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A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew. One day, his friend ___36__ him a young apple tree and told him to take it home and __37__ it.
Seeing the gift, the farmer was very__38____, and he thought he would also have a lot of wonderful apples, but when he got home, he had a(n) ___39__. He didn’t know___40___ to plant it. He thought over and over and __41___ every place he could think of. __42____ he decided to plant the tree in his woods. There were many high trees with thick leaves in the woods. With those trees around no one else could___43___ the young apple tree. He even felt proud of himself for finding so___44___ a place for the apple tree. Every day he went to take care of the tree, __45___ it. To his surprise and ___46___, the apple tree didn’t grow as he had __47___. It died without sunlight and good soil.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a __48__ place. “ What’s the difference?” the farmer said angrily, “ If I had planted the tree near the___49____, passers-by would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and ___50___ some of the apples! If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the ___51_. No matter where I plant the tree, I can’t
have__52__ to enjoy the apples. So there is no difference where I planted it.”
“ Yes,” said the friend, “but __53____ someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also have __54___ a good apple tree! You don’t know the true meaning of ‘share’!”
We should learn to __55___ in our life.
The more you want to own something all by yourself, the less you get at last.
1．A. lent
B. gave
C. sold
D. bought
2．A. study
B. keep
C. plant
D. develop
3．A. tired
B. sad
C. angry
D. happy
4．A. surprise
B. worry
C. accident
D. question
5．A. where
B. how
C. when
D. whether
6．A. practiced
B. tried
C. visited
D. considered
7．A. Finally
B. Generally
C. Suddenly
D. Recently
8．A. like
B. see
C. move
D. hurt
9．A. beautiful
B. secret
C. unusual
D. faraway
10．A. watering
B. watching
C. correcting
D. appreciating
11．A. pleasure
B. excitement
C. disappointment
D. satisfaction
12．A. known
B. said
C. expected
D. heard
13．A. poor
B. great
C. suitable
D. comfortable
14．A. park
B. river
C. hill
D. road
15．A. borrowed
B. stolen
C. chosen
D. collected
16．A. leaves
B. flowers
C. fruit
D. tree
17．A. rights
B. time
C. chances
D. interest
18．A. as a matter of fact
B. in fact
C. first of all
D. at least
19．A. destroyed
B. thrown
C. pulled
D. won
20．A. wait
B. share
C. gain
D. enjoy
Long time ago, there was a farmer who lived with his daughter. A young man fell in love with the farmer’s beautiful daughter and wished to
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her. One day, he went to the farmer to
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his permission. The farmer looked at him and said, “ Guy, stand out in that
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. I’m going to release (释放)
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bulls, one at a time. If you can
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the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”
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, the young man got out and stood in the field,
42 the first bull. The barn（牛棚） door
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and out came the biggest bull that he had ever seen. He
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that one of the next bulls had to be a better
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than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull
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.
A few
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later, the barn door opened again. Unbelievable! The young man had never seen any bull so
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and fierce as this one in his life. It stood there, pawing（扒） the
49 and eyeing the young man. “ What the next
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was like ? It had to be a better choice than this one,” he thought. He let the bull pass through again.
The door opened a third time. A
51 came across the young man’s face. This was the weakest bull that he had ever seen. “ This one was my bull,” he
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to himself. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and
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at just the exact moment. He threw his hands to catch ...... But to his
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, the bull had no tail. Life is full of opportunities.
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catch the first one.
