One woman is having a very merry Christmas, indeed, all thanks to the honesty and determination of a complete stranger.
“When I saw it, I said, ‘God, this is really a pretty .Somebody's going to heartbroken,” said Shirley Grandey , 62, who was a volunteer for keeping the environment clean.
When Grandey was a large pile of pine needles and dirt at the end of her hard work day, she never to come across someone's diamond ring lying alone among a pile of .
Knowing the ring probably had special , Grandey held onto the jewelry and made it her 16 to find the owner.
“I said, 'Oh God ,I have to find the , "'recalled Grandey before making the decision to contact the TV station, to help the word. "It was definitely a ring. It was intertwined(缠绕)and had their on it.”
Her efforts .
“The brother of the girl saw it on and told her," said Grandey, who couldn't have been happier to return the ring to its original owner, Julie Sanalitro.
“I was screaming and running around the house,” Sanalitro told the news station. "We always come to our tree from there to celebrate Christmas Day," she said.
When Sanalitro called to the ring, she explained it was a gift from her boyfriend, who had only given it to her two months ago when they reunited.
She was not only able to answer all of Grandey's questions about the ring, she was the original owner, but Grandey added, “I knew it was hers the moment she was walking up.”
“We just hugged each other and she had a few tears," the volunteer explained.
All that Crandey asks from this is simply for people to “pay it forward.” She said. “ I would want someone to give it back to me if I lost my ring, so just try to pay it forward.”
A.gift B.handkerchief C.necklace D.ring
A.putting away B.cleaning up C.keeping up D.bringing up
A.expected B.wanted C.understood D.imagined
A.furniture B.equipment C.luggage D.garbage
A.object B.design C.value D.form
A.duty B.work C.ability D.agreement
A.designer B.owner C.photographer D.artist
A.print B.explore C.spread D.write
A.luck B.wedding C.marriage D.love
A.photos B.names C.addresses D.words
A.paid off B.paid up C.paid back D.paid out
A.television B.telephone C.radio D.phone
A.nice B.lost C.ugly D.lovely
A.take B.buy C.get D.lift
A.rescue B.transport C.convey D.describe
A.recently B.immediately C.actively D.likely
A.successfully B.properly C.obviously D.similarly
A.remembering B.ensuring C.forgetting D.telling
A.kind B.angry C.close D.learned
A.accident B.origin C.experience D.evidence
完形填空
This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided "I want to break up". "Why?" he asked.
"I am ______." she answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep ______. finally he asked, "What can I do to ______ your mind?"
Looking into his eyes she said, "Answer my question. If you can ______ my heart, I will change my mind. Let's say, I want a flower ______ on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your ______. will you do it for me?"
He said, "I will give you my ______ tomorrow."
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which _____"My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the _____ are …"
"When you use the computer you always ______ the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the ______ . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my ______ to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) ______ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always ______ at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes ______ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those ______ white hairs."
"Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ______I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …"
That's life, and ______. flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the _____ of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
A.but B.and C.or D.so
A.lonely B.shamed C.worried D.tired
A.space B.shade C.impression D.thought
A.speak B.blow C.keep D.change
A.represent B.expand C.admit D.convince
A.falling B.growing C.living D.waiting
A.attention B.death C.interest D.satisfaction
A.answer B.agreement C.announcement D.judgment
A.informs B.goes C.prints D.writes
A.reasons B.meanings C.messages D.purposes
A.turn up B.put up C.use up D.mess up
A.structures B.balance C.position D.programs
A.dollars B.patience C.energy D.legs
A.ancient B.new C.modern D.underground
A.shout B.jump C.stare D.knock
A.as if B.so that C.now that D.in case
A.enjoyable B.annoying C.dusty D.amusing
A.more than B.less than C.rather than D.other than
A.Determination B.progress C.power D.love
A.principle B.way C.nature D.surface
It was October in 1982. A friend had business dealings in the city of Reno, Nevada. I was asked to her on an overnight trip. While she conducted her , I was wandering down Virginia street. I headed into a most sunset. I had an to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, I couldn't make eye contact with anyone. It seemed everyone was walking along , looking at their feet.
