Not long ago my daughter’s favorite shoes were cut with a knife. She cried. I took them to the shoemaker to get them . The young apprentice (学徒) at the cuts quickly and said, “I can do except replace the uppers. ” The master looked at them and said, “ you trust me, I will add more cuts to both of the shoes.” I was and asked why. He , “As if the cuts were made on purpose for special style.” I didn’t fully understand him, I decided to leave the shoes.
Two days later, I went to collect the shoes. At first I found there were indeed more cuts on each shoe, but all of them were with red thread around. The shoes looked more unique and interesting than ever. I couldn’t help but praise his .
Another time, my wife’s white skirt had an opening. My wife checked it and said, “I’ll mend it myself.” Three days later, seeing the skirt again, I was shocked: the had been repaired by thin and white thread and it looked like a flower. I with praise, “It’s just as beautiful as a piece of art!”
“I got the from that shoemaker. Patches (补丁) are supposed to be ugly, but a skillful person can make it look perfect.” replied my wife.
she said set me thinking: perfection is to achieve in everything; patches are unavoidable（不可避免的）, so is human’s life, which will appear the form of injury, disability or disease. you can’t change the existence of them, all you do and have to do is to deal with the wound by patches and try your best to bloom（盛开）a most beautiful flower on the wound, and that is the meaning of .
A．repaired B．cleaned C．sold D．painted
A．glared B．glanced C．laughed D．stared
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．Even if B．If C．Though D．While
A．delighted B．convinced C．confused D．embarrassed
A．declared B．explained C．announced D．interrupted
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．sight B．attempt C．hand D．light
A．occupied B．filled C．mixed D．decorated
A．status B．strength C．skill D．sweat
A．carefully B．frequently C．gradually D．curiously
A．cut B．wound C．injury D．opening
A．sighed B．breathed C．jumped D．complained
A．plan B．truth C．idea D．desire
A．What B．That C．When D．Where
A．necessary B．unnecessary C．impossible D．possible
A．on B．by C．at D．in
A．Now that B．In that C．So that D．In order that
A．must B．can C．may D．need
A．life B．study C．work D．Education
Whenever we do something wrong, Jesus Christ sees it. He loves us and doesn’t say it. Perhaps he’s wondering how long we’ll keep our mind suffering. A little boy named Johnny was visiting his grandparents on their farm and he was given a slingshot(弹弓) to play with out in the woods. He for some time but he could never hit the target he had set for himself. Getting a little , he walked back to the farmhouse for dinner. As he was _ back, he saw Grandpa’s pet duck. Just out of , he let the slingshot fly , hitting it in the head ,and killed it. In a panic, he the dead duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister Sally be watching him. Sally had seen all this, but she said _ _ . After lunch that day Grandma said, “Sally, it’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.” And then she spoke _ to him, “Remember the duck？” So Johnny did the dishes. Later that day, Grandpa asked if wanted to go fishing, but Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need Sally to help me make supper.” But Sally just smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right because Johnny told me he was too to help you. And she whispered again, “Remember the duck?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny to help make supper. After several days of doing both his and Sally’s, Johnny finally couldn’t it any longer. He came to his Grandma and told her that he had killed the duck .Grandma smiled and gave him a big __ . “Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was watering the flowers at the window I saw you shoot my duck with the slingshot, and I saw the whole thing. But because I love you, I you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally _ of you.”
In reality, no matter how __ or how uncomfortable it is to admit our wrongdoing, we should always choose to it and work it through instead of running away from it. Hard as it is, it us and makes us who we are.
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“Mum，you’re always on the computer!”Laure complained．
“No，I'm not．”I ．
“Every day I come home from school you’re working on the computer．”
“Well，at least I'm here you!”
My daughter was right．Day after day，in my home office，I would stare into space as my typed out the thoughts of a speaker or research completed for an article．It seemed that my work as a writer and speaker my fingers to the keyboard and my mind to valuable ideas．What Laure did not was that during her day away，I'd also be doing a lot of housework．It was only around three in the afternoon that I'd seat myself at my desk for a few moments of deep thought．Then she’d come in from schoo1．
I was of myself on being available to my children．After all，I am a speaker on child behavior and parenting．But Laure’s observation my heart．In her eyes，I must have been a mom who was but unapproachable．I wouldn’t make such an image(形象)before her．My relationship with my children is more than any other work．
“Laure，”I called．“come here a minute．”
She wandered to my doorway．I had decided to have her me when I was too devoted to work．I wanted her to have the to let me know when she thought I was cold．
After I explained my and the fact that I chose home office to be accessible to her and her sister，I offered Laure the following ．
“Whenever you feel I'm ignoring you or you need my ，I want you to me，I said，“just come up and give me a little hug，that’11 be our signal that you me．”
Years later we still have that sign．I've become much more sensitive to my daughters’comings and goings． she always gives me a little hug to remind me of the real reason I work at home.
