After years of experience, Brenda was faced with a challenge in Sunday School. However, she just didn’t know how to it in a good way. She had never been asked to teach a child quite like Cindy!
Cindy, you see, was . She came from a broken home. And although she was really
, she thought she was so bad that she could not be successful. , Cindy needed care, and most of all, Cindy needed love! There just had to be a way of her. Day after day, Brenda would pray for Cindy, yet Sunday would come and go and she saw , if any, change.
Then one day Brenda asked Cindy if she could a role in a Christmas programme the children were to do. Cindy’s answer was, “Don’t you think you can find someone better than me?”
“Better than you?” came Brenda’s . “What makes you think there is 50 better than you?”
“Well, I’ve been asked to do anything before because I’m not good. I won’t get the part and then everyone will be mad at me for messing up（弄糟）their ,” came Cindy’s answer.
“Oh, Cindy,” said Brenda in a voice. “I am so that you think that, but you are so wrong. Don’t you realize how you are?”
“No,” a reply in a low voice because Cindy was now in .
“But Cindy, in my eyes, you are special and you can also do somethin g well like others,” Brenda said.
“Really? Do you think so really? Thank you, Miss Brenda! Nobody has believed in me like you. I’ll have a try,” said Cindy as she a hug from her teacher for the first time!
A．share with B．deal with C．do with D．go with
A．average B．naughty C．different D．ordinary
A．clever B．foolish C．lovely D．friendly
A．In return B．In turn C．In all D．In fact
A．stopping B．keeping C．helping D．knowing
A．much B．little C．some D．few
A．study B．like C．replace D．play
A．asking B．beginning C．planning D．learning
A．reply B．noise C．sound D．problem
A．no one B．anyone C．none D．everyone
A．ever B．often C．always D．never
A．good B．bad C．right D．poor
A．environment B．programme C．invention D．homework
A．gentle B．high C．loud D．clear
A．glad B．lucky C．proud D．sorry
A．happy B．sad C．valuable D．beautiful
A．said B．came C．received D．went
A．silence B．troubles C．public D．tears
A．Then B．But C．As D．Because
A．refused B．expected C．received D．separated
Christopher Reeve made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995. The doctors did not him to live.
However, he made amazing progress. He learnt to breathe on his own and started a new life with great j . Like many people suffered some terrible injury, Christopher Reeve was changed by that experience. He raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He also made speeches about his experiences. It not only drew public attention, but also encouraged people living with all kinds of problems.
Reeve has never thought of . He got involved with charity work to improve the quality of life for all disabled people.
Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004, but people all over the world will always remember him as a real-life .
A．want B．wish C．expect D．encourage
A．energy B．courage C．effort D．decision
A．who B．whose C．which D．whom
A．giving in B．giving out C．giving up D．giving off
A．film star B．history maker C．player D．superhero
Do you know one bird whose name is crow(乌鸦)?Here is a story about one of them. There was once a lazy crow, who thought it was too much trouble to food. “Caw! Caw!” he said, “If someone brought me my food every day, I’d be very !”
One day, he saw a(n) pigeon flying by. “How happy and well-fed it looks,” the crow said to himself. So the crow the pigeon until they came to a . There were some other there too. Before long, an old man came along and brought them a large bag of food. When the man had gone, the crow flew over to the pigeons. “Caw!Caw!” said he. “Can I you?”
“No, you can’t!” the pigeons angrily. “We don’t know you.”
The crow went home feeling . But he suddenly had a(n) . “I’ll paint my grey,” he said, “and then the pigeons will I am one of them.” After he finished the painting, he flew off to the park and was by the pigeons. The crow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw! Caw! Give lots to me!” he said loudly. , the pigeons found he was a crow. They flew after him and made him .
Sadly, the crow flew to his own forest. But when his old friends, the other crows saw him, they asked him to . They did not him because of his grey-painted feathers. So the crow felt than before. His own did not want him, the pigeons wouldn’t let him into their group.
“What looks easier isn’t always so,” the crow said to himself. “I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”
A．pick out B．look for C．put away D．hand in
A．lovely B．healthy C．happy D．pretty
A．boring B．funny C．old D．fat
A．followed B．caught C．protected D．taught
A．square B．forest C．park D．house
A．men B．visitors C．pigeons D．crows
A．help B．join C．see D．believe
A．explained B．advised C．shouted D．continued
A．lucky B．asleep C．tired D．sad
A．idea B．choice C．change D．accident
A．head B．feathers C．feet D．legs
A．understand B．guess C．hope D．think
A．welcomed B．discovered C．noticed D．attacked
A．Strangely B．Finally C．Suddenly D．Interestingly
A．wait B．stop C．cry D．leave
A．go away B．give up C．set off D．hurry up
A．miss B．like C．know D．forget
A．colder B．worse C．busier D．stronger
A．brothers B．friends C．parents D．sisters
A．though B．but C．as D．and
Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.
This young man was very . He always continued to work through his break time and that those old folks were wasting time, having to several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by, this young man noticed that he worked through break time and hardly took a , those old folks were chopping the same of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the were even worse.
