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。
My grandmother was diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease（老年痴呆症）when I was 10 . At that point in my life , I was ________ as all kids are , so I didn’t think twice about it . I had no idea how it would________ affect my life , as well as my family .
As I grew up , I ________ my granny changing . She ________ forget where she set her book , or she couldn’t find her purse . ________ , I didn’t think it was serious . Yet one incident ________ was my wake-up call .
About three years ago , my father and I went to visit my ________ after a tornado went through our town . I went inside , gave my granny a hug and took my ________ seat on the couch by her side . Suddenly , she ________ me , hesitated for a moment and with ________ eyes that stared right past me , asked , “ Now you’re graduating this year , aren’t you ? ” I was a freshman , so I was ________ by why she was asking me about ________ . Grammy used to well recall the birthdate of every one of her grandchildren . I assured her that I still had a few years ________ graduation and moved the conversation along ________ .
As soon as I got into the car , I started to ________, realizing how her disease had ________ , transforming my granny into someone I could hardly ________ . We used to picture my grandmother as the only ________ of the whole family . _______ , The role has switched . Now she is the one who ________ our help . From now on , I will try to cherish the good days and to get through the bad days as best as I can . She will always be my granny .
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A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful _______ , and knowing her husband could __________ it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the _________, her husband told her how________he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He _________her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and _____ a Bible. _______, she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so________that she left him.
Many years passed and the lady was very___________in business. She________large companies . She realized her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to ______ him. She wrote a letter but soon received a _________ telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions to her. She needed to come back and__________things .
When she arrived at his house, sadness___________ her heart. She saw the still new________, just as she had left it years before. With _________, she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring________ from the Bible to the floor and a _________could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LOVE U ALWAYS”.
__________your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, for they must be felt with the ____________.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C﹑D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In 2014, I had just ________ form a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer's conference in Orlando, Florida. My family persuaded me that a(n) ________ might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I went .
Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring, but I ________ to catch a taxi to my ________ and settle in. Next morning, I took another________ to the shopping center to buy a few souvenirs. ________ I went to a cafe to have lunch, but all the tables were ________ . Then I heard a friendly voice saying, "You can ________ my table."
I ________sat down with the old lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the ________ came to an end she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadn't hired a car, and hadn't ________ how expensive taking taxis ________ be, After a while she said, "My dear, don't use any more taxis. I'm retired and________would be my pleasure to ________you wherever you wish." I told her that I couldn't put her to that ________ ,but she brushed aside my protests (反对). She asked me where I was ________ and next morning she was waiting at my apartment at the appointed time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before leaving me to ________alone. At the end of the day, she________ to take me back to my accommodation. I ________ her money but she refused to take any.
I'll never forget that wonderful lady who, through her ________ , filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、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 day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ________ for hours as the farmer tried to figure out ________ to do. Finally he decided the animal was ________ and the well needed to be________ up anyway, so it just wasn’t ________ to save the donkey.
He invited all his ________ to come over and help him. They all grabbed (握起) a shovel (铁铲) and began to shovel ________ into the well. At first, the donkey ________ what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s ________ , he was quiet.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked ________ the well and was ________ at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that ________ his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would ________ it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors ________ to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a ________ up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the ________ of the well and ran off.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The best way of ________ out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our ________ is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest ________ just by not stopping, never ________ ! Shake it off and take a step upward!
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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，选出可以填入的最佳选项。
It has been about forty years since the invention of post-it notes (便利贴). These sticky notes, as people often________ them, can be used to mark a ________ in a book. They can be used to ________ a note to a report turned in to a teacher. They can even be used to post a reminder note in a place where it will be . Many people question how they were invented. The is surprising because the discovery was actually a(n) .
In 1968, Spencer Silver was working with different types of adhesives (胶). He was trying to develop new for a company that created and sold clear tape. One particular adhesive just would not for long periods of time, it could be peeled off easily. He passed the around the company to see if anyone could find a(n) for it. Nobody could imagine a way to use an adhesive that did not stick to a permanently.
Six years later, Art Fry, another scientist with the same company, became frustrated while ________ with his choir (唱诗班). The piece of paper he used to mark his place on his music kept . Fry wished he had something that would make the paper stay in place. , he remembered the________adhesive Dr. Silver had passed around. Fry wondered, “Would it be possible to use the adhesive?”
It turned out to be quite ! Applying the adhesive to the back of a piece of paper made the paper stick wherever it was placed. , it didn’t stick permanently. The paper could be easily . Thus, the sticky note was born.
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Presently selfie (自拍) is popular among many young persons, even some elders. Danny Bowman was so crazy about it in order to attract girls when he was at school. He spent 10 hours a day ________ more than 200 selfies trying to find the ________ one.
