not be the wisest person on this planet. but I will tell you a little to happiness: Help others and live life. It is that simple. Just help a friend study for a test, or at a nursing home . I learned this after a long, hard search.
I was feeling really because my friend had died. Then I started a six week work at a nursing home all day every Saturday for free. My routine was to the meal and clean up. After that, I wait for the head nurse to tell me what to do.
One day I was told to go to Room 117 to make sure the patient was all right. In the room I found a boy of eight in his bed watching a movie. I was to see a child in this seemingly forgotten nursing home for the aged. He was so small and weak that you had to look closely to find him. He motioned for me to sit down. I grabbed his medical chart from which later I found out he had a terminal illness.
We started to talk, and I found out that his family visited, and all he did every day was watch TV. I wanted to cry for him, and for my lost friend. As we talked, he had a smile on his face, and I asked him why.
"The entire two hours I've been here you've never lost that smile. this horrible disease, how do you still to stay happy?"
He thought for a while, and then said that too many people are dead even before they stop .They walk around feeling that God has cursed (诅咒) them and that they have to live for.
The boy said that he would not be like that. He wakes every morning to see another sunrise. He keeps his window open so that he can the flowers and feelthe heat of the sun. He also said that he has hope.
"Too many people haven't seen much of is around here," he said," Life is full of hope and we need to live life it is gone. "
I don’t know what happened to him. I assume he , but his lesson lives on. I now wake up and live each day to the . The key to life is not money or fame, but the lessons we learn from it.
A．might B．could C．must D．would
A．secret B．response C．access D．answer
A．volunteer B．stay C．call D．employ
A．up B．off C．down D．out
A．cook B．prepare C．serve D．make
A．should B．could C．might D．would
A．laying B．seated C．sit D．lain
A．pleased B．surprised C．delighted D．interested
A．asked B．looked C．meant D．offered
A．usually B．regularly C．rarely D．occasionally
A．To B．As C．For D．With
A．hope B．try C．succeed D．manage
A．breathing B．working C．thinking D．loving
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．thankful B．delightful C．wonderful D．careful
A．feel B．smell C．taste D．look
A．that B．which C．what D．who
A．before B．after C．as D．while
A．broke away B．passed away C．took away D．gave away
A．biggest B．deepest C．widest D．fullest
My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the . Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to if there was any sign of it on our end.
The always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be . We talked about our family, such as parents, our kids and . Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spend together in our childhood.
By Christmas Eve we finally had to the fact that the package was lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I the door, a man was standing there.
“I this is yours.” he said, holding a package. Just then I that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “ I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this stranger for taking so much trouble to this gift to us on Christmas Day, and thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.
The real gift that holiday season was the new to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!
A．booked B．decorated C．listed D．mailed
A．appointment B．deadline C．holiday D．party
A．year B．morning C．week D．month
A．pick out B．take out C．figure out D．find out
A．complaint B．conversation C．discussion D．quarrel
A．chatting B．arguing C．kidding D．scolding
A．gifts B．secrets C．husbands D．clothing
A．food B．time C．achievement D．money
A．consider B．ignore C．accept D．study
A．hardly B．simply C．mostly D．suddenly
A．restaurant B．office C．house D．class
A．terrible B．outstanding C．big D．missing
A．opened B．locked C．left D．watched
A．understand B．forget C．know D．believe
A．expected B．dreamed C．realized D．remembered
A．because B．but C．or D．so
A．generous B．honest C．polite D．kind
A．show B．present C．return D．offer
A．silently B．carefully C．gently D．actually
A．combination B．guide C．recognition D．closeness
Every one of us, rich or poor, should at least have one or two good friends. I learned that a true friend is the most important in my life after I had gone so many terrible things. I felt upset when I was told that I would have to the company. As I had a very big family to and was in great need of money, what I was about was how to find another new job. In order to this problem, I rushed from place to place like crazy. I read almost all the newspapers and almost all the telephone numbers in the newspaper in my notebook and tried to call almost all the companies that needed new . Not until I found a job in a small town near Townsville had I down. My new boss, Mr. Johnson, was one of my good friends since primary school. “Why didn’t you me until now? Was it to do that ? Explain to me the reason,” he said, me a cup of hot coffee. Both of us were overjoyed to see each other and we the whole afternoon talking about things and persons that we at school. John asked me to give him some advice about to enlarge his present business and he was entirely happy about my . To my great surprise, he offered me a which didn’t need much experience because I was not with this field but the pay l got was much more than . The moment I saw my , the sum of money given by the company, I cried for the first time — that was the first time for me to do so since I grew up.
