I arrived late one night, on a business trip, and had dinner in a restaurant. As I was finishing my meal, an old couple came in to dine. They were holding hands and had smiles on their faces. Shortly after I ended a 20-year , I still had pain in my heart and I was at the love they show for one another. As a result, when I paid my bill I gave the waiter another $50 to pay the couple’s bill and then left without them.
The next day my business meeting two hours before the flight back to Houston. So I had enough time left to enter the restaurant to dine . After I had been , the waiter, from the night before, came up to my table . She can’t wait to tell me what happened after I last night: when the old couple were that another guest had paid for them, they asked whom it was. The waiter said that she had never me before, and told them what I told her, “I just wanted to repay for the true love that they were showing.” Feeling surprised , they , and paid the bills for another two young couples saying “Love begets (产生) love”. I with delight and said “ That’s nice”. Then I read the menu and my meal.
When my dinner was and I intended to pay, my waiter was to be found. I had to walk over to the Hostess Stand and that I needed to pay for my meal and hurry to the . She said that my had paid for me just to repay the joy that I brought to the faces of the elderly couple and the amazement of the two young couples.
A．bitter B．lovely C．standard D．stressful
A．job B．date C．marriage D．journey
A．amazed B．angry C．confused D．sad
A．comparing B．encountering C．recognizing D．greeting
A．lasted B．started C．ended D．held
A．again B．either C．instead D．altogether
A．seated B．served C．dressed D．focused
A．anxiously B．crazily C．hopefully D．quickly
A．arrived B．left C．slept D．escaped
A．comforted B．reminded C．warned D．told
A．charged B．appreciated C．seen D．helped
A．you B．me C．her D．them
A．looked around B．turned up C．went over D．dressed up
A．believed B．admitted C．smiled D．shook
A．booked B．ordered C．paid D．finished
A．full B．over C．cold D．available
A．somewhere B．anywhere C．nowhere D．everywhere
A．protested B．explained C．declared D．remarked
A．hotel B．office C．airport D．station
A．waiter B．boss C．hostess D．friend
Eating the Cookie
One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way.
was “having the cookie”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life was
.
Unfortunately, the cookie kept some of the time it was money, and sometimes power. At
times, it was the new car, the biggest contract… A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate(前列腺)cancer, he sits
his head regretfully. “It seems that I stopped learning how to
after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. if I take the cookie away or it
, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It has taken me this long to understand that the
will never make me happy for long.
The you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to
about it crumbling(弄碎)or about someone trying to take it away from you. You know, you have to
a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be
that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it
you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
the cookie is not what life is about.”
My patient laughs and says has changed him. For the first time he is
. No matter if his
is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer
me, ‘What is really important?’ Well, life is important. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to
with the cookie: it has to do with being
. ”
A. Happiness B. Success C. Business D. Love
A. normal B. Common C. worthless D. Useless
A. increasing B. changing C. decreasing D. recovering
A. one B. other C. no D. other
A. shaking B. nodding C. knocking D. raising
A. grow B. learn C. live D. work
A. burns B. breaks C. shares D. throws
A. disease B. change C. kid D. cookie
A. hour B. time C. second D. minute
A. think B. come C. worry D. doubt
A. give up B. add up C. use up D. call up
A. brave B. curious C. aware D. sure
A. unless B. because C. though D. until
A. Eating B. Protecting C. Having D. Making
A. death B. energy C. life D. cancer
A. happy B. weak C. upset D. sad
A. result B. fortunate C. business D. behavior
A. asked B. left C. deserted D. recognized
A. deal B. do C. connect D. link
A. alone B. alive C. ambitious D. active
Megan’s Library of Love Book Drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The idea to send books to a school in was created by Megan’s classmates at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute to her.
The project formed out of the desire to honour memories of Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a in the life of others. Students have many of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent help she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her for learning and reading to create the Library of Love.
This project honours Megan’s special qualities. In the of one of her classmates, “Megan was a good daughter, a good student and a good friend. We are all blessed to have been a of Megan’s life.
Every February, on Megan’s birthday, fifth grades at Cedar Groove-Belgium Middle School donations of newly-purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “love books” are truly a of love meant to reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local . The fifth grades also have the of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker, sorting books in categories, and all the books for shipping.
In the two years since the Library of Love began, students have collected over 5,000 newly-purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3,149 books were sent to St. Bernard’s Parish to help to their school library after Hurricane Katrina devastated the community. In 2007, 1,613 books were sent to Whited Mountain School in Alaska, which was by a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of reading to other schools in the future.
A．debt B．need C．trouble D．practice
A．mark B．contribution C．difference D．start
A．images B．expressions C．comments D．memories
A．enthusiasm B．interest C．preference D．determination
A．looks B．words C．case D．diary
A．company B．favor C．witness D．part
A．collect B．abandon C．devote D．present
A．force B．signal C．measure D．gift
A．push B．inspire C．reward D．combine
A．libraries B．post offices C．hospitals D．business
A．ability B．pleasure C．responsibility D．chance
A．packing B．fastening C．check D．settling
A．project B．assignment C．organization D．campaign
A．repair B．refill C．rebuild D．remove
A．broken B．hurt C．closed D．damaged
Introduction to Letters to Sam
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my _ , Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been _ ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the_____to tell Sam what I had _ ___.