I took the next-best action. I into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come for just a minute. She looked at me I were from some other planet and said, "well…”
When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just wanted to it with someone." For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, "God's in his heaven and is right with the world." I her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.
Four years later I had come to the of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life and lived in a trailer park(活动住屋) was mainly for the poor.
One day I picked up a Unity Magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: sales lady in a department store. We had a lot .
Then something happened to her, which everything. She said a woman ran into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a . The woman had said, "God's in his heaven and all's right with the world." She had the truth in that statement and she turned her life around from that moment on.
A. accompany B. leave C. rely D. depend
A. life B. trip C. business D. service
A. purposely B. aimlessly C. actively D. lazily
A. significant B. familiar C. harmonious D. beautiful
A. advice B. urge C. expectation D. opportunity
A. and B. however C. but D. or
A. ran B. walked C. jumped D. stepped
A. inside B. outside C. down D. up
A. the moment B. now that C. even if D. as though
A.speak B. share C. look D. keep
A.all B. something C. nothing D. anything
A.thanked B. persuaded C. praised D. admired
A.top B. end C. beginning D. middle
A.where B. when C. which D. what
A.same B. common C. different D. similar
A.comfortable B. beneficial C. strange D. familiar
A.in common B. in all C. in total D. in return
A.moved B. changed C. broke D. cancelled
A.sunrise B. sunset C. scene D. sculpture
A.studied B. received C. realized D. Noticed
The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early teens. So Fitzgerald __ himself to fathering the kid. , the son died in his late teens.
Meanwhile, Fitzgerald’s wealth greatly . He spent a lot on art works of the . Later Fitzgerald himself became ill. Before his death, he had carefully prepared his
_ _ as to how his wealth would be — to sell his entire collection at an auction(拍卖).
Because of the large quantity and high of his collection, a huge crowd of __ buyers gathered for the auction. Many of them were museum and private collectors eager to . Before the auction, the art works were shown, among, which was a painting of Fitzgerald’s son by an unknown artist. Because of its quality, it received little attention.
When it was time for the auction, the auctioneer gaveled(敲槌)the crowd to . First the lawyer from Fitzgerald’s will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his __ .
The poor-quality painting didn’t any bidders... except one — the old servant who had __ _ the son and loved him, and who for emotional reasons the only bid.
As soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one English pound, the auctioneer __ the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. The crowd became , and the lawyer read from the will: “Whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection.” Then the auction was over.
A.expected B.appointed C.devoted D.booked
A.Finally B.Luckily C.Secondly D.Unfortunately
A.declined B.increased C.remained D.affected
A.partners B.masters C.servants D.volunteers
A.seriously B.slightly C.lightly D.gradually
A.matter B.notice C.letter D.will
A.settled B.dealt C.involved D.banned
A.price B.spirit C.quality D.attraction
A.traditional B.possible C.occasional D.absent
A.directors B.fans C.supporters D.competitors
A.call B.bid C.reject D.order
A.known B.famous C.poor D.cheap
A.attention B.principle C.saying D.party
A.heard B.told C.wrote D.read
A.wife B.servant C.director D.son
A.receive B.remind C.need D.plan
A.worked B.served C.lived D.waited
A.played B.applied C.offered D.accepted
A.lost B.got C.continued D.stopped
A.noisy B.eager C.quiet D.anxious
The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his important inventions was the train. He his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the engine on the train, he met with from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would cows, horses and sheep, that the would burst or that the hot coals from it would their houses. At that time, people believed what they said.
George Stephenson the people that the train could go on small , could pull carriages goods and passengers and there was to them. It was a very matter for him to them believe. However, after , he was able to do it; and the first train that by Stephenson himself what he had said.
The first day the people along the way the noises of the train and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪).They did not dare to come out until it had passed.
