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。
A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress (压力) management. He a glass of water and asked the audience, “How do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ answers ranged (变化) 20g to 500g.
“It does not matter on the absolute . It depends on how you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for a(n) , I will have a pain in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to an ambulance(救护车). It is exactly the weight, but the longer I hold it, the it becomes.” The whole audience became silent, lost in thought.
After a moment, the lecturer continued, “ we carry our burden(负担) all the time, , we will not be able to carry on with the burden becoming increasingly heavier, heavy for us to bear.
“What you have to do is to the glass, rest for a while holding it up again.”
As is shown in the story above, we have to put down the burden periodically, we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you home from work tonight, put the burden of down. Don’t carry it back . You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burden you are having now on your , let it down for a moment if you can.
Life is short, it!
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Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like the lottery(彩票), but better you get fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything last week in Beijing. I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without it.
“You are a white man,” she said when she got to our table.
“Yes, I am a white man,” I replied.
“Can you speak ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest _ .
The woman, a talent agent (经纪人), had a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to . She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one . My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then the club. When I got to the club, I was supposed to to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man. We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line or walk without tripping(绊倒), but I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward. “You are so . I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou. , it seems that my “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English. , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the . If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)!
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“Kevin, we are getting a divorce,” said my mother. My heart plunged (急降). I was 9 years old and I thought that my life was going to _____. My brother and I were going to move with my mother to southern California. My dad was to ____ in New Jersey because of work. My family was splitting apart.
Now that my mom is a single parent, I do my own _____, make dinner and do extra chores around the house. ____ it was hard at first, I now recognize the positive ____ that this responsibility had on me. My mother gave me these ____ and duties so that I would learn to become self-disciplined (自律的) and trustworthy.
I strive to display these ___ in all aspects of my life, and have seen the benefits. When I was only 11 years old, my ____ told me that he was selecting me as soccer team captain because of my determination and ability to get my teammates to ____ themselves. We ____the championship, but I won the fair play award for keeping my team together.
I am always determined to be an individual and not participate in anything that I feel is _____. I am, for example, extremely _____ of my decision not to drink alcohol. Personally, I don’t feel the need to drink to have fun, and I stand by my decision even when others try to _____ me.
My mom and dad both found new ____ and happily remarried. I am _____ close to my father, even though he lives 4,800 km away. I thought my parents’ divorce was going to be the worst thing that _____ happened to me. Ironically (讽刺的是), it turned out to be the ____. I wasn’t willing to let it _____ my life without putting up a fight, and neither was my family.
At age 9, I struggled with the confusion and ____ of divorce. Today, at age 16, I understand that _____ can bring opportunity and success, and that hard work, determination and self-discipline can turn your worst time into your best time.:
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One of my fondest Christmas memories was also one of our family’s bleakest（最令人沮丧的）．We were just little kids，and on Christmas Day my mom ______ us all around her to tell us, ______, that there would be no presents because all we really wanted was to _____ for our daddy．He was very sick．I don’t remember anything else except four little girls surrounding my mother，crying _____ a miracle（奇迹）．
At that very moment，someone ______ loudly on the door．______ behind him was a merry group of soldiers from the Army base where my father ____ as a minister．News had ___ that we were in trouble，and his colleagues knew we needed some _____．
With all the excitement，even my dad，_____ in a blanket to keep warm，came down and sat in front of a roaring fire in our room to watch his children be _____ by good Samaritans（乐善好施的人）．The presents were unwrapped，and we girls ____ packages and found a doll each and four board games．
What is _____ to me is that I don’t even remember what sickness my father was suffering from．I _____ remember an evening of laughter and _____．There were no expensive toys but ______ moments of friendship and fun given by young men who knew that a family was having a(n）______ time．They gave their time and their _____ to little children who needed to laugh．
The most important things in life aren’t things．And what about the true ______ of holidays? I hope we all are able to remember a thing about the holidays that stirs（搅动）our hearts，that isn’t really a thing at all，but the smile on a child’s face because we take a moment to hug or ______ a tear．
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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。
My mother only had one eye.During elementary school, there was a time my poor mom came to my classroom.She was such a(n) that I showed her a hateful look and ran out.Soon word that I had a one-eye mother.Everybody me.So I told myself that I would grow up and become , because I hated my mom and our desperate .Then I studied really hard and later became a powerful businessman.I was living happily in Seoul and when my mother came to see me, I felt the whole sky was falling apart on me.My little daughter ran away, of my mom’s eye.I asked my mother coldly, “Who are you? I don’t know you!” as if she were a .My mother quietly answered, “Oh, I’m sorry.I may have got the wrong ,” and disappeared.Thank God! She didn’t recognize me.I was quite .
