A man and his girlfriend were married.All of their friends and family came to partake in the festivities and celebrations.In the ceremony，everyone could tell the couple's ___ for each other was true.
A few months later，the wife came to the husband with a ____，“I read in a magazine，a while ago，about how we can ____ our marriage，” she offered.“Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit ____ with the other person.Then，we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives ____.”
The husband ____.So each of them went to a ____ room and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.Then they thought about this question and wrote down what they ____.
The next morning，they decided that they would ____ their lists.
“I'll start，” offered the wife.She took out her list.It had many items on it，___ to fill 3 pages.In fact，as she started reading the list of the little annoyances，she noticed that ____ was starting to appear on her husband's face.
“What's wrong？” she asked.“Nothing，” the husband replied，“____ reading your list.”
The wife continued to read ____ she had read all three pages to her husband，
“Now，you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists，” she said ____.
Quietly the husband stated，“I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are ____ the way that you are.You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and ____ anything about you.”
The wife，____ by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his ___ of her，turned her head and wept.
In life，there are enough times when we are disappointed，___ and annoyed.We don't really have to go looking for them.We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty，light and promise.Why ____ time looking for the bad，disappointing or annoying when we can see the wonderful things before us?
1.A.honesty B．information C．love D．marriage
2.A.question B．proposal C．problem D．doubt
3.A.complete B．improve C．destroy D．strengthen
4.A.annoying B．relaxing C．delighting D．amusing
5.A.happier B．farther C．longer D．richer
6.A.confused B．worried C．refused D．agreed
7.A.comfortable B．separate C．small D．quiet
8.A.fit in with B．looked up to C．came up with D．faced up to
9.A.go over B．carry out C．answer for D．look for
10.A.equal B．accurate C．enough D．temporary
11.A.anger B．happiness C．sadness D．smiles
12.A.stop B．keep C．delay D．appreciate
13.A.before B．until C．unless D．after
14.A.happily B．miserably C．slightly D．cautiously
15.A.wrong B．honest C．hopeful D．perfect
16.A.tell B．change C．discuss D．interrupt
17.A.touched B．encouraged C．frustrated D．supported
18.A.forgiveness B．sympathy C．acceptance D．understanding
19.A.inspired B．excited C．satisfied D．depressed
20.A.save B．kill C．devote D．waste
高三英语完型填空简单题
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a piece of advice, “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage,” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband agreed. So each of them tried to think of the things that annoyed them about the other and wrote down what they came up with. The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes because he never thought that he had so many shortcomings.
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. “Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,” she said happily.
Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.” The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us and see the wonderful things before us?
1.Why were there tears in the husband’s eyes when the wife read his annoyances?
A. Because he had no courage to face his shortcomings.
B. Because he never thought he had so many annoyances in his wife’s eyes.
C. Because he was sorry that he didn’t find any annoyance about his wife.
D. Because he didn’t think he deserved to have such a perfect wife.
2.After hearing the husband’s words, the wife felt .
A. moved and ashamed B. sad and disappointed
C. satisfied and proud D. surprised and confused
3.The story is intended to tell us that .
A. disappointment cannot be avoided in our life
B. young couples should be more tolerant (宽容的) to each other
C. we should turn a blind eye to other people’s blame
D. we should try to look for and see the wonderful things around us
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A man and his girlfriend were married.All of their friends and family came to partake in the festivities and celebrations.In the ceremony，everyone could tell the couple's ___ for each other was true.
A few months later，the wife came to the husband with a ____，“I read in a magazine，a while ago，about how we can ____ our marriage，” she offered.“Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit ____ with the other person.Then，we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives ____.”
The husband ____.So each of them went to a ____ room and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.Then they thought about this question and wrote down what they ____.
The next morning，they decided that they would ____ their lists.
“I'll start，” offered the wife.She took out her list.It had many items on it，___ to fill 3 pages.In fact，as she started reading the list of the little annoyances，she noticed that ____ was starting to appear on her husband's face.
“What's wrong？” she asked.“Nothing，” the husband replied，“____ reading your list.”
The wife continued to read ____ she had read all three pages to her husband，
“Now，you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists，” she said ____.
Quietly the husband stated，“I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are ____ the way that you are.You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and ____ anything about you.”
The wife，____ by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his ___ of her，turned her head and wept.
