When you are little, it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my ______ when, at the age of 12, I _______ delegates at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them .“Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ________ poverty and finding environment answers, ________ a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to __________ others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to _______, not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do? You grown-ups say you love us, but I _________ you, please, to make your __________reflect your words.”
I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation（长时间的喝彩）. Some of the delegates _______ cried. I thought that maybe I had ________ some of them, that my speech might actually spur(激励) action. Now, a decade from Rio, after I’ve sat through many more conferences, I’m not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.
When I was little, the world was simple. But as a young adult, I’m learning that as we have to make _________ — education, career, lifestyle — life gets more and more _________. We are beginning to feel __________ to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is ________, but aren’t taught how to _________ a happy, healthy or sustainable(可持续的) way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was ideal and __________.
Today I’m no longer a child, but I’m worried about what kind of _________ my children will grow up in. I know change is _________, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, _________ if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the ___________ tide of change.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36 ~ 55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any , sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies at my desk, a pale woman and four children.
“Are you all ?” I asked. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to of their problems, things got a little strange. They all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches weren’t by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still.
Something was wrong. Our hospital policy, , was not to turn away any patient. I explained it might be a little while a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit “Take your time,” and then added, “It’s warm in here.”
Then, I checked their registration form out of curiosity. No address—they were .The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining of on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency.
We were all a free meal on Christmas Day, so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our .We needed presents. We from different departments candies, fruits and other things that could be presents. As seriously as we met the needs of the patients, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas.
, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”
A．customers B．patients C．workers D．doctors
A．showed up B．took in C．came out D．looked on
A．tired B．hungry C．sick D．warm
A．descriptions B．comments C．instructions D．results
A．accompanied B．adjusted C．acknowledged D．affected
A．therefore B．otherwise C．however D．moreover
A．after B．since C．before D．when
A．shyly B．happily C．calmly D．politely
A．lonely B．greedy C．clever D．homeless
A．family B．holiday C．woman D．Christmas
A．operating B．interrupting C．managing D．working
A．present B．warm C．relief D．approval
A．beneficial B．friendly C．medical D．different
A．rewarded B．offered C．allowed D．ordered
A．neighbors B．relations C．brothers D．guests
A．borrowed B．received C．collected D．bought
A．expensive B．useful C．convenient D．available
A．healthy B．physical C．tragic D．mental
A．Soon B．Later C．Next D．Gradually
A．to run B．run C．running D．and ran
I always knew that I depended way too much on my phone. I didn’t know how much, so I decided to do this challenge to find out.
Every morning since I got a smartphone, I’ve used The Weather Channel App to find out what to . On the first morning I had to dress without guidance, but I was able to guess that the day would be cold and foggy by looking out of my window.
I couldn’t tell what time it was. I haven’t worn a for more than a year, because my phone showed the time. So I was late for friends who had been on the bus for two hours from Santa Monica to Palos Verdes. I was also late for my part-time job. And , I couldn’t call people to tell them that I was running late.
Getting places was harder, too. I got because I couldn’t use the GPS (汽车导航系统) on my phone. My driving, though, got a lot because I no longer had my phone in one hand checking directions while with the other.
But the number one trouble was not having my contact list (联络簿). I forgot to write down my friends’ and family members’ phone numbers before I the challenge. It was sad to realize that I couldn’t my brother’s and my mom’s cell phone numbers. Oh, how I wished to turn on the phone for just a second to look up phone numbers!
Even with all the problems, however, I found not worrying about missing a text message or an e-mail.
This was a great learning experience. It surprised me how I’d taken no notice of even the things like remembering phone numbers. We all should take some time to think about how we can depend on our cell phones.
A．But B．And C．Then D．Still
A．carry B．take C．wear D．see
A．hopefully B．thankfully C．strangely D．surprisingly
A．ring B．hat C．suit D．watch
A．picking up B．bringing up C．calling out D．making out
A．even so B．after all C．in all D．even worse
A．caught B．lost C．changed D．hurt
A．happier B．slower C．safer D．quieter
A．moving B．chatting C．writing D．driving
A．started B．forgot C．supported D．reported
A．collect B．copy C．read D．remember
A．silence B．peace C．patience D．confidence
A．work B．lesson C．challenge D．project
A．hardest B．simplest C．nicest D．clearest
A．less B．more C．little D．much
My 9-year-old daughterAnd I were flying from our home in Carolina to spendA week with my husband in Florida.We were__ _About the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months,And __ her Dad terribly.
As usual on the Charlotte-to-Miami flight, the plane was totally__ . Because we did not get our boarding passes until we__ At the gate, KallieAnd I could not get seats togetherAnd were __ by theAisle（过道）. IAsked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with KallieAnd me, __ we could be together. They __ , saying they thought they should stay in theirAssigned seats.
Meanwhile,A motherAnd her three children were inA _ several rowsAhead of us. There had beenA mistake in their boarding passes,And _ the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row_ refused to move elsewhere. She was very__ About the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody__ to help her.
