A father sat at his desk and looked at his bills when his young son rushed in and announced: "Dad, because today is your birthday and you're 40 years old, I'm going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!" When the boy started making good on his word (履行诺言) , the father shouted: "Andrew, don’t do it now. I'm too busy! "
The boy soon fell silent as tears fell from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said: "You can finish later. The boy said nothing but quietly walked away." That evening the father said: "Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!" But the boy didn’t.
Unfortunately, a few days later after the father's birthday, the boy had an accident and died. His sad father wrote: "If only I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words, and how much my heart is hurting."
Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving act, or others will take it as a "NO" and it can leave a scar(伤痕). If we don't receive love, our life will lose its true meaning. Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are near and dear to us .
1.On his father's birthday, the boy wanted to________
A. help pay the bills B. have a talk with his father
C. buy his father a gift D. give his father kisses
2.The boy felt _ when hi s father refused him.
A. sorry B. surprised C. sad D. excited
3.A few days after the fathers birthday, the boy _
A. was badly hurt in an accident
B. was killed in an accident
C. had to go back to school
D. became unhappy with his father
4.The headline "Love is a two-way street" means
A. love keeps one busy all the time
B. love can make people happy and unhappy
C. we should learn to give and receive love
D. it's important to love people around us
5.We can know from the story that
A. the father is busy with his work
B. the boy is hard -working
C. the father doesn’t like the boy
D. the boy is too careless
A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor(教授). Soon they began to ____ the stress in work and life.
The professor went to the kitchen and returned ____ a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups — crystal (水晶的), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some plain looking; some ____, some cheap. And he told them to help ____ to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were ____, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is ____ for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root(根源) of your ____ and stress.
You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee, ____ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, ____ you consciously went for the best cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, ___and positions(职位) in society are the cups. They are just ___ to hold life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, ____ concentrating(全神贯注) only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has ____ us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make ____ of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak ____. And leave the rest to God.
1.A. think of B. thank for C. complain about D. drop out
2.A. for B. at C. in D. with
3.A. expensive B. ordinary C. strong D. serious
4.A. them B. themselves C. him D. everyone
5.A. mixed up B. left C. taken up D. refused
6.A. normal B. important C. impossible D. necessary
7.A. thoughts B. failure C. questions D. problems
8.A. Who B. How much C. What D. That
9.A. and B. but C. so D. or
10.A. money B. age C. health D. purpose
11.A. cups B. tools C. bags D. bowls
12.A. about B. without C. to D. by
13.A. taught B. provided C. returned D. bought
14.A. fun B. use C. the best D. the worst
15.A. kindly B. sadly C. rudely D. seriously
---- ______. Hope is always around you.
----Thank you, Miss Wang.
A. Never give up
B. Don’t be late
C. Don’t thank goodness
D. Never get so proud
----Philip has gone to New Zealand.
--- Oh, can you tell me .
A. When did he leave B. when he is leaving
C. when he left D. when is he leaving
----Excuse me. When can we play badminton at the court?
----Not until it _______ next week.
A. repairs B. will repair
C. is repaired D. will be repaired
In winter, we must pay attention to .
A. keep warm B. keep warmly C. keeping warmly D. keeping warm
