A handsome middleaged man walked quietly into the cafe and sat down. Before
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couldn"t help but noticed a group of younger men at the table next to him. It was obvious they were
making fun of something about him and it wasn"t until he remembered he was wearing a small pink
ribbon (丝带) on the lapel of his suit that he became aware of what the joke was all about.
The man pretended not to notice it, but the whisper and laughter began to get to him. He looked one
of the rude young men straight into the eye, placed his hand beneath the ribbon and asked, "This?"
With that the young men all began to laugh out loud. The man he spoke to said, "Hey, sorry, man,
but we were just commenting on how pretty your little pink ribbon looks against your blue jacket!"
The middleaged man calmly invited the joker to come over to his table, and politely seated him. As
uncomfortable as he was, the young guy had to, not really sure why. In a soft voice, the middleaged man
said, "I wear this ribbon to bring awareness about breast cancer. I wear it in my mother"s honor. "
"Oh, sorry. She died of breast cancer?"
"No, she didn"t. She"s alive and well. But her breasts nourished me as a baby, and were a soft
resting place for my head when I was scared or lonely as a little boy. I"m very grateful for my mother"s
breasts, and her health. "
"Umm, "the young replied, "yeah. "
"And I wear this ribbon to honor my wife," the man continued.
"And she"s okay, too?" the young guy asked.
"Oh, yes. She"s fine. Her breasts have been a great source of loving pleasure for both of us, and with
them she nurtured and nourished our daughter 23 years ago. I"m grateful for my wife"s breasts, and her
health."
"Uh, huh. And I guess you wear it to honor your daughter, also?"
"No. It"s too late to honor my daughter by wearing it now. . . "
Shaken and ashamed, the young guy said, "Oh, I"m so sorry, mister."
"So, in my daughter"s memory, too, I proudly wear this little ribbon, which allows me the opportunity
to enlighten others. And here. . . "With this, he reached in his pocket and handed the young man a little
pink ribbon. The young guy looked at it, slowly raised his head and asked, ". . . ?"
B. ribbon
C. attitude
D. clothes
B. She was ill with cancer.
C. She had gone abroad.
D. She got married.
B. Can you help me put it on?
C. Will you please forgive me?
D. Shall we have some drink together?
B. An Impressive Lesson
C. Be Grateful to Your Beloved
D. A Little Pink Ribbon
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"I h
ope he won"t ask me for any money, " I thought.He came and sat in front of the bus stop.After a few minutes he spoke."That"s a very pretty car, " he
said.He was in rags, but he had an air of dignity (尊严) about him.
I gave him a smile and continued cleaning my car.
He sat there quietly as I worked.The expected asking for money never came.As the silence between
us widened, it seemed that a voice inside me said, "Ask him if he needs any help."
"Do you need any help?" I asked.
He answered in three simple but meaningful words that I shall never forget.We often look for wisdom
in great men and women, and we expect it from those of higher learning and achievements.I expected
nothing but an outstretched (伸出的) dirty hand from him, but he said three words that shook me.
"Don"t we all?" he said.
I_was_feeling_high, successful_and_important_above_a_bum_in_the_street, until those three words
hit me like a shot.
Don"t we all?
I needed help.Maybe not for a bus fare or for a place to sleep, but I needed help.I reached in my
wallet and gave him not only enough for a bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the
day.Those three little words still ring true.No matter how much you have, you need help, too.No matter
how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to
sleep, you can give help.
Maybe God looked down, called an angel, dressed him like a bum, and then said, "Go to that man
cleaning the car.That man needs help."
Don"t we all?
1. The writer was near the bus stop________.
A. to meet the bum
B. to wait for his wife
C. to wait for a bus
D. to clean his car
2. At the sight of the bum, the writer________.
A. asked him if he needed any help
B. hoped to give the bum some money
C. wished the bum not to ask him for money
D. pretended to be cleaning his car
3. The underlined part in the passage means "____
____". A. I thought I"m better in any way than the bum
B. I felt the bum is as good in some ways as I am
C. I felt I liked the bum very much
D. I thought I should respect the bum
4. What does the story mainly tell us?
A. Those who are poor are in greater need of help.
B. Anybody should give help to others.
C. Poor as a man may be, he has dignity.
D. Whatever we are, we need help.
after me.I am__2__today for all of the special times we had as running partners, and times__3__driving
to different races, where we had so many__4__about life in general.I__5__these talks terribly at this time
of the year.
