《2025年课时提优计划作业本九年级英语上册译林版苏州专版》

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Aaron had just moved to a big city to start a new job. He'd never lived in a big city before. It didn't take long for the stress of city life to get to Aaron. The crowds, the noise, his heavy workload... they all weighed on him until he felt like 1giving up. He found no 2happiness in anything—life just hurt.
But one day, as Aaron was 3on his way to work, he saw a homeless man on the street. He'd never seen a homeless person before. He stopped and had 4a short chat with him. All of a sudden, he opened up about his life and complained about the difficulties he was facing. The man 5patiently listened the whole time. Then Aaron asked him a question.
"I hope you won't be offended(冒犯), but I was wondering... how did you end up homeless?" Aaron asked.
"I was in a war. I saw many of my friends 6die/died/dying. I got badly injured(受伤的) and couldn't find a job when I came home. While I was gone, my wife decided 7to leave me. I lost everything. Life hurt so much," the man said.
"But I'm thankful for every single day that I'm alive. My life might be hard sometimes, but when I see something as simple as a sunrise, or as touching as a young man who is facing the pain of life, I remember that even when life hurts, it is worth 8living."
Aaron came to his senses. Compared(对比) to losing one's friends in a war, getting injured and becoming disabled, his own problems seemed less 9difficult to solve. 10If/Since this man could still see the bright side of life after all he'd been through, then maybe he could too.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______

答案： 1. giving 2. happiness 3. on 4. a 5. patiently 6. die/died/dying 7. to leave 8. living 9. difficult 10. If/Since