I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology（社会学）. It was asked to go out and smile at three people.
I am a very person and thought this would be a piece of cake. Soon after, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s. We were standing in line, waiting to be , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to away, and then even my husband did.
As I turned around I a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor men. As I looked down at the short man, he was smiling. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God’s Light as he stood there. He said, “Good day” as he ____ the few coins he had been holding.
The young lady at the counter asked him they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all， Miss” because that was all they could . He just wanted to be warm.
Then I really felt it—the compulsion（冲动）was great that I almost reached out and hugged the little man ___ the blue eyes.
That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging(判断) my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on tray（托盘）.
I then walked around the corner to the that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed man’s hand. He looked up at me, with in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”
I with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: acceptance without condition.
A．friendly B．healthy C．proud D．lucky
A．treated B．served C．welcomed D．greeted
A．give B．put C．move D．throw
A．sounded B．tasted C．looked D．smelled
A．happy B．careless C．homeless D．pleasant
A．counted B．discovered C．made D．found
A．what B．how C．why D．who
A．save B．share C．afford D．drink
A．such B．too C．very D．so
A．of B．in C．with D．for
A．other B．the other C．another D．others
A．window B．door C．kitchen D．table
A．warm B．clean C．dirty D．cold
A．fear B．tears C．hope D．unhappiness
A．began B．stopped C．graduated D．filled
Mark Hill is a traffic police officer in Watford, near London. He works on some of the busiest in Britain. “There are traffic police twenty-four hours a day. There are three shifts(轮班) each day, and each shift is hours. Usually we have to deal with three or four each shift.”
“We deal with anyone who is hurt in the accident. That’s thing. Then we have to clear the road and get the traffic again.”
“You must be careful while driving. Most accidents happen because people drive too , especially when the roads are wet. it’s more . Sometimes we get accidents drivers don’t follow the rules. For example, I’ve seen a lot of drivers who pass the others the left. It is not right in . If you want to pass the cars in front, you have to go into the fast lane(车道) on the right.”
“I love my It makes me feel every day—I never know I’m going to do from one day to the next. And I meet all kinds of people. I think there’s any other job that can give you that experience.”A、schools B、shops C、streets
A、on a trip B、on duty C、on show
A、eight B、fifteen C、eighteen
A、lessons B、accidents C、news
A、the first B、the last C、the second
A、flying B、serving C、moving
A、fast B、carefully C、slowly
A、safe B、dangerous C、cool
A、and B、because C、but
A、on B、for C、in
A、China B、Britain C、America
A、accident B、house C、job
A、excited B、angry C、sad
A、what B、how C、where
A、isn’t B、doesn’t C、don’t
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An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥) them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, thinking how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. He was very _______ about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four _____. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, ______ I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can ______ the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s_____.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody ______. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and ______ our hearts, which also made his life ______. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t ______ his wonderful music, but his music has ______millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
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There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements.
One day, the young man took a walk with a ____ man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging(吹嘘) about himself, ____ the wise man didn’t say a word. When they ____ a peak(山峰), the wise man asked, “Look down. What do you see ?”
“I see trees, farmland, houses and people as ____ as ants working in the fields,” the young man said.
“What do you feel?” the wise man asked.
“Everything is ___ me. I feel I rule the world,” the young man answered.
The wise man said ____. After a minute, he asked the young man to look ____ “What do you see this time?” the wise man asked.
“I see ____ flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the ____ sky above the white clouds,” the young man answered.
Then he asked the wise man’s ___.
“I feel small and powerless,” the wise man answered . ”A person who knows to look upward can ____ understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won’t be so ____ as to believe he rules over the world or other people.”
The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his ____. From then on , ____ he began to feel as if the world owed(亏欠) him something, he looked up at the sky and remembered ____ small he really was. Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.
A．busy B．lazy C．wise D．hard-working
A．if B．but C．so D．or
A．got to B．got off C．arrived in D．got up
A．fat B．light C．small D．strong
A．below B．above C．between D．against
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．up B．down C．out D．after
A．monkeys B．tigers C．chicks D．birds
A．red B．blue C．green D．black
A．ways B．name C．feelings D．address
A．badly B．angrily C．hardly D．clearly
A．clever B．smart C．silly D．useful
A．pride B．success C．luck D．smell
A．whatever B．whenever C．wherever D．however
A．why B．where C．how D．what
I to Hawaii(夏威夷) last summer. Hawaii is a very place. Many people go there for vacation every year. The was pretty nice during my stay in Hawaii. It sunny every day. I many beautiful places and I a good time there. I to the beaches. I saw many people . Some played the beaches, some the sky(天空), and others swam in the sea.
