A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon ____ into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the ____ and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of ____ porcelain(瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some ____ looking, some expensive, and some delicate(精美的) — telling them to themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in , the professor said, “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, ____ behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to ____ only the best for yourselves, that is the ____ of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself ____ no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even hides what we drink. ____ all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you ____ went for the best cups... And then you began ____ each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the ____; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and ____ life, and the type of cup we have does not define(规定), nor change the quality of life we ____. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we ____ to enjoy the coffee God has ____ for us. God brews（酿造）the coffee, not the cup… Enjoy your coffee!
The happiestpeople don't have the best of everything. They just ____ the best of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the ____ to God.
A．stopped B．looked C．grew D．turned
A．living-room B．waiting-room C．bedroom D．kitchen
A．cups B．pans C．bowls D．bottles
A．plain B．clean C．ugly D．fine
A．devote B．help C．dedicate D．enjoy
A．stomach B．hand C．mind D．mouth
A．falling B．leaving C．hiding D．keeping
A．hope B．wish C．need D．want
A．source B．resource C．result D．reason
A．adapts B．puts C．adds D．applies
A．As B．What C．That D．Which
A．consciously B．cheerfully C．excitedly D．subjectively
A．looking B．glaring C．eyeing D．glancing
A．tea B．water C．wine D．coffee
A．include B．change C．contain D．conclude
A．spend B．lead C．hate D．love
A．fail B．want C．tend D．manage
A．shown B．taken C．sent D．provided
A．keep B．take C．make D．hold
A．concerns B．principles C．achievements D．Complaints
I sat next to my close friend，Tina，in my history class．Our teacher，Miss Turner announced a new ．We were to create a about cultures．As required，we wrote the names of two friends we wanted in our group．Miss Turner informed us that she would our choices and let us know the result．I had no that I would work with Tina because I knew we had chosen each other．
The next day，I waited anxiously when Miss Turner started to call out ．When she reached group three，Tina was called． ，my name was not included．“There must have been some ！"I thought to myself．
Than I heard .The last group with Mauro and Karina! How ! How could I face being in that group—the boy who hardly spoke English and the girl who wore clothes a11 the time?
I went to Miss Turner to I should be in a “good” group．She gently placed a hand on my shoulder．“I know what you want，Rachael，”she said，but your group you more．Only you can help them get an ideal ．Will you help them?"
I walked to where the others in my group sat. Halfway through the week, I myself enjoying working with my partners．There was no need to —I grew sincerely interested in learning something about then. Mauro, I found out, was with English after he came to this country. Karina wanted to be a fashion designer and she had a lot of ideas．They were the ones no one cared enough about to try to understand—except Miss Turner．
Miss Turner gave us an A on that newspaper. But I think she is the one who truly it. I really that Miss Turner gave me a chance to see other people in a new light.
A．plan B．subject C．project D．lesson
A．story B．group C．test D．newspaper
A．make use of B．pay attention to C．put into practice D．take into consideration
A．idea B．doubt C．intention D．promise
A．names B．numbers C．students D．topics
A．Besides B．However C．Thus D．Finally
A．mistake B．coincidence C．problem D．reason
A．her B．it C．them D．him
A．interesting B．amusing C．annoying D．disappointing
A．dirty B．plain C．strange D．formal
A．warn B．remind C．request D．inform
A．needs B．refuses C．misses D．ignores
A．design B．job C．chance D．grade
A．slowly B．swiftly C．suddenly D．bravely
A．found B．kept C．had D．set
A．speak B．pretend C．refuse D．panic
A．dealing B．helping C．beginning D．struggling
A．funny B．general C．bright D．new
A．offered B．deserved C．neglected D．proved
A．believed B．appreciated C．admitted D．agreed
At Priya's wedding party, her mother gave her a newly opened bankbook and said, "Priya, keep it as a of your marriage life. When something __ happens, put some money in and give a brief to it next to the line. The happier the event is, the more money you can put in. When after years, you will know how much happiness you've ".
Priya and Hitesh both thought it a great idea and soon made the first deposit(储蓄). , after years, they started quarrelling and fighting. They both marrying the worst person in the world.
One day Priya talked to her mother, "Mom, we can't it any more. We decided to get divorce（离婚）! I can't imagine I decided to marry this Guy!!!" Her mother responded, "Just do whatever you want, but before that do one thing first. the bankbook I gave to you on your wedding party? Take out all the money and it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a marriage. "Priya thought it was __. So she went to the bank, to draw out all the money. While waiting in the queue, she took out the bankbook and recalled the memories of all the previous . Her eyes filled with tears, she left in a (an) . When she returned home, she handed the bankbook to Hitesh, asking him to spend the money.
The next day, Hitesh gave the bankbook back to Priya. , she found a new deposit of $5000, with a line next to the record:" This is the day I how much I've loved you. How much happiness you've brought me." Much , they hugged and cried, putting the bankbook back to their _.
