The story goes that two best friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had a（n）1, and one friend slapped（打耳光）the other one in the _2.
The one who got slapped was _3, but without saying anything, wrote in the _4: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”
They keep on walking _5they found an oasis（绿洲），_6they decided to take a bath, The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire（泥沼）and started _7, but the friend saved him.
After he _8from the near drowning, he _9on a stone: “Today my best friend _10my life.”
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend 11him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. 12?”
The other friend replied: “When someone hurts us we should write 13down in the sand where winds of 14can erase it. But when someone does something 15for us, we must carve it in stone where no wind can 16erase it.”
What does the story 17us? — Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your 18in stone.
Send this sentence to the people you’ll never 19. It’s a 20message to let them know that you’ll never forget them.
1.A. stop B. argument C. rest D. agreement
2.A. face B. hand C. head D. back
3.A. defeated B. injured C. hurt D. refused
4.A. stone B. desert C. diary D. sand
5.A. while B. before C. when D. until
6.A. which B. where C. when D. that
7.A. crying B. drowning C. falling D. dying
8.A. came B. returned C. recovered D. took
9.A. wrote B. drew C. recorded D. stood
10.A. protected B. changed C. supported D. saved
11.A. questioned B. told C. asked D. answered
12.A. How B. Why C. When D. Where
13.A. them B. these C. it D. those
14.A. forgiveness B. love C. peace D. kindness
15.A. hard B. bad C. friendly D. good
16.A. ever B. never C. still D. even
17.A. remind B. tell C. prove D. inform
18.A. benefits B. profits C. advantages D. memories
19.A. remember B. leave C. forget D. miss
20.A. useless B. long C. traditional D. short
Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city, 1was very near the countryside. She worked 2a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of 3
Mrs. Green had a good voice and she 4her classes exciting. But she had a 5point. Some of her notes（音调）were so high that they sounded like a door which needed 6. In order to improve her notes, she took 7chance（机会）that she could find to practise.
As her house was not big, she couldn't practise 8in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing 9the country road. She practised her high notes 10walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car 11along the road, she 12singing. She did not want her high notes to be 13, for she was shy.
One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so 14and so fast that she didn't 15it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her 16and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a 17expression come over the driver's face. He stopped suddenly to 18all the tires（轮胎）carefully.
Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the 19he had heard really was. The driver found 20wrong, got back into the car and drove off.
1.A. that B. which C. where D. there
2.A. as B. like C. with D. on
3.A. books B. pictures C. sports D. music
4.A. got B. supported C. made D. forced
5.A. weak B. strong C. good D. special
6.A. painting B. locking C. cleaning D. oiling
7.A. some B. each C. a D. other
8.A. operating B. listening C. singing D. other
9.A. across B. beside C. close to D. along
10.A. as soon as B. while C. after D. before
11.A. coming B. disappearing C. leaving D. driving
12.A. kept B. went on C. stopped D. began
13.A. found B. made C. hearing D. heard
14.A. quietly B. quickly C. carefully D. slowly
15.A. recognize B. catch C. realize D. provide
16.A. biggest B. highest C. nice D. largest
17.A. puzzled B. sad C. serious D. happy
18.A. watch B. examine C. control D. notice
19.A. fact B. note C. noise D. music
20.A. the tires B. everything C. something D. nothing
The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA. “Police station？ A train for Santa FE collide（碰撞）with a（n） 1at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once, with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured，” said a（n） 2voice of a young woman.
“Just a minute, we’ll come 3. Please stay there and wait，” answered the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 4. Soon they got to the 5, but only to 6everything was fine. No collision, no 7man.
“What a dirty trick！” Said the policeman 8. “We must find out that mischievous（恶作剧的） 9and.”
They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 10they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 11a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too. 12it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it 13meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 14out of the damaged truck, he was 15hurt just 16the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 17in time, he was saved at last.
Later the policemen did 18they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 19.
It is 20that a prophecy（预言）should coincide（巧合）with the fact so exactly.
1.A. ambulance B. truck C. car D. bus
2.A. anxious B. sweet C. gentle D. low
3.A. fast B. ahead C. soon D. later
4.A. went by B. set off C. got there D. came on
5.A. telephone B. street C. station D. crossing
6.A. feel B. find C. have D. tell
7.A. injured B. trapped C. frightened D. killed
8.A. happily B. excitedly C. angrily D. disappointedly
9.A. man B. policeman C. woman D. boy
10.A. until B. since C. while D. when
11.A. at B. of C. by D. for
12.A. When B. Where C. That D. Which
13.A. dozen B. dozens C. dozen of D. dozens of
14.A. raised B. helped C. pushed D. forced
15.A. slightly B. clearly C. hardly D. badly
16.A. as B. so C. before D. for
17.A. police station B. market C. hospital D. sidewalk
18.A. that B. which C. however D. whatever
19.A. delayed B. worked C. stopped D. failed
20.A. surprised B. surprising C. satisfied D. satisfying
With excitement we started our small business. No longer were we _1_ to have a weekly paycheck.. We now were on our own to _2_ an income to provide us with the money to live. I was a little _3_ about our ability to do this. But Byron, my wife, believed in our products and believed in our ability to _4.