In life，there are enough times when we are disappointed，___ and annoyed.We don't really have to go looking for them.We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty，light and promise.Why ____ time looking for the bad，disappointing or annoying when we can see the wonderful things before us?
1.A.honesty B．information C．love D．marriage
2.A.question B．proposal C．problem D．doubt
3.A.complete B．improve C．destroy D．strengthen
4.A.annoying B．relaxing C．delighting D．amusing
5.A.happier B．farther C．longer D．richer
6.A.confused B．worried C．refused D．agreed
7.A.comfortable B．separate C．small D．quiet
8.A.fit in with B．looked up to C．came up with D．faced up to
9.A.go over B．carry out C．answer for D．look for
10.A.equal B．accurate C．enough D．temporary
11.A.anger B．happiness C．sadness D．smiles
12.A.stop B．keep C．delay D．appreciate
13.A.before B．until C．unless D．after
14.A.happily B．miserably C．slightly D．cautiously
15.A.wrong B．honest C．hopeful D．perfect
16.A.tell B．change C．discuss D．interrupt
17.A.touched B．encouraged C．frustrated D．supported
18.A.forgiveness B．sympathy C．acceptance D．understanding
19.A.inspired B．excited C．satisfied D．depressed
20.A.save B．kill C．devote D．waste
高三英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
A man and his girlfriend just got married. The husband didn’t talk much but he was a steady man. The wife was pretty and dreamy. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, “I read in a magazine about how we can36 our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit 37 with the other. Then, we can place them on the table to discuss how we 38 them together and make our life even happier.”
“Are you sure you are about to do this?” the husband sighed and 39 . So each of them went to a(n) 40 room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their 41 .
“I’ll start,” offered his wife eagerly. She 42 her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. She read all three pages to her husband and seemed to be quite pleased with her hard “work”. After hearing that, the husband stated 43 , “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the 44 that you are. I don’t want you to 45 anything for me.”
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for and his 46 of her without any conditions, turned her head and wept. At that moment, she came to understand the saying: “Beauty lies in the lover's eyes”.
In life, there are enough time when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go47 for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us? If you are accustomed to judging people, you have no time to love them.
1.A. enrich B. strengthen C. lengthen D. deepen
2.A. annoying B. surprising C. satisfying D. inspiring
3.A. fix B. do C. find D. set
4.A. smiled B. refused C. agreed D. hesitated
5.A. spare B. separate C. empty D. special
6.A. dishes B. magazines C. lives D. lists
7.A. put away B. handed in C. took out D. wrote down
8.A. disappointedly B. unluckily C. bitterly D. quietly
9.A. appearance B. way C. situation D. position
10.A. change B. accept C. decide D. drop
11.A. advice B. warning C. acceptance D. pride
12.A. leaving B. waiting C. asking D. looking
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A couple were having a wedding All of their friends and family came to see the lovely 1 and all had a wonderful time. The bride was 2 in her white wedding gown and the groom was very handsome .Everyone could tell that the 3 they had for each other was true
A few months later ,the wife came to the husband with a 4 ,“Each of us will write a list of things we find a bit 5 with the other person ,Then ,we can tale about how we can 6 them and make our lives happier”The husband 7 ,So they went to think of the things that annoyed them about the other
The next morning ,at the breakfast table ,they decided they would go over their 8
“I’ll start ”said the wife ,She 9 her list , It had many items on it ,enough to fill three pages , As she started reading the list of the little annoyances ,she noticed10 were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.
“What’s wrong?”she asked “Nothing,”the husband replied ,“11 reading your list,”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three 12 to her hushand.
“Now, It’s your 13 and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,”she said happily
14 the husband stated，“I don’t have anything on my list , I shink you are 15 the way that you are , I don’t want you to change anything for me , I wouldn’t want to try and 16 anything about you.”
The wife , 17 by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his 18 of her,turned her head and wept.
In lire, there are enough times when we are disappointed. Depressed and annoyed , We don’t really have to go 19 them. We have a wonderful world that is rull of beauty ,light and promist Ehy not see the 20 things before us?