A．thought B．refused C．defended D．agreed
A．for B．over C．against D．after
A．feet B．hands C．eyes D．ears
A．connected B．turned C．gave D．added
A．admit B．realize C．believe D．recognize
A．1uckily B．gradually C．instantly D．finally
A．anxious B．precious C．busy D．rare
A．proud B．ashamed C．afraid D．scared
A．filled B．broke C．touched D．mended
A．suitable B．available C．acceptable D．reasonable
A．important B．funny C．obvious D．wonderful
A．warn B．persuade C．encourage D．remind
A．patience B．time C．power D．honor
A．pattern B．dream C．schedule D．choice
A．promise B．chance C．answer D．truth
A．help B．attention C．decision D．advice
A．hug B．shake C．kiss D．kick
A．miss B．hate C．need D．scold
A．unknown B．unexpected C．unfinished D．unspoken
A．And B．But C．Or D．Yet
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。
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things have come to represent, in fact, what I call and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did the water. Any kind of ride seemed to give him pleasure. he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being the water, moving through it, it all around me. I was not a strong , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my fathers’ office and those summer days with my father, who come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his . But my father always and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s .” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get an ice cream...
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is .”And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but , in that childhood, looks at us.
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We are often warned by our teacher not to waste precious time, because time _____ will never return. I think it quite _____. What does time look like? Nobody knows for we can’t see it or ____ it and no amount of money can ____ it. Time is abstract, so we have to ____ about it.
Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have ____ time to review all their lessons. It is because they don’t know how to make ____ of their time. They waste it in going to theatres, cinemas and parks, and doing ____ things. Why do we study every day? Why do we ____? Why do most people would rather ____ buses instead of walking? The ____ is very simple. We wish to save time because time is ____.
Today we are living in the 21st century. We look upon time as ____. When a person dies, his life ___. Since life is short, we must ____ our time and energy to our study so that we may be able to ____ the people well in the future. Laziness is the ____ of time, for it does not only bring us failure but also ____ us other harm. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, let us do it today and not ____ it until tomorrow. Remember that time is much more ____ than money.
A．lost B．found C．expected D．made
A．false B．true C．abstract D．valuable
A．get B．have C．see D．touch
A．find B．buy C．sense D．realize
A．worry B．discuss C．advise D．think
A．enough B．little C．valuable D．useful
A．up B．light C．use D．fun
A．other B．another C．some D．any
A．drink B．eat C．think D．work
A．borrow B．get C．make D．take
A．question B．answer C．problem D．method
A．valueless B．precious C．endless D．fast
A．money B．life C．gold D．water
A．comes to B．begins C．ends D．lives
A．waste B．devote C．put D．value
A．ask B．remember C．save D．serve
A．friend B．maker C．mother D．thief
A．brings B．does C．takes D．sends
A．leave B．forget C．remain D．stay
A．useful B．cheap C．heavy D．valuable
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
It had been a nice and sunny day. I stepped slowly towards the edge of the cliff and looked out. The was wonderful. I could the gentle wind coming from the coast while watching the brilliant sunset.
My dad and I used to enjoy the sunset together on that very . We would also watch the waves crash into the below. My mother would always annoy us how it was. I was never worried,________ I always felt safe next to my father, who spent most of his life out in his boat.
I remember one time on his boat；I had off the back and into the cold water accidentally. My dad immediately jumped off to me. I would never forget that day, and from that point I knew would prevent my dad protecting me if I was in danger.
As I there on top of the cliff, I remembered the times I spent with my dad. I looked down sorrowfully at the urn (骨灰瓮) . My father was my rock, someone I could when I needed him most. But now he was gone, and I felt sorrowful and .
It had always been my father’s last to have his ashes scattered out at sea. I the urn, said a farewell (告别) and then slowly twisted off the lid. The wind started to change , blowing out towards the sea. I looked last time down at my father’s ashes and then for a moment, I scattered the contents out over the cliff.
I wiped away a tear, but it was perfect happiness rather than sadness, because I finally knew the man who so much to me, my father, was finally at peace.
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完形填空,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小涂黑。
Once a gentleman was traveling on a train. He felt ________ and got off at a station in search of water. When he reached the water tap (水龙头), the________started. He ran back but________it.
It was getting________and he decided to spend the night at the station. The next morning he asked the ticket office about the next train and was told it would be on the next________. So he decided to find a place for a day’s________. He went to the nearby hotel to ask for a room but found ________.
At last h________a small house. He asked the________ whether he could stay in his house for a day. The owner immediately________, then served him food and gave him a room to stay.________ he did not ask anything in return.
