Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble?
One day, two ___ were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very __ . They went up to her and said, “Are you going to town? If you are, we will help carry your basket.”
“Thank you,” ___ the woman. “You are very kind. You see I’m weak and ill.” Then she told them that she was now going to market to __ the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.
“We are all going to the ___ ,” said the boys. “Let us carry the basket.” And they took hold of it, one each side. They walked ___ with the heavy basket, but happily.
The other day, I saw a little girl stop and __ a piece of banana peel (皮), which she threw into the dustbin (垃圾桶). “I wish ___ would throw that on the sidewalk,” said she. “Someone may step on it and fall.”
Perhaps some may say that these are not __ things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a kind heart. We must not wait for the __ to do great things. We must begin with little things of love.
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You without doubt sleep every day, but do you have a dream every night? How much do you know about dreaming? “Sleep are than dream. We all need to dream.” some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams every night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That because the dreamer is worrying about something. Sometimes dreaming is a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry into dreams.
Sometimes we with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream.Dreams can disappear quickly from memory.
__ dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still feel tired.
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The word “duang” is new that it does not even appear in the dictionary. But it has already rapidly across China. It has caused 312,000 discussions 15,000 users. On Baidu， which is the online search engine in China， it has been almost 600,000 times. It has been noticed in the West， too. Foreign Policy， a news Website， regarded it a big event.
But what does it mean? It seems to be an example of onomatopoeia(拟声词). It was started by Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. He acted in an advertisement in 2004.In it， he said his hair was bright and black the word “duang”. The word appeared again recently after Chan put on his Weibo page. users then began to surf Chan's Weibo page and made comments(评论).
The word appears to have many different ， and there's no perfect translation for it. But you can use it as an adjective to give emphasis(强调)to the word that follows it.
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August 10thSunny
Today is the third day in Florida， the USA. You will never know I went today. I visited the Harry Potter Theme Park! It was really a great for Harry Potter fans.
In the theme park， I saw all the places in the movies， such as the school， the stores and the restaurant. I also went into these buildings and took a lot of pictures. I had lunch in the park， but I didn't in dollar. I used the money in the movies. Wasn't it interesting?
As a Harry Potter fan， I really wanted to Harry Potter and his friends in the park. ， it was a pity that I didn't. But I got a chance to fly like them. It was exciting!
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It was Christmas Eve. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world was over for me. I didn’t have enough money to buy myself the that I had wanted that year.
Dad came back in and there was ice in his beard（胡子）. “You’ve been by widow（寡妇）Smith’s house recently?” he asked. Widow Smith two miles down the road. Her husband died a year ago and left her with children.
“I rode by just today,” Dad , “Little Jack was out looking for wood. They must have used up wood, Tom.”
We filled our sledge（雪橇）high with . Then we went to the store and Dad bought some food and a small pair of shoes. I tried to think about Dad was doing. I knew we didn’t have enough money, so why was Dad buying them so many things?
We widow Smith’s house and went in. “We brought you a few things, madam.” Dad said, and the bag of food on the table. Then Dad handed widow Smith the pair of shoes. At that moment, tears filled her eyes and started running down her face.
My throat seemed to be filled with , and there were tears in my eyes, too. Just then, my dream gift seemed very unimportant. Dad had given me the look on widow Smith’s face and the smiles of three children. He had given me the best Christmas of my life.
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This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady. her life was hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.
This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home（养老院）. The nursing home was very .
After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. the way to her room. I told her what the room was like.
Suddenly she said, “I love !”
“ Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.
She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is . It depends on how I decide to the room. I have already decided to love the room before I see it .”
Then she continued, “I have a . I can spend the day in bed and consider how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be thankful that I can enjoy a new day. Each day is a , I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account(帐户) before.”
Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you’ve put in. If you have put a lot of in your bank account, you can take out some of it when you feel sad.
Attitude（态度）is everything.
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I still remember that day. I was waiting to get some for shopping in a bank. Among the crowd, I noticed a little boy carrying some sunglasses in one hand and a big bag in .
The boy was about 10 years old. He was walking around the people inside the and asked them to buy his sunglasses. But would buy any from him. He tried from one person to another. From the look on his face, I knew he would not anyway.
Now, I decided to have a with him. I went up and asked, “Do you go to school?” He nodded his head. Then I continued, “Why do you sunglasses?” He said nothing. I gave him $20 and said that I was not in of the sunglasses but he could keep the money. To my , his face changed a lot, which is still in my memory today. I didn’t know to say next. Then he replied, “Either you buy sunglasses or you back the money. I don’t need your pity.” I felt very for what I did, and I told him that I would buy two pairs.
I took these sunglasses home and kept myself, “Did such a young boy need to do it for his self-respect（自尊）?” He could take the $20 and left. But he chose to sell his sunglasses and get the money not because of others’ . I will remember this lesson forever.
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The word “blog”is a short way of web log (网络日志). A“blogger” is a person who writes a blog on the Internet. can start a blog. and they can write about anything they like.
There are a lot of blogs on the Internet today. They give information, news and ideas to many people read them. And they give people a place their ideas and talk about other people's ideas. If you want to open a biog. the first step is to link(链接) to the website. Then you can surf the Internet, find interesting articles and write comments about each one. This is called an online diary of links. Also there are personal diaries. The writers talk about their lives and there. Sometimes these blogs can be very personal.
