Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to 1 .
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 2
we realized we were 3 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $20 bill. I was so 4 because
I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 5 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into
the pizza line. 6 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About half way through the meal, I 7 I
had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just 8 out, and nobody had noticed, I felt terrible.
My conscience (良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn"t 9 over it. I just could
n"t go back to the cashier and 10 for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I 11 to give myself the pleasure of
an ice-cream for 12 that someone would say, "Hey, Jeff, why don"t you use the change 13 the pizza instead
of that nice, new $20 bill?" I was not so 14 of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was 15 of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don"t think
about it..."
I have learned two things from this 16 . Maybe I was a fool for 17 in to my conscience, and being too
stupid to appreciate a 18 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done,
your conscience 19 up with you.
This reflect the saying, "A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths; a hero dies one." I was a coward and
have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a " 20 " and gone back to pay for
the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice. |
( )1. A.say
( )2. A.as
( )3. A.lost
( )4. A.excited
( )5. A.rest
( )6. A.Luckily
( )7. A.thought
( )8. A.walked
( )9. A.look
( )10. A.ask
( )11. A.refused
( )12. A.hope
( )13. A.into
( )14. A.sure
( )15. A.warned
( )16. A.experience
( )17. A.turning
( )18. A.free
( )19. A.make
( )20. A.coward | B.talk
B.while
B.tried
B.eager
B.food
B.Finally
B.recognized
B.left
B.get
B.pay
B.wanted
B.surprise
B.with
B.upset
B.reminded
B.experiment
B.taking
B.cheap
B.wake
B.fool | B.talk
B.while
B.tried
B.eager
B.food
B.Finally
B.recognized
B.left
B.get
B.pay
B.wanted
B.surprise
B.with
B.upset
B.reminded
B.experiment
B.taking
B.cheap
B.wake
B.fool | D.explain
D.when
D.anxious
D.encouraged
D.drink
D.Actually
D.realized
D.found
D.think
C.send
D.meant
D.fear
D.from
D.pleased
D.told
D.mistake
D.giving
D.delicious
D.put
D.hero |
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| 完形填空。 | The Quiet Hero
It was Mother"s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I"ll 1 that
Sunday in 2007 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I 2 to think of my shortcomings-how many
evenings I couldn"t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn"t 3 my waitress" salary to buy.
But what 4 kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his
freshman year a Harvard University. They were 5 impolite enough to complain, but here was os much more I 6 I had done for them. I just hoped they 7 .
As I walked into the 8 quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase 9 a dozen red roses! When had
Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting
beside them, in the quick, manly 10 of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny
and me long ago. It 11 :
She took a day off from her busy 12 to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5
hours just to get there, and they had to be there early 13 he could see his hero take batting (击球) practice. 14
their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was 15 his hero making
a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to 16 his hero"s signature, so she stayed with the little boy
17 one in the morning…
It took me long enough to 18 it, but I finally know who the 19 hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a 20 Mother"s Day, after all. | ( )1. A. admit
( )2. A. intended
( )3. A. stress
( )4. A. poor
( )5. A. merely
( )6. A. wished
( )7. A. supported
( )8. A. living-room
( )9. A. including
( )10. A. handwriting
( )11. A. wrote
( )12. A. event
( )13. A. or
( )14. A. At
( )15. A. impressed
( )16. A. buy
( )17. A. before
( )18. A. see
( )19. A. actual
( )20. A. sad | B. adopt
B. liked
B. spare
B. great
B. usually
B. hoped
B. understood
B. kitchen
B. containing
B. description
B. recorded
B. content
B. for
B. In
B. printed
B. abandon
B. until
B. hear
B. true
B. bitter | C. deny
C. tended
C. strengthen
C. faithless
C. never
C. expected
C. approved
C. bedroom
C. possessing
C. tone
C. memorized
C. schedule
C. but
C. On
C. presented
C. get
C. after
C. realize
C. imaginary
C. happy | D. refuse
D. hesitated
D. spend
D. pretty
D. often
D. desired
D. disgusted
D. study
D. pinning
D. scratch
D. read
D. circumstance
D. so
D. By
D. pressed
D. catch
D. when
D. tell
D. visual
D. exciting | | 阅读理解。 | "I swear, I didn"t steal anything!" I shouted over the alarm. Obviously the security guard didn"t believe me
because he seized the shopping bag right out of my hand.
