My Unexpected Teacher
One cold, rainy evening last October, I was going to interview an old lady in the hospital to gather information for my medical thesis(论文）.
The old lady was lying on bed 4B. I sat down on a chair next to her bed, and in a low voice I introduced myself and asked how she was doing. She _replied that she was getting better. When I told her that I wanted to gather some information from her, she agreed.
After I finished the questionnaire, I prepared to leave so I could get more medical records. Before I could get up, the old lady spoke up in her _voice, “I haven’t seen you before, Doctor. Are you new?”
“Not really, ma’ma. It’s just that I don’t come here every day,” I replied. She started _, asking where I was from and why I was working so late in the evening. I was surprised someone in her condition would want to talk.
“Doctor, do you think I can get back to my normal life?” the old lady asked at one point.
I replied that while I didn’t know much about her case, I could tell her what I had learnt about the recovery of the patients of her kind. However, I was unwilling to go into too much detail _I was only a medical student.
The old lady started talking about herself. She shared her difficulties and sufferings, talked about her husband, who was killed in a car accident, and her struggle to earn money. All I did was to nod my head as a way of showing my sympathy(同情）.
_, I discovered that the old lady had been allowed to go out of the hospital as her condition had improved, though she would still need treatment.
The old lady taught me one of the most important _ a doctor can learn. Sometimes patients do not need expensive treatment. They just need someone with the patience and willingness to lend an ear to them and spend some time to be with them.
A．angrily B．carefully C．directly D．softly
A．strong B．loud C．weak D．sick
A．making conversation B．losing temper C．playing arick D．jumping to a conclusion
A．when B．as C．unless D．though
A．In a few days B．Before a few days C．A few days later D．A few days ago
A．stories B．lessons C．experiences D．facts
I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn’t afford new shoes. I had to go back to find it, so I told my sister to wait right .
A man heard it and stopped me just I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your sister here to find the shoe? What would you do if she is not here when you return?” I didn’t know how to answer that question. He
, “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your sister.” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.
During my whole life I have depended on the kindness of many strangers, I feel sorry that I can’t find them and say ‘thank you’. I do not even remember what their faces , but they taught me a lesson --- people are more important than things.
Positive(积极的) people are usually happy. They often have a lot of friends. When they have a problem, they try to change the problem i
Your Health
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At work
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Becoming Positive
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A Good Life
Life can be d
Mr. Garza and his fifth-grade students were exploring the importance of color in nature and in other places. “The color red can give you ,” Mr. Garza explained. “Blue can be soothing(抚慰的).” He asked the students to how the grey color of the classroom walls made them feel. They said they always felt that the color was boring and dull.
“Could we paint the classroom a different color?” one of the students asked. The other students nodded eagerly in agreement. Mr. Garza replied that they would have to ask the headmaster for permission. He assigned the students the task of meeting with the headmaster, in order that they could persuade(说服) him to them to repaint the classroom.
The students were excited when the headmaster agreed. They discussed colors for the classroom walls and finally decided on a soft yellow. The parents’ club donated the paint, rollers, brushes, and other equipment.
Painting day was on Saturday. The students, along with several parents, gathered together. First, they removed from the classroom walls. Next, they moved all the furniture to the middle of the room. Then Mr. Garza explained how to deal with the painting. He told them to be careful and not to spill or waste the paint.
After the work was done, the students their job. The new color brightened the classroom. The headmaster brought members of the school board to see the classroom. Before long, every classroom in the school had a fresh coat of paint.
A．experience B．energy C．memory D．effect
A．decide B．discover C．describe D．develop
A．allow B．ask C．afford D．agree
A．basic B．various C．simple D．similar
A．any thing B．something C．nothing D．everything
A．were busy with B．were pleased with C．were familiar to D．were responsible for
A young, rich girl was getting ready bed when she a low crying coming her window. She went over to the window and leaned out, girl was standing there. It was a cold winter, but the girl had no quilt(被子), only old newspapers. The rich girl suddenly came up with a helpful idea. She told her to go to her front door. The homeless girl was and she could only manage .There she gave her a(an) quilt and a pillow(枕头). Watching the true happiness alight(点亮) upon the other girl’s face, she went to bed happily.
The next morning a knock came on the door. The rich girl flew to the door. She opened it and found the little girl. Her face looked , and she smiled,. “I you want these back.” The rich little girl opened her mouth just saying that she could keep them when another idea appeared in her mind ,” “Yes , I want them back. “The homeless girl said , “Thank you!”, laid down the things , and turned to leave when the rich girl shouted, “ Wait! Stay right there.” She saw the rich girl up the stairs and then turn back quickly. She brought a new quilt and a pillow to her. “ Have these,” she said . These were her own personal belongs( 所有物 ) silk and down feathers.
