I’m a straight-A student and have been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems .
With high academic standards and a competitive , I don’t just like losing and I also can’t it. I need to beat the students, perfectly in everything. I’ve even gone so far as to define myself by my , saying how outstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I then I am lost.
Today I was sitting in class trying to the last minutes studying for a test in which I had to get full marks. the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen while still glancing at my study sheet . When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and . And then I found myself wishing she would be so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, you’re a really good . You’re so easy to talk to. ”I froze.
I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it . But inside, I knew it wasn’t true. She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to .
I passed the test excellently despite my of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasn’t on that test. I had being the best student so that I had failed at just being normal. So what to me most? What I have is all about my personal and about me being too self-centered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is enough sympathy. I want that to be what matters to me—sympathy.
A．usual B．helpless C．unfortunate D．natural
A．spirit B．sport C．school D．market
A．take B．recommend C．stand D．help
A．ordinary B．top C．handsome D．strong
A．strength B．appearance C．grades D．tricks
A．invent B．expect C．copy D．hide
A．save B．spend C．collect D．cost
A．When B．After C．Because D．Before
A．rudely B．bitterly C．excitedly D．politely
A．in no time B．on time C．for a long time D．now and then
A．refused B．worked C．agreed D．waited
A．quiet B．gentle C．pretty D．safe
A．talker B．listener C．lecturer D．teacher
A．angrily B．carelessly C．disappointedly D．gladly
A．alarm B．gather C．participate D．shout
A．fear B．joy C．worry D．possession
A．given up B．focused on C．complained of D．dreamed of
A．happens B．matters C．appeals D．devotes
A．success B．failure C．depression D．health
A．always B．ever C．much D．never
Recently, a professor of philosophy in the U. S. has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we 41 money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to 42 every penny they spend for a week. 43 they spend their money, they can see what they really 44 in life.
He says our relation with others often becomes clearly 45 when money enters the picture. You might have 46 with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will 47 him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings 48 to the friendship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly 49 the friendship if he doesn’t.
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it 50 very important. The author interviewed some millionaires for 51 . Question: What is 52 thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man? Answer: What makes me surprised most is how people give me 53 . I am nothing. I don’t know much. All I 54 money
People just 55 making more and more money, but what is it 56 ? How much do I need for a given purpose in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back 57 that money is an instrument 58 the end． 59 plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be 60 the meaning of life.
A．get through B．deal with C．give away D．look after
A．keep a record of B．run out of C．keep up with D．use up
A．In this way B．By this means C．By the way D．From the way
A．insist B．value C．dream D．offer
A．doubtful B．uncertain C．definite D．distrustful
A．poor relation B．a quarrel C．words D．wonderful friendship
A．know B．recognize C．respect D．admire
A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something
A．strengthen B．weaken C．threaten D．protect
A．is B．to be C．being D．is to be
A．his family B．his friends C．much money D．his book
A．the most surprising B．the less surprising C．the most surprised D．a most surprising
A．so less respect B．so much respect C．so much money D．so much envy
A．have is B．am has C．have but D．am to be
A．pay no attention to B．make no sense of C．have an idea of D．lose consciousness of
A．against B．by C．beyond D．for
A．the design B．the idea C．the plan D．the argument
A．rather than B．more than C．other than D．less than
A．Spirit B．Friendship C．Money D．Character
A．missing B．getting C．receiving D．understanding
My mother often asked me, “what is the most important part of the body?” Through the years I would guess at 46 I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My 47 , Mommy.” She said, “No. Many people are deaf. But you 48 thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”
Then last year, my Grandpa 49 . Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our 50 to say our final goodbye to grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?” I was shocked 51 she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion(迷惑) on my face and told me, “This 52 is very important. It shows that you have 53 lived your life”. I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.” I asked, “Is it because it holds up your head?”
She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they 54. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and 55 that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”
A．if B．what C．that D．whether
A．ears B．eyes C．hands D．feet
A．feel B．stop C．keep D．forget
A．worried B．visited C．died D．came
A．need B．chance C．duty D．turn
A．when B．unless C．before D．but
A．experience B．answer C．problem D．question
A．easily B．really C．carefully D．especially
A．sleep B．think C．laugh D．cry
A．visitors B．friends C．classmates D．teachers
The night of graduation, I was afraid. Two hundred people were sitting out there. I felt tense and I wanted to run away, 36 I couldn’t! After all, my own children were sitting in front of me with many other persons. I couldn’t be a coward(懦夫) before 37 .
When I ended the speech, I was 38 at the cheering. And I never forget the first time I received the cheering in my life.
Flowers arrived 39 my brothers and sister. My husband gave me silk roses. The reporters came with 40 and recorders and lots of questions. There were tears and hugs and congratulations.
Sometimes, I sit down and 41 the tape of my gaduation speech. I hear myself say to the audience, “Don’t’ give up your 42 in life. Anything can happen if you believe. It means hard work, but 43 sure that you can do it, with God’s help.”
