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It was a bright Saturday morning in the late fall. I had stopped at a caf¨¦ to enjoy a cup of coffee and__1__ the morning newspaper. Suddenly, I__2__ a hand on the back of my jacket and heard someone say, ¡°Hey Steve! How ya doin¡¯?¡±
__3__ up, I saw a boy wearing a mechanic¡¯s uniform worn by employees of the gasoline station next to the caf¨¦. He looked__4__, but, at first, I was unable to__5__ where we had met.
He also held a cup of coffee, so I asked him to join me. Very soon, his__6__ and probably my coffee began to thaw(½â¶³) out my__7__.
Five years earlier, he had been traveling home late on a February night. A fierce__8___ had arrived that afternoon, and by midnight, the snowdrifts were getting__9___. He recalled__10__ a drift just down the road from my house.
He had walked to my house for__11__. I had taken my pickup and a tow-rope and__12__ his car out of the snowdrift and up to the highway where maintenance(ά»¤) trucks had__13___ away the snow.
This has been a__14__ occurrence here during the winter. I cannot__15__ the times someone has also pulled my car from a snowdrift.
___16__, it was an unforgettable experience for him, and his memory of our unexpected meeting in a snowstorm__17__ my entire day.
Leo Buscaglia wrote, ¡°Too often we underestimate(µÍ¹À) the__18_ of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment(ÔÞÑï), or the smallest act of__19__, all of which have the potential to turn a__20__ around.¡±
1. A. preview B. scan C. order D. buy
2. A. noticed B. got C. caught D. felt
3. A. Looking B. Standing C. Rising D. Glaring
4. A. sensitive B. friendly C. familiar D. grateful
5. A. reflect B. determine C. regain D. recall
6. A. story B. experience C. appearance D. greetings
7. A. heart B. feeling C. memory D. wonder
8. A. sandstorm B. snowstorm C. hurricane D. rainfall
9. A. high B. slippery C. thin D. deep
10. A. blocking B. hitting C. knocking D. crashing
11. A. help B. advice C. emergency D. shelter
12. A. pulled B. dragged C. pushed D. dug
13. A. collected B. cleared C. threw D. melted
14. A. basic B. common C. forgettable D. practical
15. A. count B. keep C. master D. predict
16. A. Besides B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
17. A. covered B. influenced C. brightened D. filled
18. A. meaning B. relation C. value D. power
19. A. caring B. offering C. sharing D. forgiving
20. A. course B. fate C. truth D. life
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It was a normal summer night, humidity£¨³±Êª£©hung in the thick air. The only sound was my sister¡¯s heavy __36__ from the bed next to me.
I couldn¡¯t go to _37__, partly because of my cold and partly because of my __38__ for the next day. My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a __39__ .
Sweat stuck to my aching body. Finally, I gathered enough __40__ to sit up. I looked out of my small window into the night. There was a big bright __41__ hanging in the sky, giving off a magic glow.
My sister turned over as though she was as light as air. Why could she sleep soundly? Why wasn¡¯t she __42__ too? Did she know about tomorrow?
I couldn¡¯t stand the __43__ anymore, so I did what I always do to make myself feel better. I went to the __44__ and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste. Pouring the red paste onto the brush, I cleaned back and forth, up and down.
Then I walked downstairs to look for some __45__of movement, some life. Gladiator, my cat, __46__ me as he meowed£¨Ã¨½Ð£©his sad song. He was on the old orange couch £¨³¤É³·¢£©, sitting up on his front legs, 47 something to happen. He looked at me as if to say, ¡°I¡¯m __48__, pet me. I need a good hug.¡± Even the couch begged me to sit on it.
In one movement I settled down onto the soft 49 . This couch represented my birth, my parents¡¯ marriage, and hundreds of other little __50__.
As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily. My mind was __51__ with questions: What¡¯s life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator¡¯s body, I had a __52__ thought; each touch sang a different song.
I forgot all about the __53__ and the next day¡¯s surprise. The __54__ was so full of warmth and silence that I sank into its arms. Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms, I felt all my worries __55__ move away.
