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| Not long ago I wasn't doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and __1__ thinking. While on the Internet,I met many new friends, but one in particular __2__.His nickname is Colorful Day and we __3__ on the Web.He told me: he lost his __4__ at age 15, and felt the whole world had closed its door to him. He was __5__ so fast that I couldn't believe he was blind! But he continued to __6__: Five years ago, I realized it was time to change my life.I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life and __7__. So I developed a website about her life __8__ mine called Three Days to See. I visited his website which was well produced and vividly __9__. I asked, "How did you 10 to build such a website?" He said,"Owing to the new technology, I can use software specially 11 for the blind. 12 I point the cursor(光标), it will just read it out to me. We can do far more things and 13 more information than we could before." I then asked, "Didn't you have great difficulty with it?" He hesitated and then began his 14 with a smiling face," Yes, but I have faith in myself to 15 my colorful day. And modern technology gives me this 16 to do it." His 17 attitude towards life made me believe that our destiny offers not the cup of despair, 18 the chalice (大杯) of opportunity. I returned to my lessons, and this time with a smile on my face and with 19 of a colorful future. The Internet, which opened to me to 20 different lives and cultures, has a charm you couldn't find in another wise nonvirtual world. | ||||
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| "Two books per visit per week,"said the unsmiling librarian as she handed a library card.Neither the limits nor her attitude _1_ me, a 9yearold Jewish girl growing up in Berlin in the 1950s.I needed those visits.The books were filled with stories in which, however_2_ things seemed, everything_3_ well in the end, _4_ justice, bravery, and wisdom-a striking contrast (对比) to my everyday experiences. Thirty years later, I, a recent immigrant to the US with a daughter aged 13, stood in front of another librarian.This librarian was__5__. "What did she say?" I asked my daughter, who already knew a little English and often _6_as my interpreter. "She said 'Can I help you?'" "Ask if they have any books in_7_," I requested. "No, they don't." translated my daughter. While hunting for a job, I was told that the library needed people to_8_ books.The interview was short－the job didn't require much English, just a_9_ of the alphabet.I started the next day.Every day, I handled hundreds of books whose meaning was 10 from me, mentally dividing them by size and color. One day, while shelving, I found English for Beginners and began studying it on my own. 11 English letters started forming words I could 12 , words combined into phrases, and-oh, 13 !-I was reading.It was a slow process, supported by dictionaries and 14 by tears, but it was progress.Afterwards I got promoted to the front desk- 15 books in and out and answering simple questions. Every day I receive dozens of people.Sometimes I spot new immigrants.They come from all over the world, so they look different, but the hesitant expression on their faces and their 16 manners are similar. My heart goes out to them, 17 they are people like me.I fully understand the 18 roads on which they have stepped."They've come to the right place," I think to 19 .Then I smile and say-just the 20 a librarian said to me a long time ago-"Can I help you?" | ||||
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| By the third year of teaching I'd begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children. I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me__1__. I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year. The morning bell rang. I walked__2__through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty two smiling faces__3__me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to __4__ their smiles. Back into the classroom, they__5__, comparing plans for the__6__. I had to remove one student from each arm__7__ I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book(点名册) my desk was covered with__8__and gifts followed by a__9__of "Merry Christmas" wishes. "Oh, thank you," I must have 10 a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 11 mood(情绪). It was kind of them to 12 me. After a while, I heard a small nervous 13 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing 14 by my desk, holding a small, round gift. "This is for you." "Thank you, Sweetheart." I laid it on my desk with the others."Um, could you 15 it now?" I gently tore at the paper and tape. " 16 ," he said, "it's breakable." Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament(装饰物), complete with a hook already 17 . It dawned on me what he had done. Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree. I tried to keep my 18 back. Later that day, I sat 19 the ornament in my hands. Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 20 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me. | ||||
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| One day I pulled up to my apartment building and noticed there was a father and daughter _1_ some things from a moving truck. Normally I'm shy away from contact with _2_.That particular day, though, something was in me; I can't explain _3_, but I felt like I should just help these people, even _4_ something as seemingly unimportant as unloading a truck. So I _5_ and introduced myself, welcomed them to the town, and asked them to give me a(n) _6_ to put some proper shoes on. After I had flipflops (夹趾拖鞋)on, I went over and helped them move all of their _7_ into the apartment. After we finished, we talked some and I got to know my new _8_. It might seem unimportant, but it seems like people are less _9_ and friendly to their neighbors these days; I wanted to 10 that, at least in my small 11 block. So we did talk,and they're from Florida, just like me. At that 12 time in my life, I was going through a really difficult 13 with my girlfriend of 7 years. I didn't feel like helping anyone or doing anything 14 , but I figured why not?And I'm glad I did. Also, as 15 would have it, their daughter is my age(college student)and we each had a mutual(相互的) 16 in one another. This developed into a friendship, and in the coming months, probably more. The 17 was the act itself, though. I got to know my new neighbors and made some new friends in the 18 . And I felt really good about it. Since then, I've tried 19 my comfort zone to perform other unplanned acts of 20 . So far, so good.I'd encourage everyone else to do the same! | ||||
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| An eightyearold child heard her parents talking about her little brother.All she knew was that he was very __1__ and they had no money left.When she heard her daddy say to her __2__ mother with whispered desperation (绝望), "Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now, " the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank.She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she __3__ her way six blocks to the local drugstore (药店). "And what do you want?" asked the chemist. "It's for my little brother, " the girl answered back."He's really, really sick and I want to buy a __4__. His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my __5__ says only a miracle can save him." "We don't sell miracles here, child.I'm sorry, " the chemist said, smiling __6__ at the little girl. In the shop was a __7__ customer.He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of miracle does your brother need?" "I don't know, " she replied."He's really sick and mommy says he needs a(n) __8__.But my daddy can't pay for it, so I have brought my __9__." "How much do you have?" asked the man. "One dollar and eleven cents, but I can try and get some more, " she answered quietly. "Well, what a coincidence (巧合), " smiled the man."A dollar and eleven cents? The __10__ price of a miracle for little brothers.__11__ me to where you live.I want to see your brother and meet your parents." That welldressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon (外科医生). The operation was completed without __12__ and it wasn't long before __13__ was home again and doing well. The little girl was __14__.She knew exactly how much the miracle cost...one dollar and eleven cents...plus the __15__ of a little child. | ||||
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| 完形填空 When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America.It wasn't the first time I had been __1__.Like most English children I learned French at school and I had often been to France, so I was __2__ to speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand __3__.But when I went to America, I was really looking forward to __4__ a nice easy holiday without any __5__ problems. How wrong I was! The __6__ began at the airport.I was looking for a __7__ telephone to give my friend Diana a __8__ and tell her that I had arrived.A(n) __9__ old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could __10__ me. "Yes," I said, "I want to give my friend a ring." "Well, that's nice," he said. "Are you getting __11__? But aren't you a bit __12__? " "Who is talking about marriage? " I replied. "I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived.Can you tell me where there's a phone box? " "Oh! " he said, "There's a phone downstairs." When at last we did meet up, Diana __13__ the misunderstanding to me. "Don't worry," she said to me, "I had so many __14__ at first.There are lots of words which the Americans __15__ differently in meaning from us British.You'll soon get used to all the funny things they say.Most of the time, British and American people understand each other! " | ||||
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