I was sitting in the surgical waiting area(手术等候区) at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends, who were ____ waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.
There was a young boy sitting quietly in the ____. He held a small box of ____in one hand and a tablet (写字板) in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost ____. And there was a strange silence.
"Daddy, when is Mommy going home?" the young boy asked, breaking the ____.
"Tomorrow." his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons (蜡笔) and ____ something on the tablet.
I ____him as he moved his feet back and forth, looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine-filled window. "When's ____, Daddy?" he asked. His father ____ him over to sit by him. "Come, ____ here next to me," he said with a gentle tone in his voice. ____ his things, the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner. The man ____ out and held his son by his shoulder.
"There are three days in life. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done, one we live in, the other we ____. We can't live in yesterday, but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow," he said in an attempt to ____ the boy.
The little boy looked at him for a moment and said, "If Mommy is going home tomorrow, I'll be _____. So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy."
Now hanging on every word of this ____, I leaned forward to hear his response. It was ____.
"Son, the one great thing about today is once it ____, it is already almost tomorrow."
I thought about how ____ it was. Even in my adult life, I still live waiting for what tomorrow may_____. Now I know that it is already "almost tomorrow".
1.A. patiently B. happily C. peacefully D. eagerly
2.A. chair B. distance C. corner D. shadow
3.A. gifts B. crayons C. chalks D. toys
4.A. dark B. empty C. full D. clean
5.A. promise B. rule C. record D. silence
6.A. wrote B. printed C. drew D. expressed
7.A. followed B. found C. caught D. watched
8.A. today B. yesterday C. tomorrow D. future
9.A. knocked B. ordered C. pulled D. called
10.A. stand B. lie C. sit D. sleep
11.A. Saving B. Forgetting C. Gathering D. Choosing
12.A. reached B. took C. set D. got
13.A. spend B. waste C. expect D. kill
14.A. frighten B. warn C. persuade D. satisfy
15.A. better B. calmer C. smarter D. happier
16.A. story B. conversation C. opinion D. discussion
17.A. perfect B. silly C. active D. humorous
18.A. loses B. gets C. starts D. lasts
19.A. sincere B. important C. interesting D. meaningful
20.A. happen B. come C. need D. bring
The winner's guide to success
Do you know what makes people successful? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people in America.1.
Be responsible for yourself.
Sometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, you are giving away your own power.2.
Write a plan
It is very difficult to try to get what you want without a good plan. It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away.3.Without this "map", you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the "map" you'll enjoy the "trip" and get what you want in the shortest possible time.
4.
Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won't get anything valuable.
Never give up
5.When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.
A．A good plan is like a map to you.
B．It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done.
C．Some people achieve success much later in life because they didn’t work harder earlier.
D．You are saying they have more control over your life than you do.
E. Someone else's opinion of you doesn't have to become your reality.
F. Be willing to pay the price.
G. Here are some keys to success that they give.
Finding your feet in a new town can be hard, especially if you're covered in fur and don't speak the language. But for pets new to Marlborough, help is at hand.
Marlborough SPCA and the Railway Café, in Blenheim, have joined forces to help welcome pets and their people to the area with morning teas. They hope the morning teas will get tails and tongues wagging(狗摇摆尾巴）as well as giving advice on how to make the move easier.
Railway Café owner Leanne Harris came up with the creative plan as a way to help welcome people to the area. Leanne moved to Marlborough from Auckland two years ago and said she first struggled to find friends and feel part of the community. "Coming from Auckland I thought people would open their doors and that there would be neighbors calling round with cake. I expected people to come to me and, of course, it wasn't like that. I did get lonely." "I hope to save newcomers having to wait as long as I did to feel part of it all. I would like to welcome them to the town."
Free plates of sandwiches, cakes will be offered, for the people, while there will be special yoghurt and banana treats for the dogs. The morning teas will take place in the covered area at the back of the popular café beside the railway station off Grove Rd.
Leanne said she was happy to devote both her time and effort to giving back to the community and felt the project was a great fit with the SPCA.
"Volunteering is such an amazing thing to do and it changed things for me completely, and I met some amazing people with similar interests."
SPCA Op Shop manager Karina Greenall, originally from the United Kingdom, said she also wanted to help. "I can give advice on how to resettle pets, the best parks to go to, where the best walks are and where the Civil Service are in town." There will be volunteering chances. too for people where they can help out and hopefully make friends too.
1.How will Marlborough SPCA and the Railway Café help new pets?
A. By offering morning teas. B. By giving advice to them.
C. By communication with them. D. By providing a place to them.
2.What was Leanne's plan originally intended for?
A. Saving animals. B. Enlarging her business.
C. Making more friends. D. Helping newcomers.
3.What had Leanne expected when she first came to Marlborough?
A. To be left alone. B. To struggle for a living.
C. To be invited to dinner. D. To feel part of the community.
4.What can be learnt about SPCA Op Shop manager Karina Greenall?
A. She often misses the United Kingdom.
B. She takes interest in the Railway Café.
C. She shows interest about resettling pets.
D. She has organized the voluntary events.
Consider the tomato: easy to grow, healthy to eat, tasty in just about any dish and pleasant to look at. And come late summer, in steady supply. Though you can find it during the coldest winter months,
August is the tomato's season to shine. Farmers' markets and stores are bursting with less known but tastier varieties, including purple cherries and big heirlooms.
