As a sixth grader, I began noticing how other kids were separating into groups. I wasn’t sure where I belonged. I found it hard to fit in.
Our teacher had assigned “secret friends” for the coming week. She wrote each kid’s name on a piece of paper and threw them into a glass; then we each closed our eyes and catch one piece of paper from the glass on which was the name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend and support each other over the next five school days. By the middle of the week, everyone, including me, had turned this assignment into a competition to see whose secret friend could leave the best gift. We left cards, pens and even money. It seemed that everyone was getting cool presents from their friend except me.
On the last morning of our assignment, I walked into my classroom and noticed there was a package. I opened the wrapping paper and inside was a box of powder (胭脂). The girls sitting near me laughed at the gift I had received. To make matters worse, the powder had already been opened.
I tried to forget about the embarrassing gift, but when I was in the bathroom during the break, the girls who had seen me open the powder started speaking ill of my secret friend. I quickly joined in: “How terrible”. I heard myself saying “What could my friend be thinking by giving me such a stupid gift? My grandmother wouldn’t even want it.” The girls laughed at my remarks and rushed out of the bathroom. I stayed to wash my hands and let the water run through my fingers as I thought about what I had just said. It wasn’t normal like me to say mean things like that about someone.
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Then I saw my classmate Janet come out of a bathroom booth (厕所隔间), tears streaming down her face.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . New Year gift ideas for parents
Getting gifts for your parents on New Year 2021 does not have to be that hard.
A restaurant gift card for dinner.
After all those busy schedules and tough work routines, your parents definitely need a relaxing break on New Year’s Day. You can send them a restaurant gift card.
Joy and happiness.
When parents get old, they appreciate family joy time. They love partying with their grown-up sons and daughters, and spending time with their grandchildren.
A sweet New Year wish from children can bring a smile on your parents’ face. So, wish them a Happy New Year 2021 and make them feel extra-special. Write a beautiful New Year wish on a greeting card, and present it to your mom and dad with a nice bouquet of bright flowers.
Other than all this, you can also perform a secret check in your parents’ home and make a list of things that you think should be gifted to them for this New Year.
| A．This is why the new year starts with it. |
| B．Treat them to a nice dinner on New Year’s Eve. |
| C．New Year 2021 marks the beginning of the new calendar year. |
| D．Here we show you some best New Year gift ideas for parents. |
| E．Giving them a greeting card or sending them a New Year text message. |
| F．To fulfill this wish of your parents, you can arrange a grand family get-together. |
| G．That gift can be any gift that makes them remember you when they use it. |
3 . It is a blue, cotton shirt. The shirt belonged to my
We shared the shirt, and as days
At times David also talked about his father. Usually it was late at night, in the dormitory just before bed, and the
Time passed and we had to say goodbye to each other. After lots of hugging, and words of thanks, we eventually departed. It was on my
I put aside the note, with
| A．colleague | B．brother | C．roommate | D．professor |
| A．Because | B．Unless | C．While | D．Even if |
| A．came across | B．went by | C．ran out | D．came up |
| A．victories | B．belongings | C．scholarships | D．stories |
| A．happened | B．refused | C．struggled | D．failed |
| A．turn out | B．stand out | C．figure out | D．drop out |
| A．interview | B．discussion | C．conversation | D．debate |
| A．failure | B．depression | C．poverty | D．illness |
| A．connection | B．distance | C．difference | D．conflict |
| A．first | B．last | C．next | D．second |
| A．touched | B．pulled | C．removed | D．folded |
| A．attached | B．applied | C．adjusted | D．admitted |
| A．guidance | B．devotion | C．friendship | D．mercy |
| A．less than | B．other than | C．more than | D．rather than |
| A．sympathetic | B．grateful | C．joyful | D．painful |
4 . Practical Ways to Show Respect for a Friend
·Show respect for their life choices and decisions. Accept that people aren't always going to be just like you. They will make different life choices, have different views on politics and religion, and act differently in many ways. This doesn't mean they can't be your friends.
·Give them the benefit of the doubt.
·Give friends your full attention.
One of the best ways to show respect for someone is to listen to them carefully. Allow them to pause, convey non-verbal communication clues, collect their thoughts, and get it all out. Too often friends listen with half an ear or jump in the minute their friend pauses with an even worse story.
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Treat your friends respectfully when you argue with them. Make your friendship a safe place by not embarrassing your friend or expressing your private disagreements in front of other people. Be publicly supportive and kind to your friends so that they know you value your friendship with them.
