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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
One weekend, my kids and I were heading into the supermarket. On the way, we________ a man holding a piece of paper that said, “Lost my job. Family to Feed.”
At this store, a ________ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and made a ________ on how bad it must be to have to stand ________ in the cold wind.
In the store, I asked each of my kids to pick something they thought our “friend” there would ________ . They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a ________ . I thought about it. We were low on cash ourselves, but… well, sometimes giving from our need ________ our abundance (充裕；丰富) is just what we need to do! All the kids declared something they could do away with for the week.
When we handed him the bag of ________ , he lit up and thanked us with __________eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for ________ his family might need, he burst into tears.
This has been a wonderful ________ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can ________ ! Things would have played out so ________ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have ________ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in need, it also gave my kids the ________ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.
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It was Mother’s Day morning and I was doing some shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson.
As we were leaving, we found that an elderly woman had fallen over at the and had hit her head on the concrete. Her was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly . Walking 39 the scene, Tenyson became very upset about had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum, it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”
At the front of the supermarket, a charity group had set up a selling cooked sausages and flowers to funds. Tenyson that we should buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel ,” he said. I was that he’d such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it,” she . “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”
we walked up to her, my son became frightened by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too to go up to her. , I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him, “My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”
that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, her who it was from. badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
A．entrance B．front C．middle D．end
A．son B．husband C．daughter D．friend
A．in time B．in case C．in shock D．in short
A．towards B．through C．over D．by
A．which B．that C．who D．what
A．building B．study C．notice D．stand
A．get B．make C．raise D．rise
A．suggested B．asked C．told D．admitted
A．less B．more C．worse D．better
A．angry B．happy C．amazed D．sad
A．catch up with B．come up with C．get away with D．put up with
A．because B．though C．if D．when
A．asked B．replied C．repeated D．received
A．As B．Since C．For D．With
A．energetic B．scared C．satisfied D．excited
A．Instead B．However C．Also D．So
A．For B．At C．About D．Of
A．talking B．begging C．ordering D．telling
A．When B．Because C．Why D．Though
A．away B．off C．up D．down
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，选出最佳选项。
There was once a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only________ in the most rare objects. One day his parents bought him a very strange________. When the boy went to see his reflection (映像) in it, he looked very ________. He tried smiling,________ his reflection continued with its sad expression.
________, the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. He came home as happy as he could be, but he ________ looked sad in that mirror.
“What a(n) ________ mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t ________ properly!”
That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was ________. The boy went over to see what had ________ to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents.
Together the two children set off ________ them. As the little girl wouldn’t stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to________her up. After much walking, they________her parents who were looking for her, very worried.
Then the boy said ________ to the family. When seeing the time, he________ to head for home, without toys and without ________ In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n) ________face in the mirror. And so he understood the ________ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the ________ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having ________ that little girl.
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A few years ago, I was in New York City to advise two large banks on the secret to success in business. Once I had a with my taxi driver, Tony. Tony was from India. He had studied to be a marine (海洋的) biologist,but couldn't get a job in that field here. "I like driving a taxi now," he said. " I have hoped to do better than just ."Like many people, Tony thought that being self-reliant (自力更生的) meant asking for help. But we need to nurture (养护) relationships in order to our goals.
Tony liked to chat with his but he didn't want to bother (打扰) them. I advised him to give it a . And he did. Not only did his customers take his taxi more often, but they him to their friends. Soon he had a long list of regulars and buy his own car, then a second. He had to a friend to help with the overflow.
Each of us contains of greatness, which can be expressed in ways, from starting a business to the next generation of leaders. Life is all about finding that seed and nurturing it to its growth. I know it's possible, because I am a living .
I'm the son of a steelworker and a cleaning woman. My dad would come home, his hands hurt and , and said, "I don't want this for you, Keith. You need a great ."
Although my father didn't know the CEO of his company, he wasn't afraid to introduce himself and ask for his advice. The CEO liked his and helped me get a scholarship at one of the best schools in the country. I went on to Yale University and Harvard Business School. Soon I was the youngest chief marketing officer in the Fortune 500. I learned at a young age that the secret to success the power of relationships.