One day, a letter a school reunion came to my office.I decided to take part.After the reunion, I to my old home, only to find my mother falling on the cold ground with a in her hand, which read:
My son,
I think my life has been long enough now.I won’t visit Seoul anymore, but would it be too much if I wanted you to visit me once in a while? I you so much.And I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion.But I decided not to go to the school, for you.I’m that I was an embarrassment for you.You see, when you were very small, you got a(n) , and lost your eye.As a mother, I couldn’t watching you grow up with only one eye, so I gave you mine.I was so proud of my son seeing a new world for me in my place, with that eye.You mean the world to me.
My world shat tered.Then I cried for the person who for me—my mother.
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The journey of water as it flows upon the earth can be a mirror of our own paths through life.Water begins its _____ on earth as it falls from the sky and streams down a mountain into a stream or river.In the same way, we come into the world and begin our lives on earth.Like a river that flows within the ____ of its banks, we are born with certain defining characteristics that ____ our identity.We are born in a specific time and place, within a specific family, and with certain gifts and ____.With these limitations, we move through life, ____many twists, turns, and barriers along the way just as a river ____.
Water is a great teacher that shows us ____ to move through the world with grace, bravery, determination, and ____.When a river ____ at a waterfall, it gains energy and moves on, as we face our own waterfalls, we may fall hard ____we always keep moving on.Water can inspire us not to become rigid (死板的)with fear or stick to what’s familiar.Water is ____ and does not waste time sticking to its past, but flows onward without ____.At the same time, when there is a ____ to be filled, water does not run away from it in ____ of the dark; instead, water modestly and bravely fills the empty space.In the same way, we can face the ____ moments of our life rather than run away from them.
____, a river will empty into the sea.Water does not hold back from ____in a larger body, nor does it fear a loss of ____ or control.It gracefully and modestly falls into the vastness by contributing its energy and joining without ____.Each time we move beyond our individual characters to become part of something bigger, we can try our best to _____ the lead of the river.
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Times were tough in our household. My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him. In addition to going to nursing school full-time, I was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.
After a rather meal one night, I answered the ringing phone. With no , a voice asked,“Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.” Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.
I was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ? When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. , lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy（轮廓分明有皱纹的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation! “Look around. If you see what you want, yourself.”He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn’t be real!
I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man. “Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then” was his reply.
Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.
I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped” in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.
A．worrying B．boring C．confusing D．promising
A．just B．even C．ever D．also
A．delicious B．necessary C．simple D．ordinary
A．information B．communication C．introduction D．instruction
A．physical B．financial C．educational D．social
A．trusted B．accepted C．recognized D．satisfied
A．certainly B．originally C．actually D．barely
A．chance B．step C．decision D．measure
A．future B．possibility C．trap D．kindness
A．appointed B．directed C．guided D．requested
A．Therefore B．Besides C．Instead D．However
A．discovered B．greeted C．reminded D．examined
A．help B．enjoy C．behave D．seat
A．welcome B．supply C．assistance D．message
A．mostly B．eventually C．absolutely D．accidentally
A．leave out B．drop out C．run out D．get out
A．interesting B．worthwhile C．mysterious D．astonishing
A．usable B．additional C．acceptable D．valuable
A．recalled B．sought C．identified D．inspected
A．although B．since C．before D．Until
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。
I used to bury myself in despair（绝望）. Last year my mother from stroke（中风）and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no what I could do to help her to relieve her . Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.
Last month I a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt about the loss.
There have been many like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things I read “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade（柠檬汁）" by American writer Dale Carnegie.
“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What can I get from this? How can I my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade’” he wrote.
I suddenly that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things . When my mother was fighting for , I should have held h hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of and crying.
Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn't a prize. If I had not this article, I would definitely have felt again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage .
