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A smiling face at the store
I need to get some things to clean the house this weekend, so I left for a local store. While walking around, I realized that I didn’t smile at . That was out of my character. I almost always smile at strangers in the that it may make them a bit happier. But in that special moment, I was thinking of what had me earlier in the day, not really in the mood to smile.
When I went to check out(结账) my things, I met with a very line. People were buying Christmas gifts.
To shorten the first line, a second register(收银台) opened up. I turned to it. After a few moments, I began to that all the people before me had lots of things to check out. I wasn’t any longer, so I returned to the first line. After a short while, all the people in the second line checked out. I was still standing in the line.
At last, it was my to check out. I found that the man behind the register seemed so happy! He greeted me a big smile.
“ nice it is to see a smiling face in this store!” I said.
He to me, “I love to smile, because you never know what people are going through.” At that moment, he made me think of .
Something in me changed, and we began talking about — about how it goes a long way. There was no one behind me, so we talked and laughed for a while. What a gift it is, to be by this kind young man! I suddenly had all the time in the world.
A．someone B．anyone C．nobody D．none
A．suggestion B．plan C．hope D．decision
A．pleased B．worried C．relaxed D．treated
A．long B．short C．boring D．interesting
A．simply B．easily C．slowly D．quickly
A．remember B．forget C．doubt D．notice
A．polite B．nervous C．patient D．silent
A．first B．second C．third D．last
A．turn B．dream C．duty D．courage
A．in B．on C．to D．with
A．What B．How C．What a D．How a
A．shouted B．answered C．replied D．cried
A．himself B．myself C．yourself D．herself
A．sadness B．unhappiness C．carelessness D．kindness
A．laughed at B．thought highly of C．cheered up D．forgotten about
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and 15 all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll 16 the whole world smiling to you.
On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk 17 yourself. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why 18 sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops（庄稼）in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest（收成）.
Everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, 19 life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way 20 success. In fact, difficulty isn’t terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is like spring（弹簧）. If you are 21 , it will be strong. Attitude（态度） decides 22 . With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and 23 . So when you meet difficulties, don’t give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile. Remember these five rules: Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect 24 .
A．happy B．unhappy C．smile D．cry
A．look B．look for C．find D．find out
A．enjoying B．to relax C．relax D．enjoy
A．don’t B．didn’t C．haven’t D．not
A．but B．and C．or D．so
A．of B．to C．about D．for
A．energetic B．powerful C．confident D．weak
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．please B．pleasure C．pleased D．pleasant
A．little B．few C．less D．fewer
A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clean plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn’t want to forgive(原谅) in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person’s 1 and the date on it and put it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were very 2 . They were then told to carry this bag with them 3 for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at 4 . The 5 carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to(注意) it all the time so that they wouldn’t 6 it or leave it in embarrassing(尴尬的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went 7 and smelt terrible. Too often we think of tolerance(宽容) as a 8 to other people, but it clearly is for 9 ! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred(仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to 10 them around all our lives.
A．age B．name C．hobbies D．weight
A．small B．beautiful C．light D．heavy
A．everywhere B．nowhere C．somewhere D．where
A．home B．work C．night D．school
A．students B．days C．potatoes D．teachers
A．forget B．buy C．remember D．find
A．big B．wrong C．bad D．good
A．feeling B．waste C．gift D．greeting
A．themselves B．ourselves C．yourself D．itself
A．miss B．meet C．carry D．enjoy
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They 1 that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict 2 them.
Parents often find 3 difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without 4 . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can 5 any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them like to plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be known. So when you want your parents to let you do 6 , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by the clothes they wear, the music they enjoy, and something else. But they 7 to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture 8 their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes 9 going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home alone and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you. 10 your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
A．think B．hope C．say D．know
A．with B．in C．to D．over
A．that B．this C．one D．it
A．thinking B． speaking C．seeing D．reading
A．solve B．find C．know D．find out
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．don’t mean B．mean C．don’t like D．like
A．at B．to C．over D．of
A．instead B．instead of C．besides D．except
A．Of B．If not C．If so D．However
There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before he was sent away, the boy was the 41 student in his class. He was at the top in every exam.
But the boy changed after 42 home and studying in the boarding school. His grades started to 43 . He hated being in a group. He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he felt like committing suicide(自杀). All of this was because he felt no one loved him.
His parents started to 44 the boy. But they even did not know what was wrong with him. So his father decided to go to the school and talk with him.
They sat by the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his lessons, teachers and 45 . After some time his father said, "Do you know, son, why I'm here today?"
"To 46 my grades," the boy replied back.
"No, no," his father said. "I'm here to tell you that you're the most 47 person for me. I want to see you 48 . I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. You're my life."
These words caused the boy's eyes to be filled with tears. He hugged(拥抱) his father. They didn't say 49 to each other for a long time.
Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on the earth who cared for him deeply. And today this young man is in university at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him 50 .
A．laziest B．cleverest C．calmest D．worst
A．coming B．returning C．leaving D．going
A．drop B．increase C．rise D．turn down
A．look for B．learn from C．worry about D．shout at
A．friends B．family C．study D．grades
A．find B．teach C．check D．hear
A．famous B．important C．outstanding D．interesting
A．happy B．serious C．excellent D．honest
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．ill B．pleasant C．pleased D．sad
Bill Gates __36___ on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very ___37___ boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and maths. ___38___ he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers. At that time, computers ___39___ very large machines. Once(一度) he was very interested __40___ a very old computer. He and some of his friends __41____ lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked .out a software program (软件程) with the old machine. Bill ___42__ it for $ 4200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill ___43___ Harvard University(哈弗大学). In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company(公司) called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 __44____ his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing( 开发)the software for personal（个人的） computers: They improved (改进)the software to __45____ it easier for people to use computers.
A．is born B．was born C．did born D．born
A．talented B．lucky C．loving D．shy
A．At B．Until C．When D．At the moment
A．is B．are C．was D．were
A．at B．in C．on D．for
A．took B．put C．paid D．spent
A．sell B．sale C．sold D．bought
A．went B．went to C．want D．wanted
A．and B．with C．for D．by
A．take B．begin C．make D．start
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