with the Catholic Peace Fellowship.Last__1__,Jim Forest came to__2__.I usually wash the
dishes__3__we"ve finished the evening meal,before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone
else.One night,Jim asked if he might__4__the dishes.Then I said,"__5__,but if you wash the
dishes you must know the__6__to wash them." Jim replied,"Come on,you think I don"t know
how to wash the dishes?" I answered,"There are two ways to wash the dishes.The first is to
wash the dishes in__7__to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes to wash the
dishes." Jim was delighted and said,"I__8__the second way-to wash the dishes to wash the
dishes." From then on,Jim__9__how to wash the dishes.I transferred the "responsibility" to
him for a whole week with heavy snow outside.
If while washing dishes,we only__10__the cup of tea that__11__us,as a result,we__12__to
get the dishes out of the way as if they were a(n)__13__,then we are not "washing the dishes to
wash the dishes".__14__,all of us are not__15__during the time we are washing the dishes.In
fact,we are completely incapable of__16__the miracle of life while standing at the sink.If we can"t
wash the dishes,the chances are that we won"t be__17__to drink our tea either.While drinking the
cup of tea,we will only be thinking of other things,barely__18__of the cup in our__19__.Thus we
are sucked away into the future and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life.
Do you__20__wash the dishes to wash the dishes or to have clean dishes?
( )2.A.play
( )3.A.until
( )4.A.have
( )5.A.Go ahead
( )6.A.process
( )7.A.basin
( )8.A.hope
( )9.A.knew
( )10.A.hear of
( )11.A.treats
( )12.A.walk
( )13.A.annoyance
( )14.A.As a result
( )15.A.sure
( )16.A.wondering
( )17.A.able
( )18.A.sorry
( )19.A.fingers
( )20.A.successfully
B.visit
B.if
B.take
B.As usual
B.method
B.purpose
B.plan
B.forgot
B.think of
B.expects
B.run
B.anger
B.What"s more
B.proud
B.receiving
B.likely
B.aware
B.legs
B.bravely
C.eat
C.after
C.make
C.By the way
C.direction
C.order
C.prepare
C.joked
C.depend on
C.awaits
C.pass
C.challenge
C.Otherwise
C.alive
C.admitting
C.sure
C.afraid
C.hands
C.quickly
D.cook
D.before
D.do
D.Come on
D.procedure
D.water
D.choose
D.heard
D.stick to
D.longs
D.hurry
D.pleasure
D.However
D.ready
D.enjoying
D.certain
D.ashamed
D.arms
D.honestly
operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends who were__1__waiting
to hear how their loved ones were doing.
There was a young boy sitting quietly in the__2__.He held a small box of__3__in one hand
and a tablet( 写字板)in the other. Every so often he"d place the tablet on his lap and draw
something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost__4__.And there was a strange
silence.
"Daddy,when is Mommy going home?"the young boy asked,breaking the__5__.
"Tomorrow,"his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and__6__something on
the tablet.
I __7_him as he moved his feet back and forth,looking up at the ceiling and then toward
the sunshine-filled window."When"s__8__,Daddy?"he asked. His father__9__him over to
sit by him. "Come,___10__here next to me,"he said with a gentle tone in his voice.
__11__his things,the little boy walked slowly to his father"s side from the corner.
The man_12__out and held his son by his shoulders.
"There are three days in life. Yesterday,today and tomorrow. One is over and done,one
we live in,the other we__13__.We can"t live in yesterday,but if we are happy enough today,
we will be even happier tomorrow,"he said in an attempt to__14__the boy.
The little boy looked at him for a moment and said,"If Mommy is going home tomorrow,
I"ll be__15__. So,I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy."
Now hanging on every word of this__16__,I leaned forward to hear his response. It was
__17__.
"Son,the one great thing about today is once it__18__,it is already almost tomorrow."
I thought about how__19__it was. Even in my adult life. I still live waiting for what tomorrow
may__20__.Now I know that it is already "almost tomorrow."
( )2.A.chair
( )3.A.gifts
( )4.A.dark
( )5.A.promise
( )6.A.wrote
( )7.A.followed
( )8.A.today
( )9.A.knocked
( )10A.stand
( )11.A.Gathering
( )12.A.got
( )13.A.spend
( )14.A.frighten
( )15.A.happier
( )16.A.story
( )17.A.humorous
( )18.A.ends
( )19.A.meaningful
( )20.A.happen
B.corner
B.toys
B.full
B.rule
B.drew
B.found
B.yesterday
B.ordered
B.sit
B.Forgetting
B.took
B.waste
B.satisfy
B.calmer
B.argument
B.silly
B.starts
B.important
B.come
C.distance
C.chalks
C.empty
C.record
C.printed
C.watched
C.future
C.called
C.lie
C.Saving
C.set
C.kill
C.persuade
C.smarter
C.conversation
C.positive
C.passes
C.interesting
C.bring
D.shadow
D.crayons
D.clean
D.silence
D.carved
D.caught
D.tomorrow
D.pulled
D.sleep
D.Choosing
D.reached
D.expect
D.warn
D.sadder
D.discussion
D.perfect
D.lasts
D.fantastic
D.need
There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the house saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into
the house in the moonlight. "Look! In comes one," she said to the man in the house. The thief was
so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, "She
found me when I was just in." But the thief outside didn"t believe him, so he said, "Let us try to
crawl into the house together." At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too.
