The old man walked slowly into the restaurant. His poor jacket, patched（打补丁的）trousers, and worn - out shoes made him from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd. With the help of his walking - stick, he walked toward a by the window. A young waitress named Mary watched him and ran over to him, and said, "Here, sir. Let me give you a with that chair.”
Without saying a word, he smiled and nodded a thank - you. She pulled the chair away from the table. And then she helped him move in front of the chair, and get seated with his walking - stick against the table. In a soft, clear voice he said, "Thank you, Miss." "You're welcome, sir." she replied. "My name is Mary. I'll be back in a moment. If you need , just wave at me!"
he had finished a hearty meal, Mary brought him the change from his ticket, helping him up from his chair and out from behind the table. She him his walking - stick, and walked with him to the door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Come back and see us, sir!" He said softly with a smile, "You are very kind!" When Mary went to clean his table, she was greatly .Under his plate she found a business card and a$100 bill! The note read--"dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself too. It shows by the way you others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.”
The man she had waited on was the of the restaurant, This was the first time that she, or any of her workmates had ever seen him in person.
A．give out B．put out C．stand out D．work out
A．waiter B．manager C．door D．table
A．menu B．dish C．hand D．bill
A．comfortably B．angrily C．unhappily D．excitedly
A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．many things
A．After B．Until C．Unless D．While
A．made B．took C．got D．handed
A．bored B．frightened C．surprised D．pleased
A．chat B．treat C．deal D．communicate
A．customer B．friend C．owner D．cleaner
One day I was putting some donated tents into my truck when something sharp(尖锐的) got into my left eye. Immediately I fell down and knew it was
I was taken to a and the doctors there operated on me but couldn't my eye. When they told me the news, I really wanted to die. Everything seemed in front of me.
Even after I got my man-made eye, I still felt very sad. To make things worse, I lost my as a transportation officer because of worries about my driving ability.
But one morning, I woke up and the was on, and there was a 16-year-old girl. She had been seriously burned on her legs and was learning to again. She wore a big smile, saying, "You can never give up. " It seemed that she said this specially to _ . At that moment, I felt and thought," This is just an eye. Get over it."
Soon I really got over it and myself. It's almost 12 years since my accident, and now I can do anything that I used to do. No one can even I have a man-made eye, because the new one is so good. And I haven't got my old job back, I've got my driving license again.
So be cheerful in face of any bad . You will never truly know yourself until you have been tested by a very difficult situation. No matter how your problem is, just keep up. Now I have only one eye, but I see things a lot more
A．safe B．bad C．true D．careful
A．store B．school C．hotel D．hospital
A．test B．open C．save D．cover
A．dark B．natural C．wonderful D．meaningful
A．truck B．tent C．job D．license
A．light B．radio C．recorder D．TV
A．sing B．walk C．write D．read
A．doctors B．drivers C．me D．herself
A．encouraged B．frightened C．tired D．pleased
A．changed B．hurt C．taught D．helped
A．describe B．find C．explain D．promise
A．because B．after C．though D．unless
A．behaviour B．luck C．influence D．habit
A．serious B．simple C．strange D．silly
A．difficultly B．carefully C．differently D．clearly
Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone _ friends. We all feel close（亲密的）to someone. __ __ is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. , sometimes we need to be alone(独处). We don’t always want people . But we would feel lonely if we __ __ had a friend.
No two people are . Friends don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up (言归于好) and become again.
Sometimes friends move away(搬走). Then we feel very . We miss them very much, but we can them and write to them. And we can _ new friends. It is encouraging(令人鼓舞的) to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.
There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live _ __ than(比) people who don’t. Why? Friends can make us feel happy. __ __ happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just done that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take care of .
