Today my husband wanted to have McDonald’s, so I to go to the nearest one and take the food home together with my 10-year-old daughter.
Right behind me was an elder woman who wasn’t and seemed sad, I took out a piece of paper and wrote a note. On this note, it said, “ Everyone should to smile.” I pulled forward to pay for our with my debit card (借记卡), pulled out extra cash and the cashier to let me pay for the lady’s food me. My daughter looked at me , . But all that I told her was to turn around and what random(随意的) acts of kindness could do to someone. She turned around, watched and . I started to get our and the lady pulled forward and started to hand her cashier . The cashier shook her head , smiled, looked at us, and handed her the . The lady was so puzzled at this moment that it was almost . The lady read the note, smiled, and started to dry tears from her eyes.
We got our food and started to when my daughter turned around with tears in her eyes and said, “ Mom, you she was by herself? Maybe we were the ones today to show we cared. We didn’t do anything but just gave her a smile and a sandwich.
I told her that was why we should be because a smile may be all others have. Oh, random acts of kindness, thank you again for me that a smile can worth a million dollars.
A．agreed B．promised C．decided D．advised
A．standing B．smiling C．reading D．laughing
A．so B．though C．but D．for
A．try B．want C．like D．mean
A．meal B．tickets C．vegetable D．clothes
A．ordered B．asked C．persuaded D．begged
A．by B．around C．behind D．without
A．shocked B．disappointed C．educated D．puzzled
A．guess B．believe C．watch D．record
A．ate B．talked C．sat D．waited
A．idea B．message C．present D．order
A．money B．equipment C．a list D．a place
A．card B．note C．menu D．number
A．upset B．mean C．different D．funny
A．discuss B．search C．leave D．look
A．announced B．explained C．understood D．noticed
A．rich B．stupid C．only D．brave
A．big B．equal C．fair D．necessary
A．unique B．kind C．special D．smart
A．praising B．teaching C．challenging D．warning
If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it . Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch
perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to
it up. The next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to
by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: “The regulator(校准器) is to be pushed up
your watch is four minutes
.”
I tried to stop him, and tried to him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time. It faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it
all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately he asked me to come in a week’s time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to
down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he
it to pieces and said that he could finish this work
three or four days. I could do nothing but
. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest main in the world could not the time by my watch. The thing was getting
. My watch had
two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy
watch, which I did.
A. for reality B. for truth C. for certain D. for certainty
A. kept B. told C. observed D. struck
A. turn B. wind C. pick D. put
A. be turned B. be taken C. be put D. be set
A. as B. as if C. when D. if
A. fast B. slowly C. faster D. slow
A. get B. persuade C. make D. explain
A. gained B. lost C. went D. won
A. had remained B. had left C. had stayed D. had fallen
A. however B. and C. but D. therefore
A. go B. walk C. slow D. take
A. the third B. the second C. the first D. the forth
A. broke B. took C. tore D. cut
A. after B. before C. over D. in
A. to agree B. agree C. agreeing D. agreed
A. taking B. bringing C. carrying D. fetching
A. recognize B. tell C. know D. understand
A. seriously B. pleasant C. badly D. serious
A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid
A. another B. the other C. one D. one more
Robert Frost was one of America’s best known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came __ in his life. He was forty __ Americans began to read his poems and praise them. Once his __ was set up, however, it grew stronger and stronger during the rest of his long life. His success came from __ traditional forms of poetry with American words, in a clearly American way.
Frost the same speaker for many poems, so the poems formed a larger unity. He created this speaker carefully. He felt that his readers would believe his poems if he put the words into the mouth of a _ person who lived in the country, not the _ .
Many people thought the speaker was Frost himself. In fact, the speaker was （10 ）person. Frost, the , tried to become the imaginary person he for his poetry.
Robert Frost is always linked to the land of cold winters in the northeastern United States, the area called New England. he came from the other side of the country, San Francisco, California. He was born there in 1874. He lived in California during his early .
This man who was born in the and became linked with New England was named for the chief southern general in American’s Civil War. The general’s name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to the general.
Someone once asked another American , Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The _ thing, he said, was to have an _ childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost’s childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very writer.
