When I was a little girl, I remember that when my dad was repairing something, every time he asked me to ______ the hammer, just so we would have a time for a ______ with each other. I ______saw my dad drinking or taking a night out with the boys, all he did after ______ was taking care of his family.
I ______ and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning, no matter what. And when several ______ later I bought a house, my dad was ______ it by himself for three days in the 80°F summer heat. All he ______ was to hold his paint brush and talk to him. But I was too ______ in those days, I did not find any time for a conversation with my dad.
One Sunday ______ we had a telephone talk as usual, I noticed that my dad had _______some things that we discussed ______ . I was in a hurry, so our conversation was ______ . Few hours later that day came a call. My father was in a hospital with an aneurysm(动脉瘤). ______ I bought a ticket for a flight and ______ I was thinking about all ______ occasions(场合) to have a talk with my dad.
By the time I ______ at the hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have ______ for a conversation with me. After his death I ______much more about him, and even more about myself. All he ever asked me was my time. And now he has all my ______every single day.
1.A. find B. hold C. pack D. select
2.A. conversation B. opinion C. debate D. bargain
3.A. ever B. just C. even D. never
4.A. work B. midnight C. school D. disaster
5.A. fell ill B. broke up C. grew up D. brought up
6.A. weeks B. years C. hours D. days
7.A. building B. making C. fixing D. painting
8.A. shouted B. disliked C. asked D. solved
9.A. busy B. lazy C. selfless D. lonely
10.A. morning B. evening C. afternoon D. midnight
11.A. recognized B. buried C. explored D. forgotten
12.A. soon B. lately C. personally D. briefly
13.A. short B. boring C. unbelievable D. sad
14.A. Exactly B. Gradually C. Immediately D. Finally
15.A. in a way B. on my way C. by the way D. in my way
16.A. missed B. impressed C. suffering D. painful
17.A. pointed B. stared C. arrived D. called
18.A. words B. time C. permission D. benefit
19.A. worried B. concerned C. cared D. learned
20.A. sorrow B. happiness C. determination D. attention
The process of forgiveness can be a liberating experience. Interestingly, forgiveness can only occur because we have been given the gift of the ability to make choices. 1. The choice of offering forgiveness develops along three steps.
At step one you are filled with self justified anger. At some point in your life you have been hurt and you are mad at the person who you feel has wronged you. You blame the person committing the wrong. 2. You have forgotten that you have a choice as to how you will react.
The second step towards forgiveness emerges when after feeling angry with someone for a while you realize that the anger does not feel good to you. 3. So you take steps to forgive. You may begin to see the problem from the other person’s point of view or you may simply decide to let the problem go. 4.
The third stage of forgiveness comes after you have seen the beneficial results of forgiveness and you don’t want to waste your precious life in discomfort. In this stage the choice is to work to either repair the relationship or let go of seeing the situation as a problem. 5. At this stage you are aware that the length of time you experience the situation as a sorrow is primarily up to you.
A. If we want to forgive someone, no one can stop us.
B. We have the choice to forgive or not to forgive and no one can force us to do either.
C. In either case you decide to forgive because you have had some practice with it and see the benefit in your life.
D. It is their action and not your choice of response that you feel causes your anger.
E. In either case you are no longer angry and you have forgiven the person.
F. This could emerge in a situation where you are cut off by another car on the road.
G. It may be hurting your emotional balance or your physical health.
“Do you like my dress?” She asked of a passing stranger. "My mommy made it just for me." She said with a tear in her eye.
"Well, I think it's very pretty, so, why are you crying?"
With a tremble in her voice the little girl answered. "After mommy made me this dress, she had to go away."
"Well, now," said the lady, "with a little girl like you waiting for her, I'm sure she'll be right back."
"No Ma'am, you don't understand," said the child through her tears, "my daddy said she's up in heaven now with Grandfather."
The woman realized what the child meant, and why she was crying. Kneeling down she gently gathered the child into her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone. As the woman intended to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve, pointing to a spot on her dress, saying, "Here is where my mommy kissed my dress, and here," pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mommy said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would have her kisses whenever I cry."
Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, she was looking at a mother who knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the hurts that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her little girl and put them into this dress. She no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped in her mother's love.
1.Why did the little girl cry when she showed her dress to the stranger?
A. Because she didn’t think the dress was beautiful enough.
B. Because her mom abandoned her after she made the dress.
C. Because her mom passed away and she can’t see her any more.
D. Because her mom left home to travel with her grandfather.
2.Mom put the spots on her daughter’s dress to __________.