A．loves B．hates C．needs D．becomes
A．It B．He C．There D．Someone
A．Hardly(几乎不) B．Nearly C．Suddenly D．Certainly
A．alone B．away C．all over D．around
A．ever B．never C．just D．really
A．friendly B．kind C．just the same D．quite different
A．always B．sometimes C．often D．usually
A．friendly B．good C．happy D．friends
A．angry B．sad C．happy D．alone
A．call B．ask C．tell D．talk with
A．look for B．find C．make D．know
A．longer B．shorter C．slower D．faster
A．Smelling B．Being C．Sounding D．Making
A．less B．better C．little D．no
A．you B．your C．yours D．yourself
Happiness is for everyone.You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses 21 large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? 22 those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their 23 time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will 24 you. When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health. When you get 25 , your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. When you do something good to others,you will feel happy, 26 . All these are your happiness. If you notice 27 of them, you can see that happiness is always around you. Happiness is not the same 28 money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also be very happy ,because you have something else that can’t be bought with money .When you meet difficulties, you can say 29 you are very happy ,because you have more chance to challenge yourself .So you cannot always say you are poor and you have 30 luck. As the old saying goes : “Life is like a revolving door, when it closes, it also opens .”If you take every chance you meet ,you can be a happy and lucky person.
A．use B．has C．with D．and
A．After B．Before C．If D．because
A．free B．busy C．happy D．bad
A．give B．help C．take D．carry
A．things B．fruit C．success D．fail
A．too B．also C．either D．as well
A．little B．a lots C．a bit D．few
A．like B．in C．of D．as
A．strongly B．loudly C．quietly D．sadly
A．good B．well C．worse D．bad
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment(失望), she said she would go. This would be the 16 time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he 17 lose his face because of her appearance. Although she was a 18 woman, there was a scar(疤痕) that covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 19 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 20 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother even though she had the scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬) and hid himself from everyone. 21 , he happened to hear of a talk between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 22 , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. 23 was too afraid to go in because the fire was 24 , so I went in. 25 I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood 26 and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless(失去知觉) but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She 27 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be there forever, but to this day, I have never 28 what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with 29 in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 30 for the rest of the day.
A．first B．second C．last D．next
A．can B．should C．would D．need
A．slim B．short C．ugly D．beautiful
A．talk about B．argue about C．worry about D．hear about
A．frightened B．attracted C．worried D．excited
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．However D．Then
A．excitedly B．seriously C．nervously D．anxiously
A．Everyone B．No one C．Nobody D．Someone
A．out of control B．under control C．in control D．over control
A．If B．Though C．Because D．As
A．sitting down B．lying down C．falling down D．turning down
A．pointed B．showed C．hit D．touched
A．forgot B．realized C．considered D．regretted
A．tears B．smile C．sunshine D．sadness
A．hardly B．slightly C．tightly D．suddenly
One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 31 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make 32 body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy 33 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 34 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole 35 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 36 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin 37 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with 38 but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of 39 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 40 to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
41 struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be __42__ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even 43 growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid 44 or problems. So, next time you are 45 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!
A．hole B．worm C．tall D．snake
A．it B．it’s C．itself D．its
A．decided B．asked C．showed D．ordered
A．afraid B．interested C．surprised D．grateful
A．slimmer B．bigger C．shorter D．smaller
A．touched B．sounded C．looked D．smelt
A．wings B．feet C．eyes D．head
A．success B．excitement C．kindness D．humour
A．get B．getting C．to get D．got
A．ready B．quiet C．glad D．used
A．Somewhere B．Something C．Some time D．Sometimes
A．as helpful as B．as weak as C．as strong as D．as creative as
A．repeats B．recommends C．requires D．represents
A．happiness B．difficulties C．pleasure D．hope
A．served with B．growing into C．bringing in D．faced with
What’s your idea about success? Some people say that beginners have all the luck, while others believe that success 1 only with practice. In fact, I feel both of these statements (陈述) are not true all the time. Each is true in some ways 2 not in others.
For example, I went to a drawing competition many years ago and 3 surprisingly. As a prize, I got a film ticket to see “Titanic”. I was really 4 because it was the first time I had taken part in any competition. Thinking that I might be lucky again, I 5 joining in other art competitions. But the result was that I 6 won again. I accepted the fact that the other people had a 7 artistic ability than I did. Art was not something I was especially interested in and I had never practiced the different art skills. So, the 8 I produced were not of a very high standard.
These experiences taught me a lot. Though I might have been lucky 9 , I also need to put in hard work. As we know, 10 makes perfect. So I believe success builds on less luck and chance.