There wereA troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on __ . Suddenly the Scout leader stood upAnd said, "Ma’am, I think we can help you." He then __ five minutes rearranging his group so thatAdequate space was __ for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfullyAnd without _ ,And the mother's relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was beginning to panicAt the _ not being next to me. I told her that there wasn’tAnything I could do. __ , the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, __ to meAndAsked, "Would youAnd your daughter like our seats?" __ to himselfAnd the Scoutmaster. We traded seatsAnd continued our trip, very much relieved to be togetherAnd watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat.
A．worried B．excited C．anxious D．eager
A．loved B．considered C．imagined D．missed
A．full B．crowded C．empty D．overweight
A．reached B．arrived C．landed D．knocked
A．divided B．blocked C．separated D．connected
A．in case B．even if C．as if D．so that
A．prevented B．refused C．agreed D．promised
A．panic B．hurry C．rush D．seat
A．however B．otherwise C．therefore D．instead
A．too B．even C．ever D．also
A．concerned B．curious C．particular D．content
A．suggested B．offered C．provided D．supplied
A．duty B．watch C．board D．spot
A．took B．cost C．paid D．spent
A．convenient B．available C．probable D．comfortable
A．permission B．excuse C．apology D．complaint
A．thought B．end C．feeling D．sense
A．Immediately B．Puzzlingly C．Clearly D．Amazingly
A．turned up B．turnedAround C．turned out D．turnedAway
A．sticking B．keeping C．waving D．referring
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入
对应空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and . All the students were working a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no of stopping. I walked down the row and found was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.
By this time the activity aroused my , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on I noticed she too was busy writing. “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” I felt it best not to .
After another ten minutes, the students were to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoebox. Then Donna hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door. Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.
Donna delivered the eulogy (悼词). “Friends, we gathered here today to the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in . Amen!”
She turned the students and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student and said, “I Can’t,” Donna pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.
A．job B．project C．observation D．course
A．checked B．noticed C．watched D．waited
A．on B．with C．as D．for
A．scenes B．senses C．marks D．signs
A．nobody B．somebody C．everyone D．anyone
A．curiosity B．suspect C．sympathy D．worry
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．insert B．interrupt C．talk D．request
A．taught B．shown C．forced D．instructed
A．added B．wrote C．made D．folded
A．cry B．pray C．dig D．play
A．back B．bottom C．top D．edge
A．drop B．raise C．fall D．lift
A．keep B．thank C．forgive D．honor
A．remembered B．punished C．removed D．replaced
A．silence B．heart C．peace D．memory
A．down B．up C．off D．around
A．birth B．passing C．loss D．starting
A．awoke B．reminded C．forgot D．apologized
A．simply B．hardly C．seriously D．angrily
Tess was a precocious(早熟) eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad taling about her little brother,Andrew.____ __she knw was that he was very sick and they were completely _____money. They were moving to an apartment complex next month because Daddy didn’t have the money for the doctor’s bills and their house .Only a(n) _____could save him now.
Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly(果冻) jar from its hiding place. She poured all the out on the floor and counted carefully. Three times,even.The total had to be absolutely exact. No here for mistakes. After carefully placing the coins back in the jar, she slipped out of the back door, and her way six blocks to a chemist’s.
She waited patiently for the pharmacist (药剂师) to give her some ,but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a noise. Nothing. She cleared her with the most awful sound she could muster. No good.
Finally the pharmacist asked in an tone of voice, “What do you want? I’m talking to my brother from Chicago I haven’t seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.
“Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “His name is Andrew and he has something bad inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry, I can’t help you,” the pharmacist said, his voice a little.
There was a man there whose clothes were admirable. He asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”
“I don’t know” Tess replied with tears in her eyes. “I just know he's sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t pay it, so I want to use my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man. “One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered.
“A dollar and eleven cents ― the price of a miracle for your little brother,” smiled the man, “Take me to you live. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery (神经外科). The operation was completely charge and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again and did well.
Mom and Dad were happy but they wonder how much the operation would have . Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the of a little child.
A．As B．All C．All what D．That
A．in need B．in short C．out of D．sort of
A．miracle B．doctor C．God D．operation
A．change B．jellies C．candies D．cookies
A．way B．doubt C．chance D．wonder
A．drove B．fought C．made D．struggled
A．pills B．attention C．medicine D．tablets
A．mouth B．eyes C．ears D．throat
A．anxious B．exciting C．annoyed D．tired
A．who B．where C．because D．which
A．finding B．planting C．showing D．growing
A．and B．or else C．but D．or
A．soft B．soften C．softened D．softening
A．really B．real C．firm D．firmly
A．back B．for C．off D．up
A．actual B．exact C．average D．true
A．the place B．the apartment C．the complex D．where
A．free B．free of C．not D．no
A．spent B．paid C．cost D．took
A．thought B．value C．patience D．faith
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