A．for B．over C．around D．through
A．operate B．desert C．choose D．leave
A．care B．support C．protect D．love
A．particular B．curious C．excited D．concerned
A．solve B．analyze C．explain D．raise
A．took down B．turned down C．looked for D．stood for
A．advertisements B．surveys C．reports D．comments
A．customers B．bosses C．clerks D．applicants
A．broken B．calmed C．sunk D．slowed
A．contact B．trust C．overlook D．find
A．desperate B．significant C．worthy D．harmful
A．awarding B．sharing C．handing D．showing
A．saved B．wasted C．spared D．spent
A．discussed B．debated C．remembered D．imagined
A．what B．how C．which D．when
A． ability B．suggestions C．interests D．courage
A．fortune B．chance C．position D．service
A．popular B．content C．patient D．familiar
A．offered B．required C．needed D．expected
A．salary B．share C．fund D．tip
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a dark, wet November morning. It seemed like it would take a million years to get to summer again. I thought bears have got it right - what a idea to sleep through the worst part of the year and wake up when spring comes!
“Want some words of encouragement?” a co-worker, seeing my mood, kindly . “You don’t think they would you up?”
“ Today ? No.” I shook my head.
“I used to think so too,” he said, “ I realized the effect my words had on a certain person. Well, it was someone I knew pretty well. I have to say I him rather badly.”
“ You ? you are always so positive! How did you do that?”
“I told him I did not like anything about him, really. I told him I did not like his name. In fact, it wasn’t only what I said. I also did pretty bad things to him. When he was hungry, I did not give him the chance to eat food. When he felt like doing something fun, I said to him that having fun was not worthwhile. And worst of all, when he was sick and needed , I did not care. I told him to get up and get to work. And when he did, I never told him he did good work. I was so ashamed him,” he said. “that I wanted to him, but couldn’t.”
“But that was !”
He nodded. “Then one day it all . I stood there in front of the bathroom mirror in the morning. I saw the dark circles under his eyes. I saw the excess weight. I saw the long hair that needed . And I saw the eyes that once had looked at the world . Now they were so sad and tired. And there and then I realized he better. So I told the man I had disliked for so many years that he was a good person .”
My dropped. I looked at him, full of positive energy, in good shape, always ready to others.
“Wow...”
He looked at me. “So how about having a little conversation with the bathroom mirror? The person in there has the greatest effect on you!”
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In a food store I heard a woman say her foot was hurting and that she was going to call a cab. When walking back home, I saw her outside the store, probably for a cab.
I asked her where she was going. She told me a place which was actually on the to the craft store I’d be to. So I asked her to the cab and I’d give her a ride. To my , she said okay without . I wonder if I’d have been so if a stranger made me the same offer!
Where she was going was on the way to where I was going. It was such a interaction. But there was more!
When I had what I went for and was waiting at the checkout, the woman behind me said she had a coupon（优惠券）for 50% off any in the store. She gave it to me because she had a（n） one! I thanked her and gave her a card.
They say “what goes around comes around”, but sometimes it is hard to see how that as there is often a “manifestation（显现）delay”. Each action a ripple （涟漪）that eventually back to us, but sometimes it is much so we forget their connection.
Today the causes and effects have appeared in a linkable manner in . I’m also opening myself to receiving gifts, now or in the future. I can learn so much from others as to how they are to receive gifts in a way I might not have been if the same.
