1 . Last year, I told my family that I didn’t want or need anything for my birthday. Instead, I
The week of my birthday my husband went to a local cafe and told a waitress that he wanted to
My daughter was on a tight budget(手头很紧) so she
When we finally all got together for Mother’s Day and my birthday, everyone was in tears as each person
A.wanted | B.encouraged | C.ordered | D.permitted |
A.story | B.feeling | C.kindness | D.responsibility |
A.crazy | B.wonderful | C.interesting | D.silly |
A.partly | B.normally | C.quickly | D.secretly |
A.frightened | B.satisfied | C.surprised | D.disappointed |
A.failed | B.mattered | C.existed | D.happened |
A.coffee | B.bill | C.money | D.lunch |
A.find out | B.look after | C.think of | D.look on |
A.watching | B.listening | C.asking | D.telling |
A.feeling | B.day | C.experience | D.idea |
A.say | B.discuss | C.do | D.cost |
A.wasted | B.found | C.took | D.spent |
A.healthy | B.simply | C.honest | D.friendly |
A.shared | B.practiced | C.recorded | D.watched |
A.biggest | B.longest | C.best | D.quietest |
That night, I quarreled with my mother, and then rushed out of the house. While on the road, I remembered that I did not have any money in my pocket. I did not even take my cell phone with me to make a call home.
At the same time, I went through a noodle shop, and I suddenly felt very hungry. I wished for a bowl of noodles, but I had no money!
The seller saw me standing before the counter and asked, “Hey, girl, you want to have the noodles?”
“Oh, yes... but I don’t have money on me...” she replied. “That’s nothing. I’ll treat you today,” said the man, “Come in.”
A few minutes later the owner brought me a steaming bowl of noodles. I thanked the man and started to gobblle (狼吞虎咽) up the delicious food...then I cried silently.
“What is it?” asked the man kindly.
“Nothing. I am just touched by your kindness!” I said as I wiped my tears. “Even a stranger on the street gives me a bowl of noodles, while my mother, after a quarrel, chased me out of the house. She showed no care for me. She is so mean and cruel!”
Hearing the words, the seller smiled “Girl, do you really think so? I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you thanked me a lot. But it is your mother who has raised you since you were a baby. why were you not grateful and why did you hurt your mom? You should say sorry to your mom.“
I was really surprised after hearing that.
Why did I not think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful, and my mother has been taking care of me since I was little and I have never felt so, not even a little.
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Just at that moment. many memories came back into my mind.
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When arriving home, I saw my mother sitting at the dinner table, worried and tired.
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Jenny and James were ten-year-old twins. It was their mother’s birthday on the coming Saturday and the twins wanted to give her a surprise. What could they do? Baking (烘烤) a cake seemed quite impossible.
Jenny was sitting on the stairs, wondering how she could make her mother’s day special when James came running in and said to Jenny, “Hey Jen! Mummy is inviting her friends. I think she intends to give a party!”
“It means we have to do something great so Mum can feel really happy when we surprise her in front of all her guests,” replied Jenny. “We must bake a cake for her!”
The twins were making serious plans for the birthday party. They organized the seating plan, prepared the menu, bought the ingredients (原料) for the cake and decorated the dining hall.
On the big day, they woke up very early in the morning, wished their mother a happy birthday and asked her to watch TV or read some magazines.
“We will take care of everything,” said James.
“Yes,” said Jenny. “Don’t worry about the party. We have everything under control.”
Then the twins headed for the kitchen. They were baking a chocolate cake. Both of them worked fast.
Soon, people started arriving and gave gifts to the twins’ mother. The guests and the hosts chatted for a while and then everyone went to the dining hall for the cake-cutting ceremony. The cake was very beautiful and looked delicious. James and Jenny placed it on the table and handed Mother the knife. She blew out the candles, cut the cake and everyone sang the birthday song.
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Now it was time to eat the cake.
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Mother hugged the twins and said, “No problem dear; it was your first attempt at baking.”
