One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. In the last interview, the director discovered from the CV(简历)that the youth’s academic achievements were very excellent.
The director asked whether he had obtained any scholarships in school. The youth shook his head. The director then asked, “Was it your father who paid for your school fees?” The youth answered, “My father passed away when I was one year old; it was my mother who paid for my school fees. ”
The director continued to ask some questions like his mom’s occupation and her working hours. Knowing that she was a clothes cleaner, the director wanted to see his hands. Having seen a pair of perfect hands, the director questioned further whether he had helped his mother wash the clothes before. The youth shook his head, saying that his mother always wanted him to study more and read more books, so she dealt with such things all by herself. In the end, the director said, “I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow morning. ”
When he went back, he made a request that he clean his mother’s hands. His mother felt a little surprised, but with mixed feelings, she still showed her hands to the kid. Seeing his mother’s rough and cracked hands, his tears rolled down his cheeks. At that moment, he suddenly realized how much his mom had suffered. He couldn’t imagine the extreme coldness and great pain his mother received while washing endless clothes those years. Just in this way, he could focus on his study in the warm room. The youth cleaned them slowly and regretted he didn’t share his mother’s labour or pain. That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
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Next morning, the youth went to the director’s office with tears in his eyes.
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Seeing the great mother, the director came up and shook hands with her gently.
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Grandma got Grandpa out of bed and helped him to the kitchen for breakfast. After his meal, she led him to his armchair in the living room where he would rest while she cleaned the dishes. Every so often, she would check to see if he needed anything.
This was their daily routine after Grandpa’s latest stroke. Although once a very active man, his severely damaged left arm, difficulty walking and slurred speech now kept him housebound. For nearly a year he hadn’t even been to church or to visit family.
Grandpa filled his hours with television. He watched the news and game shows while Grandma went about her day. They made a promise — he was not to leave his chair or his bed without her assistance.
“If you fell and I threw my back out trying to help you, who would take care of us?” Grandma would ask him. She was resolved they should take care of themselves and live independently. The Brooklyn brownstone had been their first home and held wonderful memories. They weren’t ready to leave it behind anytime soon.
Immigrants from Ireland, they had met and married in America. Grandma was friendly, outgoing and unselfish; Grandpa was reserved, a man devoted to his family, but he wasn’t big on giving gifts. While he wouldn’t think twice about giving Grandma the shirt off his back, he had the belief that if you treated your wife well throughout the year, presents weren’t necessary; so he rarely purchased gifts for her.
It was a cold, gray February morning, a typical winter’s day in New York. As always, Grandma walked Grandpa to his chair. “I’m going to take a shower now.” She handed him the television remote. “If you need anything, I’ll be back in a little while.”
After her shower, she glanced towards the back of Grandpa’s recliner but noticed that his cane was not leaning in its usual spot. Sensing something unusual, she went into the room. He was gone. The closet door stood open and his hat and overcoat were missing. Fear ran down her spine. Grandma threw a coat over her bathrobe and ran outside.
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2. 应使5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
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Desperately, she scanned the street in both directions.
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Just then, Grandpa came around the corner.
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One lunchtime when I was in the third grade will stay with me always. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had spared no efforts to practise my lines with me. But no matter how easily I delivered them at home as soon as I stepped onstage, every word disappeared from my head.
Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained that she had written a narrator’s part to the play, and asked me to switch roles. Her words, kindly delivered still stung especially when I saw my part go to another girl.
I didn’t tell my mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she sensed my unease, and instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine on the shelf was turning green. Under the huge elm trees, we could see yellow dandelions(蒲公英)popping through the grass in bunches.
I watched my mother casually bend down by one of the flowers. “I think I’m going to dig up all these weeds, “she said, pulling a flower up by its roots. ”From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.
“But I like dandelions, ” I protested. “All flowers are beautiful even dandelions. ”My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded, pleased that I had won her over. “And that is true of people too, “she added. ”Not everyone can be a princess so there is no shame in that. ”
Relieved that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry as I told her what had happened. She listened and smiled reassuringly.
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“But you will be a beautiful narrator.” she said.
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Backstage on the night of the performance, I fell nervous.
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I was surprised when I received a short message from my father wishing me a happy birth- day.
I had expected to hear from my mother, my grandmother and my older relatives but never from my father. When I lay in bed, memories of my father flooded back.
When I was a little boy, I regarded my father as a hero able to do anything. However, things slowly began to change. The more I learned, the more I doubted what he said. The gap between us grew and, at last, I didn’t even like communicating with him.
My father, in my mind, had no interest in talking with me. Dinner was the only time we were together. He had no time to watch TV with me. He would tell me to ask my mother if I needed something. He even refused to answer my calls when I phoned from school. I got used to the changes. I thought that perhaps my father no longer loved me, so I hardly communicated with him and even was unwilling to contact him.
As time passed by, however, I began to wonder whether my behavior was right. And I began to be more and more upset. I had no idea how to get along well with him. One day, my mother told me that each time I called, my father was always listening beside her. Suddenly, I hated myself for my cold behavior toward him.
I tried thousands of times to apologize to my father. In the end, however, I was always too embarrassed about what I had done.