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I had heard about the benefits of gratitude(感恩). What was less clear was what to do. Hoping for _ , I called Robert Emmons. He was _ at the University of California. “Be _ ,” he said , “and soon you’ll know the benefits.”
He _ that I should pay a gratitude visit“ _ a person who has made a great difference to your life and whom you have _ thanked. Write a letter to him or her that expresses your thanks, and they read it aloud face to face.” Emmons told me. “It is very moving for the _ and the receiver. Be prepared for _ .”
I _ thought of Miss Riggi, my eighth-grade English teacher. She was the first one to open my __ to Hemingway, Faulkner, and some other great writers. She was the first to __ me to write. I made some quick calls and found she was still teaching in the same school. At once I __ plane tickets to my hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Miss Riggi was shorter than I __ . After a hug and a small __ , we sat down. I took a deep breath and read my letter to her.” I want to thank you in person for the effect you have had on my _ ,” I began . “Nearly 30 years ago, you introduced me to the wonders of the _ words…” I felt like I was speaking _ generations of students when I was reading to Miss Riggi, ”Time passes quickly. Memories blur(变得模糊不清)and fade, _ I am sure I will never forget the excitement of arriving each day at your class.”
Professor Emmons was _ about the tears. They did come, for both of us. My feeling of peace and joy _ long after I returned home.
A．stories B．tips C．thanks D．examples
A．teaching B．traveling C．searching D．studying
A．happy B．careful C．interested D．thankful
A．suggested B．shouted C．doubted D．lied
A．Look at B．think of C．Cheer up D．Look through
A．Always B．also C．already D．never
A．stranger B．designer C．giver D．lender
A．hopes B．questions C．pains D．tears
A．hopefully B．luckily C．immediately D．strangely
A．eyes B．mouth C．nose D．head
A．serve B．encourage C．refuse D．force
A．received B．booked C．gave D．changed
A．wanted B．understood C．remembered D．described
A．talk B．decision C．discussion D．praise
A．work B．class C．life D．family
A．spoken B．written C．lost D．forgotten
A．for B．to C．with D．at
A．as B．so C．but D．if
A．fine B．worried C．proud D．right
A．helped B．stopped C．moved D．Remained
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后给出的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入文中空白处的最佳选项。
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. _______ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed________. I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls _______ their souls belonged to the ________.
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ________ in front of it. "I'm Steve", he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. "I can't talk with you. I'm ________ ", he said. He was chatting online and, ________, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was _______.
Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried _______ to speak to that computer geek(怪人), ________ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was ________. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, "_______!"
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I _______, and saw nobody showed any interest.
_______, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more ________ having a relationship with the _______, particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to ________ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines _______ with people.
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even ________ that the coffee was cold, ________ Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him.
A．Before B．Since C．Although D．While
A．pain B．loneliness C．sadness D．fear
A．because B．when C．until D．unless
A．home B．world C．net D．cafe
A．sleeping B．laughing C．sitting D．learning
A．busy B．thirsty C．tired D．sick
A．first of all B．just then C．at the same time D．by that time
A．surprised B．delighted C．moved D．frightened
A．once B．again C．first D．even
A．but B．so C．if D．or
A．excited B．respected C．afraid D．unhappy
A．Shut up B．Enjoy yourself C．Leave me alone D．Help me out
A．walked about B．walked out C．raised my hand D．raised my head
A．From then on B．At that moment C．In all D．Above all
A．interested in B．tired of C．careful about D．troubled by
A．computer B．soul C．shop D．geek
A．tell B．plan C．imagine D．design
A．other than B．instead of C．except for D．as well as
A．pretend B．understand C．insist D．realize
A．as if B．just as C．just after D．even though
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. In fact, the boy disliked , preferring a bar of chocolate if given the choice. However, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be . Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, as high as he could, but even as his tallest he was unable to touch it. He began to .up and down, as high as he could, at the of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of .
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 0n. His school bag wouldn't give enough height and he didn't want to the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and books. Looking ,he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, with luck, even a ladder, it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. seeing any other choices, he and started to walk away. At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his ,and how he really wanted that apple. The more he like this, the more unhappy he became.
However, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn't always get he wanted. He started to say himself, "This isn't helpful. I don't have the apple and I'm feeling unhappy as well. There's more I can do to get the apple-that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to 0ur feelings. If that's the case what can I do to feel better?"
A．fruit B．trees C．vegetables D．sweet
A．difficult B．dangerous C．attractive D．healthy
A．sadder B．angrier C．hungrier D．cooler
A．hanging B．stretching C．beating D．pulling
A．strength B．length C．weight D．height
A．look. B．jump C．walk D．wave
A．edge B．stage C．top D．level
A．hope B．control C．sight D．reach
A．feed B．stand C．sit D．hold
A．break B．shake C．take D．share
A．through B．forward C．down D．around
A．so B．but C．and D．yet
A．After B．While C．Without D．Upon
A．kept off B．gave up C．got through D．turned over
A．lessons B．garden C．efforts D．school
A．thought B．stole C．ate D．learned
A．which B．what C．how D．where
A．with B．by C．in D．to
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．change B．express C．forget D．describe
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I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Micky, gave me a note from his mother. It his absence from class the day before.
I had seen Micky himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my . The forged(伪造的) excuse notes made a large pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to crazy. The of those notes didn’t realize that honest excuse notes were usually : “Peter was late because the alarm clock didn’t go off.” The students always said that it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they excuse notes, they were brilliant.
So one day I gave the excuse notes to my classes, saying, “They’re to be written by parents, but actually they are not. True, Micky ? ” The students looked at me .“Now, this will be the first class to study the of the excuse notes --- the first class, ever, to practice writing them. You’re so to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writing and turned it into a worthy of study. ”
Everyone smiled as I went on, “You used your . So try more now. Today I’d like you to write ‘An Excuse Note from Adam/Eve to God’.” went down. Pens raced paper. For the first time ever I saw students so in their writing that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.
The next day everyone had excuse notes. discussions followed. The headmaster entered the classroom and walked , looking at papers, and then said, “I’d like you to see me in my office.” My heart .
When I stepped into his office, he came to my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was . Those kids were writing on the college . Thank you. ”
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Stephanie McRae was used to driving in bad weather. Although still beat the windshield of her SUV（运动越野车）, the worst of the day's storm seemed to have passed as she her 11-year-old daughter, Maddie, home at 8:30 pm.
Maddie in front, while two young kids sat strapped into their SUV in back. Driving along the mud by a river, McRae, 39, a terrifying sight: The road just ahead had been craved in and . She stepped heavily on the brake. The SUV into a flooded hole some 6 metres below, and was washed into the , which the storm had turned into a river 30 metres wide. Rocks and fallen tree knocked into her SUV, making it upside down. The pressure blew out the window.
No one was hurt, there was no way to escape either, The SUV was being towards the middle of the river, about 400 metres away. McRae helplessly and prayed aloud with Maddie: “Please, God, please, help us!” The SUV, submerged and with water, came to a stop when it parked at an angle in a logjam（浮木阻塞）.
It was Maddie who took control. Pushing her way out of the back window, the slight but athletic Maddie onto the top of the SUV, which had righted itself, and yelled to her mother to hoist up the younger children. Soon the were crowded on the top of the SUV’s roof. to hold on as the water swept over them. McRae caught hold of the two-year-old kid to her chest while holding the three-year-old on her leg. Both children were so that MeRac wondered if they were all right. With her mother’s permission, the 11-year-old girl-Meddie got over lots of problems to ask for help in a village and fortunately they were saved.