One day, one of the old folks him for a drink during their break time. That young man and said that he had no time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to chopping trees without re-sharpening your axe（斧子）.Sooner or later you will or be so tired as you have spent too much .”
Suddenly the young man that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that's how they could faster than him, yet spending less time!
What we is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability . Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no !
A．weak B．clever C．hard-working D．good-looking
A．admired B．complained C．reminded D．predicted
A．plan B．appear C．work D．break
A．even though B．only if C．because D．unless
A．photo B．rest C．step D．bath
A．weight B．height C．amount D．price
A．failed B．pretended C．agreed D．decided
A．marks B．results C．effects D．conditions
A．invited B．blamed C．thanked D．forgave
A．begged B．argued C．nodded D．refused
A．wrong. B．valuable C．extra D．exact
A．mind B．avoid C．practice D．keep
A．speed up B．give up C．watch out D．turn out
A．energy B．money C．life D．skill
A．warned B．expected C．realized D．announced
A．also B．hardly C．seldom D．never
A．talk B．chop C．walk D．climb
A．abandon B．introduce C．need D．teach
A．quickly B．curiously C．seriously D．intelligently
A．time B．tool C．job D．patience
As soon as I saw the cat in our yard, I knew he was a stray (流浪儿). He looked —a wounded warrior with a badly scarred (有伤疤的) body.
I started putting out food for him each day, but he wouldn’t come near me if other people were . Winter came, and he still wouldn’t us. Then, one day, a car hit him so we took him to the
vet’s.
After a week, we were eager to bring him home to our family. But when we went to take the cat home, the vet told us we should put him to immediately because the cat was so fierce and meant that he would become tame (驯服的), let alone a pet.
But I have always had in love’s power to even the wildest beasts. I told the vet, “I want to take him home.” We him Paws.
Three days went by, and we only knew Paws was the bed because when we walked past it we heard deep growling.
I wanted to somehow let him know he was and loved. So I put on a hard hat and a pair of welding gloves. I under the bed toward Paws, with my face to the and only the top of my head facing him. I out to stroke (抚摩) him gently over and over again.
He growled and tried to and bite me. It was scary—but I knew he couldn’t me, so I just kept going. Slowly, he began to . Then I slid out from under the bed and left the room.
Several hours later, I noticed a cat on the bed. It was Paws—all on the pillows! I couldn’t believe it.
That dear cat became the of our household. Although Paws finally died of cancer, his legacy(遗赠)—my and firm belief in the power of love—lives on.
A．cute B．strong C．fierce D．smart
A．around B．in C．out D．away
A．love B．attack C．refuse D．trust
A．please B．join C．see D．satisfy
A．death B．sight C．observation D．sleep
A．simply B．hardly C．easily D．gradually
A．sense B．interest C．faith D．feeling
A．comfort B．convince C．protect D．tame
A．named B．appointed C．accepted D．made
A．on B．beside C．under D．inside
A．hopeful B．pitiful C．careful D．safe
A．hid B．slid C．sheltered D．slept
A．bed B．sky C．floor D．feet
A．turned B．reached C．pulled D．picked
A．play B．scratch C．touch D．push
A．hurt B．bother C．avoid D．leave
A．get angry B．give up C．run away D．calm down
A．stepped out B．stood out C．spread out D．stuck out
A．hope B．love C．support D．comfort
A．normal B．noble C．strange D．continued
I will never forget what my old headmaster has taught me. when you are only 15 years of age, you do not remember most of the things that are taught by your teachers. However, this story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I get of this story.
It was a normal Monday morning he was the students on important things in life and about ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story .
An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would every morning and get the train right to Central London, then at the street corner and beg. He would do this every day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and had begged for almost 20years.
His house was and unpleasant smell came out of the house. The neighbors could not the smell anymore, so they called the police officers to this place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of all over the house that the old man had collected over the years.
The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a . They waited outside his house, expecting to the good news with him. When he arrived home , he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no for him to beg any more. He said nothing , but went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he begged as usual.
Obviously, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.
We should remain true to our course, which may mean committing ourselves to things that people around us would normally ,let nothing else determine our fate, but ourselves.
What makes us happy is what in the end, not what we get.
A．Normally B．Exactly C．Personally D．Gradually
A．fluent B．optional C．particular D．optimistic
A．informed B．warned C．accused D．reminded
A．disputing B．claiming C．addressing D．advising
A．engaging B．committing C．occupying D．adjusting
A．went B．continued C．implied D．reported
A．tidy up B．look up C．dry up D．wake up
A．sit B．lie C．wait D．sell
A．other B．single C．minor D．only
A．neat B．odd C．delicate D．messy
A．prohibit B．see C．resist D．stand
A．clear B．destroy C．mop D．wash
A．property B．books C．money D．stamps
A．millionaire B．worker C．cleaner D．begger
A．appreciate B．divide C．share D．ensure
A．possibility B．alternative C．need D．demand
A．after all B．at all C．above all D．all in all
A．rather than B．other than C．more than D．less than
A．overlook B．advocate C．negotiate D．disapprove
A．wins B．admires C．matters D．succeeds
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