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In a class I teach for adults, I recently did the “unpardonable．” I gave the class homework!
The assignment （任务） was to “go to someone you love 36 the next week and tell them you love them．It 37 to be someone you have never 38 those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time．” That doesn’t 39 like a very tough assignment, 40 you stop to realize that most of the men were over 35 and were 41 in the generation of men that were taught that expressing emotions is not “macho （男子汉气概的）．” Showing feelings or crying （heaven forbid!） was just not done 42 this was a very threatening assignment for some．
At the 43 of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to 44 what happened when they told someone they loved them．I fully expected one of the 45 to volunteer, as was usually the 46 , but on this evening one of the men raised his hand．He appeared quite moved and a bit 47 ．As he unfolded out of his chair, he began by saying, “Dennis．I was quite 48 with you last week when you gave us the assignment．I didn’t think that I had 49 to say those words to and 50 , who were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my conscience （良知） started talking to me．It was telling me that I 51 exactly who I needed to say I love you to．You see, five years ago, my father and I had a heated 52 and really never resolved it since that one．We 53 seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings．But 54 then, we hardly spoke to each other．So last．Tuesday 55 I got home, I had convinced myself．I was going to tell my father I loved him．”
A．after B．before C．for D．within
A．has to B．ought to C．had better D．can
A．told B．said C．talked D．spoken
A．look B．hear C．listen D．sound
A．when B．until C．that D．unless
A．born B．grown C．raised D．risen
A．And B．But C．So D．For
A．beginning B．end C．middle D．stating
A．announce B．share C．answer D．ask
A．men B．adults C．students D．women
A．case B．thing C．story D．experience
A．afraid B．shaken C．terrible D．worried
A．happy B．pleased C．angry D．satisfied
A．everybody B．nobody C．someone D．anyone
A．else B．except C．beside D．besides
A．thought B．considered C．knew D．guessed
A．disagreement B．encouragement C．disappointment D．discouragement
A．imagined B．risked C．avoided D．escaped
A．still B．even C．just D．only
A．by the time B．at the time C．for the time D．during the time
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| Steve Morris was not a typical child. But when he was nine, his 1 to be typical was very strong. Of all the people Steve remembered, one woman, his primary-school teacher, Mrs Beneduci, 2 in his mind. Mrs Beneduci was a wise person. She realized that mere words to a kid 3 not carry much weight. So instead, with the secret aid of a little mouse, she found a 4 to show Steve his real talent. One day Mrs Beneduci began her 5 with the question: who was Abraham Lincoln? Amy was required to answer it. She said in a 6 voice, "Uh…he, uh, had a beard." The students burst into 7 . "Steve?" said the teacher. Steve stood up and 8 confidently, "He was the 16th President of the United States." 9 with Steve's performance, the teacher then added that Abraham Lincoln had be  en President during the Civil War…Then she stopped, 10 she was listening to something. It sounded like a mouse. The little girls screamed. Some stood on their chairs. Mrs Beneduci tried to 11 the students down, and asked Steve to find the poor little creature. Steve sat straight up in his chair and asked everybody to be 12 . In the sudden stillness he raised his head, hesitated for a moment, and 13 to the wastebasket. "He's right over there!" said Steve 14 " I can hear him!" And so he was: a frightened little mouse that was 15 beneath the wastepaper, hoping to go 16 . Nature gave him a remarkable pair of 17 to make up for his blindness. In the heart of small, sightless Steve a pride was born, and that pride is with him still. 18 the incident, Mrs Beneduci would continue to 19 his talent, and she always reminded Steve of the little mouse. A little mouse gave a small boy 20 . Steve Morris is now a singer who is popular all over the world. | ||||
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When Columbus returned home with the news of his discovery, he was considered as the hero who had given a new world to Spain. Never had so great respect been shown to any 1 man.
But there were some who were jealous of(嫉妒) the 2 . “Who is this Columbus?” they asked, “and what has he done? Isn’t he a poor pilot from Italy? And could not any other seamen sail across the ocean just 3 he has done?”
