I made a pledge (发誓) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting (引用) a Biblical (圣经的) passage about husbands being considerate towards their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”
“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased, maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all the week and now she wants to stay with me.” We walked on the beach when the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed, I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love. There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. Last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with sorrow, “do you know anything I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago…our doctor…Did he tell you anything about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me... Am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
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From the story we may infer that Tom went to the beach cottage ________.
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A．with his family |
B．with Evelyn |
C．alone |
D．with his children |
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During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ________.
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A．she looked lovely in her new clothes |
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B．he had made a lot of money in Wall Street |
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C．he was determined to be a good husband |
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D．she was seriously ill |
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The underlined words “one thing” in the passage refer to the fact that ________.
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A．he praised her sweater, which puzzled her |
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B．she insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated |
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C．he knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her |
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D．he was so good to her that she thought she must be dying |
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By saying “I’m just starting to live”, Tom means that ________.
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A．he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of work |
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B．he is just beginning to enjoy his life as a loving husband |
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C．he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change |
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D．he is beginning to feel sorry for what he did to his wife |
Large wall posters for kids. Your kids will love these cool posters by artist Darla Daly—zebras boarding in the skateboard park, a group of jungle animals playing in the playground and two giraffes taking a drive in the city. Your kids will enjoy decorating their bedroom walls with these posters and their friends will think they are the coolest!
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The passage is written for ________.
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A．teachers |
B．students |
C．kids |
D．parents |
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. Which poster has the biggest size?
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A．Alphabet Wall Art. |
B．Kids World Map. |
C．Skateboard Park. |
D．City Slickers. |
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Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．Kids can just learn some English letters on Alphabet Wall Art. |
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B．City Slickers posters can be bought at 2:00 p.m. every day in a week. |
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C．Kids can get some geography knowledge on Kids World Map. |
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D．Kids can find two cool giraffes on Skateboard Park. |
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The underlined word “illustrated” in Poster II means “________” in Chinese.
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A．印刷 |
B．装饰 |
C．展示 |
D．图解 |
It has always been said that women are not good drivers, because they simply don’t have very good driving ability. On the other hand, most car accidents happen to men; very few happen to women.
From this, we can see that women are much more careful while driving. Another very interesting fact is that in the past, women preferred to let their husbands be the only driver in the family rather than have a driving license. Somehow they were prevented from making this step in their life, but nowadays there are many women that want to pass their driving tests at an early age.
However, we have to admit that men are more skillful drivers than women, but this does not mean that a woman cannot become a good driver by accumulating (积累) experience. So more and more teenagers and women around the age of thirty now want to pass their driving tests. While taking their driving lessons, they also have a number of special lessons with their parents or somebody in the family that has a driving license. This is just to improve their driving abilities and help them to pass the tests more easily.
To conclude, we can say that women are not such bad drivers. They just need more experience than men in order to be able to drive well. And on the other hand, there are a number of women that show better driving skills than the men around them.
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Compared with the past, nowadays many women ________.
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A．prefer to have a driving license |
B．have more accidents while driving |
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C．are somehow prevented from driving |
D．are the only driver in the family |
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What advantage do women have over men in driving?
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A．They have more skills. |
B．They are much more careful. |
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C．They know more traffic rules. |
D．They have more driving experience. |
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What can we infer from the passage?
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A．Teenage girls cannot take driving tests. |
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B．Men didn’t allow women to drive in the past. |
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C．With enough experience, women can become good drivers. |
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D．Women can easily pass their tests by taking driving lessons. |
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The passage mainly talks about ________.
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A．women and their driving ability |
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B．men and their driving ability |
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C．why men are better drivers than women |
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D．why more women like to have a driving license |
Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant. It was his attitude 21 made the waiters follow him. He was a natural motivator (鼓舞人心的人). If a(n) 22 was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him/her how to look on the 23 side of the situation.
This attitude really made me 24, so one day I asked him, “I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person 25. How can you manage it?”
“Every time something bad happens, I can choose to 26 it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining and I can 27 the positive side of life. Why don’t we just do that later?” Jerry said.
Jerry told me an unusual story out of his experience. One day he left the back door of his restaurant 28 and was robbed by three men. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from 29 , slipped off the combination (开启号码的号码组合). The robbers got angry and 30 him.
31 , Jerry was found quickly and taken to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of care, Jerry 32 with fragments (碎片) of the bullets (子弹) still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the 33 . I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. “Did you lose consciousness? Weren’t you 34 ?” I asked.
“No,” Jerry said, “35 when I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.”
“A nurse asked if I was allergic (过敏的) to anything. ‘Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped 36 as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘37 !’”
“Over the laughter, I told them, ‘Please 38 on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”
Jerry survived 39 the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. Attitude, after all, is 40 .
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For some kids, old photos and baby pictures are embarrassing. For others, they are cherished keepsakes (纪念品). But for thousands of children living in orphanages (孤儿院) worldwide, these records of the past simply don't exist. Either the kids' parents weren't around to snap photos, or the pictures have been lost. Whatever the reason is, the Memory Project is giving orphans a lasting document of their youth.
Over the last two years, the Memory Project has provided hand-painted portraits to more than 4,000 children living in orphanages in poor countries. Ben Schumaker, 24, got the idea when he was visiting an orphanage in Guatemala in Central America. But he's not creating the portraits(肖像) alone. Students in hundreds of high school art classes across the U.S. paint them using photos sent from the orphanages.
Schumaker believes that the artists benefit from the project as much as the orphans do. “There are two purposes of the Memory Project,” he said. “One is to offer a special gift to the child abroad. The other is to help open the eyes of the student who is painting.” Staring into the eyes of another person, Schumaker believes, it creates a real connection. This connection raises awareness in U.S. schools about the needs of the world's poor children. “It's about planting a seed,” he said.
Schumaker is also working on Books of Hope, a project in which students of all ages put together homemade books for children in Uganda and India. He hopes that one day children in Uganda and India will send books to the U.S. “It's important to me to have it be a two-way exchange,” Schmnaker says.
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Old photos and baby pictures are clearly unavailable to .
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A．the kids in rich families |
B．the kids in common families |
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C．the kids in expanded families |
D．the kids without parents |
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How can the orphans in Guatemala get a continuing record of their youth?
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A．By hand-painted portraits that Ben Schumaker painted. |
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B．By the photos the orphanage taken for them. |
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C．By the photos taken by the U.S. students in high schools. |
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D．By the Memory Project started by Ben Schumaker. |
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What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
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A．The special gifts that the world's poor children received. |
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B．The benefits that the Memory Project brings. |
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C．The need of the US schools. |
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D．How to help the orphans. |
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According to the passage, Schumaker helps the kids in poor countries.
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A．two |
B．three |
C．four |
D．five |