And then, I remember mother’s 44 to me , a young girl: “Hurry, Gin, you’ll be late for school.”
Yes, Mom, I was late 45 school, but it was sweeter for waiting. I only wish you and Dad could have been there to see your daughter and granddaughter in all their show and speech.
A．and B．then C．so D．but
A．them B．themselves C．him D．himself
A．worried B．worrying C．surprised D．surprising
A．at B．in C．to D．from
A．books B．newspapers C．cameras D．cars
A．put up B．put down C．put on D．put off
A．speech B．ideas C．dreams D．love
A．let B．take C．get D．make
A．shout B．shouting C．call D．calling
A．to B．for C．of D．with
Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence can be more useful than crying for __36___! That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of__37__ boy to man with family hardships tells us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was ___38___ 11, his father became mentally ill and one day came back with an abandoned baby girl. A year later, Hong’s mother and younger brother both ___39__home because of poverty and pressure from his sick father.
Their burdens fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders: to treat his father’s illness, to ___40___ the adopted sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Hong didn’t __41___ . Since a young age, he has worked in part-time jobs to feed his family. At the same time, he has studied at college. To take care of Chenchen , he worked hard to___42__a room near his campus for her, and send her to school.
After Hong’s story went public, people were ___43___to tears by his unselfishness. Hard __44__ his life was, Hong didn’t abandon his father and the adopted ___45__, because they needed his help. With his hard-won money, he even aided other students ___46__against misfortunes.
Today when many tend to worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds ___47__ us of what we usually neglect: Love and care for others. Without these, ___48___ of us could survive.
Hong ___49__ donations from others. He said that he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could ___50__ his own work. Short of money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to ___51__ around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed ___52___ against misfortune that made him a hero in people’s eyes.
Hong’s story shows that with love and willpower, no hardship can ___53__ a person but himself. So when facing difficulties, don’t ___54__ about bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society ___55___ you’ll find the world smiling back.
A．money B．food C．clothes D．help
A．only B．already C．ever D．still
A．stayed B．went C．sold D．left
A．bring up B．turn to C．stick to D．devote to
A．give away B．give up C．run out D．turn down
A．build B．rent C．but D．paint
A．encouraged B．moved C．inspired D．made
A．as B．because C．unless D．while
A．brother B．daughter C．sister D．uncle
A．struggling B．learning C．standing D．turning
A．left B．remembered C．reminded D．told
A．any one B．every one C．none D．no one
A．threw away B．turned out C．gave off D．turned down
A．depend on B．stick to C．refer to D．turn to
A．show B．eat C．sell D．share
A．a chance B．an ability C．a spirit D．a belief
A．bury B．defeat C．win D．knock
A．worry B．care C．complain D．joke
A．and B．when C．while D．until
I'm feeling sad．My 19-year-old∞nleft home about a week ago to 36 the Air Force, and my 23-year-old daughter left two days ago to marry in another state．I'm so 37 of my son as he had to really work hard to get into the Air Force, and my daughter moved to be with her fiance（未婚夫）．I'm just simply upset．It 38 feels like someone has ripped my heart from my chest．I’ve tried to talk to their father, friends, and family but it just feels like no one around me 39 what I'm going through．
My children were 40 to me．I put all my energy into 41 both of them and doing all types of activities with them, even sometimes at the 42 of my own best interests．I understand they grow up and need their _43 ,but for some reason I just can't seem to let go．I am go _ 44 that they're establishing their own lives, 45 I get so depressed whenever I have even a simple _46 of them．I've been crying for over a week now．I really don't know what to do to make this 47 go away．I can't even walk by either one's room without bursting into tears．I don't understand why I'm unable to _48 this sense of great loss．I'm 49 that I need to move on with my own life and find _50 things to devote my attention to, but I _51 being a mom and spending time on my children．I've 52 adopting a child but it's _53 atthe moment for me considering my poor health．
I'm just thankful to have found this website and found there are others who are 54 similar problems．It helps to 55 I'm not crazy or overreacting．Thank you for sharing your problems and showing others like myself this isn’t so abnormal．
A．join B．visit C．contact D．lead
A．afraid B．proud C．ashamed D．guilty
A．hardly B．even C．almost D．truly
A．reminds B．regrets C．understands D．questions
A．everything B．everyone C．nothing D．anyone
A．persuading B．raising C．paying D．charging
A．mercy B．distance C．sight D．cost
A．freedom B．country C．career D．house
A．anxious B．embarrassed C．amazed D．happy
A．if B．and C．but D．unless
A．thought B．look C．impression D．idea
A．moment B．decision C．feeling D．event
A．recognize B．realize C．achieve D．overcome
A．afraid B．aware C．doubtful D．confident
A．expensive B．great C．new D．simple
A．forgot B．tried C．stopped D．enjoyed
A．admitted B．considered C．suspected D．remembered
A．impossible B．disappointing C．worthy D．surprising
A．researching B．experiencing C．imitating D．recording
A．hear B．imagine C．know D．say
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