Last night, I was waiting for a taxi. After 5 minutes, I was 1 . The driver seemed to be angry. I asked him
what the 2 was. He said he had just come from the airport without a 3 , which was basically $70 in lost
fare.
Over the course of the ride, the anger 4 died down. He mentioned he had read an article saying the 5
people are the ones that give, so he hoped he"d have more 6 to give in his life. I was starting to 7 being
with him! We continued talking about why 8 is so beneficial both to the giver and the receiver and different
ways to 9 it.
As we arrived at my destination, I 10 my fare. But I pulled out an extra $20 and said, "Since we"ve been
talking about this whole time, I wanted to share that 11 with you. I"ve already paid my fare, but here"s an extra
little bit. You can 12 it, since you"re already down $70 from the airport. But if you want to experience the 13
of the gift, then tell the next passenger in this taxi that their ride is a gift from another and they can 14 their
gratitude (感激) in whatever way."
The man turned toward me, tears in his eyes, and said, "Sir, I have a better 15 . You give that $20 to a 16
person around here and I"ll treat the next passenger with a 17 ride myself.
Wow. This man was 18 10 minutes ago. I got out and walked around trying to 19 someone who needed
help before heading to my destination.
It was an honor meeting that driver and 20 the lesson of how everyone is capable of giving. |
( )1. A. gotten off
( )2. A. question
( )3. A. friend
( )4. A. never
( )5. A. happiest
( )6. A. kindness
( )7. A. mind
( )8. A. collecting
( )9. A. practice
( )10. A. printed
( )11. A. adventure
( )12. A. refuse
( )13. A. direction
( )14. A. share
( )15. A. gift
( )16. A. homeless
( )17. A. long
( )18. A. bored
( )19. A .save
( )20. A. learning | B. put off
B. time
B. stranger
B. even
B. poorest
B. chances
B. stop
B. giving
B. explain
B. recorded
B. information
B. raise
B. power
B. earn
B. idea
B. native
B. comfortable
B. tired
B .find
B. preparing | C. called up
C. problem
C. driver
C. slowly
C. richest
C. suggestions
C. allow
C. receiving
C. watch
C. paid
C. language
C. keep
C. weight
C. forget
C. opinion
C. nice
C. free
C. rude
C. protect
C. finishing | D. picked up
D. cost
D. customer
D. quickly
D. strongest
D. money
D. enjoy
D. existing
D. consider
D. examined
D. feeling
D. spend
D. size
D. miss
D. ride
D. brave
D. safe
D. angry
D. tell
D. providing | | 阅读理解。 | I made a pledge (誓言) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would
try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经
的) passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will.
A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks
that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks
great on you."
"Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse,
but then I thought, "Evelyn"s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me."
We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum
though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that"s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge
to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
"What"s the matter?" I asked her.
"Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress (悲痛), "do you know something I don"t?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well…that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me?
Tom, you"ve been so good to me…am I dying?"
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
"No, honey," I said, wrapping her in my arms. "You"re not dying; I"m just starting to live." | | 1. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage __________. | | [ ] | A. with his family
B. with Evelyn
C. alone
D. with his children | | 2. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because __________. | | [ ] | A. she looked lovely in her new clothes
B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C. he was determined to be a good husband
D. she was seriously ill | 3. The author says, "There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment." What was the one thing
that went wrong? | | [ ] | A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.
B. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.
C. He knew something about her illness but didn"t tell her.
D. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying. | | 4. By saying "I"m just starting to live," Tom means that _____. | | [ ] | A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before | | 完形填空。 | Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett"s jeans and shirt full of burn holes.
Tired and defeated, I 1 to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had 2 . He often got
almost everything in the house out of 3 . Many windows in our house needed repairing due to his breaking
4 to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional 5
Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as
6 as possible, but inside I was shouting, "I don"t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can"t 7
him!" Having wiped my tears, I continued 8 him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall (少管所). After that, my husband and I had to
send Brett to a boarding school for helping 9 teens (少年).
At the 10 ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had 11 the most to him
or her.
Brett spoke 12 to his parents and then spoke to me, "You did so much. You were always there, no matter
13 . My mom and dad, I am their kid. But you, 14 troubled enough by me, always 15 me such love. And I
want you to know I love you for it."