A．rain B．snow C．wind D．mud
A．walked B．drove C．ran D．rushed
A．stood B．lay C．cried D．sat
A．belts B．backs C．seats D．toys
A．worried B．thought C．saw D．feared
A．washed away B．taken away C．gone away D．moved away
A．changed B．fell C．jumped D．knocked
A．sea B．bank C．take D．river
A．rising B．leaving C．singing D．falling
A．leaves B．branches C．skins D．flowers
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．carried B．set C．turned D．swept
A．begged B．screamed C．asked D．applied
A．filling B．burdening C．fighting D．talking
A．hidden B．closed C．broken D．covered
A．climbed B．slept C．rolled D．tied
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．losing B．trying C．finding D．getting
A．noisy B．Happy C．excited D．quiet
A．remote B．close C．crowded D．unknown
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came _____a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so ____, he filled his leather canteen（水壶） so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his ____.
After a four-day journey he ____ the water to the old man who took a deep drink and _____his student lavishly(大量地) for the water he offered. The young man returned to his village with a _____heart.
Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It _____ had become stale because of the old leather______
The student ______ his teacher: "Master, the water was foul(腐臭的). Why did you pretend to like it?"
The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the _____. The water was simply the container for a (n) _____of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter."
I think we understand this lesson best when young children give _____innocent gifts of love. ____it's a tray or a bracelet, the natural and proper _____ is appreciation and expressed _____thankfulness because we love the ____within the gift.
__ __doesn't always come naturally, _____ most children and many adults _____only the thing given rather than the feeling in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the____and purity of feelings and expressions of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.
A．through B．out C．across D．around
A．valuable B．rare C．cool D．sweet
A．father B．teacher C．neighbor D．leader
A．presented B．bought C．showed D．introduced
A．paid B．blamed C．thanked D．apologized
A．regretted B．firm C．unpleasant D．happy
A．obviously B．accordingly C．hardly D．simply
A．container B．case C．belt D．package
A．stared B．challenged C．informed D．respected
A．student B．surprise C．truth D．gift
A．act B．matter C．purpose D．hope
A．back B．away C．off D．out
A．Though B．Neither C．Whether D．No matter
A．reward B．return C．response D．treatment
A．ever-lasting B．good-willed C．honey-mouthed D．heart-felt
A．idea B．dream C．expectation D．memory
A．Faith B．Confidence C．Gratitude D．kindness
A．however B．therefore C．otherwise D．because
A．value B．choose C．receive D．prefer
A．beauty B．freedom C．optimism D．generosity
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd ?" Just when I started to that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't . Somebody had thought of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my Christmas there special and memorable, I remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were. . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I them that they couldn't open their presents every child had come forward. Finally the they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room. The in the room was obvious, and wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
A．sending B．receiving C．making D．exchanging
A．found B．prepared C．got D．expected
A．doubt B．hope C．suggest D．accept
A．broke in B．settled down C．turned up D．showed off
A．relief B．loss C．achievement D．justice
A．blamed B．loved C．forgotten D．affected
A．highly B．little C．poorly D．enough
A．present B．first C．recent D．previous
A．hardly B．instantly C．regularly D．occasionally
A．strength B．independence C．importance D．safety
A．kept up with B．caught up with C．came up with D．put up with
A．none B．few C．some D．each
A．fine B．special C．helpful D．normal
A．reminded B．guaranteed C．convinced D．promised
A．after B．until C．when。 D．since
A．chance B．gift C．moment D．reward
A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered
A．atmosphere B．sympathy C．calmness D．joy
A．it B．such C．something D．everybody
A．by B．till C．for D．from
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The professor stood before his class of 30 senior biology students，about to pass out the final exam．“I have been privileged to be your ________ this semester，and I know how hard you have all worked to________ for this test．I also know most of you are________ to medical school next fall，”he said to them．
“I am well aware of how much________ you are under to keep your GPAs up，and because I know you are all ________of understanding this material，I am prepared to ________ an automatic B to anyone who would ________ not to take the final．”
The relief was audible(听得见的)as a number of students jumped up to ________ the professor and departed from class．The professor looked at the handful of students who ________，and offered again，“Any other takers? This is your last ________．”One more student decided to________ ．
Seven students remained．The professor closed the door and took attendance．Then he 52 the final exam．There were two sentences typed on the ________：
“________，you have just received an A in this class．Keep believing in yourself．”
I ________ had a professor who gave a test like that．It may seem like the easy ________ of grading exams，but it’s a________that any teacher in any discipline(治学严谨)could and should give．Students who don’t have ________ in what they’ve learned are B students at best．
The same is________ for students of real life．The A students are those who believe in what they’re doing ________ they’ve learned from both successes and failures．
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There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. And he was given a slingshot（弹弓） to play with out in the woods. He in the woods, he could never hit the . And getting a little discouraged, he headed back to dinner．
As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse（冲动）, he aimed at it, hit it on the head, and killed it. He was shocked and sad. In panic, he hid it, , only to see his sister ．Sally had seen all this, but she said nothing．
After lunch that day grandma said, “Sally, it’s your to wash the dishes．” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the today, didn't you, Johnny?" And then she whispered to him, “Remember, the duck?"
