Things have been kind of tough lately for Shannon Baker and her little family. They have each other’s parents and young daughter and for that they are . But she and her husband are both currently . And their car is in great need of . And then there is the matter of their second child, who is soon. So things are a little tense for the Baker family these days.
When Shannon and her daughter were walking through a store lot recently, Shannon picked up an envelop from the ground that $4,000 in cash. There were a of different interpretations（理解） that could be considered. Was this a kind of good ? Could it be an attempt by the universe to balance everything? Could it be simply a gift from God? Shannon didn’t know. The only thing she knew was that the cash in that envelope to someone else.
Oh, and one other thing she knew: Her young daughter was . “My kid was standing right there I found it,” Shannon told WLS-TV in Chicago. “So basically I wanted to teach my daughter how to be . And for me that was enough.”
Never mind the bills that were , or the car that needed to be fixed, or the baby that would come soon. And forget that when she the money over to the police she was told that there was actually nothing illegal if she it.
The police were able to return the money to the person who it: an old woman. And one can imagine the and relief she felt when the police handed the lost envelop back to her. “She came to my house and she was almost in tears, me,” Shannon said. “She gave me a hug and an envelope with a small in it. But the amount, large or small, wasn’t . What was important was the opportunity to teach my daughter honesty.”
A．controlled B．upset C．sensitive D．grateful
A．unemployed B．appreciated C．disappointed D．removed
A．repair B．protection C．cash D．sale
A．sick B．serious C．due D．dull
A．gathering B．parking C．cleaning D．begging
A．included B．contained C．charged D．paid
A．number B．deal C．plenty D．flood
A．expense B．prize C．hope D．luck
A．pointed B．owned C．belonged D．possessed
A．demanding B．watching C．laughing D．affecting
A．before B．though C．because D．when
A．honest B．loyal C．ripe D．humorous
A．piling up B．giving away C．showing off D．passing by
A．watched B．turned C．got D．collected
A．kept B．made C．checked D．promoted
A．sent B．disliked C．lost D．generated
A．respect B．regret C．tension D．joy
A．comforting B．congratulating C．offending D．thanking
A．amount B．present C．envelope D．choice
A．enough B．acceptable C．important D．matter
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
A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and as much land areas as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered. enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was or tired, he did not stop he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was . Then he asked himself, “Why did I myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only a very small area to myself.”
The above story is to the journey of our We push ourselves very hard every day to make more , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our , time with our family and to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding and the things we love to do. One day we look back, we will that we don’t really need that much, then we cannot turn back time for what we have .
Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
A．use B．cover C．work D．get
A．Good B．Strange C．Sure D．Interesting
A．rode B．ran C．expanded D．struggled
A．kept on B．asked for C．gave up D．succeeded in
A．sad B．excited C．confused D．hungry
A．but B．so C．because D．if
A．sleeping B．arguing C．dying D．smiling
A．push B．make C．destroy D．prove
A．need B．have C．find D．show
A．live B．bury C．support D．sleep
A．useful B．certain C．similar D．special
A．future B．past C．history D．life
A．friends B．progress C．discoveries D．money
A．health B．career C．honor D．freedom
A．things B．condition C．people D．beauty
A．before B．when C．unless D．since
A．realize B．regret C．apologize D．explain
A．or B．until C．however D．but
A．saved B．missed C．reduced D．won
A．possible B．probable C．necessary D．suitable
Have you ever considered what it would be like if you are not able to smile? I hadn't ____ that, up until a few months ago, when I found that I ____ couldn't. Well, I'm exaggerating (夸张) a little bit ... I ____ smile, but only with one side of my face!
I went to the___, and was diagnosed(诊断) with Bell's Palsy—a disease of the muscles on one side of the face. As you could ____， this was quite a shock to me，and made me very ____．Although this was a major bomb that was dropped on my life, my story is not about how ___ life is, but about how I face the sudden ____ falling on me.
Anyway, ____ is a part of everyday life for me. “Losing” half my face temporarily caused me to think “What is a smile？”According to the dictionary，a smile is a ____ expression for pleasure, characterized(特征是) by the turning up of the corners of the mouth，____ what about the cause? What is ____ the smile that causes us to show this expression?
After ____ about this for a while, I came up with the ____ that a smile is not only characterized by the upturning of the corners of the mouth, but also by what a person does, says and thinks. This gave me hope, as I ____ that smiling is not just an outward expression, but an inward ____．
With this in mind, I set about ____ how to smile with my life through my ____， not just with my face.____，sometimes I send my friends Smile Cards with a chocolate bar or bookmark, letting them ____ a true smile.