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns（刺）as well, but these thorns help us become and strong. When life us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
A．resulted B．suffered C．survived D．escaped
A．hope B．wonder C．idea D．doubt
A．pain B．anxiety C．fear D．pressure
A．received B．sold C．fixed D．lost
A．unbelievable B．enthusiastic C．angry D．terrible
A．diseases B．memories C．incidents D．difficulties
A．when B．until C．though D．since
A．lesson B．lemonade C．decision D．challenge
A．control B．accept C．improve D．avoid
A．realized B．thought C．discovered D．predicted
A．healthy B．independent C．serious D．positive
A．exactly B．differently C．easily D．practically
A．recovery B．dream C．freedom D．happiness
A．shouting B．hiding C．quarreling D．challenging
A．expect B．miss C．win D．refuse
A．figured out B．written down C．put forward D．come across
A．embarrassed B．discouraged C．excited D．concerned
A．performance B．experience C．progress D．effect
A．brave B．calm C．famous D．clever
A．shows B．makes C．gives D．sends
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。
Dear Seth,
You are only three years old, and at this point in your life you can not read, much less understand what I’m going to tell you in this letter. But I’ve been thinking a lot about the life that you have _______ you, about my life so far as I _________ on what I’ve learned, and about my role as a dad in trying to prepare you for the _______ that you will face in the coming years.
Be thankful. You are at a wonderful _______ of life. You still have many wonderful stages of life, but they are not without costs and ________. I hope to help you along your path by sharing some of the best of ________ I’ve learned. As with any advice, take it with a grain of ________. What works for me _____ not work for you.
Life can be cruel. There will be people in your life ______ won’t be very nice. They’ll laugh at you because you’re different, or for no good ________. They might try to bully you ________ hurt you.
There’s not much you can do about these people except ________ to deal with them, and learn to choose friends who are kind to you, who _________ care about you and who make you feel good about yourself. When you find friends like this,________ them, treasure them, spend time with them, be kind to them and love them.
There will be _______ when you meet with disappointment instead of success. Life won’t always ________ the way you want. This is just another thing you’ll have to learn to deal with. But instead of letting these things get you down, push on, _______ disappointment and learn to persevere and to pursue your dreams _______ pitfalls. Learn to turn negatives into positives, and you will do much better in _______. You will also face heartbreak and abandonment by those you love. I hope you don’t have to face this too much, but it happens. Again, there is not much you can do but to heal, and to move on with your life. Let these pains become stepping stones to better things in life, and learn to use them to make you ________.
A．regardless of B．ahead of C．at the back of D．in the form of
A．reflect B．rely C．depend D．insist
A．errors B．mistakes C．truths D．trails
A．crossing B．house C．stage D．office
A．challenges B．troubles C．difficulties D．risks
A．where B．which C．that D．what
A．rice B．salt C．corn D．wheat
A．must B．can C．might D．should
A．who B．whom C．while D．whose
A．consequence B．reason C．result D．cause
A．but B．though C．or D．otherwise
A．to learn B．learn C．learning D．learned
A．exactly B．entirely C．truly D．absolutely
A．tend to B．hold onto C．turn to D．lead to
A．days B．months C．time D．weeks
A．turn out B．turn up C．turn on D．lead to
A．avoid B．reject C．refuse D．accept
A．against B．despite C．within D．beyond
A．life B．study C．career D．family
A．richer B．kinder C．cleverer D．stronger
Just as the stock market rises and falls in response to what people are willing to put their money behind, we have inside ourselves an inner economy that rises and falls in response to our beliefs about what is possible. Sometimes the degree to which we are willing to our belief systems determines the success of our inner economy. For example, imagine that your family of origin had a belief that musical talent was not something they . As a member of that group, you would likely that same belief about yourself. As a result, even if you had a great desire to create music, you might be to really get behind yourself. Because you might fear that your would not pay off. Even if you had the courage to follow your passion, your inner belief that you are not born would probably stop your trying. And that would be a major to invest your energy in your dream.
On the other hand, belief isn’t anything . If you found a way to that negative belief, a great flood of energy would pour forth, greatly increasing the possibility of your success. How much energy we are willing to invest in the various ideas and dreams is like the money people are, or are not, willing to invest in the various products available for trade on the stock market. And in both cases, plays a key role in determining how willing we are to get behind something. One way to open up the possibility for greater success in our inner economies is to understand that belief is not the reliable we sometimes think. There are other more reliable things of success that we can put our in, such as passion, feeling, and sense. Some of the most successful investors in the stock market are the ones that go against the grain, trusting their sense over the opinion held by ordinary people about what will work.
In the same way, we can learn to trust our heart’s desires and our sense to guide us,
any beliefs that stand in the way of our ability to fully invest in ourselves. As we take out energy from limiting ideas about what is possible, we the resources that have the power to make our inner economy prosper.
