I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago. Her husband died because of traffic accident. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insights with us.
The class was clearly over. She said,＂Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you an important thought.” “Each of us is on Earth to learn, share, love and *appreciate. We must *cherish every single day.”
Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, “So I would like you to make me a *promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful. It could be a *scent----perhaps of freshly baked bread, or it could be the sound of the *breeze slightly *rustling the leaves in the trees.”
“Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound * trite, these things are the *stuff of life. They are the little things on Earth to enjoy. They are the things we often take for *granted. We must try to notice them because it can be easily taken away at any time.”
The class was completely quiet. We picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That afternoon I noticed more things on my way from school than I had that whole semester.
I often think of that teacher and try to appreciate all off those things that sometimes we *overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch time today. Walk *barefoot along the beach at *sunset. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we didn’t do.
小题1:In the writer’s eyes , the high school teacher was ________________________.
A．weak
B．happy
C．strict
D．special小题2:The words “insight” in the first paragraph means_____________________.
A．promise
B．thought
C．love
D．thing小题3:From the underlined sentence in the third paragraph we know the writer’s teacher suggests ____________.
A．cherishing every single day
B．finding something beautiful
C．cherishing even very little things
D．taking for granted小题4:The best title for the passage may be __________________________.
A．My high school days
B．Making a promise
C．My teacher’s insights
D．Little things in life
