Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, the doctor us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see Cf’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that his sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
A．inspiring B．frustrating C．encouraging D．exciting
A．expectation B．love C．education D．instruction
A．suggested B．hoped C．persuaded D．advised
A．due to B．as long as C．so far as D．in case
A．However B．Besides C．Thus D．Therefore
A．charged B．prepared C．engaged D．ran
A．familiar B．similar C．friendly D．close
A．host B．teacher C．headmaster D．judge
A．effect B．way C．force D．Struggle
A．where B．as C．when D．that
A．after B．during C．before D．once
A．excited B．enough C．amazing D．pleased
A．displayed B．hanged C．taken D．replaced
A．take up B．keep up C．get up D．pick up
A．surprise B．expectation C．joy D．amusement
A．got B．drew C．made D．defeated
A．special B．extraordinary C．curious D．mixing
A．on B．high C．great D．easy
A．difficult B．upset C．disappointed D．different
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so ___36___ that he didn’t know what to do with ___37___.The person who had gone in ___38___ him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. ___39__ James. He felt __40___ that she had already got the ___41___. The problem was that he wanted this job ___42__. It meant ___43___ to him. He had ___44___ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___45___ brilliantly at the interview and __46___ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling ___47___ .He couldn’t ___48___ all those things he had ___49___ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and ___50___.But no — he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t ___51__ like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very ___52___ with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James ___53___ her . The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly ___54___ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs ___55____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
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Christopher Reeve made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995. The doctors did not him to live.
However, he made amazing progress. He learnt to breathe on his own and started a new life with great j . Like many people suffered some terrible injury, Christopher Reeve was changed by that experience. He raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He also made speeches about his experiences. It not only drew public attention, but also encouraged people living with all kinds of problems.
Reeve has never thought of . He got involved with charity work to improve the quality of life for all disabled people.
Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004, but people all over the world will always remember him as a real-life .
A．want B．wish C．expect D．encourage
A．energy B．courage C．effort D．decision
A．who B．whose C．which D．whom
A．giving in B．giving out C．giving up D．giving off
A．film star B．history maker C．player D．superhero
I was born disabled．A difficult birth, feet first, my head 46 in the birth canal（产道）． 47 I was 3, the Hospital in Boston told my father I had cerebral palsy（脑瘫）．A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain 48 to the right side of my body．But 49 son of my dad’s was going to be disabled．Every day my dad 50 me on the bedroom floor to51 my right leg．His job was to craft（用手精心推拉） them straight, at any 52 ．Back and forth, up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into 53 ．But my dad’s help didn’t stop there． 54 my 13th birthday, he threw me a special party．When everybody was gone, he brought me a set of boxing gloves．We put them on．My dad continued to 55 me mercilessly．Each time I 56 him to stop．He told me I was a man now and things would be extra 57 for me．That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn’t 58 for Little League．Everybody laughed at me．Two weeks 59 , Dad started the Shed Park Minor League．Dad coached the Yankees and 60 me a pitcher（棒球投手）．In high school, I became a football star．The 61 of my dad’s love guaranteed I walked and more．In 1997, a brain doctor in San Jose told me I didn’t have cerebral palsy 62 ．
My dad never knew the whole truth 63 he passed away years ago．But all that 64 is the bottom line．After all his 65 , on this Father’s Day, like every Father’s Day, I’m no longer disabled．
A．stuck B．struck C．got D．laid
A．Because B．Though C．When D．Once
A．symbols B．signals C．character D．warnings
A．each B．every C．no D．neither
A．placed B．forced C．dropped D．threw
A．push B．pull C．exercise D．practice
A．expense B．pay C．salary D．cost
A．shape B．form C．style D．position
A．In B．On C．With D．By
A．beat B．win C．knock D．chase
A．ordered B．demanded C．wanted D．begged
A．rough B．bright C．tough D．easy
A．elected B．picked C．liked D．thought
A．later B．ago C．past D．over
A．asked B．offered C．made D．let
A．energy B．influence C．source D．power
A．in all B．after all C．above all D．all in all
A．since B．because of C．that D．when
A．finishes B．ends C．counts D．results
A．study B．effects C．function D．effort
My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina to spend a week with my husband in Florida.We were__ _about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and __ her Dad terribly.
