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One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about 1.  (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, 2. some of them looked very anxious and 3. (disappoint).When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next 4.  the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike  5. (catch ) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused 6. (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept7. (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, “Did anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It’s8. (I).”She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully, Everyone on the bus began talking about9. the boy had done, and the crowd of strangers10. (sudden) became friendly to one another.

    My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡). It’s ______for a grouse to have any contact (接触)with people. In fact, they’re hard to spot, ______they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching

This grouse came into our lives in _______Tom was working out in the field when he ______her walking around at the edge of the field. She was ______unafraid and seemed to be ______about what he was doing,

Tom saw the ______bird several times, and site got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew ______of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.

One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom ______he didn’t see her and kept working to see what she would do next.

Apparently, she didn’t like to be ______. She’d run up and peck (啄) at Tom’s hands, then ______ off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the ______and left.

As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to ______more and more often. ______Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom’s leg and stay long enough for me to get a ______of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt ______no just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.

When hunting season opened, we put a ______at the end of our driveway asking ______not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road, ______warned people not to shoot her. ______, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

1.A. interesting B. reasonable C. impossible D. unusual

2.A. though B. because C. unless D. until

3.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

4.A. got B. kept C. noticed D. imagined

5.A. naturally B. certainly C. normally D. surprisingly

6.A. crazy B. curious C. concerned D. cautious

7.A. shy B. awkward C. friendly D. elegant

8.A. careful B. tired C. fond D. sick

9.A. supposed B. realized C. hoped D. pretended

10.A. ignored B. observed C. amazed D. disturbed

11.A. put B. back C. set D. take

12.A. game B. work C. place D. man

13.A. give up B. come out C. turn over D. fly by

14.A. Eventually B. Suddenly C. Constantly D. Presently

15.A. chance B. dream C. picture D. sense

16.A. comfortable B. guilty C. anxious D. familiar

17.A. lantern B. sign C. gun D. loudspeaker

18.A. drivers B. farmers C. hunters D. tourists

19.A. just B. yet C. thus D. also

20.A. In fact B. For long C. On the contrary D. By the way

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ---Lao Tzu

If you are in a city where everyone rushes, realize that you don’t have to be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and disconnected sometimes. Your environment doesn’t control your life    you do. I’m not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slower. 1.

Do less.

Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality.2. Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus.

Have fewer meetings.

3.And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.

4.

When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that don’t get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I stopped doing them?

Practice mindfulness.

Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, appreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are.

Try these things out. Life is better when unrushed. 5.

A.Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary.

B.Meetings are usually a “big waste of time”.

C.The world likely won’t end if you don’t pass one of the examinations.

D.But here are some things to consider and perhaps adopt, if they work for your life.

E.Remember the quote: if nature can get everything done without rushing, so can you.

F.Pick 2-3 important things---or even just one important thing---and work on those first.

G.Give yourself more time to get ready and get there.

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt’s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving and never to come back was hardly in my head then.

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism（乐观）, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times.”

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers（移民局官员）, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: Almost all common troubles go away at last! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

1.How did the author get to know America?

A. From radio programs    B. From books and pictures

C. From her mother    D. From her relatives

2.Upon leaving for America the author felt __________.

A. excited    B. confused

C. worried    D. amazed

3.For the first two years in New York, the author __________.

A. often lost her way

B. did not think about her future

C. studied in three different schools

D. got on well with her stepfather

4.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?

A. She worked as a translator.

B. She attended a lot of job interviews.

C. She paid telephone bills for her family.

D. She helped her family with her English.

I love charity(慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won’t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.

The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity’s appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations(捐赠物). They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children’s books, all 10 or 20 pence each.

Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don’t encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open.

The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than ￡110 million a year, funding(资助) medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment.

1.The author loves the charity shop mainly because of       .

A. its convenient location    B. its great variety of goods

C. its spirit of goodwill    D. its nice shopping environment

2.The first charity shop in the UK was set up to       .

A. sell cheap products    B. deal with unwanted things

C. raise money for patients    D. help a foreign country

3.Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops?

A. The operating costs are very low.    B. The staff are usually well paid.

C. 90% of the donations are second-hand.    D. They are open twenty-four hours a day.

4.Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A. What to Buy at Charity Shops.

B. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development.

C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate.

D. The Public’s Concern about Charity Shops.