"Do you have a receipt for this?" he asked doubtfully, putting any new back-to-school outfit (全套设备)
onto the dusty floor near the mall entrance.
"Of course I do," I replied, fishing my wallet out of my coat pocket. Elsie and Monica, my two best friends,
stood beside me. They were laughing their heads off!
I almost tore my wallet apart for the receipt, but it had disappeared. "Let me look again," I said nervously.
Then I looked again, and again, and again! My face was getting butter by the minute, and my heart was beating
like a racehorse.
Finally, I looked back at the guard and whispered, "It"s not here." The guard picked up my clothes and said,
"You"ll have to come with me, Miss."
When he opened the office door, I saw a man sitting behind a big metal desk. It was the manager. Then I
had an idea.
"May I say something?" I asked. "I can prove I didn"t steal this thing." "Then I explained all about the
cashier (出纳员). She said that she had bought the exact same outfit as a birthday present for her little sister."
"We"ll just see about that," the manager said and went off to find her. Ten minutes later, I was free!
It was terrible to be unfairly accused of something! Then I remembered shouting at my sister that very
morning for taking my new hair clips.
Had she really taken them? I made a promise that day never to accuse someone of something without
proof, and I haven"t. At last something good came out of my terrible experience. | | 1. Why didn"t the security guard believe the author? | | [ ] | A. Because she looked nervous at that time.
B. Because she had no money in her wallet.
C. Because she didn"t have a receipt for the outfit.
D. Because her face turned red after being caught. | | 2. That the author"s two friends laughed their heads off showed _____. | | [ ] | A. they didn"t believe the author
B. they laughed at the author who stole things.
C. they expected the author to be caught.
D. they played a trick on the author. | | 3. We can infer the author was very _____ from the underlined part in Paragraph 4. | | [ ] | A. careful
B. nervous
C. frightened
D. excited | | 4. Who proved that the author hadn"t stolen anything? | | [ ] | A. The manager.
B. The cashier.
C. The author"s friends
D. The security guard. | | 5. From her experience, the author learned that _____. | | [ ] | A. you should believe in yourself in face of difficulty
B. it is a terrible thing to be suspected by friends
C. you should ask for a receipt for whatever you buy
D. you should not doubt others if you can"t prove it | | 完形填空。 | Last night, I was waiting for a taxi. After 5 minutes, I was 1 . The driver seemed to be angry. I asked him
what the 2 was. He said he had just come from the airport without a 3 , which was basically $70 in lost
fare.
Over the course of the ride, the anger 4 died down. He mentioned he had read an article saying the 5
people are the ones that give, so he hoped he"d have more 6 to give in his life. I was starting to 7 being
with him! We continued talking about why 8 is so beneficial both to the giver and the receiver and different
ways to 9 it.
As we arrived at my destination, I 10 my fare. But I pulled out an extra $20 and said, "Since we"ve been
talking about this whole time, I wanted to share that 11 with you. I"ve already paid my fare, but here"s an extra
little bit. You can 12 it, since you"re already down $70 from the airport. But if you want to experience the 13
of the gift, then tell the next passenger in this taxi that their ride is a gift from another and they can 14 their
gratitude (感激) in whatever way."
The man turned toward me, tears in his eyes, and said, "Sir, I have a better 15 . You give that $20 to a 16
person around here and I"ll treat the next passenger with a 17 ride myself.
Wow. This man was 18 10 minutes ago. I got out and walked around trying to 19 someone who needed
help before heading to my destination.
