My brother，Mark，died in a traffic accident four years ago. He was my big brother and 36 looked after me. I am 37 today for all of the special times we had as running partners，and times 38 driving to different races，where we had so many 39 about life in general. I 40 these talks terribly at this time of the year.
41 ，I am so happy he shared with me the 42 of his faith. He was always so 43 to people，and I had been with him many times 44 we pulled over to help someone in need， 45 a smile and helping them get back on the road. So I was not 46 when he told me of the time when he was 47 in college. It was the end of the month. To make matters worse，it was Friday and he had no 48 in his pocket for the weekend. Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to 49 my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others 50 helping yourself.
On his way home from classes that day，as he was driving along，he noticed a guy ahead of him 51 his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner. Mark 52 right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck. The guy was so thankful and 53 his hand to Mark，and in it was one hundred dollars. Mark couldn’t believe his 54 . He told him that was unnecessary but the man 55 and off he drove.
I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.
A．hardly B．never C．sometimes D．always
A．successful B．thankful C．cheerful D．hopeful
A．spared B．wasted C．spent D．saved
A．questions B．arguments C．differences D．conversations
A．miss B．remember C．keep D．fear
A．However B．So C．Then D．If
A．record B．belief C．story D．secret
A．careful B．helpful C．powerful D．grateful
A．because B．while C．until D．when
A．sharing B．forcing C．recognizing D．understanding
A．pleased B．worried C．surprised D．excited
A．never B．yet C．even D．still
A．food B．money C．paper D．key
A．change B．attend C．see D．persuade
A．means B．follows C．explains D．agrees
A．carry B．lose C．arrange D．place
A．pushed B．moved C．pulled D．walked
A．raised B．held C．offered D．shook
A．eyes B．ears C．mind D．feeling
A．complained B．apologized C．regretted D．insisted
Roy died at an old age with many memories. His life was full of both good and bad memories, but he 26 to remember mostly the good. The bad memories that broke his heart and that he 27 with friends, involved the big war－World War II. So many things about his war experience he remembered 28 great detail.
Roy survived the attack on Normandy－he was part of the second wave that landed. He 29 with him the memories of water mixed with the blood of fallen soldiers. He experienced 30 , sweat, blood, fire and salt water just to get to the beach. In terror-filled moments that would forever change his life and the history of our world, his life was robbed of innocence（天真） 31 the realities of war engulfed（吞噬）him.
Not too many months later, he found himself cold and 32 . Close to being completely 33 from air supplies（供给）because of the weather, Roy and his fellows hung on to what little hope they could have. Then Christmas morning came, the weather cleared long enough for supplies to be 34 and word to spread that other troops would soon be there.
Many of the young men who began with Roy did not make it home 35 . They gave their lives to fighting against the Nazi. Those who did survive would never be the same. Many of them were the most patriotic（爱国的）people you would 36 meet, but most of them 37 war. They had experienced it. They knew its final realities－things got blown up while people were killed, and robbed of their beloved ones.
It is Memorial Day in the United States today. We all pray for an end for the world’s need for young men and young women to be placed in harm’s way. We also need to remember those who paid the huge 38 of wars－costs not counted in dollars, but in lost lives, broken hearts, forgotten innocence, broken families, and terrible memories. And as we remember to 39 those who paid this awful price, we also remember in hopes to see an end to war itself.
Please, in their honor, don’t forget their sacrifices（牺牲）. Please, for our world’s sake, don’t forget to pray for 40 .
A．refused B．chose C．promised D．planned
A．shared B．lost C．fought D．valued
A．at B．in C．for D．with
A．took B．got C．brought D．carried
A．fear B．disappointment C．excitement D．courage
A．but B．as C．since D．so
A．sad B．lonely C．wounded D．hungry
A．cut off B．kept away C．left behind D．put down
A．taken B．sent C．dropped D．shipped
A．healthy B．strong C．alive D．safe
A．never B．ever C．already D．yet
A．hated B．liked C．experienced D．missed
A．money B．efforts C．attention D．costs
A．find B．help C．honor D．understand
A．luck B．life C．peace D．happiness
Signs can sometimes be seen at the entrance of a house, expressing that a tramp（流浪汉）has passed. This special sign-language is frequently 50 by tramps to inform their 51 whether the host of a certain house is friendly or unfriendly, and to 52 them the trouble of making unnecessary calls.
