sitting next to a young man who seemed worried. Finally the young man told the friend that he was a
convict (罪犯) returning home from a prison far away. What he did had brought shame (羞耻) on his
family, and they had neither visited him nor written to him. He hoped, however, that this was only because
they were too poor to travel and too busy to write.
When he was set free he had written to tell them he wanted to go home. To make matters easy for
them, however, he had asked them to put up a signal (信号) for him when the train passed their little farm. If the family had forgiven (原谅) him, they were to put up a white ribbon (丝带) in the big apple tree near
the railway. If they didn"t want him back, they were to do nothing, and he would stay on the train, and go
far away.
As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the
window. He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree. They changed seats. In a minute, Michael put
his hand on the young convict"s shoulder. "There it is," he said, his eyes filled with sudden tears. "It"s all
right. The whole tree is white with ribbons."
B. His family would not remember him.
C. His family hadn"t written to him frequently.
D. His family hadn"t visited him for a long time.
B. interest
C. worry
D. happiness
B. There were many white ribbons on the apple tree.
C. He was moved by the young man.
D. The young man was very sad.
Learn and Earn
Charlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked
very hard. After several years, the boss made Jackie sales manager but Charlie __1__ a salesman.
One day Charlie could not __2__ it any more. He handed in his resignation letter (辞职信) to the
boss and complained that the boss did not __3__ hard-working employees, but only raised those
who tried to please him. He thought that it was really _4__.
The boss knew that Charlie had spared no __5__ for the company all these years, but in order
to help Charlie to realize the __6__ between him and Jackie, the boss asked Charlie to do the
following. "Go and __7__ if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market." Charlie went, returned
and __8__ said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kilogram?" Charlie went back to the market
to ask and returnd to __9__, "$ 12 per kg."
The boss told Charlie that he would ask Jackie the __10__ question. Jackie went, returned and
said, "Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $ 12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a _11_of 340
melons.
On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg, _12_ from the South two days
ago.
They are fresh, red, and of good __13__."
Charlie was __14___ and he realized the difference between himself and Jackie. He decided
not to __15__ but to learn from Jackie.
My dear friends, you know, a more __16__ person is more observant, thinks more and understands
in __17__. For the same matter, he sees several years ahead, __18__ you see only tomorrow. The
difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you __19__ ?
Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How __20__ are you?
( )2. A. take
( )3. A. enjoy
( )4. A. unusual
( )5. A. rest
( )6. A. competition
( )7. A. find out
( )8. A. still
( )9. A. offer
( )10. A. difficult
( )11. A. total
( )12. A. taken
( )13. A. value
( )14. A. struck
( )15. A. stay
( )16. A. important
( )17. A. time
( )18. A. while
( )19. A. see
( )20. A. hopeful
B. do
B. meet
B. unfair
B. trouble
B. relationship
B. carry out
B. again
B. answer
B. familiar
B. lot
B. come
B. quality
B. moved
B. stop
B. intelligent
B. depth
B. though
B. think
B. thoughtful
C. get
C. repay
C. careless
C. effect
C. difference
C. look out
C. even
C. remind
C. same
C. pile
C. bought
C. condition
C. puzzled
C. work
C. successful
C. need
C. unless
C. know
C. helpful
D. put
D. value
D. selfless
D. effort
D. distance
D. pick out
D. only
D. repeat
D. simple
D. number
D. heard
D. shape
D. encouraged
D. leave
D. hardworking
D. common
D. since
D. win
D. meaningful
too good a time; they went home with designated (指派的) drivers. All evening, the gift table remained
unguarded. Who would steal anything, Ray thought. He had never heard of such a thing happening at a
wedding. But his best friend Aaron said there was a first time for everything. He strolled out regularly from the inside festivities (庆祝) to check on the gift table, making sure no one suspicious was hanging around
it.
