I came to Shawshank when I was just twenty，and I am one of the few people in the ______ who is willing to admit what he did．I ______ murder．I put a large insurance policy on my wife，who was three years older than I was，and then I fixed the brakes of the car her father had given us ______ a wedding present． It worked out ______ as I had planned， ______that I hadn’t planned on her stopping to pick up the neighbour woman and the woman’s son on the way down Castle Hill and into town．The brakes let go and the car crashed through the bushes，_____ speed．Bystanders said it must have been doing fifty or better when it hit the base of the Civil War statue in the town and burst into ______．
I ______ hadn’t planned on getting caught．My state has no death penalty，but I was tried for all three ______ and given three life sentences，to run one after the other．That fixed up any ______ of parole(假释)I might have，for a long，long time．The judge ______ what I had done‘an extremely evil crime’, and it was ,but it is also in the past now．
Have I ______ myself，you ask? I don’t know what that word means，at least as far as prisons and corrections go．I think it’s a politician’s word．It may have some other ______，and it may be that I will have a chance to find out，but that is the ______．．．
I was young，good—looking，and from the ______ side of town．I met a pretty，headstrong girl who lived in one of the fine old houses on Carbine Street．She got pregnant later．Her father was agreeable to the ______ if I would take a job in the company he owned and _____ my way up．I found out that what he really had in mind was keeping me in his house and under his thumb，like a disagreeable ______ that has not quite been housebroken and which may bite．Enough hate ____54__ piled up to cause me to do what I did．
______ a second chance I would not do it again，but I'm not sure that means I am transformed．
A．prison B．town C．city D．situation
A．attempted B．committed C．made D．admitted
A．for B．with C．over D．as
A．eventually B．roughly C．exactly D．especially
A．besides B．except C．beside D．despite
A．reducing B．building C．gathering D．rising
A．flames B．crying C．laughter D．ruins
A．even B．ever C．therefore D．also
A．murderers B．deaths C．persons D．crimes
A．chance B．choice C．case D．ability
A．assumed B．regarded C．ensured D．called
A．transformed B．skipped C．enjoyed D．resigned
A．responsibility B．aspect C．meaning D．occasion
A．case B．future C．problem D．dream
A．rich B．other C．poor D．wealthy
A．marriage B．relationship C．ownership D．engagement
A．wind B．come C．work D．walk
A．animal B．dog C．cat D．pet
A．occasionally B．eventually C．permanently D．cautiously
A．Given B．Considering C．Having D．Assuming
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be .
Today things are , the world has become too . We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are our environment with dangerous chemicals . If we continue to do this, human life on the earth survive.
Everyone today that if too many fishes are taken from the sea, there will soon be left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fishes are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, will disappear and nothing will grow on the earth. Yet we to use bigger and more machines to cut down more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, fish will die. , in most countries wastes are put into rivers or into the sea, and there are laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough . What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less , there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will longer if we learn to recycle them.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth .
Finally, if we educate people to think about all the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner in the future.
A．beautiful B．endless C．unusual D．valuable
A．common B．the same C．changeable D．different
A．crowded B．small C．dirty D．busy
A．protecting B．saving C．polluting D．fighting
A．must not B．will not C．shall not D．could not
A．wonders B．realizes C．considers D．discovers
A．nothing B．anything C．none D．something
A．mountains B．the sea C．animals D．forests
A．continue B．have C．ought D．go onto
A．friendly B．absolute C．comfortable D．powerful
A．Thus B．However C．Generally D．Therefore
A．still B．even C．also D．certainly
A．many B．much C．little D．few
A．production B．pollution C．population D．development
A．rooms B．vegetables C．food D．places
A．fruit B．meat C．fish D．grain
A．feeds B．increases C．supplies D．helps
A．use B．stay C．keep D．last
A．control B．born C．plan D．pay
A．nature B．sea C．planet D．forest
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town claiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered，and they all admired his heart for it was . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s . It was full of scars, it had places pieces had been removed and other pieces in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ your heart with mine, I think mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every represents a person I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they me a piece of their heart that fits into the place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart , and the other person hasn’t returned a of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love i a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
A．ugly B．perfect C．good D．Hurt
A．mine B．his C．theirs D．ours
A．coat B．appearance C．face D．heart
A．that B．which C．where D．whose
A．cut B．set C．put D．brought
A．smooth B．rough C．broken D．pretty
A．Comparing B．Communicating C．Contributing D．Cooperating
A．looks B．seems C．is D．fits
A．one B．heart C．piece D．scar
A．on whom B．in whom C．with whom D．to whom
A．take B．give C．lend D．pass
A．empty B．full C．original D．first
A．had B．gave C．shared D．owned
A．in B．away C．off D．up
A．lot B．sheet C．piece D．pile
A．making B．taking C．keeping D．bringing
A．last B．cut C．come D．stay
A．carried away B．reached into C．took out D．brought up
A．offered B．took C．passed D．served
A．fit B．hit C．beat D．set
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One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to a great climbing plant that had grown a roof beam（房梁），so that we could repair the roof and the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then something among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet（手镯）. He ran into the house to me.
“You won’t believe that the blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we to feed on,” he said,“but they also want their children to in a cradle（摇摆）of gold!”
When my daughter came over on the eve of the ,we told her about this occurrence.
“Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”
As the bracelet no longer its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.
