A young executive was traveling down a neighborhood street．He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something．As his car passed，no children appeared．Instead，a brick smashed into his door! He slammed on the brakes(make his car stop)．The angry driver then jumped out of the car, caught the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car，shouting，“What was that all about and who are you?”
The young boy was apologetic．“Please，Mister．．．Please，I’m sorry…I didn’t know what else to do．I threw the brick because no one else would stop…”
With tears dripping down his face，the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car．“It’s my brother，”he said．“He fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up．”
Now sobbing(crying silently)，the boy asked the executive，“Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me．’’
Moved beyond words，the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat．He hurriedly lifted the boy back into the wheelchair，then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed(a light touch) at the fresh scrapes and cuts．A quick look told him everything was going to be okay．“Thank you and may God bless you．”the grateful child told the stranger．Shaken up for words，the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair—bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home．
God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts．Sometimes when we don’t have time to listen，he has to throw a brick at us．Don’t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!
1.The executive slowed down because______. .
A．he saw a boy throw a brick to his car
B．he saw a boy rush out from between cars
C．he was afraid some boys suddenly rushed out
D．a brick smashed into his door
2.The boy threw the brick to the car in order to_________.
A. disturb the driver on purpose
B．destroy the car of the stranger
C．ask someone to drive him home
D．stop someone to help him
3.Knowing the reason why the boy threw the brick at his car the executive must feel .
A．sympathized and excited
B．regretful and sympathized
C．ashamed and regretful
D．angry and regretful
4.After the boy’s brother fell off his wheelchair, .
A．the boy threw bricks at several cars
B．the boy tried to stop several cars
C．the boy’s brother was hurt seriously
D．the boy’s brother wanted to stop a car
5.From the last paragraph we can learn that .
A．you shouldn’t drive so fast that someone throws at you
B．it is common to throw a brick at a car running too fast
C．you can’t go through your life without a brick throwing at you
D．you should pay more attention to others and help them
With his game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer, Jeremy Lin (林书豪) finished the New York Knicks' dramatic reversed(扭转) victory to defeat the Toronto Rapters.
The Knicks have won six games in a row, and Jeremy Lin has put up impressive numbers during the continuous period of competitions. Although the season is still young, the Knicks have reversed course in just one week from the NBA's most disappointing team to a playoff (季后赛) contestant. Lin, not team's high-paid stars, has saved the Knicks season and likely coach D'Antoni's job.
After nearly 15 years of disappointing, sometimes unsuccessful seasons, Madison Square Garden is alive again, and New York City can't stop talking about the Knicks. To put things into perspective（角度）, consider this: Just several years back, Knicks fans protested nightly outside of the Garden calling for the team's ownership to fire their resented coach Isiah Thomas.
Now, Madison Square Garden Co. shares are at a record high, the Knicks' average household television rating is up 70 percent since Lin joined the starting lineup (首发阵容), and jersey sales are increasing very quickly. I watched the Knicks-Lakers game at a bar in Harlem, and have not felt that kind of energy from fans since the great playoff between the Knicks and Miami Heat in the late 1990s.
Beyond the Knicks, Lin may be saving the NBA as well. Just a few months back, the NBA took a massive credibility（威信）hit during a multi-month lockout（停工）, where the owners did not allow the players to go back to play until they accept the new salary levels. As a consequence, the season did not even begin until Christmas Day. Over the past few years, LeBron James' (勒布朗﹒詹姆斯) relatively long and unpleasant free-agent (自由职业球员) events, combined with poor play around the league, have angered fans and damaged the league's brand.
Lin is leading a one-week NBA basketball revival. His legendary story has inspired Asian-Americans, increased NBA sales in China, and turned the basketball world upside down.