One day, the rich girl , was now a rich woman got a call from a lawyer (律师 ), who told her: Forty years ago , when she was nine years old ,she helped a girl in need. That girl grew into a woman with a husband. She had recently died and left something for her in her will: It was a new pillow with diamonds and a wool quilt with gold thread(线).
A．to B．for C．in D．with
A．listened B．listened to C．heard D．heard of
A．through B．across C．cross D．over
A．The other B．Other C．Others D．Another
A．surprise B．surprising C．surprised D．surprises
A．nodding B．nodded C．to nod D．nods
A．old B．new C．big D．small
A．sad B．happy C．sadly D．happily
A．tell B．wish C．suppose D．know
A．runs B．running C．ran D．run
A．sad B．sadly C．quiet D．quietly
A．is made of B．made of C．is made from D．made from
A．which B．whom C．who D．what
A．little B．few C．rich D．small
A．poor B．rich C．homeless D．good
Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.
One late autumn evening, after their work in the was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓). “Oh, that's a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don't tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will take it.”
So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found __ strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night, __ I still have the same number of bags in my barn. __ did that happen?”
Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he __ again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another coming down the road. He was carrying something on his , too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was _you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly_ that they had been taking rice to each other. They what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.
A．disliked B．hated C．loved D．enjoyed
A．until B．at C．through D．with
A．shops B．fields C．hospitals D．factories
A．never B．sometimes C．usually D．ever
A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
A．so B．and C．but D．or
A．How B．What C．Why D．Where
A．small B．different C．big D．same
A．planned B．failed C．hoped D．tried
A．brother B．person C．sister D．wife
A．back B．shoulder C．head D．hand
A．proud of B．polite to C．angry with D．worried about
A．smaller B．richer C．larger D．happier
A．remember B．know C．believe D．hope
A．laughed about B．dreamed about C．pointed at D．shouted at
It is well known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know future really is? I have to say that future is time. That is to say we must save every now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know important time is and use it well.
There is an old English saying, “Gain time, gain life.”Then what’s time? Time is that we can’t see or touch, but we can feel it by. Time is with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time passes too. We always say “Time is money”, but time is even than money, because when money , we can earn it back. But if time is gone away, it will never return. So, some of us even say time is .
We should always remember: Future is now. For us students, we should our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own. We should make the best of every hour and be the master of today. We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never what can be done today till tomorrow.
As we all know, “Time and tide wait for man.” If you waste today, you will feel tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be . Remember :“No pains, no gains.”Today’s hard work is the cause of tomorrow’s harvest.
A．how B．when C．what D．which
A．coin B．minute C．clock D．dream
A．what B．what a C．how D．how a
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．passes B．passed C．to pass D．passing
A．sometimes B．often C．usually D．always
A．valuable B．much valuable C．more valuable D．very valuable
A．will spend B．has spent C．will be spent D．is spent
A．homeless B．priceless C．hopeless D．endless
A．try B．make C．find D．improve
A．use B．useful C．used D．useless
A．take off B．get off C．put off D．show off
A．no B．little C．each D．every
A．surprised B．pleased C．happy D．sorry
A．stronger B．brighter C．farther D．bigger
It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said, “ Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?”
I said , “ Of course!”
“Why are you in college at an age?” I asked.
She joked, “ I’m here to meet a husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.”
“No, seriously,” I asked.
“ I always of having a college education. Now I’m getting one!” she told me .
After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from .
At the end of the semester(学期) we invited Rose to at our party. I’ll never forget what she
taught .
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow because we stop playing. Here are the of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every______. You’ve got to have a dream. When you your dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a big between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to , you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did, rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week graduation(毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
A．slowly B．happily C．heavily D．badly
A．so B．this C．such D．that
A．rich B．bad C．poor D．short
A．hoped B．wished C．wanted D．dreamed
A．another B．the other C．the others D．others
A．say B．speak C．talk D．discuss
A．us B．her C．him D．them
A．young B．old C．tall D．thin
A．stories B．secrets C．seasons D．surveys
A．week B．month C．year D．day
A．lose B．have C．keep D．like
A．chance B．change C．difference D．problem
A．stand up B．grow up C．grow old D．keep healthy
A．because B．so C．though D．but
A．in B．after C．during D．before
When one door of happiness closes, another opens. However, we often look at the door so long that we can’t see the one that has been opened for us. It’s true that we don’t know we’ve got until we lose it, and it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been until it goes away.
