handing
A．turned B．returned C．replaced D．placed
A．ever-lasting B．plain-looking C．easy-going D．best-selling
A．demanding B．saying C．ordering D．asking
A．in order B．in place C．in hand D．in number
A．Since B．For C．But D．As
A．leaving out B．leaving behind C．leaving aside D．leaving off
A．normal B．convenient C．guilty D．unbearable
A．key B．source C．resource D．symptom
A．cost B．charm C．quality D．credit
A．hides B．pollutes C．changes D．rejects
A．constantly B．mildly C．positively D．consciously
A．looking B．eyeing C．pouring D．stabbing
A．coffee B．pot C．cup D．race
A．limit B．defend C．define D．deny
A．in B．at C．on D．by
A．Take B．Buy C．Tell D．Taste
A．treat B．defeat C．delight D．drive
A．yet B．instead C．meanwhile D．anyway
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me . But then it tore us apart.
My best friend lives three minutes from my . Since her is in late summer,seven months behind mine, I basically became her when I turned 16 in December.
And so I her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream , went shopping and to the movies―all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so that she gave me a to her house.
A week after I got my license，she was with me I had my first accident. She was there and me and we kept it a , since I didn’t want people to . From then on, through thick and thin, it was just me, my car and my best friend.
High school is a time of , but I couldn’t for a long time we became so distant（疏远）after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle. With its , the passenger seat of my car became . Our car trips became less frequent I didn’t even drive down her street.
It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.
A．some B．any C．none D．all
A．closer B．farther C．luckier D．happier
A．neighbor B．school C．home D．family
A．holiday B．birthday C．course D．job
A．driver B．follower C．partner D．guide
A．picked B．woke C．called D．hurried
A．parties B．trips C．plans D．classes
A．happily B．often C．hardly D．seldom
A．key B．door C．address D．phone
A．while B．but C．after D．when
A．saved B．suggested C．advised D．comforted
A．favorite B．secret C．pride D．joke
A．help B．see C．know D．laugh
A．change B．disappointment C．friendship D．excitement
A．understand B．answer C．imagine D．believe
A．when B．where C．how D．what
A．arrival B．dream C．return D．beauty
A．broken B．crowded C．empty D．different
A．however B．until C．as D．before
A．regretted B．received C．enjoyed D．lost
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