A．report B．Conversation C．suggestion D．meeting
A．whole B．correct C．proper D．poor
A．But B．Since C．Because D．So
A．getting over B．getting up C．getting through D．getting by
A．never B．always C．often D．usually
A．find B．fail C．miss D．achieve
A．family B．leader C．customers D．friends
A．try B．drive C．talk D．word
A．Suggested B．introduced C．talked D．told
A．was able to B．Need C．ought to D．had better
A．make B．let C．hire D．order
A．plants B．seeds C．origins D．members
A．little B．few C．much D．countless
A．Bringing B．creating C．raising D．taking
A．Empty B．full C．huge D．small
A．Person B．coach C．product D．proof
A．dirty B．clean C．beautiful D．good
A．work B．Family C．Education D．university
A．Honesty B．feeling C．expression D．courage
A．leads to B．lies in C．sticks to D．reminds to
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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。
A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. One day, they came to a ________ with a strong current. As the monks were ________ to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman. She asked if they could help her ________ to the other side.
The two monks glanced at one another because they had ________ not to have physical contact with women.
Then, without a word, the older monk ________ the woman, carried her across the river, ________ her gently on the other side, and carried on his journey.
The younger monk couldn’t believe ________ had just happened. After rejoining his companion, he was ________ , and several hours passed without a word between them.
________, the younger monk couldn’t contain himself any longer, and asked, “As monks, we are not permitted to have body contact with a woman; how could you then ________ that woman?”
The________ monk looked at him and replied, “Brother, I set her down on the other side of the river, why are you________ carrying her?”
This simple Zen story has a beautiful message about living in the ________ moment. How often do we carry around past ________ , holding onto dislikes when the only person we are really ________ is ourselves?
We all ________ times in life when other people say things or ________ in a way that does harm to us. We can ________ to think carefully over past actions or events, but it will finally weigh us down and use up our energy.
Instead, we can choose to let go of what doesn’t serve us anymore and ________ on the present moment. Until we can find a level of peace and ________ in the present circumstances of our lives, we will never be content, because “now” is all we will ever have.
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It was a freezing cold evening in northern Virginia many years ago. An old man was waiting for a across the river.
At last he heard some hooves along the frozen path. Anxiously, he watched as several horsemen came around the bend. , he let them pass by one after another. Finally, as the rider was drawing near, the old man the rider’s eye and asked whether he would giving him a ride to the other side.
The rider agreed . Seeing the old man was unable to his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman and helped the old man the horse. The horseman took the old man not just across the river, but to his , a tiny but cozy cottage.
Before leaving, out of , the horseman asked the old man why on such a bitter winter night he would wait and ask the last rider and he had refused. The old man replied, “I looked into the eyes of the other riders and immediately saw there was no for my situation. But when I looked into your eyes, I was certain that your gentle spirit would give me in my time of need.”
Those comments touched the horseman deeply, who the old man, “May I never get too busy with my own affairs that I to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”
these words, Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States, turned his horse around and his way back to the White House.
A．horseman B．horse C．ride D．friend
A．attacking B．running C．entering D．approaching
A．However B．Therefore C．Thus D．Moreover
A．coming B．leaving C．next D．last
A．kept B．caught C．looked D．saw
A．mind B．avoid C．prefer D．try
A．seriously B．doubtfully C．willingly D．strangely
A．lift B．push C．feel D．stand
A．went off B．turned around C．set out D．got down
A．onto B．over C．off D．above
A．hometown B．apartment C．destination D．village
A．courage B．curiosity C．enthusiasm D．honesty
A．what about B．if only C．how come D．what if
A．chance B．doubt C．concern D．reason
A．strength B．comfort C．generosity D．assistance
A．heartwarming B．impressive C．pessimistic D．optimistic
A．persuaded B．told C．reminded D．suggested
A．manage B．fail C．disagree D．remember
A．In B．On C．With D．At
A．made B．struggled C．felt D．Fought
Somebody Loves You
One miserable rainy night，a man named Mark decided to end his life．In his mid-fifties，Mark had never been married． the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family．Wet and unhappy，he walked along the streets，feeling as if there was in the entire world that cared whether he lived or died
，1 was sitting in my room watching the rain hit my window．When I heard the doorbell ring，I jumped from my chair and Out．But my mother was already at the door．Opening it，she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face．My mother，overcome by ，invited the man inside，and he sat with my parents in our living room．
，1 walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look．I couldn't understand what they were saying，but the of the man，holding his head in his hands and crying，made my chest ache．I raced back upstairs to my room and my hand into my money jar．Pulling out my only half-dollar coin，I ran back downstairs．
When I the door of the living room，I walked right in．The three adults looked at me in as I quickly made my way over the stranger．I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it．Then I gave him a ，turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs．I felt excited but happy
Downstairs，Mark sat quietly with his head ．Tears streamed down his face as he tightly held that coin．Finally looking up at my parents，he said，"It’s that I thought nobody cared．For the last twenty years，I have been so ．That is the first hug I have ever got．It’s hard to believe that somebody_ ．”
Mark's life changed that night．When he left our house，he was to live instead of die． we never saw Mark again，we received letters from him every once in a while，letting us know that he was doing fine
My life changed that night，too，as I witnessed the hue healing power of ．even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents．
Before Mark left，my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door．Mark said that he'd walked along the streets that rainy night，helpless and ready to ，he had noticed a sticker on the car．It read：SOMEBODY LOVES YOU．
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Tom was crossing the road the other day when he saw a red car coming in the distance．He thought the car would _____, as the lights had turned red． _____, the car was going too ____ and Tom soon _____ that it couldn’t stop in time．He _____ to move out of its _____ but it was too late．Tom was ____ down by the red car and lay _____ dead on the road． Passers-by ______ went to him and an ambulance（救护车）was _____for．The driver of the red car didn’t stop, ____one of the men had written down the _____ of the car, which he _____ to the police who arrived at the site（现场）．
At the same time, Tom was taken to the ____ and his parents were called for．They were very _____ to hear of the accident and quickly rushed to his ___．For three days Tom was not able to feel or think and his parents were worried that he _____ die．But on the fourth day Tom ____ and spoke softly．His parents were _____．The police by then had _____ the owner of the car and caught hold of him at last．
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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。
Insight Without Sight
At the age of eighteen I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.
