To be a real gentleman, you should know that true forgiveness is one of the most remarkable qualities a human can possess!

In the fighting between two countries in the 1970s, a young man was walking from one village to the next when he was by an armed guerrilla fighter from the enemy country.The fighter the young man down the hill where he was to be .

But a(n) thing happened. The young man, who had military training, was able to disarm the fighter. Now, the table was and it was the fighter who was ordered down the hill.

As they walked, , the young man began to reflect on what was happening. Recalling the of his mother, "Love your enemies; do good to those who you." He found he could go no farther.

He the gun into the bushes, told the fighter he was to go and turned back the hill.

Minutes later, he heard footsteps33 behind him as he walked."Is this the end after all?" he . Perhaps the fighter had got the gun and wanted to finish him off. But he continued on, ________ glancing back, until his enemy reached him, only to grab him in a hug and pour out for sparing his life.

Mercy often wears the face of . And though it usually isn't an enemy in uniform-that we are challenged to forgive, we have ________ for mercy every day. Family members and friends, co-workers and neighbors and even strangers have ________ for our forgiveness. You know who they are.

As Mahatma Gandhi said, "The ________ can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. " Be strong. Forgive.

1.A.shot B.murdered C.killed D.caught

2.A.demanded B.reminded C.ordered D.required

3.A.beaten B.shot C.accepted D.driven

4.A.amazing B.frightening C.inspiring D.confusing

5.A.watched B.received C.accepted D.suggested

6.A.turned B.covered C.moved D.repaired

7.A.thus B.indeed C. therefore D.however

8.A.expressions B.plans C.words D.signals

9.A.forgive B.hate C.instruct D.help

10.A.packed B.dragged C.forced D.threw

11.A.free B.slow C.nervous D.eager

12.A.for B.into C.up D.down

13.A.showing B.waving C.running D.jumping

14.A.shouted B.counted C.wondered D.argued

15.A.seldom B.never C.always D.sometimes

16.A.marks B.favors C.thanks D.reasons

17.A.awareness B.kindness C.safeness D.forgiveness

18.A.opportunities B.explanations C.hopes D.lessons

19.A.need B.responsibility C.patience D.energy

20.A.lonely B.weak C.healthy D.calm

"Ok," I said to my daughter as she bent over her afternoon bowl of rice. "What's going on with you and your friend J.?" J. is the leader of a group of third-graders at her camp—a position Lucy herself occupied the previous summer. Now she's the one on the outs, and every day at snack time, she tells me all about it, while I offer up the unhelpful advice all summer long.

"She's fond of giving orders," Lucy complained. "She's fat," Lucy mumbled(含糊地说)to the bowl "We are going upstairs," I said, my voice cold, "We are going to discuss this." And up we went.

I'd spent the nine years since her birth getting ready for this day, the day we'd have to have

the conversation about this horrible word. I knew exactly what to say to the girl on the receiving end of the teasing(嘲笑),but in all of my imaginings, it never once occurred to me that my daughter would be the one who used the F word一Fat.

My daughter sat on her bed, and I sat beside her. “How would you feel if someone made fun of you for something that wasn't your fault?” I began. “She could stop eating so much,” Lucy mumbled, mouthing the simple advice a thousand doctors and well-meaning friends and relatives have given overweight women for years.

"It's not always that easy,” I said. “Everyone's different in terms of how they treat food”

Lucy looked at me, waiting for me to go on. I opened my mouth, then closed it. Should I tell her

that, in teasing a woman's weight, she's joined the long, proud tradition of critics who go after any woman with whom they disagree by starting with "you're ugly" and ending with “no man would want you and there must be something wrong with any man who does"?Should I tell her I didn't cry when someone posted my picture and commented, “I'm sorry, but aren't authors who write books marketed to young women supposed to be pretty?”

Does she need to know, now, that life isn't fair? I feel her eyes on me,waiting for an answer I don't have. Words are my tools.Stories are my job.It's possible she'll remember what I say forever, and I have no idea what to say.