He would take 10 photos of ________before he washed and would go ________ class secretly three times every hour. At 16, he dropped out of school________ he could throw himself into his addiction, and he ate ________.He did not leave his house for six months, and when he failed to take the perfect picture, he tried to ________ himself by taking an overdose（过度用药）． His mother, Penny, ________ to save him, and forced him to ask for help after his addiction had become ________ .
Then 19-year-old, believed to be Britain's first selfie ________ , is now under special treatment ________ . He has not taken a picture of himself in seven months and has ________ that achieving perfection is ________ . He told the Sunday Mirror, "I was constantly ________the perfect selfie and when I realized I couldn't, I wanted to die. I ________ my friends, my education, my health and almost my life. The only thing I ________ about was having my phone with me so that I could satisfy the desire for a picture of myself at any time of the day." He expressed his ________ to the doctors and said their help kept him ________ and called on others to ask for help __________ they ended up in hospital.
One psychologist at a clinic ________ Danny was treated said the addiction to taking
selfies has now become a mental illness.
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完形填空,阅读下面的短文，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。
It was the first day of kindergarten. I walked in with my mom and was at all the toys against the walls. I ran over to them and started to play. Most of the other were doing the same. In the corner, though, I saw one girl sitting . She was small and weak, the only one in the class than me. Her red eyes she had been crying. None of the other kids seemed to notice her.
I was playing with the toy cars. When I , I saw her sad and lonely eyes. Suddenly I felt something inside my heart . I wasn’t sure what it was. Being the youngest in my family I had become spoiled. My elder brothers always did while I was free to play. However, that day it was that I should think of someone other than myself. Finally, I two toy cars and went over to her. “Do you want to play?” I asked . She smiled at me and her head yes.
What made me remember that first act was a letter that little girl wrote to me after we both . She told me how her illness made other kids her and how my act had changed her . She cherished(珍惜) the friendship I had . From then on we continued our friendship through the mail for several years the bad health finally took her life.
Today I still think of her and thank her for stirring something in my selfish that day. I ask myself how a bit of can move a heart, touch a soul, and change a life.
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I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early ________ of gardening may not have originated from my love for nature. It was to ________ my parents.
At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with ________ at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to ________ !” Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father even thought it a waste of time.
At that age, I always did something ________ to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found ________ , I would plant a garden!
I planted some lily (百合花) seeds in the yard. But they failed to ________ . I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild ________ joy, I found the first rose bloom (开花). One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. ________ , I was touched by this land of wonder.
________ , my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even ________ at me because he found it was ________ to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s ________ , I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds ________ flowers.
Regardless of their________, I kept on planting my garden and ________ to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they ________ to care and love.
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to ________ my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show, which makes my parents feel very ________ . And now I could say it is my affection for ________ that makes me a real gardener.
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完形填空,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。
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I ________ a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of ________ for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they ________ their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious (有自我意识的), and ________ he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer ________ my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to ________ them but I still needed to write them, I ________ until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move ________ for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, ________ two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and ________ , becoming a technical worker in Sacramento. ________ short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was ________ happy to have Marc back. Since I was ________ making lunch for his younger brother, I ________ one for Marc, too. Imagine my ________ when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, ________ his lunch.
“Did I do something ________ ? Don’t you love me ________ , Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I ________ asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
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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中（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。
Remembering My Father’s Vest
People get into trouble because they don’t know enough to keep cool. As a child, I had a lot of ________ that had been held back and not released. Worse still, I was not good at ________ constructively.
Once as I was getting ready for school, my mother ________ me my father’s vest instead of mine. This was around the time when I was going to be larger in ________ than my father, so as I put on the vest, I felt like I was being choked in it! I ________ that it was a small oversight(疏忽) on my mother’s part, but ________the feeling of being choked drowned me and I got very angry.
I took my anger out on my mother ________ thinking much. I was so upset when she had handed me the wrong vest, and I ________by violently tearing it apart from my chest!
Later, my mother shared her own ________ with my father: “ See what your son has done.”
Instead of scolding or abusing me, my father________ responded by asking my mother to ________ the vest. He then worn it to work the next day.
When my mother told me about my father’s response much later, when I had________from my fit, I immediately felt a great sense of ________ for my violent behavior, just ________ that he was spending the entire day wearing a(n)________ vest. At the same time, I was filled with great ________ for my father, whose gentle kindness taught me a life lesson I would treasure forever.
On that day, I made a ________ never to let anger get the better of me. I learn to ________ other when I think that they behave in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way, ________ forgiveness is a tool to turn anger off. And whenever I have difficulty ________ my strong emotion, I try to remember my father’s vest.
