Many people have great difficulty in saying goodbye. But from goodbye moments, we can always learn something.

Once, I overheard (无意中听到) a father and daughter in their goodbye moment. The father said, “I love you, I wish you enough/” The daughter answered, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your lover is all that I need. I wish you enough, too, Daddy.”

They kissed and she left …

The father walked over towards me. I could see he wanted and needed a cry. He came over to me and asked, “Did you ever say a forever goodbye to someone?” Before I could answer, he went on, “ I am old and she lives much too far away. I know her next trip back would be for my funeral (葬礼).”

“When you were saying goodbye I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough.’ May I ask what that means?”

He began to smile, “It’s a wish that has come down from my great-great-grandparents. And my parents used to say it to me.”

He stopped for a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it. He smiled even more.

“When we said ‘I wish you enough,’ we were wanting the other person to have a life full of enough good things.”

Then, turning towards me, he shared (分享) the following “wish” from his heart.

I wish you enough sun to keep you brigh.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep you alive.

I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.

I wish enough hellos to get you through the final goodbye.

My friends, I wish you enough.

1. Many people would find it difficult ___________.

   A. to say goodbye B. to overhear others

C. to share their wishes D. to live too far away

2. How did the father get the “wish”?

A. The writer wrote it for him. B. His parents passed it down to him.

C. The teacher taught him at school. D. His daughter told him about it.

3. From the passage, we may learn _______.

A. the daughter didn’t understand his father

B. the old man didn’t want to see his daughter

C. the writer knew the old man very well

D. the father and daughter loved each other so much

4. The best title of the passage may be “________.”

A. Father and Daughter B. A Difficult Moment

C. Wish You Enough D. A Trip Back Home


Mobile phones are more important than ever in the daily lives of students, but how they use them has changed greatly in the past six years. While phones are still widely use for communication, a recent study has found that most students think talking on mobile phones is now old-fashioned.

London University researchers surveyed 1055 young people aged 13 to 18 about their mobile phone habits. The researchers divided mobile phone use into “communication” and “entertainment”. Communication included talking on the phone and writing messages using texting(短信)or chatting software. Entertainment was made up of playing games, watching movies, listening to music and surfing the Internet. The findings were then compared to a 2008 study, to see what changed. The results are shown below:

Perhaps most surprising is how little time students spend talking on their phones these days. Six years ago the average student spent 36% of their mobile phone time making or receiving calls. In 2014, only 10% of time was used for talking. When students use their phones to communicate, more and more often it is done by using chat software like qq or we chat.

“Communication is still an important function of mobile phones. But now mobile phones are being used more for entertainment than for communication,” said Dr Harry Lectre, the research leader.

1. What was the most popular mobile phone activity in 2014?

   A. Talking.      B. Texting.    C. Playing games.    D. Watching movies.

2. In total, what percentage of time did students use their mobile phones for communication in 2008?

A. 16%.         B. 28%.       C. 35%.            D. 71%.

3. Which of the following is true about watching movies on mobile phones?

       A. It has increased most over the past six years.

B.14% of students now watch movies on their mobile phones.

C. It was the most popular type of mobile phone entertainment in 2008.

D. Students now spend more time watching movies than talking on their phones.

4. Which mobile phone activities were more popular than surfing the Internet in 2014?

       A. Chatting and watching movies.

B. Chatting and listening to music.

C. Playing games and watching movies.

D. Playing games and texting.

5. The passage can best be described as a/an_______.

       A. report        B. story          C. advertisement    D. argument

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