·Show up, be there, and do what you say you' re going to do.
| A．Assumptions can be a dangerous thing. |
| B．Consider your friendship a precious gift. |
| C．This type of behaviour is very disrespectful. |
| D．Tell your friends what you think about them directly. |
| E．In fact, you can almost do nothing but accept the differences. |
| F．It means that you'll need to take a step back, reserve judgement, and show respect. |
| G．No one likes an unreliable friend who says he'll be there and then doesn't show. |
5 . Over the years, I never thought of my father as being very emotional. He never was,
On November 9th, 1990, I received
A few days after Thanksgiving I was able to call my wife. She told me that my father said his usual Thanksgiving prayer (祷告). But this time he
Eight months later, when I returned home from
Ever since that day, my
| A．at most | B．at least | C．at all | D．at first |
| A．confident | B．responsibility | C．pride | D．satisfaction |
| A．word | B．sentence | C．warning | D．wisdom |
| A．amazed | B．confused | C．satisfied | D．worried |
| A．quarrelled | B．argued | C．talked | D．discussed |
| A．added | B．affected | C．approved | D．attracted |
| A．over | B．down | C．beyond | D．under |
| A．observe | B．notice | C．watch | D．look |
| A．fights | B．serves | C．supports | D．saves |
| A．surprisingly | B．fortunately | C．safely | D．dangerously |
| A．war | B．setting | C．spot | D．work |
| A．up | B．under | C．through | D．straight |
| A．friendship | B．relationship | C．partnership | D．membership |
| A．bright | B．blank | C．deep | D．smart |
| A．Along | B．Also | C．So | D．Neither |
Every night, I lie awake in bed and wait for the train to stop. Wait to hear the sound of his work boots dropping on the step by the kitchen door, and his voice calling, "I'm home!" Every night, the train goes by. Sometimes the train stops for someone else's pa coming home. Not mine, not yet. Every night, Ma comes to kiss me good-night-after the train's gone by. She's been listening, too."Go to sleep. Your pa'll be home soon. Maybe for Thanksgiving." I go to sleep with the sound of train wheels in my head, whispering, "Maybe tomorrow, maybe tomorrow."
The smell of coffee wakes me. I run into the kitchen. There he is. Pa lifts me onto his shoulders and pretends to stagger from my weight."How's my boy?①You've gotten so big as a horse.I can hardly lift you up anymore." He puts me down, and I stare at the two bags on the table. One says FLOUR, the other, SUGAR.
Ma says, "I'm going to bake a pie for your pa's homecoming dinner. Go down to the cellar Jimmy, and bring me that jar of apples from the shelf." She smiles at me with a "mind now" look. There's no need. ②Don't I know it's the very last jar on the shelf? Doesn't my mouth water just at the word apples?
I take the steps two at a time, not bothering to hold on to the wooden rails. I stand on tiptoe to take down the preserves. I put both my hands around the jar. I can hear Pa laughing upstairs and Ma joining in, and her hands slapping the dough (面团). "Hand me the rolling pin, dear," she says. I want to be with them in the kitchen. I hurry up the steps, and my bare foot catches on the middle one. I put out my hand to steady myself, but I tumble down, the jar slipping (滑) through my fingers. Please let it roll. It doesn't. ③The jar smashes on the hard-as-rock mud floor. Bits of apple fly everywhere; a river of glass glitters up at me.
Ma’s footsteps, Ma’s voice: “Are you hurt?” She checks me for cuts. I know what she’s thinking. The last jar-the one we’ve been saving to welcome Pa home. Weeks of no dessert, not even on Sundays. And I’ve spoiled it.
Ma’s on her knees putting bits of glass in her arpon. I bring her the broom. She gets to her feet and starts sweeping up. “Go on upstairs now. Mind you don’t cut your bare feet.” I want her to yell at me, be mad at me, but that’s all she says.
Upstairs, Pa wipes my eyes with the tail of his shirt. “Never mind, old son, accidents happen.” I bury my face in Pa’s torn old jacket. ④I smell the miles he’s walked looking for work to bring us those bags on the table. I smell the dust of the train and the city. I think I can smell how lonely he’s been.
“I’m going to bake my mama’s sugar pie.” Ma says, “It’s a special-occasion pie, and it doesn’t need apples.” “I’ve always wanted to taste sugar pie.” Pa says.
