Secret Santa of Kansas City In 1971 a young man who grew up very poor was traveling across the country, trying to make a new start for himself. Along the way he had run out of money and was to spend the night in his .
This continued until one morning, after a week of in his car, he walked into a restaurant and a big breakfast. After eating his first good meal in weeks, he found himself to the waiter, telling him he had "lost his wallet". The waiter, who was also the owner, walked behind the chair where the young man had been .
He ，and came up with a $ 20 bill that looked as if it had fallen on the floor. " Son, you must have this，" the owner said. The young man couldn't believe his ！ He quickly paid for the ，left a tip, bought gas with the change, and headed west. On the way out of town, it dawned on him，" Maybe dropped the money at all. Maybe the waiter just knew I was in and he helped me in a way that didn't me. "
Now older, the man lives near Kansas City. Each year he thousands of dollars, primarily in increasements（递增）of $100. He is as the "Secret Santa"，because at Christmas time each year, he personally hands out to those on the street or at restaurants.
" I've lived the story, so I know it's definitely more blessed to than receive, because it comes back to you many, many times over，" he says. He is to be able to share the gift that blessed his life so many years ago.
A．completely B．never C．hardly D．nearly
A．permitted B．advised C．forced D．persuaded
A．celebrating B．sleeping C．crying D．researching
A．proudly B．excitedly C．nervously D．happily
A．exchanged B．cooked C．sold D．ordered
A．explaining B．reading C．lying D．announcing
A．arguing B．sitting C．shopping D．praying
A．bent down B．turned up C．went out D．praying
A．demanded B．dropped C．owned D．praying
A．practice B．memory C．character D．luck
A．everybody B．somebody C．nobody D．anybody
A．confusion B．somebody C．nobody D．anybody
A．encourage B．inspire C．embarrass D．fool
A．brings in B．gives away C．puts away D．gets back
A．known B．awarded C．scolded D．introduced
A．works B．tools C．knowledge D．money
A．charge B．give C．collect D．deliver
A．afraid B．sorry C．uncertain D．grateful
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Miss Green was watching TV. Suddenly the program stopped . "Now we broadcast an important notice from the 36 : At about nine this evening , an old woman of 79 ,named Mrs Humney , was 37 and killed by a robber (抢劫犯)wearing a green coat . Those wh
o can supply any clue (线索）are requested to 38 to the police ." The 39 news made the lonely girl filled with 40 .She couldn't help looking around .But she didn't 41 that a man was already behind the door.
Suddenly the man _42 before Miss Green . The girl didn't know what to __43 . " Just put your necklace on the table, then I’ll 44 whether I shall be safe to stay here for the night." said the robber. That made her even more terrified , but she tried to 45 herself.
Just then there came the whistle of a police car .Then 46 the door bell. The man said with a pistol(手枪） 47 the girl's back, " Don't 48 the door. Never let him in." But the girl got a(n) 49 . She asked the man outside the door , " Who is it ?" "I'm Bull. Is there 50 unusual here ?" "No, there isn't ." Immediately she added 51 ," only 52 and I are here." "Good night, " Bull replied in the same loud voice.
A few minutes later. The sound of the 53 died away. " It's well done, " the robber laughed. Almost at the same time the glass was 54 into pieces . The policemen 55 into the room and caught the robber.
"Miss Green , what you said made us take action right away, " said Bull, " for we know that you have no brother."
36. A. police B. government C. army D. prison
A．hit B．stolen C．robbed D．cheated
A．announce B．know C．provide D．report
A．feel B．look C．hear D．notice
A．came B．appeared C．walked D．ran
A．say B．make C．do D．deal
A．decide B．consider C．hope D．doubt
A．protect B．scare C．free D．calm
A．touched B．hit C．rang D．struck
A．against B．in C．to D．over
A．knock B．shut C．lean D．open
A．belief B．idea C．help D．voice
A．anything B．something C．anyone D．someone
A．excited B．anxiously C．loudly D．bravely
A．my friend B．my neighbour C．the robber D．my brother
A．policeman B．police car C．robber D．footsteps
A．turned B．brought C．broken D．changed
A．slipped B．went C．fell D．hurried
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When I met Mr Jim Lemon I was a seventeen-year-old freshman at Houston's Jackson Junior High.The chances of my finishing high school were 36 . I was a troubled teenage.
Mr Lemon taught American history and was quite 37 from the other teachers I had known. Not only was he 38 , but also he was a great teacher. He pushed and never tolerated the mediocrity(平庸) that had become my standard.
On the occasion of our first semester report cards, Mr Lemon 39 me aside and asked how it was possible that I was a B student in his class and a C student in the 40 of my classes. I passionately told him about my 41 parents, the local gangs, the drugs, the fights, the police---all of the evils I had been 42 to. It was then that Mr Lemon 43 explained that the only person 44 for my situation was me. And the only person with the 45 to change my situation was me. He 46 me that I was failing not because I was a failure. He inspired me to become a better student and he 47 my life.
Ten years later I was preparing to graduate from a university when I spoke to him again . 48 I did get him on the phone, I told him that I had been saving money so that I could invite him to come to Hawaii at my 49 to be a part of my graduation.
I'll never forget his 50 . He said,"Who is this again?" I was just one of hundreds of the students whose life he changed 51 he had no idea of his influence.
Mr Lemon never came to my graduation, but his 52 taught me another valuable lesson. His final lesson for me was that we will never know or understand the 53 we have on other people's lives. He taught me that we all have the 54 to effect people's lives for the 55 ... Or for the worse.
