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One night the old man heard some noise of horses and got up to take a look. To his surprise, he saw 4 handsome horse besides his own. It was clear that his horse had brought a companion home. Hearing the news, the neighbors all came to say congratulations 5 his good luck. However, the old man was very calm. He added, “It is true that I got a new horse for nothing, but it is hard to say 6 it is good or bad. It may be 7 unlucky thing.”
What he said turned 8 to be right. The son of the old man was very fond of the horse 9 (bring) home, and one day, when he was riding the horse, he fell off the horseback and terribly hurt in his left leg. “Nothing serious,” the old man said, “perhaps it is going to be good.”
A year later, many of the youth were recruited (应征) to fight in a war and most of them died. The son of the old man was absolved(免除) from the army service for his 10 (disable), so he escaped death.
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2. unexpectedly
3. one
4.another
5. on
6. whether
7. an
8. out
9. brought
10. disability
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As he got out of his car, he noticed that a young girl was sitting on the curb sobbing (啜泣). He asked her what was wrong with her and s
he replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.”The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me. I’ll buy you a rose.”
After they went in, he bought a rose for the little girl and ordered flowers for his own mother.
As they
were leaving, he offered to ride the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! But can you take me to my mother?” “To your mother?” the man was a little puzzled but didn’t say anything. She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave (坟墓).The man was shocked and returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bunch of flowers and drove the two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers
were on hand to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for over fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when Ms. Yates was about to speak.
Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to
listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work
harder than all the other teachers combined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
"I can"t tell you how pleased I"m to be here. I haven"t seen many of you since your graduation, but I
have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large
collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven"t appeared in person, I have
attended your college graduations, weddings and even the births of your children, in my imagination. "
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:
"It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful
in your chosen path."
"There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the
bottom of my heart."
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The
clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar (呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and
models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long
forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
B. Politeness
C. Joy
D. Thankfulness
B. be used to hide true feelings
C. be used in the wrong places
D. show personal habits
B. Understand their cultural backgrounds
C. Find out about their past experience
D. Figure out what they will do next
B. Smiles and Relationships
C. Facial Expressiveness
D. Habits and Emotions
sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at 1 . As for me, I learned both before twelve
because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together was really unforgettable. It was a perfect weekend after I
graduated from university. I came home and invited Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the calm lake.
Dad hadn"t 2 for years, but everything 3 well with the tiller(舵柄)in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a 4 wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit violently. Dad was always at his best in any danger, 5 at this moment he froze.
"John! 6 !" he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any 7 . He was the one I always 8 to for strength and security.
Before I could respond, a wave of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller but it was too late. Another huge wall of water turned 9 the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was
struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely protective of him.
I swam to Dad quickly and assisted him in climbing onto the hull(船壳)of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of. 10 "It"s all right, Dad. We are safe now," I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start looking out for my father.
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. However,
he did not teach me acceptance(接受) when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 1 and ill.
My father was once a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 2 all that away. Now
he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 3 One night, I went to
visit him with my sisters. We started talking about life, and I told them about one of my 4 . I said that
we must very often give things up as we grow-our youth, our beauty, our friends-but it always 5 that
after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 6 up. He said, "But, Peter. I gave up
7 ! What did I gain?" I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 8 , he answere
d his own question. "I 9 the love of my family." I looked at my sisters, and sawtears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also 10 by his words. After that, when I
began to feel irritated(激动的) at someone, I would remember his words and become 11 . He could
replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 12 to give up my small
irritations. In this 13 , I learned
the power of acceptance from my father.Sometimes I 14 what other things I cold learn from him if I had listened more carefully when I was
a boy. For now, though, I am grateful(感谢的)for this 15 .
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| The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but had_1 in common. Residents built walls to 2 influence from the 3 town. In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women 4 birth, they would compete to have the baby with the 5 cry. There was violent competition in very aspect of life. Because_6_ was the index(指数)of success, people were always 7 making money, with no time for relaxation . Some young people couldn"t bear the intensity(紧张) and resorted to drink or drugs to escape. _ 8 , over in Pleasure, the motto was "as long as you like it, do it." People_9_ without pressure and could do anything_10 liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn"t care 11 _students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office 12 _sipping coffee and doing nothing. _13_the lack of regulation, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was pleasure that mattered. No one had the slightest thought of moving 14_, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used 15_old models from Pressure. Some of the young were addicted to 16 because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, "What is life_17_?" But, just before life in the two towns completely failed, there came a saint-Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, _18 with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They_19 _the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The townspeople 20 to realize the truth-there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if don"t go to extremes. | |||
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