1 . Life can give you so many choices and opportunities, but in the end it is up to us to take the first step. It’s
Before becoming involved with Hestia (a charity founded in 1970), I often felt that I just wanted to be left
I was still unwilling to become more
I later learned about other volunteering opportunities at Hestia and
| A．hard | B．easy | C．impossible | D．necessary |
| A．out | B．lonely | C．alone | D．aside |
| A．paid | B．saved | C．received | D．charged |
| A．figured out | B．made out | C．took out | D．turned out |
| A．help | B．efforts | C．expertise | D．skills |
| A．physically | B．emotionally | C．literally | D．morally |
| A．addicted | B．linked | C．involved | D．satisfied |
| A．remind | B．stop | C．lose | D．push |
| A．better | B．horrible | C．different | D．funny |
| A．heard | B．made | C．formed | D．built |
| A．impressions | B．relationships | C．connections | D．championships |
| A．challenges | B．projects | C．opportunities | D．tasks |
| A．seeing | B．displaying | C．working | D．achieving |
| A．death | B．respect | C．mercy | D．support |
| A．used | B．supposed | C．expected | D．meant |
It was a few days before Christmas many years ago and it looked like it would not be a happy one for my family.
The factory that I was working at gave us a long holiday while their machinery was being repaired, that is to say, there is no need for us to go to work. In return for this, we didn't have much money.
My wife and I had managed to save some money to buy our young children some toys, but an unexpected car repair had taken most of our cash. We knew for sure that we could only afford to get one small gift for each of our children.
We arrived at the store and walked down the parking lot past people loading gifts into their cars. I saw the happiness on their faces and 1 heard them laughing and speaking happily. I envied them a bit, because it sure didn't feel like Christmas to me. We hurried into the store past old Tom, a beggar who had begged here for many years. To some extent, we had been "friends". I had always enjoyed putting something in his kettle before and he always held up his thumb to me. But today we passed him quickly with our heads down, pretending we didn't see him even though I heard clearly he was saying hello to me. I wasn't sure if I could afford gifts for my own family and I could not help others.
We searched all through the store hoping to find one thing each of our small children would like. Thankfully, we were able to get them each something sweet. We headed for the checkout and paid the bills for all the toys children selected. We found that we even had a few dollars left over.
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With those dollars left, we walked out of the store.
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"This is for your children!" old Tom handed me something.
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3 . Robin was 12 years old when his mother sent him to me for his first piano lesson. I preferred that students begin at an earlier
Several months later when I was preparing my students for a music show, Robin came to my home and said he had to
However, on the show his fingers danced
“How could you do it?” I could not help asking him a few days later.
“Well, I kept practising at home. My mom had cancer and just passed away the day I went to your
| A．level | B．convenience | C．age | D．moment |
| A．task | B．plan | C．dream | D．hobby |
| A．Unless | B．Because | C．Until | D．Although |
| A．acted | B．continued | C．commanded | D．proved |
| A．encouraged | B．disappointed | C．touched | D．guided |
| A．told | B．showed | C．convinced | D．promised |
| A．look forward to | B．sign up for | C．focus on | D．learn from |
| A．warn | B．persuade | C．allow | D．force |
| A．determination | B．happiness | C．reflections | D．anger |
| A．excited | B．satisfied | C．relieved | D．surprised |
| A．gracefully | B．awkwardly | C．slowly | D．quickly |
| A．shook | B．clapped | C．danced | D．laughed |
| A．followed | B．drove | C．woke | D．ran |
| A．house | B．office | C．class | D．stage |
| A．special | B．important | C．similar | D．popular |
4 . Understand your pet's body language
Body language is different depending on what sort of animal you have chosen as your pet.
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●If your cat looks at you and blinks at you slowly, it's likely communicating affection.
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| A．Pets' health depends on your daily care. |
| B．You can do this back at your cat to show your love, too. |
| C．The context is important in telling which emotion it might be. |
| D．Birds can be quite expressive through their eyes, feathers, and voices. |
| E．When dogs feel stressed out or threatened, their eyes will look larger than normal. |
| F．Once familiar with each other's presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together. |
| G．If you're unsure of your pet's body language, consider reading some articles for your specific animal. |
Several years ago, I traveled by train to Stockholm. I was visiting two friends who were to meet me at the train station. I stood there waiting for my first friend to arrive and in the midst of all the hurrying passengers that Friday afternoon, I heard a weak voice; it sounded like a question. I turned and saw a young man standing with a white cane ( 拐 杖 ) , his suitcase by his feet. I approached and asked,“Do you need help?”“Yes,”he replied, nodding his head, appearing relieved.
He had been trying for some time, unsuccessfully, to get someone’s attention. He had missed his train home. His cell phone battery was dead, and he needed to call his mother to tell her of the circumstances.
This young man named Mustafa, I found out, had just completed his first week at a school for the blind. He went to school on Mondays and returned home on Fridays. Of course I helped him call his mother. I did not understand what he spoke with her on my cell phone, but I could tell the language was Swedish. Of course the next problem was finding the right train home and telling his mother the new arrival time. Yet in this disordered train station, I did not want to miss connecting with my friend Bogdan who was on his way to the spot where we were standing.
Before I could dial the number to call Bogdan, he was suddenly already there. I described the problem and Bogdan took the young man’s arm and we were off on our adventure to help get Mustafa home. While sorting out where his home was, what train, and what time, my second friend Marcello called and wondered where we were. Soon he joined us. It happened that Marcello speaks 12 languages.
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Marcello’s gift in language was a great advantage.
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Now we were leading Mustafa to his train.
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The first time we set eyes on the beautiful dress “big Red.”father, mother and I were walking slowly through the freshly fallen snow on our way to Hubble's Hardware store on Main Street.
The colorfully decorated window display held the best toys ever and some other things. And hey were all placed pleasantly beneath the breathtaking dress of Big Red. Mother’s eyes were glued to the massive flame of red satin(绸缎)，dotted with twinkling stars.
“My goodness,"she managed to say in dreamlike wonder."Would you just look at that dress!"Then,totally out of character, mother unexpectedly danced on the slippery sidewalk. Beneath the heavy,grey wool coat that she had worm every winter for as long as I could remember,mother lost her balance and fell clumsily. Father quickly caught her.
Her cheeks redder than usual, mother blamed dad for laughing."Oh,stop that!" she ordered, as my father swept the snow from her coat."What a silly dress to be displayed there in the window of Eaton's!" she shook her head in disbelief. "Who on earth would want such a brightly-colored dress? It is too expensive."As we continued to walk down the street, mother turned back for one more look."My goodness! You'd think they'd display something that a person could use!”
Christmas was around the corner and the red dress was soon forgotten.Mother was not the one to wish for, or spend money on,things that were not practical."There are things we need more than this,"she'd always say, or,"There are things we need more than that."
Father,on the other hand, liked to buy things whenever the budget allowed. Of course,he'd get a scolding for his occasional spending like this,but it was all done with the best intention.
On our last trip to town before Christmas,we were driving up Main Street when mother suddenly exclaimed in surprise, “Would you just look at that!"She pointed excitedly as Dad drove past Eaton's."That big red dress is gone,” she said in disbelief. “It's actually gone."
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Dad looked quickly and smiled,"Yes,it is not there!”
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I'll never forget that Christmas morning when father handed mother a box.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