1. Which of the underlined sentences uses the same literal device (修辞手段) as the one used in Paragraph 2.| A．① |
| B．② |
| C．③ |
| D．④ |
| A．share with me the joy of my pa's return |
| B．remind me to behave well in front of Pa |
| C．remind me to be careful with the apple jar |
| D．share with me her excitement at making the pie |
| A．The jar is too heavy and slippery. |
| B．The stairs are too high and steep. |
| C．He can't wait to join Pa and Ma. |
| D．He is dying to enjoy the pie soon. |
| A．The love of a family is life's greatest gift. |
| B．It is a wise father that knows his own child. |
| C．All good things come to those who always wait. |
| D．Storms make people stronger and never last forever. |
7 . We never knew what Walter was, but we called him an idiot (白痴). We called him that without knowing if he really was as foolish and as stupid as an idiot.
______________. She was interested in people no one else loved. When Grandmother learned about Walter, she told my mother she wanted Walter to bring the food to the house. Mother, of course, was strongly against it. She did not trust Walter. But Grandmother simply said, “Oh poor, you are 42 years old, Sarah.” And then she telephoned the people at the food store and told them to let Walter bring the food.
The first time, Walter came to the house, he told Grandmother he was going to get a girl. Grandmother told him how nice it would be. She said the trouble with young man today is that they do not know how to win a girl’s heart. “You must be honest”, she said. Walter just stood there and listened. Grandmother then told him how her husband won her heart.
Walter and Grandmother became close friends. Every time he came with food, she had a talk ready for him.
Later, she began to read books to Walter. The first book was called “How to dress when you go out with a girl?” The next book told how a young man should act when he meets the girl’s parents.
As time passed, Walter listened harder than before. He never took his eyes off Grandmother as she read. When she smiled, he smiled too. When she was serious, Walter became serious. She read about the problems of early friendship. “How to become better friends and how to decide your girl is the right one to marry.”
Grandmother was almost finished reading one day, when Walter stopped her.
“Mrs. Gorman, I have a girl, a girl like you always talking.”
“Isn’t that wonderful, tell me about her, is she nice?”
“I like her very much.”
“Well, she must be. What’s her name?”
“I forgot. I told her my name was Walter.”
“Would you be kind to her as a gentleman?”
“All the time, I told her the nice thing.”
“I am proud of you, Walter, is she pretty?”
Walter did not answer.
“She must be nice,” Grandmother said. “I hope you comb your hair and wear a coat when you see her. And you must promise me that you will always be a gentleman.”
After that, Grandmother read “How to Choose the Right Wedding Ring and How to be prepared for Marriage?” She seemed to be in a hurry as if Walter might get married before she had finished his education. The next book she read to Walter was “How to love your wife?” Soon after Grandmother finished reading it, she died.
The morning after she died, Mom telephoned the food store and told them not to send Walter any more.
Then one day, I saw him. He looked different. He was wearing a suit, the coat was old, and the trousers had been worn many times. He wore a white shirt and a tie. I waited until he walked up to me, and I walked along with him. “Hello, Walter, do you remember me?” He turned quickly toward me, then smiled as he recognized my face.
We walked a few steps in silence. Suddenly, I had the old feeling that Grandmother was still alive and Walter was still coming to the house. Without thinking, I asked “How is your girl, Walter?” Suddenly, he pulled me close to him and shouted “She is still alive! She is still alive!” His cry was loud and real. He pushed me away from him and I fell to the ground. He ran down the street. As I got off, I could still hear him crying until his voice was lost among the sounds of playing boys.
1. Which of the following might be the first sentence of Para. 2?| A．I’ll never forget this idiot. |
| B．But Grandmother liked all sorts of people. |
| C．Unluckily, this idiot was introduced into my family and would change our life. |
| D．“Stay away from this idiot!” Mother often reminded us, “Or, he’ll involve (使…卷入) us in trouble.” |
| A．show him how to be honest | B．instruct him how to choose a right girl |
| C．teach him how to run after girls | D．inspire him with her own experience |
| A．Walter listened to Grandmother very carefully. |
| B．Grandmother was so beautiful in appearance. |
| C．The book Grandmother was reading was very interesting. |
| D．Walter was beginning to be attracted to Grandmother. |
| A．Grandmother read four books to Walter. |
| B．Walter quit work after Grandmother passed away. |
| C．The girl that Walter loved was actually a virtual one. |
| D．Walter had at last learned to be a gentleman. |
| A．A loving heart is a precious diamond. |
| B．A faithful friend is hard to find. |
| C．A good book is a good friend. |
| D．A good wife makes a good husband. |
| A．A Blind Love | B．Love Me, Love My Dog |
| C．A Girl for Walter | D．Merry Meet, Merry Part |
8 . I was tearing into the classroom when I ran into someone really short. He looked
That was Carlos’ first day. He apologized after class,
It was school
“Why not let me be your manager? I can promise that you’ll soon be cool and popular.” he
I wasn’t sure, “W-e-ll—” “Look,” he almost fell off the steps in his
I would never have believed he was going to change my life.