Blogs are growing very fast. Compared other websites, blogs are special in many ways. Most , they are updated (更新) more often. Many blogs are updated every day, and some are updated several times a day. Also, there are many special websites for blogs, so you don't need to be a computer expert (专家) to start blog.
Many people think that as blogs become more common, news reporting will depend on TVs or radios, and more on people posting news to the Internet. They think that then the news will be less like a lesson, but more like a conversation, which anyone can .
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Life is full of unexpected. ____ a cold winter afternoon, a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car and clearly she needed help. So he stopped and ____ his old truck. “Is he going to hurt me? He doesn’t look safe,” the old lady was ____.
The man could see that she was afraid, so he said in his friendliest voice, “I’m here to help you, madam. Why don’t you ____ in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Ted Johnson.” Ted quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. The she asked ____ she could pay him.
But Ted wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. ____ was normal for him to do such a thing like that. He said. “ If you really want to repay（报答）me , next time you see someone in need, think of me and help them.”
After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small ____ where she decided to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant（怀孕）. The waitress looked tired and week, ____ she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the $10 bill, she remembered Ted’s words.
After the lady was gone, the waitress saw a small note on the table. It said, “Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you. Continue being kind to other people.” Under the note were five ____ dollars.
The waitress was ____ excited that she called her husband to tell him the news, “Ted…Ted Johnson my dear… you’re not going to believe what just happened…”
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One day, when your mother gets older and older, will you dislike her more words and her had health? Here is a mother`s letter to her______. Let`s read it and see what`s moving you.
Dear son,
When I grow old one day, please be _______ to me and try to understand me. If I get dirty when eating or if I can`t ____ myself., help me. Remember the hours I spent teaching you . If I say some things again and again when I speak to you, please _____me. When you were_______, I had to read you the same story again and again ________ you went to sleep. When my tired legs do not let me walk, give me your _____. I did the same when you started walking. When I come near to you, you should be next to me, try to understand me and help me _______ I did when you were a baby. When I am ill, you should look ______me well, just like I took good care of you day and night. Please spend more time _____ with me when you are free. I`ll pay you by a smile and love.
I love you, son!
Your mother,
Mary
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It was Mary’s birthday. She received a letter from her uncle was a farmer.
“Dear Mary,” the letter said. “Happy birthday . I am sending you some as your birthday present.They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you will like them. Best wishes, Uncle Toby. ”
Mary liked eating eggs and .When the chickens arrived the day, they were in a box. Mary was very .She took the box off the truck and began to carry it into her garden. , the box was heavy and she dropped it . The chickens all ran out .They ran everywhere, into the road , into the shops , even into the next street. It Mary many hours to find them and take them back to her garden.
A few days later uncle came.”Did the chickens arrive ?” he asked Mary.”Yes,Uncle Toby.”Mary said.” I had lots if trouble with them. I dropped the box. It broke and the chickens ran everywhere.I spent the whole afternoon them.” “Did you find them all?” her uncle asked.”I hope so,”Mary replied.”I caught eleven of them.””That’s very interesting,”her uncle said a smile,”because I only sent you six.”
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Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my ____, we met a strange old man. It was raining ____ and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice ____ and he said he would give it to ____ for only one pound. He said he had ____ his wallet and he needed taxi fare(费用) to go back home. My mother didn’t believe ____ he said at first, and asked him a lot questions. but she finally believed the man and gave him a pound. She was ____ to buy a good umbrella for so little. but the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a pub(酒吧) and bought ____ a glass of whiskey(威士忌) with a pound. ____ he drank it, he put on his hat and took one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he ____ it again.
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My wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and watch a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know that woman also loves you and would like to spend ___ with you.”
The other woman ____my wife asked me to pay attention to was my mother. My father has been dead for many years. My mother lived ____, but sometimes I was too busy to visit her.
That evening I called her and invited her to dinner and watch a movie. She seemed very______ when I arrived at her house. We went to a restaurant. My mother took my arm and walked as if she was my first lady.
____ dinner, we had a very good conversation. It was nothing special. We simply_____the latest events in our lives. But we were so busy talking______we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.”I agreed.
A few days later, my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a ______ to do anything for her. Not long after that, I received a payment receipt (收据) from the restaurant as well as an attached (附加) note：
“I paid the bill for our second dinner in advance(提前). I am not sure____I could have dinner with you or not. So I paid for two people, you and your wife. I have no words to explain how important that dinner meant to me. My son, I love you.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they deserve (应得) . ____ in life is more important than our family.
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One spring afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I parked the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running freely on the grass as his mother _____ from a short distance（距离）. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been set free out of ______. The boy would then fall to the grass, ______ up quickly, even without looking back at his mother, run as ______ as he could again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, I thought to myself, “Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down ,make a big deal out of it and don’t even ______ a second try for fear of failure(失败).
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don't consider their falling down as failure, instead, they treat it as a ________experience. They try again and again until they ____. The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “failure”. As a_____, they are not discouraged in any way, Also they _______ think to themselves that it’s quite OK to fall down and that it’s not wrong to so . In other words, they _______ themselves to make mistakes, so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence and the manner in which he did.
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阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small _____in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make _____body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy _____to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be _____. He took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut the hole ______. The butterfly came out of the cocoon, but it __ a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin _____. 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_____but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawl out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of _____out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be _____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.
_____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 ____ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even _____ growth, without it, there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid _____ or problems. So, next time you are _____ a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little–then fly!
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