21．A. call
B. recognize
C. marry
D. respect
22．A. remember
B. ask
C. copy
D. answer
23．A. forest
B. field
C. river
D. building
24．A. three
B. two
C. four
D. five
25．A. see
B. cut
C. discover
D. catch
26．A. Quietly
B. Immediately
C. Finally
D. Proudly
27．A. talking about B. thinking of
C. waiting for
D. looking for
28．A. opened
B. moved
C. broke
D. closed
29．A. noticed
B. decided
C. suggested
D. learned
30．A. rule
B. choice
C. help
D. reason
31．A. get up
B. go back
C. pass through
D. fall down
32．A. days
B. seconds
C. hours
D. months
33．A. famous
B. short
C. big
D. beautiful
34．A. ground
B. house
C. wall
D. door
35．A. fish
B. horse
C. bull
D. bird
36．A. pity
B. smile
C. shame
D. tear
37．A. said
B. explained
C. sang
D. flew
38．A. Escaped
B. jumped
C. stopped
D. shouted
39．A. anger
B. joy
C. surprise
D. excitement
40．A. Never
B. Always
C. Often
D. Seldom
A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was
for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have
their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely
—$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to
unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were
by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in
, it was more than $100,000.
It
nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of
. They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t
it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you
anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches
their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should
the whole community and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
41．A. happy
B. hard
C. easy
D. nice
42．A. lost
B. bought
C. left
D. wanted
43．A. gift
B. money
C. encouragement D. package
44．A. accept
B. defeat
C. win
D. receive
45．A. amazed
B. excited
C. upset
D. touched
46．A. the other
B. another
C. other
D. others
47．A. surprised
B. frightened
C. pleased
D. encouraged
48．A. kind
B. generous
C. living
D. saving
49．A. afford
B. buy
C. offer
D. keep
50．A. suffered
B. enjoyed
C. needed
D. did
51．A. put away
B. put up
C. gave up
D. gave away
52．A. enrich
B. bless
C. brighten
D. expand
“Big boys don’t cry.” I heard those words a lot
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up in America in the late sixties and early seventies. In those days men were expected to be
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and rugged and never shed a tear no matter what. Our
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were all stone faced cowboys who were too
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to cry. Believing this then I tried my best
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to cry at all during my teenage and early adult years.
All that changed,
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, as I was driving home alone one night shortly after my Mom
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. It was dark and raining outside. I was struggling to
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the car on the road while at the same time
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to hold the tears back in my eyes. I remember almost going off the road twice as I blinked back (眨眼控制) the salty water that was burning my
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and blurring (使模糊) my vision. My hands shook, my heart
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, and my soul felt dead.
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I could do it no longer. I stopped, pulled over, lay my head on the steering wheel, and
48 . I cried until the tears couldn’t fall anymore. I cried until the pain that I was holding onto so
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finally fled my heart.
After that night I
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something. Big boys do cry.
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, it is the biggest hearts that cry the most. I realized too that it is our
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that can release us from our anger and our grief while
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us to our love and our God. Tears help us to embrace this often bittersweet life. They help us to keep growing
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to each other in love and joy instead of
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ourselves up in dull, aching, and lonely hearts.
53．A. hurrying B. growing
C. rising
D. getting
54．A. tough
B. cold
C. independent
D. active
55．A. leaders
B. neighbors
C. heroes
D. fathers
56．A. strict
B. strong
C. stubborn
D. eager
57．A. still
B. always
C. hardly
D. never
58．A. otherwise B. therefore
C. however
D. instead
59．A. left
B. died
C. returned
D. disappeared
60．A. keep
B. hold
C. fix
D. move
61．A. hopping
B. learning
C. managing
D. struggling
62．A. arms
B. feet
C. eyes
D. hairs
63．A. hurt
B. sank
C. froze
D. stopped
64．A. Actually B. Finally
C. Naturally
D. Immediately
65．A. faded
B. slept
C. rested
D. cried
66．A. secretly B. carefully
C. strongly
D. firmly
67．A. realized B. picked
C. gained
D. lost
68．A. At least B. In fact
C. In all
D. As usual
69．A. love
B. sweat
C. tears
D. relation
70．A. helping B. changing
C. removing
D. reconnecting
71．A. closer
B. higher
C. richer
D. shorter
72．A. catching B. shutting
C. picking
D. wrapping
