messed up(弄糟) their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens__3__away the dirt
and dust of the world.
"Mom, let"s run through the rain," a girl"s voice__4__ my attention. "No, honey . We"ll wait until it
__5__down a bit," Mom replied.
The young girl waited about another minute and__6__. "Mom, let"s run through the rain. "
"We"ll get wet if we do," Mom said.
"No, we won"t, Mom. That"s not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she __7__her
mom"s arm.
"This morning__8__did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"
"Don"t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said: "If God can get us through this, he can get us through __9__. ""
The entire crowd turned __10__. Mom paused and thought for a moment about __11__she would
say. Now some would laugh it off and scold the girl for being __12__. But then we heard, "Honey, you
are __13__. Let"s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing," Mom said. Then
__14__they ran.
We all stood __15__, smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were __16__by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the __17__to their cars. Circumstances or
people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away __18__. But no one can
ever take away your precious __19__. So, don"t forget to make time and take the __20__to make
memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.
( )2. A. as if
( )3. A. taking
( )4. A. caught
( )5. A. slows
( )6. A. asked
( )7. A. pulled
( )8. A. Why
( )9. A. the rain
( )10. A. still
( )11. A. if
( )12. A. dishonest
( )13. A. stupid
( )14. A. off
( )15. A. sighing
( )16. A. followed
( )17. A. time
( )18. A. house
( )19. A. children
( )20. A. possibilities
B. even if
B. putting
B. annoyed
B. comes
B. repeated
B. touched
B. How
B. the disease
B. silent
B. how
B. silly
B. wrong
B. along
B. joking
B. guided
B. way
B. money
B. memories
B. opportunities
C. because
C. driving
C.impressed
C. pushes
C. required
C. waved
C. When
C. anything
C. serious
C. whether
C. careless
C. right
C. on
C. discussing
C. respected
C. same
C. health
C. courage
C. risk
D. when
D. washing
D. called
D. stops
D. added
D. felt
D. Where
D. something
D. angry
D. what
D. forgetful
D. clever
D. over
D. watching
D. praised
D. best
D. time
D. experience
D. challenge
seat was__2__for her.
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me, saying, "Hi, where are you going?" I was so struck by the
stranger that I had a hard time trying to __3__ her. Clearly she had taken me __4__ somebody else. I
returned her greeting with politeness, __5__ to give explanation to my girlfriend later.
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else, my girlfriend__6__ her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously, "Who"s she?" The pretty girl, quite__7__of the situation, spoke out first, "Hi, let me__8__myself. I" m Nancy, used to be __9__. Very glad to meet you." She behaved very __10__.
But I was __11__ to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was
worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend __12__ the pretty girl again turned to me, "Will you give me
your cell phone number so that we __13__ keep contacts(联系) later?"I had to submit to her __14__.
Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop.
A minute later I got a short __15__ on my phone-from a stranger. My girlfriend __16__ my phone
and read the note. It was from the girl, who said, "Just now, two thieves tried to __17__ your pocket. I
had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the __18__ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also __19__ to leave at the same stop. Because of the __20__ I delayed my
departure. Now you" ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck."
( )2. A.ready
( )3. A.identify
( )4. A.on
( )5. A.preferring
( )6. A.fixed
( )7. A.proud
( )8. A.explain
( )9. A.partners
( )10. A.naturally
( )11. A.in a hurry
( )12. A.while
( )13. A.would
( )14. A.request
( )15. A.suggestion
( )16. A.removed
( )17. A.steal
( )18. A.terminal
( )19. A.pretending
( )20. A.incident
B. available
B. realize
B. by
B. planning
B. opened
B. careful
B. enjoy
B. neighbors
B. generously
B. at a loss
B. before
B. can
B. question
B. warning
B. seized
B. reach
B. former
B. intending
B. matter
C. special
C. remind
C. with
C. managing
C. raised
C. afraid
C. introduce
C. friends
C. cautiously
C. at ease
C. when
C. should
C. command
C. notice
C. found
C. get
C. previous
C. demanding
C. accident
D. suitable
D. judge
D. for
D. promising
D. focused
D. aware
D. help
D. colleagues
D. normally
D. in time
D. until
D. must
D. opinion
D. message
D. caught
D. pick
D. latter
D. announcing
D. affair
among the golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when there was a slight wind, the bamboos sounded
really musical."