In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized（受洗礼）.Among the the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like . I hope that if my grandson loses it, one of the that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.
A．remove B．cover C．grow D．water
A．beyond B．over C．across D．through
A．build B．paint C．rescue D．print
A．nest B．baby C．body D．egg
A．moved B．got C．picked D．noticed
A．nice B．colorful C．shiny D．special
A．horror B．surprise C．delight D．disappointment
A．ask B．tell C．show D．give
A．working B．cheating C．dreaming D．thieving
A．buy B．plant C．store D．collect
A．lie B．sing C．listen D．wait
A．party B．Christmas C．birthday D．wedding
A．important B．strange C．terrible D．funny
A．cry B．sigh C．laugh D．sound
A．hid B．threw C．lost D．broke
A．fitted B．satisfied C．matched D．interested
A．jewels B．toys C．clothes D．presents
A．attractive B．new C．modern D．golden
A．almost B．just C．even D．ever
A．blackbirds B．grandchildren C．neighbors D．mice
I was very shy when I was little. One day in class, my teacher asked me a . I didn’t know the answer to it. Then I said something that sounded very to my classmates. They all laughed. From that day on, I always to be quiet in class.
When I was thirteen years old, my family moved to a city, so I went to a new school. On the first day, my dad and I our house late. When I arrived at the school, the class had begun. I walked in and found the entire class was me. This frightened me. For the next couple of classes I just sat .
Mrs Smith, a kind-hearted teacher in my new class, noticed I was quiet. She decided to me. The next day in her class, she handed out a piece of to everyone. What I saw on the paper made my heart beat ; it was an activity where you had to people if they had or did any of those things listed on the paper. This meant that I had to talk to those strangers I wanted to finish it. At first, I just stood there not what to do, but then I thought, “What if I actually tried to to people? Then maybe I would make some at this school.” I encouraged myself and finally talking with other students. Sure enough, those “strangers” turned out to be really and helpful. They invited me to with them after class. These people are my friends today. We often hang out together.
If you’re just like I used to be, don’t be afraid to talk to others. They can be very nice and may become your friends.
A．suggestion B．favor C．secret D．question
A．boring B．strange C．funny D．fancy
A．wanted B．started C．chose D．dreamed
A．beautiful B．new C．good D．small
A．left B．came C．found D．rebuilt
A．looking at B．looking for C．laughing at D．shouting at
A．quietly B．nervously C．happily D．straight
A．forget B．attract C．surprise D．help
A．plastic B．paper C．cake D．rubber
A．better B．slower C．faster D．later
A．explain B．show C．tell D．ask
A．though B．if C．unless D．so
A．knowing B．thinking C．studying D．noticing
A．lie B．talk C．run D．walk
A．plans B．differences C．friends D．changes
A．finished B．enjoyed C．continued D．started
A．naughty B．brave C．nice D．clever
A．live B．play C．fight D．study
A．also B．never C．hardly D．still
A．shy B．calm C．active D．selfish
After finishing college, Taylor became a teacher in a middle school. His favorite subject was , because his hobby was traveling.
Taylor liked children, and was always ready to have a(n) with them, so they learned a lot from him at the same time having fun.
One September, at the beginning of the term, he was having his first in a new class. To , he decided to ask them some simple questions he could see how much they had already known. He found some of the students had that he enjoyed telling jokes, and they were ready to have some fun with him.
"Where is Turkey?" was the first question.
"Turkey? Sir," a boy answered, "you'll find it on the dinner table every December."
"Very , and it isn't a wrong answer," said Taylor with a smile, while the class laughter.
"Do you really know where it is?"
The boy , in fact, know. "Part of it is in Southeast Europe and part of it is in Asia, sir," he said.
"Good!" said Taylor. The next few students also had funny answers Taylor's questions.
Taylor knew that there was a girl in the class who was and always got the highest mark in the exams, so he turned to her and asked her, "What is the ?"
"It's an imaginary line drawn the earth that has an equal distance from the North Pole and from the South Pole, sir," the girl answered at once.
"Good!" Taylor said, "Very good." But he thought perhaps she had it by heart, so he asked her another question to whether he was right or not.
"Do you really know what that ?" he asked. "Could you, for example, tie a knot (结) in the equator?"
The class laughed, but she answered, "Yes, sir."
"Oh, really?" said Taylor, still with a smile.
"Yes, sir," the girl said, "as the equator is not a(n) line, you could tie an imaginary knot in it."
This time, Taylor happily in the students' loud laughter.
A．politics B．geography C．physics D．history
A．fight B．argue C．fun D．trip
A．while B．but C．with D．without
A．exam B．meeting C．speech D．lesson
A．calm down B．learn from C．start with D．end with
A．even though B．as if C．so that D．now that
A．seen B．heard C．considered D．recognized
A．Christmas B．Valentine's Day C．Children's Day D．Father's Day
A．silly B．right C．wrong D．funny
A．cried out B．burst into C．talked into D．shouted at
A．might B．could C．did D．had
A．for B．to C．of D．with
A．lucky B．silly C．clever D．open-minded
A．moon B．equator C．earth D．line
A．between B．from C．around D．through
A．held B．put C．kept D．learned
A．see B．realize C．know D．look
A．is B．means C．talks D．tells
A．imaginary B．real C．long D．fake
A．joined B．attended C．turned D．stayed
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