Ray and Julia went on a 3-week honeymoon to Italy right after the wedding. When they got back, they opened all the gifts and sent out thank-you notes. But there was one problem. A married couple that used
to be good friends had apparently given nothing. This surprised Julia, because Walt and Mary said they were thrilled to be invited. And, they actually seemed to have had a great time at the wedding. Frankly, Ray
didn"t even care if they hadn"t given a gift. He just needed to know whether to send a thank-you note. Ray called Aaron. Aaron said maybe Walt had left an envelope on the gift table like Aaron had. "Yes, but we
got your envelope with the cash inside," Ray said.
"Maybe my envelope looked too thin, and some thief thought Walt"s envelope looked nice and fat."
Aaron asked Ray if he had looked everywhere for Walt"s gift. Had he called up the wedding site to see
if anything had been left behind? Ray said that he had looked everywhere and made a lot of calls that were fruitless.
Ray didn"t know what to do. If he sent Walt and Mary a thank-you note for a gift they hadn"t given, they would be insulted. If he didn"t send them a thank-you note for a gift they had given, they would get angry.
"What would you do?" Ray asked. Aaron said he would call Walt up and tell him the problem.
"You can"t go wrong with simply being honest," Aaron said.
"Oh, yes, you can," Ray contradicted(反驳)him. "Sometimes it"s best to let sleeping dogs lie." But he
thought about it, and finally decided that Aaron was right. He called Walt and told him the problem. Walt
said that yes, he had given an envelope. In fact, the envelope contained $500 cash.
"$500?!" Ray asked. "That"s a lot of cash, Walt!" Walt admitted that it was, but he had gotten a fat raise(加薪) early that year and Ray"s was the only wedding he"d been to in quite a while. Ray thanked him very much, and apologized sincerely for someone stealing Walt"s generous gift. Walt told him that it was "only
money".
When Ray told Aaron about Walt"s gift, Aaron laughed. "The only thief at the wedding was Walt! I quit playing cards with him last year because I caught him cheating. And it was only a $10 pot! I"m sure I told
you about that."
"Yes, you did tell me," Ray said. But, of course, he had to send Walt a thank-you note anyway.
B. Walt had surely gotten a fat raise early that year.
C. Stealing had never happened at a wedding.
D. Aaron looked on honesty as the best policy.
A. deeply impressed
B. badly hurt
C. much discouraged
D. greatly moved
B. Faithful and experienced.
C. Outgoing and determined.
D. Friendly and optimistic.
B. The Theft at the Wedding
C. The Wedding Gift
D. A Secret at the Wedding
days dragged by. Even my faith was wearing thin. My heart ached so desperately, wanting this
child with autism (自闭症) to come alive and be aware of the beauty, the wonder and the fun
even if she had the pain of living without her mother.
Then on a late March day,one of the boys excitedly reported a robin (知更鸟) in the schoolyard.
We flocked to the window to see it. "Spring"s here!" the children cried. "Let"s make a flower border
for the room!"
Why not? I thought. Anything to lift our spirits. This time the papers we selected were beautiful
pastel (颜料) colors,with brown strips to weave into baskets. I showed the children how to weave
the baskets and how to fashion all the flowers we welcome in early spring. I placed the beautifully
colored papers on her desk and encouraged her to try. Then I left the children to do their own
creating,and I spent, the next half-hour sorting strips of paper at the back of the room.
Suddenly,Kristie came hurrying to me,her face red. "Come and see Mary"s basket," she cried.
"It"s so pretty! You"ll never believe it!" I caught my breath at its beauty. "Mary," I said ."This is
beautiful. How did you ever manage?" She looked at me with the shining eyes of any normal little girl.
"My mother loved flowers," she said simply. "She had all of these growing in our garden. "
We fastened her basket in the very center of the border at the front of the room. It remained
there until school ended in June. On the last day,Mary held it carefully as she carried it out the door.
Then she came running back, pulled a paper crocus (番红花) from her basket and handed it to me.
"This is for you," she said, and she gave me a hug.
I"ve kept the crocus in my desk ever since-just to remind me of Mary and of the enduring power of
love and faith.
B. She thought Mary should leave the school.
C. She considered that she had tried her best.
D. She was concerned about Mary.
B. develop their creativity
C. have a coffee break
D. talk to Mary about her condition
B. frightened
C. depressed
D. excited
B. Mary wanted to please the writer.
C. Mary recovered from illness.
D. Mary was treated badly.
B. How lonely a girl will be
C. Why such a lovely girl is sick with autism
D. A great teacher and her students
was a bit of a car guy and subscribed to cool magazines like Car and Driver and Motor Trend.
