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| When I began teaching in a university, I was invited to a workshop for new professors. I had __1___ a long time learning what to teach, but not learning how to _2_ it . somehow , my university seemed to hope a weekend spent with experienced professors woule __3_ for that. My colleagu8es presented well-crafted lectures about the tools they used. I enjoyed their _4_, but do not remember a thing they said. At a coffee break during the lectures, finding myself _5_, I turned to a mathematics professor staning nearby. I asked him what his favorite teaching __6_ was. " a cup of coffee," he said " I talk too much and too fast in the classroom. Students sometimes have trouble _7_ me. So when I've said _8_ that I ant my students to think about, I would _9_ and take a sip of coffee. it lets what I 've just said sink in. When we were called to the next talk, he put down his cup and I _10_ there was not a trace of coffee in it. "My doctor _11_ me to stop drinking coffee," he explained." So I have always used a (n) _12__ cup" I decided to try his _13_ in my class. I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class. It helped . My pauses, as I _14_the coffee, not only gave my students _15_ to think about what I had said, but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next. I began to use my _16_ to look around the room to see how my students were reacting to what I had just said. Whe I saw their _17_ wander, I tried to bring them back. When I saw them puzzled over some concept that I thought I had _18_ , I gave another example. My __19_ became less organized and less brilliant, but my students seemed to _20_ me better. | ||||
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| Carmen's mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant her life was in constant __1__. Both the mother and the daughter knew that the chances were very __2__: finding a donor heart that __3__ Maria's blood type could take years. __4__, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept __5__ hospitals all over the country. Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble __6__ from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a __7__ of the hospital, crying. "Are you okay?" a man asked. Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her __8__. This middleaged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn't __9__ it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank's mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to __10__ something from herself. Could her __11__ go to Carmen's mother? After reviewing the data, doctors __12__ Fank that his wife's heart was by some miracle a perfect __13__ for Carmen's mother. They were able to __14__ the transplant. That cold night, when Cheryl was __15__ dead, Frank came to knock at Maria's door. She was __16__ for Frank's family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange __17__ as they hugged and cried. On New Year's Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl's __18__ with Frank's family, who were singing their favorite song"My heart will go on". One day later, on New Year's Day, Maria __19__ with Cheryl's heart. Yes, Cheryl's loving heart would go on, for it was __20__ in another loving mother's chest. | ||||
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B. the queen's home
C. a post office
D. a rose garden
B. cartoons
C. postcards
D. paintings
B. try to deal with the friendship naturally but refuse to do anything about it
C. don't take the matter very seriously
D. don't think this friendship will last long but somehow feel good
B. Tom's Special Balloon
C. A Story at Windsor Castle
D. Four-year-old Boy Becomes the Queen's Pen Pal
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It was a cold winter afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked | |||
| ( )1.A. fish ( )2.A. there ( )3.A. more ( )4.A. happened ( )5.A. on ( )6.A. swimmer ( )7.A. threw ( )8.A. deep ( )9.A. but ( )10.A. pushing ( )11.A. place ( )12.A. seeing ( )13.A. decided ( )14.A. while ( )15.A. turned ( )16.A. nervous ( )17.A. wrapped ( )18.A. save ( )19.A. on ( )20 A. boat |
B. boats B. it B. many B. went B. within B. guard B. looked B. cool B. so B. dragging B. period B. smiling B. went B. till B. looked B. afraid B. left B. thank B. out B. blanket |
C. waves C. where C. much C. arrived C. in C. soldier C. jumped C. dirty C. and C. holding C. second C. looking C. agreed C. for C. hurried C. excited C. placed C. wrap C. away C. camera |
D. birds D. that D. little D. came D. under D. player D. turned D. cold D. or D. catching D. moment D. shouting D. promised D. as D. stood D. angry D. threw D. help D. off D. screen |
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| It's a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes, and candies. The young man behind the counter knows his 1 by name and what they normally want to buy. He treats children and adults with equal 2 . He reads science fiction behind the counter when business is 3 . One day, three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could, 4 not intending to pay for it. He hit the "panic button" , then went over the counter and 5 the front door. It was obvious that they were homeless, and equally obvious that they weren't going 6 with their illgotten gains. They 7 the food and simply crowded together in panic-knowing the police were 8 the way. Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn't have to steal if they were that 9 . "We have food in the back, expired (到期) but still 10 to eat. If you need food, you 11 have some." They were told to 12 what they had dropped and put it back, and then asked to straighten out the mess. They were doing just that 13 the police arrived. The officers were told the situation was under control and the police were no longer 14 . This wasn't what they had 15 . They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they'd done. Shocked, they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up. Soon three 16 people walked out with all the 17 their arms could hold. They were 18 that, if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab. And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in. He would be the 19 person in the world to claim he was a hero. But he gave three people something they were in desperate need of-a 20 amount of selfrespect and a little bit of hope. | |||
| ( )1. A. friends ( )2. A. respect ( )3. A. slow ( )4. A. bravely ( )5. A. opened ( )6. A. nowhere ( )7. A. hid ( )8. A. in ( )9. A. anxious ( )10. A. safe ( )11. A. must ( )12. A. hold up ( )13. A. when ( )14. A. popular ( )15. A. wanted ( )16. A. dirtier ( )17. A. money ( )18. A. reminded ( )19. A. first ( )20. A. large |
B. neighbors B. pride B. busy B. reasonably B. locked B. somewhere B. lifted B. on B. cautious B. easy B. can B. hand out B. after B. necessary B. desired B. cleaner B. cigarettes B. warned B. last B. fair |
C. customers C. wisdom C. heavy C. hardly C. closed C. anywhere C. swallowed C. off C. courageous C. sweet C. should C. pick up C. before C. reliable C. expected C. cleverer C. drinks C. ordered C. best C. small |
D. passengers D. privilege D. swift D. obviously D. broke D. everywhere D. dropped D. by D. hungry D. unique D. need D. hand in D. since D. important D. admired D. quicker D. food D. persuaded D. worst D. full |
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| Robert was 11years old when his mother ( a single mom) dropped his off for his first piano lesson. I prefer student begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby. 1 , Robby said that it had always been his mother's 2 to hear him play the piano, so I took him as a student. Hard as Robby tried, he lacked the 3 of music. However, he persisted and at the end of each weekly 4 he'd always say, "My mom is going to hear me play someday." But it seemed 5 . I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in his aged car to 6 him up. She always 7 and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby 8 coming to our lesson. He telephoned me and said his mother was 9 . A few weeks after that, I was 10 my students for the upcoming recital (独奏会) when Robby came and asked me 11 he could be in the recital. "Miss Hondorf… I'll just go to play!" he insisted. The night for the recital came. The high school gym was 12 with parents,friends and relatives. The recital 13 well. Then Robby came up on the stage. I was 14 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart's Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I had heard 15 his fingers were light on the keys. They even 16 on the keys… He played so well that everyone was on their 17 in wild applause (鼓掌). In tears I ran up on the stage. "Oh, Robby! How 18 you do it?" "Well, Miss Hondorf… I 19 on practicing at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, 20 she had cancer and passed away this morning. She was deaf so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play…" | ||||
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