A．moves B．comes C．returns D．leaves
A．or B．so C．and D．but
A．won B．began C．failed D．ended
A．sorry B．active C．lucky D．nervous
A．tried B．forgot C．stopped D．remembered
A．often B．ever C．seldom D．never
A．greater B．more natural C．lower D．more common
A．results B．film C．prizes D．drawings
A．at last B．at most C．at first D．at least
A．chance B．practice C．difference D．experience
The other day my daughter finally had a day off work. We decided to go out in the 16 for the time, together! It was an enjoyable experience. Then a surprising thing happened. She turned and asked, “Hey, Dad, can I 17 the boat?” I had a look of fear in my eyes 18 the boat can be driven at a very high speed and can be turned over very quickly. However, I gave the driving seat to her and began 19 her how to properly control the boat. I told her to remain calm as I had completely believed in her.
It can be both frightening and exciting when your child tries doing something, even if it’s a small thing, you still feel like they are growing up too fast and it’s out of your 20 . Time goes by so quickly, so it’s 21 to spend time with your kids, with your family. It is an amazing feeling to experience as their confidence grows.
In every situation if you relax, take your time, and show confidence, you will have a great 22 . We not only had a 23 morning on the boat, but also invited our little neighbour who is 8 years old and put him in the 24 right between us. As I drove at top speed, making sudden turns and jumping over the waves, all I could hear was my neighbour 25 and screaming at the top of his voice because he was having such a great time.
A．plane B．train C．car D．boat
A．drive B．touch C．carry D．buy
A．if B．but C．since D．until
A．teaching B．reminding C．warning D．asking
A．sense B．control C．state D．sight
A．early B．important C．quick D．easy
A．thought B．friend C．time D．chance
A．safe B．fun C．free D．cold
A．queue B．bed C．floor D．seat
A．laughing B．speaking C．dancing D．Singing
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Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet(西藏). Our legs were so heavy and cold that felt like big pieces of ice (冰). Have you seen snowmen ride bicycles? That’s what we looked like! Although the way children who were dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰). However, the lakes like glass in the setting sun (夕阳) and looked wonderful.
Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirit (兴致高) so I knew I didn’t need to her. To climb the mountains (高山) was hard work but when we us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going the mountains. It was great fun as it slowly became much . At the foot of the mountains, colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to _ our caps, gloves, and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
In the early evening, we stopped to make camp and then we ate. After supper, Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed awake. At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. It was so _. There was almost no wind or sound, only the flames(火焰) of our fire. When I below the stars, I thought about how far we had already travelled.
We will reach Dali in Yunnan soon, and our cousins will join us there. We can hardly wait to see them!
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When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in 1 .
One hot summer afternoon, I was 2 down the highway to New York when another car suddenly 3 into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n) 4 driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.
I was 5 with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to（注意） the lane change, and he 6 did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away 7 after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(弯道) and found the 8 car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked 9 . As there was no telephone nearby and the nearest services were twenty miles away, I decided to 10 and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had another tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to 11 him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I 12 the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt 13 after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier 14 my car run off the road.
You can really enjoy great 15 from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.
A．need B．school C．danger D．summer
A．walking B．riding C．running D．driving
A．fell B．jumped C．came D．climbed
A．new B．experienced C．frightened D．cheerful
A．unhappy B．interested C．kind D．friendly
A．even B．certainly C．almost D．simply
A．quickly B．quietly C．politely D．carefully
A．new B．red C．same D．other
A．excited B．relaxed C．surprised D．worried
A．stay B．search C．stop D．hide
A．give B．train C．help D．encourage
A．began B．finished C．took D．continued
A．good B．sorry C．angry D．shy
A．kept B．made C．watched D．heard
A．friendship B．success C．excitement D．happiness
Lisa and Mike were celebrating their anniversary （周年纪念日）.The couple used to be sweet. But now had changed since they got married. The once lovely couple had turned bitter（痛 苦）.They fought over every little thing. of them hated the way things had changed.
Lisa was for Mike to come home. She hoped that Mike would remember their anniversary. She 4 imagined that her husband would bring her flowers. In this , they could remember the old happiness again and forget all the .
But her imagination was cut short（打断）when the phone in the bedroom .
Lisa answered to the sound of a man. "Hello madam, I'm calling from the police station.
Is this Mr. Mike Green's ?”“Yes, it is!”
“I'm sorry madam but there was a traffic accident and a man has . We got this number from his wallet(钱夹 ). We need you to come and identify (辨认 ) his body."
