Though I was nine, Mama let me ride the bus alone because I was careful and I didn’t do silly things.
A boy got on the bus at the trailer park. He was older than me. He had long yellow hair and untidy clothes. Hands were put into his jean jacket pockets. He didn’t bring them out to pay for his ticket. He spoke to the driver so low that I couldn’t hear. But riders up front were frowning (皱眉). The driver didn’t seem to like the boy either and then put up a thumb (拇指) to show he should go to sit down quickly.
Right behind me, a man whispered (低语) loud enough to be heard by all our ears. “Trailer park’s people never have the money. They always expect a free ride. And they always get it.” I didn’t understand what they meant about “trailer park’s people”. I liked the trailer park. Some of the trailer homes had gardens with lively flowers. It looked like a fun place to live in. I didn’t know why these adults frowned at it or a boy who lived there. But I knew that feeling being hurt with unkind words.
So I stood out of my seat and put the money into the machine to pay for the boy’s ticket. The driver looked at me and his look told me to go back to my seat. I didn’t look at anybody. When I sat down, I heard a whisper from the seat behind me. “Don’t expect him to be thankful.” That’s not why I did it. I wasn’t even thinking that. Didn’t they know how it felt to have empty pockets? My family used to have no money all the time till my father got a new job.
Just then, a different voice came from behind me as well. “We shouldn’t stop kindness. We should look at those around us with kindness. I don’t think he’s such a person.” After a short silence, everyone whispered their agreement. After I got off at my stop, I didn’t think about it anymore.
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Two weeks later, I got on the same bus again, but I felt different from before.
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When I walked over to pay for my ticket, the driver looked at me with a kind smile.
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2 . We are at that time of year when students are crazily selecting courses for their upcoming year of university. I love getting to talk with first-year students about what courses they want to take and what they hope to do with their
Best of all, I love the students that come in well-prepared and
I learned those lessons when I was going into my second year of university. A friend of mine, Jeff, was a year behind because he had been diagnosed with cancer and had been
During my second year, Jeff was able to
Jeff would have known that he was never going to
It doesn't seem
| A．grades | B．subjects | C．degree | D．future |
| A．enthusiastic | B．organized | C．committed | D．engaged |
| A．energy | B．passion | C．philosophy | D．entry |
| A．situation | B．harvest | C．response | D．presence |
| A．agree with | B．meet with | C．go with | D．play with |
| A．going about | B．going by | C．going for | D．going through |
| A．operation | B．survival | C．ward | D．hospital |
| A．fall for | B．register for | C．call for | D．seek for |
| A．pleased | B．alive | C．content | D．equal |
| A．terminal | B．critical | C．accidental | D．fatal |
| A．bottle | B．bucket | C．box | D．container |
| A．happy | B．diligent | C．regular | D．honest |
| A．survive | B．graduate | C．succeed | D．progress |
| A．value | B．promise | C．exception | D．institute |
| A．Since | B．Unless | C．After | D．While |
| A．appealing | B．impressive | C．promising | D．infectious |
| A．flexible | B．legal | C．basic | D．tricky |
| A．divided | B．exceptional | C．grand | D．constant |
| A．occupy | B．cost | C．judge | D．monitor |
| A．perfect | B．sensible | C．present | D．content |
3 . “The hurricane made my father and me homeless. It was lunchtime. However, we had nowhere to
After deciding to put the bill to our account,
The waiter
Feeling embarrassed, I said no and his reply was “Oh, he just
I asked the waiter how it
There are beautiful souls in the world that spread
| A．shelter | B．play | C．cook | D．eat |
| A．penniless | B．uncomfortable | C．frightened | D．speechless |
| A．intended | B．hesitated | C．volunteered | D．determined |
| A．hugged | B．joined | C．eyed | D．reminded |
| A．diet | B．service | C．exercise | D．lunch |
| A．appreciated | B．finally | C．reluctantly | D．proudly |
| A．appreciated | B．controlled | C．removed | D．caught |
| A．table | B．counter | C．exit | D．menu |
| A．hear | B．notice | C．prohibit | D．disturb |
| A．stage | B．section | C．length | D．distance |
| A．gave away | B．cleared up | C．paid for | D．referred to |
| A．annoyed | B．awkward | C．amused | D．surprised |
| A．report | B．find out | C．point out | D．recall |
| A．gone | B．agreed | C．returned | D．admitted |
| A．worked | B．happened | C．charged | D．improved |
| A．procedure | B．signature | C．explanation | D．prediction |
| A．privilege | B．kindness | C．principle | D．pride |
| A．expect | B．defend | C．surround | D．create |
| A．decided | B．pretended | C．refused | D．learned |
| A．richer | B．fairer | C．quieter | D．nicer |
4 . My younger brother would be leaving for college and I was leaving for a new job in Europe. We only had a few precious months left as a family living under the same
A family of magpies (喜鹊)
Dad looked up in the tree to find Mommy and Daddy Magpie sitting on a branch and glaring
The next day I got a
