When he was driving home one evening on a country road, he saw an old lady，stranded(抛锚的)on the side of the road. He stopped in front of her car and got out. Even with the smile on his face，she was worried. He looked poor and hungry. He knew how she felt. He said, “I am here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Joe. ”
She had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car, changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She could not thank him enough and asked him how much she owed him. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Joe added, “And think of me.”
She drove off. A few miles down the road the lady saw a small restaurant. She went in. The waitress had a sweet smile, and was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的). The old lady wondered how someone like her who seemed poor could be so kind to a stranger. Then she remembered Joe. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her change from a hundred—dollar bill. But she stepped right out the door.
When the waitress came back，she noticed something written on a napkin, “I am helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here’s what you do—Do not let the chain of love end with you .”
That night when she got home，she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. She and her husband needed money with the baby due(预期的)next month. She knew how worried her husband was，and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered，“Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Joe. ”
1. When Joe stopped to help the lady, she ________.| A．became excited | B．was afraid to be hurt |
| C．refused his offer | D．thanked him |
| A．received good service | B．had an expensive meal |
| C．told the waitress Joe’s story | D．met another poor guest |
| A．She forgot it. | B．She wanted to help Joe. |
| C．She would get it later. | D．She wanted to give the waitress some help. |
| A．Joe’s boss fired him | B．Joe worked as a driver |
| C．Joe’s wife was the waitress | D．Joe had an unhappy marriage |
| A．helping others is helping oneself |
| B．kindness can be spread |
| C．poverty is not a threat to a happy marriage |
| D．a happy family depends on a happy marriage |
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【推荐1】Spaghetti and meatballs is my favorite food. And reading is my favorite hobby. When you are deeply absorbed in a book, you stop paying attention to what’s going on around you. People describe it as being “lost in a book”. It’s a wonderful feeling, but it can be risky.
One day I was home alone doing two of my favorite things: Eating a huge plate of spaghetti and meatballs and reading. At the time, my family had a pet bird, a big white cockatoo named Luke. He was free to leave his perch (栖木)and fly around inside the house. Luke enjoyed “talking” to people, but he wasn’t trained to use real words.
As I was reading and eating, Luke was talking to me, but I was lost in my book. So Luke decided to get closer. He flew from his perch, and before I knew it, he’d landed right on top of my spaghetti and meatballs!
I was so surprised that I didn’t even have time to think. My reaction was the same as yours would be: I shooed (发出嘘声赶走)him off my food! This wouldn’t have been so bad except for one thing: When Luke had landed on my plate, he had grabbed (抓住)my spaghetti with both feet. So when Luke took off again, the spaghetti-still in his feet-went flying everywhere, landing on my shirt and hitting me in the face. Red sauce splattered (泼溅)up the wall and onto the ceiling. As I pulled noodles out of my hair, Luke flew back to his perch, dropping spaghetti sauce all the way.
He wasn’t hurt, except for his dignity-the sauce in his beautiful white feathers turned him orange for several weeks. So next time if you find a spy novel at the library with red, spots on two pages near the middle, you’ll know that I’ve read that book ,too!
1. What do we know about Luke?| A．He is lost in reading a spy novel. |
| B．He is good at communicating with people. |
| C．He is fond of eating Spaghetti and meatballs. |
| D．He is permitted to fly freely inside the house. |
| A．I reacted properly to Luke’s behaviour. |
| B．Luck was attracted by my Spaghetti. |
| C．Luck made the room in a mess. |
| D．I was addicted to my reading. |
| A．Puzzled. | B．Humorous. | C．Anxious. | D．Annoyed. |
| A．Love Me, Love My Dog | B．More Food Hurts the Body |
| C．Reading Can Be Dangerous | D．Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds |
【推荐2】The bus was full of the sounds of laughing and yelling fifth graders. They were on their way to the zoo for a class trip. Mario was excited to see the zoo, but there was one problem. It was ten o'clock in the morning, but his stomach was already grumbling (咕咕叫). He reached down and grabbed his lunch bag. Opening it, he saw that it contained a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an orange, and two cookies. Mario sighed. He always had peanut butter and jelly.
“Trade you lunches, ”he said to the boy seated next to him on the bus.
“Okay, ” said Mark as he handed his brown bag to Mario.
