In 1999, Eve and Norman Fertig, a couple, saved a two-week-old shepherd (牧羊犬) named Shana.
One winter several years later, as the Fertigs, both then 81, ________ the injured and hungry animals housed in one of their buildings, a ________ snowstorm blew in. When the couple went outside to check the weather, several trees fell,________ them in a narrow path between two ________. Eve and Norman couldn’t climb over or duck below the ________. For the next two and a half hours, they crowded together for ________ as the snow piled higher. “We were ________,” Eve said. “I thought we could die out here.”
Around 9:30 pm, Shana , who was outside, began ________ toward Eve and Norman in the deep snow. It took her nearly two hours, but ________ she cleared a narrow tunnel(隧道)about 20 feet long ________ the front door of the main house with the Fertigs’ ________.
When breaking through the snow and ________ the couple, the 160-pound dog barked and caught Eve’s jacket and________ the 86-pound woman onto her back. Norman ________ Eve’s ankles, and for the next two hours, Shana pulled the couple through the tunnel.
Thanks to Shana’s ________, they finally reached the house around 2 am., and the Fertigs ________ to get just inside the front door. Extremely ________, they lay there, still. The storm had ________ the electricity and heat, ________ Shana slept next to them all night to keep them warm until the firemen found them.
After five months, Shana’s feet recovered from the injuries she ________ while digging.
1.A.fed B.found C.rescued D.trained
2.A.strange B.unique C.violent D.normal
3.A.covering B.pushing C.delivering D.trapping
4.A.rooms B.buildings C.tunnels D.animals
5.A.trunks B.fences C.leaves D.roofs
6.A.faith B.warmth C.freedom D.sympathy
7.A.in vain B.in sight C.in trouble D.in place
8.A.barking B.checking C.digging D.scanning
9.A.carefully B.eventually C.casually D.hopelessly
10.A.comparing B.providing C.equipping D.connecting
11.A.position B.bedroom C.tree D.tent
12.A.observing B.reaching C.returning D.passing
13.A.threw B.controlled C.fastened D.guided
14.A.lifted B.turned C.pressed D.seized
15.A.efforts B.growth C.habits D.eagerness
16.A.managed B.planned C.waited D.afforded
17.A.stressful B.unprepared C.tired D.desperate
18.A.focused on B.knocked out C.got over D.kept off
19.A.for B.since C.or D.but
20.A.discovered B.predicted C.received D.remembered
I went to a nursing home to visit Marsha every week. She had only months to live. Every time she said _______ “I hate my father", I would _______ to persuade her to forgive. _______a voice inside me was forcing a question: Isn't there somebody you need to _______?
When I was young, my elder brother John _______ everything I did. In his eyes, nothing I did was right. I suffered from years of emotional _______from him.
After college graduation, I began my career as a manager in another city, which gave me a （(n）)_______not to go back home often _______I could avoid seeing John. Whenever I phoned Mom, she always provided _______on what was going on with him. He didn't have a happy marriage. He lost his job as a bus-driver... But I ________to feel sorry for him.
In my spare time, I chose to be a ________. I really felt I was helping ________I met Marsha. I told myself to help Marsha, but I was ________ to help myself first.
Finally, I ________the courage to call my brother. There was ________for what seemed a century and I had a strong desire to hang up, but I ________ . "Correcting you was the ________way to show that I cared about you." he ________. Then, something brother to brother returned.
We have stayed in touch and visited each other ________ since.
The last time I saw Marsha, she was too weak to talk, but her face was ________. I knew what it felt like.
1.A.anxiously B.happily C.angrily D.curiously
2.A.manage B.pretend C.promise D.attempt
3.A.Yet B.So C.And D.Or
4.A.call B.help C.forgive D.visit
5.A.supported B.corrected C.ignored D.appreciated
6.A.response B.abuse C.relief D.connection
7.A.excuse B.chance C.advantage D.privilege
8.A.now that B.even if C.in case D.so that
9.A.comments B.updates C.instructions D.assessments
10.A.refused B.offered C.agreed D.regretted
11.A.bus-driver B.manager C.volunteer D.nurse
12.A.when B.after C.though D.until
13.A.thrilled B.desperate C.hesitant D.depressed
14.A.gathered B.lacked C.lost D.recovered
15.A.interruption B.complaint C.silence D.talk
16.A.broke in B.held up C.broke down D.held back
17.A.first B.only C.last D.same
18.A.explained B.shouted C.added D.whispered
19.A.rarely B.briefly C.casually D.regularly
20.A.troubled B.honest C.relaxed D.blank
The other day I was shopping at a local store and came upon a lady from India squatting (蹲)on the floor ___ a certain product on the bottom shelf. She ___when she saw me as if to get out of my way. ___ , she explained that she was a ___ and on her lunch break, trying to ____ a few needed items.