1.The passage is mainly about______
A. why the New Yorkers thought well of Jeremy Lin
B. why Jeremy Lin became a member of the Knicks
C. how the Knicks defeated its opponents in a great playoff
D. how Jeremy Lin saved the Knicks, probably including the NBA
2.According to the passage, Jeremy Lin's excellent performance saved the following except___
A. The NBA
B. Coach Isiah Thomas
C. The Knicks
D. Madison Square Garden Co.’s shares
3.The underlined word “young” in Paragraph 2 probably means "______"
A. not old yet. B. not completely grown.
C. in the development D. in the early stage
4.The NBA suffered the credibility crisis months ago because____
A. The NBA delayed the season because of players’ wage disagreements
B. the NBA was disappointed at James’ free-agent event.
C. The NBA canceled the basketball match for the coming Christmas
D. James had a bad performance in the basketball court
5.Which one of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. These Knicks’ stars who were paid well saved the Knicks season
B. The Knicks didn’t satisfy its fans for nearly 15 years until this season
C. The fans objected to dismissing Coach Isiah Thomas outside the Garden
D. The owners and the players didn’t agree on raising the TV ratings
How many times have you got upset because someone wasn't doing his job，because your child isn't behaving？How many times have you been irritated (恼怒的) when you've planned something carefully and things didn't go as you'd hoped?
This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us—it’s part of the human experiences.
One thing that irritates me is when people talk during a movie，or cut me off in traffic. Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances—don't we all？And it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or irritated.
Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken .
See, the cause of our stress, anger and irritation is that things don't go the way we like, the way we expect them to. Think of how many times this has been true for you. And so the solution is simple：expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned，expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.
One quick example: on our recent trip to Japan, I told my kids to expect things to go wrong—they always do on a trip. I told them, “See it as part of the adventure.”
And this worked like a charm. When we inevitably(不可避免地) took the wrong train on a foreignlanguage subway system, or when it rained on the day we went to Disney Sea, or when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children's Castle closed on Mondays...they said, “It's part of the adventure！” And it was all OK—we didn't get too bothered.
So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks some day, you might get upset. But things will be different, if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it'll break some day, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a timetraveler, or someone with timetraveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks. And when it breaks, you won't be upset or sad—because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.
1.The author’s children could enjoy their trip to Japan because________.
A. everything went smoothly
B. they had a lot of adventures
C. they had expected things to go wrong
D. they could soon get used to the customs there
2.The author would probably agree that________.
A. we should control our anger and irritation
B. we must get well prepared for the future
C. optimism can help us overcome our anger and irritation
D. anger and irritation is a natural part of our life
3.The purpose of the author is to________.
A. tell us his own experience in life
B. advise us how to find peace of mind
C. tell us a happy trip he took with his children
D. ask us to see things from both sides
4.By the underlined part (in Para.3), the author tells us to________.
A. get ready for the worst result of things
B. enjoy the process of things
C. expect little from life
D. find the relationship between cause and effect
5.We can learn from the passage that the author________.
A. often gets angry in his life
B. can adjust his state of mind accordingly
C. always expects others to act in his way
D. always suffers from his anger and irritation
The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is . But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.
Dad felt it was his to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_ and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they well?”
“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices them what they are.”
“ choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.
“Oh, no. Only when we choose the things.”
“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's . He reached down and began to with the snow. He the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.
The child looked at both sides but answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
“It’ s a snowman! The side made me snowman!” the boy replied with
Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) to build up mankind,” Dad said.
The child then stood up and an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work together. They have a(n) .”
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right
and learn to build the best snowman ever.”
1.A. different B. similar C. freezing D. special
2.A. challenge B. responsibility C. trouble D. position
3.A. private B. associated C. unique D. isolated
4.A. inspected B. watched C. glanced D. glared
5.A. beautiful B. effective C. comfortable D. significant
6.A. cheer up B. take care C. get along D. break up
7.A. remain B. appear C. become D. make
8.A. Though B. However C. So D. While
9.A. exact B. Wrong C. fortunate D. coincident
10.A. interest B. concern C. worry D. faith
11.A. communicate B. mix C. work D. relate
12.A. separated B. divided C. distinguished D. parted
13.A. couldn' t B. shouldn' t C. wouldn' t D. needn' t
14.A. that B. what C. how D. when
15.A. disappointment B. frustration C. enthusiasm D. humour
16.A. power B. effort C. organization D. attempt
17.A. gathered B. sorted C. threw D. formed
18.A.agreement B. debate C. war D. negotiation
19.A. trembled B. swung C. pulled D. held
20.A. steps B. turns C. choices D. points
—Well，I do think the ipod is smart, convenient and intelligent．
—________．
A．So it is B．So is it C．So does it D．So it does
I would rather ________ to work after my graduation, but my fathe would rather I ________ abroad for further education.
A. to go ; go B.go; went C.went ; have gone D . went ; will go