Quite 53 one day, I came across a real tramp. He was such a rare sight these days that I stood some distance away and watched him. He was dressed just as a tramp should be in, old worn trousers, and a jacket many sizes too big for him. On his head there was a battered old hat and his boots were so old and worn; they were almost coming into pieces.
But the man himself looked cheerful as if he had not a 54 in the world. He rubbed his nose with his forefinger, 55 a funny turn, laid a small parcel 56 the front gate, and began 57 a sign made by a former caller. Although the sign was meaningless to me, it must have been 58 , for the tramp’s face lit up with satisfaction. He entered the front gate 59 and rang the bell. When the door opened, I saw him raise his hat 60 couldn’t hear his words. The 61 was very short indeed, for no sooner had he spoken a few words than the door closed fiercely in his face.
I felt 62 for him as he walked sadly out of the house. But just as quickly, his face lit up again and he moved quickly towards the gate. There he stopped, looked at the sign, and shook his head seriously as if he had made a bad mistake. 63 deeply into his pockets, he produced a piece of chalk, rubbed out the existing sign and made a new one in its place. He stared at it for a moment smiling to himself, then gathered his belongings, pushed back his hat and began walking towards the next house at an unhurried 64 , whistling as he went along.
A．employed B．made C．taken D．put up
A．coaches B．classmates C．fellows D．friends
A．share B．save C．give D．urge
A．in a way B．by mistake C．by the way D．by chance
A．success B．care C．failure D．responsibility
A．gave B．launched C．set D．made
A．by B．to C．in D．behind
A．drawing B．kissing C．correcting D．studying
A．sad B．strange C．funny D．exciting
A．confidently B．innocently C．consequently D．consciously
A．and B．but C．however D．therefore
A．conversation B．introduction C．argument D．greeting
A．happy B．frightened C．capable D．sorry
A．Digging B．Stealing C．Putting D．Looking
A．step B．position C．pace D．situation
I stopped to watch my little girl busy playing in her room. In one hand was a plastic 36 ; in the other a toy broom. I listened as she was speaking to her make-believe(假装) little friend and I’ll never forget the words she said, even though it was imagined.
She said, “Suzie’s in the corner because she’s not been very 37 . She didn’t listen to a 38 I said or do the things she should.” In the 39 I saw her baby doll all dressed in lace and pink. It was 40 she’d been put to sit alone and 41 .
My daughter 42 her “conversation”, as I sat down on the floor. She said, “I’m all fed up. I just don’t know 43 to do with her any more. She cries whenever I have to work and wants to play games, too. She never 44 me do the things that I just have to do. She tries to help me with the dishes, but her arms just cannot 45 . And she doesn’t know how to fold towels. I don’t have the 46 to teach. I have a lot of work to do and a big house to keep clean. I don’t have the time to sit and play — 47 what I mean?”
And that day I thought a lot about making some 48 in my life, as I listened to her words that 49 me like a knife. I hadn’t been paying enough attention to what I hold most 50 . I’d been caught up in responsibilities that increased 51 years.
But now my 52 has changed, because, in my heart, I realize that I’ve seen the world in a different light through my little darling’s eyes. So, let the cobwebs（蜘蛛网） 53 the corners and the dust bunny rabbit rule the floor. I’m not going to worry about keeping up with them 54 .
I’m going to fill the house with 55 of a child and her mother, for we are granted only one childhood, and we will never get another.
