Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, they us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see CJ’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that his sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
A．inspiring B．frustrating C．encouraging D．exciting
A．expectation B．love C．education D．instruction
A．suggested B．hoped C．persuaded D．advised
A．Luckily B．Unfortunately C．Naturally D．Generally
A．due to B．as long as C．so far as D．in case
A．However B．Besides C．Thus D．Therefore
A．charged B．prepared C．engaged D．held
A．familiar B．similar C．friendly D．close
A．host B．teacher C．headmaster D．judge
A．effect B．way C．force D．struggle
A．where B．as C．when D．that
A．after B．during C．before D．once
A．anxious B．enough C．amazing D．pleased
A．displayed B．kept C．taken D．replaced
A．take up B．keep up C．get up D．pick up
A．surprise B．expectation C．anxiety D．amusement
A．got B．drew C．made D．defeated
A．special B．extraordinary C．curious D．mixing
A．on B．high C．great D．easy
A．difficult B．upset C．disappointed D．different
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When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him. I would spend the day just __36____, doing nothing and not paying much __37___to all the people around me. One day, as my dad and I were___38___ to the shop, I looked out of the car window and saw an old man on the street corner. Our ___39___ met and held for about ten seconds. There was ___40___ fearful about this man, but it was a significant encounter for me. 41_that point, I had given no _42__to anyone I saw on the street. My life was my family and friends. I had no interest in anyone else.
43 for the first time I had an interest in what that person was all about.
Years later, I had long 44 that man, but he came to my mind recently and I remembered the ten 45 when I looked into the eyes of a stranger and 46 what he was all about.
It seems that we are all 47 every day. There are so many things to do that we 48 have time for sincere(真诚的)interest in others. Great thinkers._49_us to "stop and smell the roses". But it has taken me decades to really appreciate
the __50 of these words. When I had the opportunity to 51 a young person, I did my best
to convey this message. But 52 ,young people were too busy to 53 this advice. I would like to tell young people to stop what they are doing and 54 around. I want to tell them to try as 55 as they can to understand what is in their view and what is in the range of their hearing.
36, A. sitting around B. fighting back C. dropping out D. moving off
37. A. money B. interest C. attention D. respect
38.A. carrying B. sticking C. walking D. driving
39. A. eyes B. hands C. ears D. feet
40. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. Anything
41. A. But for B. Due to C. As for D. Up to
42. A. thought B. fear C. greeting D. glance
43 A. So B. Instead C. But D. And
44. A. remembered B. forgotten C. reminded D. dreamed
45. A. years B. seconds C. days D. minutes
46. A. surprised B. learned C. wondered D. doubted
47. A. busy B. stupid C. lazy D. puzzled
48. A. often B. rarely C. even D. always
49. A. alarm B. prove C. force D. encourage
50. A. influence B. beauty C. meaning D. creativity
51. A. describe to B. blame on C. speak to D. quarrel with
52. A. luckily B. unfortunately C. immediately D. astonishingly
53. A. agree to B. think highly of C. look after D. take notice of
54. A. look B. hang C. bring D. come
55. A. soon B. hard C. long D. Far
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Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has 36 economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works 37 a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can 38 support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at 39 and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n) 40 for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would 41 talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids 42 her.
On her birthday last month, she 43 her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice wanted her to be 44 so much that she 45 on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any 46 clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a 47 from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I 48 a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be 49 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 50 she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very 51 and angrily said to her Mum, “ 52 I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well 53 .
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s 54 . Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her 55 with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
36. A. personal B. extra C. limited D. adequate[
37. A. for B. with C. like D. as
38. A. hopefully B. obviously C. hardly D. temporarily
39. A. music B. drawing C. maths D. biology
40. A. bonus B. allowance C. donation D. pension
41. A. secretly B. happily C. quietly D. eagerly
42. A. pointing at B. shouting at C. laughing at D. glaring at
43. A. took B. invited C. accompanied D. sent
44. A. happy B. independent C. confident D. present
45. A. depended B. insisted C. focused D. agreed
46. A. casual B. comfortable C. nice D. tight
47. A. shirt B. jeans C. handbag D. necklace[
48. A. get B. copy C. order D. borrow
49. A. free B. able C. glad D. willing
50. A. how B. when C. why D. whether
51. A. stubborn B. upset C. firm D. enthusiastic
52. A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though
53. A. treated B. controlled C. educated D. behaved
54. A. cleverness B. character C. circumstances D. competences
55. A. study B. friendship C. sympathy D. performance
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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. 36 man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only 37 . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
They talked for hours 38 . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he 39 pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The other man felt his world would be 40 and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.
The window overlooked a 41 with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children 42 their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the 43 .
As the man by the window described all this in delicate 44 , the other man would close his eyes and 45 the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade 46 . 47 the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with 48 words.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse arrived, 49 to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.
The other man asked to be 50 next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside. 51 , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have 52 his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse 53 that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to 54 you."
Shared grief is half the sorrow, 55 happiness when shared, is doubled.
36. A. The one B. One C. Another C. This
37. A. entrance B. exit C. passage D. window
38. A. on end B. in vain C. at ease D. after all
39. A. would B. should C. might D. could
40. A. shortened B. deepened C. broadened D. sharpened
41. A. courtyard B. market C. wood D. park
42. A. flew B. designed C. sailed D. swapped
43. A. distance B. way C. process D. course
44. A. effect B. particular C. detail D. relief
45. A. expose B. imagine C. realize D. spot
46. A. passing away B. passing by C. passing down D. passing out
47. A. Because B. As C. Once D. Although
48. A. descriptive B. productive C. sensitive D. tentative
49. A. strangely B. surprisingly C. sceptically D. only
50. A. substituted B. offered C. switched D. organized
51. A. Willingly B. Finally C. Generously D. Occasionally
52. A. sacrificed B. referred C. motivated D. intended
53. A. responded B. respected C. requested D. resisted
54. A. recover B. defend C. observe D. encourage
55. A. or B. but C. so D. and
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It’s only too natural that personal characteristics play a vital role in the development of one's intelligence. But people 36 to realize the importance of cultivating (培养) these factors. The so-called “non-intelligence factors” include one’s 37 , will, motivation, interests and habits. In their studies American psychologists 38 the main cause of differences in intelligence is not intelligence itself, but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn, will-power and self-confidence.
