Years ago I moved to Woodland Hills to take a job in a small hospital’s emergency department. No one wanted to work on Christmas Eve, so the shift（轮班）went to me. I kissed my family goodbye and went off to spend the night in the hospital. It was a thankless job.
At 9 pm, the ambulance brought in a man in his 60s who was having a heart attack. His face was pale, and he was frightened. The whole night I did my best to save his life. Before I left in the morning to spend Christmas with my family, I stopped by to see how he was doing. It was still tough, but he had survived the night and was sleeping.
The following year I got Christmas Eve duty again. At 9 pm sharp, the ward clerk told me there was a couple who wanted to speak with me. When I approached them, the man introduced himself as Mr. Lee and said, “You probably don’t remember me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life. Thank you for the year you gave me.” He and his wife hugged me, handed me a small gift, and left.
The following year a new doctor had joined the group, but I wanted to see if Mr. and Mrs. Lee would return. This time, I volunteered for the shift. I kept an eye on the door. Once again, at exactly 9 pm, the Lees appeared, carrying a warmly wrapped bundle. It was their new grandchild. Mr. Lee, his family and I spent 13 Christmas Eves together.
The last year I saw him, he brought me a gift. I carefully opened the package and found a crystal bell inside. It was carved with a single word: Friendship. Now, my family, friends and I ring that bell every Christmas Eve at exactly 9 pm and offer our best wishes to the man who we won’t forget.
1.The author had to work the night shift on Christmas Eve probably because ______.
A. she was a new arrival
B. she was more experienced
C. her colleagues had no passion for working
D. her colleagues wanted to give her a surprise
2. When the author left the hospital the next morning, ______.
A. Mr. Lee’s heart sank
B. Mr. Lee insisted on leaving hospital
C. Mr. Lee got very angry with her
D. Mr. Lee was out of immediate danger
3.What does the author ring the bell every Christmas Eve for
A. To honor an old friend of hers.
B. To offer best wishes to her family and friends.
C. To show off her special gift.
D. To fill her family and friends with hopes.
4.What could be the best title for the passage?
A. A Kind Couple B. A Severe Heart Attack
C. A thankless task D. A Special Appointment
Product Description
Life Without Limits helps you clarify what you want in every area of your life. By using Bassett’s powerful techniques you will change; therefore your life will change. You control you life. will change. You control your life. And only you can take steps to change it. Life Without Limits helps you take back your power.
Life Without Limits helps you to achieve satisfaction and fulfillment personally, professionally, and financially. Once you have defined what success means for you, you will clarify your dreams and start pursuing them.
Product Details
●Published in: 2001-12
●Released on: 2001-12-24
●Original language: English
●Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8 inches
●Binding: Paperback
●304 pages
About the Author
Lucinda Bassett is the founder and CEO of one of the most successful self-help companies in the country, the Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety, Inc. Author of the national bestseller From Panic to Power, Lucinda Bassett produces and hosts the award-winning infomercial, Attacking Anxiety. She has shared her techniques with such clients as McDonalds, Chrysler, and AT&T. She has appeared on numerous talk shows, including Operah and The View, and been featured in Family Circle, Reader’s Digest, and many more.
Customer Reviews
This book has helped me to gain hope and courage to cope with all my fears and worries. Lucinda writes with such a great understanding and sympathy. She herself had problems with panic and worry. Her positive thinking tips are easy to follow. I don’t get lost in a lot of mental problems. It’s as if she were holding your hand, sitting right beside you, cheering you on! I believe I can do anything I set my mind to after reading this book. However, there are some other readers holding the contrary views.
1.What is Life Without Limits about?
A. It shows readers what Lucinda Bassett is.
B. It encourages readers to realize their dreams.
C. It describes how hard the actual life is.
D. It implies it is hard to control your life.
2.Lucinda Bassett works as all the following except _______.
A. hostess B. teacher C. writer D. businesswoman
3.We can conclude from the last paragraph that _______.
A. Lucinda has made a lot of money from the book
B. all the customers have some mental problems
C. Lucinda talks with the customer face to face
D. all the customers don’t agree with what Lucinda wrote will change.
假如你是银川一中的李华，你在某英文论坛上看到一个帖子。澳大利亚中学生Martin想来中国旅游，你向他推荐了西安市，请根据以下提示写一封电子邮件。
内容包括：1.自我介绍；
2.推荐理由：历史悠久、景色优美、文化丰富、市民友好、小吃多样；
3.你的祝愿。
注意：1. 字数不少于100；
2. 适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
Dear Martin,
I’m very glad to have read the post that you put on the English Forum.
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Yours,
Li Hua
短文改错
假段定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(
)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As is often the case, when people are attending to meetings, having meals or waiting for buses, you can always find them addicting to their phones, completely ignoring others.
This is really a common phenomena in our life. The reason is why smart phones nowadays can be used for people to play mobile games and kept in touch with friends through QQ and WeChat. Therefore, too much exposure to phones are bad for people in terms of health. Moreover, people involved in phones fail to communicate well with these around them.
As far as I am concerned, people should wisely make use of their phones to help their work and study. Meanwhile, care much about their family and friends rather than mobile phones.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is natural that young people are often 1. （comfort） when they are with their parents.
They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways, 2. they are too serious and too strict with their children, and that they seldom give their children a free hand.
Parents often find 3. difficult to win their children’s trust and they always forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people like to act without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Adults worry 4. （much） easily. Most of them plan things ahead.
Young people make their parents angry with their 5. （choose） in clothes, in entertainment and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble: It just shows that they feel cut off 6. the adult’s world, and they have not yet been accepted into their world. That’s why young people want to make a new culture of 7. own. And if their parents do not like their music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people very happy.
Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to say “yes” to what you do. All you want is 8. （leave） alone and do what you like. It is natural enough, after 9. （be）a child for so many years, when you were completely under your parents’ control.
If you plan to control your life, you’d better win your parents. If your parents see that you have 10. high sense of responsibility, they will give you the right to do what you want to do.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.
But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the _________ , where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk _________ by myself. Then the doctor began the _________ . He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,” he said, “I _________ you have a retinal(视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never _________ a day in your life…”
My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an _________ result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly _________ a person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without _________ . I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to _________ and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the _________ of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which _________ me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of _________ each time I completed a paper.
Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I _________ appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my _________, continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and _________ up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness _________ I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I _________ so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in _________.
Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my _________ into success. He set the bar too _________ and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do.
1.A. station B. company C. clinic D. lab
2.A. silently B. proudly C. suddenly D. easily
3.A. operation B. treatment C. examination D. argument
4.A. suspect B. acknowledge C. confirm D. advocate
5.A. rest B. work C. live D. sleep
6.A. urgent B. obvious C. accurate D. ordinary
7.A. reminds B. robs C. warns D. informs
8.A. assistance B. medicine C. allowance D. balance
9.A. dance B. shine C. widen D. tear
10.A. houses B. habits C. names D. addresses
11.A. asked B. permitted C. forced D. encouraged
12.A. pleasure B. worry C. trouble D. stress
13.A. admitted B. penned C. wanted D. described
14.A. shame B. admiration C. delight D. disappointment
15.A. gave B. lit C. came D. put
16.A. although B. after C. since D. unless
17.A. feared B. sought C. brought D. rejected
18.A. mind B. use C. time D. print
19.A. imagination B. personality C. motivation D. responsibility
20.A. low B. far C. long D. close