A．simplify B．challenge C．eliminate D．maintain
A．possessed B．trusted C．objected D．missed
A．reject B．preserve C．deny D．share
A．willing B．sorry C．reluctant D．ready
A．success B．knowledge C．profession D．investment
A．devoted B．talented C．concerned D．interested
A．obstacle B．excuse C．chance D．principle
A．important B．fixed C．changeable D．stimulating
A．enhance B．reserve C．release D．follow
A．energy B．hobby C．expense D．belief
A．guide B．ability C．goal D．policy
A．aim B．faith C．task D．dream
A．unacceptable B．strange C．unbelievable D．common
A．questioning B．understanding C．interpreting D．believing
A．stick to B．lead to C．free up D．leave out
When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines（美国海军陆战队）, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army .
My son John Schaeffer, recently came home from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car. John all night from a base near Washington, he had landed the day before. He did not want me to him there. “I need time to myself,” my son said calling from Kuwait on the way home.
I gave my wife a head start. Mother son. “I was so worried,” Genie said. She pulled away to look up again and again to he was really there.
My wife gave me a great gift: alone with my boy. John was tired and lay on his bed. I lay down next to him and was grasping his hand the whole time. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were .
I kept holding my son, the way I when he was two and came into our bed after a dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for later.
With the over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for .
Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them. My son me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the “ ”. They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding tears for strangers is a holy . Sometimes it’s all we can do.
A．angry B．alive C．frightened D．excited
A．drove B．was driving C．had driven D．would have driven
A．when B．where C．which D．who
A．meet B．congratulate C．permit D．accept
A．once B．when C．unless D．since
A．abandoned B．patted C．concluded D．embraced
A．make sure B．set down C．get across D．make sense
A．period B．chance C．time D．moment
A．expanded B．stretched C．extending D．spreading
A．facts B．truth C．proofs D．lies
A．used to B．ought to C．should D．must
A．happy B．cheerful C．scary D．dull
A．advice B．discussion C．talk D．sleep
A．chat B．worries C．meeting D．curiosity
A．conversation B．observation C．sleep D．difficulty
A．crying B．cursing C．screaming D．regretting
A．friends B．neighbors C．strangers D．soldiers
A．persuaded B．changed C．frightened D．accused
A．another B．other C．others D．one
A．function B．adventure C．duty D．shame
In our whole life, we will come across different kinds of people and things.____, our views of the world, life and value have been changing all the time. To be honest, one of my English teachers has made a great ____on me.
Although she was short, old and ugly, she was talented,____and passionate(热诚的).Thus, we called her “a crazy stone”. She didn't mind it____; instead, she seemed to love her____very much. In addition, she was so_ __with students that she knew how to raise our____and get along well with us. Therefore, we studied English well and____her.
To be honest, I am fond of listening to____told by others in my daily life. Maybe I have heard so many that it is____for me to laugh. But she was a(n)___. Her jokes were always so funny, for she always led you to the scenes of them and____an interesting atmosphere. Although I___the university ten years ago, I still remember several jokes, one of which I would like to____with you.
Before having an English lesson, there was a handsome boy who made a selfintroduction. He said that he was able to do____and finally made a conclusion that he was rather untalented. After hearing that,Stone____the teacher's desk and said an old saying: “Innocence is the virtue(美德) for____”. Hearing this we all burst into laughter.
Although I met several good teachers when I was in the high school and during my college, “a crazy stone” is the best teacher in my____. It was she that made me get____in English. It was she that educated me how to fight for success and____difficulties.
A．But B．Although C．Because D．Therefore
A．expression B．promise C．influence D．reputation
A．humorous B．serious C．active D．bright
A．after all B．at all C．above all D．in all
A．description B．occupation C．nickname D．students
A．strict B．friendly C．popular D．familiar
A．force B．enthusiasm C．inspiration D．power
A．respected B．agreed C．pushed D．thanked
A．lessons B．experiences C．tales D．jokes
A．impossible B．easy C．difficult D．likely
A．model B．teacher C．laugher D．exception
A．enjoyed B．came C．created D．reduce
A．lived in B．came into C．left for D．graduated from
A．spend B．communicate C．share D．talked
A．anything B．nothing C．everything D．something
A．stood on B．walked to C．broke down D．pushed away
A．men B．students C．women D．teachers
A．heart B．city C．school D．world
A．hurt B．down C．interested D．rewarded
A．ignore B．overcome C．escape D．face
Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his one night when I was ready to quit(退出) a political movement I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.
Tired, feeling the many months of struggle, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of. Then I thought about how he with difficult situation. A lot of pictures appeared into my idea, but one scene came sharply into view.