A．thought about B．stuck to C．fought for D．dreamed of
A．certainly B．actually C．hardly D．obviously
A．needed B．would C．should D．could
A．doctor B．nursery house C．government D．Bookstore
A．ask B．behave C．plan D．imagine
A．excited B．puzzled C．upset D．ashamed
A．hard B．boring C．short D．interesting
A．fortune B．challenge C．duty D．job
A．sleeping B．working C．smiling D．eating
A．facial B．body C．mental D．happy
A．because B．so C．but D．or
A．behind B．against C．before D．towards
A．working B．thinking C．reading D．speaking
A．agreement B．conclusion C．announcement D．condition
A．doubted B．hoped C．insisted D．realized
A．decoration B．attitude C．pattern D．attraction
A．learning B．suggesting C．consulting D．predicting
A．speeches B．promises C．actions D．opinions
A．In fact B．For example C．As a result D．By the way
A．discover B．remove C．convey D．experience
On a very cold evening, an old man was trembling with his nearly icy hair and beard beside a river. Anxiously, he was waiting for a across the river. The wait seemed . The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by, and then another, till the last rider came near the old man.The old man caught the rider’s and said, “Sir, would you giving me a ride to the other side?”
his horse，the rider replied，“Of course not．”But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost . He could not get the ground．The horseman helped the old man onto his horse．He took the old man not just across the river, to the old man’s home.
As they the old man’s house, the horseman asked，“Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man stared at the rider straight in the eyes, and said, “I looked the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t .It would be even asking them for a ride.But in your eyes，I saw . I knew that you would help me．”
The words the rider deeply．“Thank you for what you’ve said，”he told the man．“I hope I will never leave others 28 because I’m too busy, and every citizen does in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson，the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his back to the White House.
A．trip B．ride C．help D．drive
A．cruel B．boring C．unfortunate D．endless
A．Gradually B．Finally C．Sadly D．Surprisingly
A．eye B．hand C．back D．face
A．like B．think C．please D．mind
A．Riding B．Speeding C．Stopping D．Leaving
A．stuck B．Shocked C．frozen D．injured
A．on B．down C．in D．off
A．and B．but C．so D．then
A．neared B．visited C．arrived D．left
A．came in B．came on C．came up D．came out
A．Even if B．What if C．As if D．Only if
A．out B．for C．into D．up
A．wait B．try C．ask D．care
A．Useless B．risky C．dangerous D．foolish
A．loyalty B．generosity C．ambition D．kindness
A．attracted B．comforted C．touched D．pleased
A．alone B．out C．away D．behind
A．live B．believe C．count D．help
A．living B．choice C．mind D．way
Garage sales (旧货市场) are a strange pastime. I am not interested in other people’s items. My mother was, and she convinced me to her. We went to several garage sales and finally stopped at a cottage. The owner told me that he and his wife were moving away. His wife had been a (n) before she retired.
As we were the sale items, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her name to someone, and I realized who she was. She looked at me and said, “ You are Lisa Miller.” I at her in awe（惊叹）for it had been thirty years I had been in her class.
My mother to her for any trouble I might have caused. She that if this woman remembered me after so many years, I must have done something . My teacher looked at my mother and said, “Oh, no, she was very good,” and my mother watched her in .
My teacher explained during the last week of school, I brought her a . She told us she planted the Lamb’s Ear in her garden. She looked at me and said, “Every day when I leave my house, I think of you. And when I come home these plants me, and I think of you.” welled up in my eyes. There at her home, among all her , was a piece of my life that she had nurtured(培养).
In that moment, she taught me more about life than I could . We give pieces of ourselves every day without thought or expectation. We seldom envision(展望) the that we have on others’ lives. That piece may grow and spread, becoming a (n) part of a life. In the end it is not the big things that , but the small things that make all the difference in the world. I never had a chance to thank her, but I hope she took a Lamb’s Ear with her to her new home.
A．broken B．unwanted C．frozen D．desired
A．accompany B．attach C．arrange D．accomplish
A．cruel B．lonely C．elderly D．lovely
A．driver B．pianist C．athlete D．teacher
A．exchanging B．instructing C．selecting D．exposing
A．nervously B．immediately C．strangely D．automatically
A．stared B．smiled C．glanced D．glared
A．after B．while C．since D．because
A．appealed B．apologized C．laughed D．shouted
A．suspected B．doubted C．thought D．wondered
A．tough B．terrible C．flexible D．practical
A．peace B．danger C．disbelief D．need
A．book B．phone C．diamond D．plant
A．possess B．impress C．greet D．observe
A．Tears B．Happiness C．Promises D．Laughter
A．aims B．belongings C．figures D．exhibitions
A．need B．plan C．imagine D．guess
A．senses B．benefits C．effects D．pains
A．appropriate B．necessary C．brave D．mild
A．care B．matter C．depend D．remain
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