A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
They talked about the present-day 1 topic-Happiness. But the conversation soon turned into complaints
about 2 in work and in life. To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 3 with a
large pot of coffee and different types of 4 -plastic, glass, crystal, some nice-looking, some plain-looking,
some expensive, some cheap-telling them to help 5 to the coffee. 6 all the students had a cup of coffee
in hand, the professor said, "If you 7 , you might find all the nice-looking, expensive cups are taken up,
with the plain and cheap ones 8 . While it is 9 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the
source of your 10 and stress. In fact, the cup itself adds no 11 to the coffee. What all of you 12 wanted
was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were 13 each other"s cups."
"Now 14 this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in 15 are the cups. They are just tools
to 16 and contain life, and the types of cups do not decide or 17 the quality of life we live. Sometimes,
focusing on the cup makes us 18 to enjoy the coffee itself. So, don"t let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee
19 ."
The 20 people don"t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. |
( )1. A. warm
( )2. A. progress
( )3. A. cooked
( )4. A. cups
( )5. A. them
( )6. A. Before
( )7. A. saw
( )8. A. left behind
( )9. A. helpful
( )10. A. habit
( )11. A. quality
( )12. A. nearly
( )13. A. looking
( )14. A. consider
( )15. A. school
( )16. A. check
( )17. A. correct
( )18. A. fail
( )19. A. too
( )20. A. busiest | B. hot
B. plans
B. passed
B. plates
B. themselves
B. Since
B. suggested
B. got away
B. normal
B. courage
B. weight
B. finally
B. eyeing
B. repeat
B. thought
B. create
B. change
B. stop
B. either
B. cleverest | C. heavy
C. disasters
C. returned
C. bowls
C. you
C. When
C. proved
C. put away
C. safe
C. fear
C. colour
C. really
C. saying
C. do
C. society
C. measure
C. bring
C. dislike
C. also
C. happiest | D. sensitive
D. stress
D. provided
D. tables
D. yourselves
D. Because
D. noticed
D. sent back
D. popular
D. problem
D. cost
D. quickly
D. feeling
D. recite
D. dream
D. hold
D. record
D. struggle
D. instead
D. kindest |
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| 完形填空。 | Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun 1 -to draw a picture of
somebody or something for which they were 2 . When the students 3 their assignment, she found most
of them drew some pictures of their family, teachers, friends or neighbors.
Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a 4 boy. He didn"t act the same as others.
He always seemed to be shy and sad. He 5 played with other children during the break 6 they kindly invited
him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and 7 him to be confident. Yes, his picture was
different. He just drew a 8 . Nothing else. His abstract image 9 the imagination of his classmates. Whose
hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother"s hand, for mother"s hand gives children warmth and 10 .
Another child guessed it was a police officer"s hand, because the police 11 people and care for people. And so
the discussion 12 .
When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas" desk, 13 down, and asked him whose hand
it was. The little boy murmured, "It"s 14 , teacher." Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was 15 and
felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She
16 how often she had said to him, "Take my 17 , Douglas. We"ll go outside." or "Let me show you how to hold
your pencil."
The story speaks of 18 thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting
and friends showing friendship. They might not always say " 19 " out, but they"ll remember the hand that you
20 out to give them love and be grateful to you always. | ( )1. A. assignment
( )2. A. sorry
( )3. A. gave in
( )4. A. strong
( )5. A. often
( )6. A. because
( )7. A. encouraged
( )8. A. hand
( )9. A. reduced
( )10. A. comfort
( )11. A. search
( )12. A. ended
( )13. A. broke
( )14. A. his
( )15. A. disappointed
( )16. A. forgot
( )17. A. hand
( )18. A. rather than
( )19. A. I"m sorry
( )20. A. get | B. question
B. regretful
B. handed in
B. kind
B. usually
B. though
B. discouraged
B. face
B. ruined
B. praise
B. question
B. succeeded
B. pulled
B. yours
B. annoyed
B. regretted
B. book
B. more than
B. Take care
B. reach | C. suggestion
C. thankful
C. put off
C. different
C. seldom
C. as
C. cheered
C. ear
C. inspired
C. sorrow
C. meet
C. continued
C. looked
C. my mother"s
C. tired
C. recalled
C. lesson
C. anything but
C. I"m all right
C. put | D. solution
D. responsible
D. called off
D. humorous
D. ever
D. since
D. praised
D. leg
D. used
D. coldness
D. protect
D. failed
D. bent
D. my father"s
D. touched
D. understood
D. gift
D. nothing but
D. Thank you
D. make | | 阅读理解。 | One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one"s mistakes. It is
extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about that," and it is even harder to say,
"I was wrong, and you were right about that."
