worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought, "he doesn"t love
me anymore, he just cares his business—not me".
One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, "Let me take it first, OK?" "Why not
let me shower first," she asked. "I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, OK?" She was totally depressed.
On a morose day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer, a few words blurred her eyes
—it was his diary:
Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said to her, I was
exhausted. She was unhappy, in her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but how can I do? I wasn"t
as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in such a freezing winter.
But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a litter warm, so every time I
rushed to the bathroom first. I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer,
at least1℃,2℃or 3℃
Now I can"t give her comfortable life, bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive dresses for her,
but at least, I can give her 1℃love.
B. Because he didn"t love her anymore.
C. Because he wanted to get the bathroom warmer.
D. Because he treated his wife not as well as usual.
B. moving
C. diseases
D. failure
B. 1℃love
C. Husband and wife
D. A romantic love story
"harassment" when pursued by persistent and unwanted males, a Japanese researcher said.
Observations of the Small Copper Butterfly, a colourful orange and black butterfly, showed that some
females closed their wings when males flew by, but only when they were males of their own species, said
Jun-Ya Ide, an associate professor at Kurume Institute of Technology in Fukuoka, western Japan.
"When we looked into why, the males were courting the females. They do this very stubbornly, so the
females sometimes try to get away-or prefer to stay unobserved," he added.
Ide and his colleagues brought a model of a male butterfly near the females to test their reactions and
found that young females that had yet to mate kept their wings open, but those that had already mated
closed them.
Not only can the persistent attentions of unwanted suitors harm the delicate females, fleeing from them
—with the male often in pursuit —uses up strength and can even shorten their lives, he added.
"Closing their wings makes them less visible, helping them avoid communication with their own species. We figured they were trying to avoid harassment by males," Ide said.
B. embarassment
C. attack
D. threat
B. because they close their wings to avoid "harassment" when pursued by persistent and unwanted
males.
C. because they don’t like the male butterfly at all.
D. because they are afraid of the male butterfly.
B. The female butterfly mates only once in its life.
C. Only the model of a male butterfly can make the young female butterflies to keep their wings open.
D. Not only can the persistent attentions of wanted suitors harm the delicate females, fleeing from them
—with the male often in pursuit -- uses up strength and can even shorten their lives.
I grew up poor-living with my wonderful mother.We had little money,but plenty of
love and attention.I was 1 and energetic.I understood that no matter how poor a person
was,he could still 2 a dream.
My dream was 3.By the time I was sixteen,I started playing baseball.I could throw a
ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 4 anything that moved on the football field.I was also
5 :my high school coach was John,who not only believed in me,but also taught me 6 to
believe in myself.He 7 me the difference between aving a dream and remaining true
to that dream.One particular 8 with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job.This meant a chance for money in my
pocket money for a new bike,new clothes and the 9 of savings for a house for my mother.
Then I realized I would have to 10 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule,and
meant I would have to tell John I wouldn"t be playing.
When I told John,he was 11 as I expected him to be."You have your whole life to work,"
he said,"Your 12 days are limited.You can"t afford to waste them." I stood before him with
my head 13,trying to think of the 14 that would explain to him why my dream of buying my
mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 15 in me.
"How much are you going to make at this job,son?" he asked."3.5 dollars an hour," I
replied.
"Well," he asked,"is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?"
That simple question made 16 for me the difference between 17 something right now
and having a 18.I decided myself to play sports that summer and 19 the year I was hired
by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball,and was 20 a $20 000 contract(合同).In 1999,I
bought my mother the house of my dream!
( )2.A.live
( )3.A.athletics
( )4.A.kick
( )5.A.right
( )6.A.how
( )7.A.gave
( )8.A.accident
( )9.A.aim
( )10.A.keep
( )11.A.mad
( )12.A.living
( )13.A.moving
( )14.A.answers
( )15.A.sadness
( )16.A.direct
( )17.A.wanting
( )18.A.wish
( )19.A.by
( )20.A.paid
B.afford
B.music
B.play
B.popular
B.why
B.taught
B.matter
B.idea
B.end
B.mournful
B.playing
B.nodding
B.excuses
B.regret
B.clear
B.changing
B.goal
B.for
B.got
C.make
C.business
C.pass
C.lucky
C.when
C.brought
C.problem
C.start
C.give
C.frightened
C.working
C.shaking
C.words
C.hopelessness
C.straight
C.dreaming
C.score
C.over
C.offered
D.need
D.money
D.hit
D.confident
D.whether
D.asked
D.experience
D.purpose
D.pick
D.shameful
D.learning
D.hanging
D.ways
D.disappointment
D.bare
D.enjoying
D.desire
D.with
D.presented
"Posh Spice" girl,who makes it possible.She was the person who turned him from a
footballer into a global attractor.Even now that he has left Manchester United for Real
Madrid,instead of Barcelona or Milan,it might be because of her.
