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beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.
My father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. I was
only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I"m so glad I did.
On the road to the harbor we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbor itself was
in fairly good shape. After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the
sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.
On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn"t believe it-there
aren"t any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean in the bay, in
which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive.
The little baby whale-actually as big as our boat-was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools(漩涡) and waves. "She"s trying to
help her baby, but on the wrong side," my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a
semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat toward the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our
several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right
beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started
heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay
channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe-and
to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight
form the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.
In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonder animals for
almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day. Nearly four decades later, I
still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.
B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea
C. he experienced the rescue of the whales
D. he spent the weekend with his family
B. the arms of the bay
C. the still water in the channel
D. the long coast line
B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough
C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help
D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction
B. Fishing provides excitement for children.
C. It"s necessary to live in harmony with animals.
D. It"s important to protect the environment.
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taught me to notice those whom others ignore.
The railroad tracks (轨道) were within a mile of our house. Beggars frequently would knock at the
doors in our neighbourhood in summer asking for food. They were often turned away. Others simply
ignored the knocks.
My mum always went to the door smiling. She would invite them to stay and have something to eat.
She would have me open up the card table and carry a chair out onto the covered side porch (走廊).
There was a nice view into the flower gardens, and it was cool even on the hottest days.
She would bring a red and white tablecloth and set the table as carefully as she did for any company.
She would pour their coffee and pile their plates with food and dessert. Usually she sent a packed lunch
with them when they were ready to go, too.Sometimes she would take the newspapers to those who
asked about work.
She listened to those who wanted to talk.She never asked what would lead them to be in this difficult
situation. It did not matter. She saw only the need. Some thought she should not extend this courtesy (礼貌). She would say, "In the depression (萧条时期) when my father was searching around for any work to
feed us, thoughtful people fed him. I am just repaying their kindness. I cannot offer them money, but I can
see they do not leave hungry and discouraged." My mum was quite a lady.
B. his mother was known to be generous
C. they lived near a railway station
D. there was a railway near their house
B. She looked down upon them.
C. She respected them equally.
D. She took pride in them.
B. to teach the beggars how to read
C. to help the beggars who asked about work
D. to help the beggars to find their families
B. Her father liked to help beggars.
C. She was once a beggar herself.
D. Her mother taught her to help beggars.
is severely disabled.My wife and I cared for her over twenty years at home.Two years ago, we sent Megan to a nearby nursing home where we thought she could be
taken care of and become happier.
A few weeks after Megan left home, I went to the nursing home to see her.I came across a
bicycle attached to the back of a wheelchair rolling out of the front entrance of the nursing home.The bike"s unique design and the delight on the faces of the rider and the passenger stopped me.
Megan cried when she saw me.She said she didn"t want to stay in the nursing home any more
and that she wanted to live with us at home.I took Megan out of the nursing home and bought
one the very next day.How happy she was to be with us again! We could now get outside for
fresh air, exercise and have a chance to be more involved in neighbourhood and community
activities.
I invested (投资) all my money in buying this kind of wheelchair bike for the people who
needed them most.I call the wheelchair bike CAREBIKE.My aim is to permit people who have
disabilities and can"t walk, as well as the people who care for them to have the chance to enjoy
the pleasure of a bike ride.
I"m extremely proud of what I"ve done.All my investment has its true reward when I hear a 100
yearold woman ending her CAREBIKE ride, laughing, or see a disabled man rolling down the
road with a smile on his face.Moments like these make it all worthwhile.
My job now is to make the world aware of the CAREBIKE.My website provides pictures,
videos and the details about the bike.I will provide a CAREBIKE for anyone who really needs it.
B. Because he thought she would be cheered up there.
C. Because the nursing home could cure her illness.
D. B
ecause he was tired of taking care of her at home.B. he found his daughter was around there
C. he was stopped by a rider and a passenger
D. he recognized the passenger who was his friend
B. To hold a wheelchair bike race for the disabled in his community.
C. To offer a chance to disabled people to enjoy the pleasure of a bike ride.
D. To provide every disabled person in the nursing home with a wheelchair bike.
B. a bicycle
C. a wheelchair
D. a gift
elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for
safety.That didn"t stop the elephant.It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people.The villagers were scared and angry.Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.
Parbati Barua"s father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer.He taught Parbati to ride
an elephant before she could even walk.He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant
roundup--how to catch wild elephants.
Parbati hasn"t always lived in the jungle.After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city.But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life."Life in the city is too dull.Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase," she says.
But Parbati doesn"t catch elephants just for fun."My work," she says, "is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man." And this is exactly what Parbati has
been doing for many years.Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal
hunters hav
e attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land.It is now fighting back.Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to guide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.
The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion.A good elephant tamer will
spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant."Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them.They are also more loyal than humans." she said, as she
climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal.An elephant princess indeed!
B. keep both man and elephants safe
C. send them back to the jungle
D. make the angry elephants tame
B. she learned how to sing love songs
C. she had already been called an elephant princess
D. she was taught how to hunt tigers
B. illegal hunters capture them and kill them
C. they are attacked and their land gets limited
D. dogs often bark at them and chase them
B. the manelephant relationship is getting worse
C. elephant tamers are in short supply
D. dogs are as powerful as elephants
called "smile", which asked us to go out and smile at three people and__2__their reactions.
It was freezing.My husband and I went out to McDonald"s.We were standing in line, waiting to be
__3__, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to__4__away from their position.
As I turned around I smelled a__5__"dirty body" smell, and there standing behind me were two poor
__6__men.As I looked down at the short gentleman__7__to me, he was smiling and his beautiful sky
blue eyes searched for__8__.
To sit in the restaurant and__9__up, they had to buy something.When the young lady at the counter
asked what they wanted, he said coffee because that was all they could__10__.
I smiled and asked the lady for two more breakfast meals on two__11__plates.I then walked around
the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a__12__spot.
I put the plates on the table and__13__the blueeyed gentleman"s cold hands with my hands.With tears
in his eyes, he said, "Thank you." I noticed all the__14__in the restaurant were set on me.My husband
__15__at me and gave me a big hug.
I returned to college and handed in a paper about this story as my__16__to the instructor.She read it
and then asked, "Can I __17__this?" I nodded.Just at that time I realized in my own way I had__18__
the people at McDonald"s, my husband, the instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom.I__19__
with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn-unconditional acceptance.We shouldn"t__20__people
based on their appearance.
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| When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific event that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge. I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to__1__. She wanted to help, __2__she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to__3__and hand out to people. When getting to the homeless shelter__4__passed out the remaining meals.__5__, I began making sandwiches and__6__ them with the crowd. I had the containers with my__7__cookies in them and began to__8__, offering them to anyone near me. I__9__an old gentleman and said, "Sir, would you like a cookie? " He stopped and turned around, __10__and said, "What did you say? Did you call me sir? " I told him I__11__, and his eyes__12__a little bit and he said, "No one has__13__called me sir." So he__14__. It struck me. I explained I had been raised that__15__color and social status, everyone deserved respect.It__16__ me to think that just because he was homeless, no one__17__him the honor. It broke my heart, and I __18__I just didn"t understand__19__no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn"t raised that way. Every__20__person deserves to be treated with dignity. Years later, I still carry that memory and the lessons it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone"s life. How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you? | ||||
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