Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to ____ to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it, maybe from the back or from a blurb（宣传信息）on the front. But who ____, right? Those bits and pieces aren’t always right.
Sometimes people ____ themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re something completely different. Either there was some good marketing ____ to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a(n) ____ way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could ever have told you.
You start off slow. The story is beginning to ____. You’re unsure. It’s a big commitment reading this tome(巨著). Maybe this book won’t be that great but you’ll feel ____ about putting it down. Maybe it’ll be so awful you’ll set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you’ll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely—needing something to ____ the time, but it won’t be any better than it was when you first started reading it.
Maybe you’re ____. You’ve read tons of books before. Maybe you’ve taken some time off from reading because the last few books you read just weren’t ____ it. Do they even write new, great works of literature anymore? Maybe it’s a once in a lifetime feeling and you’re never going to find it again.
Or something ____ could happen. Maybe this will become your new favorite book. There’s always a possibility, right? That’s the ____ of risk. You ____ your time and your brain power in the words and what you get back is a new understanding and pure wonder.
How could someone possibly know you like this? Some stranger, some author, some character. It’s like they’re seeing inside your ____. This book existed inside some book store, on a shelf, maybe handled by other people and really it was just ____ for you to pick it up. It was waiting to speak to you. To say, “You are not ____.”
You just want more of the story. You want to keep reading, maybe everything this author has ever ____. You wish it would never end. The closer it gets to the smaller side of the pages, the ____ you read, wanting to savor(品味) it all. This book is now one of your favorites forever. You will always wish you could go back to ____ having read it and pick it up fresh again, but also you know you’re better for having this close, inside you, ____ your heart and mind.
Reading a book is just like falling in love. Once you get in deep enough, you know you could never put this book down.
A．contribute B．commit C．subscribe D．react
A．tells B．cares C．writes D．knows
A．advertise B．believe C．behave D．mistake
A．attached B．compared C．used D．related
A．artificial B．superficial C．theoretical D．confidential
A．repeat B．change C．conflict D．unfold
A．worried B．content C．guilty D．serious
A．fill B．spare C．save D．take
A．worn out B．run out C．given out D．made out
A．like B．worth C．beyond D．beneath
A．exciting B．familiar C．rare D．tough
A．price B．beauty C．danger D．style
A．balance B．waste C．harvest D．invest
A．soul B．book C．body D．eyes
A．asking B．looking C．standing D．waiting
A．alone B．yourself C．busy D．crazy
A．devoted B．agreed C．written D．enjoyed
A．slower B．faster C．more D．less
A．always B．ever C．once D．never
A．covering B．breaking C．separating D．blocking
Somebody Loves You
One miserable rainy night，a man named Mark decided to end his life．In his mid-fifties，Mark had never been married． the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family．Wet and unhappy，he walked along the streets，feeling as if there was in the entire world that cared whether he lived or died
，1 was sitting in my room watching the rain hit my window．When I heard the doorbell ring，I jumped from my chair and Out．But my mother was already at the door．Opening it，she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face．My mother，overcome by ，invited the man inside，and he sat with my parents in our living room．
，1 walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look．I couldn't understand what they were saying，but the of the man，holding his head in his hands and crying，made my chest ache．I raced back upstairs to my room and my hand into my money jar．Pulling out my only half-dollar coin，I ran back downstairs．
When I the door of the living room，I walked right in．The three adults looked at me in as I quickly made my way over the stranger．I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it．Then I gave him a ，turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs．I felt excited but happy
Downstairs，Mark sat quietly with his head ．Tears streamed down his face as he tightly held that coin．Finally looking up at my parents，he said，"It’s that I thought nobody cared．For the last twenty years，I have been so ．That is the first hug I have ever got．It’s hard to believe that somebody_ ．”
Mark's life changed that night．When he left our house，he was to live instead of die． we never saw Mark again，we received letters from him every once in a while，letting us know that he was doing fine
My life changed that night，too，as I witnessed the hue healing power of ．even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents．
Before Mark left，my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door．Mark said that he'd walked along the streets that rainy night，helpless and ready to ，he had noticed a sticker on the car．It read：SOMEBODY LOVES YOU．
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a cold Saturday morning．An old man walked slowly into the ____．With shoulders bent forward，he leaned on his trusty stick with each ____step．
His shabby clothes and warm personality made him out from the usual breakfast crowd．Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips _____in a steady smile．
A young waitress named Mary_____him drag toward a table by the window．She ran over to him，and said，“Here，sir．Let me give you a ____with that chair．”