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Betty and Harold have been married for years .But one thing still puzzles (À§ÈÅ) old Harold .How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa ,talking ,go out to a ballgame ,come back three and a half hours later ,and they¡¯re still sitting on the sofa ? Talking ?
What in the world ,Harold wonders ,do they have to talk about ?
Betty shrugs .Talk ? We¡¯re friends .
Researching this matter called friendship ,psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men .No matter what their age ,their job ,their sex ,the results were completely clear :women have more friendships than men ,and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is ¡°marked and unmistakable .¡±
More than two ¨Cthirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman .Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend ,and almost always it was a woman .More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend ,most trusted person ,or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress £¨¸ÐÇéΣ»ú£©.¡°Most women ,¡±says Rubin ,¡°identified £¨È϶¨£© at least one ,usually more ,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment ,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives .¡±
¡°In general,¡±writes Rubin in her new book ,¡°women¡¯s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support ,but men¡¯s relationships are marked by shared activities.¡± For the most part ,Rubin says ,interactions £¨½»Íù£©between men are emotionally controlled ¨Ca good fit with the social requirements of ¡°manly behavior .¡±
¡°Even when a man is said to be a best friend ,¡±Rubin writes ,¡°the two share little about their innermost feelings .Whereas a woman¡¯s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage ,it wasn¡¯t unusual to hear a man say he didn¡¯t know his friend¡¯s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa .¡±
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that .
| A£®he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband |
| B£®women have so much to share |
| C£®women show little interest in ballgames |
| D£®he finds his wife difficult to talk to |
| A£®a male friend | B£®a female friend | C£®her parents | D£®her husband |
| A£®Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves. |
| B£®Women are more serious than men about marriage. |
| C£®Men often take sudden action to end their marriage. |
| D£®Women depend on others in making decisions. |
| A£®happy and successful marriages |
| B£®friendships of men and women |
| C£®emotional problems in marriage |
| D£®interactions between men and women . |
Every object tells a story. Even the most ordinary objects can present to us powerful images. Sometimes it is the ordinary nature of these objects that actually makes them so extraordinary. Such is the case with an old leather shoe in a museum in Alaska. At first glance it does not look like much. It is a woman¡¯s shoe of a style popular in the 1890s. But what is unique(¶ÀÌصÄ) about this shoe is where it was found. It was discovered on the Checkout Pass, the famous trail used by the people seeking gold in Alaska. Who it belonged to or why it was left there is not known. Was it perhaps dropped by accident as the woman climbed up the 1500 stairs carved outface? Or did she throw away goods that she didn¡¯t need in order to travel lighter?
Over 100, 000 people with ¡°gold fever¡± made this trip hoping to become millionaires. Few of them understood that on their way they would have to cross a harsh wildness. Unprepared for such a dangerous journey, many died of starvation and exposure to the cold weather.
The Canadian government finally started requiring the gold seekers to bring one ton of supplies with them. This was thought to be enough for a person to survive for one year. They would carry their supplies in backpacks(±³°ü) each weighing up to fifty pounds; it usually took at least 40 trips to get everything to the top and over the pass. Whoever dropped the shoe must have been a brave and determined woman. Perhaps she was successful and made it to Alaska. Perhaps she had to turn back in defeat. No one will ever know for sure, but what we do know is that she took part in one of the greatest adventures in the 19th century.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿The ordinary woman¡¯s leather shoe is considered unusual because ______.
| A£®it was an important clue to life in the past |
| B£®it was found on a famous trail |
| C£®it at one time belonged to a VIP |
| D£®it was a fashionable shoe at that time |
| A£®eventually became millionaires |
| B£®brought with them many shoes |
| C£®had conflicts with the Eskimos |
| D£®were not properly equipped |
| A£®they would not die of hunger and cold |
| B£®the army would have enough food for fighting a war |
| C£®they would change these goods with the Eskimos |
| D£®the supplies would make Alaska rich |
| A£®she must have lived a happy life |
| B£®she certainly dropped the shoe on purpose |
| C£®her adventurous spirit is definitely admired |
| D£®her other shoes were equally fashionable |