Every so often, one of those magazines would run an article on the "Car of the Future". They
featured unconventional styling and things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. Yet,
frankly, my car doesn"t do anything that my brother"s Studebaker didn"t do. It goes, it stops, it
burns gasoline, it plays music. I still have to steer it, and it still runs into things if I don"t steer it
carefully.
But guess what? All of these things are subject to change in the not-so-distant future. It will
still go and stop, but it may not burn gasoline, I may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better
at not running into things.
Airbags aren"t the be-all and end-all in safety. In fact, considering the recent news about people
occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed collisions (碰撞),they obviously still need
some development. But they aren"t going away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing
with additional, side-impact airbags, something some European car manufacturers already offer.
Better than systems to minimize (使减少到最低限度) injury in the event of an accident,
however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place. Future
cars may be able to eliminate many of the major causes of accidents, including drunk-driving,
tailgating (与前车距离过近) and sleepiness. Cars could be equipped with sensors that can detect
alcohol in a driver"s system and prevent the car from being started, for example. Many accidents
are caused by people following the car in front too closely. As early as next year, you"ll be able to
buy cars with radar-equipped control systems. If the radar determines you"re closing too quickly
with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle (油门). For city streets, expect other radar devices
that will give advance warning that the car in front of you has slowed abruptly (突然地) and you
should step on the brakes-or that may even brake for you.
Will cars eventually be able to drive themselves? There"s no reason to think it won"t be technically
possible, and Mercedes is working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down
a highway on its own. Nobody really expects people to give up all control to their cars, but such
systems could be used as failsafe systems to keep cars on the road and bring them safely to a stop
even if the driver suddenly became disabled.
B. Because he read exotic things about cars in his brother"s magazines.
C. Because his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his car.
D. Because he subscribed to cool car magazines.
means that_____.
B. my car is not as good as my brother"s
C. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far
D. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recently
B. They are going to disappear gradually.
C. They kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed collisions.
D. They are a standard feature of European cars.
system?
B. They will brake automatically.
C. They will ease up on the throttle.
D. They will not start.
B. Cars will be able to drive themselves.
C. No cars will ever break down on the roads.
D. Cars will all be equipped with failsafe systems.
by and we heard one of them say, "Never seen that dog around here before."
We looked down the hill and saw an old black dog stumbling(蹒跚) painfully up the hill. We bent
down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar. There was a phone
number on the collar, but no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. It didn"t have many teeth left and, well, it just seemed done.
Julie ran home to get some of our dog"s food while I tried to encourage the dog to come along with
me. Julie got home and back again when I was only half way there. So, we sat down on the sidewalk
while our new friend made short work of the food.
Eventually we got her home. We gave her a blanket, more food, kept her warm and wondered what
to do next.
After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch
of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father"s dog. She was very old and should
probably be put to sleep, but the lady just couldn"t bring herself to do it. So, Tara was safely returned
home.
Here is the truth of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to
come back, but I wasn"t hearing anything that made that sound likely.
I was about to turn and go when an old, worn out dog walked between us and collapsed. Suddenly
we had something more important than our problem to worry about. There was a creature in need right
before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here am I writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the song "Love Is Not a Fight" Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, "And
if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door."
Sometimes angels come disguised (伪装) as dogs.
B. The old black dog was sick and weak and couldn"t walk.
C. After finding the dog, the writer phoned its owners.
D. Most of the dog"s teeth had been pulled out by someone.
B. the writer had his own pet dog
C. the dog didn"t go with the writer
D. the dog didn"t eat any of the food
B. took good care of the dog
C. found out that its owner was a lady
D. found it hard to get to sleep
B. Julie disagreed with the writer"s travel on business
C. an old and worn out dog appeared in front of them
D. the couple had some trouble with their marriage
B. An Angel Dog.
C. Saving the Dog.
D. A Famous Song.
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