Ever since I was little, my favorite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot chocolate.
____36_____, winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother ____37____ it didn’t snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions. ___38____one day, she promised that she would make it snow on my next birthday.
That year, ____39____ my birthday, my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window, hoping to see just one snowflake. But there was no snow. I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.
But my sixteenth birthday, I had lost all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for ___40____. During my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly happy. I ___41___ the best time ever! Then I saw the white snow ____42___down all around. I was so excited that I ran around screaming and laughing. My friends all laughed ____43___me, but I didn’t care.
When I ___44____home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was ___45___ because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal snowflake(水晶雪花) with a card that said, “Happy Birthday.”
How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final ___46____ on my “sweet sixteenth”. I cried.
I was ___47_____ that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.
A．Certainly B．Unfortunately C．Importantly D．Luckily
A．when B．how C．whether D．why
A．But B．Or C．Then D．So
A．on B．after C．before D．in
A．it B．her C．him D．me
A．had B．was C．played D．feared
A．fell B．to fall C．fallen D．falling
A．with B．at C．from D．off
A．arrived at B．remained C．got D．entered
A．excited B．confused C．pleased D．frustrated
A．order B．mistake C．wish D．decision
A．certain B．angry C．sad D．anxious
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In a small village, there lived a potter(陶工) who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the ___1___ to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter would ___2___ under a tree midway, tying(拴) his donkey nearby.
One day, the potter __3__ to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the __4__, he became
worried and didn’t know what to do. At that time, a saint(圣人) __5__ to be passing by. When the potter told the saint what his __6__ was, he said, “Take the __7__ to the place where you tie him every day. __8__ to tie him using an imaginary rope. He won’t run away.” The potter did what the saint had said.
When he woke up, to his __9__ and relief, he found the donkey standing in the __10__ place. But to his frustration, when he prepared to leave for __11__, the donkey did not move. __12__, the potter saw the wise saint again and told him about the donkey’s __13__ behavior. The saint said, “Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter __14__ the saint’s advice.
Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home __15__ his donkey.
1. A. factory B. garden C. field D. village
2. A. stand B. rest C. sing D. dance
3. A. forgot B. decided C. expected D. agreed
4. A. stone B. tree C. bridge D. house
5. A. failed B. attempted C. happened D. managed
6. A. animal B. plant C. problem D. result
7. A. bird B. flower
C. donkey D. rope
8. A. Believe B. Learn C. Wish D. Pretend
9. A. surprise B. disappointment C. anger D. regret
10. A. similar B. special C. same D. wrong
11. A. field B. school C. home D. hospital
12. A. Quickly B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Badly
13. A. funny B. foolish C. proper D. strange
14. A offered B. followed C. refused D. received
15. A. happily B. sadly C. seriously D. casually
Last year, I lost my best friend in high school. It seemed that everyone else’s life could just continue on in its 36 way, but mine couldn’t. I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to face 37 and their gossip at school. I was forced to 38 my routine on Monday morning as usual. In the evening I returned home from school 39 completely defeated. All I wanted to do was 40 into bed and wallow（沉迷于）in my own self-pity. I pulled back the covers on my bed and 41 a pile of cards left by my dad. Each card included a（n） 42 that it was to be opened on a 43 night that week.
I made it through that week 44 my father. Each card 45 to say just what I needed to hear. Tuesday’s card said, “The past is painful to think about and the 46 is impossible to imagine. Don’t try. Just take it one minute at a time.” On Wednesday my mood 47 when I read, “What you are feeling now is 48 and normal. It still feels very bad, but it is part of the healing 49 .” Friday’s card contained a poem he wrote. The last lines made me smile through my tears. “Whatever special 50 you face along life’s way, may you 51 that you will find the best in every day.” I was instructed to open the last card 52 the party I went to on Saturday night. In it he wisely reminded me to 53 . “The world isn’t so bad after a good laugh. The more you laugh, the more you heal.” Each card was signed, “Love, Dad.”
My world once collapsed but I 54 the difficult breakup eventually. It owed to my dad , who made his 55 known when he couldn’t be present.
A．pleasant B．strange C．funny D．normal
A．everyone B．anyone C．someone D．nobody
A．work out B．meet with C．deal with D．come across
A．making B．feeling C．regarding D．onsidering
A．crawl B．push C．jump D．draw
A．invented B．discovered C．created D．wrote
A．instruction B．explanation C．presentation D．information
A．regular B．flexible C．particular D．legal
A．in favor of B．regardless of C．in search of D．because of
A．seemed B．happened C．occurred D．intended
A．life B．future C．dream D．result
A．fell B．passed C．flied D．lifted
A．false B．honest C．natural D．innocent
A．content B．process C．cure D．progress
A．destruction B．competition C．challenges D．destination
A．trust B．guess C．predict D．succeed
A．before B．since C．after D．till
A．cry B．scream C．sing D．laugh
A．got through B．looked through C．broke through D．put through
A．schedule B．concept C．soul D．confidence
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One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big 36 on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been 37 your growth in this company passed 38 . We invite you to join the funeral prepared in the 39 .
