完形填空,阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Once upon, there were two traveling angels who stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was impolite and to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead, the angels were given a space in the underground room. As they their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel , "Things aren't always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very , but very kind farmer and his wife. sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed________ they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in . Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, "How could this ? Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had ________ , yet you watched over his house," she accused. "The second family had little but was ________ to share everything, and you did not help."
"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we ________ in the underground room, I noticed there was gold ________ in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to________ his good fortune, I asked God if I could ________ the wall so he couldn't find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow ________. You see, things aren't always what they seem. "
Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don’t ________ the way they should. You need to ________ that every outcome is always to your advantage. You might not know it until sometime later.
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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。
After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An__________had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great ____________ to him, so I agreed.
During the ninemile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy(肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not___________it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me___________I was a goldmedal power lifter, and I knew about____________obstacles and struggling to achieve my dreams.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he ___________ or ask, “Why__________？” He spoke about winning and succeeding and achieving his dreams.____________， he knew what he was talking about. He didn't mention that his classmates had___________him because he was different. He just talked about his___________for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me.
When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and___________out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his___________. I told him he was more of a ___________ and knew more about success and conquering difficulties than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it__________and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You____________ that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.” Last summer I received a ________ from Matthew's parents telling me that Matthew had___________away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:
Dear Dick，
My mum said I should send you a thankyou letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don't have a__________time to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.
I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that.__________， I know I'm a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my____________and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.
Your friend，
Matthew
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I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a ________ village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be________ at a nearby garage(修理站). I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas, and ________to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the ________ . With several hours to spare, I went to a theater.________,when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he ________I'd been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I ________ there I apologized for being late, and told him I'd ________ as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed some major repairs. I'll never forget the ________ he gave me.
"I’m disappointed you ________ you have to lie to me, Jason." Dad looked at me again. "When you didn't ________ , I called the garage to ask if there were any ________ , and they told me you hadn't yet picked up the car." I felt ________ as I weakly told him the real reason. A ________ passed through Dad as he listened attentively. "I'm angry with ________ . I realize I've failed as a father. I'm going to walk home now and think seriously about ________ I've gone wrong all these years." "But Dad, it's 18 miles!" My protests and apologies were________ . Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him,________ him all the way, but he walked silently.
Seeing Dad in so much ________and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However, it was ________ the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.
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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。
During my P.E. class I met a girl, who was in a grade younger than me. She was always ____ on the playground and I wondered why she had ____ to talk to. I was sort of quiet girl myself, too, but I still had a few ____. Over the whole year I would say “Hi” to her ____ sometimes she came to me and we ____ whatever sports we liked most.
Whenever she came over I made it my ____ to make her laugh. I paid most of my ____ to her and not to my other friends because I saw them playing together ____ over there. Then, the ____ day of school year came around, I walked with her on the playground by ourselves. I asked her why she was so quiet. She told me her father left her ____ and her. Her mother was always crying at home. ____ this, I said nothing for a while. Then what I could do was ____ her to forget unhappiness and believe tomorrow is ____. One day I told her I was leaving for high school. Hearing this she asked me not to ____ her. She told me that she had no other friends and I was her only one. Then, she told me that she would ____me if I was in the high school. I ____ that I would go back to see her twice a week. Hearing my promise, her face ____ with smiles.
People lose friends all the time but wise people know how to ____ the friendship. So don’t ruin the ____ as time passed by. Remember that you are ____ to have a good friend.
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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 warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she________ a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”
Neilson .
Pulling open her door, the man seized her ________ the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, ________ her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a________ , heard the screams and began running.
When they ________ Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was ________ searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker ________ back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no________ for the two athletic men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to ________ the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes—used to tie up newspapers.
With his arms________ tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said ________ , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They ________ him and waited for the police.
Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the ________ carjacker（劫车者）and suspected murderer, whose ________ —but with a full head of hair—had been recently printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky ________ she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a________ ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would________ have done what they did, and that’s the real truth.”
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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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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, my father drove his employer to another city for a business meeting. On the outskirts (郊区) of town, they ________ for a sandwich lunch. While they ate, several boys playing in the street passed by their ________ . One of the boys limped (跛行). Looking more closely, my father’s boss ________ that the boy had a clubfoot (畸形足). He stepped out of the car and ________ the boy, saying that he was able to help get that foot fixed. The young boy was ________. The businessman wrote down the boy’s name before the boy joined his friends down the street.
The man ________ and said to my father, “Woody, the boy’s name is Jimmy. Find out where he ________ and do your best to get his parents’ ________ to let him have his foot operated on. I’ll pay all the costs.” They finished their sandwiches and went on their ________.
It didn’t take long for my father to ________ Jimmy’s house, a small one that needed paint and repair. For almost an hour, my father ________ explained the plan to Jimmy’s parents. ________ , they looked at each other. When my father ________ they still weren’t quite sure about the generous offer from an unknown benefactor (捐助者).
Later, my father’s employer got in touch with the local government with a ________ to send someone to Jimmy’s home to ________ the family that this was a lawful offer. Soon, with permission papers signed, my father took Jimmy to an excellent ________ in another state. After five operations, his limp disappeared.