Driving home from work, I
I got home and found him looking out of the kitchen window with
Soon it was the end of August. Bags were
| A．house | B．room | C．roof | D．family |
| A．fall | B．summer | C．winter | D．spring |
| A．cut down | B．brought down | C．took down | D．settled down |
| A．exciting | B．loud | C．frightening | D．low |
| A．flying | B．wandering | C．jumping | D．running |
| A．carefully | B．suddenly | C．hopefully | D．helplessly |
| A．conclusion | B．advice | C．leave | D．permission |
| A．hunt | B．touch | C．ignore | D．fight |
| A．followed | B．favored | C．picked | D．called |
| A．coldly | B．gladly | C．cautiously | D．purposely |
| A．taste | B．lunch | C．meat | D．nest |
| A．news | B．notice | C．call | D．message |
| A．at home | B．at work | C．at school | D．at noon |
| A．realized | B．questioned | C．summarized | D．wondered |
| A．pausing | B．abandoning | C．leaving | D．deleting |
| A．associate with | B．drive away | C．meet with | D．fight against |
| A．sympathy | B．doubts | C．pain | D．tears |
| A．recommended | B．hugged | C．comforted | D．persuaded |
| A．piled | B．locked | C．packed | D．put |
| A．loved | B．substituted | C．accompanied | D．raised |
“You’re fired!” Andrew Chilton wasn’t joking. At that moment, the high school junior wanted his personal care attendant, Christy Chachere, out of his life forever. He didn’t want her help any more. He thought he could write his own term papers. “You’re fired!” He said it again.
Christy Chachere, a retired PE teacher, didn’t take a step back. She believed she could do this job. “You know, I’ve taught middle schoolers,” she said. What about Andrew’s outcry? It was music to her ears. Progress was faster than expected.
When Andrew suffered from autism (自闭症) at age eight, people told his mom, Cindy, to get him on the list for an attendant to provide after-school care. Someone would drive him to places and see that he was safe. In New Orleans, Louisiana, the wait can be years, the need far outstrips (超过) the supply. Cindy had no choice but to turn to the program Volunteers of America for help.
Even so, it was eight years before they were matched with Christy. In the meantime. Andrew’s family did their best to help him get through life’s hardships. “I did worry about him,” said Cindy. There was a lot to worry about. Doctors and school teachers said that Andrew might not even graduate from high school. Other questions were around the corner as well. Would he ever have a job, or live independently?…Cindy would do anything for her son.
Christy saw the problem right away. “Andrew wouldn’t take a step without his mother’s permission (同意),”she recalled. “You have to let him fail,” she told the family. “It’s the only way he’s going to learn. He has to be able to do things on his own.”
No longer would Cindy help Andrew write papers. His younger brother wouldn’t help him with the computer, either. It was a little unacceptable to step back. Actually, everyone was on board but Andrew.
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Andrew was filled with anger, but things began to change.
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“She understood me, and it turned out she was really nice.” Andrew said.
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6 . A Leap（跳跃）to Honor.
Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola
That’s especially impressive,
When she was little, her mom
Though learning gymnastics has been more
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most
Lola doesn’t want to be
Lola never thinks about
Lola is
| A．runs | B．teaches | C．trains | D．dances |
| A．since | B．unless | C．after | D．though |
| A．tell | B．guess | C．assume | D．predict |
| A．suspected | B．remembered | C．imagined | D．noticed |
| A．deeply | B．well | C．ahead | D．closely |
| A．task | B．sport | C．event | D．show |
| A．boring | B．enjoyable | C．difficult | D．unsatisfactory |
| A．talent | B．quality | C．nature | D．condition |
| A．doubt | B．advantage | C．challenge | D．program |
| A．examine | B．express | C．open | D．trust |
| A．fearful | B．harmful | C．unfair | D．inconvenient |
| A．to | B．on | C．off | D．against |
| A．greeted | B．treated | C．served | D．paid |
| A．pains | B．stresses | C．injuries | D．problems |
| A．positive | B．friendly | C．flexible | D．cautious |
| A．defending | B．quitting | C．winning | D．bargaining |
| A．standard | B．range | C．view | D．goal |
| A．until | B．as | C．when | D．before |
| A．proud | B．tired | C．ashamed | D．confident |
| A．plan | B．advice | C．reward | D．responsibility |
When I worked as a nurse, I was on day duty while my workmates were on night duty. On one shift, I sensed something strange just before going off duty at 1 1 am. I put down the tray (托盘) on the table and suddenly it fell off the table. At first, I didn’t care as I thought I had accidentally knocked it over, but then I felt the whole building shaking and heard patients were screaming and running madly.
At that moment, I realized that an earthquake was happening. My first thought was to rescue my patient and protect myself. I quickly caught hold of a nearby patient, who was terribly frightened and pushed her under a bed. And then, I got under another bed myself. As soon as the earthquake stopped, I decided to try and get the patient safely outside. I carried her out and helped her down to the grassland, where several other people had gathered.
