题目内容
I won’t forget her advice
I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago. Her husband died of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insights(见解)with us.
The class was nearly over. She said, “Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you an important thought.”
“Each of us is put here on Earth to learn, share, love, enjoy and give all by ourselves. We must make the best of every single day.”
Her eyes were beginning to water and she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice. It doesn’t have to be something you see — it could be a nice smell — perhaps of freshly baked bread, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly blowing the leaves in the trees.”
“Please look for these things, and love them. For, although it may seem common, these things are the stuff(素材)of life. They are the little things we are put here on Earth to enjoy. They are the things we often take for granted. We must make it a point to notice them, for at any time it can all be taken away.”
The class was completely quiet. We picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole term.
I usually think of that teacher and try to enjoy all of those things that we sometimes overlook (忽略).
Take notice of something special you see during your lunch hour today. Walk barefoot along the beach at sunset. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we regret(后悔), but the things we didn’t do.
- 1.
What happened to the teacher’s husband?
- A.He was ill.
- B.He died of a heart attack.
- C.He made a promise.
- D.He became a teacher, too.
- A.
- 2.
The high school teacher shared her insights with her students ____________.
- A.on her way to school
- B.on her way home
- C.at the beginning of class
- D.at the end of class
- A.
- 3.
The underlined word “breeze” (in Paragraph 4) means ____________?
- A.colourful cloud
- B.white snow
- C.light wind
- D.heavy rain
- A.
- 4.
What is the teacher’s advice?
- A.We should love life and enjoy things around us.
- B.We should share our important thoughts with others.
- C.We should never feel sorry for what we have done.
- D.We should do importand things and overlook little ones.
- A.
A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I’ll take the five o’clock train."
"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I’m afraid I can’t. I won’t be able to get up so early."
The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."
"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."
"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn’t. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"
"I don’t know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn’t matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."
【小题1】 The student stayed at the inn because ____.
A.it was in the cool mountain village he was going to |
B.the boss of the inn was kind to him |
C.the boss could wake him up at the right time |
D.it was near the railway station |
A.the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up early |
B.the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地) |
C.he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train |
D.it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station |
A.five o’clock | B.a quarter to five |
C.half past four | D.a quarter to six |
A.he had to buy an alarm-clock |
B.the boss refused to wake him up |
C.he would take another train |
D.he had to go to the village on foot |
A.clock would wake the student up in time |
B.student certainly missed his train the next morning |
C.alarm-clock was no use for the student |
D.student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理) |