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How do you feel about watching other people work?
Nothing is more refreshing on a warm summer day than watching someone else work.
Right now, I"m sitting on my porch and watching young Beth baling (打捆) the big field on top of the hill.
She"s been haying that field for over ten years. I know: I put her on the tractor when she was just twelve
years old.
She picked a great day for baling. It"s not too hot, and there"s a nice breeze. On Monday, when she
cut the field, it was so hot I thought the corn would start popping in the field. Didn"t stop her, though. She
just stuck that big hat on her head, wrapped a wet handkerchief around her neck, and set to work. I
remember when I would have done the same thing.
While I"m here sucking a lemonade, Beth is driving the "hay (干草) train," a tractor pulling a baler and
an old wagon. You"d think someone her size would never be able to see over the tractor. But somehow
she manages. When she"s finished, her tracks are very straight.
The whole time she"s haying, that dog of hers is working just as hard, running along beside her like
he"s afraid she"ll drive away without him. Beth sure knew what she was doing when she trained him.
The way the machine works is pure poetry. Each row is pushed into shape. When just enough hay is
in a bale, it is wrapped up and fastened together. A second or so later, the bale comes flying out and into
the old wagon. The person who invented that machine sure was some kind of genius.
That"s not to say it works perfectly. Every once in a while a bale misses the mark, especially when you are turning the machine at the end of a row. That means, of course, that you have to go back and pick up
those bales and throw them into the wagon.
I can remember when Beth"s mother was her age. She looked an awful lot like Beth does now.
Makes a man proud to see his daughter and granddaughter taking such good care of themselves.
Well, I suppose I should get up and fill this glass again. Not much fun sitting here with an empty glass.
B. forced Beth to work at an early age
C. worked in the field like Beth
D. trained the dog to help Beth work
B. beautiful
C. unforgettable
D. changeable
B. dried up
C. cut up
D. lined up
B. Beth"s father.
C. Beth"s grandmother.
D. Beth"s grandfather.
答案
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举一反三
animal 1 . One afternoon three little neighbor girls ran up 2 my door, saying a baby squirrel was
on the sidewalk. I quickly 3 the kids and they led me to a tiny squirrel still with milk teeth. I 4
and held the little creature up gently in my arms to check it for 5 . It seemed fine. I figured the mother
must have been killed, leaving it an orphan (孤儿). Now, the baby was pretty hungry for 6 and then
left its nest to search the neighborhood for help.
I was about to carry it into my 7 when I found several other babies 8 to run down the tree from
where their nest was. With the first squirrel hid into my 9 , I stood at the base of the tree and was
10 when three more babies ran right down into my hands. Those dear little creatures were so happy
to feel safe and 11 , and they all held each other close in my shirt. I took them home and 12 them
bread and milk to eat. The poor starving things went 13 as they swallowed the meal.
I phoned a lady in the next town who 14 a small squirrel shelter. She had a big back yard with
large 15 surrounded by a tall wooden fence. She assured me she was well 16 to care for the babies
and provide a natural home for them when they were grown.
I love that those little girls cared enough about the squirrels to seek out the 17 of the Animal Lady!
And I really 18 getting to help the baby creatures. And then the 19 of caring continued 20 the
lady with the squirrel shelter took them in. How wonderful to be part of a chain of kindness.
( )2. A. to
( )3. A. followed
( )4. A. came down
( )5. A. fur
( )6. A. milk
( )7. A. room
( )8. A. pretending
( )9. A. shoe
( )10. A. puzzled
( )11. A. nervous
( )12. A. handed
( )13. A. hungry
( )14. A. owned
( )15. A. ladders
( )16. A. organized
( )17. A. shelter
( )18. A. minded
( )19. A. chain
( )20. A. when
B. through
B. glanced
B. bent down
B. legs
B. vegetable
B. car
B. waiting
B. pocket
B. interested
B. cold
B. showed
B. wild
B. needed
B. flowers
B. equipped
B. information
B. regretted
B. feeling
B. if
C. for
C. comforted
C. put down
C. teeth
C. nuts
C. house
C. swinging
C. shirt
C. astonished
C. warm
C. gave
C. sad
C. sought
C. bamboos
C. built
C. advice
C. enjoyed
C. sense
C. before
D. from
D. persuaded
D. broke down
D. injuries
D. leaves
D. cage
D. starting
D. drawer
D. satisfied
D. tired
D. lent
D. afraid
D. shut
D. trees
D. known
D. help
D. appreciated
D. connection
D. until
attention to an interesting conversation. Because of this distraction (分心)my brother took a wrong turn.
