A. Later I received 50 cents an hour.
B. Before long,she let me sit there by myself.
C. I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics.
D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.
E. My grandma's trust taught me how to handle responsibility.
F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.
G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.
B. Before long,she let me sit there by myself.
C. I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics.
D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.
E. My grandma's trust taught me how to handle responsibility.
F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.
G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.
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| Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read the New Testament on tape. But it 1 a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a youngster I stuttered (口吃) 2 badly that I was completely 3 to speak in public. 4 ,when I was 14,Professor Donald Crouch came to our school. He was a retired college professor. Englishwas his favorite subject;poetry was his deepest love. He held a book of poems 5 it were a diamond necklace, tuming pages as if 6 treasures. When he heard our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer 7 not being a part of our school. When he 8 that I not only loved poetry but was 9 it,we became closer. There was,however, one 10 between us-Professor Crouch could not stand the 11 that I refused to read my poems to the class. "Jim,poetry is 12 to be read aloud," he said. "You should be able to speak those beautiful words. " I shook my head and 13 . Then he tricked me. After handing in a poem,l waited for his 14 . It didn't come. Instead,one day as the students gathered together,he challenged me, "Jim,I don't think you wrote this. " I 15 him in disbelief. "Why," I started,anger flooding me,"of course I 16 !" "Well,then," he said, "you've got to prove it by getting up and reciting it 17 memory. " By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking,I walked up to the front. For a moment I stood 18 . Then I began,and kept going. I recited my poem all the way through! Afterwards,Professor Crouch congratulated me,and 19 me to read other writers' poetry before public. Before long I discovered I did have a(n) 20 and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite. | ||||
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| One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods 1 she realized that she was lost. Sitting on a rock and 2 what to do, she began crying. After a while. She 3 to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. 4 it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and 5 stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the 6 . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a 7 . The girl's parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy 8 that his mistrees(女主人)was in danger. He jumped 9 a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn't find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a 10 scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He 11 the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking 12 into the air, the dog 13 through the woods until he found the 14 . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his 15 , he saw his mistress' blue shirt in the distance. He 16 over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was 17 . When she opened her eyes and 18 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, "you 19 me, Laddy," and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of 20 . That night Laddy had a heror's supper: a huge meal of steak. | ||||
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| Steve and Mark were good friends. They decided to spend their vacation in Haiti. Since they 1 no French, they took a French word book with them and hoped it would help them in difficult situations. The flight was 2 , and the hotel was very comfortable. Each day after breakfast, Steve and Mark 3 a picnic lunch and dinner and went off to visit interesting places. After a while, the boys became tired of 4 picnic meals and decided to eat a big fish dinner in a good restaurant. Unfortunately, they 5 their word book in the hotel. They 6 the menu carefully. After ten minutes, Steve said to Mark:"I don't understand this menu. " "Neither do I," said Mark. "I see poison on this menu. Are they 7 here?" "Maybe. They even spelled poison 8 . They spelled it p- o-i-s-s-o-n instead of p-o-i-s-o-n. But it 9 mean the same thing. Maybe we should go to another restaurant. I don't 10 to eat something that will kill me. " But Mark was 11 , so he said:"There is no other restau- rant near here, and l'm tired of walking around the city. Let's order something else instead. It's 12 here, so the food must be good. " The boy looked at the menu again. They finally decided to order steak, 13 they really wanted fish. The boys just pointed to the word steak, and the waiter 14 . As they were eating they 15 some tourists speaking English. "This 16 is delicious. " "We're lucky we picked a restaurant that's famous for its fish. " Steve and Mark wondered about what they 17 . "Famous for its fish? There was no fish on 18 !" said Mark. Finally, Steve decided to find out what all this was about. "Excuse me, how did you order fish when it wasn't on the menu?" "Sure it's on the menu. It's right here. Poisson. " The boy shouted: "Poisson. That's 19 ! We were wondering a restaurant like this could have poison on the menu. " The tourists 20 . One of them said: "No. Poisson is French for fish. " | |||
| ( )1. A. learned ( )2. A. terrible ( )3. A. packed ( )4. A. buying ( )5. A. reviewed ( )6. A. checked ( )7. A. crazy ( )8. A. silly ( )9. A. must ( )10. A. have ( )11. A. tired ( )12. A. quiet ( )13. A. since ( )14. A. realized ( )15. A. heard ( )16. A. steak ( )17. A. bought ( )18. A. the table ( )19. A. poison ( )20. A. agreed |
B. spoke B. booked B. ordered B. suffering B. kept B. studied B. stupid B. right B. should B. expect B. puzzled B. crowded B. because B. recognized B. met B. meal B. discovered B. show B. wrong B. stopped |
C. taught C. excellent C. carried C. eating C. lost C. compared C. cruel C. simply C. can C. want C. scared C. convenient C. and C. understood C. found C. fish C. picked C. the menu C. it C. screamed |
D. knew D. delayed D. cooked D. enjoying D. left D. observed D. funny D. wrong D. would D. need D. endangered D. comfortable D. although D. satisfied D. noticed D. food D. selected D. sale D. dangerous D. laughed |
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| A kindergarten teacher let her students play a game. She toldeach child in the class to bring along a plastic bag 1 a few po-tatoes. Each potato would be given a 2 of a person the child 3 , so the number of the potatoes in their bags would 4 on the number of the people they hated. So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes withthe names of some people. Some had two potatoes ; some three 5 some up to five. The teacher then told the children to 6 withthem the potatoes 7 they went (even to the toilet) for oneweek. As days passed 8 , the children started to 9 aboutthe unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. 10 , those having five potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After one week, the children were 11 because the game had finally ended. The teacher asked about their feelings of carrying the potatoes.The children 12 out their frustrations (沮丧) and started complaining of the trouble they had to 13 . Then the teacher told them the 14 meaning behind the game. She said:" This is exactly the 15 when you carry your ha-tred for somebody inside your heart. The stench (恶臭 ) of hatredwill contaminate (玷污) your heart and you will always carry it with you. If you cannot 16 the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine 17 it is like to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime?" Moral of the story: 18 away any hatred for anyone from your heart 19 you will not carry it for a lifetime. 20 others is the best attitude totake ! | |||
| ( )1.A.including ( )2.A.character ( )3.A.hated ( )4.A.live ( )5.A.when ( )6.A.bring ( )7.A.however ( )8.A.by ( )9.A.wander ( )10.A.Besides ( )11.A.disappointed ( )12.A.gave ( )13.A.go through ( )14.A.skeptical ( )15.A.information ( )16.A.hold ( )17.A.how ( )18.A.Cast ( )19.Ain case ( )20.A.Abandoning |
B.seating B.secret B.loved B.depend B.while B.take B.whenever B.away B.spread B.However B.relieved B.left B.pick up B.terminal B.identification B.tolerate B.whether B.Click B.so that B.Blessing |
C.containing C.picture C.appreciated C.wait C.as C.fetch C.wherever C.on C.complain C.Therefore C.possessed C.broke C.turn to C.hidden C.tradition C.alter C.that C.Cross C.as though C.Consulting |
D.growing D.name D.struck D.keep D.unless D.carry D.whatever D.out D.breathe D.Instead D.reserved D.let D.put away D.ignored D.situation D.combine D.what D.Cure D.now that D.Forgiving |