1. A．house B．decoration C．ceremony D．church
2. A．attractive B．nervous C．serious D．strict
3. A．manner B．love C．attitude D．behavior
4. A．preparation B．commitment C．shame D．suggestion
5. A．annoying B．exciting C．interesting D．puzzling
6. A．adopt B．possess C．fasten D．fix
7. A．agreed B．refused C．left D．listened
8. A．celebration B．dictation C．lists D．document
9. A．threw away B．took out C．cut out D．let out
10. A．waves B．tears C．lights D．blames
11. A．keep on B．put on C．call on D．blames
12. A．attacks B．items C．annoyances D．pages
13. A．duty B．business C．turn D．problem
14. A．Roughly B．Calmly C．Angrily D．Clumsily
15. A．outgoing B．careful C．perfect D．beautiful
16. A．predict B．advocate C．abuse D．change
17. A．touched B．disappointed C．shocked D．threatened
18. A．assistance B．guidance C．acceptance D．annoyance
19. A．taking away B．replying to C．talking about D．looking for
20. A．messy B．fantastic C．random D．relevant
高三英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
At the age of seven, while his friends were spending their allowances on candy and toys，Jose Adolfo Quisocola, Peru，came up with the creative idea of an eco-bank which allows kids of all ages to become economically independent and financially wise while helping the environment.
Established in 2012, The Bartselana Student Bank is the world’s first cooperative bank for kids. Whoever wants to join has to bring in at least 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of solid waste (paper or plastic) and establish a savings goal. Once accepted, all bank “partners” are required to deposit at least one additional kilogram (2* 2 pounds) of recydables on a monthly basis and obey other requirements, such as attending financial education and environmental management workshops. The waste accumulated is sold to local recycling companies, who, thanks to some clever negotiation by Jose, pay a higher-than-market rate for everything brought in by Bartselana Student Bank members. The funds received are placed in the individual’s account where they collect until his/her savings goal is reached. The account holder can then withdraw his/her money, or choose to leave it and continue to grow for a bigger target.
“At the beginning, my teachers thought I was crazy or that a child could not undertake this type of project,n Jose recalls. “They did not understand that we are not the future of the country but its present. Luckily, I had the support of the school principal and an assistant in my classroom.
The youngster’s persistence paid off. Today, the eco-bank, which now has the support of several local institutions, has ten educational centers and begins accepting applications from kids all across Peru. On November 20,2018, the young boy was awarded the famous Children’s Climate Prize (CCP). “Jose’s eco-bank is a brilliant way of linking economy and climate impact，both in thought and practice. The potential impact is amazing”，a judge said.
Hopefully, Jose’s success will inspire more kids and adults to come up with new ideas that create value while helping the environment. As the boy says, “Together we can change the world. we just need an opportunity.”
1.For what purpose was the eco-bank created?
A. To educate children how to spend their allowances.
B. To help children break away from their parents.
C. To raise children’s awareness of money and environment
D. To encourage children to buy whatever they want.
2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. The history of the eco-bank
B. The requirements of membership,
C. The wisest way to deal with waste
D. The process of how the eco-bank works.
3.What challenge did Jose meet at the beginning when opening the eco-bank?
A. Lack of enough support B. Lack of experience
C. Lack of investment D. Lack of workers
4.What can we learn from the last two Paragraphs?
A. The boy’s efforts were made in vain.
B. The eco-bank was highly appreciated.
C. The judge thought poorly of the eco-bank.
D. The boy’s success had no practical values.
5.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Persistence Paid Off
B. Recycling does Count
C. An Opportunity to Change the World.
D. An Eco-bank, Economical and Ecological
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At the age of seven, while his friends were spending their allowances on candy and toys, Jose Adolfo Quisocola, from Peru, came up with the creative idea of an eco-bank, which allows kids of all ages to become economically independent and financially wise while also helping the environment.
Established in 2012, The Bartselana Student Bank is the world’s first cooperative bank for kids. Whoever wants to join has to bring in at least 5 kilograms(11 pounds) of solid waste(paper or plastic) and establish a savings goal. Once accepted, all bank “partners” are required to deposit at least one additional kilogram(2.2 pounds) of recyclables on a monthly basis and obey other requirements, such as attending financial education and environmental management workshops. The waste accumulated is sold to local recycling companies, who, thanks to some clever negotiation by Jose, pay a higher-than-market rate for everything brought in by Bartselana Student Bank members. The funds received are placed in the individual’s account where they collect until his／her savings goal is reached. The account holder can then withdraw his／her money, or choose to leave it and continue to grow for a bigger target.
