It was a sunny winter day. I had gone down the tower when a blind man came toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with his arm. I stood still and looked at him walking toward the tower.
"What does a blind man want to climb up the tower for?" I wondered (疑惑). "Not the view(景色) certainly, perhaps he wants to jump. "Thinking of some terrible reasons, I thought I should 1 him.
He went up slowly and 2 from time to time. I followed him a few steps behind. When he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I came close to him. "Excuse me, "I said as politely as I could, "but I wonder 3 you came up."
He smiled, "Perhaps climbing up the tower. You have noticed — and yet, not being blind, perhaps you won't — how the sun shines into the tower 4 the windows here and there, so that one can 5the cool steps suddenly become quite warm, even in winter. But behind the wall there is shade(阴影). There is no place so good as this for feeling the difference between light and darkness. Though I'm blind, I also want to feel the 6 brought by the sunlight. In fact, it isn't my first time to be here." He said and seemed as 7 as a child.
I had never thought that even a blind man could have his way to 8 the beautiful life. But we often paid no attention to its value because we never 9 it.
We went down the 10 together and I left him. From then on, I began to treasure what life has given me.
A
Peter wondered why he didn't have many friends. The reason was that he was always taking, never giving.
One day Peter told Bill, ＂I'd like to give a party on Saturday. I'd like you to come and bring Martha, too. ＂
＂Thanks, Peter. We'd be happy to come. ＂＂Perhaps you'd like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I'm sure everyone will want you to sing for us. ＂That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next, he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. ＂You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery. ＂Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn't forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed.
The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said ＂Thank you. ＂to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, ＂Thanks for the invitation. ＂
B
Have you ever wondered how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Plants are the world's food factories. Plants take water from the ground and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind of sugar. Using it as food, plants get energy and grow. Plants using sunlight to turn water and CO2 into sugar is called photosynthesis(光合作用). ChlorophyII helps photosynthesis. It gives plants their green color.
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees "know" to begin getting ready for winter. During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food — making factories. As the green chlorophyII disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. These colors have been in the leaves all the time. We just can't see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyII.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees is made from waste left in the leaves. It is mixture(混合物) of all these things. It makes the beautiful leaves during autumn.
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C
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Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, we should never give up.
It is not useful to cry for help. Hong Zhanhui's story of growing from boy to man tells us about this.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill. And one day he came back with a baby girl. The girl was very young and they must spend much time looking after her. However, a year later, Hong's mother left home. So everything fell onto the young boy：to take care of his father and the sister, and to go on to study.
Although his life was very hard, Hong didn't go away from his father and sister.
He climbed tall trees to get birds' eggs for his sister. He walked two hours at weekends to the market to buy different things. Then he sold the things around his school to make some money.
To take care of his sister, he worked hard to rent（租） a room near his college for her, and sent her to school every day.
When people knew Hong's story, he became a hero in people's eyes. Many people wanted to help him. But Hong refused the help from others. He said he felt happy by other's help, but he believed he could take care of his family by himself.
A. He did a part-time job to look after his family.
B. His life was hard, but he has grown up from boy to man.
C. A few years later, he began to study at a college.
D. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband.
E. We should try our best to make the life better.
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There was a small village near a mountain. People there loved their village very much and they grew many on the mountain. Water in the rivers was very clear and the was clean. People lived a poor life, but they were very . After a few years, some people in the village started to cut down trees to for money. There were some people from cities to visit the village. People began to kill some wild animals as to treat (招待) the visitors. Of course, they made lots of money. But knew what the village would be like in the future. As time went on, there were fewer plants and animals and the water became . The visitors became fewer and fewer. Several years later, people there knew they must stop destroying (破坏) . They would like to live a happy life as before, so they began to new plants. They hoped the village would become as beautiful as before.
A: Hello! May I speak to Dr. Bruce?
B: . Who's that, please?
A: This is Alice, Dr. Bruce. I'm not feeling well. ?
B: Sorry, I don't have time this morning. But you can come to my office this afternoon.
A: OK. Let's make it 3:00 p.m.
（At 3:00 p.m. in the Dr. Bruce's.）
B: ?
A: I have a headache and a cough. And I don't feel like eating.
B: ?
A: Two days.
B: You may have the flu. You'd better take the medicine. And you'll get well soon.
A: I think I will. ?
B: Take the medicine before meals. Two pills each time and three times a day.
A: Thanks a lot, Dr. Bruce.
B: You're welcome.
过去 | 现在 | |
学习 | 很少阅读，花时间在…… | 读书使我放松…… |
环保 | 浪费水电，随处乱抛垃圾 | 意识到环保的重要性，垃圾入桶 |
礼仪 | 大声喧哗，插队推挤 | 举止礼貌，主动让座 |
爱心 | 不知道如何关心他人 | …… |
展望未来 | 相信自己在将来会越来越棒。 | |
Hello, everyone. I'm David from Class 1, Grade 8. Back to the life in the last term, I think I have changed a lot and made great progress in many ways.……
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