It was an honor meeting that driver and 20 the lesson of how everyone is capable of giving. | ( )1. A. gotten off
( )2. A. question
( )3. A. friend
( )4. A. never
( )5. A. happiest
( )6. A. kindness
( )7. A. mind
( )8. A. collecting
( )9. A. practice
( )10. A. printed
( )11. A. adventure
( )12. A. refuse
( )13. A. direction
( )14. A. share
( )15. A. gift
( )16. A. homeless
( )17. A. long
( )18. A. bored
( )19. A .save
( )20. A. learning | B. put off
B. time
B. stranger
B. even
B. poorest
B. chances
B. stop
B. giving
B. explain
B. recorded
B. information
B. raise
B. power
B. earn
B. idea
B. native
B. comfortable
B. tired
B .find
B. preparing | C. called up
C. problem
C. driver
C. slowly
C. richest
C. suggestions
C. allow
C. receiving
C. watch
C. paid
C. language
C. keep
C. weight
C. forget
C. opinion
C. nice
C. free
C. rude
C. protect
C. finishing | D. picked up
D. cost
D. customer
D. quickly
D. strongest
D. money
D. enjoy
D. existing
D. consider
D. examined
D. feeling
D. spend
D. size
D. miss
D. ride
D. brave
D. safe
D. angry
D. tell
D. providing | | 阅读理解。 | I made a pledge (誓言) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would
try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经
的) passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will.
A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks
that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks
great on you."
"Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse,
but then I thought, "Evelyn"s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me."
We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum
though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that"s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge
to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
"What"s the matter?" I asked her.
"Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress (悲痛), "do you know something I don"t?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well…that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me?
Tom, you"ve been so good to me…am I dying?"
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
"No, honey," I said, wrapping her in my arms. "You"re not dying; I"m just starting to live." | | 1. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage __________. | | [ ] | A. with his family
B. with Evelyn
C. alone
D. with his children | | 2. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because __________. | | [ ] | A. she looked lovely in her new clothes
B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C. he was determined to be a good husband
D. she was seriously ill | 3. The author says, "There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment." What was the one thing
that went wrong? | | [ ] | A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.
B. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.
C. He knew something about her illness but didn"t tell her.
D. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying. | | 4. By saying "I"m just starting to live," Tom means that _____. | | [ ] | A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before | | 完形填空。 | Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett"s jeans and shirt full of burn holes.
Tired and defeated, I 1 to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had 2 . He often got
almost everything in the house out of 3 . Many windows in our house needed repairing due to his breaking
4 to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional 5
Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as
6 as possible, but inside I was shouting, "I don"t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can"t 7
him!" Having wiped my tears, I continued 8 him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall (少管所). After that, my husband and I had to
send Brett to a boarding school for helping 9 teens (少年).
At the 10 ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had 11 the most to him
or her.
Brett spoke 12 to his parents and then spoke to me, "You did so much. You were always there, no matter
13 . My mom and dad, I am their kid. But you, 14 troubled enough by me, always 15 me such love. And I
want you to know I love you for it."
16 , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me 17 . At that moment, tears 18 in my
eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for 19 . Although I had struggled with silent 20 toward my
stepson (继子), Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about
certain people in our life, but we can love them. | ( )1. A. sat
( )2. A. lost
( )3. A. order
( )4. A. off
( )5. A. pain
( )6. A. patiently
( )7. A. forgive
( )8. A. feeding
( )9. A. lazy
( )10. A. opening
( )11. A. afforded
( )12. A. sadly
( )13. A. where
( )14. A. although
( )15. A. cost
( )16. A. Astonished
( )17. A. surely
( )18. A. fell
( )19. A. pity
( )20. A. love | B. bent
B. ruined
B. place
B. in
B. injury
B. willingly
B. stand
B. pardoning
B. disappointing
B. official
B. meant
B. lovingly
B. how
B. unless
B. lent
B. Puzzled
B. tightly
B. flowed
B. luck
B. anxiety | C. sank
C. torn
C. trouble
C. up
C. harm
C. strictly
C. educate
C. comforting
C. troublesome
C. graduation
C. supplied
C. proudly
C. who
C. because
C. showed
C. Encouraged
C. roughly
C. moved
C. happiness
C. care | D. dropped
D. broken
D. danger
D. away
D. damage
D. rudely
D. control
D. parenting
D. careless
D. victory
D. owed
D. nervously
D. what
D. when
D. taught
D. Interested
D. fiercely
D. gathered
D. success
D. anger |
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