A couple had a son eleven years after they married. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eye. When the boy was around four years old, one day the father was very tired after work so he asked his wife to pick up their son. The mother, who was very busy in the kitchen, totally forgot about it.
Later the boy lost his way on the street. When the son was found missing, the mother hurried to look for him, but she didn’t find him. The mother felt very sad and didn’t know how to face her husband.
When the father went to the police station after hearing that the son was missing, he looked at his wife and said just four words. What do you think the four words were? The husband just said "I love you, darling."
The son was missing. If she had picked him up earlier, this would not have happened. There is no point in blaming (责备) anyone. His wife had also lost her only child. What his wife needed at that moment was comfort and understanding from her husband. That is what the husband gave his wife. Several weeks later, with the help of the police, the couple finally found their lost son. The family’s relationship became stronger over that time.
Sometimes we spend lots of time asking who is to blame. We miss many chances to give each other support and let each other feel the warmth of human relationships. Get rid of all your unwillingness to forgive, selfishness, and fears and you will find the world is much more wonderful.
1.What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “the apple of their eye”?
A. A person who always has a sweet smile in their opinion.
B. A person who is as pretty as an apple in their opinion.
C. A person who is loved more than anyone else in their opinion.
D. A person who looks like an apple in their opinion.
2.Why didn’t the father pick the boy up himself?
A. He was very lazy.
B. He thought the mother had picked him up.
C. He forgot to pick him up.
D. He was too tired to do it.
3.What can we learn from this passage?
A. Be careful in everything you do.
B. Love is the most important thing.
C. Learn to forgive others.
D. Everyone can make mistakes.
4.What do you think of the husband?
A. Warm-hearted. B. Careful.
C. Hard-working. D. Broad-minded.
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Once there lived a rich woman well-known in high society for her kindness, who had a maid that was devoted and hardworking. One day, out of curiosity, the maid decided to her mistress（主人）to find out whether she was really good by nature.
The following day, the maid got up from her bed quite late at around afternoon time and the mistress her for being late. The next day, the maid the late rising and this time, the mistress became particularly and hit the maid with a stick thus hurting her.
This spread around the neighborhood and the rich woman not only her reputation（名声）but also a devoted maid.
, it’s also reflected in modern . People are kind and modest when their surroundings are and satisfactory. However, when conditions change for the worse, they’ll become and filled with anger. Anger is often an ugly and destructive mood that mankind from in our daily lives. It’s a bad mood within us, waiting for the chance to take control of our life. Uncontrolled anger can cause us a great deal of emotional and physical and we must learn to it.
A good to control anger is to act as if the undesirable thoughts don’t exist in our . By using our willpower, we focus our minds on positive things and remove the negative thought. It’s difficult to react to someone who hurt us, our physical isn’t harmed. But the test of character is how we situations in our daily lives. Remember this, darkness cannot be removed by darkness but by brightness. In the same way, anger cannot be removed by anger but by loving kindness.
1.A. phone B. join C. test D. visit
2.A. hated B. blamed C. charged D. dismissed
3.A. changed B. proved C. improved D. repeated
4.A. angry B. smart C. quiet D. painful
5.A. advice B. knowledge C. progress D. news
6.A. lost B. earned C. helped D. fought
7.A. Afterwards B. However C. Similarly D. Hopefully
8.A. class B. society C. home D. history
9.A. strange B. sure C. good D. ready
10.A. impatient B. inactive C. unlucky D. unknown
11.A. escapes B. recovers C. learns D. suffers
12.A. disappearingB. hiding C. happening D. growing
13.A. harm B. energy C. stress D. balance
14.A. accept B. break C. control D. organize
15.A. cause B. case C. base D. way
16.A. chat B. mind C. choice D. job
17.A. anyhow B. yet C. therefore D. again
18.A. slowly B. peacefully C. officially D. differently
19.A. in case B. as if C. now that D. even though
20.A. handle B. manage C. view D. preserve
---John, have you gone over your lessons learnt this morning?
---Not yet.
---You should know _____.
A. many hands make light work
B. Rome wasn’t built in a day
C. strike while the iron is hot
D. great minds think alike
Howard Carter is one of the best-known explorers the world _____.
A. have ever known B. knew
C. had known D. had never known
_____the teacher couldn’t understand was _____ fewer and fewer students showed interest in his class.
A. What; that B. All that; because
C. Why; that D. What; why
-- You look so tired.
--- Yes. I _____ the house all the morning. But I’m finishing it soon.
A. have cleaned B. have been cleaning
C. have been cleaned D. had been cleaning