A．table B．camera C．hammer D．phone
A．gentle B．happy C．good D．helpful
A．story B．word C．joke D．sentence
A．corner B．bed C．room D．box
A．possible B．clear C．common D．unusual
A．recover B．pretend C．think D．regret
A．continued B．stopped C．repeated D．interrupted
A．what B．whether C．why D．how
A．has B．helps C．makes D．lets
A．reach B．settle C．arrive D．handle
A．ability B．duty C．energy D．reason
A．mind B．see C．feel D．learn
A．influences B．changes C．plans D．troubles
A．cut B．hurt C．broke D．harmed
A．clever B．heavy C．dear D．lovely
A．over B．after C．for D．during
A．purpose B．principle C．destination D．attitude
A．have B．manage C．make D．stop
A．either B．any more C．neither D．anywhere
A．conversations B．messages C．imaginations D．memories
Face adversity(逆境 )with a smile
I told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route．He 36 , "You mean fortunately." He explained that I should be glad of the 37 exercise that the hill provided.
My 38 to the hill has now changed．I used to 39 as I approached it but now I tell myself the following．This hill will exercise my heart and lungs．It will help me to 40 and get fit．It will mean that I live longer．This hill is my friend． 41 , I have a smile of 42 as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be faced and 43 ．We cannot achieve anything with a/an 44 life．Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to 45 an University degree．She wrote, "Character cannot be 46 in ease and quiet．Only through 47 of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
One of the main 48 of success in life is our attitude towards adversity．At times we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties． 49 we cannot choose the adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it.
Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs amputated(截肢)following a flying accident．He was 50 to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aces．He was a/an 51 to others during the war．He said, "Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that．That's nonsense． 52 your mind, you'll never 53 crutches(拐杖)or a stick, then have a go at everything．Go to school, join in all the games you can．Go 54 you want to．But never, never let them 55 you that things are too difficult or impossible."
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I was fifteen months old, a happy kid until the day I fell. It was a 31 fall. I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to make it blind. Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched(缝合) the eyeball together where it was 32 , leaving a big ugly scar(疤痕) in the middle of my eye. The attempt 33 , but my mother, in all of her wisdom, found another doctor who knew that if the eye were removed 34 , my face would grow up badly distorted(扭曲)， 35 my scarred, sightless, cloudy and gray eye lived on with me. As I grew, this sightless eye in so many ways 36 me.
I walked with my face looking at the 37 so that people would not see the 38 me. Yet my mother would say to me, at every turn, “Hold your head up high and 39 the world. If you hold your head up high, it will be OK, and people will see your 40 soul.” She continued this 41 whenever I was trying to hide.
Mama’s words were of great help for me to face the world 42 . As a teenager, even though I tended to look down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people know me, they 43 me. In high school, I was 44 both academically and socially. I was 45 elected class president. My mother’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them 46 the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes, even if they couldn’t see it on the 47 .
Now I’m a happy wife and great mother. The message “Hold your head up high,” has been
48 many times in my 49 home. Each of my children has felt 50 invitation, and the gift my mother gave me has lived on in another generation.
A．surprising B．sudden C．big D．bad
A．separated B．destroyed C．cut D．hurt
A．failed B．tried C．succeeded D．managed
A．quickly B．entirely C．carefully D．slowly
A．then B．if C．still D．so
A．protected B．affected C．stopped D．interrupted
A．floor B．world C．front D．people
A．shy B．eldly C．ugly D．strange
A．deal with B．see C．laugh at D．face
A．different B．beautiful C．lonely D．honest
A．sentence B．passage C．opinion D．message
A．bravely B．proudly C．simply D．fairly
A．disliked B．liked C．hated D．noticed
A．comfortable B．valuable C．successful D．special
A．nearly B．even C．hardly D．still
A．touch B．observe C．watch D．recognize
A．surface B．outing C．head D．scar
A．discussed B．heard C．talked D．written
A．brave B．peaceful C．sweet D．exciting
A．their B．my C．its D．her
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