"Heirlooms ripened on the vine(藤) are the tastiest of all tomatoes," says Amy Goldman Fowler, author of The Heirloom Tomato. "I think their beauty is more than skin-deep." Heirloom seeds have been around for at least 50 years, often passed down from generation to generation. You may hear cherry or heirloom used to describe a tomato at hand, but there are many different kinds of tomatoes, and growers have fun giving fancy names to varieties: Mortgage Lifters, Beefsteaks, Oxhearts, Early Girls.
And all of them come with health benefits. Tomatoes are a good source of the antioxidant lycopene (抗氧化番茄红素), which is thought to help lower a person's risk for heart problems and cancer. Tomatoes also contain healthy vitamins A and C. For the best fruit, choose tomatoes with shiny, firm skin and a little give, and store them at room temperature away from direct sunlight. Keep them out of the fridge, since cold temperatures can affect the original taste.
"They satisfy something more than just taste," says Fowler. "Tomatoes feed your soul."
1.In which season do tomatoes sell best?
A. Spring. B. Summer.
C. Autumn. D. Winter.
2.What can you learn from the passage?
A. Tomatoes are the tastiest vegetables.
B. Direct sunlight helps to store tomatoes.
C. Tomatoes go bad more quickly in the fridge.
D. Heirlooms are tastier than the other tomatoes.
3.Why do tomatoes benefit people?
A. They can produce most antioxidant lycopene. B. They may prevent some diseases.
C. They can be used as medicine. D. They may make people's skin shiny.
4.What does Amy Goldman Fowler think of tomatoes?
A. They will survive in cold winter months. B. They are less known than other foods.
C. They taste best but look ugly. D. They also make us pleasant.
One cold morning in winter, I went alone to a hillside to do some hunting. I sat there waiting for about an hour. Suddenly, a big beautiful deer appeared less than 20 feet away from me. There was no cover near him. Surely I could shoot him.
To my surprise, he came toward me! He was curious, I suppose, or maybe he was stupid. For this was not a young deer, but a fully grown-up one. He must have known about men and their guns. But this deer came closer, and I still waited. His big eyes never moved away from my face. His wonderful head with a set of antlers (鹿角) was clearly in sight.
I was getting a bit nervous as he walked closer. A big deer can do a lot of damage. Well, he walked right up to where I was sitting. Then he stopped and looked at me.
What happened next was hard to believe. But it all seemed quite natural. I held out my hands and touched his head right between the antlers. And he liked it. The big, wild, beautiful deer bent his head.
I touched his head and body. His nose touched my shoulder. I fed him with my last sandwich.
Well, he finally went his way, down the hill. Shoot him? Not me. You wouldn’t, either. Not after that. I just watched him go, a strong deer carrying a proud head.
I picked up my gun, and started walking back. Suddenly, I heard two shots, one after another. If you have hunted much, you will know what two shots mean. They mean a kill. I had forgotten that there were other hunters around.
You will now understand why I gave up hunting from that day on.
1.How the deer behaved toward the writer shows that___________.
A. it pretended to be friendly to the writer
B. it wanted to attack the writer
C. it was quite friendly to the writer
D. it was too frightened to run away
2.You can infer from the passage that ____________.
A. a grown-up deer usually will not get close to men with guns
B. the writer was a little nervous at first as he had been attacked by a big deer before
C. the writer decided not to kill the deer the moment the deer walked up to him
D. the writer had waited for about an hour before the deer appeared
3.After reading the whole passage, we can know that the passage is written in a(n) ______feelings.
A. worried B. excited
C. sad D. happy
4.According to the passage, the reason why the writer gave up hunting is that__________ .
A. he lost heart as he missed a good chance
B. he felt guilty and was sorry for the lovely deer
C. he wanted to do something for wildlife protection
D. he realized hunting is too dangerous
Red leaves are a symbol of autumn. Enjoying red leaves in the clear, refreshing autumn weather is indeed a good choice.
Now let's have a look at the best red leaves around China and the beauty of autumn.
Destination 1
With different red colors, the Red Leaf Valley extends (延伸) more than 50 kilometers from Jiefang village in Qingling town to Yanjiang village in Songjiang town, Jilin province, Northeast China. Leaves are like different red pigments (颜料), including Chinese red, orange red, ruby red and bright red.
Best time: October
Destination 2
Tachuan or Tashang village is in Huangshan city, Anhui province, East China. The beautiful autumn scenery there is known as one of the four best in China. The red leaves and clear spring add beauty to traditional houses, offering material for photography lovers.
Best time: early to late November
Destination 3
As a result of low temperatures, maple leaves in areas south of the Yangtze River are like shy girls, gradually showing their beauty, turning from green to gold, gold to orange and finally to red. And as it changes slowly, different colors can be seen on the same trees called "colorful maple trees". Viewing at the mountainside is the best choice.
Best time: October to November
Destination 4
For Guangdong province in South China, autumn always comes a little late and lasts longer. Through the end of January, you can see the red leaves any time you want. If you feel pity at saying good-bye to red leaves in North China, you can head to South China to view the beautiful scenery again.
Best time: end of November to end of January
1.If a family from Russia want to enjoy red leaves in China, which of the tourist spots above is the nearest?
A. Destination 1. B. Destination 2.
C. Destination 3 D. Destination 4.
2.According to the text, which of the following statements is True?
A. Tachuan has the best red leaves in China.
B. Tourists can enjoy the most colourful leaves in Jilin province.
C. In Guangdong province, red leaves can be seen at any time throughout the year.
D. Maple leaves in areas south of the Yangtze take on more colors because of weather.
3.What is the purpose of writing this text?
A. To attract photography lovers.
B. To introduce different places of interest.
C. To give advice on how to spend autumn.
D. To suggest some red leaves viewing places.
