I once heard someone say, “We don’t remember days; we remember moments.” However, in today’s busy life we often forget to enjoy small pleasures while we make big plans.

         In the race to be better or best, we sometimes lose sight of “just being”. And just being and enjoying a beautiful moment can provide some of life’s greatest pleasures. A fire on a cold winter night, a good book, an impressive sunset, a great meal, or a timeless moment with your child or a friend ．．． these moments, if we stop long enough to enjoy, are the essence (本质) of life.

         I love to fish, especially for large-mouth bass (鲈鱼). About three years ago I was watching television late at night and got this crazy idea to go fishing in the lake behind my house. Of course, my wife thought I was nuts. It was almost midnight! I told her I was fine and took off.

         I walked out to a warm summer breeze and looked up at the starry sky and breathtaking full moon. I allowed my senses to soak (浸泡) in every second — the sweet smell of flowers, the sound of every cricket (蟋蟀), the moon’s reflection dancing off the water — it was a perfect night.

         After walking across a small field, I took out a flashlight, and selected a lure (饵). On my first cast I got a bass weighing over five pounds, one of the largest I had ever caught. I gently put it back into the water and continued my midnight adventure. During the next two hours I caught seventeen bass, all between two and five pounds. Although I’ve fished for almost fifty years, no fishing memory can top that night.

         But that night provided far more than a fishing memory. It was a life memory. It provided me a picture of what life could be like if I just slowed down enough to enjoy the moments. On my way back to the house, as I walked through the tall grass, I took one last look at the sky and stopped to say, “Thank you, God, for giving me this night.”

64. The purpose of the passage is to ______.

A. suggest people should make big plans                                   

B. tell people to do what they like

C. advise people to enjoy beautiful moments

D. encourage people to follow their dreams

65. What does the underlined word “nuts” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Determined.                       B. Ill.         C. Tired.                           D. Crazy.

66. The fourth paragraph is mainly about ______.

A. the description of the night

B. the author’s fishing experience

C. the author’s attitude towards life

D. what the author did that night

67. We can learn from the passage that night the author ______.

A. caught fewer fish than before

B. enjoyed real small pleasures

C. went to bed around 1:00 am

D. went fishing with his wife

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced   36  for a few days, I was    37  to wait tables on my own. All went    38  
Tant first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily    39   the tables not for from the kitchen.   40 　 .I stll felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).
Before I knew it ,the    41   was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   44   on. It had nice handles, which made it    45   to move around. I was pleased with every thing and began to    46   I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved  47  you work. t seems your tray stand has been very   48   to you, but we are getting ready to  49   now ,and my wife needs her   50  back.”
At first his    51   did not get across.“What was he talking about!”Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s　orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice ,but my face was   52  
.I wanted to get into a hole and   53  .
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    54   I have learned to be more    55   and not to be too sure of myself.

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  1  a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  2  moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of 3  for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they  4  their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 5  he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  6  my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  7  them but I still needed to write them, I 8  until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  9 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,   10  two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and   11  , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 12  short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   13  happy to have Marc back. Since I was  14  making lunch for his younger brother, I    15   one for Marc, too. Imagine my  16  when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son,   17  his lunch.
“Did I do something   18 ? Don’t you love me  19  ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I  20  asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced   36   for a few days, I was    37   to wait tables on my own. All went    38  

Tant first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily    39    the tables not for from the kitchen.   40  　 .I stll felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).

Before I knew it ,the    41    was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   44    on. It had nice handles, which made it    45    to move around. I was pleased with every thing and began to    46    I was a natural at this job.

Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved  47   you work. t seems your tray stand has been very   48   to you, but we are getting ready to  49    now ,and my wife needs her   50   back.”

At first his    51    did not get across.“What was he talking about!”Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s　orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice ,but my face was   52  

.I wanted to get into a hole and   53   .

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    54    I have learned to be more    55    and not to be too sure of myself.

A.manager          B.assistant         C.cook          D.waitress

A.promised        B.invited               C.allowed       D.advised

A.well            B.quickly               C.safely            D.wrong

   A.left              B.given                 C.brought       D.shown

   A.Therefore        B.However           C.Otherwise    D.Finally

A.kitchen              B.street                C.resaturant   D.table

A．minding         B.changing              C.taking        D.saving

A．angry           B.calm                  C.sad               D.happy

A．fixed           B.trained               C.loaded        D.waited

A．slower         B.lighter               C.regret        D.pretend

A．believe            B.making                C.watching  D.having

letting           B.making            C.watching      D.interesting

A．useful         B.familiar              C.unusual   D.interesting

A．rest               B.order                 C.eat       D.leave

A．bag                B.walker                C.tray      D.coat

A．idea               B.praise                C.message       D.need

A．cold               B.full of joy           C.pale      D.on fire

A．lie                B.hide              C.defend            D.stay

A．repeated           B.discovered        C.corrected    D.described

A．careful            B.patient               C.honest    D.practical

 My father made me a promise ___ he would buy me a present if I got a good mark