An old man sat on a train. He just went to visit and he was going back to his hometown.
He was looking at the new shoes and he was very happy his son bought the shoes for him. , one of the shoes fell out of the window of the train . The people around him all thought it was a pity (遗憾). So the people on the train all said to him. “Don’ ! It’s only one shoe; you still have the other shoe.” But their surprise, the old man the other shoe out of the window. A woman next to him asked him, “ Why did you do that? It’s new.”
The old man said with a smile(面带微笑), “ Only one shoe is no for me. But if some people find that of shoes, they can them happily!” The people around him smiled and understood why the old man threw the other shoe out of the window.
A. his son B. his shoes C. his friend
A.at B. because C. since
A.Suddenly(突然) B.however C. Luckily
A. by accident(偶然地; 无意中) B. by the way C. by mistake(错误地)
A. smile B. worry C. threw
A. for B. as C.to
A.took B. flew C. threw
A.help B. good C. use
A.set B. pair C.piece
A.throw B.wear C.see
I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was really inspiring. The class was asked to go out and smile at three people.
I am a very 1 person and thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s. We were standing in line, waiting to be 2 , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to 3 away, and then even my husband did.
As I turned around I 4 a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor 5 men. As I looked down at the short gentleman, he was “ 6 ”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he searched for 7 . He said, “Good day” as he counted the few coins he had been 8 .
The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all Miss” because that was all they could 9 . He just wanted to be warm.
Then I really 10 it—the compulsion（冲动）was so great that I almost reached out and hugged the little man with the blue eyes.
That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging(判断) my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a 11 tray（托盘）.
I then walked around the corner to the 12 that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s 13 hand. He looked up at me, with 14 in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”
I 15 with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: acceptance without condition.
A．friendly B．healthy C．proud D．willing
A．treated B．served C．welcomed D．greeted
A．give B．put C．move D．throw
A．sounded B．tasted C．felt D．smelled
A．happy B．careless C．homeless D．pleasant
A．smiling B．crying C．thinking D．nodding
A．help B．acceptance C．money D．pocket
A．saving B．hoping C．holding D．counting
A．save B．share C．afford D．drink
A．felt B．made C．got D．took
A．different B．clean C．expensive D．clean
A．corner B．door C．kitchen D．table
A．warm B．clean C．dirty D．cold
A．fear B．tears C．hope D．desire
A．began B．met C．graduated D．filled
One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students about how to manage time. He gave such an interesting example that his students would never 1 .
He put a wide-mouth jar (罐子) on the table. Then he 2 some rocks and carefully placed them into the jar, one at a time. When 3 rocks would fit inside, he 4 , “Is this jar full?”
Everyone in class shouted, “Yes.” “Really?” The teacher pulled out a bag of small stones. He put 5 small stones in and shook the jar. The small stones went 6 into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group 7 , “Is this jar full?”
“Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!” the teacher replied. He brought out a box of sand and 8 some sand into the jar and it went between the rocks and small stones. Again he asked the 9 question, “Is this jar full?
“No,” the class shouted. Once more the teacher said, “Good.” He poured a cup of water into the jar 10 it was full. The he asked, “What is the point here?” One student 11 his hand and said, “The point is that if you try really hard, you can 12 put more things in.”
“No,” the teacher replied, “that’s not the 13 . What I want to tell you is that if you don’t put the big rocks in first, you will never get others in at all. 14 are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? Time with your friends, your education or your dreams? Remember to put the 15 in first, or you’ll never get others in at all.?”
A．remember B．like C．forget D．think
A．handed in B．took out C．gave away D．put away
A．no more B．not more C．no many D．not many
A．answered B．read C．asked D．said
A．no B．few C．any D．some
A．up B．out C．down D．away
A．no more B．again C．a third time D．a fourth time
A．sent B．put C．bought D．collected
A．same B．different C．difficult D．common
A．since B．till C．while D．because
A．offered B．placed C．raised D．shook
A．always B．already C．never D．hardly
A．point B．example C．promise D．story
A．When B．What C．Who D．Why
A．sand B．small stones C．big rocks D．water
A boy carefully took his blind father to a seat in a noodle restaurant.
