1 . I walked up to the counter. Behind it was a lady with glasses on the tip of her nose and gray hair on her head.
"Excuse me," I said. She looked up. "You're that Clements kid," she said."I'm Miss Bee.Come closer and let me get a look at you." She pushed her glasses up her nose. "I can describe you to the police if something goes missing from the store."
"I'm not a thief!" I was shocked. I was seven, too young to be a thief!
"From what I can see, you're not much of anything. But I can tell you've got potential." She went back to reading her newspaper.
"I need to get these." I said, holding up my list. "So? Go get them."Miss Bee pointed to a sign on the screen door. "I'm not your servant,so I suggest you get yourself a basket and start filling."
I visited Miss Bee several times a week that summer. Sometimes she short-changed me. Other times she overcharged. "That can of beans is only twenty nine cents" I corrected her one afternoon. I had watched the numbers change on the cash register closely, and Miss Bee had added 35 cents. She didn't seem embarrassed. She just looked at me over her glasses and fixed the price.
But she ever let me declare victory. All summer long she found ways to play tricks on me. No sooner had I learned how to pronounce bicarbonate of soda(小苏打)and memorized its location on the shelf than Miss Bee rearranged the shelve and made me hunt for it all over again.
One day before I left, she said, "I know what you think of me, but I don't care! Each of us is put on this earth for a reason.I believe my job is to teach every child I meet life lessons. When you get older you'll be glad our paths crossed!" Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! The idea was absurd...
Until one day my daughter asked me to finish her math problems. "If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?" I said. Suddenly, I remembered the lady Miss Bee.
1. The girl felt when Miss Bee implied she could be a thief.A.surprised | B.shocked |
C.puzzled | D.annoyed |
A.showed no care about her mistakes |
B.made the girl learn to double-check |
C.was always playing tricks on the girl |
D.was careless and dishonest to do business |
A.knew her job was to help every child she met |
B.asked the girl to shop by herself to test her honesty |
C.taught the girl many lessons but she didn't understand |
D.rearranged the shelves to teach the girl to be changeable |
A.Treat others kindly and politely. |
B.Don't be so quick to judge others. |
C.The best teachers aren't only in school. |
D.Try our best though the task seems beyond us. |
When you concentrate, you focus on one thing and get other thoughts out of your mind. You concentrate on schoolwork, on sports, or on some music which requires serious ________effort. The point is that you think of only one________at a time, do it and leave it behind you.
________to concentrate is important. Any adult will tell you they________have at least a dozen things on their minds. When they must complete a project by a certain day and hour, they concentrate on it and________several people into a work team. This________a clear focus on the work—and on getting others to do their________.
Adults have a(n)________life which may include a husband or a wife, children, and all the work of running a household. Supper must be________and the broken back staircase must be fixed before someone gets________. If a child is sick, he or she must go to the________.
With all these things on their minds, how do adults________the day? They know they cannot fight all their battles at one time, so they concentrate on the most ________task, get it done, and go onto the next.
The martial arts (武术)________ you this kind of concentration. To do a movement________, you must watch and imitate the master. Since you do not always get things right the first time, you must figure out your________and correct it. The instructor is there to________, but you are still responsible for your personal progress. As you move up in rank (等级), more and more is demanded of you. The________are increasingly complex. You have ________time in class and want to get the most from it. But since you have learned to concentrate on________movements and get them right, you confidently accept—and meet—these greater challenges.1.
A.technical | B.political | C.mental | D.social |
A.opinion | B.person | C.question | D.task |
A.Learning | B.Agreeing | C.Promising | D.Preparing |
A.sometimes | B.always | C.hardly | D.probably |
A.organize | B.order | C.send | D.divide |
A.offers | B.changes | C.adjusts | D.requires |
A.lesson | B.favorite | C.best | D.favor |
A.city | B.home | C.country | D.art |
A.sold | B.eaten | C.cooked | D.bought |
A.hurt | B.cheated | C.punished | D.beaten |
A.professor | B.movie | C.class | D.doctor |
A.refer to | B.dream of | C.get through | D.hope for |
A.pleasant | B.hopeful | C.difficult | D.urgent |
A.teach | B.lend | C.leave | D.spare |
A.quickly | B.correctly | C.carefully | D.graciously |
A.mistake | B.pain | C.disadvantage | D.regret |
A.practice | B.pay | C.watch | D.help |
A.ideas | B.cultures | C.movements | D.situations |
A.fixed | B.limited | C.appointed | D.wasted |
A.direct | B.simple | C.smart | D.Wise |
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I
If we can allow our children to be
A.interested | B.pleased | C.puzzled | D.excited |
A.parties | B.cities | C.villages | D.races |
A.why | B.which | C.how | D.when |
A.together | B.around | C.alone | D.apart |
A.drop | B.throw | C.move | D.roll |
A.refused | B.made | C.sought | D.accepted |
A.paid | B.meant | C.preserved | D.treated |
A.explore | B.search | C.discover | D.desert |
A.get through | B.deal with | C.come across | D.take away |
A.arrival | B.choice | C.effort | D.company |
A.lost | B.gained | C.developed | D.missed |
A.stated | B.ordered | C.decided | D.chose |
A.attempts | B.instructions | C.opinions | D.arrangements |
A.anxiously | B.carelessly | C.disappointedly | D.fixedly |
A.familiarly | B.strangely | C.fully | D.coldly |
A.departures | B.months | C.years | D.decades |
A.possible | B.funny | C.hard | D.clear |
A.them | B.themselves | C.us | D.ourselves |
A.from | B.by | C.with | D.against |
A.still | B.otherwise | C.then | D.instead |
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries(食品杂货),saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity(人性)as a whole. And it has influenced(影响)us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.
1. Why was the bike so important to the couple?
A.The man’s job was bike racing. | B.It was their only possession. |
C.It was a nice Kona 18 speed. | D.They used it for work and daily life. |
A.the couple worked 60 hours a week. | B.people were busy before Christmas |
C.the stranger brought over the bike | D.life was hard for the young family. |
A.From radio broadcasts. | B.From a newspaper. |
C.From TV news. | D.From a stranger. |
A.Strangers are usually of little help. | B.One should take care of their bike. |
C.News reports make people famous. | D.An act of kindness can mean a lot. |