As usual on the Charlotte-to-Miami flight, the plane was totally__ . Because we did not get our boarding passes until we__ at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were __ by the aisle（过道）. I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, __ we could be together. They __ , saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats.
Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a _ several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and _ the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row_ refused to move elsewhere. She was very__ about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody__ to help her.
There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on __ . Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, "Ma’am, I think we can help you." He then __ five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was __ for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without _ , and the mother's relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was beginning to panic at the _ of not being next to me. I told her that there wasn’t anything I could do. __ , the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, __ to me and asked, "Would you and your daughter like our seats?" __ to himself and the Scoutmaster. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat.
A．worried B．excited C．anxious D．eager
A．loved B．considered C．imagined D．missed
A．full B．crowded C．empty D．overweight
A．reached B．arrived C．landed D．knocked
A．divided B．blocked C．separated D．connected
A．in case B．even if C．as if D．so that
A．prevented B．refused C．agreed D．promised
A．panic B．hurry C．rush D．seat
A．however B．otherwise C．therefore D．instead
A．too B．even C．ever D．also
A．concerned B．curious C．particular D．content
A．suggested B．offered C．provided D．supplied
A．duty B．watch C．board D．spot
A．took B．cost C．paid D．spent
A．convenient B．available C．probable D．comfortable
A．permission B．excuse C．apology D．complaint
A．thought B．end C．feeling D．sense
A．Immediately B．Puzzlingly C．Clearly D．Amazingly
A．turned up B．turned around C．turned out D．turned away
A．sticking B．keeping C．waving D．referring
Tom was crossing the road the other day when he saw a red car coming in the distance．He thought the car would _____, as the lights had turned red． _____, the car was going too ____ and Tom soon _____ that it couldn’t stop in time．He _____ to move out of its _____ but it was too late．Tom was ____ down by the red car and lay _____ dead on the road． Passers-by ______ went to him and an ambulance（救护车）was _____for．The driver of the red car didn’t stop, ____one of the men had written down the _____ of the car, which he _____ to the police who arrived at the site（现场）．
At the same time, Tom was taken to the ____ and his parents were called for．They were very _____ to hear of the accident and quickly rushed to his ___．For three days Tom was not able to feel or think and his parents were worried that he _____ die．But on the fourth day Tom ____ and spoke softly．His parents were _____．The police by then had _____ the owner of the car and caught hold of him at last．
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Insight Without Sight
At the age of eighteen I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.
But it was difficult to get a work permit．One day I was dropped off by my parents at the
, where applicants took their physical tests for work permits．Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk by myself．Then the doctor began the ．He looked into my eyes with a bright light．“I your parents take you to an eye specialist,”he said,“I suspect you have a retinal(视网膜) disease．If you do, you’ll never a day in your life…”
My parents did take me to specialists．After much time and money spent seeking an result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly a person of sight．But still, during daylight, I could walk without ．I could read, but not for hours．My eyes began to
and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages．However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading．I knew the of great writers as well as I knew the most popular music stars．Their words were powerful, which me to try writing．Soon writing brought me a lot of each time I completed a paper．
Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life．An article I .appeared in a local newspaper．The newspaper, to my , continued to print my work．Next, a book series published several of my essays．I got interested in writing and up with each acceptance．On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness I chose to present it．For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I so many years ago．Now, I have numerous essays and articles in ．
Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my into success．He set the bar too .and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do．Yet I proved what I could do.
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There are many brands of chocolate．If you love it，you can’t forget DOVE --the most famous chocolate brand．But do you know what the meaning of DOVE is?