A．record B．respect C．remark D．guide
A．uncertain B．unexpected C．pleasant D．annoying
A．arrangement B．comment C．promise D．dream
A．taking up B．looking out C．taking in D．looking back
A．harvested B．bought C．offered D．wanted
A．Besides B．Anyway C．Instead D．However
A．enjoyed B．risked C．regretted D．stopped
A．help B．stand C．blame D．defeat
A．what B．where C．why D．when
A．Return B．Lose C．Check D．Remember
A．devote B．spend C．lend D．waste
A．happy B．poor. C．simple D．tranditional
A．reasonable B．respectful C．hopeful D．responsible
A．planning B．pretending C．hesitating D．preferring
A．trouble B．experiences C．quarrels D．happiness
A．panic B．ease C．hurry D．while
A．Interestingly B．Naturally C．Disappointingly D．Surprisingly
A．admit B．search C．realise D．declare
A．attracted B．tired C．confused D．moved
A．safe B．mother C．bank D．wedding
Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested medicine.He always medical books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases.One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended ill.He lay on his bunk (铺位) and groaned (呻吟) as if he very sick.The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to .He told the man to rest for a few days and the other sailors do his work. Three days later sailor pretended that he had with his chest. the captain looked in his medical books and told the "sick" man .
The other sailors were very because they had work to do.The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not . the mate (大副) decided to punish the sick men and mixed up some soap,soot,glue and other unpleasant things.Then he got from the captain to give his new medicine to the "sick" men.When they tasted the medicine,they really did feel ill.It was horrible that one of the patients jumped out of his bunk,ran up on deck (甲板) and climbed the mast (桅杆) on the ship. The captain that the men had tried him.So he got them very hard for the rest of the ship on the sea.
A．on B．for C．at D．in
A．fetched B．took C．had D．got
A．be B．was C．to be D．being
A．will be B．were C．is D．should be
A．look for B．look in C．look back D．look after
A．got B．took C．sent D．made
A．other B．the other C．another D．other's
A．something wrong B．wrong something C．anything wrong D．wrong anything
A．Before long B．Once more C．Suddenly D．Certainly
A．to drink some water B．to eat something C．to have a rest D．to do more work
A．pleased B．sorry C．angry D．surprised
A．more B．much C．lots of D．little
A．out B．at home C．present D．appear
A．At first B．At the beginning C．At last D．At the end
A．agreement B．permission C．permit D．promise
A．very B．much C．so D．quite
A．highest B．high C．higher D．very high
A．heard B．heard of C．realized D．guessed
A．cheating B．cheat C．cheated D．to cheat
A．worked B．to work C．work D．works
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and what to do, she began crying. After a while，She to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a .
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy that his mistress(女主人) was in danger. He jumped a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a scent(气味) as he lowered his head. He the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking into the air, the dog through the woods until he found the . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was .
When she opened her eyes and her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you me, Laddy.” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of . That night Laddy had a hero’s supper, a huge meal of steak.
A．before B．since C．while D．as
A．wondering B．forgetting C．remembering D．regretting
A．preferred B．expected C．failed D．decided
A．When B．Until C．If D．Because
A．carelessly B．cautiously C．hopelessly D．unwillingly
A．trees B．bushes C．woods D．grasses
A．stream B．rock C．tree D．house
A．found B．sensed C．heard D．smelt
A．at B．through C．in D．onto
A．terrible B．Strange C．pleasant D．familiar
A．missed B．discovered C．followed D．ignored
A．calmly B．loudly C．merrily D．gently
A．searched B．wandered C．looked D．travelled
A．window B．girl C．house D．hero
A．satisfaction B．disappointment C．embarrassment D．delight
A．jumped B．climbed C．walked D．flew
A．awake B．abandoned C．available D．asleep
A．spotted B．watched C．observed D．saw
A．disturbed B．comforted C．rescued D．scared
A．pain B．shock C．sorrow D．relief
I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I the countryside for some place I could rent for the possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner ,rented it, and a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me, slowly, they started teaching me the of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of .
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into . I saw many people were having a really hard time, their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to a handful of people .There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in if we hadn’t banded together.（团结起来）
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about we can all get by together.
A．equally B．separately C．violently D．naturally
A．off B． over C．apart D．out
A．searched B．left C．toured D．crossed
A．cheapest B．largest C．fairest D．fullest
A．at B．through C．over D．round
A．occupied B．abandoned C．emptied D．robbed
A．turned B．approached C．cut D．cleared
A．but B．although C．otherwise D．for
A．benefit B．lesson C．nature D．art
A．looking B．staying C．swinging D．turning
A．wild B．real C．different D．remote
A．neighborliness B．happiness C．friendliness D．kindness
A．unique B．expensive C．rare D．necessary
A．Down B．Up C．Deep D．Along
A．cooperation B．relationships C．satisfaction D．appointments
A．reality B．society C．town D．life
A．creating B．losing C．quitting D．offering
A．put in B．turn in C．take in D．get in
A．yards B．shelters C．camps D．cottages
A．when B．what C．whether D．how
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