The woman saw the mice and shouted, "In come two, catch them!" The two thieves were
terribly frightened. The man in the house said, "You saw them come in but where are they?
I will catch them tonight." The two thieves started running away at once.
The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night
before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house.
The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came
home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She
picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn"t wait for her any longer
in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet
potatoes to the man and said, "How they look like the two of last night." The man said, "I
asked you to fetch a rope, why don"t you hurry for it?" The two thieves ran away very quickly
without their sweet potatoes.
B. they were frightened by what they had heard in the house
C. they didn"t work together well with each other
D. mice stopped them from doing so
B. the woman recognized the two thieves
C. the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them
D. the two thieves didn"t know that they were not found at all
C. she said it on purposeD. she referred to the mice
C. Hit the Mark by a Fluke(侥幸) D. A Clever Coupe
B. Whenever they found mice, the people in the house would try to catch them.
C. The two thieves ran away at once, because they thought the woman had seen them.
D. The man let the woman go home for a rope, which would be used for catching the thieves.
him.After the party, he invited her for coffee.She was surprised.In order not to_2 rude, she went along.
3 they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too 4 to say anything.Suddenly, he asked the waiter,
"Could you please 5 me some salt?I"d like to put it in my coffee."
The girl stared at him.He turned red, but when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. 6 ,
she asked, "Why salt with coffee?" he 7 , "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea.I liked playing
on the sea...I could 8 its taste salty, like salty coffee.Now every time I drink it, I think of my 9 and
my hometown.I miss it and my parents, who are still there."
She was deeply 10 . A man who can 11 that he"s homesick must love his home and 12 about
his family.He must be 13 .
She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood and her 14 .That was the start to their
love story.
They continued to date each other.She found that he met all her 15 .He was kind, warm, and
careful. 16 to think she would have missed the 17 if not for the salty coffee.
So they married and lived happily together.Every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt,
the 18 he liked it.
After 40 years, he 19 away and left her a letter which said, "My dearest, please forgive my lifelong
lie.Remember the first time we dated?I was so nervous I asked for salt instead of sugar.If I could live a
second time, I hope we can be together again, 20 it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest
of my life."
( )1. A. money ( )2. A. show ( )3. A. As ( )4. A. eager ( )5. A. lift ( )6. A. Mysterious ( )7. A. explained ( )8. A. taste ( )9. A. boat ( )10. A. touched ( )11. A. afford ( )12. A. mind ( )13. A. smart ( )14. A. family ( )15. A. friends ( )16. A. And ( )17. A. sight ( )18. A. method ( )19. A. moved ( )20. A. as if | B. attention B. look B. Because B. proud B. take B. Moved B. argued B. feel B. friend B. hurt B. realize B. care B. intelligent B. school B. requirements B. When B. train B. style B. passed B. now that | C. visit C. seem C. Since C. nervous C. carry C. Curious C. stated C. smell C. playmate C. pressed C. recognize C. know C. responsible C. relatives C. needs C. Or C. catch C. manner C. died C. even if | D. respect D. appear D. Though D. anxious D. bring D. Excited D. claimed D. sense D. childhood D. interested D. admit D. attend D. flexible D. house D. standards D. But D. home D. way D. walked D. so that |
完形填空。 | |||
Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time | |||
( )1.A.received ( )2.A.go ( )3.A.card ( )4.A.call ( )5.A.Otherwis ( )6.A.going ( )7.A.forgot ( )8.A.arrived ( )9.A.kind ( )10.A.lunch ( )11.A.I ( )12.A.said ( )13.A.wonder ( )14.A.life ( )15.A.useful | B.accepted B.run B.letter B.pick B.Besides B.leaving B.remembered B.recognized B.happy B.quarrel B.he B.did B.hope B.day B.necessary | C.won C.are C.gift C.put C.However C.standing C.saw C.left C.angry C.appointment C.they C.thought C.requirement C.way C.different | D.achieved D.attach D.thing D.bring D.Therefore D.hanging D.visited D.found D.doubtful D.fun D.we D.forgot D.reminder D.thought D.important |
阅读理解。 | |||
A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves | |||
1. Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?_____ | |||
A. To visit their family and friends B. To escape from the cold winter C. To escape from their busy work D. To attend a friend"s funeral | |||
2. What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?_____ | |||
A. He checked into a wrong hotel B. He forget to bring the laptop C. He misspelled her wife"s address D. He forgot to mail his letter | |||
3. The expression "called home to glory" probably suggests that the man had ._____ | |||
A. gone back to his hometow B. called his family to say hello C. been awarded a prize D. died and gone to heaven | |||
4. How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?_____ | |||
A. Pleased B. Amazed C. Frightened D. Moved | |||
5. Which of the following is true according to the text?_____ | |||
A. The woman"s husband died of a heart attack B. The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail C. The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago. D. His wife wouldn"t go to Florida for his error. |