Unfortunately, the wrong turn took us towards a bridge and we had no way to turn back. Unwillingly, my
brother paid the bridge fee and drove on. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the needless
waste of $4.
We eventually reached an exit and, as we took it, my brother noticed a young fellow pulled over to
the side of the road. He came out of his car and tried to phone someone. I was busy trying to figure out
which way we would go next but my brother pulled over and asked the guy if he needed any help. And
he did. He had a flat tire and needed a tool to get it off.
My brother gave him a wrench, and then began to help him change the flat. The young man said that
this had been a bad week for him: earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this flat on his
way home from work. But he called us "a breath of fresh air" and kept thanking us because he really
would have been stuck if we hadn"t come along.
After we finished the job he thanked us again and pulled out $20 from his pocket and tried to give it
to us. "No," I said. "We were never supposed to even get on that bridge, we took a wrong turn. But now we know why we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into an opportunity to
serve."
What I loved most was that my brother was able to see a chance to help. His reaction in the situation
is a lesson for everyone and we felt so good the rest of the day.
B. When they were passing through an exit.
C. When the young man stopped them for help.
D. After they came back to the right road.
B. was a warm-hearted young man
C. made the turn to help the young man
D. regretted making a wrong turn all the way home
B. His car"s air conditioner was broken.
C. They calmed him down by offering him a cold drink.
D. They changed his bad luck and the bad mood he was in.
B. God helps those who help themselves.
C. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
D. If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen
and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the
fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I"d bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories. And visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring of
the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. And then the other
things: dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room, a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty-we hadn"t seen
another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving next to me. I glanced
in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right, and that was when I saw them. Next to us, by the
side of the road, thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them-brown,
muscular horses almost close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn"t know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Dan: "Look!", but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet.
They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the
red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
"Wild horses?" he said. "Why didn"t you wake me up?"
"I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds."
"Are you sure you didn"t dream it?"
"You were the one who was sleeping!"
"Typical, he said. "The best photos are the ones we never take."
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
B. complained about the poor living conditions
C. enjoyed the sunset in the Karoo desert most
D. recorded their experiences in different ways
B. Wild horses.
C. Eye-catching locals.
D. Running dogs.
B. He had already taken beautiful pictures.
C. A sound sleep was more important.
D. The next trip would be better.
B. Running into wildlife in Africa.
C. Tourist attractions in southern Africa.
D. Possible dangers of travelling in the desert.
than lectures. My dad"s 1 shines through all my life.
Old age hasn"t 2 him, mainly because he doesn"t think almost-80 is old. He had ever trained for a
charity (慈善) 3 across the Hudson River in New York. He wore his custom-fitted diving suit, but he
still got so 4 . We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag. "Oh, 5 , it isn"t that bad," he"d
say, "I am fine. " He always is. He did 6 the Hudson swim a month later.
If you ask my father whether or not his life has been hard, he will say he is 7 . He means the kind of
happiness that comes from 8 a well-cooked family meal, taking a good long run or growing a perfect
tomato. Did I mention that he used to run marathons before his knee replacement surgery? He"s the one
who 9 me I could do it, too. " 10 can run a marathon," he said, "as long as you keep training. "
My father was born in 1933. His childhood took a 11 at the beginning of World War Ⅱ : His
father joined the French Army and was 12 by the Germans and spent the war in a prison camp. My
dad and his mother and sister were shipped off to New Jersey to live with relatives. His mother 13
from depression, and Dad went to boarding school in New England from the sixth grade on. Yet in all
Dad"s dinner table 14 , there have been many times when he turned them into 15 stories.