Dove chocolate is born because of．One day in 1919 Princess Bazaar of Luxembourg's royal family first met the royal kitchen helper Leon．Many nights Leon slipped into the kitchen and various ice creams for Bazaar．They soon fell in love．Unfortunately owing to their quite different social ，both of them had to the deep feelings in heart．
Afterwards Bazaar was made to an arranged royal marriage against her wishes．For many days Leon could not see Bazaar，and he was burning with ．Finally Bazaar turned up at the table a month later．While serving desserts，Leon the letters "DOVE" which is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME with hot chocolate on Bazaar's ice cream．Leon that Bazaar could understand his feeling．
A few days later，Bazaar got．Leon，broken-hearted，could not the mental suffering and left for America，where he and his own family a candy store years later but lived unhappily．
Many years later，they met again before Bazaar’s death．Bazaar that she did eat the ice cream that afternoon but didn't see the letters and also didn't receive any promise from Leon and she had to to her fate and missed him all her lifetime．
Hearing this，Leon broke down in tears．If that chocolate had been，those letters would never have melted and he would not have lost his last．Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time．
After lots of research，he succeeded and each piece of chocolate was engraved(刻) with the letters –DOVE．It is a of the love between Leon and Bazaar．
Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate．Giving someone DOVE means sending the of love DO YOU LOVE ME?
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I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large ________ across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would________his taxi on the road. I________ why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home ________ work, leave his taxi and go out for his ________ affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was ________ .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I ________ to be outside one evening two weeks later, when the garage door was ________ and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely ________ I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But deep inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） ________ . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. For him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n） ________ .
We go to bed every night and ________ every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a party as close friends or go for a vacation as a ________ . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we ________ the social ladder（梯子）And we never use our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on ________ we are than what we do!
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One day I was in a parking lot when a sincere man came to me asking for help with directions. He had a printout of Google maps from the airport to a ________ on the main street, but couldn’t ________ it. He clearly didn’t have a phone, so after confirming his written directions, I mapped it on my ________ and showed him exactly where he needed to go.
He mentioned that he had ________ going there, but there was no such street number and he couldn’t locate his hotel. I ________ it again for him, he thanked me with a big ________, shook my hand, and took off. I got into my car and he got into his, and we ________ ways. As I drove to the next store and went in, I found something wasn’t right about the ________ so I Googled again and ________ that he was looking for the right ________ but in a city a half hour away!
Unfortunately it had been several minutes, and in the peak rush hour time, the ________ o f finding him was slim to none. But I decided to give it a ________ and took off in that direction. I had barely ________ what his car looked like, and was just about to________ . I parked my car and wa________what else I could do when the man drove right by and ________ over into a nearby parking spot, still ________ about where he was.
When I pulled in next to him, he couldn’t believe it. “________ did you find me? ” he asked. “ I’m not sure, but I ________that you are in the wrong city! ” I showed him the right directions, and after more smiles, laughs and a handshake, we parted ways again. Probably we’ll never ________ again, but that makes it all the more sweet.
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Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his time, he likes to get out in the country and take some of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which to his uncle in the afternoon. They the night there, so that they could out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember he was. He turned over and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he that he was at the and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the . Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk , because they didn’t want to up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle hot coffee and took some sandwiches Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera and started out.
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Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk，Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day．
However，her _________ ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere．The last thing she ________ was a blinding flash of light．In hospital，when told she would never ________ again，she couldn’t believe it．Three months later，she was _______ out of hospital on a wheelchair．Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old child’s storybook．A bookmark in it made her ________ to page 117．The name of the ________ was‘The Day Clara Walked’．She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost．
_________，after a year’s hard exercise，Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics．While she was sitting on the green bench ________ the Athens Stadium，memories ________：first，the pain and the tears，the book under her pillow，the words of relatives full of advice and comfort，and the pity in those eyes that had once held _________for her talent．Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on________，their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder，______she could balance the hoop（健身圈）as well as her teammates．She registered for 2004 Olympic Games，and finally she received________from the Olympic Committee．
Her _________was interrupted by the attendant who said，“It’s time”，two words that she had been_______ to hear for so long．Smoothing her dress，she walked into the stadium，each_________firm and steady．Everything was_________，and the applause rang loud in her ears，her heart________violently against her chest．
Later that night，Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old _________on the shelf，which opened to page 117，to the chapter‘The Day Clara Walked’，tears________her vision．
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Arthur Ashe, an African American, was a great tennis player. In his autobiography (自传)Days of Grace, Arthur Ashe an incident that occurred when he was 17years old. He was playing in a match in West Virginia. As was often the case, he was the only of color in the match.
