Having an outdoor meal is always fun, but it can also be disappointing if ________.
A. planned not carefully B. not planning carefully
C. not planned carefully D. not to be planned carefully
You will succeed in the end ________ you give up halfway.
A. even if B. as though
C. as long as D. unless
Not until the train pulled into the next station _______her suitcase gone.
A. Mary had found B. had Mary found
C. did Mary find D. Mary found
he heavy fog in London made _______deep impression on us, which was sometimes so heavy that we lost ________sight of everything.
A. a; the B. a; 不填
C. the; a D. the; 不填
A group of frogs were travelling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit(坑). When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good 1. dead. The two frogs didn't listen to the others and tried to jump out of the pit with all 2. might The other frogs kept 3. (tell) them to stop. Finally, one of the frogs heard what the other frogs were saying and gave 4. , so he died.
The other frog went on jumping as hard as he 5. . Once again, the other frogs cried at him and told him to stop and just allow himself to die. He jumped even 6. and 7. (final) made himself out. When he got out, the other frogs said, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog explained to them that something was wrong with his hearing. He thought they 8. (encourage) him the whole time.
There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone 9. is down can lift him or her up and help them make it through the day. Be careful of 10. you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of words — anyone can speak bad words that rob another of the spirit to go on in difficult times. But an encouraging word can go such a long way.
Don’t Wait Until Flowers Fade
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (路沟) along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one blue flower that has always my eye. I’ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, and the afternoon sun is too warm it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful .
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look in that bed alongside wildflowers.
Everyday I drove the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes ...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband gave me a folding shovel(铁锹) one year to be used for that purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was to see that the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you too long. You it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor(脑瘤晚期). She is 20 years older than my husband and , because of age and distance, we haven’t been as as we all would have liked.
I couldn’t help but see the between the pretty blue flowers and the between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some valuable that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I'll stop and them to my wildflower garden
1.A．sweetB．interesting C．differentD．particular
2.A．fascinated B．struckC．caughtD．charm
3.A．forB．toC．withD．on
4.A．plantsB．flowersC．onesD．wilds
5.A．openB．main hall C．frontD．kitchen
6.A．greatB．wellC．horribleD．ugly
7.A．manyB．variousC．otherD．colorful
8.A．passedB．pastC．passD．pasted
9.A．damagedB．readyC．dirtyD．smelly
10.A．everB．onceC．neverD．even
11.A．expressed B．temporary C．unfinishedD．permanent
12.A．annoying B．saddened C．interestedD．helpless
13.A．wastedB．ignoredC．thoughtD．waited
14.A．would have done B．need have done C．should have doneD．muse have done
15.A．unconsciously B．fortunately C．unfortunately D．consciously
16.A．closeB．closelyC．closedD．near
17.A．connection B．difference C．meaningD．significance
18.A．friendship B．relationship C．supportD．relative
19.A．treesB．memories C．speciesD．roses
20.A．digB．rescueC．transmitD．transplant