So Johnny the dishes. Later Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing, and said, " I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make ．"But Sally and said, “Well, that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help," and she whispered ,“Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny ．
After several days of Johnny doing his housework and Sally's, he couldn't stand it any longer．He came to Grandma and that he killed the duck．She bent down, gave him a , and said, “Sweetheart, . You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the thing. But because I love you, I forgave you．But I was just wondering how you would let Sally make a slave of you."
A．walked B．played C．practiced D．aimed
A．or B．and C．so D．but
A．bird B．target C．duck D．woods
A．dead B．square C．dying D．living
A．surveying B．noticing C．observing D．watching
A．choice B．fun C．turn D．role
A．toilet B．kitchen C．living-room D．fields
A．watched B．dropped C．did D．made
A．Grandma B．Grandpa C．Johnny D．Sally
A．cook B．lunch C．supper D．breakfast
A．laughed B．smiled C．cried D．wept
A．again B．only C．twice D．loudly
A．followed B．stayed C．remembered D．boated
A．all B．either C．neither D．both
A．secondly B．firstly C．finally D．thirdly
A．lied B．denied C．admitted D．spoke
A．beat B．pet C．surprise D．hug
A．I know B．you know C．he knows D．she knows
A．other B．whole C．funny D．dull
A．/ B．much C．many D．long
I remember as a small child people would often ask me, "What are you going to be when you grow up?"
Well, it being a cowboy or some super hero. Later it was a fireman, a policeman, a lawyer... As I grew older my dreams for the future . When, at last, I was in college, I had my set on becoming a preacher (牧师) like my father. I studied and prepared for that life. I reached the in the end and I was preaching full-time for much of my adult life.
However, for many, there is a “thief” that goes around stealing our . Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative, or a friend, but the thief is usually ourselves.
We find just about reaching the top, and a "small" inside says, “You’ll never make .""You can’t possibly do this." On and on the "small" voice our failure. Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are . It is one of the most important tools we have, because it teaches us invaluable (极宝贵的) . When we learn these lessons well, we are ready success.
The message I always gave my children was that you do anything that your heart desires. Remember the saying, “Nothing is to a willing heart." There are “overnight" successes, but with determination, they will come. Imagine yourself in the life you dream of . Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you. Then work, work, work. You’ll get the picture.
So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone it from you —especially yourself.
A．insisted on B．felt like C．started out D．kept on
A．failed B．changed C．planned D．left
A．eyes B．brain C．heart D．experience
A．But B．Or C．So D．Yet
A．agreement B．decision C．position D．aim
A．hardly B．slightly C．nearly D．extremely
A．money B．plan C．friends D．dreams
A．tallest B．greatest C．poorest D．oldest
A．ourselves B．yourselves C．themselves D．itself
A．sound B．voice C．noise D．speech
A．it B．him C．her D．me
A．expects B．predicts C．answers D．suffers
A．met B．defended C．understood D．realized
A．stages B．suggestions C．lessons D．choices
A．to B．for C．at D．with
A．used to B．are able to C．have to D．ought to
A．interesting B．impossible C．necessary D．important
A．many B．a few C．no D．some
A．living B．spending C．planning D．changing
A．buy B．fool C．borrow D．steal
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