I told her, “I am in no hurry. ____and do what you need to do. ” While she searched for a particular brand, she said that sometimes customers were ___ to her and she really ____ my kindness. I told her that I had noticed cashiers being treated rudely by some people and they needed to be more ___.
It is stressful to the cashier when people are ____ at them when the cashier is doing the best they know how. I explained to her that I was a retired nurse and ____some of what she was saying. Sometimes patients or doctors could be very rude. But I ___ to understand why they were____ that way and let it go.
She thanked me for being so ____ and friendly. I told her, “The world would be a better place if we all acted ___ toward each other. Those who are rude may have bad karma (报应)coming after them ___ for treating people badly. She nodded and said it was ___ that I knew what karma was.
It felt so good that I may have helped her ___ the pressure for even a few seconds. In a brief ___ I showed her there are good and kind people in the world and may have boosted (增强)her faith in ___ .
1.A.looking for B.looking into C.pulling apart D.pulling down
2.A.bent B.passed C.jumped D.ran
3.A.Tentatively B.Honestly C.Apologetically D.Unwillingly
4.A.manager B.student C.teacher D.cashier
5.A.get B.put C.mark D.show
6.A.Calm down B.Go ahead C.Keep up D.Try on
7.A.patient B.good C.kind D.rude
8.A.accepted B.appreciated C.remembered D.expected
9.A.considerate B.helpful C.honest D.careful
10.A.nodding B.glancing C.glaring D.smiling
11.A.heard B.ignored C.understood D.did
12.A.happened B.tried C.intended D.forgot
13.A.crying B.fighting C.shopping D.feeling
14.A.cool B.nice C.humorous D.generous
15.A.kindly B.coldly C.differently D.equally
16.A.frequently B.eventually C.regularly D.seldom
17.A.puzzling B.satisfying C.frightening D.amazing
18.A.reduce B.realize C.find D.increase
19.A.interview B.speech C.exchange D.lecture
20.A.peace B.future C.truth D.humanity
It was New Year's night. An aged man was standing at the window. The days of his youth appeared like dream before him, and he _____ the serious moment when his father placed him at the ____ of the two roads: one leading to a peaceful, sunny place _____ with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs, and the other leading to a deep dark cave which was ______, and where poison flowed and snakes crawled.
He looked towards the sky and cried ___ Oh youth, return! Oh, my father, place me once more at the entrance to life and I'll ___ the better way! "But both his father and the days of his youth had ___ .
He saw the lights flowing away in the darkness, and these were the days of his wasted life. He saw a star __ from the sky and disappeared, and this was the _____ of himself. His ______, which was like a sharp arrow, struck deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, which entered life together with him. But they had made their way to _____ and were now ______ and happy on this New Year's night.
The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents' early____for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way with ___and grief so that he dared no longer to look towards the __ where his father lived. His __ eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing（绝望的）effort, he burst out a cry:" Come back, my early days! Come back!"
And his youth did _____ ,for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year's night. He was still young though his faults were real. He had not yet entered the deep dark cave, and he was _______free to walk on the road which leads to the peaceful and sunny land.
Those who still linger on（徘徊）the entrance of life _____ to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble（绊倒）on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but ______ ."Oh youth return! Oh give me back my early days! ”
1.A.recorded B.recalled C.doubted D.dreamt
2.A.entrance B.end C.middle D.top
3.A.filled B.covered C.grew D.dropped
4.A.bright B.amazing C.Common D.endless
5.A.loudly B.painfully C.happily D.continuously
6.A.abandon B.build C.choose D.change
7.A.washed away B.passed away C.ran away D.broke away
8.A.fall B.rise C.freeze D.shine
9.A.quality B.harvest C.means D.symbol
10.A.sword B.regret C.pride D.feeling
11.A.success B.cave C.failure D.reality
12.A.worried B.deserted C.honored D.frightened
13.A.love B.misleading C.anxiety D.scold
14.A.joy B.heart C.care D.shame
15.A.heaven B.cemetery C.hell D.house
16.A.dried B.darkened C.lighted D.satisfied
17.A.disappear B.remain C.return D.promise
18.A.never B.still C.hardly D.always
19.A.hesitating B.deciding C.refusing D.claiming
20.A.in brief B.in surprise C.in use D.in vain
Bobby the mountain climber was famous for his attempts to climb the big snowy mountain. He had tried it at least thirty times, but had always failed halfway.