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago.
He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighbourhood where I grew up, and
he asked me if I remembered the egg boxes. Then he related an incident and I began to remember vaguely
the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly
grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where
the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs
in dozen and half-dozen boxes. The boxes were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front
of a display to admire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the
stacks of boxes. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to
work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was
on my knees inspecting some of the boxes to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as if I
was the culprit (做婚事的人). He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I tried to
explain it wasn"t me who had broken them, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the
incident, obviously the manager did not. | | 1. How old was the author when he wrote this article? | A. About 8.
B. About 18.
C. About 23.
D. About 15. | | 2. Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of boxes? | A. The author.
B. The manager.
C. A woman.
D. The author"s mother. | | 3. Which of the following statements is not true? | A. The woman who knocked off the stacks of boxes was seriously criticized by the manager.
B. The author was severely criticized by the manager.
C. A woman carelessly knocked off the stacks of boxes.
D. It was the author who put the display back together. | | 4. The tone of the article expresses the author"s _____. | A. regret for the mistake he made in the store
B. admiration for the manager"s willingness to admit mistakes
C. anger against the woman who knocked off the stacks of boxes
D. anger to the manager for his wrong accusation | | 阅读理解。 | A middle-aged stranger visited us late on a dark rainy night when my father was working the night shift
(a job for a period during the night). The stranger asked if he could wait under the eaves of our roof for the
rain to stop. Then he disappeared, and we started hearing footsteps and creaking boards in the attic (the space
or room at the top of a building, under the roof, often used for storing things). Was the stranger inside our
house? My whole body couldn"t help but stiffen. In my mind"s eye, I could imagine the stranger pushing
through the attic door and approaching US.
We immediately called Jerry, our neighbor, for help. He searched everywhere, but the visitor was nowhere
to be found. As Jerry looked in the garage, he found the stranger lying underneath the car. Jerry exclaimed
with fright, "You are not allowed to enter the house. Get off the property right now."
We were determined to leave the house immediately. As we drove away, we saw the man blocking our
way on the road and staring at us. We had to change the direction to avoid meeting him. After that, I never
saw the stranger again. | | 1. The text is mainly about _____. | A. the neighbor Jerry
B. a strange dream
C. a strange visitor.
D. footsteps in the attic | | 2. Based on the text, which of the following statements is true? | A. The family hit the stranger with their car.
B. The stranger pushed through the family"s door.
C. Jerry was hurrying back from the night shift.
D. The author"s father wasn"t at home that night. | | 3. Why did the family leave their house on a late, dark night? | A. It was raining hard and the eaves of their roof were broken.
B. There was a ghost wandering around the house.
C. They did not feel safe in their house.
D. The stranger was still somewhere inside the house. | | 4. The text was written in order of _____. | A. time
B. space
C. importance
D. age of the family | | 完形填空。 | Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through
Europe. I had been 1 a couple of times, but I could hardly 2 to know my ways around the continent.
3 , my knowledge of foreign languages was 4 to a little college French.
I 5 . How would I, unable to speak the language, 6 familiar with local geography or transportation
systems, conduct interviews and do 7 ? It seemed impossible, and with considerable 8 I sat down to
write a letter rejecting the 9 . Halfway through, a 10 ran through my mind: you can"t learn if you don"t
try. So I 11 the assignment. There were some bad 12 . But by the time I had finished the trip, I was an
experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most 13 places, without
guides or 14 advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will 15 .
