阅读理解。 One day a lonely girl found two weak birds while she was walking
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One day a lonely girl found two weak birds while she was walking in the woods (树林). She took them
home and put them in a small cage. She fed them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they
greeted her with a beautiful song. The girl loved them very much and wanted their singing to last forever.
One day the girl left the cage"s door open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew out of the cage.
The girl watched worriedly as it circled (盘旋) high above her. She was afraid that it would fly away and she
would never see it again. So when it flew close, she grasped (抓) at it wildly. She was very happy that she
held it tightly within her hand! Suddenly, she felt something had happened to the bird. She opened her hand
and was surprised to find the bird was dead. Her love for the bird killed it.
She noticed the other bird jumping in the cage. She could feel that it wanted to be free. It hoped to fly into
the clear, blue sky. She lifted (举起) it from the cage and flew it into the air. The bird circled once, twice,
three times…
When the bird was flying happily in the sky, she was so glad. Just then the bird flew closer and sat softly
on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest song she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it tight; the best way to keep love is to let it fly!
B. they were hungry but very strong
C. they liked staying in the cage quietly
D. they didn"t eat much food
B. the female
C. the larger and stronger
D. the white and blue
B. it was feeling cold
C. the other bird felt lonely
D. it would fly away
B. wanted to be free
C. wanted to sing a beautiful song again
D. wanted to eat something
B. The cage is used to keep birds.
C. The birds are easily killed.
D. To keep love is to let it fly.
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laugh at when you say. Maybe you just aren"t (2) b_______ enough to speak.
Shyness is like a snake that crawls (爬进) into our mouth and (3) s_______ us speaking. But we shouldn"t
let it stay there.
I am 29 years old. Even today, that snake still sometimes (4) v_______me. When I was in high school, I
was so shy that I wouldn"t talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the
(5) w_______to a local shop, it was as if I"d forgotten how to talk. One summer, I got a (6) j_______ in a
restaurant and that helped a lot.It meant I had to talk to customers (顾客). I had to tell them how (7)
m_______ their meal cost. I had to ask them if they want to drink Coke or Sprite.
This job taught me how to speak with people.
You may be too young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other (8) c_______ to speak with
people. You can offer to help an old woman carry her heavy bag. (9) O_______ you can go to get a newspaper
for your family.
If you do these things for a while, the "shyness" snake will soon begin to (10) l_______ you alone. It"ll look
for another mouth to crawl into.
match; football players exchange jerseys (运动衣) after ninety minutes of knocking each other around; even
boxers touch gloves at the beginning of each round. Players in every event, from spelling bees to golf (高尔夫球), act in this way. It"s all part of sportsmanship (体育精神), a great tradition in sports and competition. It
means playing and being calm all through the match.
Everyone feels great when they win. In the last few years, you might see some players celebrate a goal
(进球) with a long victory dance or talk big about their ability. However, it"s always hard for people to say in
public that they made a bad play.
Good sportsmanship is what they really need. It"s the golden rule of sports. Good sportsmanship means
that you play by the rules, talk politely to everyone during games and stay cool even when you lose the game.
At the school sports meeting, for example, it"s more important for you to know how to work as part of a team
and cheer your teammates on. That may help you enjoy more success at your future work. In competition-as
in life-you may not always win, but believe me, sportsmanship will help you get through, and there is always
the next match.
B. Football.
C. Golf.
D. Spelling.
B. competition.
C. guess.
D. research.
B. It"s all part of celebration.
C. It"s the golden rule of sports.
D. It"s how to stay cool.
B. exchange jerseys.
C. shake hands.
D. feel great.
B. you play or learn.
C. you are happy or not.
D. you feel hard or not.
They was a woman lived there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each
afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear
through the dirty window. I would say to myself. "I wonder why that woman doesn"t wash her window. It
really looks terrible."
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.
Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a
rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). Her
window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching
hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the
dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him
through my own dirty window?" I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world
about me more clearly.
B. the writer"s window was dirty
C. the woman lived nearby
D. the writer was near-sighted
B. the woman"s window was still terrible
C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon
D. the woman"s window was clean
B. it cheered me up
C. I knew it grew light
D. it began to get dark
B. the writer often washed the window
C. they both worked as cleaners
D. they lived in a small town
B. one should often make his windows clean
C. one must judge himself before he judges others
D. one must look at others through his dirty windows
to be fair?" Her question was a good one. It reminded me of something I was taught as a youngster: Life isn"t
fair. It"s a bummer, but it"s absolutely true.
One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life
should be fair, or that someday it will be. It"s not and it won"t. One of the nice things about surrendering (承认)
to the fact that life isn"t fair is that it keeps us from feeling sorry for ourselves by encouraging us to do the
very best we can with what we have. We know it"s not "life"s job" to make everything perfect it"s our own
challenge. Surrendering to this fact also keeps us from feeling sorry for others because we are reminded that
everyone is dealt a different hand; everyone has his own strengths and problems in the process of growing up,
facing the reality and making decisions; and everyone has those times that they feel cheated or unfairly treated.
The fact that life isn"t fair doesn"t mean we shouldn"t do everything in our power to improve our own lives
or the world as a whole. Instead, it suggests that we should. When we don"t recognize or admit that life isn"t
fair, we tend to feel pity for others and for ourselves. Pity is a self-defeating (自我挫败的) emotion that does
nothing for anyone, except to make everyone feel worse than they already do. When we do recognize that life
isn"t fair, however, we feel compassion (同情) for others and for ourselves. And compassion is a heatfelt
emotion that delivers loving-kindness to everyone it touches. The next time you find yourself thinking about
the unfair world, try reminding yourself of this very basic fact. You may be surprised that it can push you out
of self-pity and into helpful action.
B. a disappointment
C. a choice
D. an embarrassment
B. We may feel worse when we realize the unfaimess.
C. Life will become fair someday through our great efforLs.
D. Pity is a self-defeating emotion delivering loving-kindness.
B. Face the Problems in Your Life
C. Encourage Yourself to Do the Best
D. Surrender to the Fact that Life Isn"t Fair
For years Peter Smith"s life was badly disturbed by the memory of an accident that caused the death of
one of his classmates, Oliver. His wife left him after six years of marriage. He 1 his work. Then suddenly
the news about Peter 2 .His wife came back and he found a new job.
One day he told me what had changed his life. "I used to think that nothing could call off what I had
done. The thought of my mistake would 3 me in the middle of a smile or a handshake. It put a 4
between my wife and me. Then I had a／an 5 visit from the person l was afraid most to see the mother
of the classmate who died. "Years ago," she said,"I found it in my heart to have forgiven (原谅)you. So did
Oliver and your friends."She paused, and then said 6 , "Peter, you are the one who hasn"t forgiven
yourself. Who do you think you are to stand out 7 the people around you and Cod?" I looked into her eyes
and found there a kind of permission to be the person I might have been 8 her boy had lived. For the first
time in my life I felt worthy to love and be loved."
It is only through forgiveness of our 9 that we gain the freedom to leam from experiences. But
forgiving our shortcomings doesn"t mean denying (否认) that they exist. Instead, it means 10 them
honestly, realistically.
Can a person be all-forgiving and still be human?A scientist I know spent four years as a slave labor in
Cermany. His parents, his younger sister and elder brother were killed by Nazi. This is a man who has every
reason to hate. Yet he is filled with a love of life that he passes on to everyone who knows him. He explained
it to me the other day, "In the beginning l was filled with hatred. 11 I realized that in hating I had become
my own 12 .Unless you forgive, you cannot love. And without love, life has no meaning."Forgiveness is
truly the saving grace, which gives the people who make mistakes a chance to correct them.