A．near B．ready C．great D．slim
A．kind B．excellent C．different D．same
A．strict B．tough C．sympathetic D．warm-hearted
A．scolded B．called C．pushed D．dragged
A．rest B．most C．others D．all
A．qualified B．learned C．well-educated D．divorced
A．subjected B．addicted C．referred D．forced
A．nervously B．patiently C．strictly D．confidently
A．blamed B．capable C．struggling D．responsible
A．sense B．potential C．direction D．mood
A．persuaded B．pointed C．convinced D．confirmed
A．changed B．turned C．supported D．arranged
A．While B．Before C．When D．After
A．cost B．expense C．treat D．invitation
A．attitude B．unwillingness C．teaching D．response
A．and B．however C．or D．so
A．absence B．refusal C．confusion D．decision
A．importance B．ability C．impression D．influence
A．duty B．opportunity C．responsibility D．courage
A．easier B．better C．happier D．simpler
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When my children were small, the toughest part of the day was getting to work. There were diapers(尿布), formula(奶粉), 36 of clothes to worry about for the children. There was their breakfast, and I must 37 they were clean and ready for the day. It was pretty chaotic(混乱的). I have always been one to 38 more about making sure everyone else had what they needed than to take care of myself. 39 , I had my clothing and my packed lunch set out so that I could quickly get ready and then turn my 40 back to getting the children ready.
I tried to keep my 41 pretty easy in the morning. There just wasn’t time, but that was OK as long as I kept moving. I would manage a 42 look at myself in the full-length mirror just before I 43 out the door.
Once a week we had management team 44 and it was important to be there on time and to appear relaxed and 45 . We would go around the conference table, each 46 on successes and areas of concern. When it came around to my 47 , all eyes would be on me as I had my chance to brag(自夸) on my programs and increasing 48 .
I thought I was pretty 49 at playing the role of the cool, calm, collected program manager 50 one week I arrived at one of these management team meetings and as the 51 went around the table, getting to me. There were 52 looks on the faces of the others looking at me. I started to feel a little 53 as that “ what’s going on?” 54 grew more intense. My closest colleague started doing this strange nodding thing in my direction. It was then that I 55 that I had my dress on inside-out.
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IF and WHEN often had lunch together. Their conversation always 16 on the things they hoped to achieve and they loved to talk about them.
This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN 17 IF wasn’t in a great mood（心情）. After they sat at the usual table 18 for them, WHEN asked IF, “You don’t seem your usual 19 self?” IF replied,“Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take. If only I 20 the time.”
WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, “I too saw a 21 and I’ m going to register when I get 22 money.” WHEN then questioned IF, “What about the new job you were going to apply for?” IF answered, “I would have applied, but my 23 broke down. I couldn’t type my resume(简历).”
“Don’t worry. I’ve been thinking about looking for another job also, 24 I’ll wait and when the weather gets 25 I will look then. I hate this awful weather.”
The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn’t 26 it anymore, he went to them and said, “I think I know 27 you could solve your problems.”
IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the 28 they faced, there was no way he could help! 29 , IF asked the man for advice. The man said, “Your conversation reminds me of an old 30 : IF and WHEN were planted, and nothing 31 .”
IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel 32 of living their life for the “ifs” and “whens”. Finally they came to a(n) 33 : next time they met, there would be no “ifs” or “whens”; they would 34 talk about what they had 35 !
A．cleaned B．made C．ordered D．reserved
A．sensitive B．honest C．cheerful D．clumsy
A．had B．spent C．seized D．valued
A．notice B．job C．course D．chance
A．lucky B．pocket C．enough D．paper
A．computer B．fridge C．camera D．recorder
A．or B．but C．for D．so
A．drier B．colder C．wilder D．nicer
A．changes B．expenses C．challenges D．possibilities
A．Anxiously B．Curiously C．Surprisingly D．Stubbornly
A．saying B．story C．habit D．fiction
A．rose B．grew C．removed D．remained
A．tired B．proud C．ashamed D．aware
A．ambition B．conclusion C．description D．agreement
A．even B．only C．still D．thus
A．discussed B．promised C．arranged D．accomplished
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Summer is the best time on the Island of the Blue Dolphins (海豚). The sun is warm then and the winds blow out of the west, 16 out of the south.
It was 17 these days that the ship might return and now I 18 most of my time on the rock, 19 out from the headland（水中凸起的陆地） into the east, towards the country 20 my people had gone, across the 21 that was never-ending.
Once 22 I watc
hed, I saw a small object which I took to be the ship, but a stream of water 23 from it and I knew that it was whale (鲸鱼)spouting (喷水). During those summer days I saw nothing 24 .
The first storm of winter 25 my hopes. If the white men's ship were 26 for me it would have come during the time of good 27 . Now I would have to wait 28 winter was gone, maybe longer.
The thought of being 29 on the island while so many suns rose 30 the sea and went 31 back into the sea 32 my heart with loneliness. I had not felt so 33 before because I was sure 34 the ship would return as Matasaip had said 35 
would. Now my hopes were dead.
A．totally B．already D．sometimes
A．during B．for C．after D．between
B．shared C．paid D．devoted
A．look B．to look C．looking D．looked
A．when B．where C．which
A．island B．sea C．lake D．ocean
A．since B．though C．while D．till
A．rose B．raised C．grew D．set
A．different B．ordinary C．else D．valuable
A．encouraged B．ended C．spared D．limited
A．leading B．moving D．following
A．weather B．pattern C．rain D．fog
B．as C．until D．while
A．quiet B．alone C．calm D．alive
A．of B．in C．to D．from
A．rapidly B．quickly C．slowly D．fully
A．pumped B．set C．filled D．full
B．strict C．boring D．empty
A．whether B．and C．that D．when
A．it B．he C．that D．this
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