“At the beginning, my teachers thought I was crazy or that a child could not undertake this type of project, ” Jose recalls. “They did not understand that we are not the future of the country but its present. Luckily, I had the support of the school principal and an assistant in my classroom.”
The youngster’s persistence paid off. Today, the eco-bank, which now has the support of several local institutions, has ten educational centers and begins accepting applications from kids all across Peru. On November 20, 2018, the young boy was awarded the famous Children’s Climate Prize (CCP). “Jose’s eco-bank is a brilliant way of linking economy and climate impact, both in thought and practice. The potential impact is amazing,” a judge said.
Hopefully, Jose’s success will inspire more kids and adults to come up with new ideas that create value while helping the environment. As the boy says,” Together we can change the world…we just need an opportunity…”
1.For what main purpose was the eco-bank created?
A. To educate children how to spend their allowances.
B. To help children become independent from their parents.
C. To raise children’s awareness of environmental protection.
D. To encourage children to buy whatever they want.
2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. The history of the eco-bank.
B. The requirements of membership.
C. The wise way to deal with waste.
D. The process of running the eco-bank.
3.What is the biggest challenge Jose met at the start of opening the eco-bank?
A. Lack of enough support. B. Lack of enough money.
C. Lack of relevant experience. D. Lack of relevant knowledge.
4.What can be a suitable title for the passage?
A. An Amazing Boy，Jose
B. Recycling does Count Much
C. An Opportunity to Change the World
D. An Eco-bank, Economical and Ecological
高三英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
My friend got married. His mother carried two bags of cotton from the countryside by bus and train to his city. After arriving at the city, there was still a long way to his house without any bus passing by the house. His mother walked to his home breathlessly for 40 minutes without taking a taxi in order to save money.
My friend felt bitter as well as funny at his mother’s deeds. He pointed to the cashmere and silk quilts and said, “So long as you have money, you can buy anything in the supermarket. There is no need for you to carry so much cotton here in such a long way.”
But his mother insisted and said, “The cotton of this year is light and warmth-keeping. Have a try and you will know!”
Maybe every parent is the same, caring for their children with stubborn love without caring about whether they know or like it.
This early spring, I went to visit my grandmother. We had dry beans stew （炖菜）, eggplant salad bar, sauce radish （酱萝卜条）for our dinner, all of which were dried by my grandmother last autumn and tasted wonderful. I loved the dishes to my heart’s content and could not help praising them again and again.
After a few days, my grandmother, who seldom visited us, came to my home and unpacked her bag, smilingly taking out bags of dried eggplants, dried beans and dried vegetable. She told me that I left so hastily last time that she forgot to give me some of these foods, so she took this chance to bring me what I liked.
I was speechless at that time. Due to my casual complimentary her food, my grandmother, a nearly 70-year-old lady, by taking three buses from the west of the city to the east, came to my home with the food I liked. But she was bus-sick in life and even seldom went strolling in the street.
My pretty girlfriend had a failed marriage in the past. After divorce, her parents shed the deepest protection and care to her by helping her attend to the child and offering financial aids. Her parents’ love made her pull herself together and forgot the man who had hurt her before.
Nonetheless, her father, an honest and upright old man, after hearing his ex-son-in-law got promoted in his company, felt terrifically irritated and went to his company to question his boss why a philandering man with corrupt conducts could get promoted. The whole office fell into a mess immediately and many staff just watched on the sidelines. Some people even whispered lightly, "It is a new era now and the relationship between men and women is very open. No one would care about that anymore!"
The old man stood silently in the office with his hands shivering and eyes tearing.
That night, my girlfriend cried heavily in front of me. I asked her whether it was her father’s stupid deeds that made her feel humiliated. But she said that she felt guilty for her dad and that though the rest of the whole world betrayed her, her old father would still back her up and help her get the justice she deserved, just as when she was young and the neighboring boy grabbed her ball, her father would get it back for her. However, this changed world was no longer the stage for her old father and his deeds became funnily obsolete. No one managed to see the real and ever-lasting love to his daughter behind his seemingly rude behaviors.
Now we have grown up so much so that we could support our family and have our own children. But in our parents’ heart, they are still worried that we do not have sufficient quilts and dried vegetables. They would not feel troubled to bring all these to us regardless of long tough journey. They even would not like us to suffer a bit and try all means to protect us without caring about whether what they do is awkward and stupid or not.