A fisheries biologist, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in the salmon industry in Seattle, where she lived with her husband, Guy Thornburgh, but she found it too competitive. Then her garden gave her the idea for a business: she"d plant 20 bamboo forests on their sevenacre farm.
Heinricher started BooShoot Gardens in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to be
known to the rest of the world. It can be used to make fishing poles, skateboards, buildings, furniture,
floors, and even clothing. An added bonus: Bamboo absorbs four times as much carbon dioxide as a
group of hardwood trees and releases 35 percent more oxygen.
First she had to find a way to massproduce the plants-a tough task, since bamboo flowers create seed only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a bamboo plant frequently kills it.
Heinricher appealed to Randy Burr, a tissue culture expert, to help her. "People kept telling us we"d
never figure it out," says Heinricher. "Others had worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were
doing, though, so I just kept going."
She was right to feel a sense of urgency. Bamboo forests are being rapidly used up, and a United
Nations report showed that even though bamboo is highly renewable,as many as half of the world"s species are threatened with dying out. Heinricher knew that bamboo could make a significant impact on carbon
emissions (排放) and world economies, but only if huge numbers could be produced. And that"s just what she and Burr figured out after nine years of experiments-a way to grow millions of plants. By placing
cuttings in test tubes with salts, vitamins, plant hormones, and seaweed gel, they got the plants to grow and then raised them in soil in greenhouses.
Not long after it, Burr"s lab hit financial difficulties. Heinricher had no experience running a tissue culture operation, but she wasn"t prepared to quit. So she bought the lab.
Today Heinricher heads up a profitable multimilliondollar company, working on species from all over
the world and selling them to wholesalers. "If you want to farm bamboo, it"s hard to do without the young
plants, and that"s what we have," she says proudly.
B. They were short of money and experience.
C. They didn"t have a big enough farm to do it.
D. They were not understood by other people.
B. Productive and flexible.
C. Useful and earthfriendly.
D. Strong and profitable.
B. able to be raised difficultly
C. able to be shaped easily
D. able to be recycled conveniently
B. Heinricher"s determination helped her to succeed in her work.
C. Heinricher struggled to prevent bamboo from disappearing.
D. Heinricher finally succeeded in realizing her childhood dream.
not to miss it, she slipped on some ice and fell__1__the rear wheels of the bus.She__2__the
accident, but was paralyzed from the waist__3__.I went to see her, in my 13yearold mind thinking
she wouldn"t live__4__from then on.
Over the years, I moved and didn"t think__5__about Helen after that.Three years ago, in Florida,
my oldest son was__6__by a car while riding his bike,__7__a terrible brain injury.__8__I was
looking after him, a lady who said she was the hospital"s social worker called.It was a particularly__9__
day.I burst into tears for no__10__and hung up.
A short time later, a beautiful woman, in a__11__, rolled into my son"s room with a box of tissues.
After 16 years, I still recognized Helen.I told her__12__I was, and after we both__13__the shock of
that, she began to tell me about her life.She had married, had children and gotten her degree so that she
could__14__ the path for those less __15__than her.She told me that if there was anything she could
give me, it would be__16__.
Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt__17__.But I also felt the first hope I had felt since
then.From this person that I thought would have no__18__of life; I learned that where there is life, there
is hope.My son miraculously__19__and we moved back north, but I owe Helen a__20__that I can
never repay.
