I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack．About a week after his death, she
some of her thoughts with a classroom of students．As the late afternoon sunlight shone
the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she
a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.
With a
look on her face，she paused and said，“
class is over，I’d like to share with all of you a deep
which I feel is very important．Each of us is put here on
to learn，share，love，appreciate and give of ourselves．
of us knows when this fantastic experience will
．It can be taken away at any moment．Perhaps this is the God’s
of telling us that we must make the
of every single day.”
Her eyes were beginning to
，but she went on，“So I would like you all to make me a
：From now on，on your way to school，or on your way home，find something beautiful to
．It doesn't have to be something you see．It could be a
of freshly baked bread floating out of someone’s house， or it could be the sound of the soft
rustling(沙沙作响)the leaves in the trees…．Please look for these things， and
them，for at anytime it can all be taken away．’’
The class was completely
．We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently．That
，I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual．
Remember：Life is not
by the number of breaths we take，but by the moments that take our breath away．
| 小题1: | | A．learned | B．shared | C．argued | D．discussed |
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| 小题2: | | A．onto | B．into | C．across | D．through |
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| 小题3: | | A．moved | B．brushed | C．swept | D．pulled |
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| 小题4: | | A．surprised | B．worried | C．gentle | D．strange |
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| 小题5: | | A．After | B．Unless | C．Before | D．If |
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| 小题6: | | A．feeling | B．understanding | C．love | D．memory |
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| 小题7: | | A．business | B．time | C．duty | D．earth |
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| 小题8: | | A．None | B．All | C．Each | D．Neither |
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| 小题9: | | A．happen | B．begin | C．end | D．gain |
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| 小题10: | | A．way | B．signal | C．plan | D．joke |
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| 小题11: | | A．least | B．worst | C．lowest | D．most |
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| 小题12: | | A．ache | B．water | C．shine | D．dry |
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| 小题13: | | A．promise | B．choice | C．wish | D．rule |
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| 小题14: | | A．buy | B．enjoy | C．take | D．learn |
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| 小题15: | | A．smell | B．gift | C．taste | D．sight |
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| 小题16: | | A．wind | B．hand | C．light | D．color |
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| 小题17: | | A．get | B．appreciate | C．hide | D．follow’ |
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| 小题18: | | A．puzzled | B．excited | C．quiet | D．anxious |
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| 小题19: | | A．morning | B．night | C．noon | D．afternoon |
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| 小题20: | | A．wasted | B．measured | C．saved | D．lost |
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