For the sake of ________ Bobby to try again, Old Peeper, the town optician, who bore witness to his ________, presented him with a pair of ________ sunglasses. "If it starts clouding over or if your feet start hurting, put on these glasses. They'll help you.” Bobby accepted the ________ without giving it much mind, but when his feet started _________ again he remembered his words and put on the glasses. Then ________ came as usual in the form of cloud cover, but seemingly not so thick this time. So Bobby ________climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his ________, and finally arriving at the summit. It was ___________ worth it. His feeling of triumph was ________, almost as magnificent as that wonderful ________. Resplendent in its silence, the mountain below was surrounded by a dense sea of clouds. Bobby didn't remember the clouds being as ________ as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and ________ everything.
Peeper had carved a light ________ on the lenses (镜片), in the form of the snow-covered summit. It was made in such a way that you could only ________ it if you looked upwards. Peeper had understood that whenever Bobby lost sight of his ________, he would similarly lose sight of his dream, and his ________ to continue would weaken.
Bobby realised that the only obstacle to reaching the summit had been his own _______. When he could no longer see the top of the mountain, the problems ________. He thanked Peeper for using that little ________ to help him see that his aims were not impossible, and that they were still there, where they had always been.
1.A.convincing B.encouraging C.educating D.entertaining
2.A.practice B.disadvantage C.growth D.failure
3.A.special B.beautiful C.fancy D.expensive
4.A.gift B.challenge C.award D.request
5.A.breaking B.damaging C.aching D.swelling
6.A.danger B.adventure C.pressure D.misfortune
7.A.quitted B.kept C.accomplished D.abandoned
8.A.problem B.pain C.injury D.anxiety
9.A.normally B.practically C.certainly D.exactly
10.A.incomparable B.invisible C.undesirable D.unmeasurable
11.A.experience B.attempt C.view D.present
12.A.white B.thin C.dark D.thick
13.A.recognized B.grasped C.believed D.acknowledged
14.A.image B.spot C.photo D.message
15.A.move B.feel C.change D.see
16.A.objective B.power C.success D.journey
17.A.preference B.will C.competence D.concentration
18.A.mistake B.prejudice C.ignorance D.discouragement
19.A.set off B.cut in C.set in D.showed off
20.A.technology B.tool C.trick D.mark
Courtesy(礼貌)wasn’t really optional in my childhood home. I grew up with two sisters just older than me. If I wasn’t ________ to them, they would strike me hard.
Kathy, my youngest sister, was crazy about my ________ habits. Whenever we traveled and Dad bought ________ for us to have on the way, Kathy would ________ wait until I had hungrily wolfed mine down ________ she would start eating her burger slowly and happily. She said it was ________. Wanda Lynne, on the other hand, was ________ to make me a courteous gentleman. Never mind that I was still years away from actually ________. Wanda Lynne wanted to make sure I would treat the girls I dated better than the boys she was dating were treating her. So she made me ________ doors for her every day and ________ me to walk on the inside closest to the road. She said it was courteous for me to do this.
Years later I went away to ________, and I remembered the things my ________ had taught me. One day in the university library, I ________ an older woman walking behind me, and I held the ________ open for her. “What’s the matter?” she asked, glaring at me. “Do you think that because I’m a woman, I’m not ________ enough to open a door for myself?” She rolled her ________ and shook her head. “Freshman,” she whispered, ________ past me. I decided that there would be no more door opening or chair holding or closest-to-the-traffic walking for me.
As I stood there, however, another upperclassman ________ the library door, her arms overloaded with textbooks. Instinctively I reached to open the door for her. “Thanks!” she said ________. “It’s nice to see we still have a few gentlemen around here!”
Three years later I met a beautiful freshman who actually ________ my courtesy to her, and for 35 years we’ve been trying to out-nice each other.
1.A.rude B.polite C.naughty D.lovely
2.A.eating B.sleeping C.speaking D.traveling
3.A.tickets B.clothes C.hamburgers D.drinks
4.A.impatiently B.delightedly C.unwillingly D.intentionally
5.A.when B.before C.after D.since
6.A.good manners B.bad manners C.common practice D.basic knowledge
7.A.proud B.curious C.anxious D.foolish
8.A.growing B.dating C.marrying D.divorcing
9.A.answer B.close C.repair D.open
10.A.forced B.requested C.taught D.allowed
11.A.college B.hospital C.church D.office
12.A.classmates B.teachers C.sisters D.colleagues
13.A.ignored B.noticed C.knocked D.mentioned
14.A.box B.parcel C.window D.door
15.A.strong B.old C.brave D.wise
16.A.hair B.sleeves C.eyes D.body
17.A.pacing B.brushing C.escaping D.running
18.A.ran into B.went past C.jumped at D.came near
19.A.eagerly B.calmly C.brightly D.nervously
20.A.refused B.appreciated C.doubted D.evaluated