Hawaii is the best place water sports in the world. A very popular sport is surfing(冲浪). It’s exciting but .
People in Hawaii are very . Many people are good at . There, I saw they dance very .A、went B、go C、am going
A、awful B、hot C、beautiful
A、water B、weather C、food
A、is B、was C、were
A、visit B、visited C、was visit
A、have B、has C、had
A、go B、went C、to go
A、there B、in there C、here
A、in B、for C、on
A、looked like B、looked at C、looked for
A、for B、in C、about
A、dangerous B、boring C、beautiful
A、friends B、friendly C、friend
A、singing B、painting C、dancing
A、well B、good C、nice
I have ____ my hometown for a few years. It has changed a lot ____ the years. New roads and beautiful buildings have been ____ . People in my hometown have realized the ____ of protecting the environment. They have done many things ____ planting trees, keeping the roads clean, and not ____ plastic bags. Now the ____ is much better than before, and people’s life is ____ than before. The old are doing all kinds of ____ such as playing ____ , dancing and playing TaiJi in the park. There are ____ places for people to relax such as KTVs and bars in the town. People’s life is not ____ any more. They can relax in many different ways ____ just watching TV at home. There are also some places ___ further learning , especially for the ____ who want to find good jobs.
A．left B．been away C．been away from D．left away
A．over B．among C．between D．after
A．build B．building C．built D．buildings
A．important B．useless C．importance D．use
A．for example B．as C．such as D．that is
A．use B．used C．useful D．using
A．environment B．weather C．life D．hometown
A．bad B．worse C．colourful D．more colorful
A．games B．matches C．work D．activities
A．chess B．the chess C．with chess D．a chess
A．few B．less C．more D．much
A．interesting B．boring C．bored D．happy
A．for example B．in fact C．instead of D．such as
A．for B．at C．with D．to
A．young B．children C．old D．Baby
Children all around the world are familiar with fairy tales ,such as “The Little Mermaid”, “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s new clothes”. The colourful characters from the stories made us laugh and throughout our childhood.
The stories are the of Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. He was born into a poor family in Odense, Denmark, on April 2, 1805. His early life was not . His father was a shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. He very little education. As a child he was very emotional(情绪化) and was at for being feminine(女性化) and tall.
In 1816 his father died and Anderson was forced to go out to work, first in a tailor’s shop and then at a tobacco factory. At the age of 14 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years he had to leave the theater when his voice broke in 1822.
, Anderson went to a grammar school. Having done well, he was allowed to go to Copenhagen University in 1828. He began to publish his fairy tales in1835.They in small volumes（量）until his death.
Anderson lived a hard life, but he tried to make people laugh in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a sad childhood as he did. The works Anderson famous all over the world , but he was still a lonely man. He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work. Anderson passed away on August 4, 1875 at the age of 70. His home in Odense is now a museum and thousands of people visit it every year.
A．tell B．speak C．smile D．cry
A．discoveries B．inventions C．creations D．feelings
A．hard B．easy C．excited D．bad
A．bought B．found C．received D．lost
A．spoken B．talked C．smiled D．laughed
A．career B．hobby C．performance D．trip
A．since B．after C．until D．still
A．Even so B．Afterwards C．Since then D．Otherwise
A．turned out B．sold out C．came out D．went out
A．found B．brought C．made D．let
There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before he was sent away, the boy was the student in his class. He was at the top in every exam.
But the boy changed after home and studying in the boarding school. His grades started to . He hated being in a group. He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he felt like committing suicide(自杀). All of this was because he felt no one loved him.
His parents started to the boy. But they even did not know what was wrong with him. So his father decided to go to the school and talk with him.
They sat by the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his lessons, teachers and . After some time his father said, "Do you know, son, why I'm here today?"
"To my grades," the boy replied back.
"No, no," his father said. "I'm here to tell you that you're the most person for me. I want to see you . I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. You're my life."
These words caused the boy's eyes to be filled with tears. He hugged(拥抱) his father. They didn't say to each other for a long time.
Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on the earth who cared for him deeply. And today this young man is in university at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him .
