My faith in human nature has never been so great as it was last weekend after our family get﹣together in the town of Vail.
On Saturday， we all went to the market right in the middle of the town. Near the end， we all （1） at the fountain near the bridge， and the kids waded （蹚水） around in the fountain until we（2） . This is one of the busiest walking streets. After we returned to the hotel late in the afternoon， my 7﹣year﹣old son Ponder （3） that nowhere could he find his backpack， which （4） his Gameboy and his watch. After a thorough （5） ， we determined that he must have left it at the fountain.
Ponder has never （6） anything. So we just take for granted that he needs no supervision （指导） for managing his （7） .
He was upset， not about the Gameboy， but about the watch. "But Dad，" he said， through massive （8） ， "they don't make that kind of watch anymore." We were all very （9） .
Our dinner reservation was at a restaurant just on the other side of the bridge， so I （10） him that we would not only search the area around the fountain when we went back for dinner， but we would also find the police and ask them if the backpack had been （11） .
As we exited from the parking garage， we could see the fountain as we walked down the long staircase. I saw something black （12） there， but it was right next to a woman standing by the fountain， so I could not （13） what it was or if it was hers.
"See it， Dad？" Ponder shouted. "Don't get too （14） because that may not be it，" I said. But that was it. It had been five or six hours since we left the fountain， and it was （15） there. There was no ID in it， and it looked like someone had looked through it and then set it right out where all I literally （17） when we reached it and it was his! Everyone in our party was blown away by this "miracle （奇迹）" . In my wildest （18） ， I would never have imagined that this could happen nowadays.
What a charmed life， eh？ I believe this was a perfect （19） for a child in losing something important …to lose it and feel the full （20） of that loss， and then to miraculously get it back.
（1）A．drove |
B．hiked |
C．met |
D．united |
（2）A．landed |
B．left |
C．settled |
D．slept |
（3）A．responded |
B．recognized |
C．realized |
D．recalled |
（4）A．contained |
B．combined |
C．comprised |
D．covered |
（5）A．preparation |
B．checkup |
C．revision |
D．search |
（6）A．wasted |
B．lost |
C．sought |
D．deserted |
（7）A．emotion |
B．time |
C．money |
D．stuff |
（8）A．tears |
B．fists |
C．reliefs |
D．outbreaks |
（9）A．hesitant |
B．curious |
C．sad |
D．eager |
（10）A．promised |
B．informed |
C．warned |
D．taught |
（11）A．worn out |
B．caught up |
C．put away |
D．turned in |
（12）A．hiding |
B．sitting |
C．swinging |
D．flowing |
（13）A．assess |
B．declare |
C．tell |
D．predict |
（14）A．excited |
B．puzzled |
C．relaxed |
D．amused |
（15）A．already |
B．even |
C．almost |
D．still |
（16）A．take |
B．see |
C．touch |
D．protect |
（17）A．panicked |
B．exploded |
C．collapsed |
D．cried |
（18）A．dreams |
B．claims |
C．efforts |
D．passions |
（19）A．mode |
B．lesson |
C．option |
D．plot |
（20）A．range |
B．pressure |
C．weight |
D．harvest |
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In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, ______can all be easily found on Google, but very often people
______(actual) ask these things by telephoning. Your answer may
______(reply) to with a thank-you e-mail.
This isn’t the first time that great ______(change) have taken place in our manners due to technology. In the late 1870s, when
______telephone was invented, people didn’t know how to greet a caller. Often there
______(be) just silence. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor,
______ (suggest) that people say “Ahoy”, but finally“Hello” won out,the greeting is now used
_____everyday face-to-face communications.
Try to be______ (respect) no matter who you communicate with. Just keep it in mind that
______(polite) never goes out of fashion.
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Once there lived a rich man ________ wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they
_______ (actual) deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed very large stone. Then he
______(hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not attempt ________ (remove) the stone.
___________,with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.
________ man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but nobody tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,
________ (say) to himself; “The night
_______(be)very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
The he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his _______ (strong)to move it. To his amazement, he found a bag of money under the stone.
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Tuan was a farmer in Vietnam. For decades, he had been struggling to rid his family of hunger.However, it always confused him to expand the output of his crops. This
job.
One day, when skimming through a newspaper, Tuan read comment on Yuan Longping. He underlined Yuan’s nationality and occupation, and then
(focus) on his discovery and the statistics of his research. He found the knowledge Yuan circulated very
(practice). Therefore, he made a summary and began to build up a new farming method. He planted super grain of rich nutrition and equipped
(he) to keep his crop roots free of bacteria and pests. He also enriched minerals in the soil while
(reduce) chemical fertilizers. Though it cost him more time and freedom, he was full of hope.
The next year, Tuan was sunburnt satisfied with his production very much. Thanks to YuanLongping, he not only won the battle
hunger, but he could also export his crops abroad.
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At the end of the 16th century, most of the people_____spoke English lived in England. The language did __
__ begin to be spoken in many other countries until the 17th century. Nowadays, more people speak English than ___
_____ before. However, English __
____(change) over time. The English __
__(speak) in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was based more _
__ German than the English we speak at present. Then from about AD800 and 1150, new settlers who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. They enriched __
__ English language and especially its vocabulary. ___
_ (gradual), English became less like German. In 1620 some British people moved to America and ___
__ (settle)there. Later in the 18th century some British people __
__(take) to Australia too. English began to be used in both countries.
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969，the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland，Ohio．It___（be）unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up．The river was so polluted that it__
__（actual）caught fire and burned．Now，years later，this river is one of_
___most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup．
But the river wasn't changed in a few days______even a few months．It took years of work__
__（reduce）the industrial pollution and clean the water．Finally，that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is_
___（clean）than ever．
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation．Maybe you have a habit___is driving your family crazy．Possibly you drink too much or don't know how to control your credit card use．When you face such an impossible situation，don't you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are____（amaze）stories of instant transformation，for most of us the__
__（change）are gradual and require a lot of effort and work，like cleaning up a polluted river．Just be__
__（patience）．
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