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition 16 . But each time you try something,
you learn, and as the learning 17 , the World opens to you.
I"ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a(n) 18 . And I know I"ll go on doing such
things. It"s not because I"m braver or more daring than others. I"m not. But I"ll accept worry as another
name for 19 and I believe I can 20 wonders. | ( )1. A. aboard
( )2. A. claim
( )3. A. Somehow
( )4. A. accustomed
( )5. A. resigned
( )6. A. only too
( )7. A. operations
( )8. A. regret
( )9. A. request
( )10. A. reaction
( )11. A. accomplished
( )12. A. exchanges
( )13. A. remote
( )14. A. still
( )15. A. do
( )16. A. astonishing
( )17. A. comes up
( )18. A. airplane
( )19. A. goal
( )20. A. work | B. abroad
B. declare
B. However
B. added
B. hesitated
B. more than
B. experiments
B. doubt
B. job
B. thought
B. received
B. conditions
B. accessible
B. ever
B. manage
B. frightening
B. shows up
B. motorboat
B. opportunity
B. own | C. away
C. hope
C. Instead
C. limited
C. trembled
C. apart from
C. research
C. terror
C. trust
C. meaning
C. accepted
C. trips
C. interesting
C. even
C. make
C. fascinating
C. piles up
C. surfboard
C. struggle
C. win | D. out
D. deny
D. Moreover
D. suited
D. suspected
D. far from
D. business
D. disappointment
D. assignment
D. conflict
D. resisted
D. experiences
D. crowded
D. yet
D. fit
D. exciting
D. steps up
D. balloon
D. challenge
D. achieve | | 完形填空。 | My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not
have the 1 or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the
point, anyway? It was going to be a 2 Christmas after all.
3 , the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陆续来临) in.
There was a 4 on the door one evening. It was Jeff"s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis.
The Smiths had stopped by to 5 us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a 6 on the
porch (门廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn"t working in the cold snowy weather and we had 7 a visit from
the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.
The 8 feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.
As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas 9 from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door
to 10 us to dig out.
Then, we received an invitation to 11 a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer,
and their 12 -a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.
Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our 13 .
Our Christmas morning 14 was special, thanks to the Smiths" gift of bread. I was so 15 for these gestures
of welcome, especially during the holidays.
This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The 16 and work schedules just
made things too difficult. 17 that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round
up some other folks who were 18 in the holidays.
Lonely people are all around us, but most of us 19 notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes,
the smallest 20 gesture can make a world of difference. | ( )1. A. chance
( )2. A. merry
( )3. A. Therefore
( )4. A. card
( )5. A. welcome
( )6. A. tree
( )7. A. forgot
( )8. A. deep
( )9. A. snow
( )10. A. teach
( )11. A. share
( )12. A. aunt
( )13. A. folks
( )14. A. call
( )15. A. sorry
( )16. A. distance
( )17. A. Studying
( )18. A. alone
( )19. A. always
( )20. A. careful | B. time
B. free
B. Meanwhile
B. sign
B. invite
B. package
B. arranged
B. true
B. rubbish
B. help
B. prepare
B. guest
B. relatives
B. greeting
B. eager
B. expense
B. Showing
B. busy
B. seldom
B. patient | C. anxiety
C. lonely
C. Somehow
C. knock
C. drive
C. mail
C. received
C. warm
C. dust
C. urge
C. taste
C. maid
C. colleagues
C. breakfast
C. ready
C. season
C. Knowing
C. happy
C. finally
C. vague | D. ability
D. usual
D. However
D. note
D. send
D. flower
D. missed
D. mixed
D. leaves
D. forbid
D. exchange
D. partner
D. neighbors
D. meeting
D. grateful
D. situation
D. Discovering
D. active
D. usually
D. kind |
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