Mario opened it and was hit with the smell of tuna. Mario wrinkled his nose and quickly closed the bag. He leaned forward and tapped the shoulder of the girl in front of him. “Swap lunches, Toni? ”he asked.
“Hmm, okay, ”said Toni.
Mario smiled. This was fun. But when he looked into the bag, he frowned. What a disappointment！A ham sandwich, but no cookies！He had to have cookies.
Mario turned in his seat. “Want to trade lunches?” he asked Juana.
“Definitely！” said Juana. She grabbed his lunch and tossed hers onto his lap.
He opened the lunch bag. Pizza！He reached into the bag to grab it. Oh, no！The pizza was hard.
He could hit a home run with pizza that hard.
Mario twisted in his seat. One last try, he told himself. “Hey, Mona！Trade lunches?”Three rows behind him, Mona seemed hesitant: Finally, she nodded. She passed her lunch forward, and he passed his back.
Mario took a deep breath and opened the bag. It was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an orange, and two cookies. The sandwich was a little squashed(挤压), and one of the cookies was broken.
Mario ate it anyway. And it was delicious.
1. Why did Mario trade lunches so many times?| A．Each lunch he received was dissatisfying. |
| B．His curiosity was aroused with each trade. |
| C．He needed something interesting to kill time |
| D．He preferred more food to settle his stomach. |
| A．Friends are there when you need them. |
| B．You should be content with what you have. |
| C．If you want something done right, do it yourself. |
| D．There is always something better around the corner. |
| A．A Class Trip | B．Mario’s Funny Trick |
| C．A Lunch Trade | D．Mario’s Favorite Food |
【推荐3】My parents influenced us with the concepts of family, faith and patriotism when l was young.Even though we struggled to make ends meet, they stressed how fortunate we were to - live in a great country with limitless opportunities
I got my first real job when I was ten. My dad, Benjamin, injured his back working in a cardboard - box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He rented space in a little mall and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr. Ben's Coiffure.
The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up trash, Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower．Mom and I emptied garbage cans and picked up litter by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I'd s1eep in the car on-the way home. I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime, I acquired' discipline and a strong work morality, and learned at an early age the importance of balancing life's competing interests—in my case, school, homework and a job.This really’ helped during my senior year of high school, when l worked 40 hours a week flipping hamburgers, at a fast – food joint while taking a full load of college - prep courses.The hard work paid off . I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degree in law and business from Harvard. Later, I joined a big Los Agnates law firm and was elected to the California state assembly.
In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to provide for themselves and their families ,that is something we should honor.
1. In order to get a discount on rent,| A．his father had to work as a hairstylist |
| B．his father had to work in a cardboard - box factory |
| C．they had to clean the-parking lot three nights a week |
| D．his father had to pick up litter by hand three hours a day |
| A．He got the graduate degrees from Harvard. |
| B．He took a college - prep courses at high school. |
| C．He took a part - time job during his senior year. |
| D．He regretted having worked in the parking lot. |
| A．The author got a high pay by working hard. | B．The author compounded of the hard work. |
| C．The effort which he made had no affection. | D．The hard work was worthwhile for the author. |
| A．it is unimaginable for a child to help his family |
| B．it is honored to work for one's family as a member |
| C．it is unnecessary to keep work rules |
| D．the harder the work is, the more interest one shows |
One day the girl left the door to the cage open accidentally. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. So as he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. Suddenly, she felt the bird go weak, so she opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. It was her desperate love that had killed him.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his strong desire—needing to fly into the clear, blue sky. Unwillingly, she lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air. The lucky bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. What she wanted to see was that the bird could fly happily. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest tune that she had ever heard.
Remember, the fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight; the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
1. After the girl found the two birds, she ____.| A．became frightened at once |
| B．began to treat them badly |
| C．greeted them happily |
| D．fed them and raised them |
| A．Because the girl disliked the bird any longer |
| B．Because the bird wanted to fly alone. |
| C．Because the girl loved the bird deeply. |
| D．Because the bird intended to find some food. |
| A．Catch what you can catch on your way to success. |
| B．Going too far is as bad as not going far enough. |
| C．East or west, home is best. |
| D．A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. |
【推荐2】There is a photo in my collection that I pull out from time to time to remind myself of an old vacation. It’s a picture of me from the late 1970s on a bench in London’s Victoria Station, my head resting against a wall, eyes closed with tiredness, and clothes messed up. I used to love that shot taken by my wife. It was evidence of my leisure time, of travel, of interruption from the office: miles covered, sights seen, train stations raced through, and goals achieved.