In the beginning，they all got 40 for the death of one of their colleagues. 41 after a while they started getting 42 to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.
The 43 in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were 44 to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement 45 up. Everyone whispered to each other:“ 46 on earth is this guy?”
One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they 47 inside it, they 48 became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in 49 , as if someone had 50 the deepest part of their soul.
There was a 51 inside the coffin；everyone who
looked inside it could see himself, There was also a sign next to the mirror that 52 : there is only one person who is 53 to set limits to your growth：IT IS 54 !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of 55 ；build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!
A．card B．post C．sign D．1etter
A．encouraging B．helping C．building D．limiting
A．on C．away D．down
A．office B．gym C．way D．meeting room
A．sad C．afraid D．calm
A．And B．But C．Or D．So
A．ready B．pleased C．curious D．serious
A．surprise B．anger C．excitement D．sadness
A．admitted B．forced C．forbidden D．ordered
A．heated B．woke C．turned D．kept
A．Where B．What C．How D．Who
A．walked B．looked C．got D．turned
A．suddenly B．gradually C．merely D．extremely
A．sorrow B．order C．silence D．person
A．stolen B．touched C．attacked D．seen
A．1etter B．book C．mirror D．appeared
A．wrote B．read C．showed D．reflected
A．sure B．eager C．afraid D．able
A．YOU B．ME C．HE D．ITSELF
A．punishment B．praises C．changes D．blame
Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice
of an __36__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, __37__, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __38__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __39__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __40__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __41__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __42__ .
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __43__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __44__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __45__. Some drift from job to job. Others __46__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __47__ real or imagined prestige (声望).
Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __48__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __49__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is __50__ good reason for choosing it as life’s work. __51__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __52__ of young people should give serious __53__ to these fields.
Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __54__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take __55__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.
A．identification B．accommodation C．occupation D．entertainment
A．thereby B．however C．though D．therefore
A．thoroughly B．mainly C．entirely D．partly
A．its B．his C．their D．our
A．therefore B．since C．furthermore D．forever
A．fit B．make C．take D．leave
A．means B．job C．way D．company
A．to B．for C．with D．without
A．little B．few C．much D．a lot
A．chance B．purpose C．basis D．opportunity
A．apply B．appeal C．turn D．stick
A．its B．their C．your D．our
A．concerning B．following C．ignoring D．considering
A．preferences B．requirements C．tendencies D．ambitions
A．a B．any C．the D．no
A．Therefore B．Moreover C．Nevertheless D．However
A．majority B．mass C．minority D．number
A．proposal B．suggestion C．approval D．consideration
A．towards B．out of C．against D．without
A．turns B．parts C．risks D．choices
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
“Never say die'' was my mother's motto．No matter how tough the life was, she always had 36 in the face of struggle and change．
My mother , born in the late 1920s, 37 no education．Her mother, whom she loved dearly , died when she was 12 years old．Her father remarried, 38 he stepmother was 39 to her．As a result, my mother was always kept busy doing ail kinds of household 40 ,varying from feeding scores of tame birds to _41 her stepbrothers "Never say die" she 42 __say to herself．
After marrying my father , she 43 my grandparents as her own parents．It was a Lime when China was faced with a severe 44 of food and my family was no 45 ．There was a 46 in my family that the best food went to the old and she was always the last to have her meal．At one time , there wasn't a grain left at home, and the whole family got into a_47 "Never say die" said my mother, as she often did in such cases- She, together with my elder sisters—one 8 years old and the other 11, went begging until the 48 picked up．My father was once 49_ to drinking．My mother, on the one hand , tried hard to 50 him to quit drinking; on the other hand, every time my father was heavily drunk; she would feed two thermos bottles of boiled water to him ,using the mouth-to-mouth way．
Poor as my family was my parents 51 to send my sisters to school, which was absolutely 52 in my home village then．Now my sisters have both retired as primary school teachers．Then my mother devoted herfelf entirely to 53 her grandchildren, among whom are now two university students, a soldier, an engineer, a bank c’erk and a civil servant.
Devoted to the family, she is deeply respected and loved by her children and grandchildren. Every year a family get-together takes place on her birthday when the whole family 54 being blessed with such a great mother. “Never say die” is a 55 gift she left for her off springs.
A．energy B．strength C．power D．force
A．received B．accepted C．gave D．took
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．cruel B．strict C．hard D．particular
A．events B．incidents C．affairs D．accidents
A．looking after B．looking for C．looking into D．looking up
A．would B．could C．should D．might
A．considered B．regarded C．took D．treated
A．short B．lacking C．lack D．lacked
A．reception B．expectation C．explosion D．exception
A．tradition B．habit C．custom D．practice
A．trouble B．panic C．puzzle D．pain
A．condition B．situation C．occasion D．cii5e
A．addicted B．devoted C．accustomed D．used
A．advise B．suggest C．talk D．convince
A．succeeded B．managed C．tried D．attempted
A．uneasy B．unfit C．unusual D．universal
A．bringing up B．raising C．supporting D．feeding
A．understand B．enjoy C．imagine D．appreciate
A．worthless B．priceless C．endless D．penniless
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