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
After six months of living in New Zealand, I realized one thing. Despite my 36 for greater contact with local students, 37 I initiated(开始) the contact, it wouldn’t happen. Local students are not interested in contacts with the international students, because they regard us as shy, 38 and sometimes snobby （势利的） people. Of course we know that’s not true. I want to change their opinions.
After 39 the problem, I put on my “confidence mask” each morning and walked around with a smile on my face. I chatted with people whenever I had the chance. I showed that I was not afraid to 40 them, and that I was worthy of being a friend.
A side-effect of my 41 confidence was that my emotions occasionally broke down Only in the 42 of my room, where no one could see, would I reveal my real emotions. All the rejections, funny looks, and 43 behind my back calling me a weirdo（古怪的人） melted into tears. Once that was done, I would put on my confidence mask once again and start a new day.
It finally worked My name became known throughout the school as I appeared to be 44 and active. Slowly, I discovered that I no longer needed to put on my confidence mask. I had real friends. Instead of dragging myself to school and 45 to be happy, I was truly happy. I could not believe it when I was elected to the student government as Deputy Head boy----the first international student to receive the title.
From my 46 in New Zealand, I believe one thing will always be true: If you try your best to reach your goals, you’ll achieve your 47 dreams.
A．desire B．invitation C．devotion D．effort
A．if B．otherwise C．unless D．once
A．energetic B．considerate C．free D．dull
A．getting B．realizing C．solving D．making
A．get up with B．put up with C．open up to D．look forward to
A．accepted B．proved C．elected D．forced
A．public B．privacy C．possession D．protection
A．laughing B．talking C．acting D．walking
A．minded B．talented C．humorous D．enthusiastic
A．looking B．helping C．pretending D．treating
A．experience B．trouble C．travel D．struggle
A．great B．impossible C．hopeful D．reasonable
Dear Xiaohua:
I’m very glad to receive your letter. From your letter, I know you have shown great interest in inventing new things. That’s great. As for how to be an inventor, there is no quick answer to
.
Coming from different cultures and having different backgrounds, inventors do not seem to have much common. But creative thinking,
is greatly valued, is perhaps the basic skill an inventor should have. In order to explore new possibilities, you will have to learn to break
from old thought patterns. When you get stuck, try to look at the problem in
many ways as possible. Each new
may improve your understanding.
More importantly, always keep it in your mind success is no accident. It is the result of a long process of trial and error. Above all, the main task for you is to study hard and try to learn more knowledge. This, of course, will lay a solid foundation.
Hope your future invention will make a difference.
Good luck.
Yours,
Wang Li
As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to 36 down. But moderate relaxation is necessary for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a 37 part of everyday life and there is no way to 38 it. In fact, it is not the bad thing that it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give 39 to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.
The amount of stress a person can bear 40 very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such 41 are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at first 42 of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make a choice between 43 and fight. And in more ancient days the choices made the 44 between life and death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction 45 long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes _ 46 . Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have 47 links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives we need to find ways to deal with it. It would be unwise to do so even if we could.
So what do you think of stress? What is your way to deal with it?
A．turn B．get C．calm D．slow
A．terrible B．hard C．natural D．physical
A．accept B．avoid C．solve D．tolerate
A．instruction B．influence C．resource D．purpose
A．spends B．calls C．depends D．insists
A．characters B．situations C．personalities D．patterns
A．impression B．sight C．view D．glance
A．heaviness B．pressure C．fright D．peace
A．choice B．difference C．promise D．decision
A．lasts B．stands C．lives D．continues
A．changeable B．endangered C．injured D．balanced
A．developed B．found C．achieved D．established
For most of the day construction worker Sidney Smith and his brother – in – law Joseph Chambers had been 21 along the banks of Lake Waco with little 22 . Chambers suggested they go home, but Smith 33 that there were still several hours of daylight 24 and there was one other place they might try a bit longer before 25 .