We had just moved to Hollywood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even . One, in particular, was a great blue spruce(云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.
Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible . We came home from the store that night to find the spruce almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our heart . But not Dad’s.
The rain was . Then he announced, “Ok, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground !” “Shut up; we’re going to push him up; he’s going to .” We couldn’t say no to him. So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we tied the rope around the top of the tree that lay on the street and he stood up by the house, with me on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to up the great blue spruce. In no time at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad stakes(木桩) in the ground, tied rope from the trunk(树干) to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he is going to grow again...”
I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I couldn’t wait to get back into the movement.
A．talks B．lessons C．lectures D．classes
A．came B．took C．picked D．turned
A．dealt B．kept C．helped D．worked
A．field B．yard C．trees D．flowers
A．rain B．snow C．weather D．storm
A．pulled B．put C．stuck D．pushed
A．rose B．sank C．fell D．dropped
A．going B．coming C．falling D．stopping
A．plant B．grow C．die D．stay
A．fixing B．holding C．pushing D．pulling
A．push B．take C．pull D．put
A．shook B．cut C．drove D．made
We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are , one by one. “There is my grandmother's house,” I say, pointing across the bay to a old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her and retracing (追溯) memory for me. Lise was one of the children, moved from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors for 200 years.
We soon by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories rushing back, swift as the tide.
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the where I was once so gloriously a child. It is still owned by a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk through the rooms in memory. Here, my mother in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being with them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise attentively as I talk and then says, “So this is where I began; where I belong.”
She has her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human . To be rooted is “to have an origin”. We need that origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the of “I”. We must all go home again—in reality or .
A．appearing B．moving C．exposing D．expanding
A．haunted B．shabby C．fancy D．modern
A．shared B．short C．fresh D．treasured
A．gossip B．flexible C．mobile D．skillful
A．home B．duty C．reality D．relief
A．built B．lived C．remained D．explored
A．catch up B．pull up C．step down D．come down
A．yard B．village C．room D．house
A．lay B．played C．sat D．stood
A．marching B．looking C．breaking D．pouring
A．wonders B．listens C．reacts D．agrees
A．deepened B．recognized C．accepted D．found
A．heart B．rights C．interest D．behaviors
A．meaning B．expression C．connection D．background
A．theory B．dream C．memory D．fiction
Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can come to life．Even though this is a and necessary stage of our growth, it is often painful or if we don’t realize what’s happening．In fact, confusion is often the that tells us a change is taking place within us．These changes happen throughout the lives of all humans, as we move from babyhood to to teenage years and beyond．With each change from one to another, we find ourselves goodbye to an old friend, the identity（个性，身份）that we in order to move through that particular time．
Sometimes we shape these identities in relationships or jobs, and when we change, those areas of our life become ．Usually, if we take the time to look into the changing surface of things, we will find that a change is taking place us．For example, we may go through one whole part of our lives creating a protective shell around ourselves we need it in defense of ourselves．One day, , we may find ourselves feeling limited and bored, wanting to move outside the we used to need; the new part of ourselves cannot be born within the of the shell our old self needed．
We may feel a strange of excitement and sadness as we say goodbye to a part of ourselves that is and make way for a whole new identity to in its place．We may find inspiration in working and studying when we think of the image of an animal who sheds（蜕毛；蜕皮）in order to way for new skin, fur, or feathers to ．For example, keeping a piece of snake skin, or some other symbols of change, can us that death and rebirth are simply nature’s way of growing．We can give in to this process, letting go of our past self with great love and gratitude, and the new with an open mind and heart, ready for our next stage of life．
A．natural B．dusty C．humorous D．rare
A．moving B．confusing C．tiring D．scared
A．report B．notice C．sign D．idea
A．brotherhood B．neighborhood C．adulthood D．childhood
A．animal B．people C．school D．stage
A．saying B．speaking C．telling D．reading
A．showed B．left C．shaped D．realized
A．influenced B．remained C．defended D．directed
A．of B．within C．for D．between
A．although B．while C．until D．because
A．moreover B．therefore C．however D．so
A．area B．shelter C．room D．space
A．limits B．contents C．connection D．requirement
A．influence B．mixture C．appearance D．relation
A．dying B．coming C．escaping D．running
A．come back B．come down C．come out D．come across
A．become B．reach C．name D．make
A．appear B．disappear C．go D．exist
A．convince B．remind C．warn D．tell
A．hoping B．imaging C．welcoming D．Supplying
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