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4 . As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing things for my family. I worked hard at school, and sometimes looked after my younger sister. Still, I found myself regularly unwilling to
Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother
Don’t get me wrong: even back in my room, I felt
I’ll never forget the Wednesday when I made a(n)
Surely, over time, I continued to help out with more housework. The neat thing was, the more I helped out, the better I felt about myself and my place in my family. As Mom and Dad realized they could
Sometimes the little things we put off doing the longest
A.work | B.cry | C.start | D.help |
A.sent | B.guided | C.walked | D.drove |
A.groceries | B.flowers | C.fruits | D.vegetables |
A.paid | B.fought | C.applied | D.planned |
A.nervous | B.unwilling | C.confident | D.grateful |
A.one | B.other | C.rest | D.next |
A.guilty | B.curious | C.excited | D.doubtful |
A.shape | B.world | C.career | D.way |
A.warning | B.reminding | C.informing | D.expecting |
A.tell | B.mark | C.express | D.describe |
A.responsible | B.ambitious | C.outgoing | D.energetic |
A.excuse | B.statement | C.decision | D.appointment |
A.anger | B.shame | C.delight | D.pleasure |
A.live | B.press | C.depend | D.focus |
A.make | B.turn | C.point | D.bring |
As a young boy, I was carefree. Every vacation I looked forward to two things—seeing my grandpa and hearing his wonderful stories. My grandpa was a very good storyteller. He had worked various odd jobs when he was young and wove his adventures and misadventures into fantastic tales. These wonderful tales colored my childhood.
As I grew up, I had to admit that Grandpa’s stories went on a little long, even a little boring and gradually lost their magic. However, not wanting to upset him, my brother and I would sometimes take turns sitting in the living room, listening to grandpa tell his stories.
When my grandpa was approaching 91, he suffered from serious memory-loss. It was kind of what doctors called dementia (痴呆), probably the earliest stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Following the doctor’s directions, we moved him into a Sunrise Assisted Living Community, where he could get a better care. After that, grandpa hardly came to our house.
One weekend before my grandpa’s birthday, I came to visit him. Seeing grandpa sitting in his armchair, dull-looking, I was consumed with mixed feelings. I wheeled grandpa to the sunshine in the courtyard, talking to him. He couldn’t express himself clearly and spoke in short bursts, but I listened to him patiently and carefully just as I used to be a little boy.
It was then that I noticed a shadow box with some old and yellowish photos in it. I picked one up, in which my brother, several boys in our neighborhood, and I were playing basketball with grandpa cheering us on twenty years before. My mind flashed back to those beautiful memories. Back then, Grandpa was in good physical condition and we were all wearing basketball jerseys, playing and laughing with abandon. I presented the photo to my grandpa, pointing at each member and reminding him of their names. Incredibly, grandpa could speak out the name of every player. I even caught a soft light in grandpa’s eyes and a smile on his lips.
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A bright idea for grandpa’s birthday came to my mind.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________My heart beat wildly as I stared at my phone screen. I re-read the message from my friend, Jane. Someone had upset her by sharing her personal news: she had been refused by her dream school. Jane had shared the sad news with only a few people. She didn’t know who let the word out, but she was really hurt and disappointed.
I felt so bad. I knew how the news had gotten out because I had been the one to tell someone beyond her closest friends. Honestly, I hadn’t realized she meant to keep it so close to only a few in the first place, but at the same time I’d known it wasn’t a good idea when I started to tell it to someone else.
Did she really not know it was me? It would have been easy to admit what I had done and apologize if her message put the blame, specifically, on me. But it read as though it had been copied and sent to several people. Once again ignoring the right choice, I chose the coward’s (懦夫) way out instead.
“I’m so sorry for what happened to you,” I typed. “How awful that your confidence was broken!”
I hoped that would work. Her reply came back within seconds: “Thank you.”
“It would be okay for me to remain anonymous (匿名), wouldn’t it?” I thought to myself.
But, deep down, I knew I’d been the one to break faith and hurt her. I was ashamed, not only of my original action, but also because I’d taken a further step in the wrong direction by covering it up.
I felt painful at church on Sunday, sitting in silence all the time. Later, the speaker asked us to examine ourselves and see if anything stood in the way of holding on to our faith, and if so, not to let anything stop us until we cleared it away. Chancing it all — whatever we feared, whatever held us back — would be worth it to make it right.
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I knew what stood between me and the right thing: my image.
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The next day, I went straight to Jane.
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Keeping up seemed so important when I was a teenager. Back in 1973, if you weren’t wearing Penn Loafers (乐福鞋) you’d just as soon go around in your bare feet. There was only one problem that year, I had bought Oxfords—but Penny Loafers were in.
“I need some money for Penny Loafers.” I told my dad one afternoon at the place where he worked as a car mechanic.
Dad looked at me for a full minute before he answered, “Wear those shoes one more day. Look at every pair of shoes you see at school. If you can tell me that you are worse off than the other kids, I’ll buy new shoes for you.”
The next day, I did what Dad said. I saw many schoolmates wore torn shoes of the likes I’d never had to wear, and shoes with holes in them, but I had no intention of telling him the results.
When school was out, I rushed to the place where Dad worked. It was quiet. Only an occasional clank (叮当声) of metal could be heard as Dad worked under a car. Then dad’s shoes came into my sight. They were old and black, the kind mechanics and service-station attendants wore. I saw the mended soles (鞋底) and the spliced laces (拼接的鞋带) .