One night, some of the kids broke a gate. They completely it and then decided to say that Authur was . The incident was reported in the newspapers; Arthur his involvement, but the boys would not change their story. The part for Arthur was worrying about what his father would say and do. He made a phone call.
As he imagined, his father had already learned of the . his father’s tone was severe. He asked Arthur only one question. “Arthur Junior,” he asked, “all I want to is--- were you mixed up in that ?”
Author answered, “No, Daddy, I wasn’t. ” his father asked about it again. Arthur learned on that day why he had always been encouraged to tell the . There would come a time when he must be , and this was such a time. Because he had already earned his trust and , he knew his father believed him. From that day on he was , above all else, to live a life of honesty.
, we find examples of modern leaders in every field who have less honesty. we do not need saints(圣人)---we need people like you; people who will be known for their ; people who earn the trust and respect of others, their age or status in life; people who the importance of character. Our world does not need another saint. But it needs you.
A．avoids B．imagines C．relates D．plans
A．competitor B．judge C．passenger D．teacher
A．purchased B．repaired C．discovered D．destroyed
A．cruel B．responsible C．serious D．greedy
A．denied B．forgot C．reported D．kept
A．strangest B．worst C．funniest D．least
A．quietly B．usually C．eventually D．frequently
A．theft B．operation C．tour D．incident
A．promise B．show C．know D．announce
A．mess B．game C．project D．career
A．even B．never C．sometimes D．often
A．truth B．joke C．secret D．news
A．rewarded B．praised C．moved D．believed
A．interest B．strength C．respect D．attention
A．afraid B．unable C．ashamed D．determined
A．Hopefully B．Financially C．Unfortunately D．Traditionally
A．But B．If C．In case D．As if
A．knowledge B．honesty C．humor D．generosity
A．other than B．but for C．because of D．regardless of
A．forget about B．insist on C．turn down D．give away
I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new , and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting. he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his .
So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech. me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the I had nurtured(培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left.
I sat, stunned (惊呆), for about half an hour, what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without knowing it? What I finally came to was one day, several months before, when some students were reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke , and to encourage her to raise her voice, L had said, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, more, and became happy. And it was all because he to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed was the one who took the last seat that day.
It taught me the most lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.
A．cleaner B．reporter C．teacher D．monitor
A．Or B．And C．So D．But
A．abilities B．courage C．feelings D．dream
A．desperate B．responsible C．unsuitable D．unprepared
A．In spite of B．Because of C．Apart from D．As for
A．envied B．loved C．pleased D．criticized
A．gradually B．constantly C．obviously D．recently
A．self-doubt B．self-respect C．self-pity D．self-defence
A．imagining B．observing C．regretting D．wondering
A．even B．also C．always D．still
A．remember B．expect C．believe D．accept
A．writing B．reviewing C．giving D．editing
A．repeatedly B．quietly C．quickly D．firmly
A．lucky B．lonely C．likely D．only
A．entrance B．middle C．back D．front
A．smiled B．slept C．shouted D．quarreled
A．intended B．pretended C．happened D．refused
A．praise B．change C．thanks D．visits
A．difficult B．painful C．enjoyable D．valuable
A．slowly B．early C．frequently D．occasionally
I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I to help. That was really a big for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good made me feel good, too, when she died, I was , but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
A．since B．before C．or D．unless
A．famous B．simple C．different D．skilled
A．education B．career C．tour D．change
A．balance B．homework C．degree D．interest
A．talked B．wrote C．lied D．reported
A．careful B．lonely C．curious D．guilty
A．argument B．game C．experiment D．defence
A．dared B．offered C．hesitated D．happened
A．dream B．problem C．duty D．step
A．us B．which C．them D．whom
A．attitude B．hobby C．hope D．luck
A．friend B．partner C．guide D．guest
A．polite B．happy C．strange D．confident
A．bothered B．answered C．visited D．trusted
A．explain B．guess C．declare D．see
A．homeless B．heartbroken C．bad-tempered D．hopeless
A．quieter B．busier C．better D．richer
A．forget B．face C．improve D．analyze
A．forced B．preferred C．ordered D．taught
A．miss B．like C．wonder D．expect
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