A.very B.a lot C.much D.most
A.bought B.made C.introduced D.did
A.electrical B.atomic C.oil D.steam
A.troubles B.success C.people D.pleasure
A.buy B.kill C.interest D.take away
A.smoke B.noise C.engine D.driver
A.pull down B.blow away C.pass D.set fire to
A.few B.most C.only a few D.the rich
A.said B.spoke C.warned D.told
A.roads B.rivers C.rails D.steam
A.full of B.short of C.empty of D.without
A.dangerous B.no great danger C.a lot of danger D.few danger
A.difficult B.easy C.pleasant D.light
A.get B.cause C.force D.make
A.some time B.sometime C.a few times D.sometimes
A.was driven B.was sold C.was pulled D.helped
A.believed B.seemed C.proved D.sensed
A.when B.of C.while D.for
A.caught sight of B.listened to C.thought D.heard
A.in the distance B.nearby C.on the far D.from the distance
Once two brothers,John and Tony,asked a sage(智者) to tell them about their future. The sage them, “It may not be good for you to know your future. ,your future can change later even if I tell you now!” They knowing their future. The sage said, “John will become a king in a year while Tony will in a murder.”
John was and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to everyone and soon came out of his .
Eleven months passed. One day,the brothers discovered a half-buried pot. They it and found it full of gold. John shouted, “This is just for me to set up my palace!” Just then,a robber jumped out and gave a on John’s head and tried to take the pot away. Tony jumped at the robber to John. But the robber attacked him with a knife. During the the robber dropped the pot and ran away.
John was very to his injured brother and offered him half the gold. Tony politely saying he was not going to live much longer in any case. John,with his new treasure,started eating and drinking. One year passed. There was no of any crown in sight. Tony was also enjoying good .They decided to visit the sage again. “How did your predictions go ?” John asked. The sage explained, “I told you,your destiny(命运)can be changed. The crown you were to get was to a pot of gold. But,Tony’s life changed his destiny too. Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to only being ”
How life meets us is called destiny;how we meet life is called self effort!
A.informed B.advised C.ordered D.encouraged
A.Instead B.Therefore C.Besides D.Otherwise
A.insisted on B.depended on C.gave up D.took up
A.recover B.appear C.hurt D.die
A.worried B.pleased C.shocked D.disappointed
A.serve B.receive C.observe D.guide
A.work B.debt C.depression D.anger
A.bought B.wrapped C.sold D.dug
A.experience B.treasure C.award D.success
A.blow B.gift C.tap D.touch
A.calm B.stop C.protect D.inspire
A.performance B.investigation C.action D.struggle
A.polite B.cruel C.grateful D.loyal
A.refused B.accepted C.demanded D.answered
A.symbol B.sign C.mention D.comment
A.chance B.position C.work D.health
A.short B.bad C.wrong D.well
A.reduced B.connected C.devoted D.exposed
A.comfortable B.spiritual C.difficult D.hopeless
A.disturbed B.forgotten C.arrested D.wounded
My most memorable experience was when my father and I got lost in a forest. We were camping in Sequoia National Park for a long weekend. As as we got there, my family and I our tents and by then it was starting to get .
My dad started up a small fire and that there would not be enough wood for the , so he decided to go for some firewood. I wouldn’t let my father go off his own, so I followed in his direction. I up with him and we went off into the forest for some firewood.
Soon we got off track and realized we got . With nothing but a flashlight(手电筒), we started back. We felt like foreigners, not familiar at all with the . My dad stopped to figure out (琢磨) what we could do, I just sat down on a fallen tree. After a couple of minutes of rest, I thought it would be OK to .
All of a I felt my dad’s arm me up and he placed my head on his . I felt as safe as a bear, protecting over its child. My dad walked and walked he found a trail(小路), and one way or another he found our campsite. My mother was very , almost crying about where we were. , I think that it was a good thing to be lost for a little while because I got to spend good quality time with my dad.
A.long B.soon C.far D.well
A.put up B.picked up C.took up D.gave up
A.black B.clean C.clear D.dark
A.realized B.promised C.recognized D.admitted
A.day B.afternoon C.night D.morning
A.on B.with C.by D.at
A.came B.caught C.put D.got
A.asking B.calling C.looking D.sending
A.paid B.lost C.dressed D.changed
A.returning B.looking C.walking D.arriving
A.environment B.language C.difference D.expression
A.exactly B.frequently C.entirely D.gradually
A.but B.yet C.so D.because
A.play B.walk C.sleep D.seat
A.moment B.minute C.flash D.sudden
A.throw B.set C.draw D.pick
A.head B.leg C.shoulder D.arm
A.unless B.until C.while D.since
A.worried B.excited C.calm D.eager
A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Besides D.However
A man lived at the foot of a hill. For a long time, he heard of tales of the other side of the hill—stories of rich land, weather and beautiful scenery.