"Posh Spice" has become a name for Victoria.The Collins Dictionary even has the
term "Posh and Becks" (Victoria and David Beckham).
Before meeting Victoria Adams,Beckham was a good-looking and likeable footballer
with a bright future at Manchester United,but that was about all.
Since he married her in 1999,he has become the most famous player British sport has
ever produced,and,some say,the most influential man in the country."When they got
together,she was clearly the more popular of the two," said Andrew Parker,a sports expert
at Warwick University in Britain."She certainly introduced him to a new circle of people
and,all of a sudden,he was a top list celebrity(名人)."
It"s believed that,behind the high walls and iron gates of their "Beckham Palace",it is
Victoria who decides everything.
When their baby boy,Brooklyn,fell in 2000.Beckham left a United training session to
look after him,and this led to his being dropped from the team.Many were sure it was
Victoria who had asked her husband to stay at home.During a trip to the United States
this year,Victoria has worked hard to push her husband to the US public.They would not
have recognized him if they met him in a car park.
She may appear to have taken a back seat,but Victoria is still at the forefront of the
"Posh and Beck" project.
B.Victoria listens to her husband
C.Beckham and Victoria discuss and do everything together
D.Beckham has no mind of his own
B.was completely unknown
C.was an ordinary football player
D.was not so influential
B.People liked to see Beckham and Victoria get together.
C To a large degree,Beckham owes his popularity to Victoria.
D.Sports experts used to think little of Beckham.
B.In 2000,Beckham was dropped from his team because he spent a holiday in the US.
C.Beckham is now playing for Real Madrid.
D.Brooklyn was born in 2000.
motorway at around 70 mph when somehow I couldn"t __1__ my car. I was involved in
a scary collision with a smaller car, which had a family with three young children. __2__,
no one was hurt but the experience was very frightening.
There was so much smoke that my first __3__ was to just get out of my car as fast as
possible. I could __4__ the children from the car behind me screaming and crying as I
was trying to get out of my car. When I got out, I could see their mum was trying to __5__
her crying children and move them away from the smoking car at the same time. I kept
thinking "Oh my god, these children are so young" and I felt so __6__ that I"d collided
with them.
I thought it would be __7__ that the parents would be so angry and upset at me. But
instead of being angry, the mum simply said to me, "Come here. You need to join in our hug."
It was such a wonderful, warm __8__ from someone whose family had just been hit by
me! I can"t tell you how __9__ I was by that.
While this was happening, the father was trying to get the children"s coats out of the back
of his car __10__ it was freezing. He didn"t see what had happened but when he came
back, he asked me if I was okay and then gave me a hug too! I couldn"t __11__ it! I
remember thinking how lucky those children were to be __12__ by such amazing parents who
would comfort a stranger in the middle of their own fear and panic!
( )2.A.Hopefully
( )3.A.thought
( )4.A.sense
( )5.A.impress
( )6.A.disappointed
( )7.A.illegal
( )8.A.reward
( )9.A.moved
( )10A.unless
( )11.A.possess
( )12.A.taken up
B.Fortunately
B.plan
B.keep
B.conserve
B.sensitive
B.natural
B.gift
B.satisfied
B.when
B.believe
B.picked up
C.Regretfully
C.decision
C.observe
C.comfort
C.despaired
C.necessary
C.gesture
C.embarrassed
C.though
C.forgive
C.brought up
D.Thankfully
D.intention
D.hear
D.please
D.guilty
D.impossible
D.lesson
D.annoyed
D.because
D.receive
D.built up
Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he
was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas
would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or
risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that weren"t bad enough, he had no
health insurance.
After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he"d better find a way to fight back. He
left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic
Rockstar, and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their
loved ones-a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.
Jason Swencki"s son, Kody, was diagnosed with diabetes at six. Father and son visit the
online children"s forums(论坛) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing to kids
from all over," says Swencki, one of the site"s volunteers. "They know what he"s going through,
so he doesn"t feel alone."
Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United
States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.
These days, Thomas"s main focus is his charity(慈善机构), Fight It, which provides medicines
and supplies to people-225 to date-who can"t afford a diabetic"s huge expenses. Fightit.org has
raised about $ 23,000-in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic
Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean.
Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause,
while still doing his fulltime job waiting tables. "Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting
money into finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar"s original members. "But Christopher
is the only person I know saying people need help now."
B.He studies the leading cause of diabetes.
C.He has a positive attitude to this disease.
D.He encourages diabetics by writing articles.
B.volunteers to find jobs
C.children to amuse themselves
D.rock stars to share resources
B.benefits from diabeticrockstar.com
C.helps create the online kid"s forums
D.writes children"s stories online
B.It organizes parties for volunteer once a year.
C.It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.
D.It owns a wellknown medical website.
B.employs 22 people for his website
C.helps diabetics in his own way
D.tries to find a cure for diabetes
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