“You do what I told you today?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, what do you want to do?” He looked as though he might know what my answer would be.
“I still want the Penny Loafers.” I forced myself not to look at his shoes.
Dad handed me ten dollars. I took the money and went to the store two blocks down the street. A rack (货架) on a far wall appeared as if it had a million pairs of black Penny Loafers resting on it. On a rack next to it was a sign that reads “CLEARANCE 50% OFF”.Below the sign sat several “young” versions ofDad’s shoes.
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My mind was playing Pingpong
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______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . There are many kinds of friends. Many people will step in your life, but only
I shall always recall (回忆起) the autumn and the girl with the
It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves
Leaves were still falling. Every day
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly
“You must like violin.” she said.
“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that
“In fact, it was your playing
I never heard her play again in my life. But I will always remember the fine figure (身影) of the girl.
1.A.good | B.true | C.new | D.old |
A.sound | B.flower | C.play | D.violin |
A.shaking | B.hanging | C.floating | D.falling |
A.lively | B.boring | C.harvest | D.lonely |
A.up | B.off | C.down | D.over |
A.flowed | B.grew | C.entered | D.ran |
A.hurried | B.active | C.busy | D.lost |
A.once | B.never | C.often | D.usually |
A.waiting | B.dancing | C.standing | D.hearing |
A.because | B.so | C.when | D.but |
A.Then | B.However | C.Even | D.Though |
A.stopped | B.began | C.went | D.changed |
A.happy | B.sad | C.strange | D.relaxed |
A.surprised | B.hurt | C.encouraged | D.disturbed |
A.that | B.which | C.it | D.who |
9 . Not being able to see someone you love for a long time is hard, but it does make a reunion(重逢)more special.
Owen and Stevie
Recently, Owen's dad was
That day, Stevie's mum
“What are you doing here?!” Stevie said with a big
"I'm
“I feel like I'm dreaming,” Stevie said..
1.A.cheated | B.debated | C.met | D.fought |
A.attract | B.separate | C.damage | D.calm |
A.recognized | B.built | C.admired | D.challenged |
A.determined | B.annoyed | C.confused | D.frightened |
A.However | B.Therefore | C.Besides | D.Instead |
A.attacked | B.threatened | C.scheduled | D.forgiven |
A.choice | B.adventure | C.holiday | D.opportunity |
A.joy | B.secret | C.opinion | D.emotion |
A.hardly | B.extremely | C.completely | D.likely |
A.drove | B.ran | C.walked | D.cycled |
A.searching for | B.waiting for | C.focusing on | D.taking control of |
A.left | B.slid | C.pushed | D.reached |
A.eyes | B.schoolbag | C.basketball | D.mother |
A.breath | B.apology | C.surprise | D.wish |
A.helping | B.visiting | C.contacting | D.rescuing |
A GIFT FOR GRANDPA
Summer vacation was coming. Jack and his brother Berlin were filled with excitement as they thought of visiting their grandparents again.
The big day came at last. After the happy family got ready, they set out for the grandparents’ eagerly. On the way, the brothers were excitedly talking about the fun they had with grandparents.
A little blue house with a tall white chimney finally appeared. Behind the property was the forest carrying their good memories with Grandpa. They arrived at the driveway, at the end of which Grandma was waiting for them joyfully.
Jack and Berlin each gave Grandma a big hug and then swept to the living room, shouting excitedly “Grandpa, we are back!”
Seeing his grandsons, Grandpa was wild with joy and tried to get up with all his strength from the chair but in vain. A helpless expression flashed on his face. Grandma explained that his health was declining rapidly and maybe couldn’t stand up on his own forever. But Grandpa declared stubbornly (倔强地), “I can!” Certainly, he was stuck in his boyish way. Mum and grandparents were happy to meet again after a long time. They sat together and chatted about what happened recently.
The brothers were soon bored with adult conversation, went out and wandered into the forest. Tall trees stretched up to the heavens with large branches crossing each other, while young ones rose straight like soldiers. Grandpa was once a great explorer full of wisdom. He could tell where the birds came from only by their calls and songs. The trees, birds, lizards, lots of bugs...How many merry moments they spent with Grandpa in the kingdom!
But now Grandpa couldn't get up. This made them worried. “We’d think out a way to cheer him up.” Jack said. “Grandpa is a bird lover, and we can catch him a bird.” Berlin suggested. “But he hates birds being caged!” Jack shook his head.
Then a bright idea came to Jack’s mind. “Why not make a cane (拐杖) out of a young tree!”
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Berlin thought it was a good idea.
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