Who in the world would love us so deeply and relentlessly without asking for any repay? Only our parents!
1.What does the author want to tell us?
A. The love from our parents is real and deep though sometimes it doesn't appear so.
B. The love from our parents is awkward sometimes, which is rather annoying.
C. Children should appreciate parents' love because their life is so hard.
D. The world is changing so the love of parents should change too.
2.The underlined world "humiliate" in the eleventh paragraph means ________.
A. guilty B. moved C. happy D. ashamed
3.How many examples of older generation’s love are mentioned in the passage?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. four
4.After the author's girlfriend's former husband got promoted, her father _____.
A. congratulated him
B. made his daughter marry him again
C. had a quarrel with him
D. argued with his boss
5.From the passage we can learn the author's grandmother is ___________.
A. upright and honest B. loving and troublesome
C. thoughtful and careful D. generous and active
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There was a man who worked all of his life and saved all of his money.He was a real miser (守财奴) when it came to his money.He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket（棺材）with me.I wanna take my money to the afterlife."
So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.
Well, one day he died.He was stretched out in the casket, the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend.When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said "Wait just a minute!"
She had a shoe box with her, she came over with the box and placed it in the casket.Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away.Her friend said, "I hope you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."
"Yes," the wife said, "I promised.I'm a good Christian, I can't lie.I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."
"You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?"
"I sure did.I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check."
1.What was the woman’s reaction to her husband’s last words?
A.She remained silent. B.she said no.
C.She said yes. D.She was annoyed.
2.The woman’s friend believed that ______.
A.she shouldn’t put all the money in the casket
B.she should put all the money in the casket.
C.she should give his husband a promise.
D.she should not break her promise.
3.Which word can best describe the woman?
A.attractive B.clever C.dishonest D.lazy
4.What might be the best title of the story ?
A.Take All My Money With Me B.A Promise Cleverly Kept
C.A Loving Wife D.Miser and his Wife
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I was a kid, we were out and about all the time, playing with our friends, in and out of each other’s houses, sandwich in pocket, making our own _______. Our parents _______ saw us from morning to night. We didn't have much stuff, but we came and went as we liked. ” This is roughly what you will _______ if you ask anyone over 30 about their _______ in a rich country.
Today such children will spend most of their time _______, often with parents rather than with friends, be supervised (监管) more closely, be driven everywhere _______ walking or cycling, take part in many more _______ activities, and probably engage with a screen of some kind. All this is done with the best of _______. Parents intend to protect their offspring from traffic, crime and other dangers, and to give them every opportunity to _______.
The children themselves seem fairly ________ with their lives. In a survey across the OECD, 15-year-olds were asked to ________ their satisfaction with their life on a scale from zero to ten. The ________ score was 7.3, with Finnish kids the ________ at nearly 7.9, and Turkish ones the gloomiest (灰暗的), at 6.1.
________, that is not surprising. ________ parents these days, especially in America, invest a huge amount of time and money in their children to ensure that they will do ________ as well as the parents themselves have done, and preferably better. Those ________ and extra tutoring, music lessons and educational visits, together with lively discussions at home have proved effective at securing the good ________ that will open the doors to top universities and well-paid jobs. But working-class parents in America, for their part, ________ the means to engage in such intensive parenting. As a result, social divisions from one generation to the next are set to ________. A recent report by the World Bank showed that intergenerational social mobility in America is now among the lowest in all rich countries.
1.A.plans B.schedule C.decisions D.entertainment
2.A.often B.hardly C.willingly D.reluctantly
3.A.say B.cite C.hear D.mention
4.A.study B.hobby C.family D.childhood
5.A.alone B.socially C.indoors D.outdoors
6.A.instead of B.regardless of C.due to D.next to
7.A.casual B.desired C.organized D.physical
8.A.rewards B.intentions C.guidance D.discipline
9.A.risk B.fail C.relax D.succeed
10.A.happy B.bored C.familiar D.unsatisfied
11.A.rate B.predict C.anticipate D.connect
12.A.final B.average C.minimum D.maximum
13.A.lowest B.poorest C.funniest D.sunniest
14.A.However B.Therefore C.Unluckily D.Hopefully
15.A.Rich B.Poor C.Kind D.Strict
16.A.at most B.at last C.at first D.at least
17.A.dull B.limited C.endless D.meaningless
18.A.fame B.grades C.positions D.identity
19.A.deny B.lack C.possess D.require
20.A.appear B.shorten C.disappear D.broaden
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Last Christmas was a very difficult time for me. My family and all of my close friends were back home in Florida, and I was all alone in a rather cold California. I was working too many hours and became very sick.
