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| One evening I heard a loud crash in our quiet neighborhood. 1 that evening, my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks.It was a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her 2 , so I sent her to the store in my truck.At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my 3 .I en  joyed having it, but I said: "Guy, my heart is not set on that truck.I like it but it is 4 metal and won' t last forever." After hearing the loud noise, the whole 5 ran outside.My son shouted: "Dad, Dad, Holly crashed your truck." My heart sank and my mind was 6 with conflicting thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my 7 saying: "Here is a chance to show Holly what you really 8 .She' 11 never forget it." The accident had occurred in my own driveway.Holly had crashed my truck into our other car. Holly was not 9 physically but when I reached her, she was crying and saying: " Oh, Dad, I'm sorry.I know how much you love this truck." I held her in my arms as she cried. Later that week a friend 10 by and asked what had happened to my truck.I told her the whole 11 . Her eyes moistened(润湿) and she said: "That happened to me when I was a girl.I 12 my dad' s car and ran into a log that had fallen 13 the road.I ruined the car.When I got home my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me. Over 40 years later, she still felt the 14 of the night.It was a deep wound on her 15 . I remember how 16 Holly was on the night she crashed our truck, and how I 17 her.One day, when Holly thinks 18 in the future, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than anything else. I repaired the car, but the dent(凹陷)in my truck is 19 there today.Every day it reminds me of what really 20 in my li  fe. | ||||
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donation through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation on Thursday to help rebuild the town1. Where did the disaster most probably happen?
A. in Britain
B. in the USA
C. in Australia
D. in China
B. in the USA
C. in Australia
D. in China
2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated $500,000 after the disaster_______.
A. by post
B. in the flesh
C. through a foundation
D. through the local Red Cross
B. in the flesh
C. through a foundation
D. through the local Red Cross
3. The best title for the passage is______.
A. A disaster by a huge tornado in Joplin
B. Rebuilding efforts after the disaster
C. The Community Foundation of the Ozarks
D. A donation from the Pitts
B. Rebuilding efforts after the disaster
C. The Community Foundation of the Ozarks
D. A donation from the Pitts
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School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired, I sa t 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 conver  sation 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 w  hole 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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| My 8-year-old son, Kevin, has made friends with some boys in the neighborhood. He has been 1 with them after school. My wife,Qugen, and I are _2_ he has other kids to be with and we have_3_ and encouraged him to play with his friends. We also want Kevin to learn _4_,so we have asked him to tell us 5 _ he's going and to come home at a specified time. The 6 started when Kevin didn't come home on time. On one occasion,I asked Kevin to be back at 6 pm. By 6:30,I needed to go 7 him. I found him at a friend's house,and he looked _8_ that he couldn't continue playing. After we came home,I sat Kevin down for a talk about the 9 of keeping his word. I told him I was not worried about him arriving a few _10_ late,but after half an hour,I'm going to be 11 . He told me he understood. The next day,I came home from work at about 6:30 p.m. and Qugen asked me to go and get Kevin _12_ she said he should be bac  k home at 6. I walked to his friend's house and a look of _13_ appeared on Kevin's face when he came to the door.At 14 ,Qugen and I spoke to Kevin about why he didn't come home on time again. He said he just wanted to _15_ playing. This was 16 ,so Qugen and I decided to ground (罚不准出门) him for a week. This 17 no playing with his friends. For the next week,whenever his friends came to ask for Kevin,we let him _18_ to them that he was grounded. We felt this would help him be responsible for his 19 . As a 20 , I believe one of the most important things we can teach our kids is self-responsibility and that actions have consequences. | ||||
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| "What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day. Nobody had ever 1 before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for 2 , I realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think about it," I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people 3 me and saw only happy teeth. Later that day at home, I began to 4 my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not happy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have! Of course, Mom 5 everything. She has lived her entire life with happy teeth, and tried to convince me that there was nothing to 6 . When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. "Let's be 7 , though," she said. "If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences." Her 8 made me consider my teeth seriously. the thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my 9 . Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize their dream of "perfection." The 10 is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for 11 . So if that girl ever asked about my teeth 12 , I would truthfully answer, "You know? It's really cute." | ||||
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Big things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer , my parents 1 my entire world and turned it upside down 2 they told me they were getting a divorce(离婚). I couldn't believe that our family was going to 3 . Though I always knew my parents weren't very happy and they often 4 , I still wanted my family to stay the same. My life changed completely 5 the divorce . My mother and I moved into a small apartment across town , 6 my father and brother , Bill , stayed in our house . I now became a 7 whenever I went to see my dad and Bill on the weekends . And immediately I had my soon-to-be stepfather , Dan , whom I showed no 8 in . I was depressed , especially after Dan and my mother married and I realized that there was no 9 that things could change back to the way they were. Even though I 10 all Dan's attempts to get to know me and wasn't very 11 to him , he never gave up on me. 12 , I began to trust him . I realized that we actually  had some things in 13 , especially when it came to movies and TV shows . We 14 a lot of time together hanging out watching TV. That gave us a chance to talk and get to know each other. Better still , Dan showed an interest in me that I had never experienced from my own father. Dan was always around when I needed 15 on school or friends . Once I began to warm up to Dan , th  e three of us began spending a lot of time together . We often went out to eat and took short trips . 16 , I discovered that I had the happy family that I had always wanted. I now realize my parents were 17 about getting the divorce . Their divorce was the best thing to happen for all of us . My father also found happiness-he 18 and had another child , my half-sister , Michelle. At 13, I learned an important 19 -change is not always the worst thing that can 20 , Sometimes , it is just what we need the most. | ||||
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| I still remember the days when I was a youthful student in an engineering school. I lived a 1 life, without caring about the future. I smoked, drank with friends and made girl friends. 2 did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss. Two years had passed and I was 3 at a report card that highlighted FAIL in more than half the subjects. I didn't 4 , at least not till my dad found out about it. You see, I studied in India and 5 the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education, my dad financed me. Then came the day when my dad found out my 6 of smoking. He lost his temper 7 he just told me, "Son, your 8 is cut in half from this moment on". It 9 me like a roundhouse kick (回旋踢) from Bruce Lee. I was jolted (震摇) out of my bones! I couldn't comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had 10 in college. I owed everybody 11 : the grocery store, the bars, the restaurants, my friends, etc. I was living a life filled with 12 . When I went back to college, I knew that if I didn't 13 the way I lived my life I wouldn't be able to pay everybody off. So I decided to make some changes. I quit smoking, 14 from my friends who led me down the wrong road, starting 15 out in libraries and reading my engineering books. One year later, I went from a 16 failure to a magna cum laude (优等成绩). Life was never the same again. This incident made me know that anything is 17 if you take action and do something about it, 18 small or large. Even today it still 19 me when I feel that I'm about to lose or give up. It 20 me that I can do it! | ||||
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