However, as I left work to hit the vacation road this summer, I took along something extra. This traveling companion had a habit of ruining trips with feelings of guilt — the guilt that came from attempting to vacation with work in mind.
The conflict between the time we want off and the guilt we feel when we actually give in to leisure is a long-running battle that has gone too far, driven by an over-scheduling enthusiasm. It has made many feel as if their free moments are a form of truancy. It’s hard to take it easy when you’ve been programmed not to. We have been taught for generations that work is the only goal. Time that is unfilled is bad, we are led to believe, and unplanned enjoyment should be avoided. This is stressed today by a workplace culture that wants you to believe that advancement depends on your staying on the job.
Research now shows, however, that leisure time can do something job advancement and money can’t. Leisure activities increase your desire to work; leadership skills, your sense of awareness and your ability to change. Free time also promotes a positive mood and sense of well-being, because it develops self-worth. Deep down, everyone knows we need time off to make our lives better.
On holiday, using your productive output as a measure of yourself doesn’t work. This is because a vacation isn’t about output; it’s about input — exploring, learning, reflecting. The magic of a holiday is in the experience itself. This is the same as life satisfaction; it can’t be measured, only felt. The best part of a vacation isn’t going somewhere else; it’s being where you are, fully involved in the experience.
1. Why does the author look at that photo from time to time?| A．It brings back his memory of leisure travel. | B．It describes his tired appearance on vacation. |
| C．It gives evidence of his running away from work. | D．It records a life goal achieved during his holiday. |
| A．The tight schedule. | B．Not staying on the job. |
| C．The unplanned journey. | D．Not reaching the expected goal. |
| A．It promotes job advancement. | B．It improves your productive output. |
| C．It is good for your personal development. | D．It helps you see your goals in life more clearly. |
| A．Reflect on their work. | B．Avoid unplanned activities. |
| C．Enjoy the experience of travelling. | D．Ignore job advancement and money. |
【推荐3】I'm not the type of person that enjoy going to the supermarket, but every now and again I do help out with the shopping. As I know, that's part of being in a team. The problem is that unlike my wife who only buys the necessities, I buy like there is going to be natural disaster and we are planning for no tomorrow.
One day, when 1 arrived at home, I carried every single bag from the car to the kitchen in one go. I should have known it would be unachievable but I thought the more I could do on this trip, the fewer trips I would have to make.
As a competitive person, I wanted to do everything in one trip because in my mind, it’s more productive. As you can imagine, it ended in disaster. Two of the bags ended up being crushed(压变形) with a loaf of bread and broken eggs inside.
It reminded me of my time as a head teacher. Every evening, my teachers would walk past my office on the way to the car park with their arms full of things, unable to even give a quick wave out of fear of dropping something.
Like most schools, it isn’t uncommon for my teachers to fit another day’s work in during the evening. In schools, we have this crazy idea that our performance is often measured by how many programs we can carry out, how long we are at school and what time we sit up working until.
Now, it’s too hard to say ‘no’ with the increasing pressure and expectation placed on us. But what I’m going to say is that unlike when I carried every single bag from the car in one hit, maybe we should be better off putting some things down and doing the job properly.
Whether you’re a head teacher or a classroom teacher, it’s a time reminder that we should pay attention to how effective we are, not how much we can do. Maybe I should have taken my own advice and my family would have been able to enjoy their eggs and bread.
1. In what way is the author different from his wife?| A．He loves shopping. | B．He buys a lot at a time. |
| C．He makes a good shopping plan. | D．He only goes to the supermarket. |
| A．The author is a competitive person. |
| B．The author’s family couldn’t enjoy the eggs and bread. |
| C．It is more productive to carry as many bags as possible in one go. |
| D．It is unwise of the author to carry as many bags as possible in one go. |
| A．His teachers were too busy. | B．His teachers didn’t respect him. |
| C．His teachers performed very well. | D．His teachers were efficient at work. |
| A．Have dinner with their family | B．Do their work in a proper way. |
| C．Pay more attention to their students. | D．Devote themselves to what they can do. |
