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　　Many years ago, I lived in a building in a large city．The building next door was only a few feet away from mine．There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon．

　　After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty．Everything was unclear through the dirty window．I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window．It really looks terrible．”

　　One morning I cleaned my room, including washing the window on the inside．

　　Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest．What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly seen．Her window was clean!

　　Then it dawned on me．I had been criticizing(批评)her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window．

　　That was quite an important lesson for me．Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(判断)someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly．

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Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage．(选择最恰当的单词或者词语完成短文)

　　Started in 1636,Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States．Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon 　　1　　 Harvard．They were all started before the American Revolution made the thirteen colonies(殖民地)into states．

　　In the early years, theirs schools were much alike．Only young men went to college．All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew．Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach 　　2　　 that was known about the world．When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers．

　　In 1782,Harvard started a 　　3　　 school for young men who wanted to become doctors．Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's law school．In 1825,besides Latin and Greek ,Harvard began teaching modern 　　4　　, such as French and German．Soon it began teaching American history．

　　As knowledge 　　5　　．Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects．Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them．

　　Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities．Most of them are made up of smaller schools that 　　6　　 special fields of learning．There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all．

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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip(点滴)above her to fight her bone cancer．Over her bald(秃的)head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes．But the third grader's cheery dressing didn't mask her pain and weary eyes．

　　Then a visitor showed up．“Do you want to write a song? ” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers．Simran stared．“Have you ever written a poem? ” Anita Kruse continued．“Well, yes, ” Simran said．

　　Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone．“Some bird soaring through the sky, ” she said softly．“Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling(鸣, 唱)birds, and finally the girl's voice．Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song．

　　That was the beginning of Anita Kruse's project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs．As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”．

　　The effect on the kids has been great．One teenage girl, curling(蜷缩)in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written．A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin's disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It．

　　“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the badness of their illnesses, ” says Anita Kruse．“But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families．”

　　Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free．From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour．

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　　A man walked into a restaurant．The restaurant advertised it had the 　　1　　 menu in the world．The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how 　　2　　 it was．

　　At the bottom of the 　　3　　, there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away．”

　　The man 　　4　　 the menu and decided to make sure if it was true．He would order 　　5　　 that was very unusual．

　　When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it's not on your longest menu in the world．”

　　“That is correct, sir．We are able to meet everyone's requirements．”

　　“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears．　　6　　, not African．”

　　The waiter wrote down in his paper：Two Indian elephant ears on toast．

　　“Very good, sir,” he said．“That shouldn't 　　7　　 long．”

　　The waiter walked away quickly．

　　The man was very surprised and rather disappointed．

　　Then he smiled 　　8　　 the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face．

　　“Ah!” the man said．“You can't 　　9　　 it to me, can you?”

　　The waiter made an apology(道歉)．

　　“I'm very sorry, sir, and this is the 　　10　　 embarrassing,” he said, “but I'm afraid we can't because we've run out of bread．”

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