Last year I bought lunch for a man who had put his pennies together for a cup of tea. He me by telling me a little about his life — how he had lost the battle with drink but how his in himself has turned his life around. Now, when most men of his age will be their retirement (退休), he spent his time papers to shops and strangers in the street.
Yesterday Julie and I were back in the same coffee shop. Julie my shoulder and saw the same man, sitting there with a cup of tea. He dressed coldly despite (尽管) the fact that the outside temperature was very .
We were having our dinner , then I got up and walked over. Knowing he would not me, I sat down beside him and asked, “How’s your work going?”
He didn’t remember me, but my had told him who I was.
He said, “Wonderfully.”
“And how about you?”
He replied, “That doesn’t .”
“Well, it does,” I dared to suggest. “You need to be to keep on doing the good work.”
“Like today,” I said, “it’s cold out there. And it takes a lot of to keep going on a day like this. My wife and I just had some soup and it was delicious. Let me get you some you can try it.”
He shook his head, but I him. A moment later, I took a hot bowl of soup and some bread in front of him.
“Enjoy them!” I said and walked back to my before he had a chance to .
Julie and I our drinks and got our stuff together. As we walked past his table, I patted (拍) the man’s shoulder and said, “Just know you are .”
A．Invited B．encouraged C．awarded D．rewarded
A．Belief B．dream C．spirit D．interest
A．Facing B．enjoying C．refusing D．expecting
A．going over B．going through C．handing in D．handing out
A．looked at B．looked for C．looked over D．looked down
A．only B．even C．mostly D．exactly
A．hot B．low C．warm D．cool
A．Quickly B．happily C．proudly D．carelessly
A．Concern B．understand C．support D．remember
A．Boring B．meaningless C．Kindness D．instruction
A．Introduction B．argument C．question D．intention
A．Matter B．work C．cover D．stop
A．quiet B．Confident C．different D．well
A．Experience B．imagination C．energy D．knowledge
A．so B．if C．unless D．but
A．Accepted B．ignored C．doubted D．recognized
A．House B．table C．office D．shop
A．call B．report C．notice D．reply
A．Began B．tasted C．finished D．ordered
A．Loved B．checked C．chosen D．Watched
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。
Two boys were walking down a road. They noticed a man in the field. The younger boy looked at his friend and said, “Let’s hide his shoes he won’t be able to find them. It must be funny!” The boy thought for a moment and said, “The looks poor. Have you seen his ? Let’s do this instead Let’s hide a silver coin in each shoe and how he deals with them.
The younger boy . They placed a silver coin in each shoe and hid nearby. Soon the farmer finished his work and came out. He put on a shoe and immediately felt the money his foot. He held the coin in his hand, looked at it in and wanted to know who had put it in his shoe. Then he to see who had done it, but no one was there. He then put on the shoe and felt the second coin. The man was so when he found one more coin in his shoe.
He then to his knees and said something. The boys could hear it as they were very close. The poor farmer in gratitude (感激). He spoke of his wife and his boys in need of food. He was thankful for the from an unknown person.
After the farmer , the boys came out from their hiding place and slowly started their long walk home. They felt inside. They learnt how wonderful it was to others.
A．working B．thinking C．reading D．singing
A．if B．or C．however D．so
A．smaller B．larger C．elder D．taller
A．boy B．man C．friend D．solider
A．clothes B．eyes C．hands D．houses
A．show B．ask C．know D．see
A．listened B．refused C．agreed D．shouted
A．in B．under C．on D．between
A．joy B．sadness C．surprise D．anger
A．looked around B．took off C．walked away D．joined in
A．other B．rest C．single D．new
A．calm B．excited C．frightened D．tired
A．got B．came C．rose D．dropped
A．honestly B．hardly C．easily D．sincerely
A．watched B．cried C．ran D．shared
A．sick B．short C．young D．beautiful
A．parcel B．advice C．food D．money
A．checked B．slept C．left D．understood
A．selfish B．happy C．upset D．grateful
A．invite B．teach C．call D．help
It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to _____ others' thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to ____others to vote for the person of your choice or to describe the ____ you want your hair cut ...the key to success seems to be the ____ to speak well.
Another ____ advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to ____ the admiration, respect, or linking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you're really a ____ man. Tell them all you know，and they'll be ____ by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a ____ person.
Finally，talking gives you the ___ to release(释放) energy in a way that listening can't. When you're ____, the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often ___ your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to ___your excitement with others by talking about it, ____ keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.
____ it is true that talking does have many advantages，it's important to ____ that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you'll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to __ others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others ____ you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it's hard to be persuasive while you're listening, but your ___ to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas ____. Listening is often reciprocal(互惠的). “You get what you give.”
A．guess B．control C．disturb D．tease
A．insist B．advise C．persuade D．suggest
A．idea B．plan C．means D．way
A．habit B．energy C．power D．ability
A．obvious B．easy C．new D．special
A．catch B．gain C．remain D．declare
A．successful B．simple C．wise D．stupid
A．affected B．moved C．instructed D．impressed
A．fruitless B．homeless C．worthless D．senseless
A．pleasure B．course C．opportunity D．duty
A．in trouble B．in danger C．in debt D．in silence
A．reduce B．extend C．deepen D．widen
A．control B．share C．enjoy D．remove
A．or B．so C．for D．though
A．s B．When C．Since D．While
A．suppose B．aware C．realize D．imagine
A．fail B．cure C．hurt D．help
A．appreciate B．listen to C．envy D．support
A．kindness B．favour C．willingness D．concern
A．by turns B．in return C．in turn D．in order
I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the . People walked in, between the cars newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It’s a familiar in most poor developing countries.