But it was difficult to get a work permit．One day I was dropped off by my parents at the
, where applicants took their physical tests for work permits．Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk by myself．Then the doctor began the ．He looked into my eyes with a bright light．“I your parents take you to an eye specialist,”he said,“I suspect you have a retinal(视网膜) disease．If you do, you’ll never a day in your life…”
My parents did take me to specialists．After much time and money spent seeking an result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly a person of sight．But still, during daylight, I could walk without ．I could read, but not for hours．My eyes began to
and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages．However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading．I knew the of great writers as well as I knew the most popular music stars．Their words were powerful, which me to try writing．Soon writing brought me a lot of each time I completed a paper．
Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life．An article I .appeared in a local newspaper．The newspaper, to my , continued to print my work．Next, a book series published several of my essays．I got interested in writing and up with each acceptance．On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness I chose to present it．For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I so many years ago．Now, I have numerous essays and articles in ．
Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my into success．He set the bar too .and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do．Yet I proved what I could do.
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完形填空。
There are many brands of chocolate．If you love it，you can’t forget DOVE --the most famous chocolate brand．But do you know what the meaning of DOVE is?
Dove chocolate is born because of．One day in 1919 Princess Bazaar of Luxembourg's royal family first met the royal kitchen helper Leon．Many nights Leon slipped into the kitchen and various ice creams for Bazaar．They soon fell in love．Unfortunately owing to their quite different social ，both of them had to the deep feelings in heart．
Afterwards Bazaar was made to an arranged royal marriage against her wishes．For many days Leon could not see Bazaar，and he was burning with ．Finally Bazaar turned up at the table a month later．While serving desserts，Leon the letters "DOVE" which is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME with hot chocolate on Bazaar's ice cream．Leon that Bazaar could understand his feeling．
A few days later，Bazaar got．Leon，broken-hearted，could not the mental suffering and left for America，where he and his own family a candy store years later but lived unhappily．
Many years later，they met again before Bazaar’s death．Bazaar that she did eat the ice cream that afternoon but didn't see the letters and also didn't receive any promise from Leon and she had to to her fate and missed him all her lifetime．
Hearing this，Leon broke down in tears．If that chocolate had been，those letters would never have melted and he would not have lost his last．Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time．
After lots of research，he succeeded and each piece of chocolate was engraved(刻) with the letters –DOVE．It is a of the love between Leon and Bazaar．
Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate．Giving someone DOVE means sending the of love DO YOU LOVE ME?
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large ________ across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would________his taxi on the road. I________ why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home ________ work, leave his taxi and go out for his ________ affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was ________ .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I ________ to be outside one evening two weeks later, when the garage door was ________ and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely ________ I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But deep inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） ________ . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. For him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n） ________ .
We go to bed every night and ________ every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a party as close friends or go for a vacation as a ________ . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we ________ the social ladder（梯子）And we never use our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on ________ we are than what we do!
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I was in a parking lot when a sincere man came to me asking for help with directions. He had a printout of Google maps from the airport to a ________ on the main street, but couldn’t ________ it. He clearly didn’t have a phone, so after confirming his written directions, I mapped it on my ________ and showed him exactly where he needed to go.
He mentioned that he had ________ going there, but there was no such street number and he couldn’t locate his hotel. I ________ it again for him, he thanked me with a big ________, shook my hand, and took off. I got into my car and he got into his, and we ________ ways. As I drove to the next store and went in, I found something wasn’t right about the ________ so I Googled again and ________ that he was looking for the right ________ but in a city a half hour away!