One day, he was life in his home town and thought it was to improve it, so he packed his bags, left his home and started climbing the hill, to live a better life.
The climb was very .The man had to stop to rest many times. At some , the hill was very steep (陡峭的) indeed, and he almost wanted to . But his dream of a better life him going.
One afternoon, the man came to another steep part of the hill. And at the top stood some thick plants. The same had happened to him many times before. this time it was a little hard to get over it, he surely was able to do it.
, the man was too tired after all those days of and pushing through high plants. He was that he still had no results to show, no fruit to enjoy. He just didn’t want to any more. He said to himself, “Maybe life on the other side of the hill is not like what the told. My old home isn’t that anyway.” He finally made his decision, and set off for home.
Actually the man didn’t know that he climbed over that slope (斜坡), he could see the other side of the hill and all he had heard about that place was . The man had already done the hard part, but he to stop trying when things were going to get much better.
A.bad B.hot C.perfect D.cold
A.interested in B.bored of C.surprised at D.nervous about
A.easy B.necessary C.simple D.right
A.wishing B.beginning C.refusing D.helping
A.astonishing B.interesting C.tiring D.attractive
A.afternoons B.days C.points D.corners
A.get up B.give up C.sit down D.run away
A.stopped B.asked C.noticed D.kept
A.trouble B.steep C.dream D.illness
A.If B.Because C.When D.Although
A.Luckily B.However C.Or D.So
A.running B.playing C.climbing D.waiting
A.happy B.angry C.excited D.charged
A.try B.help C.escape D.learn
A.films B.books C.tales D.lessons
A.strange B.terrible C.useless D.dangerous
A.looked around B.turned around C.went on D.slowed down
A.as if B.so that C.as long as D.as well as
A.false B.true C.funny D.important
A.prepared B.agreed C.chose D.failed
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Bobby Buns was a very amusing and lively waiter who had his own cafe. He was also very , because during a visit to a he discovered one of the young cows there was pretty . Instead of producing milk, this cow produced milk coffee.
to become rich, Bobby took the cow straight to the city. When he arrived, his wife told him that he should first reorganize the cafe so they had a place to the cow. However, Bobby was so and impatient that he this advice, and took the cow straight to the .
At first the result was quite . The cow was featured in the newspapers and on TV. Customers came from far to taste the delicious fresh milk coffee.
However, after the , it turned out that having a cow in the middle of a cafe was not at all . Every day the cow broke twenty or thirty cups simply by wagging (摇摆) its tail. The cafe smelt terrible. The hay the cow ate got spread all over the place. The cow left so little room in the cafe that there would be fewer customers .
, the authorities came to do an inspection. They gave him such a heavy fine that Bobby almost had to the cafe. Bobby Buns realized that he had to be more patient and . He should until everything was ready before his fresh milk coffee.
, Bobby was a lucky guy. When the cafe was being reorganized, he took the cow back to the village. There he discovered that one of the hens laid chocolate eggs. This time he knew he had to be patient, and wait until everything was . When everything was all , his cafe became the most famous and successful in the whole city.
A.sensitive B.curious C.careful D.fortunate
A.town B.city C.village D.cottage
A.special B.healthy C.heavy D.clever
A.Intending B.Learning C.Continuing D.Failing
A.hide B.kill C.sell D.put
A.confused B.excited C.ashamed D.angry
A.followed B.ignored C.considered D.valued
A.yard B.home C.garden D.cafe
A.impressive B.horrible C.upsetting D.important
A.anxiety B.disappointment C.excitement D.shock
A.strange B.interesting C.natural D.proper
A.joining in B.cutting in C.giving in D.stepping in
A.Unfortunately B.Probably C.Gradually D.Generally
A.forget B.decorate C.close D.discover
A.organized B.eager C.different D.friendly
A.relax B.wait C.predict D.dream
A.dropping B.purchasing C.inventing D.serving
A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.However D.Instead
A.prepared B.tried C.remembered D.changed
A.in need B.in place C.in turn D.in peace
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Once upon a time there lived a poor man named Malcolm who hunted for his food. One warm spring day, Malcolm had been for many hours, and he was hot and tired and hungry. He hadn’t even a mouse. When he came upon a big tree, he sat down under its to rest. Suddenly he found a big ostrich (鸵鸟) egg beside the tree. He the egg and carried it back to his hut (小屋).