He called 1 for two bowls of beef noodles. When the restaurant owner was going to 2 the food, the boy suddenly whispered to him,“Only one bowl with 3 , the other without ---just plain noodles.”
In fact, the boy had a light purse and couldn’t afford 4 bowls of beef noodles. He called loudly just to let his 5 know.
When the noodles were sent to them, the father wasn’t in a hurry. He used his chopsticks to search in his bowls, trying to 6 a piece of beef. As soon as he succeeded in finding one, he picked it out 7 put it into his son’s bowl, saying kindly, “Eat some more. Have enough 8 so that you can study well.”
The boy accepted silently(默默地) and then quietly put the beef 9 to his father’s bowl.
When the restaurant owner saw this, he was 10 , then he asked a waiter to bring 11 some dishes from the kitchen. The boy thought 12 the waiter took the dishes to a wrong table, but the owner came up explaining with a smile, “Today is my restaurant’s anniversary(周年庆). The dishes are 13 .”
After the father and son left, the waiter 14 the bowls from the table and found some coins 15 one of them. The sum is just the price of the dishes.
A．quickly B．slowly C．loudly D．quietly
A．ask B．prepare C．eat D．heat
A．pork B．chicken C．beef D．fish
A．five B．two C．three D．four
A．mother B．father C．friend D．waiter
A．look B．listen C．find D．see
A．so B．but C．or D．and
A．money B．book C．food D．work
A．back B．up C．down D．off
A．angry B．afraid C．moved D．nervous
A．us B．him C．her D．them
A．who B．that C．where D．how
A．free B．cheap C．expensive D．best
A．found B．cleaned C．finished D．came
A．out B．in C．on D．under
Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of __1__ through which I learned __2__ from his experiences. He always told me, “ You __3__ have goals (目标) like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both __4__, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very _5__. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to _6__ with my father and to be in deep thought __7__ develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me _8__ I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the bird’s singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my __9__. I wanted to __10_ climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it __11__ reaching the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his __12__. But later after that, I __13__ know the meaning of hope in life. I found __14__ standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as _15_ as crystal.
A．conversations B．emotions C．conclusions D．expressions
A．classes B．tests C．lessons D．news
A．can B．may C．would D．should
A．spent B．enjoyed C．hoped D．kept
A．busy B．lazy C．weak D．free
A．play B．work C．talk D．study
A．as much as B．as soon as C．as long as D．as well as
A．though B．because C．and D．but
A．legs B．ears C．eyes D．fingers
A．put up B．take up C．get up D．give up
A．after B．when C．before D．since
A．stories B．words C．pictures D．lessons
A．wanted to B．tried to C．got to D．hoped to
A．myself B．himself C．yourself D．ourselves
A．blue B．white C．clean D．clear
Betty and Lingling are talking about the future. “What will our life 1 in the future?”
asks Betty. “I don’t know,” says Lingling. “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting 2 .” “We will 3 go to school. We 4 our lessons on the Internet. When we have problems(难题), . The teacher will 5 us the answers on the Internet.
“Now almost everyone 6 a mobile phone ,but_ 7 twenty years everyone will carry apocket computer.” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea.” “Machines will do lots of 8 _, and so people will have more 9 .” “ We will have some rice, vegetables and fruit for meals every day. We will not get any meat to eat because there will be 10 animals. “
“ Oh , our way of life in the future will change a lot.”
A．be like B．be C．look like D．like
A．guess B．guessing C．guesses D．to guess
A．often B．never C．usually D．always
A．will think B．will bring C．will learn D．will help
A．take B．give C．talk D．drive
A．have B．has C．is D．are
A．On B．In C．At D．Of
A．job B．work C．works D．working
A．busy time B．busy times C．free times D．free time
A．few B．many C．much D．some
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