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A lesson in caring
It was a cold evening. My daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora 36 . She wasn’t even four, but she 37 at my coat and said, “That man’s cold. Daddy, can we take him home?”
I don’t remember my 38 . But I do remember a sudden 39 feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her 40 , whether it was 41 flying or children playing. But now she was noticing 42 and beggary.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and 43 it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I signed us up. Nora was 44 about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how 45 our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to 46 myself to leave the house to fetch the food package. On my way to the school, I fought an urge (强烈愿望) to turn 47 . The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home. Why do this? 48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She 49 us right over.
The building was in a bad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. 50 inside, I saw that the department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged. I walked home 51 .
Professionals call such a(n) 52 “a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities and I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something 53 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and 54 clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve 55 her grow over these past four years, I still wonder—which of us has benefited more?
A. did B. was C. has D. had
A. pulled B. replaced C. waved D. aimed
A. debate B. reply C. explanation D. expression
A. general B. funny C. heavy D. magical
A. web B. dream C. castle D. world
A. insects B. animals C. plants D. birds
A. coldness B. illness C. suffering D. appearance
A. sent B. returned C. devoted D. posted
A. concerned B. sorry C. worried D. excited
A. creative B. valuable C. shocking D. simple
A. warn B. stop C. allow D. push
A. back B. away C. up D. out
A. Therefore B. But C. Anyhow D. Also
A. requested B. promised C. invited D. helped
A. Although B. Once C. Because D. Though
A. in tears B. in surprise C. in reality D.in disappointment
A. stay B. visit C. reception D. challenge
A. fair B. famous C. difficult D. enjoyable
A. collect B. make C. order D. design
A. let B. made C. watched D. affected
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—It’s too difficult ____ book for beginners.
A．the; the B．a; a C．a; the D．the; a
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Michel is a young girl who works for the police 16 a handwriting expert. She has helped 17 many criminals(罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
When she was fourteen, Michel was already 18 interested in the differences in her friends' 19 that she would spend hours 20 them. After 21 college she went to France for a 22 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is 23 for people at hide their handwriting. She can discover 24 of what she needs to know simply 25 looking at the writing with her own eyes, 26 she also has machines 27 help her make 28 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often 29 great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good 30 of what kind of person the 31 is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow 32 I didn't like his handwriting. " She says. But she 33 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 34 she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 35 , however.
A. with B. by C. like D. as
A. search B. follow C. catch D. extra
A. so B. too C. quite D. extra
A. books B. letter C. tongues D. handwriting
A.writing B. studying C. settling D. uncovering
A.attending B. finishing C. starting D. stepping into
A. powerful B. natural C. special D. common
A.main B. safe C. easy D.impossible
A. most B. nothing C. little D. sight
A. with B. by C. of D. about
A. so B. for C. thus D. but
A. they B. in which C. that D. those
A. up B. out C. for D. into
A. of B. to C. with D. for
A. test B. sign(标记) C. means D. habit
A. thief B. criminal C. writer D. policeman
A. whether B. unless C. if D. after
A. adds B. tells C. repeats D. cries
A. before B. after C. shyly D. and
A.necessary B. all right C.important D. quite easy
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—It’s too difficult ____ book for beginners.
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查看习题详情和答案>>Studies show that laughter is something that makes you feel calm or relaxed for both physical and psychological wounds though it may seem futile to laugh in the face of pain and fear.
When Dan Rather interviewed comedian Bill Cosby just one week after his son, Ennis, was killed, Cosby said, “I think it is time for me to tell people that we have to laugh. You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it.”
Call it a flashlight for dark times: laughter just seems to adjust attitude better than anything else. Inspirational speaker Steve Rizzo recalls a TV interview with an injured firefighter a few days after 9.11．The man had fallen more than 30 stories in one of the towers and had broken a leg. Everyone was crying, and the reporter asked, “How is it that you’ve come out of this alive?” He looked at her and without missing a beat, said, “Look, lady, I’m from New York and I’m a firefighter; that’ all you need to know.”
“Everyone laughed and though the laughter was only a couple of seconds,” says Rizzo. “Sometimes that’s all you need to catch your second breath. Laughter gives you that couple of seconds. You’re sending a message to your brain, and the message is: If you can still laugh even a little among the pain, you are going to be OK.”
Of course, there is a difference between laughing off a serious situation and laughing off the fear that results. The firefighter was doing the latter, states Rizzo, the author of Becoming a Humorous Being, and so should we. “If there is anything we have learnt from 9.11, it’s how precious life really is,” she says. “We have to send a message that our spirit won’t die. One important thing that unites us is our ability to laugh.”
60．The writer uses the examples of the comedian and the firefighter to show .
A．laughter is a good way to get rid of pain and fear
B．laughter is the best way to cure psychological wounds
C．it is your attitude that decides whether you can survive the pain or not
D．laughing off a serious situation is different from laughing off the fear that results
61．We can infer from the passage that Steve Rizzo is .
A．a reporter B．a soldier C．a firefighter D．a doctor
62．The underlined word futile in the first paragraph means .
A．hopeless B．useless
C．careless D．worthless
63．From the passage, we can know that Americans are .
A．really inspired after 9.11 B．hardly united after 9.11
C．nearly surprised by 9.11 D．greatly hurt by 9.11
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