Lisa was shocked (震惊)! could this happen! She'd have died for another chance to mend every little fight! She lay and cried the floor in pain. She lost her chance. Forever! , there was a noise at the doorway. The door opened and Mike came in. "My dear, it's a day today. My wallet was stolen."
"That's the best I've ever heard," Lisa said with a smile as her eyes were .
A．interests B．things C．habits D．friendship
A．All B．One C．None D．Both
A．searching B．Singing C．waiting D．starting
A．even B．always C．hardly D．sometimes
A．time B．day C．way D．fact
A．fighting B．feeling C．decision D．love
A．sounded B．rang C．knocked D．made
A．office B．address C．speaking D．number
A．lost B．left C．died D．hurt
A．How B．When C．Where D．What
A．above B．on C．beside D．to
A．Luckily B．Slowly C．Quietly D．Suddenly
A．nice B．bad C．cool D．warm
A．News B．advice C．lie D．information
A．looking B．Putting C．watering D．turning
A game of “catch” is just two people throwing a ball back and forth (来回地). They might have baseball , or they might use their hands.In fact, playing catch is part of baseball to make you get used to using a ball and a glove. But any American kid will tell you it’s much more than that.
Playing catch is a time for kids to be with their . It’s a time when there’s nothing to worry about besides catching a ball. It’s a time when words move as smoothly as the ball itself back-and-forth, easy and relaxing. It’s an excuse to spend time .When you ask some adults(成年人) to the good memories of their dads, they nearly always say something about playing catch. Why? Probably because dads are usually very with their work. A catch game is a time that is only for one thing. This is a time when a kid has his or her dad’s attention. There is no work, no phone and no other people around to take your dad away you. For the time of playing a game of catch—your dad is all .
A．gloves B．yards C．skills D．caps
A．team B．practice C．match D．club
A．fathers B．mothers C．friends D．classmates
A．alone B．once again C．as usual D．together
A．talk about B．looked for C．point out D．hear of
A．strict B．busy C．bored D．careful
A．off B．to C．for D．from
A．his B．hers C．yours D．theirs
Be yourself
We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that lie or she is special.____ ____ , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.
Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they________us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often_______.There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is ______ for us to be better than everyone else all the time.
We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have________us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, ______sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.
A．Again B．Next C．Besides D．However
A．describe B．compare C．introduce D．prefer
A．lonely B．forgetful C．disappointed D．nervous
A．helpful B．impossible C．necessary D．unfair
A．inside B．among C．around D．for
A．friends B．scientists C．parents D．doctors
Maybe you have seen this in schools: Some students study nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much l time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to success. But now they understand that smart work can make them successful, too.
Hard workers don’t m working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers to these questions. “Why should I suffer this?” “Isn’t there a better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus now. P
in every field is the direct result of “try to find a better way” by smart workers. There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter from someone who c
that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.
How could empty soapbox go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machines let an empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a s . He put a large X-ray (X射线) machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapbox. A
teaching the workers how to use it, he sat down in his seat, exhausted.
“Sir, we could have solved the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way.” a worker said.
“Really? How?” “We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes and leave the other o with soap. There would be no need for an X-ray machine, two computers, and operating by workers.”
See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not only learn from the engineers’ hard work, but also think smart like the workers.
Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They friendship to last forever. , even the best friendship can end.
As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) _ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally_ _.
Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”
Peter explained. “We _ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”
Sometimes friendships_ _ suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.
Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we _ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”
Jack said, “ When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always_ with new jobs, so we didn’t keep _ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him _ _ I went home.”
Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends say, “Generally it’s _ _ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely lost.”
No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always _ _ pain of loss. When nothing can be _ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on _ _ new friendships.
May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!
A．hope B．expect C．decide D．prefer
A．Unfortunately B．Luckily C．Then D．So
A．interest B．experience C．change D．Suggestion
A．forgets B．disappears C．appears D．improves
A．finished B．practiced C．continued D．started
A．break down B．break away C．break off D．break in
A．often B．seldom C．always D．never
A．struggling B．satisfying C．pleased D．fed
A．at B．by C．on D．in
A．even if B．while C．before D．since
A．strange B．true C．false D．impossible
A．will be B．is C．will D．to be
A．little B．some C．any D．no
A．thought B．checked C．carried D．done
A．to ask for B．forming C．to build D．beginning
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