So I tell her the only thing I can come up with that is absolutely true.I say to my daughter,

“I love you, and there is nothing you could ever do to make me not love you. But I'm disappointed in you right now. There are plenty of reasons for not liking someone. What she looks like isn't one of them.”

Lucy nods, tears on her cheeks.“I won't say that again,”she tells me,and I pull her close,

pressing my nose against her hair. We are both quiet, and I don't know if I have said the right thing. So as we sit there together, shoulder to shoulder, I pray for her to be smart.I pray for her to be strong. I pray for her to find friends,work she loves, a partner who loves her, and for the world not to deprive(剥夺)her of the things that make her who she is,for her life to be easy, and for her to have the strength to handle it when it's not. And still, always,I pray that she will never struggle as I've struggled, that weight will never be her cross to bear. She may not be able to use the word in our home, but I can use it in my head. I pray that she will never get fat.

1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 indicates that Lucy___.

A. has turned against her friend J.

B. often makes fun of her friend J.

C. gets along well with her friend J.

D. has begun to compete with her friend J.

2.Why does the author want to discuss with Lucy?

A. Because she is really shocked at Lucy's rudeness.

B. Because she wants to offer some other helpful advice.

C. Because she has prepared the conversation for nine years.

D. Because she decides to tell Lucy a similar story of her own.

3.What does the author want to tell her daughter?

A. It is not easy to take the doctors' advice to eat less.

B. People shouldn't complain because life is unfair.

C. People shouldn't be blamed for their appearance.

D. She herself was once一laughed at for her appearance.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that ___ .

A. the author is a fat but good-looking woman

B. the author earns a living by writing stories

C. the author will stop loving her daughter for what she said

D. the author's daughter agreed with her from.the very beginning

5.We can learn from the last paragraph that

A. Lucy is deeply moved by her mother's prayer

B. a mother's prayer will shape her daughter's attitude towards life

C. the author allows her daughter to use the F word in her head

D. the author hopes her daughter will never have weight trouble

6.The author's attitude towards her daughter can be best described as

A. satisfied and friendly

B. indifferent but patient

C. loving but strict

D. unsatisfied and angry

The first time I heard the actual London Bridge was in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, I thought it was a joke. A stupid joke at that. I mean, what sort of moron would take a perfectly good, perfectly famous bridge and move it halfway around the world to some no-name town in northwest Arizona? Back in 1962 when all this started, Lake Havasu City was nothing. A couple of shops, a couple of homes, and no tourism at all.

It turns out Robert McCulloch is the moron in question, and he wasn’t quite the moron I thought he was. His 2.45 million dollar investment in the 130-year-old bridge—which the British government was selling because it was about to fall into the Thames—ended up being the investment of a lifetime. You see McCulloch was a real businessman, among other things, and his money paid off big. He turned Lake Havasu into one of the most visited tourist attractions in Arizona.

It took nine long years to take down the bridge, ship it brick by brick to the middle of nowhere, and build it up again. When it finally did open up in 1971, it was a huge deal covered by the international press.

The bridge is now a popular tourist attraction, and there’s even a mini “English Village” at the foot of the bridge with souvenirs and real British food so you can have a good old time.

Nowadays Lake Havasu is a busy town with a population of about 56,000 citizens and another2.5 million visitors each year. Most of that is during spring break when the town overflows with energetic boys and girls. Even MTV and the Girls Gone Wild people get in on the action. All thanks to that little bridge.

I don’t know about you, but I’m saving my pennies. When the French get sick of that Eiffel Tower, I’ll be the first to put money on it. It’ll look great in my backyard.

1.The underlined word "moron" in the first paragraph means .

A. a brave person B. a foolish person

C. a famous person D. a strange person

2.Why did the British government put the London Bridge up for sale?

A. It polluted the Thames.

B. It was no longer popular.

C. It was going to fall down.

D. It could bring them the needed money.

3.What was Lake Havasu City like before 1962?