( )2.A.escaped
( )3.A.down
( )4.A.normally
( )5.A.many
( )6.A.collapsed
( )7.A.making
( )8.A.Before
( )9.A.forgettable
( )10.A.reason
( )11.A.coat
( )12.A.how
( )13.A.got across
( )14.A.build
( )15.A.fortunate
( )16.A.hope
( )17.A.confident
( )18.A.quantity
( )19.A.worsened
( )20.A.life
B.resisted
B.up
B.comfortably
B.much
B.driven
B.causing
B.While
B.tiring
B.excuse
B.suit
B.where
B.got off
B.smooth
B.money
B.dream
B.selfish
B.way
B.recovered
B.bill
C.sacrificed
C.in
C.seriously
C.less
C.drawn
C.resulting
C.After
C.trying
C.matter
C.wheelchair
C.what
C.got out
C.take
C.powerful
C.fancy
C.small
C.quality
C.disappeared
C.success
D.survived
D.out
D.optimistically
D.little
D.hit
D.leading
D.Since
D.unconscious
D.account
D.hurry
D.who
D.got through
D.follow
D.wealthy
D.ideal
D.depressed
D.standard
D.overcame
D.debt
There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers,he used
two buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and dilapidated one,which
had seen many years of service,but was now past its best.
Every morning,the gardener would fill up the two buckets.Then he would carry them along the
path,one on each side,to the flowerbeds.The new bucket was very proud of itself.It could carry a
full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出).The old bucket felt very ashamed because
of its holes:before it reached the flowerbeds,much water had leaked along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say,"See how capable I am!How good it is that the gardener
has me to water the flowers every day!I don"t know why he still bothers with you.What a waste of
space you are!"
And all that the old bucket could say was,"I know I"m not very useful,but I can only do my best.
I"m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me,at least."
One day,the gardener heard that kind of conversation.After watering the flowers as usual,he said,
"You both have done your work very well.Now I am going to carry you back.I want you to look
carefully along the path."
Then the two buckets did so.All along the path,they noticed,on the side where the new bucket
was carried,there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth;on the other side where the old bucket was
carried,there was a joyous row of wild flowers,leading all the way to the garden.
B. Dark.
C.Wornout.
D.Plainlooking.
B.His aging.
C. His manner.
D.His leaking.
B. take pity on the old one
C. show off its beautiful looks
D. praise the gardener"s kindness
B. Because it stayed in its best condition.
C. Because it was taken as a treasure.
D. Because it had its own function.
And__1__otherwise assigned(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always__2__to sit at the back of the
classroom.
All this__3__after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the
basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy__4__because I didn"t have a good sense of balance,
nor did I have the__5__to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for
the teacher who kept insisting on my "__6__for it", I wouldn"t have decided to give it a try.
Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the__7__of it! When I first started__8__the
practice sessions, I didn"t even know the rules of the game, much__9__what I was doing. Sometimes
I"d get__10__and take a shot at the wrong direction-which made me feel really stupid.__11__, I
wasn"t the only one "new" at the game, so I decided to__12__on learning the game, do my best at
each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn"t__13__"just yet".
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the__14__and the "moves". Being part of a team was
fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive__15__in me was winning over my lack of confidence.
With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the__16__-friends who respected my efforts
to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my__17__selfconfidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone
from "__18__" in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself,__19__raising
my hand-even when I sometimes wasn"t 100 percent__20__I had the right answer. Now I have more
selfconfidence in myself.
( )2.A.hoped
( )3.A.continued
( )4.A.idea
( )5.A.right
( )6.A.going
( )7.A.point
( )8.A.enjoying
( )9.A.less
( )10.A.committed
( )11.A.Interestingly
( )12.A.focus
( )13.A.want
( )14.A.steps
( )15.A.role
( )16.A.process
( )17.A.expressed
( )18.A.dreaming
( )19.A.by
( )20.A.lucky
B.agreed
B.changed
B.plan
B.chance
B.looking
B.half
B.preparing
B.later
B.motivated
B.Fortunately
B.act
B.do
B.orders
B.part
B.operation
B.improved
B.playing
B.for
B.happy
C.meant
C.settled
C.belief
C.ability
C.cheering
C.rest
C.attending
C.worse
C.embarrassed
C.Obviously
C.rely
C.support
C.rules
C.mind
C.movement
C.preserved
C.relaxing
C.with
C.sure
D.chose
D.started
D.saying
D.patience
D.applying
D.basis
D.watching
D.further
D.confused
D.Hopefully
D.try
D.know
D.games
D.value
D.situation
D.recognized
D.hiding
D.to
D.satisfied
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