For years I have been hosting a program on the___and writing articles for a magazine. Being to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and ___. So when Sam was born, I____to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these____. I hope that Sam would____them sooner or later.
However, that expectation___when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He ____to communicate with others, even the family members. That was____for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even_____now to tell him. I wanted him to____what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll____as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just____if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.
Now, _____the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a____.
Daniel Bottlings
A．son B．nephew C．brother D．grandson
A．seriously B．mentally C．slightly D．quietly
A．ability B．time C．courage D．responsibility
A．written B．suffered C．observed D．lost
A．radio B．television C．stage D．bed
A．ready B．unable C．anxious D．eager
A．warm B．broken C．closed D．open
A．hosts B．visitors C．readers D．reporters
A．began B．stopped C．forgot D．decided
A．letters B．emails C．books D．diaries
A．find B．read C．collect D．keep
A．developed B．disappeared C．changed D．arrived
A．tried B．refused C．regretted D．hoped
A．exciting B．acceptable C．strange D．heartbreaking
A．less B．everything C．more D．nothing
A．understand B．explain C．believe D．question
A．fear B．face C．know D．cause
A．felt B．guessed C．saw D．doubted
A．as B．once C．though D．if
A．teacher B．child C．man D．writer
My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina to spend a week with my husband in Florida.We were__ about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and ____ her Dad terribly.
As usual on the Charlotte-to-Miami flight, the plane was totally__. Because we did not get our boarding passes until we__ at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were ____by the aisle（过道）. I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, ____ we could be together. They __, saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats.
Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a __ several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and ___ the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row_35 refused to move elsewhere. She was very____ about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody____to help her.
There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on ___. Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, "Ma’am, I think we can help you." He then ____ five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was ____ for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without ___, and the mother's relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was beginning to panic at the ____of not being next to me. I told her that there wasn’t anything I could do. _____, the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, _____to me and asked, "Would you and your daughter like our seats?" ____to himself and the Scoutmaster. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat.
A．worried B．excited C．anxious D．eager
A．loved B．considered C．imagined D．missed
A．full B．crowded C．empty D．overweight
A．reached B．arrived C．landed D．knocked
A．divided B．blocked C．separated D．connected
A．in case B．even if C．as if D．so that
A．prevented B．refused C．agreed D．promised
A．panic B．hurry C．rush D．seat
A．however B．otherwise C．therefore D．instead
A．too B．even C．ever D．also
A．concerned B．curious C．particular D．content
A．suggested B．offered C．provided D．supplied
A．duty B．watch C．board D．spot
A．took B．cost C．paid D．spent
A．convenient B．available C．probable D．comfortable
A．permission B．excuse C．apology D．complaint
A．thought B．end C．feeling D．sense
A．Immediately B．Puzzlingly C．Clearly D．Amazingly
A．turned up B．turned around C．turned out D．turned away
A．sticking B．keeping C．waving D．referring
The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result, all students must sixty hours of service learning, they will not receive a diploma. Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community. of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student. a service experience, students must keep a journal and then write a about what they have learned.
Supporters claim that there are many __ of service learning. Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think their own interests and become of the needs of others. Students are also able to learn real-life skills that ___responsibility, problem-solving, and working as part of a team. . , students can explore possible careers service learning. For example, if a student wonder what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in an elementary school classroom a few afternoons each month.
there are many benefits, opponents problems with the new requirement. First, they that the main reason students go to school is to learn core subjects and skills. Because service learning is time-consuming, students spend time studying the core subjects. Second, they believe that forcing students to work without goes against the law. By requiring service, the school takes away an individual’s freedom to choose.
In my view, service learning is a great way to to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers. , I don’t believe you should force people to help others---the to help must come from the heart. I think the best is one that gives students choices: a student should be able to choose sixty hours of independent study or sixty hours of service. Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility and as young adults, we must learn to handle both wisely.
A．spend B．gain C．complete D．save
A．and B．or C．but D．for
A．Subjects B．Ideas C．Procedures D．Examples
A．With B．Before C．During D．After
A．diary B．report C．note D．notice
A．courses B．benefits C．challenges D．features
A．beyond B．about C．over D．in
A．careful B．proud C．tired D．aware
A．possess B．apply C．include D．develop
A．Gradually B．Finally C．Luckily D．Hopefully
A．through B．across C．of D．on
A．So B．Thus C．Since D．While
A．deal with B．look into C．point out D．take down
A．argue B．doubt C．overlook D．admit
A．much B．full C．less D．more
A．cost B．pay C．care D．praise
A．contribute B．appeal C．attend D．belong
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Besides D．However
A．courage B．desire C．emotion D．spirit
A．decision B．purpose C．solution D．result
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