As I was afraid that my other workmates were in danger, I went back inside the building again. When I met Lucy, our head nurse, I found her patient couldn’t walk. We made a seat for the patient by linking our hands and arms, and carried her outside together. We went back through the building to check if anyone was left behind in our sickroom.
Just then, we saw that a man doctor was calling for volunteers to go down to other sickrooms with him to help more patients and medical workers. So we followed him together. The doctor went ahead of us and found one of the nurses partially covered with broken stones, luckily still alive. Suddenly, the aftershock struck and the doctor ordered us to leave. The brave doctor intended to stay alone and risk his own life to save the nurse.
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But no one was willing to leave.
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My next task was to settle and care for the sick on the ground.
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When I was little, I lived in a house with a beautiful garden full of all kinds of Bowers. There was nothing I enjoyed more than sitting in the garden with my mother reading stories to me. When I was old enough to read, I enjoyed reading stories aloud to her.
I would never forget one day when I was in the third grade. I bad been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had rehearsed (排练) my lines so hard with me. But however easily I acted at home, the moment I stepped on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside, explaining that she had written a narrator’s (解说员) part to the play, and asked me to change roles. Her word, kindly expressed, still hurt, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.
I didn’t tell my mother what had happened when I went home after school that day. But she sensed my pain. Instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.
It was May and roses were blossoming and, under the trees, we could also see yellow dandelions (蒲公英) in the grass, as if a painter had painted our garden with red, yellow and green. I watched my mother casually bend down by one dandelion. ”I think I’m going to dig up all these weeds,” she said, pulling it up by its roots. ”From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden. ”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested, “All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions.” “Yes, every flower is beautiful in its own way, isn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded, pleased that I had won her over. “And that is true of people too,” she added. “Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no shame in that.” Relieved that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry as I told her what had happened. She listened and smiled to me gently.
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Para 1: “But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said.
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Para 2: After the play, I took home the flower.
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A funny thing happened to Arthur when he was on the way to work one day. As he walked along Park Avenue near the First National Bank, he heard the sound of someone trying to start a car. He tried again and again but couldn’t get the car moving. Arthur turned and looked inside at the face of a young man who looked worried.
Arthur stopped and said, “It looks like you’ve got a problem.”
“I’m afraid so. I’m in a big hurry but I can’t start my car.”
“Is there something I can do to help?” Arthur asked. The young man looked at the two suitcases in the back seat and then said, “Thanks. If you’re sure it wouldn’t be too much trouble, you could help me get these suitcases into a taxi.”
“No trouble at all. I’d be glad to help.”
The young man got out and took one of the suitcases from the back seat. After placing it on the ground, he turned to get the other one. Just as Arthur picked up the first suitcase and started walking, he heard the long loud noise of an alarm.
It was from the bank. There had been a robbery (抢劫)!
Park Avenue had been quiet a moment before. Now the air was filled with the sound of the alarm and the shouts of people running from all directions. Cars stopped and the passengers joined the crowd in front of the bank. People asked each other, “What happened?” But everyone had a different answer.
Arthur still carrying the suitcase, turned to look at the bank and walked right into a young woman in front of him.
She looked at the suitcase and then at him. Arthur was surprised. “Why is she looking at me like that?” he thought. “The suitcase! She thinks I’m the bank thief!”
Arthur looked around at the crowd of people. He became frightened, and without another thought, he started to run.
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10 . I believe in miracles (奇迹) because I’ve seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would
During her next appointment, I explained to her the
I thought otherwise. After considerable
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and
“How are you?” I asked.
“I’m just fine, honey,” she responded
Surprised to see her at all, I answered
I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had
I had read of such things happening, but had
Since my first miracle, I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is
| A．cut | B．pain | C．wound | D．cancer |
| A．declared | B．suspected | C．promised | D．insisted |
| A．refuse | B．continue | C．attempt | D．manage |
| A．roof | B．corner | C．bottom | D．surface |
| A．confirmed | B．convinced | C．considered | D．concluded |
| A．possibility | B．importance | C．seriousness | D．resolution |
| A．old | B．sick | C．fine | D．glad |
| A．permission | B．support | C．approval | D．effort |
| A．persuade | B．please | C．encourage | D．astonish |
| A．declined | B．provided | C．received | D．required |
| A．healthy | B．elegant | C．optimistic | D．humorous |
| A．to | B．in | C．with | D．by |
| A．worriedly | B．confusedly | C．patiently | D．confidently |
| A．covered | B．reached | C．spread | D．grown |
| A．cured | B．faded | C．expanded | D．remained |
| A．ever | B．also | C．never | D．already |
| A．easier | B．rarer | C．happier | D．closer |
| A．or | B．so | C．yet | D．for |
| A．read | B．make | C．keep | D．see |
| A．whatever | B．wherever | C．whoever | D．whichever |