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But that Saturday,
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Two days later, I decided to go home. As soon as I opened the door, a good smell of meal took hold of me. My mother swept me into her arms with her eyes wet. “I miss you terribly, dear!” she said. “Where’s my dad?” Sad and disappointed, I found only my mother at home. Suddenly a handsome face appeared. “Surprise!” my father said. “To me, you are the whole world!” I hugged him tightly, with tears in my eyes. Indeed, love should be made known to loved ones.
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Mrs. Crawley, a large woman, often worked into night at a hotel beauty-shop. She was walking alone with a large heavy back-pack at about eleven o’clock one night when a boy named Jack ran up behind her and tried to snatch (抢夺) her pack.
The pack’s strap (带子) broke. The boy’s weight and the weight of the pack combined cased him to lose his balance, so Jack fell on his back on the sidewalk. Mrs. Crawley simply turned around and picked the boy up by his shirt front.
The woman did not release Jack. “I’m very sorry, lady, I’m sorry,” he whispered in an embarrassed (尴尬的) voice.
Mrs. Crawley said, looking at his face, “Now I got a great mind to wash your face. It’s dirty! Did you have nobody home to tell you to wash your face?”
“No, Ma’am,” said Jack.
“Then it will get washed this evening,” said Mrs. Crawley starting up the street dragging Jack behind her. “You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. Are you hungry?”
“Yes, Ma’am,” said the being dragged boy.
When getting to her door, Mrs. Crawley dragge Jack inside.
“You go to that sink and wash your face, and I’m going to fix us something to eat. You’re hungry — or been hungry — to try to snatch my pack.” said the woman, turning Jack loose. He went to the sink.
“I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes,” said Jack.
“Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pack to get your suede shoes,” said Mrs. Crawley. “You could have asked me.”
“Ma’am?”
The water dripping from his face, Jack looked at her. There was a long pause. A very long pause.
Then supper was ready, with a bite of cakes cooked for each. Mrs. Crawley set the table.
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She did not ask Jack anything that would embarrass him as they ate.
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“Shoes got in that way will make you uncomfortable,” continued Ms. Crawley, ready to get her rest.
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The other day, I was driving home, a little upset because I hated working at the weekend. On the way, I decided to grab some veggies in the nearby greengrocer’s. Since there was still thin ice on the road, I took a glance at the rear mirror to make sure no pedestrians or vehicles came close, and slowly steered the wheel to the right. Then out of any of my expectancy my car bumped into an electric bike, giving out a harsh metallic clash. I collected myself and saw out of the window screen a boy lean on one side of the bike, one foot off the ground.
All of a sudden, a familiar scene flashed across my mind.
When I was in high school, I had fun riding my bike along the country road on sweltering and boring afternoons during summer holidays. Sometimes I carried my little brother to the only grocery store in the neighborhood where we could buy our favorite ice cream. Once we had an argument about what to buy. Seeing him leave the store in a temper, I jumped on the bike and tried to talk him into going back. Suddenly, he gave me a push and I inclined towards the middle of the road when a motorbike came in my face. I fell on the ground before I could see anything clearly. Luckily, I didn’t get hurt but still couldn’t rise to my feet. The motorist, a middle-aged man, ignoring his torn jeans, shed to check on me, “Are you okay? Your leg? Your foot?”
“I am all right, but...” I stared at him, terrified because I was sure he would ask for “big” sum of money for damage. Instead, he just let me go despite his wife’s protests. Guilty as I was, I was happy that I was spared. I was really grateful to the man for forgiving a silly kid who had made such a big mistake involuntarily.
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Seeing the same fright in the boy’s eyes, I quickly got out of my car.
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The boy offered to give me some money for the damage.
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The snowstorm was supposed to hit the evening of Monday, Jan. 31. I was working from home but I had to leave that afternoon and go to my office to sign an emergency financial aid check for a student. The route to the office took about 30 minutes along the highway. When I got there, my colleague came to my office to co-sign the check, and left. As I was packing up, I noticed he had left his laptop bag in my office.
“I can bring it to you,” I assured him. It was just past 4:30 p. m. The snow wasn’t supposed to start until later. On the way to his place, I picked up a new cellphone charger, and filled up my SUV with gas.
It took me about 15 minutes to get to my colleague’s house, where I dropped off the laptop case and got back on the road. Then the snow started, and it was coming down fast. Within minutes, the windows were fogging up and getting covered with snow, so I rolled down my driver’s side window, thinking I could better follow the edge of the road and keep to a straight line. But really, I didn’t have a clue where I was or even which side of the road I was on.
I called 911, but the dispatcher (调度员) told me that nobody was coming to get me until morning at the earliest. The storm would continue for longer than predicted and I worried I’d freeze to death.
Breathe, I told myself. Panicking won’t help.
I stopped the car, pinning my location on Google Maps, figuring out that I was on a road called Bouvier Lane, in between two farms. I posted this new information to my Facebook community group, pleading for anyone who knew who lived on the farms to help me get rescued.
At 8 p. m., my cellphone rang. It was the son of the farmer, André Bouvier, who owned the land beside the road I was stuck in. He told me that his dad had just helped two other cars get to his house, a father and his two kids, and a couple with their daughter. He comforted me that his dad was coming to get me.
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Then, about 45 minutes later, I saw a tall figure, pacing toward me in the dark, carrying a flashlight.
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