A．laziest B．cleverest C．calmest D．worst
A．coming B．returning C．leaving D．going
A．drop B．increase C．rise D．turn down
A．look for B．learn from C．worry about D．shout at
A．friends B．family C．study D．grades
A．find B．teach C．check D．hear
A．famous B．important C．outstanding D．interesting
A．happy B．serious C．excellent D．honest
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．ill B．pleasant C．pleased D．Sad
Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its piece. But because it was not complete, it could only roll ( 滚 ) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on for the lost piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit . The circle put the piece into . It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so happy and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who everything is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he was always wanted or never had.
We couldn’t be perfect. But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.A. miss B. lose C. missing
A. none B. all C. each
A. look B. looking C. to look
A. perfectly B. perfect C. part
A. it B. itself C. them
A. which B. whether C. that
A. own B. has C. owned
A. kindness B. sadness C. happiness
As we all know, eating habits are different in different countries. The Chinese have a . “Eat good things for breakfast, eat a big meal for lunch, but eat at dinner.” Many Americans agree that one should start the day with a good breakfast, but their about lunch and dinner are different.
Most Americans only give a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch. After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Talking about their day with all the family is a great way to take a good rest after a long, hard day of work.
Eating at restaurants is also different. In China, people like to talk and laugh while . Very often you can hear people talking and laughing , and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. If someone is talking too loudly at table, the manager of the restaurant may and ask them to be quiet. After dinner, it’s thought quite rude if you leave you finish eating. You are expected to stay and around the dinner table.
So if you want to be , there’s an English saying, “When in Rome, do as Romans do.”
A．saying B．word C．sentence D．Information
A．little B．less C．few D．fewer
A．languages B．food C．ideas D．words
A．ourselves B．yourselves C．themselves D．oneselves
A．cooking B．eating C．playing D．speaking
A．quietly B．easily C．hardly D．loudly
A．come on B．come in C．come out D．come up with
A．as soon as B．until C．when D．while
A．say B．talk C．tell D．speak
A．rude B．kind C．polite D．Happy
There is an old English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” One person certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.
Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反战议题), traveling to many different countries to share his .
In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe. Mr. Cousins got . He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones(骨头).
In less than a week after he got back, he could not it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to at night. The doctor told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治疗)his problem and he might never the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope .
Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by thoughts. He did not want to take to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.
He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
Deciding that the could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever he felt . Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for .
After a few months, Mr. Cousins was to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.
A．laughed B．taught C．wrote D．copied
A．magazines B．subjects C．photos D．ideas
A．rich B．sick C．lonely D．famous
A．stand B．realize C．face D．improve
A．dream B．eat C．shout D．sleep
A．go through B．look after C．get over D．find out
A．unhappy B．pleasant C．silly D．clever
A．food B．time C．medicine D．money
A．unusual B．false C．real D．wild
A．friends B．laughter C．experiment D．doctors
A．begin B．end C．continue D．report
A．rested B．worked C．studied D．played
A．well B．tired C．afraid D．worried
A．help B．exercise C．freedom D．fun
A．able B．safe C．lazy D．uncertain
Two years ago, Martin was a “problem child” and he often caused a lot of trouble. But he didn’t usually give his mother much trouble. However, after his father’s death, Martin’s life became much more . His mother didn’t have enough money to for his education. To do this, she had to work hard, and so she was not often at home with him.
His mother looked after him as as she could, but Martin still caused problems. He was not interested in and he was often in trouble with the police. Luckily, his mother was very patient, and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she made a difficult decision: to send him to a boys’ boarding school (寄宿学校). But Martin it very much. One day, he told his head teacher he wanted to leave the . The head teacher said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his . So Martin called his mother. To his surprise, this phone call changed his life.
“ was really what I needed,” he said later. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that my father was watching me, _ he had died, and he would always be proud of everything good I did. I realized that after my father died, I was to be alone, and I tried to make my mother pay more attention to me.”
Martin has really changed, and he is now a student in his class. How was he able to change? His mother’s love helped _ to feel good about himself. As Martin says it’s very important for parents to be there for their children.
A．careful B．beautiful C．difficult D．wonderful
A．pay B．ask C．look D．wait
A．fast B．well C．soon D．good
A．eating B．playing C．fighting D．studying
A．had B．liked C．hated D．took
A．room B．library C．street D．school
A．mother B．father C．teacher D．head teacher
A．I B．It C．He D．One B
A．if B．than C．although D．because
A．nice B．glad C．afraid D．careful
A．bad B．good C．healthy D．lazy
A．it B．me C．her D．him
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All announced that they were the best, the most important and the most useful,
Green said, “_____ I am the most important, I’m the sign of life. Look around, and you will see that I am almost everywhere.”
