It was my tenth birthday and I would have the biggest party ever. The guest list began with a few close friends. But in the two weeks before that special Friday night, it had quickly grown from seven girls to a total of seventeen. Nearly every girl in my fifth-grade class had been invited to come to my house for a big celebration. I was especially happy when each guest I invited excitedly accepted the invitation. But as I later realized, I would truly treasure only one gift I received that night.
The family room was filled with shouts and laughter. We had just finished a game and were lining up for a dance when the doorbell rang. I hardly paid attention to who might be at the door. What did it matter? Everyone I liked from school was there, in my family room.
“Judy, come here for a minute,” Mom called from the front door.
I walked toward the front door, and then stopped. My mouth dropped open and I could feel my face turning red, for there on the front porch (门廊) stood Sarah Westly — the quiet girl who sat next to me in music class — and she was holding a gift.
I thought about the growing list. “How had I forgotten to invite Sarah?”
I remembered that I only added a name to the list when someone had shown an interest in me. But Sarah had never done that. Never once had she asked me about my birthday party. Never once did she step into the circle of kids surrounding (围绕) me at lunchtime. And once she even helped me carry my schoolbag while I held my science project walking to our third-floor classroom.
I guess I had forgotten to invite her simply because she wasn’t pushing to be invited. I accepted the gift from Sarah and asked her to join the party.
“I can’t stay,” she said, looking down. “My dad’s waiting in the car.”
“Can you come in for a little while?” I nearly begged (恳求). By now I felt pretty bad about forgetting to invite her and did want her to stay.
“Thanks, but I have to go,” she said. “See you Monday.”
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I had no choice but to say goodbye to her.
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Now, I realized that Sarah was my true childhood friend.
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1. Where did George park his car?
| A．On a narrow street. | B．At a parking lot. | C．At a square. |
| A．At 5:00 pm. | B．At 4:40 pm. | C．At 4:20 pm. |
| A．In his pocket. | B．In his car. | C．On the bench. |
| A．Someone stole it. | B．It was behind another car. | C．He went to a wrong place. |
1. What does the speaker intend to do?
| A．Place advertisements in the Olympics. |
| B．Become a volunteer in the Olympics. |
| C．Do an interview with Mr. Collins. |
| A．From his teacher. | B．On the Internet. | C．On TV. |
| A．Britain. | B．France. | C．Spain. |
| A．Knowledge of winter sports. | B．Volunteer experiences. | C．Language skills. |
An ordinary toy animal might not mean much to an adult. But for a child, it could mean the world. When first spotting the toy panda in the supermarket, 10-year-old Leon Ashworth fell in love with it. He couldn’t tear his eyes from it until he noticed the price tag: 25 dollars! That’s too much for his family. But he still wanted to have a try.
Running back home, he begged his mother, “Please, Mom, I really want that panda in Asda supermarket!” His mother Debbie Ashworth, who made living as a cleaner, responded, “Sorry, my dear, but I can’t afford to buy it now.” Seeing the disappointed look on his face, she added, “Maybe you can wait until next month when my salary comes in on June 15th. Is that OK?” “Of course!” Leon’s face lit up with excitement.
So he rushed back to the supermarket, smiling and skipping along. He wrote a note and put it on the toy’s box. On the note, he begged other shoppers not to buy it until his mom could. He was willing to wait until he could bring the panda home.
Two days later, the store’s staff found Leon’s note on the toy’s box. What the boy said on the note touched them and they decided to do something thoughtful. They placed the toy in a nice box. Then they tried their best to reach the boy. But it was too difficult to find a person in such a big city with only a small note. Eventually, they turned to the Internet, which turned out to be powerful and helpful.
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They posted the note and the phone number of the supermarket online.
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The staff invited Leon and his mother to return to the supermarket.
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5 . How to Memorize a Long Text in the Shortest Time
If you’ve ever tried to memorize a long text, you are likely to just repeat the sentences over and over again.
Divide the text into separate parts.
Record your reading the text if you’re an auditory (听觉型的) learner. An auditory learner can more easily store things to memory by listening to them over and over again. If that’s you, then the most effective way for you to memorize a text is by hearing it. Record your reading the text you want to memorize, so you can listen to it.
Memorize the first letter of each word of the text to create a shortcut (捷径). The ability to memorize something sometimes means the ability to recall the information in your memory. To exercise your ability to recall, make a new page with only the first letter of each sentence in the text.
| A．Then try to recall the text using only those first letters. |
| B．Turn the words into a song to help you remember them. |
| C．The act of speaking and listening may improve your memory. |
| D．However, this isn’t necessarily the quickest way in short time. |
| E．Look for words that you won’t have to work hard to memorize. |
| F．Once you go through the text, you may know its general structure. |
| G．It’s time to put them together so you can memorize the whole text. |
A few years ago, on a cold winter evening, I was having dinner with some good friends. One of them told us a sad story about something that had happened the day before. Her sons friend was in his mid-twenties and self-employed. He lived on the second floor of a house nearby. Someone who lived on the first floor had been smoking and fell asleep. The house burned down. Although everyone was safe, the house was completely destroyed with everything in it.
All this young man had were the clothes on his back and his pickup truck. He had no family in the area and nowhere to go. My friend was putting him up for a few days until he could decide what to do next.
Those of us sitting at the dinner table felt sympathetic for the young man. Everyone started opening their wallets to contribute money. My friend stopped us and told us he would not accept money. All he wanted was a warm coat and some other used clothing. We were all more than happy to fulfill this request and were told that he wore a size 3XL. None of us knew men who wore such an unusual size, so it was going to be a challenge to take care of this quickly.
But it was a typically cold New York winter, and I couldn’t imagine him without a coat. So even though I had fifteen people coming to dinner on the coming weekend, and I had many things to do for the big party, I decided to look for a coat in a size that was difficult to find.
I got dressed and went to the thrift shop (旧货店) the next morning. I was there when it opened at nine. I went through every coat and jacket but found nothing even close to what I needed. As I headed toward the exit, I considered trying to find something in a department store, but it would be expensive, and I had no time to shop.
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Just as I was about to leave the shop, the shopkeeper who was tall and strong came out of the storehouse.
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I took the coat, thanked the kind shopkeeper and left the thrift shop.
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Last Monday, having gotten my promise of taking care of my mother, my father left for a business trip.
I thought everything would go well , as this was not the