I was working a double shift at the Southwest Airlines ticket counter, it was about 9:00 PM on Christmas Eve, and I was feeling really miserable inside. There were a few of us working and very few customers waiting to be helped. When it was time for me to call the next person to the counter, I looked out to see the sweetest-looking old man standing with a cane. He walked very slowly over to the counter and in the faintest voice told me that he had to go to New Orleans. I tried to explain to him that there were no more flights that night and that he would have to go in the morning. He looked so confused and very worried. I tried to find out more information by asking if he had a reservation or if he remembered when he was supposed to travel, but he seemed to become more confused with each question. He just kept saying, “She said I have to go to New Orleans.”
After much time, I was able to at least find out that this old man had been dropped off at the curb on Christmas Eve by his sister-in-law and told to go to New Orleans, where he had family. She had given him some cash and told him just to go inside and buy a ticket. When I asked if he could come back tomorrow, he said that she was gone and that he had no place to stay. He then said he would wait at the airport until tomorrow. Naturally, I felt a little ashamed. Here I was feeling very sorry for myself about being alone on Christmas, when this angel named Clarence MacDonald was sent to me to remind me of what being alone really meant. It broke my heart.
Immediately, I told him we would get it all straightened out, and our Customer Service agent helped to book him a seat for the earliest flight the next morning. We gave him the senior citizen’s fare, which gave him some extra money for travelling. About this time he started to look very tired, and when I stepped around the counter to ask him if he was all right, I saw that his leg was wrapped in a bandage. He had been standing on it that whole time, holding a plastic bag full of clothes.
I called for a wheelchair. When the wheelchair came, we all stepped around to help him in, and I noticed a small amount of blood on his bandage. I asked how he hurt his leg, and he said that he had just had bypass surgery and an artery was taken from his leg. Can you imagine? This man had had heart surgery, and then shortly afterward, was dropped off at the curb to buy a ticket with no reservation to fly to New Orleans, alone!
I never really had a situation like this, and I wasn’t sure what I could do. I went back to ask my supervisors if we could find a place for him to stay. They both said yes, and they obtained a hotel voucher for Mr. MacDonald for one night and a meal ticket for dinner and breakfast. When I came back out, we got his plastic bag of clothes and cane together and gave the porter a tip to take him downstairs to wait for the airport shuttle. I bent down to explain the hotel, food and itinerary (行程) again to Mr. MacDonald, and then patted him on the arm and told him everything would be just fine.
As he left he said, “Thank you,” bent his head and started to cry. I cried too. When I went back to thank my supervisor, she just smiled and said, “I love stories like that. He is your Christmas Man.”
1.Last Christmas the writer had a miserable time because ______.
A．there were more customers than usual waiting to be helped
B．it was freezing cold in California at Christmas time
C．she was working all alone at the ticket counter
D．she was far away from her family and friends
2.The writer’s first impression of the old man was that he was ______.
A．gentle-looking and weak B．tired out and worried
C．confused and very sick D．sad and anxious
3.The old man wanted to fly to New Orleans to ______.
A．see his friends there
B．spend the Christmas with his family
C．visit his sister-in-law
D．undergo heart surgery
4.On hearing the old man say that he would wait at the airport the whole night, the writer felt a bit ashamed. This is because ______.
A．she felt sorry that she couldn’t do the old man a favor
B．she realized that someone was even more miserable than she felt
C．it took her a long time to find out how helpless the old man was
D．the old man was like an angel in the writer’s eyes
5.The writer called for a wheelchair for the old man because ______.
A．the old man had broken his leg when he was dropped off at the curb
B．the old man could spend the whole night on it at the airport
C．the old man was carrying a whole lot of clothes
D．the old man had had surgery just before and was very weak by then
6. By calling the old man the writer’s Christmas Man, the writer’s supervisor implied that ______.
A．the old man had told the writer a love story on Christmas
B．the old man had caused a lot of trouble for the writer on Christmas
C．the old man was the best gift the writer could have received on Christmas
D．the old man was the only customer the writer had served on Christmas
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