One day Columbus was at a 4 and several of these fellows were 5 . They tried to make Columbus 6 . “You have discovered strange lands 7 the sea,” they said．“But we don’t see 8 there should be so much said about it. Anybody can sail across the ocean; and anybody can coast along the islands on the other side, just as you have done. It is the 9 thing in the world.”
Columbus made no answer: but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the people at the table, “Who 10 you, gentlemen can make the egg stand 11 ?” One by one they tried the 12 . When the egg had gone entirely around and everyone had 13 , all said that it could not be done. Then Columbus took the egg and 14 its small end gently upon the table so as to 15 the shell a little. After that there was no 16 in making it stand 17 ,“ Gentlemen,” said he, “What is easier 18 to do this which you said was 19 ? It is the simplest thing in the world．Anybody can do it—AFTER HE HAS BEEN SHOWN 20 .”
1. A．common
B．great
C．respectable
D．noble
2. A．inventor
B．traveler
C．discoverer
D．bravery
3. A．because
B．as
C．like
D．since
4. A．palace
B．hotel
C．counter
D．dinner
5. A．present
B．at present
C．kind- hearted
D．invited
6. A．happy
B．satisfied
C．uncomfortable
D．disappointed
7. A．beside
B．along
C．in
D．beyond
8. A．why
B．how
C．whether
D．that
9. A．hardest
B．wonderful
C．simplest
D．strange
10. A．besides
B．among
C．including
D．except
11. A．by
B．still
C．weight
D．on end
12. A．experiment
B．egg
C．method
D．result
13. A．succeeded
B．failed
C．experience
D．chance
14. A．beat
B．felt
C．touched
D．struck
15. A．protect
B．crush
C．break
D．damage
16. A．trouble
B．time
C．shell
D．gravity
17. A．downward
B．upward
C．easily
D．upright
18. A．as to
B．if
C．than
D．compared
19. A．possible
B．impossible
C．difficult
D．easy
20. A．HOW
B．WHEN
C．IT
D．HIM
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But there were some who were jealous of(嫉妒) the 2 . “Who is this Columbus?” they asked, “and what has he done? Isn’t he a poor pilot from Italy? And could not any other seamen sail across the ocean just 3 he has done?”
One day Columbus was at a 4 and several of these fellows were 5 . They tried to make Columbus 6 . “You have discovered strange lands 7 the sea,” they said．“But we don’t see 8 there should be so much said about it. Anybody can sail across the ocean; and anybody can coast along the islands on the other side, just as you have done. It is the 9 thing in the world.”
Columbus made no answer: but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the people at the table, “Who 10 you, gentlemen can make the egg stand 11 ?” One by one they tried the 12 . When the egg had gone entirely around and everyone had 13 , all said that it could not be done. Then Columbus took the egg and 14 its small end gently upon the table so as to 15 the shell a little. After that there was no 16 in making it stand 17 ,“ Gentlemen,” said he, “What is easier 18 to do this which you said was 19 ? It is the simplest thing in the world．Anybody can do it—AFTER HE HAS BEEN SHOWN 20 .”
1. A．common
B．great
C．respectable
D．noble
2. A．inventor
B．traveler
C．discoverer
D．bravery
3. A．because
B．as
C．like
D．since
4. A．palace
B．hotel
C．counter
D．dinner
5. A．present
B．at present
C．kind- hearted
D．invited
6. A．happy
B．satisfied
C．uncomfortable
D．disappointed
7. A．beside
B．along
C．in
D．beyond
8. A．why
B．how
C．whether
D．that
9. A．hardest
B．wonderful
C．simplest
D．strange
10. A．besides
B．among
C．including
D．except
11. A．by
B．still
C．weight
D．on end
12. A．experiment
B．egg
C．method
D．result
13. A．succeeded
B．failed
C．experience
D．chance
14. A．beat
B．felt
C．touched
D．struck
15. A．protect
B．crush
C．break
D．damage
16. A．trouble
B．time
< p>D．gravity
17. A．downward
B．upward
C．easily
D．upright
18. A．as to
B．if
C．than
D．compared
19. A．possible
B．impossible
C．difficult
D．easy
20. A．HOW
B．WHEN
C．IT
D．HIM