In their last moment before the flight took off, I heard a father saying to his daughter, “I love you, I wish you enough.” The daughter said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough to.” They kissed goodbye and the daughter left. I could see the father was very sad.
Suddenly the father walked towards me and asked me, “Did you ever say goodbye to someone knowing it would be the last time?”
His words made me think of my father. Realizing that my father’s days were limited (有限的), I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. So I understood what this father was experiencing.
“Yes, I did.” I answered, “But why is this a last goodbye?”
“I am old and my daughter lives much too far away. Maybe her next trip back will be for my funeral (葬礼),” he said.
“When you were saying goodbye, I heard you say ‘I wish you enough’. What does that mean?”
He began to smile. “My parents used to say it to me. When we say ‘I wish you enough’, we want the other person to have a life filled with enough good things.” He stopped for a moment and continued, “I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate (欣赏、感激) the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life seem much bigger… I wish you enough ‘Hellos’ to get you through the final ‘Goodbye’”.
He then said goodbye to me and walked away.
1.Where did the story happen?
A. In a hospital. B. At a train station.
C. At an airport. D. In a park.
2.The word “joys” in Paragraph 7 is about _______.
A. pleasure B. happiness
C. enjoyment D. all above
3.In the passage, “I wish you enough” means that we wish _______.
A. the other person as much sunshine as possible
B. each other a good life.
C. the other person as many good things as possible
D. it enough rain
4.Which is NOT mentioned according to the passage?
A. The father’s parents used to say “I wish you enough”.
B. The father was sad when his daughter left.
C. The writer was the father’s friend.
D. The father wished his daughter to live a happy life.
5.According to the passage, why must we be wished enough pain?
A. Because no pain, no gain.
B. Because we can keep our spirit alive.
C. Because the pleasures and pains in life are necessary.
D. Because the tiny happiness makes us feel like the great joys.
1. ______ can join the three-day summer program.
A. A kid of 7 B. A boy of 14
C. A girl of 17 D. A man of 26
2. If there is a rainstorm on 14th July, program A will start on ______.
A. Sunday B. Tuesday
C. Monday D. Wednesday
3.Two members and one non-member should pay ______ for the program.
A. $690 B.$730 C.$710 D. $750
4.Free lunches aren’t provided because ______.
A. the lunches cost too much
B.they may bring lunch-boxes
C. there are many restaurants
D.people have different tastes
5.What can we know from the passage?
A.You need to hand in an application for the program.
B. More than 15 students are in each program.
C. We can see three kinds of animals in the program.
D. Youth Explorer is the name of the program.
Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. And we also know that it’s hard to give people a gift, a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and .
As is often the case, some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too . For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very .
Gift giving is different in different . Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be away to someone else, because many people have enough things and don’t want too gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a . In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best . People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.
To make things , some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however, money can make people uncomfortable. “When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they’re being lazy,” says John Wilson. “In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that . When someone gives me money, I feel they don’t think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift has some thought behind it.”
Different people have very different thoughts this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?
1.A. especially B. usually C. commonly D. specially
2.A. disagreements B. dislikes C. displays D. disadvantages
3.A. as B. if C. while D. when
4.A. huge B. similar C. same D. small
5.A. lonely B. happy C. sad D. angry
6.A. cities B. towns C. provinces D. countries
7.A. kept B. thrown C. put D. given
8.A.small B. expensive C. many D. cheap
9.A. guide B. person C. child D. chef
10.A. gift B. reply C. reward D. behavior
11.A. funnier B. harder C. better D. easier
12.A. receiving B. giving C. using D. fetching
13.A. counts B. invents C. finds D. discovers
14.A. who B. what C. where D. that
15.A. in B. to C. on D. up
—Could you please tell me _____________?－Sure.
A. how to get to the post office
B. what to answer the question
C. how much does it weigh
D. where is the new shop
—He’s never told lies,_________ he ? —__________,he’s an honest boy.
A. is , No B. isn’t , Yes
C. has , No D. hasn’t , Yes
—Where’s your father?
—He____________ abroad for some time.
A. has gone to B. has been to
C. has gone D. has been