While we were for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It’s unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of his way around the spaces. He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he got to the outside of our car. Out of , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to the change. However, with his sense of touch, he quickly went through his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum’s . It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control, we decided to go on our way.
I broke down and even when I got home. Here’s a blind man, born in , trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He our sympathy. Life hasn’t been to him, yet he’s giving it his best shot. I think that is what is all about facing life bravely.
A．signs B．crossroads C．stations D．theatres
A．giving B．buying C．selling D．throwing
A．scene B．play C．activity D．street
A．watching B．asking C．waiting D．changing
A．blocks B．crossings C．turns D．cars
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．expensive B．fashionable C．ragged D．fastened
A．pushed B．drove C．cleared D．felt
A．eventually B．quickly C．frequently D．happily
A．curiosity B．sympathy C．thirsty D．politeness
A．impatiently B．casually C．naturally D．carefully
A．keep B．return C．borrow D．count
A．poor B．superior C．limited D．enlarged
A．hand B．arm C．face D．lap
A．still B．yet C．so D．but
A．smiled B．shouted C．complained D．cried
A．pain B．poverty C．sadness D．loneliness
A．refused B．enjoyed C．doubted D．cheated
A．rich B．unfair C．kind D．bad
A．kindness B．courage C．experience D．challenge
A _ _ thing happened __ _ me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day __ _I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my _ _ stopped. It was out of gas on a_ _ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone_ _ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile __ _ I finally found a house near the __ _. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair __ __. She said, “I’ve been __ __ for you here for a long time. Come in. _ _is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t _ _ what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You_ _tea,” said she.
I quickly _ _that my car was out of_ _, but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept _ _me Alfred and talking about how long it had been _ _she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I_ _.
Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my _ _, he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t_ _ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”
A．happy B．strange C．common D．bad
A．on B．in C．upon D．to
A．and B．so C．but D．that
A．car B．bus C．bike D．truck
A．narrow B．lonely C．crowded D．busy
A．what B．whom C．who D．how
A．before B．after C．while D．as
A．street B．path C．way D．road
A．came B．answered C．opened D．appeared
A．asking B．looking C．calling D．waiting
A．Gas B．Coffee C．Tea D．Lunch
A．consider B．understand C．accept D．think
A．like B．love C．used to like D．liking
A．answered B．explained C．refused D．promised
A．gas B．tea C．strength D．energy
A．calling B．call C．to call D．called
A．until B．before C．since D．when
A．could B．can C．would D．wanted
A．accident B．incident C．experience D．surprise
A．hit B．injury C．hurt D．frighten
My 8-year-old son, Kevin, has made friends with some boys in the neighborhood. He has been ____ with them after school. My wife, and I are ____ he has other kids to be with and we have ____ and encouraged him to play with his friends. We also want Kevin to learn ____, so we have asked him to tell us ___ he's going and to come home at a specified time.
The ____ started when Kevin didn't come home on time. On one occasion, I asked Kevin to be back at 6 pm. By 6:30, I needed to go ____ him. I found him at a friend's house, and he looked ____ that he couldn't continue playing. After we came home, I sat Kevin down for a talk about the ____ of keeping his word. I told him I was not worried about his arriving a few___ late, after a half hour, he told me he understood and I was ___.
The next day, I came home from work at about 6:30 pm and my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ___ she said he should be back home at 6. I walked to his friend's house and a look of ___appeared on Kevin's face when he came to the door.
At __, my wife and I spoke to Kevin about why he didn't come home on time again. He said he just wanted to ___ playing. This was ___ so we decided to ground(罚不准出门) him for a week. This ___ no playing with his friends.
For the next week,whenever his friends came to ask for Kevin, we let him ___ to them that he was grounded. We felt this would help him be responsible for his ___.
As a ___ I believe one of the most important things we can teach our kids is self-responsibility and that actions have consequences.
A．studying B．playing C．chatting D．quarreling
A．glad B．lucky C．worried D．sure
A．made B．allowed C．trained D．forced
A．amusements B．communications C．honesty D．responsibility
A．when B．why C．where D．whenever
A．changes B．conflicts C．worries D．problems
A．looking for B．picking up C．waiting for D．calling up
A．angry B．nervous C．disappointed D．ashamed
A．quality B．importance C．stories D．ways
A．hours B．minutes C．days D．times
A．satisfied B．shocked C．surprised D．concerned
A．if B．unless C．because D．so
A．guilt B．disappointment C．excitement D．hatred
A．home B．school C．work D．office
A．finish B．keep C．learn D．stop
A．impossible B．impolite C．unacceptable D．unbelievable
A．meant B．suggested C．showed D．implied
A．reply B．apologize C．tell D．explain
A．decisions B．words C．actions D．friends
A．teacher B．parent C．writer D．professor
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