Blue interrupted, “You only think about the earth. But consider the sky and sea, they gives space and peace. Without my peace, you would all be______.”
Yellow chuckled, “I bring laughter and warmth into the world. Every time you looked at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no____. “
Orange started next to blow her trumpet, “Who is the ________ of health and strength? It’s me, think of carrots, pumpkins, and oranges. Although I don’t hang around all the time, I carry the most important vitamins.”
Red could no longer______it and he shouted out, “I am the ruler of all of you. I am the color of danger and bravery. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. “
Purple_____Up to his full height. He was very tall and said, “ I am the color of power. Kings, have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom.”
And indigo(靛青色) started to Speak…… The colors’ quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly rain started to pour down. The colors were all_______, and crowded close to one another for comfort.
Rain began to speak, “You foolish colors. Don’t you know that you were each made for a special purpose? Join hands with one another and come to me, “
Doing_______they were told, the colors united and joined hands. The rain continued, “From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch(伸展)_ ___ the sky to form a great rainbow, the rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow. And so, whenever a heavy rain washes the world , a rainbow with ______ colors appears in the sky. Let us remember to appreciate one another.”
A．luckily B．clearly C．carefully D．firstly
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．fun B．problem C．life D．trouble
A．mark B．reason C．sign D．sense
A．sit B．listen C．hear D．stand
A．rose B．looked C．put D．turned
A．excited B．surprised C．afraid D．angry
A．because B．as C．when D．since
A．in B．through C．over D．across
A．five B．six C．seven D．eight
How time flies, our junior high school (初中) years are coming to an end. After the big exam，most of us will go to in a senior high school (高中). are we expecting from senior high? We interview some tudents about their plans for future. Now hear what plans some students have for the future.
Jerry, 16, from Shanghai, “I have heard that although Senior 3 is a year, students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2. I hope there’ll be time to enjoy , especially tennis. The Tennis Masters (大师) Cup will be held in Shanghai. I’m going to volunteer to help out and I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.”
Han Lily, 15, from Zhongshan, “I really enjoy science. I’m crazy about model planes, although I’m not good at . I’ll learn more science in senior high. Anyway, sometimes in the future I’m going to build a super model plane!”
Wan Yang, 17, from Xiamen, “I hope I can be in senior high school. I’m only 155 cm. I want to be 162 cm. most of the girls in my family don’t grow any taller than 160 cm. I hope I’m different.”
Li Fan, 16, from Shenzhen, “I hope I can make more friends. In senior high, I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things them.”
A．walk B．study C．play D．write
A．When B．How C．What D．Where
A．let’s B．it’s C．what’s D．that’s
A．hot B．hard C．light D．kind
A．book B．show C．photo D．sports
A．making B．sitting C．cooking D．cleaning
A．us B．him C．it D．her
A．shorter B．stronger C．thinner D．taller
A．So B．But C．When D．If
A．to B．for C．from D．at
Mr. Green is an old man. He is very kind, and he has many friends. But there is _ wrong with his eyes. So he can't see clearly.
One day, he went to New York train. He went there to visit his best friend. After he got here _ the evening, he found his friend at home. So he find a hotel to live in. The next day, his friend didn't come back. In the afternoon he went to buy two bottles of wine(酒).When he came back to his room in the hotel, he found a fly(苍蝇) was on the wall. But he thought it was a snail(钉子),so he put the bottles on .Of course, the fly flew away and the bottles were broken. He had to buy two bottles.
The waitress in the hotel knew this, then she put a into the wall.
When he came back, he looked up at the wall and found the "fly" was there again. So he walked and hit（敲）it hard with his hands. At once(立刻)he cried .
A．something B．everything C．nothing D．anything
A．in B．on C．by D．at
A．at B．in C．on D．from
A．was B．wasn't C．did D．didn't be
A．could B．would C．did D．had to
A．it B．them C．that D．this
A．other B．the other.. C．more D．another
A．fly B．snail C．bottle D．friend
A．quickly B．fast C．careful D．quietly
A．loudly B．happily C．quickly D．clearly
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