39 people know one should have definite objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and parents don’t 40 cultivating these factors.
Some parents are 41 when their children fail to do well in their studies. They blame either genetic factors, malnutrition, or laziness, but they never take 42 consideration these non-intelligence factors. Some teachers don’t inquire into such reasons as 43 students do poorly. They simply give them more courses and exercises, or 44 scold or laugh at them. After all these, students lose self-confidence. Some 45 themselves up as hopeless, feeling defeated. Others 46 take wrong or evil ways because they are sick of learning. An investigation of more than 1,000 middle school students showed that 46.5% of them were 47
of learning because of examinations; 36.4% lacked persistence and 10.3% were sick of learning.
It is clear that 48 of cultivation of non-intelligence factors has been a main 49__ to intelligence development in teenagers. It even causes an imbalance between physiological and 50 development among students.
If we don’t start now to 51 the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only block the development of 52 of teenagers, but also affect the quality of a whole generation. Some experts have put forward 53 about how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factors.
Parents and teachers should 54 understand teenage psychology. On this basic, they can help them to pursue the objectives of learning, 55 their interests in their studies and toughening their willpower.
36. A. expect B. fail C. try D. manage
37. A. feelings B. appearances C. strength D. nutrition
38. A. desired B. discovered C. disclosed D. designed
39. A. Though B. Unless C. Whether D. Since
40. A. make use of B. get rid of C. pay attention to D. look forward to
41. A. moved B. worried C. frightened D. excited
42. A. for B. in C. into D. over
43. A. why B. what C. when D. how
44. A. ever B. even C. still D. never
45. A. put B. get C. make D. give
46. A. shall B. may C. should D. must
47. A. afraid B. aware C. sceptical D. supportive
48. A. lack B. presence C. increase D. focus
49. A. storage B. tendency C. threat D. barrier
50. A. intelligent B. characteristic C. psychological D. physical
51. A. weaken B. support C. strengthen D. oppose
52. A. performance B. diligence C. maturity D. intelligence
53. A. programs B. warnings C. proposals D. decisions
54. A. fully B. greatly C. mainly D. highly
55. A. ensuring B. handling C. widening D. increasing
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选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two old beggars were sitting on a busy corner. They watched helplessly as scores of people walked by, some purposely ___36___ them and others too caught up in their own cares to even notice their __37__. Every so often, a __38__woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the __39__ which lay in front of them.
As the crowd began to die down, they started to __40_ their things and head for their evening shelters. Just as they were getting ready to leave, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a _ 41 man ----they could tell that from his finely tailored business suit.
The first beggar whispered to the second with _____, “ He’s coming our way!”
The two tried not to look ___43____ at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldn’t ___44___ gazing up with anticipation (期待) as he reached into his pocket and took something out.
“Trunk” was the only sound they heard __45___ what looked like a piece of hard _46__, wrapped in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man __47__ and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.
“How insulting (侮辱人的)!” said the first beggar. “He could have __48___ left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he mocks (嘲弄) us with a piece of rock candy. Who does he think we are ----__49___? There’s no way we can even eat this ---------we have no __50___.” He picked up the object and threw it into the gutter(排水沟).
“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” the _51_beggar thought. “I can’t chew it, but I can suck on it for while, and the sugary juices will stay in my _52__ for a long time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet.”
With that, he _53_ the white tissue paper, but to his _54__, there was no hard rock candy inside. _55_, into his fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.
| 36. |
A. aiding |
B. abusing |
C. abandoning |
D. ignoring |
| 37. |
A. existence |
B. situation |
C. appearance |
D. expressing |
| 38. |
A. young |
B. kind-hearted |
C. beautiful |
D. police |
| 39. |
A. hats |
B. hands |
C. pockets |
D. bowls |
| 40. |
A. give up |
B. cover up |
C. pack up |
D. build up |
| 41. |
A. healthy |
B. wealthy |
C. kind |
D. generous |
| 42. |
A. confusion |
B. determination |
C. excitement |
D. amazement |
| 43. |
A. calmly |
B. happily |
C. sadly |
D. directly |
| 44. |
A. help |
B. avoid |
C. stop |
D. prevent |
| 45. |
A. because |
B. as |
C. since |
D. though |
| 46. |
A. cake |
B. candy |
C. coin |
D. bill |
| 47. |
A. quit |
B. declined |
C. turned |
D. resigned |
| 48. |
A. easily |
B. hardly |
C. suddenly |
D. finally |
| 49. |
A. students |
B. children |
C. adults |
D. old men |
| 50. |
A. hands |
B. teeth |
C. bowls |
D. money |
| 51. |
A. angry |
B. second |
C. old |
D. wise |
| 52. |
A. pocket |
B. hand |
C. mouth |
D. hat |
| 53. |
A. threw |
B. undertook |
C. unfolded |
D. wrapped |
| 54. |
A. satisfaction |
B. surprise |
C. horror |
D. disappointment |
| 55. |
A. However |
B. Fortunately |
C. Therefore |
D. Instead |
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