A. ensure that her daughter could remember her.
B. kiss her whenever she cries.
C. make her look more beautiful and lovely.
D. help her daughter carry through difficult times.
3.It could be inferred from the passage that ____________
A. the woman was deeply touched by what the mom had done.
B. the mom was cruel enough to leave her daughter behind.
C. the little girl didn’t care about her mom any longer.
D. the mom kissed the skirt here and there to comfort her daughter.
4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. A kind woman. B. A lovely girl.
C. Not a simple dress. D. A great mom.
Oil is essential for modern life. About 64 percent of the world’s oil is located in the Middle East, but the heaviest consumers of oil are Europe, America, and Japan. The problem lies in getting the oil from the countries that produce it to the countries that consume it. This is mainly done using oil tankers. Usually the oil is shipped safely and with no problems, but occasionally there is a disaster.
Every year millions of tons of oil are spilled into the ocean. Although this is only a small percentage of the total amount shipped around the world each year, this spilled oil can have terrible effects on ocean life, including the coastlines where the oil washes up onto shore.
One of the worst oil spills in history occurred along the Alaskan coastline in 1989, when the Exxon Valdez tanker got stuck off the coast of Alaska, spilling 42 million liters of oil. Although it wasn’t the largest oil spill, the disaster was terrible because it occurred in such a sensitive natural area. In this spill, the tanker’s captain, who was tired from overwork and drinking alcohol, had gone to take a rest. He gave control of the ship to another sailor, who was unfamiliar with the route. The ship ran onto Bligh Reef. Damaged by the reef, the ship leaked oil out into the ocean. More than 1,600 kilometers of coastline were affected by the oil spill. Many birds and otters died as a result of the oil covering their skin, and many other sea creatures and the animals that fed on them were also severely affected.
1.Which country is NOT among the largest consumers of oil?
A. Japan B. Iraq
C. America D. Germany
2.What does the underlined “them” refer to?
A. The birds. B. The otters.
C. The sea creatures. D. The birds and the otters.
3.Which of the following statement is true?
A. The oil leak of Alaska is because the captain was unfamiliar with the route.
B. Many birds and otters died from eating the spilled oil.
C. Alaska spill was the most serious spill of all time.
D. Although some oil leak is not serious, it will affect ocean life.
What do Leonardo da Vincii, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein have in common? They were all left-handed, along with other famous people including Brad Pitt Prince William, and Barack Obama. In fact, an estimated 13 percent of the world's population may be left-handed and still most people around the world are right-handed.
What makes a person become right-handed rather than left-handed? As yet no one really knows for sure. One simple idea suggests that people normally get right-handedness from their parents. Studies have found that two right-handed parents have only a 9.5 percent chance of having a left-handed child, whereas two left-handed parents have a 26 percent chance of having a left-handed child. Another common theory is that left-handed people suffer mild brain damage during birth, which makes them left-handed. However, if this theory were true, it would not explain why the percentage of left-banded people is so similar in every society, when birth conditions vary so much from society to society.
Whatever the reasons behind it, people's attitudes toward left-handedness have changed a lot over the years. Statistics show that although 13 percent of young people (10-20 years old) are left-handed, only 6 percent of the elderly are left-handed. Left-handed children used to be punished until they began using their right hand like other children, but today people who are left-handed are no longer looked down on nor are they considered abnormal. For most people today, either case is perfectly acceptable.
1.What makes one right-handed?
A. The environment.
B. Mild brain damage during birth.
C. The reason is uncertain.
D. Other people.
2.Why is the number of young people who are left-handed bigger than that of the elderly?
A. Because the elderly are forced to become right-handed.
B. Because left-handed people are considered abnormal.
C. Because left-handedness can be cured.
D. Because the young are easily damaged.
3.What does the text mainly talk about?
A. Left-handed people are looked down upon.
B. General facts about left-handed people.
C. Some famous left-handed people.
D. The reasons why people are left-handed.
假设你叫李华，现在是北京大学的一名新生。请根据以下提示，给你高中的英语老师王老师写一封感谢信，表达对他的爱戴和尊敬。内容包括：
1.对王老师教学的评价；
2.回顾在校时你的心情；
3.对老师的理解和祝愿。
注意：1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.书信的开头与结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. Wang,
I’m very excited to write to express my thanks to you.
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Yours,
Li Hua