At seven, the gentleman heard a ________at the door. The owner opened the door. The gentleman saw a man dressed in ________ clothes enter the house and________the owner to pay his debts (债务).
The gentleman came to know that the owner was in need of________. The next morning he left a pack in the drawer of the room and ________. When the owner found the pack, he saw that there was a ________written to him, which read: “You ________ me but did not expect anything from me. Yesterday evening I heard the________ between you and the stranger and________that you were in need of money. This is what you need.”
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂上。
I was 14 years old． I was angry and rebellious, with regard for anything my parents had to say, if it had nothing to do with me． Like so many , I struggled to escape from anything that didn’t my picture of the world． As a “ brilliant without need of guidance” kid, I rejected any obvious of love． In fact, I got angry at the of the word “love”．
One , after an extremely difficult day, I into my room, shut the door loudly and fell down onto my bed heavily． As I lay down in the privacy of my , my hands placed under my pillow． There was an envelope．I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, “To when you’re alone．”
I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not．So I opened it． It said，“Mike， I know life is right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don’t do everything right． I also know that I love you and nothing you do or say will ever change that．I am here for you if you ever need to talk． If you don’t, that’s also ．Just know that no matter where you go or whatever you do in your life, I will always love you and be that you are my son． I’m here for you and I love you-that will never Love you, Mom．”
Every night as I went to bed, I would put my hands under my , and I remember the I felt every time I got a letter． During my teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I still could be loved my anger and rudeness．Just before I fell I became grateful that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, needed．
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完形填空
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。
When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night when she had made dinner after a long, hard day at .
On that evening so long ago, my mom a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember to see if anyone noticed! all my dad did was reach for his toast, at my mom and ask me how my day was at school… I don’t remember what I told him that night, but I do remember him spread butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom to my dad for burning the toast. And I’II never what he said: “Honey, I love toast.”
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really his toast burned. He me in his arms and said, “Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she’s really . And besides, a burned toast never anyone!”
is full of imperfect things... and imperfect people. I’m not the best at anything, and I forget and anniversaries just like everyone else. But what I’ve over the years is that learning to accept each other’s – and to celebrate each other’s differences – is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and relationship where a burned toast isn’t a deal-breaker!
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完形填空
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。
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, ________ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lisa, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) ________ memory for me. Lisa was one of the mobile children, ________ 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 ________ back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the ________ where I was once so gloriously a child. It still ________ 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 ________ 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 ________ them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lisa ________ attentively as I talk and then says, “So this is where I ________ ; 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 ________ origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the ________ of “I”. We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
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Money was a constant source of tension and stress when I was growing up. My parents were , well-educated and hard-working, but they lived from paycheck to paycheck. When I was 13, they split up. Then my mom to raise three kids, often relying on free lunch tickets and food stamps. As my mother retirement age, she was filled with over the fact that she hadn’t saved enough for her golden retirement years, she often sighed. My father had always been to work—we had always he’d work less and spend more time with us . But he is just a workaholic(工作狂).
My parents were trying so hard to make ends meet, so I couldn’t become a on them. As a result, I college and spent the next couple of years drifting from one minimum wage job to another. I my broken-down car, went to work on foot, reduced my by sharing a one-bedroom apartment with three other women, and got free food during Happy Hour at our local bar. I learned to do whatever it took to .
One night, while I was working at a donut shop and 34 coffee for a homeless customer, I . that I was one paycheck away from being homeless myself. That was my wake-up . Motivated by fear of an uncertain , I opened the Yellow Pages(电话黄页), . professional dog trainers and negotiated an unpaid apprenticeship(学徒工作). Less than a year later, I was by a dog trainer, and I loved the work. A couple of years later, I started my own dog-training school, which luckily turned out to be . My efforts paid off.
Though I didn’t have rich parents to rely on, I discovered the power of asking for what I want.
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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I’m Glad I got Sick
Twenty-seven years ago I got sick. The reason I can remember the date so well is that being sick is what ________ me to choose my future wife. She was just a good friend, but because she ________ to my apartment, brought me medicine, and made me breakfast, I thought for the first time “what a super wife she will ________ for someone.”
I took her out to eat for helping me ________ the flu. After that we became even better friends, but still ________ thought of marriage. A few months later I was going to ________ a new job in the Atlanta area, so Cathy helped me ________ boxes to get ready to leave. We ________ a great time that day and had lunch together. Near the end of that day I ________ a few tears in Cathy’s eyes, so I asked what was ________ .
She said, “I don’t know if I can live ________ you, you are my best friend.” I said, “I know, I’ve been thinking the ________ thing.” That day we decided to get married and we have been married ever since. We have had our ________ times, as many others have had, but we are still best friends!