A. It was a good place for investment.

B. It was known for its English Village.

C. It was a small town with no tourism.

D. It had a population of 56,000 citizens.

4.In the last paragraph, the author tries to be .

A. polite B. friendly C. practical D. Humorous

Young women who take part in beauty contests (比赛) are helping to keep alive an outdated opinion of women that a woman’s most important value is how she looks.

Women have been working very hard through the years to change their image. They have been trying to prove that the value of a woman does not lie only in her beauty. The world is just beginning to recognize that women are as smart, wise and strong in personality as men are, and that there are qualities more important than looks when judging people. When women take part in beauty contests for top prizes, they encourage people to value them for their beauty alone. It is unfair to say that beauty alone determines one’s worth.

Beauty contests not only encourage spectators (观众) to judge women by their appearance, but they encourage this idea in the contestants as well. These young women spend months losing weight to be the “right” size and learning how to dress, wear makeup, and walk just right so that some judges will consider them beautiful. I think it’s great for a woman to feel good about her appearance, but looks shouldn’t be sought after in an extreme or unreasonable way. There are too many other, more important, things in a young woman’s life: learning, developing friendships and preparing for their future work and perhaps a family.

As long as there are beauty contests, women won’t be fully recognized as well-rounded human beings.

1.According to the text, women have tried to change their image by .

A. proving they are as good as men

B. paying attention to their clothes

C. winning more beauty contests

D. encouraging people to value their beauty

2.What do women usually do in preparation for beauty contests?

A. Learn about their personality.

B. Do everything for their bodies.

C. Choose the right size dresses.

D. Develop friendship with spectators.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. Looks determine everything.

B. Wisdom carries much weight.

C. Spectators should have their voices heard.

D. Qualities other than looks are more important.

4.According to the author, beauty contests are .

A. disrespectful to women

B. unpleasant to contestants

C. necessary for modern society

D. helpful in improving women’s image

In a food store I heard a woman say her foot was hurting and that she was going to call a cab. When walking back home, I saw her outside the store, probably for a cab.

I asked her where she was going. She told me a place which was actually on the to the craft store I’d be to. So I asked her to the cab and I’d give her a ride. To my , she said okay without . I wonder if I’d have been so if a stranger made me the same offer!

Where she was going was on the way to where I was going. It was such a interaction. But there was more!

When I had what I went for and was waiting at the checkout, the woman behind me said she had a coupon(优惠券)for 50% off any in the store. She gave it to me because she had a(n) one! I thanked her and gave her a card.

They say “what goes around comes around”, but sometimes it is hard to see how that as there is often a “manifestation(显现)delay”. Each action a ripple (涟漪)that eventually back to us, but sometimes it is much so we forget their connection.

Today the causes and effects have appeared in a linkable manner in . I’m also opening myself to receiving gifts, now or in the future. I can learn so much from others as to how they are to receive gifts in a way I might not have been if the same.

1.A. waiting B. caring C. applying D. ordering

2.A. left B. right C. way D. carriage

3.A. leading B. driving C. walking D. pulling

4.A. delay B. take C. charge D. cancel

5.A. amazement B. sadness C. respect D. disappointment

6.A. aim B. doubt C. hesitation D. hurry

7.A. enthusiastic B. trusting C. inviting D. puzzled

8.A. very B. right C. surely D. universally

9.A. shameful B. careful C. beautiful D. frightful

10.A. put up B. picked up C. given up D. turned up

11.A. limit B. item C. demand D. load

12.A. extra B. important C. devoted D. familiar

13.A. post B. note C. paper[ D. smile

14.A. forgives B. works C. recognizes D. shares

15.A. freezes B. ships C. affects D. creates

16.A. holds B. comes C. puts D. keeps

17.A. later B. funnier C. easier D. lower

18.A. persuading B. demanding C. giving D. appreciating

19.A. close B. confident C. anxious D. open

20.A. booked B. learned C. offered D. brought

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