A．soon B．late C．quickly D．early
A．since B．until C．before D．after
A．fame B．name C．poem D．family
A．working B．using C．putting D．uniting
A．spoken B．made C．built D．formed
A．thought of B．practiced C．used D．met
A．old B．separate C．famous D．excellent
A．common B．young C．wise D．grown-up
A．city B．village C．state D．continent
A．a famous B．a real C．an imaginary D．a historic
A．artist B．man C．lady D．officer
A．loved B．respected C．admired D．created
A．In this way B．Yet C．Though D．Therefore
A．childhood B．writings C．work D．paintings
A．East B．North C．West D．South
A．learn from B．know C．study D．honor
A．teacher B．writer C．painter D．leader
A．quickest B．worst C．best D．hardest
A．exciting B．interesting C．unlucky D．unhappy
A．good B．poor C．young D．able
In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally them and the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police
have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in
. A policeman often has to control traffic, either
foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time
up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop
motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we
the police to come and restore order. And they often have to
situation at great risk to their own
.
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, he is not a detective, will often have to help
and arrest criminals.
And do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a
, a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police.
a policeman has to be
to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the
world.
The police do an absolutely, necessary job, they do it well and I support them, but I do not envy policeman, I do not think that I could
do the job of a policeman.
A. dislike B. join C. appreciated D. admire
A. should B. would C. could D. must
A. a funny B. a pleasant C. an interesting D. an easy
A. ut B. one C. his D. them
A. on B. by C. under D. with
A. walking B. driving C. wandering D. searching
A. resting B. tired C. speeding D. drunken
A. peace B. silence C. situation D. condition
A. wait for B. call C. think of D. expect
A. turn to B. avoid C. deal with D. treat
A. safety B. families C. future D. friends
A. although B. as if C. however D. even if
A. get rid of B. question C. kook for D. sentence
A. how B. where C. what D. who
A. power failure B. fire C. thunder storm D. thief
A. Yet B. Then C. As D. So
A. provided B. promised C. prepared D. presented
A. future B. modern C. real D. whole
A. extremely B. specially C. surprisingly D. particularly
A. hardly B. forever C. ever D. never
If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it __. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch __
perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to __
it up. The next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to __
by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: “The regulator(校准器) is to be pushed up __
your watch is four minutes __
.”
I tried to stop him, and tried to __ him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.
My beautiful watch began to gain time. It __ faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it __
all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.
What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately __ he asked me to come in a week’s time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to __
down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.
Now I went to __ watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he __
it to pieces and said that he could finish this work __
three or four days. I could do nothing but __
. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.
So I kept __ my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.
And as a result of it the cleverest main in the world could not __ the time by my watch. The thing was getting __
. My watch had __
two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy _
watch, which I did.
A.for reality B.for truth C.for certain D.for certainty
A.kept B.told C.observed D.struck
A.turn B.wind C.pick D.put
A.be turned B.be taken C.be put D.be set
A.as B.as if C.when D.if
A.fast B.slowly C.faster D.slow
A.get B.persuade C.make D.explain
A.gained B.lost C.went D.won
A.had remained B.had left C.had stayed D.had fallen
A.however B.and C.but D.therefore
A.go B.walk C.slow D.take
A.the third B.the second C.the first D.the forth
A.broke B.took C.tore D.cut
A.after B.before C.over D.in
A.to agree B.agree C.agreeing D.agreed
A.taking B.bringing C.carrying D.fetching
A.recognize B.tell C.know D.understand
A.seriously B.pleasant C.badly D.serious
A.spent B.took C.cost D.paid
A.another B.the other C.one D.one more
In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally them and the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police
have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in
. A policeman often has to control traffic, either
foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time
up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop
motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we
the police to come and restore order. And they often have to
situation at great risk to their own
.
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, he is not a detective, will often have to help
and arrest criminals.
And do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a
, a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police.
a policeman has to be
to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the
world.
The police do an absolutely, necessary job, they do it well and I support them, but I do not envy policeman, I do not think that I could
do the job of a policeman.
A. dislike B. join C. appreciated D. admire
A. should B. would C. could D. must
A. a funny B. a pleasant C. an interesting D. an easy
A. us B. one C. his D. them
A. on B. by C. under D. with
A. walking B. driving C. wandering D. searching
A. resting B. tired C. speeding D. drunken
A. peace B. silence C. situation D. condition
A. wait for B. call C. think of D. expect
A. turn to B. avoid C. deal with D. treat
A. safety B. families C. future D. friends
A. although B. as if C. however D. even if
A. get rid of B. question C. kook for D. sentence
A. how B. where C. what D. who
A. power failure B. fire C. thunder storm D. thief
A. Yet B. Then C. As D. So
A. provided B. promised C. prepared D. presented
A. future B. modern C. real D. whole
A. extremely B. specially C. surprisingly D. particular
A. hardly B. forever C. ever D. never
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