I was sitting in class one day when a new kid came in , He was called Christian and he was short and wore a pair of glasses, He walked up to the teacher and told her ,very  36   ,that he was new , The teacher  37  to the empty desk next to me . He sat down , looked briefly at me ,and then looked  38   . I didn’t think he was very nice , and certainly not the   39  I would like to become friends with ,
Over the year，I 40 talked to him，but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly, He never talked to anybody   41 me.
But one day I  42  the unkind kids who were teasing him．We made fun of him   43  in my head I knew it was wrong . “Haven’t you got any friends ?”A kid asked Christian，who had walked past us  44   .“No，he hasn’t got any friends．He’s too  45   .”I said．
Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest eyes I had ever seen. My heart    46 .
In the weeks that followed, he never met my47 in class and never smiled at me. It was really hard for me to  48  to write him a note asking him to   49  it . I knew I had to because I couldn’t    50 the guilt and sadness that I felt  51  I saw him .
The next day in class, I wrote him a note   52 . About five minutes later .I turned and saw tears in his eyes. Later he told me that I would never realize how much my apology had  53   to him. Over the years at high school, we became    54 friends.
Apologies can really change your life , so never55  a chance to tell somebody you are sorry,

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas．I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend．While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas．
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car．I stopped and wondered what I should do．A car pulled up behind me．It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station．They said they would take me to my friend's．We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card．
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me．Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them．Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful．
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning．In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)was dead．Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door．I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom．
"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble．They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it．They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks．I received a letter back from one of the salesmen．No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said．
"Thank you" - two powerful words．They're easy to say and mean so much．
[写作内容]
(1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
(2) 然后以120个词就“向别人道谢的重要性”这个主题发表你的看法, 并包括如下要点：
a) 叙述你向别人道谢的一次真实或虚构的经历；
b) 你是如何认识到向别人道谢的重要性的；
c) 向别人道谢对你和对方都带来了什么影响。
[写作要求] 可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点, 也可以参照阅读材料的内容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I  received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?”I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

1.The underlined words“took off”in Paragraph  2 mean         .

  A. turned off          B. moved off      C. put up          D. set up

2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

  A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

  B. The couple sent him a business card.

  C. The couple offered to help him.

  D. He called his friend for help.

3.The battery of the author’s car was dead because         .

  A. something went wrong with the lights

  B. his meeting lasted a whole day

  C. he forgot to turn off the lights

  D. he drove too long a distance

4.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show         .

  A. how to write a thank-you letter

  B. how to deal with car problems

  C. the kind-heartedness of older people

  D. the importance of expressing thanks

A car drew up outside the Swan Hotel and a young man got out．Pausing only for a moment to see that he had come to the right place，he went into the hotel and rang the bell on the counter of the bar．

    Mrs．Crump，the landlady，who was busy in the kitchen at the time，hurried out，wiping her hands．The young man raised his hat．

    “Excuse me，”he said．“I’m looking for my uncle，Mr．White．I believe he is staying here．”

    “He was staying here．”Mrs．Crump corrected him．“But I’m afraid that he went back to London yesterday．”

    “Oh，dear，”said the young man，looking disappointed．“I understood that he was going to stay here until the end of the month．At least that is what his servant told me when I rang up his house．”

    “Quite right，”said Mrs，Cramp．“He planned to stay here the whole of July，as he always does． But yesterday he got a telegram to say that his relative was ill．So he caught the train back to London immediately．”

    “I wish he had let me know, ”The young man said．“I wrote him a letter saying that I was coming．I’ve had all this trouble for nothing．Well，since he isn’t here，there’s no point in waiting．”

    He thanked Mrs．Grump and went out．Mrs．Grump went to the window and watched him drive off．When his car was out of sight，she called out：“You can come out now, Mr．White. He’s gone．”

    Mr．White came out of the kitchen，where he had been waiting．

    “Many thanks，Mrs．Grump，”he said，laughing，“you did that very well．These nephews of mine never gave me any peace．That young man is the worst of them all．As you see，when he needs money, he even follows me into the country．Well，perhaps next time he won’t warn me by writing a letter!”

1.This story is about a man          ．

A．who was very much loved by his nephews

B．whose nephew went to visit him at the hotel

C．who was not willing to meet his nephew

D．whose nephew is always asking him for help

2.When his nephew came to the hotel，Mr．White             ．

A．took the train back to London

B．left to visit a sick relative

C．went to pick up a telegram

D．hid himself in the kitchen

3.Mr. White didn’t like his nephews because          ．

A．they always follow him around

B．they frequently disturb their relatives

C．they won’t write to him often

D．they usually visit him in hotels

I was sitting in class one day when a new kid came in , He was called Christian and he was short and wore a pair of glasses, He walked up to the teacher and told her ,very  36   ,that he was new , The teacher  37  to the empty desk next to me . He sat down , looked briefly at me ,and then looked  38   . I didn’t think he was very nice , and certainly not the   39  I would like to become friends with ,

Over the year，I 40 talked to him，but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly, He never talked to anybody   41 me.

But one day I  42  the unkind kids who were teasing him．We made fun of him   43  in my head I knew it was wrong . “Haven’t you got any friends ?”A kid asked Christian，who had walked past us  44   .“No，he hasn’t got any friends．He’s too  45   .”I said．

Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest eyes I had ever seen. My heart    46 .

In the weeks that followed, he never met my47 in class and never smiled at me. It was really hard for me to  48  to write him a note asking him to   49  it . I knew I had to because I couldn’t    50 the guilt and sadness that I felt  51  I saw him .

The next day in class, I wrote him a note   52 . About five minutes later .I turned and saw tears in his eyes. Later he told me that I would never realize how much my apology had  53   to him. Over the years at high school, we became    54 friends.

Apologies can really change your life , so never55  a chance to tell somebody you are sorry,