__6__, I am so happy he shared with me the__7__of his faith.He was always so__8__to people, and
I had been with him many times__9__we pulled over to help someone in need, __10__a smile and
helping them get back on the road.So I was not__11__when he told me of the time when he was__12__
in college: It was the end of the month.To make matters worse, it was Friday and he had no__13__in
his pocket for the weekend.Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to__14__my
dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others__15__helping yourself.
On his way home from classes that day, as he was driving along, he noticed a guy ahead of him
__16__his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner.Mark__17__right over and helped
him load the lumber back into his truck.The guy was so thankful and__18__his hand to Mark, and in it
was one
hundred dollars.Mark couldn"t believe his__19__.He told him that was unnecessary but the man__20__and off he drove.
I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.
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| I shall never forget the night,a few years ago,when Marion J. Douglas was a student in one of my adulteducation classes.He told us how tragedy had struck at his home,no  t once,but twice.The first timehe had lost his fiveyearold daughter.He and his wife thought they couldn"t bear that first loss; but,as he said,"Ten months later,God gave us another little girl and she died in five days." This double bereavement was almost too much to bear."I couldn"t take it," this father told us"I couldn"t sleep,eat,rest or relax.My nerves were entirely shaken and my confidence gone."At last he went to doctors; one recommended sleeping pills and another recommended a trip,but neither helped.He said, "My body felt as if it was surrounded in a vice (大钳子),and the jaws of the vice were being drawn tighter and tighter." The tension of grief (悲伤)-if you have ever been paralyzed (使瘫痪) by sorrow,you know what he meant. "But thank God,I had one child left-a fouryearold son.He gave me the solution to my problem.One afternoon as I sat around feeling sorry for myself,he asked,"Daddy,will you build a boat for me?" I was in no mood to build a boat; in fact,I was in no mood to do anything.But my son is a persistent little fellow!I had to give in.Building that toy boat took me about three hours.By the time it was finished,I realized that those three hours spent building that boat were first hours of mental relaxation and peace that I had had in months!I realized that it is difficult to worry while you are busy doing something that requires planning and thinking.In my case,building the boat had knocked worry out of the ring.So I determined to keep busy." "The following night,I made a list of jobs that ought to be done.Scores of items needed to be repaired.Amazingly,I had made a list of 242 items that needed attention.During the last two years I have completed most of them.I am busy so that I have no time for worry." No time for worry!That is exactly what Winston Churchill said when he was working eighteen hour"s a day at the height of the war.When he was asked if he worried about his huge responsibilities,he said,"I am too busy.I have no time for worry." 1. The underlined word "bereavement" in the second paragraph refers to________. A. having lost a loved one B. having lost a valuable article C. having lost a profitmaking business D. having lost a wellpaid job 2. Marion felt his body as if it was caught in a vice because________. A. he couldn"t earn enough money to support his family B. he was suffering from sleeplessness disease C. he couldn"t get out of mental pressure D. he felt tired of adulteducation classes 3. Marion made a list of over 200 items that needed to be repaired because________. A. he hadn"t been able to spare time to mend them B. he wanted to kill his free time by repairing them C. the items had actually been broken and needed attention D. repairing the items helped crowd worry out of his mind 4. At the end of the passage,the author wrote about Winston Churchill in order to________. A. prove that he followed Churchill"s example B. support his student"s solution to his problem C. show that he was successful in his career D. clarify how his conclusion was reached | |||||||||||
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| For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5?30 a. m., except Sunday, and went to work.I__1__ saw my father home from work ill.He had no hobbies, __2__taking care of his family. For 22 years, __3__I left home for college, my father__4__me every Sunday at 9?00 a. m..He was always interested in my__5__, or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__6__about his lot (生活状况) in life.The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states. Nine years ago when I__7__my first house, my father,67 years old, spent three days__8__my house. He would not__9__me to pay someone to have it done.All he __10__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him.But I was too__11__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__12__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__13__things hap  pened several times later.The morning on Sunday.January 16,1996, my father telephoned me__14__, this time from my sister"s home in Florida.But the__15__came again at 4?40 p. m.that day.My father was in the__16__in Fl  orida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤). I got on an airplane__17__, and on the way, I__18__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father.I determined that when I arrived, I would__19__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 11?30 p. m., my father had__20__at 9?12 p. m..This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me. | |||||||||||
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the phone and when she __4__yelling, I said, "I"m on the phone, " in the