Unfortunately it had been several minutes, and in the peak rush hour time, the ________ o f finding him was slim to none. But I decided to give it a ________ and took off in that direction. I had barely ________ what his car looked like, and was just about to________ . I parked my car and wa________what else I could do when the man drove right by and ________ over into a nearby parking spot, still ________ about where he was.
When I pulled in next to him, he couldn’t believe it. “________ did you find me? ” he asked. “ I’m not sure, but I ________that you are in the wrong city! ” I showed him the right directions, and after more smiles, laughs and a handshake, we parted ways again. Probably we’ll never ________ again, but that makes it all the more sweet.
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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。
From the very beginning, the girl's family objected strongly to her dating this guy. Though the girl loved the guy ____, she always asked him: "How deep is your love for me?" As the guy was not good at words, this often caused the girl to be very ____.
After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to ____ his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed marriage to the girl and promised to ____ her for the whole life. The girl agreed, and with the guy's determination, the family finally ____. Before he went abroad, they got engaged．They often sent their ____ through emails and phone calls. Though it was hard, both never thought of giving up.
One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was _____ by a car. The collision (碰撞) on her brain has caused her to lose her voice. The girl did not want to be a _____ to him. She ____ him saying that she did not wish to wait any longer. With the letter, she sent the ring back to him.
The girl decided to move away, hoping that she could completely forget ____. In the new environment, the girl learnt the ____ and started a new life. She told herself every day that she must ____ the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he was ____. She asked her friend not to let him know what had happened to her. Since then, there wasn't any more ____ of him.
A year later, her friend came with an envelope, ____ an invitation card for the guy's wedding. The girl was shattered (打击). When she opened the letter, she saw her own ____ in it. She was about to ask her friend what was the matter ____ she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used the sign language telling her, "I've spent a year ____ the sign language. I want you to know I haven’t forgotten my ____. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I love you." With these, he slipped the ____ back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.
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When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful． The help of others is a good to help us pull through write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）． To make it a realistic as well as exciting , I decided that I had to make a jump myself ．Unluckily, I’m not good at any , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping．
My friend Mr． Smith was willing to give me a ． He took me to a ground school． The first day’s included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) For this, I had to wait until the following ．
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield． , a heavy parachute was put on my back． Then I was to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway． Once on board, the plane was soon ． I began to feel nervous． As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 13 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane． The line was to pull my parachute after I jumped．
“Get , Henry,” Harry said． I moved carefully to the door．I wanted to , “NO, no, no!” But no word came．
“Jump!” Harry called ． “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched． It worked All at once I was very happy． Then I felt a quick ． My big parachute had opened! It was the best I ever had． I looked down． There were rivers, trees, fields and houses． I heard the soft sound of the air． This was ．
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You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.
On this special day for teachers across the country, I can ________keep myself from telling your white lie(善意的谎言) to those who would lend me an ear.
Do you still remember the happy _____about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your _____.You, a beautiful young lady, ____ __ us that you would live in our village.
Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children ______more time on their books ___ ___ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still ____ __ that one day you might leave. You _ __a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their___ __ of your leaving. You went all out in the ____ __ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition(学费).You often emphasized to us the ____ __ of one's life, so that must have been what you were ____ in those five years!
One cold morning when class began, you entered the room ____ __ you had been crying ____ __. In your class, we ____ __ but looked away from your eyes. You ____ __for some time as if you were ____to find the right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…
On the following morning, we ___ __ you the very best and the villagers gave you their ____ __The train took you away and your broken ____ __.The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.
A．forever B．seldom C．soon D．hardly
A．scene B．condition C．sign D．sight
A．report B．explanation C．arrival D．speech
A．promised B．answered C．permitted D．agreed
A．shared B．spent C．paid D．devoted
A．even B．ever C．soon D．still
A．considered B．feared C．supposed D．doubted
A．gained B．presented C．wore D．pretended
A．difficulty B．question C．trouble D．fear
A．teaching B．middle C．field D．course
A．way B．wealth C．value D．cost
A．after B．with C．for D．against
A．as long as B．now that C．as if D．even though
A．happily B．bitterly C．angrily D．anxiously
A．listened B．talked C．discussed[ D．studied
A．explained B．stopped C．talked D．spoke
A．worrying B．thinking C．crying D．trying
A．hoped B．expected C．brought D．wished
A．thanks B．satisfactions C．expressions D．rewards
A．class B．heart C．class D．memory
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