1.| A．over | B．up | C．down | D．through |
| A．Annoyed | B．Amused | C．Surprised | D．Satisfied |
| A．last | B．first | C．best | D．worst |
| A．beat | B．lost | C．sank | D．stopped |
| A．making | B．bringing | C．laying | D．holding |
| A．shy | B．stubborn | C．social | D．sensitive |
| A．store | B．contrast | C．common | D．similarity |
| A．elections | B．balls | C．clubs | D．programs |
| A．But | B．So | C．Yet | D．Though |
| A．mind | B．interrupt | C．bother | D．threaten |
| A．reasonable | B．simple | C．formal | D．direct |
| A．laughing | B．kidding | C．apologizing | D．leaving |
| A．depend | B．catch | C．hold | D．concentrate |
| A．get along | B．get about | C．put through | D．put off |
| A．offered | B．required | C．supposed | D．planned |
| A．could | B．must | C．shall | D．should |
| A．At last | B．In general | C．In fact | D．For example |
| A．mind | B．eagerness | C．despair | D．fantasy |
| A．or | B．nor | C．and | D．as |
| A．enthusiastically | B．desperately | C．unwillingly | D．aggressively |
9 . If you have children, you know that keeping peace in your family can be difcult.t One minute your children are getting along well and the next minute they’re mad with each other. So taking steps to encourage healthy sibling (兄弟姐妹) relationships is necessary.
Respect each child's unique needs
Treating your children the same way isn't always practical.
Avoid comparisons
Comparing your children's abilities can make them feel hurt and insecure.
Make sure your children understand what you consider acceptable and unacceptable behavior when it comes to interacting with each other, as well as the consequences of misbehavior. For example, discourage your children from quarreling and correcting each other.
Prepare for the problems
If your children can't settle a disagreement by themselves or they routinely fight over the same things, help them find a solution. For example, if you have young children Who have trouble haring, help them create a weekly sharing.
Listen too your children
Remember, all siblings fight or argue. Sibling rivalry(竞争) is normal and all you have to do is to help control conflict between your kids.
| A．Set the ground rules. |
| B．Being a sibling can be annoying. |
| C．Stay away from children's battles. |
| D．Focus on meeting each child's needs. |
| E．Explain the results of not following it. |
| F．Don’t discuss the differences between children in front of them. |
| G．When possible take your child aside to discuss his or her behavior. |
10 . It was 1939, and the Great Depression had made all our lives much harder. But we didn’t know how poor we were until our father sat my brother and me down on the couch in our living room to have a talk.
I will always remember the sad look in Father’s eyes as he stared down at his hands, rubbing them back and forth, while he searched for the words to tell us that our family wasn’t going to be celebrating Christmas this year.
A month later, on Christmas Eve, I lay awake in bed late into the night, trying to talk myself out of sneaking into our living room to see if Santa had come. I gathered my courage, then tiptoed down the hallway, hoping I would see the bright sparkling lights of our Christmas tree standing proudly in the corner of our living room, like it did every year.
Instead, I was greeted by my seventeen-year-old brother, Frank, who slept on our living room couch. “Hey, little one, what are you doing up?” he whispered.
I started to cry. “There’s no Christmas tree.”
There would be no presents, no singing, no Christmas dinner. It felt like we were the saddest family in the world. My disappointment overwhelmed me. I looked forward to Christmas each year. It wasn’t only the presents. It was that special feeling I got from seeing my family happy. We hadn’t been happy in such a long time.
On Christmas morning, the sun shone into our chilly bedroom, waking me up. “Maybe Santa came! Maybe he came!” I suddenly insisted. My eyes searched the living room, but there was no Christmas tree. I broke into uncontrollable tears.
I ran to Father in tears and threw my arms around him. “ We aren’t going to have Christmas this year.”
“Now, now, now, calm down. Go on in and see your mother. She will comfort you.” Dad slowly pushed the bedroom door open, leading me into the room.
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Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed something different in the bedroom.
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With my question answered, everything dawned on me.
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