A new mother was anxious to see her newly-born baby. But she was when the baby was in her arms. The baby had been born without ears.
With time going on, it that the baby' s hearing was perfect. It was only his that was damaged. When he rushed home from school one day and himself into his mother' s arms, she sighed, that his life was to be misfortunate.
He grew up and became a with his classmates. He might have been class president, that. The boy’s s father the family physician in secret if he could do to help his son. "I believed I could on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got," the doctor answered. So the began for a person who would ears.
Two years went by. Then the father said, "You are going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need. it a s a secret," said the father. The operation was very , and a new person appeared. " But I must know!" he urged his father. " Who gave me _? I could never do enough for him. " "I do not believe you could. " said the father.
The secret was for years till he stood with his father over his mother' s coffin. Slowly and , his father raised his mother' s thick brown hair to that his mother had no outer ears. "Mother said she was she never let her hair be cut," he whispered gently . "and nobody ever thought she was less did they?"
A．angiy B．confused C．astonished D．curious
A．turned out B．turned over C．took out D．took over
A．figure B．face C．ear D．appearance
A．threw B．got C．sent D．took
A．persuading B．knowing C．doubting D．wondering
A．enemy B．favorite C．stranger D．friend
A．ever since B．even if C．but for D．as for
A．asked B．advised C．ordered D．convinced
A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
A．transplant B．operate C．set D．fix
A．operation B．interview C．search D．examination
A．donate B．operate C．treat D．recover
A．So B．And C．But D．Or
A．normal B．useful C．difficult D．successful
A．so much B．so many C．too much D．too many
A．discussed B．hidden C．spread D．kept
A．desperately B．tenderly C．sadly D．excitedly
A．know B．find C．show D．notice
A．guilty B．glad C．worried D．regretful
A．beautiful B．ugly C．careful D．Fashionable
There are many different ways ofseeing a town for the firsttime. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book hand. Ofcourse, we may with our guide-books the history and developments of a town and get to know them. then, if wetake our time and in a town for a while, we may get to knowit better. When we it as a whole, we begin to have some ，which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is thetown just this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do itsstreets in this particular way, and not in any way?
Here even the best guide-book us. One can't find in itthe information about how a town has developed to the appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的） of atown. However, one may get some idea of what it look likeby walking around the town. One can also imagine the townwas first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in whatdirection the town to develop.
What is the of studying towns in this way? For me, it is that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one's own eyes. A visit to a town may helpone better understand why it is attractive just reading it in aguide-book.
A．in B．at C．by D．on
A．write B．study C．tell D．remember
A．strange B．similar C．separate D．special
A．But B．Before C．Since D．Until
A．march B．work C．stay D．wait
A．look at B．look after C．look for D．look up
A．ideas B．opinions C．feelings D．questions
A．of B．for C．like D．as
A．open B．run C．begin D．move
A．one B．more C．other D．such
A．helps B．tricks C．fails D．satisfies
A．old B．normal C．first D．present
A．capital B．meaning C．design D．change
A．used to B．seemed to C．had to D．happened to
A．what B．how C．when D．where
A．stops B．appears C．starts D．continues
A．point B．view C．problem D．difficulty
A．nearly B．simply C．generally D．hardly
A．costly B．formal C．group D．personal
A．from B．than C．through D．with
Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standardphrases for greeting people, but as an American, I always found myself to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at thedoor. Just a goodbye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like aJapanese and searching madly for words that would over thevisitor's leaving and make them feel they would be to comeagain. In my unease, I often hid behind the shirts of my Chinesehusband's kindness.
Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrasesthat relationships and sent people off not only successfullybut also skillfully.
for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitualpractice. Although as a ，I'm not expected to observe or evenknow all the rules, I've had to learn the expressions of politenessand at a leaving-taking.
The Chinese feel they see a guest off to the farthestpossible point— down the flight of stairs to the street below or per-haps all the way to the bus stop. I've sometimes waited halfan hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, he's gone to the bus stop and wailed for the bus to arrive.
That's very well, but when I'm the guest being seen off, my pro-tests are always . My hostess or host, or both, insists on me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating " Don't to see me off at the every landing " . If I try to go fast to them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable.
Besides, that's going against Chinese ，because haste(doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you someone? Not " Farewell or Godspeed(祝福)" ， " Goslowly " . To the Chinese it means " Take care " or " Watch your " ，or some such caution(谨慎），but translated literally(字面意思）it means " Go slowly. "
A．easy B．difficult C．unable D．effective
A．useful B．terrible C．priceless D．proper
A．smooth B．talk C．calm D．take
A．speeded B．broke C．destroyed D．eased
A．Parting B．Leaving C．Separating D．Interviewing
A．wife B．guest C．hostess D．foreigner
A．protest B．refuse C．explain D．state
A．can B．will C．may D．must
A．farthest B．nearest C．easiest D．shortest
A．although B．unless C．if D．since
A．fastest B．first C．next D．last
A．effective B．unnecessary C．useless D．troublesome
A．leading B．seeing C．inviting D．pushing
A．trouble B．have C．decide D．walk
A．protect B．keep C．discourage D．dismiss
A．rule B．custom C．design D．opinion
A．meet with B．talk with C．part from D．call on
A．and B．or C．but D．even
A．foot B．health C．shoe D．step
I work as a volunteer(志愿者）for an organization that helpsthe poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to him.