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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。
On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us．Regardless of his , he greeted us in a friendly way．
Once inside, my daughters whispered, "Mom, he ." After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look the dirt．We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good to my children. Yet sometimes when things didn't go right, being a good example was . When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car-sick pills in the truck. With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I myself from the meal and went to get them．
Just then, the "doorman" was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his . Letting them in first, I said a loud "thank you" to him as I ．
When I returned, we talked a bit．He said he was not allowed inside he purchased food．I went back and told my family his .Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich．
The kids looked as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the "doorman" , they smiled．When it was time to our trip, I found the "doorman" enjoying his meal．Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily. He then out his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted. I suddenly noticed the tears in his eyes—tears of .What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the " doorman" a . He pulled away, with tears ________ down his face．
Back in truck, I fell into deep thought. While we can't choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude. I said thanks to a man who had held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that to teach my children by example．
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The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day—and 800 miles ________ her from her parents in Ohio.
She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had ________ how colorful their backyard was ________ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she ________ those lilacs（丁香） in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the ________ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest ________and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she ________ some．Finally, they returned to their car for the ________ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her ________ .
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and ________ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) ________patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two ________ , bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her ________ . As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair________ with a smile, and held the lilacs ________ .
“Mom,” the kids asked, “ ________ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so ________ while I have all of you. And anyone would be ________ by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he ________some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids________ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
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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。
Competitive swimming was a big part of my life as a teenager. So I was very excited when my sons decided to take up the sport. Daily, I’d arrive a few minutes early before their ________ ended so I could watch their progress, assess their ________ for later discussions and give them a few tips on how to swim faster ________, one afternoon at the pool, someone else caught my ________ .
The teen girl was not a typical swimmer. Her ________ , out-of-date swimsuit was two sizes too big. She struggled to reach the end of the pool. Always ________ and always being passed by the better-trained girls. The other girls would ________ their friends to climb out of the pool, giggle（咯咯笑）and run back to the starting areas. ________nobody waited for her. She always walked back to the starting areas ________. However, day after day, she’d show up ________ practice and do it all over again in her old, worn swimsuit.
The first swim meeting ________ arrived, and I smiled as I watched my sons________ straight with their team members around the swimming pool. I was a(n) 53 mother, but then, I saw the girl who had________ day after day to swim to the end of the pool. She wasn’t wearing the old, worn swimsuit She was wearing a (n) ________ , new swimsuit with a matching swimming cap and goggles（护目镜）. I ________ again and believed someone bought these new things for her so she could feel and look like a _________ regardless of how fast she could swim. She never did find out who bought the ________for her because the person remained anonymous（匿名）。
I admire the unknown person who ________ the pool girl. Do you ever wonder how you can help a teen? Take time to notice your surroundings. There is a teen in your life that________encouragement or help. Be the one who makes a difference in her life.
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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，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. -- Jonathan Swift
I walked into a wild third-grade classroom. Music was playing ________ , children were under tables applying make-up, kids were throwing a football indoors, and students were________ wherever they could find ________ . I was a mid-year ________ . The previous ________ said he could no longer manage these children and ________ without notice during the holiday break.
As soon as I walked in the room, I realized why he ________ . I sat down ________ in my chair and began reading their ________ softly. After each name, I ________ asking God to help me understand that child. I then nailed a ________ to the wall next to the chalkboard and began ________ my name and a reading assignment on the board. I then asked each child to come to me, and tell me their names and what they wanted to learn. It was a ________ task, because only two children there wanted to learn something! Rules were ________ , boundaries established, parents contacted. But the mirror saved the day -- no, the year! Unbeknownst(不知的) to the children, the mirror allowed me to see their every ________ while I was writing on the board. They soon became ________ as to how I knew who was misbehaving while I was writing on the board. When one student finally asked me, I told him I had a special teacher’s eye in the back of my head that my hair ________ . At first they did not believe me. ________ they did begin to exhibit better behavior, especially while I wrote on the board, thinking I had magical ________ . I never told them differently. Why ________ a good thing?
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阅读下面的短文，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 father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at ________ . As for me, I ________ both well before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really ________ . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and ________ Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the ________ lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything ________ well with the tiller（舵柄）in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a ________ wind came all of a sudden. The boat was ________ violently. Dad was always at his best in any ________, but at this moment he ________ .
“John! ________ !” he shouted in a trembling(颤抖的) voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any ________ . He was the one I always ________ for strength and security. Before I could respond, a ________ of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller ________it was too late. Another huge wall of water ________ the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely ________ of him.
I swam to Dad ________ and assisted him in climbing onto the hull（船壳）of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was still a little frightened. “It’s all right, Dad. We are ________ow.” I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency(紧急情况). More importantly, I found it was my turn to start ________ of my father.
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