The egg was so white and round, pure and beautiful that he couldn’t eating it. So he put the egg on the table and went to sleep.
The next morning when he woke up, he was to find bread and soup on his table. He was so hungry, so he tore off a piece and ate it. “I’ve never anything so delicious,” he said aloud. Then he heard a voice answer, “It’s bread and soup I’ve made for you.”
He turned to find a beautiful woman standing beside the ostrich egg, was cracked wide open. “Malcolm, you are a kind and generous man, and I will make you for the rest of your life. me and I will always make delicious food for you.”
“How can this be? An ostrich egg’s cannot speak or cook or marry me,” he said.
“I will make you happy, Malcolm,” she said, “You must only this: you will never call me the daughter of an ostrich egg.”
“I promise,” Malcolm said.
And so they got married. For many years they lived great happiness. His wife brought him , goats and made him a chief. But one day, Malcolm got so that he was not with what he had. He quarreled with his . He said his wife was the daughter of an ostrich egg… And he was alone again, living in his hut, his old clothes. There were no cattle, no goats and no wife.
He understood that he had been to let greed (贪婪) and anger get the better of him and to break his promise to his wife.
A.boating B.fishing C.hunting D.swimming
A.caught B.removed C.bitten D.held
A.way B.fur C.poster D.shade
A.took up B.picked up C.put up D.added up
A.wait B.help C.imagine D.expect
A.exciting B.secure C.amazed D.lively
A.smelt B.looked C.sounded D.tasted
A.which B.whose C.who D.that
A.intelligent B.happy C.attractive D.popular
A.Follow B.Accept C.Admit D.Marry
A.sister B.daughter C.mother D.son
A.doubt B.respond C.select D.promise
A.in B.at C.under D.beyond
A.sheep B.pigs C.cattle D.chicken
A.puzzled B.greedy C.magical D.upset
A.satisfied B.surprised C.popular D.certain
A.daughter B.mother C.wife D.grandfather
A.in peace B.in a flash C.in danger D.in a way
A.wearing B.having C.preparing D.replacing
A.informal B.artificial C.severe D.mistaken
Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was than him, he felt disappointed. So he hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started for land.
He that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could by walking through the land before sunset (日落). He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the , he could have it.
The farmer became very when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of without paying anything. He came the next morning and started running, not walking, he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued . Without eating, or drinking, or resting, he just got very . When he came back to the head in the evening, he right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.
Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will everything finally.
A.careful B.bored C.busy D.pleased
A.richer B.healthier C.stronger D.cleverer
A.thought B.learned C.tried D.worked
A.borrow B.spend C.save D.make
A.looking B.waiting C.preparing D.caring
A.explained B.hoped C.guessed D.found
A.follow B.visit C.help D.cheat
A.chance B.result C.condition D.purpose
A.promise B.wish C.suggestion D.order
A.for B.without C.by D.before
A.farm B.buy C.cover D.have
A.year B.month C.day D.week
A.interested B.sad C.happy D.calm
A.crop B.experience C.knowledge D.land
A.quietly B.early C.finally D.suddenly
A.so that B.even if C.because D.whether
A.dreaming B.walking C.speaking D.running
A.nervous B.excited C.tired D.worried
A.refused B.died C.appeared D.rested
A.lose B.face C.change D.defeat
Fifteen years ago, I made a living by driving a taxi.One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pickup at a building that was except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and .
A small woman in her 80’s opened the door. I took her suitcase to the cab then returned to her into the cab. She thanked me for my kindness. When we got in the taxi, she gave me a(n) , then asked, “Could you drive through ?”