16 , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me 17 . At that moment, tears 18 in my
eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for 19 . Although I had struggled with silent 20 toward my
stepson (继子), Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about
certain people in our life, but we can love them. | ( )1. A. sat
( )2. A. lost
( )3. A. order
( )4. A. off
( )5. A. pain
( )6. A. patiently
( )7. A. forgive
( )8. A. feeding
( )9. A. lazy
( )10. A. opening
( )11. A. afforded
( )12. A. sadly
( )13. A. where
( )14. A. although
( )15. A. cost
( )16. A. Astonished
( )17. A. surely
( )18. A. fell
( )19. A. pity
( )20. A. love | B. bent
B. ruined
B. place
B. in
B. injury
B. willingly
B. stand
B. pardoning
B. disappointing
B. official
B. meant
B. lovingly
B. how
B. unless
B. lent
B. Puzzled
B. tightly
B. flowed
B. luck
B. anxiety | C. sank
C. torn
C. trouble
C. up
C. harm
C. strictly
C. educate
C. comforting
C. troublesome
C. graduation
C. supplied
C. proudly
C. who
C. because
C. showed
C. Encouraged
C. roughly
C. moved
C. happiness
C. care | D. dropped
D. broken
D. danger
D. away
D. damage
D. rudely
D. control
D. parenting
D. careless
D. victory
D. owed
D. nervously
D. what
D. when
D. taught
D. Interested
D. fiercely
D. gathered
D. success
D. anger | | 阅读理解。 | Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and
refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As
they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger
angel asked why, the older angel replied, "Things aren"t always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable (好客的) farmer and
his wife. After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could
have a good night"s rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in
tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, "How could this happen? Why did you not
watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house," she accused, "The
second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help."
"Things aren"t always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we stayed in the basement, I noticed
there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good
fortune, I asked God if I could seal the wall so he couldn"t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer"s
bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I ask God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren"t
always what they seem." | | 1. Why did the older angel repair the hole for the rich family? | | [ ] | A. Because she didn"t like the greedy owner.
B. Because she wanted to save the gold for the poor.
C. Because the basement was too cold to stay in.
D. Because she believed that one should always be ready to offer help. | | 2. In Paragraph two,"the pair" refers to _____. | | [ ] | A. the poor couple
B. the rich couple
C. the guests
D. the angels | | 3. The youngest angel was very angry because _____. | | [ ] | A. the old angel killed the farmer"s cow
B. the old angel treated the two families differently
C. the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live
D. the angel of death took the cow away | | 4. Why did the older angel let the farmer"s cow die? | | [ ] | A. Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.
B. Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.
C. Because she wanted to save the farmer"s wife.
D. Because she was sympathetic to the rich. | | 完形填空。 | Bill White"s father is a lawyer. In his 1 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 2 of
animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 3 . But his father didn"t take Bill along
with him 4 he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 5 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 6 the night there, so that they
could 7 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out
with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 9 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early.
He couldn"t remember 9 he was. He turned over 10 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o"clock. Then he 11
that he was at the 12 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got
13 quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 14 . Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was
a pot of coffee on the stove. It 15 good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn"t talk 16 , because they didn"t want to 17 up the other people in the
house. They filled a thermos bottle 18 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 19 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve"s
wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 20 and started out. | ( )1.A. busy
( )2.A. foods
( )3.A. trips
( )4.A. after
( )5.A. led
( )6.A. cost
( )7.A. start
( )8.A. telephone
( )9.A. where
( )10.A. quickly
( )11.A. imagined
( )12.A. mountain
( )13.A. dressed
( )14.A. bathroom
( )15.A. seemed
( )16.A. many
( )17.A. wake
( )18.A. of
( )19.A. that
( )20.A. cover | B. spare
B. drawings
B. buses
B. when
B. stuck
B. spent
B. begin
B. machine
B. how
B. sleepily
B. pronounced
B. town
B. ordered
B. kitchen
B. felt
B. soundly
B. go
B. with
B. what
B. supply | C. enough
C. paintings
C. holidays
C. until
C. got
C. slept
C. walk
C. bell
C. who
C. quietly
C. forgot
C. farm
C. eaten
C. dining-room
C. tasted
C. much
C. put
C. in
C. after
C. operator | D. limited
D. pictures
D. mountains
D. unless
D. belonged
D. took
D. step
D. clock
D. what
D. suddenly
D. remembered
D. station
D. prepared
D. sitting-room
D. smelled
D. highly
D. come
D. by
D. before
D. equipment |
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