After a family dinner the other night, Papa Bob advised us to try the skydiving 16 "Sixty-five seconds
of free falling," he said. "I 17 it. I should have been a paratrooper"
He loves getting cards in the mail, and usually I"m 18 , so instead I call him on Father"s Day. But this
year I"ve 19 to be early for once. I want to let him know how much he 20 to me. Dad, thank you-for
all of it and mostly for your enduring faith that everything will be OK.
( )2. A. comforted
( )3. A. swim
( )4. A. warm
( )5. A. come out
( )6. A. complete
( )7. A. ordinary
( )8. A. sharing
( )9. A. informed
( )10. A. Anyone
( )11. A. step
( )12. A. killed
( )13. A. resulted
( )14. A. experiences
( )15. A. foolish
( )16. A. chance
( )17. A. loved
( )18. A. late
( )19. A. refused
( )20. A. occurs
B. slowed
B. donation
B. sad
B. come back
B. stop
B. young
B. containing
B. appointed
B. Someone
B. turn
B. caught
B. judged
B. manners
B. great
B. adventure
B. hated
B. early
B. permitted
B. possesses
C. punished
C. volunteer
C. calm
C. come over
C. delay
C. disabled
C. destroying
C. insisted
C. None
C. sigh
C. driven
C. suffered
C. stories
C. short
C. visit
C. used
C. noisy
C. allowed
C. means
D. accused
D. activity
D. cold
D. come on
D. celebrate
D. lucky
D. buying
D. convinced
D. Others
D. dream
D. fired
D. separated
D. news
D. aggressive
D. movement
D. assessed
D. quiet
D. decided
D. proves
I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily. 1 to buy a mountain bike, she"d
been saving her pocket money all year, as well as doing small jobs to earn extra money.
By Thanksgiving , she had collected only $49. I said, " You 2 have your pick from my bicycle
3 ". "Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old. " She was right. All my girls" bikes were 1950s models , not the kind a kid today would 4 choose.
As Christmas 5 near, Emily and I went bike shopping . As we left one store, she 6 a Salvation
Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. "Can we give something, Daddy?" She asked. "Sorry, Em,
I"m out of 7 . "
Throughout December, Emily continued to work hard. Then one day, she made a 8 announcement. "You know all the money I"ve been saving?" she said hesitantly. "I"m going to give it to the poor people.
" So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $58 to a volunteer who was
really very 9 .
10 by Emily"s selflessness, I decided to contribute 11 of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was
collecting used bikes for poor children. 12 I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it
seemed as if a second bike took on a glow. Should I contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I
couldn"t 13 the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later 14 the bikes, the car dealer said, "You"re making two kids very 15 , sir . Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we"re 16
away one chance to win a girl"s mountain bike. "
Why wasn"t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the 17 ? I like to think it was God"s
way of 18 a little girl for a sacrifice 19 her year--while giving her dad a lesson in the 20 .
( )2.A. need
( )3.A. collection
( )4.A. seldom
( )5.A. drew
( )6.A. observed
( )7.A. work
( )8.A. disappointing
( )9.A. agreeable
( )10.A. Moved
( )11.A. one
( )12.A. While
( )13.A. express
( )14.A. returned
( )15.A. sweet
( )16.A. putting
( )17.A. present
( )18.A. greeting
( )19.A. under
( )20.A. process
B. should
B. contribution
B. likely
B. became
B. sensed
B. charge
B. surprising
B. hopeful
B. Shocked
B. some
B. As
B. describe
B. delivered
B. healthy
B. giving
B. harvest
B. praising
B. before
B. project
C. must
C. shop
C. slightly
C. went
C. watched
C. time
C. formal
C. thankful
C. Persuaded
C. two
C. Because
C. explain
C. chose
C. happy
C. storing
C. winner
C. sheltering
C. beyond
C. struggle
D. can
D. club
D. merely
D. pulled
D. noticed
D. change
D. public
D. pitiful
D. Demanded
D. any
D. Though
D. shake
D. shared
D. fair
D. signing
D. chance
D. rewarding
D. within
D. communication
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