Without saying a word，he smiled and ___．She pulled the chair away from the able．Steadying him with one arm，she helped him get comfortably_____．Then she moved the table up close to him，and leaned his ____against the table where he could reach it．
In a soft，clear voice，he said，“Thank you for your_____．”
“You’re welcome，sir．” She replied__．“And my name is Mary．I’ll be back in a moment，and ____you need anything at all in the meantime，just wave at me！”
After he had finished his breakfast，Mary brought him the change from his ticket．Then she ____him out from behind the table．She handed him his stick，and walked ____him to the front door．Holding the door open for him，she said，“Come back and see us，sir！”
He turned with his whole body and nodded with a ____smile．“You are very kind，” he said softly．
When Mary went to clean his table，she was to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin(餐巾纸)．Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill！
The note on the napkin _____，“Dear Mary，I respect you very much，and you respect yourself too．It shows by the way you ____others．You have found the secret of happiness．Your kind gestures will _____through those who meet you．”
The next day she was told that the man she had ____on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working．
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Make the Most of What You Have Got
For Nick Vujicic, life was going to be difficult from the day he was born．When Nick arrived into this world, he everyone．He was not like the other babies and it was obvious to his parents and to the doctors in the hospital．
There was no or answers for his condition．Nick was born without any limbs—that is he was born without any arms or legs．But despite being physically , he was mentally and the rest of his body was functioning fine．
he had loving parents, Nick would find school hard as he would often be looked down upon by the other children and at the young age of 10, he considered his life by drowning himself in a bathtub．These dark thoughts were by his negative attitude to being disabled and at the time, he thought that he would never be able to do by himself, that he would never have a job and that he would always have to on his parents for help．
Nick was wrong．
As an adult, Nick is a successful public speaker and is famous for his motivational which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life worldwide．He so many people with the story of his life, how he has so many difficulties and most importantly how he is happy every day．
Despite having no arms or legs, Nick lives , even finding ways to do almost things like brushing his teeth on his own and swimming．He has to work harder than a full bodied person and he achieves his goals．
At the first impression, you may look at Nick and feel ．You may feel sad that this man has no arms or legs and you might feel his and upset that he could find everyday situations difficult．But we should Nick, as he is extremely positive and he gets on with life．He every day and makes the best of what he has: a positive attitude, a creative mind and a powerful ．He also has a very kind and very beautiful wife and they are truly happy and in love．
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You had better learn to be grateful．If you are grateful，you naturally yourself up to receive all kinds of blessings and good things in life．You can receive almost everything you want ．If you want recovery soon，start by feeling grateful that you are still ．If it is more money that you want，start being grateful for whatever of money you already have．
You see，showing gratitude(感恩) is the key to every thing in life．It is the key to successful relationships，it is the key to successful futures and it is the key to healthier and happier lives．And this is where the importance of being grateful lies． ，it makes life better．
One of my favorite is “If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have，you will find yourself having more to appreciate．” Think about that！
Something as as a “Thank you for being in my life” or “I having you here with me”，can go a long way．It will make the other person feel good，and it also will make you feel better！
So maybe your wife is not very around the house，but she’s great at cooking your favorite ．Or，maybe your child milk all over your new shirt right before you walked out the door for work，but usually he makes you laugh so much and makes you the luckiest parent in the world．
I strongly you to make a promise to yourself for the next week．Decide to every morning and think of at least 5 things that you are for．Then say them out loud．You will notice a smile on your face without even ．In 30 days you will feel completely renewed．This is the of being grateful！
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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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things have come to represent, in fact, what I call and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did the water. Any kind of ride seemed to give him pleasure. he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being the water, moving through it, it all around me. I was not a strong , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my fathers’ office and those summer days with my father, who come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his . But my father always and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s .” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get an ice cream...
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is .”And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but , in that childhood, looks at us.
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