Giving someone all your doesn’t mean that they’ll love you back. Don’t expect love in return. Just for it to grow in their hearts.
There are many moments in life when you miss someone so much that you want to bring them into your and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, and what you want to be, you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
Happiness lies in those who have cried, those who have been hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can understand the of their lives. The future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can’t go on well in your life until you let your past failure and heartaches go.
A．open B．same C．closed D．broken
A．when B．what C．why D．where
A．missing B．seeing C．looking for D．working
A．love B．time C．money D．food
A．care B．look C．mean D．wait
A．hearts B．dreams C．lives D．chances
A．do B．be C．get D．turn
A．when B．because C．unless D．though
A．importance B．purpose C．difference D．answer
A．easiest B．happiest C．worst D．brightest
Jennifer was sitting on the bench. ‘It’s getting _ ,’ she thought. ‘I should go home.’ She wanted to know her parents’ reactions (反应) when she___ home after the three days she was missing. It was really dark when she finally got to home’s front door. It was different _ usual. _looked after the outside garden for _ days. It was so strange because her father usually worked hard to keep everything___ and tidy. She couldn’t understand what was going on. She walked into the _ . First, she went into the kitchen__ she saw a note written by her father. He said, ‘Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am looking for her out.’ Ellen was her mother, but ___ is she? She went to her parents’ room. She saw her there. Her___ was lying on the bed and was sleeping. Her face looked so tired as if she wasn’t asleep for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up. However, she looked too tired, _ Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.
When Jennifer _ , something was different: She wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t _ the old clothes she ran away in. She was on her own bed. It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she _ __ a voice, ‘Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you __ us all very, very afraid.
A．early B．late C．warm D．angry
A．got B．get C．gets D．will get
A．to B．from C．with D．as
A．Everybody B．Somebody C．Anybody D．Nobody
A．many B．lots of C．a few D．much
A．clean B．dirty C．quiet D．busy
A．school B．room C．house D．library
A．if B．or C．what D．and
A．when B．who C．where D．what
A．mother B．father C．friend D．sister
A．and B．so C．but D．though
A．got up B．woke up C．put up D．cleaned up
A．putting on B．dressing C．wearing D．taking
A．heard B．listened C．sounded D．listened to
A．had B．told C．made D．gave
I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my ____. At first, my parents said“no”to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this, ____ it didn’t work.
As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become ____. To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!
One evening, I was doing some ____ on my computer while Mike was listening to music. ____, I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me when I ____. He was using my computer to play games. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program ____ saving it－all I had done had disappeared! I ____ him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.
Then I did my homework ____. At 10:00 p.m., I finished it. When I was going to turn off the ____, I saw the photo of my ____ that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how ____ he was when my mom beat him. I really felt ____. I went to see what he was doing. I found he was ____ in my parents’ bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said,“I’m sorry. I won’t bring you any more trouble.”
I was so moved and said,“From now on, my room is not only mine. It is ____!”That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.
A．clothes B．food C．room D．toys
A．because B．but C．or D．so
A．dirty B．empty C．quiet D．tidy
A．business B．homework C．reading D．shopping
A．Later B．Instead C．However D．Sometimes
A．danced B．fell C．returned D．slept
A．after B．by C．for D．without
A．agreed with B．heard from C．looked after D．shouted at
A．as well B．for ever C．in the end D．once again
A．computer B．fan C．radio D．TV
A．brother B．cousin C．father D．grandfather
A．clever B．happy C．sad D．silly
A．bored B．excited C．proud D．sorry
A．jumping B．sleeping C．sitting D．singing
A．his B．hers C．ours D．theirs
Leo is 66 years old. But he ___ young. He is a basketball fan. He has two ---one is a son and the other is a daughter. He has a great ___ __ collection. But he never
_ sports. He only likes collecting sports ______. He has 5 basketballs, 7 baseballs and 3 ping-pong balls. His son, Neal, likes soccer. He is in a soccer club. He often plays soccer with______ friends. He has a computer, too. Playing games is ___ __. He likes it very much. And his daughter, Nancy, likes very much. But she doesn’t have a volleyball and she doesn’t play it. She only likes it ______ TV.
