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The Brick
About ten years ago, a young and very successful manager named Josh was travelling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit fast in his 1 car.
He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars. 2 his car passed, no child rushed out, but a brick did and WHUMP! It 3 his shiny black side door! Josh 4 out of his car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up 5 a parked car. He shouted at the kid,“ 6 was that all about and who are you? Just what are you doing?”He went on with 7 “That's my new Jaguar, that brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”
“Please, mister, please…I'm 8 ! I didn't know what else to do!” 9 the youngster.“I threw the brick 10 no one else would stop!”Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he 11 around the parked car.“It's my brother, mister,”he said.“He rolled 12 the sidewalk and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't 13 him up.”Sobbing, the boy asked the manager,“Would you please help me get him 14 into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.”
15 beyond words, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief 16 wiped the cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then 17 the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long and slow walk back to his expensive car. Josh 18 did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the damage to 19 him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Pay 20 to the bricks of life coming at to you.
(1) A.old |
B.expensive |
C.secondhand |
D.slow |
(2) A.Since |
B.After |
C.As |
D.So long as |
(3) A.struck |
B.destroyed |
C.wiped |
D.harmed |
(4) A.climbed |
B.stepped |
C.got |
D.jumped |
(5) A.against |
B.on |
C.with |
D.toward |
(6) A.How |
B.Why |
C.When |
D.What |
(7) A.eagerness |
B.anger |
C.punishment |
D.displeasure |
(8) A.discouraged |
B.disappointed |
C.sorry |
D.hopeless |
(9) A.Explained |
B.Cried |
C.Shouted |
D.Added |
(10) A.until |
B.if |
C.before |
D.because |
(11) A.hid |
B.pointed |
C.ran |
D.searched |
(12) A.far |
B.away |
C.off |
D.onto |
(13) A.lift |
B.raise |
C.hold |
D.pick |
(14) A.over |
B.up |
C.down |
D.back |
(15A.Encouraged |
B.Moved |
C.Excited |
D.Frightened |
(16) A.so |
B.but |
C.and |
D.or |
(17) A.watched |
B.noticed |
C.saw |
D.observed |
(18) A.ever |
B.seldom |
C.hardly |
D.never |
(19) A.require |
B.remind |
C.warn |
D.keep |
(20) A.love |
B.turn |
C.attention |
D.respect |
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Angels My friend Heather mentioned that she had never seen an Angel. Then I remembered the 1 I had with my sister Sandra earlier this week. This will be Sandra's first Christmas without her husband. This summer he died in her arms. On Thursday, she was in the store 2 for an ideal card for her two sons and daughter. Time passed by quickly as she 3 the many choices. She wanted a card that sent something special to each of them, 4 she knew they would have a(n) 5 place in their heart this holiday season. Finally! She found the one that expressed the 6 feeling. The words expressed the feelings that she wished to share. However, a sharp pain pierced (穿透) her heart when she realized that the card was 7 "mom and dad." She stood there, 8 it close for a long time, unable to move from the 9 . Tears began to run down her cheeks. "Is there something I can do for you?" a 10 voice asked. She 11 to face a stranger, a woman, who was looking at her with 12 and concern. "Uh…oh...OH!" Sandra responded, "I can't give this card to my children because…because my husband died and this is the 13 card." Hearing this, the stranger's face softened with sympathy (同情) and love. She reached out and 14 my sister into her arms, giving her unspoken permission to cry in the protection of her embrace (拥抱). She 15 held my sister until her calmness 16 . "Thank you for listening to me cry on," was what my sister said when all was better. "You are welcome, and I am so sorry for your 17 ," the stranger answered and said goodbye to her. During her telling of this event I was feeling 18 that I hadn't been there. My sister needed me and a stranger had to do my 19 . "You know," she went on, "a friend suggested that it was like meeting with an Angel." My 20 disappeared in an instant. My sister required an Angel, and I think that is exactly what she got. | ||||
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