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I sat ________ Miss Lin ________ the centre of the cinema.
- A.next to, on
- B.beside, in
- C.at, in
- D.in front of, at
School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired, I sat at the very front of the bus because of 1 to get home.Sitting at the front makes you 2 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies. Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of 3 .
I try to mind my manners and 4 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day.On this day, however, her conversation was worth listening to.
"My father’s sick," she said to no one in 5 .I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes.With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, "What’s wrong with him?"
With her eyes wet and her voice tight from 6 the tears, she responded, "Heart trouble." Her eyes 7 as she continued."I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can 8 losing him.”
I couldn’t respond.I was 9 .My heart ached for her.I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great 10 my own mother was thrown into when my father died.
I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her.I wouldn’t like anyone to go through that.Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver.That was just her job.She had a whole world of family and concerns too.I had never thought of her as anything but a 11 .I suddenly felt very 12 .I realized I had only thought of people as 13 as what their purposes were in my life.I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver.1 had judged her by her job and regarded her as unimportant.
For all I know, I’m just another person in someone else’s world, and may not even be important.I should not have been so selfish and self-centered.Everyone 14 a place to go to, people to see and appointments to 15 .Understanding people is an art.
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Goldie’s Secret
She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Co
rnwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. “We’re moving house.” “No space for her any more with the baby coming.” “We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present.” People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.
I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a mo
re creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner’s. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.
That’s why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn’t hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.
By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. “We didn’t know what had happened to her,” said the woman at the door. “I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared.” “She must have tried to come back to them and got lost,” added a boy from behind her.
I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I’ve got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And I’ve learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.
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How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?
| A.Shocked. | B.Annoyed. | C.Sympathetic. | D.Upset. |
. In her first few days at the author’s house, Goldie .
| A.sat by the fire | B.was angry |
| C.ate a little | D.felt worried |
Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she .
| A.found her way to her old home | B.heard familiar barkings |
| C.wanted to leave the author | D.saw her puppies |
The passage is organized in order of .
| A.effectiveness | B.time | C.importance | D.complexity |
I have recently completed my college degree. The last project was called “Smile”. The class was asked to go out to smile at three people and document their reactions. I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway. So, I thought this would be a piece of cake.
My husband, youngest son and I went out to McDonald. We were standing in line when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away. As I turned around I smelled a horrible body odour (气味)and saw two poor homeless men standing behind me. As I looked at the short blue-eyed gentleman closest to me, he was “smiling”. The second man fumbled(摸索)with his hands as he stood behind his friend.
The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all, Miss,” because that was all they could afford.
Then I really felt it-I embraced(拥抱) the little man with the blue eyes. That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action. I smiled and asked two more breakfast meals on and gave them to the men.
The blue-eyed gentleman looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.” When I sat down my husband smiled at me. We held hands for a moment and at that time, we knew that because of the good fortune that we had been given.
I turned in my project. My teacher said, “Can I share this?” I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and that is when I knew that we as human beings share this need to heal people and to be healed.
In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald’s and every soul that heard the story in the classroom. But, I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn.
【小题1】Why did people around the author in the McDonald step back?
| A.Because they were very polite to the two men. |
| B.Because they were moved by the two men. |
| C.Because the two men smelt terrible. |
| D.Because the two men seemed unfriendly. |
| A.Because they didn’t have enough money. |
| B.Because they didn’t feel hungry. |
| C.Because they knew others would help them. |
| D.Because they were looked down upon. |
| A.Hard to believe. | B.Interesting to read. |
| C.Very puzzling. | D.Very satisfying. |
| A.A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| B.Helping others can bring pleasure to many people. |
| C.Nothing is difficult to a willing heart. |
| D.Don’t judge people according to their appearance. |