I was 17 years old. Along with a dozen other boys, I made the long trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of ______ . While the trip had been fun for the most part, now that I was there I was feeling lonely.

I was missing my family and realized that I wouldn't be seeing them very much ______ I went to school here. I was also missing the Appalachian mountains where I grew up. I______ walking in the forests of maple(枫树) and pine trees there. I loved how the______turned a thousand shades (树荫)of green in the spring and then became a sea of red, gold, and orange in the fall. I loved the______ of countless wild flowers that grew in our garden. These things were a part of me.

Here in Iowa everything was ______ . The grass looked burnt and brown. All that I could smell was a ______ of corn, mud and pigs. I walked outside the dormitory and sat under a tree. I closed my eyes, ______being back home again.

When I finally ______ them, however, I saw something that touched my soul (灵魂). It was the sunset. It seemed to______ the sky. Gold, red, purple and pink clouds moved together like a picture. It was so huge and I was ______ in the beautiful scenery. It made our mountain sunsets seem______ by comparison (比较). I was tilled with wonder. I realized that I had been foolish and judgmental (妄下结论的).This place had its own special______ .

Over the years to come I learned something else. Each of us also has a ______ beauty. We all have our own unique(独待的)talents and abilities. We all have a beautiful, powerful love that ______ we can share.

1.A.learning B.attending C.going D.dealing

2.A.if B.before C.since D.because

3.A.practiced B.started C.loved D.rushed

4.A.leaves B.fields C.gardens D.mountains

5.A.taste B.color C.shapes D.smell

6.A.dull B.similar C.interesting D.pretty

7.A.mixture B.dirt C.place D.thing

8.A.enjoying B.regretting C.avoiding D.imagining

9.A.eared B.opened C.covered D.turned

10.A.save B.copy C.cross D.fill

11.A.lost B.touched C.caught D.stuck

12.A.far B.huge C.pretty D.tiny

13.A.view B.beauty C.custom D.style

14.A.special B.proper C.usual D.direct

15.A.still B.even C.only D.yet

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her_______had broken down(抛锚了). Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his_______back home from work as usual.

The lady wondered, “Is the man going to_______me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise,_______stopped and said with a smile, “Can I help you, Madam?”

After forty_______, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.

“No, that’s_______, Madam,” he said. “I was just helping someone in_______If you really want to pay me back, I_______whenever(无论何时) you see someone in need, you should give him a hand.”

A few minutes later, the lady_______a shabby(破旧的) house by the road. She remembered Robert’s words, so she stopped.

The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her________The lady could see that was a________family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady________on a table 500 dollars and went away quietly.

Robert came home later than before, thinking how________their life was. His wife was pregnant(怀孕) and the baby would be born the next month but there was not________money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’s going to be all________A stranger has helped us out.”

Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.

1.A.bike B.motorbike C.bus D.car

2.A.street B.way C.road D.life

3.A.help B.save C.kill D.find

4.A.she B.he C.I D.they

5.A.days B.hours C.minutes D.years

6.A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything

7.A.picture B.rain C.need D.danger

8.A.want B.hope C.believe D.wish

9.A.saw B.heard C.smelt D.felt

10.A.out B.away C.in D.along

11.A.terrible B.sad C.rich D.poor

12.A.dropped B.forgot C.lay D.left

13.A.exciting B.hard C.happy D.interesting

14.A.many B.some C.enough D.few

15.A.right B.wrong C.glad D.well

What do you think of a “talking kitchen”? A French Digital (数字) Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK. It teaches students how to cook French food and speak French at the same time. For the first time, students can learn a language by the following cooking steps.

All grammar and vocabulary have been carefully chosen to make sure the users can understand French well. After learning for some time, the users can test themselves by doing a short test on the computer.

The kitchen project was started by Professor Paul Seed house. He became interested in the idea after he visited another kind of talking kitchen. He said, “The purpose (目的) of the French Digital Kitchen is to make learning a language more interesting and more educational.”

How does the kitchen work? There is a computer in the kitchen. With this computer, the users can first choose a French recipe (食谱) that they want to follow. Using information in the computer, the kitchen starts to guide the users how to make a French dish. If you follow the instructions (说明) on the computer, it moves on to the next. If you go wrong, the program goes back and “says” the recipe or information again.

The new kitchen can be used in school, universities and even people’s homes. The researchers will also be developing the European Digital Kitchen, for the next three years.

根据短文内容,判断句子正(T)误(F)。

1.According to the passage, we know the digital kitchen cooks all food for people.

2.The users can test themselves by doing a short test on paper after learning for some time.

3.The French Digital Kitchen can help people learn a language in an interesting and educational way.

4.If you go wrong, the program goes back and “says” the recipe or information again.

5.The new kitchen can only be used in schools and universities.

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