When 24-year-old Hannah Brencher moved to New York after college, she was hit by loneliness. One day she felt so that she want to reach out to someone. And so she put pen to paper and started writing letters-letters to complete .
But these weren’t letters about how she was feeling. There were happy letters, all about the other person, not her. She would write messages for people to have a “ day " and tell strangers how brilliant they were, they thought no one else had noticed. Brencher began dropping the all over New York, in cafes, in library books, in parks and on the subway. It made her letter, knowing that she might be making somebody’s through just a few words. It gave her to focus on. And so, The Word Needs More Love Letters was born.
The movement is all about letters—not emails, but handwritten letters. Not love letters, written to a real beloved, but letters for strangers. They don’t necessarily say “I love you”, but they are kindness—telling people they are remarkable and and all-round amazing. It’s the sort of stuff that most people don’t really say out loud even to the people they , let alone a total stranger.
Brencher’s initiative(初衷) has now . There are more than 10,000 people who join in all over the world. Last year, she gave a talk. In it, she talked about a university student who dropped letters around her campus, only to suddenly everyone was writing them and there were love letters hanging from the trees.
It’s a very cute idea. I know that if I was on the end of a letter like that, it almost certainly would put a on my face. So I decided to give it a try and see if I could do the same for someone else.
A．sick B．alone C．comfortable D．great
A．businessmen B．friends C．strangers D．fools
A．formal B．sad C．long D．careless
A．rainy B．cold C．hot D．bright
A．in case B．so that C．as though D．even if
A．notes B．pens C．papers D．books
A．feel B．behave C．study D．play
A．way B．day C．fortune D．dream
A．funny B．sweet C．big D．empty
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．opening B．reading C．writing D．answering
A．countless B．endless C．public D．conventional
A．official B．polite C．apology D．surprise
A．full of B．short of C．prepared for D．known for
A．strong B．special C．common D．friendly
A．look down upon B．give up on C．care about D．worry about
A．failed B．occurred C．stopped D．exploded
A．find B．forget C．remember D．guess
A．receiving B．sending C．starting D．finishing
A．sign B．wrinkle C．smile D．sticker
When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very . Some stories are told they were true. Real people who live in a world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of . When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our --which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we that we are real and they are . It sounds ,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
A．possible B．easy C．new D．different
A．that B．What C．whether D．as if
A．usual B．normal C．certain D．common
A．realistic B．reasonable C．moral D．instructive
A．difficult B．impossible C．important D．necessary
A．thinkable B．designed C．imagined D．planned
A．do B．make C．have D．are
A．lessons B．dreams C．experience D．magic
A．working B．thinking C．living D．understanding
A．knowledge B．skill C．Words D．grammar
A．make B．get C．use D．have
A．a newspaper B．something C．everything D．a story
A．find B．learn C．know D．hope
A．too B．not C．all D．so
A．dangerous B．serious C．strange D．terrible
A．talk B．learn C．read D．think
A．telling B．pretending C．promising D．guessing
A．mind B．life C．world D．society
A．heart B．time C．money D．ourselves
A．what B．how C．when D．why
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
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