Smith drove his pickup（小货车）a couple of miles along the 26 road to get to the other side of the lake. This road, in the truest sense, was a path wagging in the heavy 27 area. Even with the sun still high in the cloudless sky, the 28 of trees formed a leafy 29 over the road and it suddenly seemed 30 in the evening.
“A guy could get lost and nobody would ever find him,” said Chambers.
Smith smiled, “We’re 31 there.” He said. A few seconds later, the smile was 32 from his face.
“What the hell is that?”
He braked to a stop. Less than twenty feet away was what appeared to be a 33 .
For several minutes the two men sat in the pickup 34 to decide whether they had happened to 35 someone’s bad practical joke or something far more serious. Smith with his brother-in-law got out of the pickup and 36 walked towards that thing some distance before them.
It was a young man who was already dead. They had got to tell 37 . Back into the pickup, Smith backed the pickup down the road 38 he could turn around, then 39 back. With the dead young man still on his mind, Smith felt as if he was going to be sick. God, how he 40 they had given up fishing and gone home early.
A．playing B．boating C．fishing D．walking
A．failure B．success C．disappointment D．interest
A．quarreled B．argued C．reasoned D．shouted
A．remaining B．staying C．keeping D．leaving
A．starting off B．running out C．sending away D．giving up
A．winding B．widening C．leading D．blocking
A．grassed B．wooded C．iced D．snowed
A．trunks B．shadow C．shade D．shape
A．hat B．umbrella C．sheet D．overcoat
A．foggy B．late C．early D．rainy
A．almost B．already C．only D．fairly
A．escaped B．lost C．gone D．missed
A．body B．trap C．pile D．stream
A．talking B．hoping C．wanting D．trying
A．come across B．turn out C．bring about D．make up
A．loudly B．quietly C．quickly D．slowly
A．everybody B．somebody C．anybody D．nobody
A．until B．before C．after D．when
A．turned B．ran C．headed D．walked
A．expected B．hoped C．wished D．prayed
One day last month after I received my salary, I went shopping with my little son. 21 in the 22 store, I had my pocket 23 and my whole salary was gone with it. I was so angry that I almost lost 24 of myself. What could I do? We were not very rich. The money was really not a small sum for my family. It would 25 our life greatly. How could I tell my wife?
I felt very sad and even 26 for losing the money then I got home. To make up for my 27 mistake, I gathered all my strength to give our house a thorough cleaning and then prepared a wonderful meal and cooked a special dish my wife loved to 28 her.
When she came home, I 29 a smile to 30 her. She was 31 to see the neat house and delicious meal. We sat at the table and began to eat. I told my story 32 . She did not 33 .It was as if she had not heard my words.
“I’ve lost my salary,” I murmured to her again.
“I see,” she did not shout at me as I had 34 . She didn’t lose her 35 . So I was afraid she was trying hard to 36 her anger.
A moment later, my wife was still 37 and seemed to be enjoying her favourite dish. At last I could not keep asking, “I’ve lost the money. Why not shout at me?”She 38 her eyes, looking at me and said, “oh, on the contrary, I’m thinking about how to 39 you. It’s 40 who is to blame.
A．Fortunately B．Unfortunately C．However D．Surprisingly
A．big B．modern C．crowded D．new
A．robbed B．stolen C．picked D．harmed
A．control B．heart C．interest D．patience
A．offer B．affect C．please D．improve
A．worried B．sorrow C．ashamed D．guilty
A．careless B．unforgivable C．important D．big[
A．tell B．give C．please D．surprise
A．made B．forced C．pretended D．gave
A．meet B．greet C．receive D．accept
A．glad B．surprised C．pleased D．angry
A．nervously B．gladly C．extremely D．calmly
A．respond B．answer C．hear D．shout
A．wished B．expected C．hoped D．wanted
A．way B．interest C．control D．temper
A．hide B．express C．take D．show
A．sad B．silent C．happy D．worried
A．opened B．closed C．raised D．shut
A．shout at B．beat C．thank D．comfort
A．you B．the thief C．the policeman D．your wife
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