“It’s not the way,” I answered.
“Oh, I don’t ,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院).”
I looked in the rear view mirror (后视镜). Her eyes were glistening (闪烁).
“The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and the meter (计程器). “What would you like me to take?” I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the where she and her husband had lived. Sometimes she’d ask me to in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the sun was , she suddenly said: “I’m . Let’s go now.”
We drove in to the address she had given me. There were people waiting for her and they put her in a wheelchair.
“How much do I you?” she asked, reaching into her purse.
“Nothing,” I said.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me .
“You gave an old woman a little moment of ,” she said.
I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut.
I didn’t any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, in thought.
We’re used to thinking that our lives focus on great moments. But great moments often us unaware.
A.old B.dark C.dirty D.lonely
A.entered B.knocked C.listened D.ran
A.invite B.watch C.help D.receive
A.address B.letter C.speech D.gift
A.playground B.downtown C.countryside D.community
A.shortest B.funniest C.safest D.longest
A.consider B.doubt C.know D.mind
A.cut out B.showed off C.shut off D.turned on
A.responsibility B.order C.role D.route
A.apartment B.environment C.neighborhood D.plant
A.break down B.get off C.speed up D.slow down
A.changing B.moving C.rising D.setting
A.tired B.embarrassed C.terrified D.confused
A.darkness B.turn C.silence D.sadness
A.love B.owe C.charge D.cost
A.mysteriously B.tightly C.patiently D.accurately
A.joy B.security C.trouble D.profit
A.talk with B.call up C.pick up D.take away
A.annoyed B.lost C.mad D.guilty
A.catch B.drive C.improve D.puzzle
In general, I don’t cry very often. But in early August 2011, I did a lot of crying. All these ____were for one simple reason: I really, really didn’t want to leave China. But, I already had my plane ticket, and my work visa was ____, so I had no ____ but to go back to America.
For a while, I was ____ to be reunited with my family, my friends, and most importantly, my dog. I also enjoyed catching up on all the films, TV shows, and music I’d ____.Soon after I arrived home, I began ____ with my family and my friends. I told them how I loved my ____ in China, and how I hoped to come back one day. They said, “Maybe you can go again next year.” And now here I am, ____ one whole year teaching oral English at Harbin No. 1 High School.
My ____ teaching experience gave me much ___ that I am now putting to use. I now feel____ about my teaching abilities that I even have a teaching philosophy. My philosophy is one simple word: interact. I try to make the students ____for much more of the class period. I also like to play games in class ,as well as doing art projects, acting, and ____ having discussions.
To teach English as a foreign language in a non-English-speaking country can be quite ____ at times. I feel it is probably more difficult for students to relate to the material if they are not often ____ by English. Making things even more difficult is the ____ that the English they do come across is often ____, or, while grammatically correct, is not at all native-sounding. This kind of English, I think, can actually be ____ to students’ learning. ____,maybe “Chinglish,” both written and spoken, is just one of the ____ to building a country full of English speakers.
A.stories B.talks C.tears D.dreams
A.due B.ready C.lost D.special
A.idea B.choice C.right D.time
A.excited B.worried C.surprised D.curious
A.ignored B.heard C.forgotten D.missed
A.working B.talking C.living D.arguing
A.research B.stay C.business D.condition
A.spending B.wasting C.finding D.finishing
A.everyday B.recent C.previous D.wide
A.wisdom B.pleasure C.wealth D.knowledge
A.careful B.concerned C.certain D.anxious
A.speak B.write C.listen D.read
A.naturally B.generally C.hardly D.simply
A.amazing B.challenging C.interesting D.disappointing
A.questioned B.encouraged C.supported D.surrounded
A.message B.fact C.feeling D.thought
A.impossible B.unusual C.incorrect D.unknown
A.harmful B.important C.suitable D.valuable
A.Otherwise B.Besides C.Therefore D.However
A.problems B.steps C.rules D.aspects
Today my husband wanted to have McDonald’s, so I to go to the nearest one and take the food home together with my 10-year-old daughter.