________I get to the family unit in my Health class and we talk about________ …I always tell this story. My students seem to love it because they learn that ________ , sharing and caring about others is all that really ________ in life, and that looks, money and other things are not important.
38 the way, my wife is 12 years younger than me, and she is beautiful. We have 2 beautiful children, but we still have dates on ________ weekend.
Cathy is the greatest thing that has ever ________ me! She is a fantastic mother, and the best wife a coach could ever have. Thank God I got sick 27 years ago!
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a cold Saturday morning．An old man walked slowly into the ____．With shoulders bent forward，he leaned on his trusty stick with each ____step．
His shabby clothes and warm personality made him out from the usual breakfast crowd．Unforgettable were his eyes that shone like diamonds and thin lips _____in a steady smile．
A young waitress named Mary_____him drag toward a table by the window．She ran over to him，and said，“Here，sir．Let me give you a ____with that chair．”
Without saying a word，he smiled and ___．She pulled the chair away from the able．Steadying him with one arm，she helped him get comfortably_____．Then she moved the table up close to him，and leaned his ____against the table where he could reach it．
In a soft，clear voice，he said，“Thank you for your_____．”
“You’re welcome，sir．” She replied__．“And my name is Mary．I’ll be back in a moment，and ____you need anything at all in the meantime，just wave at me！”
After he had finished his breakfast，Mary brought him the change from his ticket．Then she ____him out from behind the table．She handed him his stick，and walked ____him to the front door．Holding the door open for him，she said，“Come back and see us，sir！”
He turned with his whole body and nodded with a ____smile．“You are very kind，” he said softly．
When Mary went to clean his table，she was to find that under his plate there was a business card and a note on a napkin(餐巾纸)．Under the napkin was a one hundred dollar bill！
The note on the napkin _____，“Dear Mary，I respect you very much，and you respect yourself too．It shows by the way you ____others．You have found the secret of happiness．Your kind gestures will _____through those who meet you．”
The next day she was told that the man she had ____on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working．
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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。
There are no ocean waves in St. Louis. We have to drive a long way to get to the ocean. Every summer we put our stuff and ourselves into the car and drive 1,000 miles to reach Vero Beach, Florida.
Once we get there, it’s all about at the beach. I’ve wanted to be a for a long time. My mom used to surf when she lived in Florida during college. I my mom to let me surf, and she promised to find a surfing for me. He found me instead.
One day when my mom was taking an old surfboard to a surf shop for , a surfer the door open for her and helped her carry the board inside. They started and she learned he’s a surfing . My mom asked him if he had any working with people with disabilities. He did and told her he would love to work with me. That’s how I my friend, Coach Bill Bolton, in 2014.
First Coach Bill taught me the pop-up. I had so much fun surfing with Coach Bill in 2014, I didn’t make it to on the board.
When we went to Florida this summer, I had more surfing with Coach Bill. We worked hard on the sand and in the water. On our third day together we our surfboards out past a sand bar where small waves were . I came close to standing each time, and on the last of the day I got up on my feet and stayed up! I was so ! So was Coach Bill.
We went to the same surfing spot the next day. Guess what! I so many times and rode wave after wave. Coach Bill called me a “surf goddess”. It was one of the days ever! I hope my story you to go surfing or to try something new. I know you can do it.
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I was aged 9 the moment I discovered my father was seriously sick. It was 1994, but I can well remember my mother’s words as though it were yesterday: “Maggie, I don’t want you to take ______ from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very cautious when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family ______. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could attend to himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it ______ to me to look after him.
We couldn’t _____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t ______ buy food for dinner. I ______ sit in class feeling completely ______. The teacher’s words were ________ as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not ______ my burden with anyone. I had seen how people ______ to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be _____. When my father was ______ to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too fragile to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his ______ a secret, I was truly ______ when he reached his final days. ______ and down, I called a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support. That day, she ______ me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life. I was 15 when my father ______ on. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call ______ to AIDS. I do.
A．trust B．joke C．food D．fun
A．disease B．project C．challenge D．secret
A．fell B．sent C．chose D．left
A．afford B．offer C．select D．prepare
A．only B．even C．yet D．still
A．might B．should C．could D．would
A．moved B．lost C．bored D．nervous
A．rolled B．eaten C．proved D．drowned
A．pack B．compare C．share D．affect
A．applied B．escaped C．reacted D．referred
A．cruel B．curious C．considerate D．confused
A．admitted B．concerned C．removed D．sentenced
A．dream B．promise C．instruction D．condition
A．calm B．religious C．unprepared D．devoted
A．Red B．Black C．Green D．Blue
A．kept B．talked C．reminded D．replied
A．died B．hid C．passed D．sighed
A．relief B．attention C．support D．Trouble
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