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and . For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried thetrip was too for a 17-year-old boy. Then, on day three, as wewere over high rocky mountains, he turned to me andgrinned(咧嘴笑），" Pretty hard. "
After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearinga dress several sizes large and broken shoes, followed Barrettaroimd, mesmerized(着迷). He couldn't stop . Later he said ，" I wish I could speak French. " I was —this from aboy who hated and French classes throughout school.
Usually silent, he Gaby, our host, and kept askingquestions about the country and its people. He blossomed (活拨起来).
，the moment that really took breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was a womanvillager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figurebut strong in . Through determination, she had learned toread and write, and to become part of the leadership of the .
Learning her story, Barrett was as as I by this tinywoman's achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a oflove and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work.
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay as avolunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This achieved all I'dexpected. Soon he will celebrate his 18th birthday. He'll be a man.
A．comfort B．please C．attract D．educate
A．rough B．dangerous C．troublesome D．violent
A．little B．much C．fast D．slow
A．moving B．running C．climbing D．looking
A．too B．very C．even D．so
A．joking B．crying C．shouting D．smiling
A．patiently B．regretfully C．lightly D．cheerfully
A．ashamed B．disappointed C．determined D．surprised
A．took up B．went in for C．fought against D．called off
A．befriended B．disregarded C．avoided D．recognized
A．Thus B．Even C．Meanwhile D．However
A．my B．his C．our D．her
A．asking B．interviewing C．arranging D．describing
A．brain B．wish C．will D．health
A．appeared B．struggled C．hesitated D．failed
A．village B．city C．organization D．state
A．pleased B．bored C．puzzled D．touched
A．combination B．Composition C．connection D．satisfaction
A．in B．behind C．out D．away
A．interview B．flight C．article D．trip
On Sunday I had my own Father's Day celebration. Suddenly I about my dad a lot. My dad is absolutely the man in the world. He would refuse to help anyone in trouble.
Every Thursday night, my dad would Shreveport, LA to a church there. I always drove the car for him.
this happened many times, I recall(回想起）one incident on one of those trips to Shreveport. That time on the ，my dad saw a hitchhiker(搭便车的人）. He asked me to pull the car over and offer him a . Dad asked him his name and ad-dress, told him ours, and talked to him about all sorts of things.
At first the hitchhiker was hesitant (迟疑的），but he changed his as he could tell we were really listening to him. I did know that it was quite outside and the hitchhiker was very happy to be able to get a lift in our warm car.
We another forty-five minutes and learned that the hitchhiker was many difficulties in life. Dad told him to keep his head up and said that would become better for him soon. He reached into his pocket and the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill, leaving only a ten-dollar bill for himself. The hitchhiker then became very
I was always told never to a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every time he saw one. Dad always gave them money he did not have very much of his own.
From that I've learned a lot about my dad and . I've learned that if you come from a place with ，you will show a lot of kindness to people who are . Just one single kind act may someone's life.
A．learnt B．talked C．thought D．worried
A．kindest B．cleverest C．funniest D．bravest
A．sometimes B．never C．often D．ever
A．head for B．drive to C．come from D．stay in
A．Because B．So C．Unless D．Although
A．field B．way C．job D．side
A．dinner B．sign C．ride D．chance
A．attitude B．trip C．route D．plan
A．dark B．cold C．sunny D．windy
A．walked B．escaped C．drove D．flew
A．facing B．forgetting C．understanding D．causing
A．habits B．choices C．ideas D．things
A．returned B．handed C．paid D．charged
A．sad B．angry C．nervous D．grateful
A．look at B．laugh at C．listen to D．pick up
A．as soon as B．except that C．even if D．as if
A．business B．Life C．entertainment D．adventure
A．laughter B．success C．complaint D．love
A．destroy B．change C．risk D．share
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scot-land. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist ( 打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of her disability.
“Early on I decided not to allow the of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never me.
“My was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can the pitch of a note (音调高低）by the vibrations (振动）I feel through my body and through my . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every that I have.
" I was to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in Lon-don. No other deaf student had this before and some teachers my admission. Based on my performance, I was (14) admitted and went on to with the academy's highest honors. "
“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I (16) and arranged a lot of musical compositions since had been written specially for solo percussionists.
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn't that my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be by others. Follow your passion ； follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go. "
A．conditions B．Opinions C．actions D．recommendations
A．enjoying B．choosing C．taking D．giving
A．sight B．hearing C．touch D．taste
A．evidence B．result C．excuse D．cause
A．left B．Excited C．accompanied D．disappointed
A．purpose B．decision C．promise D．goal
A．turned B．learned C．used D．ought
A．tell B．see C．hear D．smell
A．Carefulness B．movement C．imagination D．experience
A．sense B．effort C．feeling D．idea
A．dissatisfied B．astonished C．determined D．discouraged
A．done B．accepted C．advised D．admitted
A．supported B．followed C．required D．opposed
A．usually B．finally C．possibly D．hopefully
A．study B．research C．graduate D．progress
A．wrote B．translated C．copied D．read
A．enough B．some C．many D．few
A．However B．Although C．When D．Since
A．mean B．seem C．conclude D．say
A．directed B．guided C．taught D．Limited
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