A．sees B．watches C．sounds D．looks
A．child B．daughters C．sons D．children
A．art B．food C．sports D．books
A．do B．does C．play D．doesn’t
A．bags B．clothes C．things D．games
A．he B．he’s C．his D．him
A．boring B．bad C．interesting D．difficult
A．football B．basketball C．volleyball D．tennis
A．watch B．watches C．watched D．to watch
A．in B．of C．on D．about
Now computers are very among young people. Last week, we asked thirty young people fourteen and eighteen. We asked how much they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we most interested in they used their computers for.
The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours, with user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.
All the children said they usually used computers . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理) . Only two of them said computers their lessons, and eight children told us they kept addresses and phone numbers in their computers or used to write diaries. Only three children said they were learning to make computer programs and nobody looked up databases (数据库). None of them used computers for any use.
The show that computer use is quite high among young people of 14-18 years old. They also show quite clearly that computers by most young people as little more than game machines. , though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become in everyday life.
A．common B．cheap C．easy D．difficult
A．among B．between C．from D．about
A．hours B．money C．time D．/
A．is B．was C．are D．were
A．what B．why C．how D．whether
A．high B．higher C．highest D．the highest
A．to read B．reading C．to play games D．playing games
A．at times B．as usual C．in the end D．all the time
A．found out B．worked at C．helped with D．looked over
A．theirs B．them C．its D．it
A．another B．other C．the other D．others
A．ways B．questions C．reports D．results
A．are seen B．have seen C．will be seen D．see
A．More or less B．From now on C．By the way D．It seems to us that
A．wonderful B．popular C．useful D．Expensive
I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of . He stood right before me with his head down and said , "Look what I found!" In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his and said in surprise, "It smells sweet and it's beautiful, too. That's I picked it. Here, it's for you." The flower before me was dead. But I knew must it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, "This is just what I ." Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not ---he was blind.
Tears came down my face as I him for picking the best one. "You're welcome." he smiled, and then ran off to . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain .
Through the eyes of a blind child, I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been . I decided to see the beauty in life, and every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.
A．hopeless B．colorful C．simple D．wonderful
A．mind B．trouble C．breath D．work
A．sadly B．strictly C．angrily D．excitedly
A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy
A．So B．Or C．However D．And
A．head B．nose C．ear D．neck
A．how B．when C．where D．why
A．buy B．sell C．accept D．break
A．admire B．dislike C．want D．have
A．cry B．speak C．smile D．see
A．forgave B．thanked C．paid D．hated
A．sleep B．study C．dance D．play
A．at most B．at times C．at first D．at last
A．cheerful B．useful C．blind D．deaf
A．waste B．enjoy C．lose D．forget
My mother says she probably wouldn’t love butterflies（蝴蝶）today if it weren’t for Mr. Patti.
When my mother Ada was a kid, she loved playing baseball and she wanted to for the New York Yankees. Then her brother Howie pointed out that there weren’t any women playing major league baseball（棒球联赛）. Ada realized he was right. That made her so angry that she started throwing baseballs into the air and hitting them as as she could.
One day Ada hit a ball through Mr. Patti’s window. She was about to run away when a bright yellow butterfly flew through the hole in the window. A blue butterfly . Then a lot of colourful butterflies flew out like a rainbow（彩虹）. Ada to open her arms and catch the butterflies.
It was too bad she didn’t she heard Mr. Patti shouting, “Hey! You there!” Ada almost jumped 12 feet. When she landed, Mr. Patti handed her a net and a box. He pointed to the butterflies. “One hundred butterflies. We need to get them all back. Go!”
Running with the net, Ada began to catch some of the butterflies. By the end of the day, her
was filled with butterflies ― including the bright yellow butterfly. There were still 13 butterflies missing. Mr. Patti showed Ada pictures had taken of the missing butterflies. The photographs were so beautiful that she could hardly catch her breath.
“ do you get them to stay still（静止的，不动的）?” Ada asked.
“I’ll show you,” Mr. Patti replied.
And he did. He taught my mother everything he knew about photographing butterflies. That’s her now. It is good because there still aren’t any women playing in the major leagues.
“I’ll never forget that day,” my mother says. “Breaking that window changed my .” Then she goes into her workroom, which is filled with swirling butterflies.
A．cheer B．play C．work D．act
A．carefully B．high C．hard D．proudly
A．appeared B．joined C．followed D．reached
A．offered B．wanted C．agreed D．refused
A．so B．because C．after D．though
A．net B．box C．room D．yard
A．she B．they C．I D．he
A．How B．When C．Why D．Where
A．job B．hobby C．pleasure D．way
A．project B．purpose C．life D．Plan
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