We invested （投资） heavily in producing a number of products, _5none of them were popular with customers. The market gave us so heavy a _6__ that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses.
We now had our money _7__ in the booth（货摊） that we had rented for the summer and fall months. We had a lot of money _8_ up in materials. So we did not have enough money to _ _9__ our monthly bills. We were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads.
As we discussed our _10__ , I happened to read the words：“If you have made mistakes ... there is always another chance for you ... you may have a ___11__ start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘Failure’ is not falling down, but _12_ down.”
The words reinforced（增强）my determination and Byron’s _13__ that we could succeed. We did fall down, but we were _14_ not to stay down! So, we stepped back and refocused. We came up with new products using remaining __15___. We redesigned our booth. We reconsidered our pricing system. And, we started making enough money to pay our __16__.
If we had done nothing, if we had allowed ourselves to “stay down”, then we would have __17__ But we made the choice to learn from our __18__, and we moved forward with more determination. Those words _19__ a much better idea on failure -- a chance for a fresh start! The most important point here is “choice” because you decide how you __20_ your failure, you decide if you stay down.
1.A. happy B. dangerous C. ready D. safe
2.A. produce B. receive C. reduce D. afford
3.A. excited B. worried C. confused D. confident
4.A. manage B. survive C. succeed D. compete
5.A. unless B. so C. but D. though
6.A. blow B. drop C. push D. surprise
7.A. cost B. spent C. wasted D. paid
8.A.put B. used C. taken D. tied
9.A. cover B. support C. discard D. consider
10.A. plans B. dreams C. expectations D. choices
11.A. good B. fresh C. natural D. sudden
12.A. staying B. coming C. keeping D. going
13.A. belief B. imagination C. suggestion D. requirement
14.A. able B. supposed C. prepared D. determined
15.A. tools B. machines C. materials D. goods
16.A. debts B. bills C. costs D. products
17.A. ended B. missed C. fell D. failed
18.A. performances B. experiences C. mistakes D. promises
19.A. explain B. create C. offer D. prove
20.A. view B. fear C. seize D. discover
.It took George quite a while to find a 1place for his car and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow street, 2from the dentist’s. As he got out, he glanced at his 3. His appointment（约会）was at five and he still had twenty minutes to 4. He crossed into the square and 5on a bench, partly to 6the last of the afternoon sun, 7to calm his nerves （神经）. He hated these visits 8the dentist（牙医）.
As he sat there, watching the children at play and 9to the old women talking to each other, he turned around to see a red car like his own come out of the 10where he had parked. The car gathered speed and was soon 11of sight. George 12in his pockets for the keys: They were not there. “My car!” he cried 13a loud voice, which made several people stare at him. He got up and ran across the 14and then down the narrow street. His car was not to be seen--but then he discovered it concealed（被隐藏） 15a large one. He was relieved （使宽慰）to find his 16, still in his car.
By the time he reached the dentist’s it was already five. “I had rather an odd (奇特的) 17,” he said to the dentist to explain his 18. “I thought my car had been 19.”
“It’s quite 20sir,” said the dentist. “As a matter of fact I have only just got here myself.”
1.A. leaving B. parking（停车） C. wide D. special
2.A. in a way B. far away C. some way D. near
3.A. watch B. teeth C. car D. place
4.A. leave B. sit C. spare D. see the doctor
5.A. stopped B. stepped C. stood D. sat down
6.A. shine B. enjoy C. get D. receive
7.A. but also B. so C. in order D. for
8.A. by B. of C. to D. with
9.A. listen B. listening C. to listen D. listened
10.A. car B. place C. street D. way
11.A. disappeared B. out C. left D. lost
12.A. looked B. felt C. found D. searched
13.A. with B. at C. in D. by
14.A. square B. hospital C. street D. bench
15.A. with B. behind C. after D. in
16.A. bags B. money C. keys D. card
17.A. chance B. luck C. thing D. experience
18.A. hateness B. reason C. lateness D. car
19.A. robbed B. stolen C. lost D. there
20.A. true B. good C. often D. all right
I have recently discovered that _____ is the people you surround yourself with that matters most in life.
A. what B. it C. who D. that