Right behind me was an elder woman who wasn’t and seemed sad, I took out a piece of paper and wrote a note. On this note, it said, “ Everyone should to smile.” I pulled forward to pay for our with my debit card (借记卡), pulled out extra cash and the cashier to let me pay for the lady’s food me. My daughter looked at me , . But all that I told her was to turn around and what random(随意的) acts of kindness could do to someone. She turned around, watched and . I started to get our and the lady pulled forward and started to hand her cashier . The cashier shook her head , smiled, looked at us, and handed her the . The lady was so puzzled at this moment that it was almost . The lady read the note, smiled, and started to dry tears from her eyes.
We got our food and started to when my daughter turned around with tears in her eyes and said, “ Mom, you she was by herself? Maybe we were the ones today to show we cared. We didn’t do anything but just gave her a smile and a sandwich.
I told her that was why we should be because a smile may be all others have. Oh, random acts of kindness, thank you again for me that a smile can worth a million dollars.
A.agreed B.promised C.decided D.advised
A.standing B.smiling C.reading D.laughing
A.so B.though C.but D.for
A.try B.want C.like D.mean
A.meal B.tickets C.vegetable D.clothes
A.ordered B.asked C.persuaded D.begged
A.by B.around C.behind D.without
A.shocked B.disappointed C.educated D.puzzled
A.guess B.believe C.watch D.record
A.ate B.talked C.sat D.waited
A.idea B.message C.present D.order
A.money B.equipment C.a list D.a place
A.card B.note C.menu D.number
A.upset B.mean C.different D.funny
A.discuss B.search C.leave D.look
A.announced B.explained C.understood D.noticed
A.rich B.stupid C.only D.brave
A.big B.equal C.fair D.necessary
A.unique B.kind C.special D.smart
A.praising B.teaching C.challenging D.warning
One miserable rainy night,a man named Mark decided to end his life. In his mid-fifties, Mark had never been married.__ the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family. Wet and unhappy, he walked along the streets, feeling as if there was __ in the entire world that cared whether he lived or died
__ __ ,1 was sitting in my room watching the rain hit my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I jumped from my chair and __ 0ut. But my mother was already at the door. Opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face. My mother, overcome by____ ,invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room.
____ ,1 walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn't understand what they were saying,but the __ 0f the man, holding his head in his hands and crying, made my chest ache. I raced back upstairs to my room and____ my hand into my money jar. Pulling out my only half-dollar coin,I ran back downstairs.
When I __ the door of the living room, I walked right in .The three adults looked at me in __ as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it. Then I gave him a __ ,turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs. I felt excited but happy
Downstairs, Mark sat quietly with his head __ .Tears streamed down his face as he tightly held that coin. Finally looking up at my parents, he said, "It’s ___ that I thought nobody cared. For the last twenty years,I have been so __ . That is the first hug I have ever got. It’s hard to believe that somebody __ .”
Mark's life changed that night. When he left our house, he was__ __ to live instead of die.____ we never saw Mark again, we received letters from him every once in a while, letting us know that he was doing fine
My life changed that night, too, as I witnessed the hue healing power of ___ .even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents.
Before Mark left, my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door. Mark said that_____ he'd walked along the streets that rainy night, helpless and ready to—55一,he had noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
A.believed B.noticed C.experienced D.understood
A.eve17body B.somebody C.anybody D.nobody
A.Later B.First C.Afterwards D.Meanwhile
A.looked B.raced C.spoke D.broke
A.pity B.anxiety C.guilty D.fear
A.Worried B.Curious C.Puzzled D.Annoyed
A.sense B.thought C.sight D.look
A.shook B. Luck C.pushed D.forced
A.answered B.fixed C.found D.reached
A.anger B.delight C.peace D.surprise
A.hug B.kiss C.smile D.handshake
A.held B.turned C.bowed D.raised
A.just B.still C.also D.even
A.anxious B.stressed C.lonely D.bored
A.cares B.gets C.makes D.knows
A.lucky B.proud C.hesitant D.ready
A.Since B.When C.Although D.Unless
A.receiving B.giving C.loving D.taking
A.if B.as C.until D.before
A.die B.cry C.leave D.regret