His parents watched in ________ as the returned boy stepped lightly toward them. They still could not ________ that a man they had never seen would pay a large sum of money to have a foot corrected for their son.
The ________ benefactor was Mr. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He always said it’s more fun to do something for people ________ they don’t know who did it.
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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。
You can really tell a lot about people’s character by how they act at the grocery store.I________ what had happened in a crowded store when there was a ________ of shopping carts a few days ago.
A well-dressed man, together with his wife and a child, was ________ a cart when another man stopped him. “Excuse me,” the second man said, “ ________ this cart is what I brought here. It’s mine.” The first guy looked rather ________ and then became annoyed. Instead of ________ , he protested, “But someone took my cart!” At that moment, his wife also glared at him, so he unwillingly ________ his ill-gotten gain. The well-dressed man had ________ the useful saying that “Do to others as you would have others do to you.”________ , there are often some shoppers who have changed their minds about ________ some items and put what they have chosen on the ________ shelf. They think that the store ________ shop assistants who should put the things they give up ________ . In the opinion of these fellows, does that mean it’s OK for kids to ________ their rubbish on the floor or everywhere because schools employ ________ to clean the hall? In the ________ , there are express-line cheaters who enter the “10 items or less” line with 14 items because they’re in a hurry or ________ because they are unwilling to queue up. They don’t think that someone will________ them behaving immorally. Even if someone finds them out, they’re ready to ________ that “It depends on what you call an item.”
I consider these fellows as a black sheep and there are a small number of such people. In our society we should be ________, and play by the rules. It is important for us to set a good example to our kids, even in the grocery store.
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I quit my office job in 2012. At that time, a strong sense of ________bothered me. I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do with my life. So I committed myself to ________ . I took acting classes, traveled, volunteered on farms, and so forth. After a period of time, I realized my problem had ________ changed. My idea bank was full of ________ . I had countless ideas for what I could perform to ________ a meaningful life. However, the number of the choices I had made me ________ . Being passionate about so many things, I didn’t know what I should ________ to find a way forward.
By chance, I read a book written by Stephen Covey, in which he ________ that people “begin with the end in mind” when they need to make choices. The idea means knowing your final goal ________ , and then you can more________ make the choices and take the steps ________ to reach your goal. Thanks to Covey, I knew what I should ________ . I showed an interest in________ at an early age, and hoped to make a difference some day. So my interest ________ my final goal. And fortunately, after about two years of effort, now I have devoted myself to this ________work---a professional dancer.
In daily life, a large number of people may have the same ________ — not knowing which to choose when they have lots of ________ for many things. According to my own experience, I have realized that in order to ________ the uncertainty about choosing, knowing the final goal first really matters. Not only did it help me know ________ what I should pursue, but it also functioned as a firm belief that ________me to take action to make it.
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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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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。
People say one man's trash (垃圾) is another man's treasure. That ________comes to my mind as I looked through the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother________in 1996. My father left the house ________ my sister and me when he died a few months ago.
After Dad was ________ , we looked around the house________we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so ________ all the stuff left. Like so many of their generation, my parents ________ everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious _______ about what to abandon and what to keep.
As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every ________ my parents ever saw, I also________ many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, ________ her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran (退伍兵) and a world traveler, ________ everything --- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the ________ . The letters he wrote during the war ________ his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I ________ our old kitchen table, which brought back________ of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.
I'm realizing all these things________ my parents' life journey. Each time I go to the ________ , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I ________ knew. ________ , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.
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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。
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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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。
It was a warm Saturday morning in December. I reached my________ exam centre which was unreachable by public transport. Not very nervous about my correspondence Bachelor Computer Application exam, I entered the examination hall and then ________ one corner seat in the classroom. On my front bench was an old man in his seventies.
Question papers were ________ to us and I filled my answer sheet. I ________the old man. He had neatly drawn lines for each________. Having handed in my paper, I came out of the hall and waited for him. He came out after the last bell. I ________ him and asked him what he would do with the ________ at this age (out of curiosity). He ________ replied, “I thought I would find some good-looking girls here”. Later he told me how he was ________ before his grand kids for not knowing how to use a ________ and that he wanted to explore the box and things inside and be qualified (有资格的) for it. My ________ question was “Do you understand things written in the book at this age” (as I ________ to understand many things in it). He cleared his throat and replied, “We don’t stop learning because we are old; we grow old because we stopped our learning. We elderly don’t have ________ for what we have done, but rather for things we didn’t do and the only people who ________ death are those with regrets.” I admired the man for his ________ . I gave him a ride till his house and ________ telephone numbers.
We ________ our results after two months and we passed our exams. I ________ called the old man. His grand kid ________the call and informed about his death.
Growing ________is mandatory (强制性的) but growing up is optional(可选择的) .
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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 modern society loneliness can be seen as a social phenomenon and people can experience loneliness for many reasons. It is a very common, normally temporary, consequence of a breakup, divorce, or loss of any important relationship. In these cases, loneliness may both from the loss of a specific person or from dropping of social circles. The loss of a significant person in one's life will lead to a grief response; in this situation, one might feel lonely, even while in the of others.
There are many different ways used to treat loneliness. The first step that most doctors to patients is treatment. Short term treatment typically over a period of ten to twenty weeks. During treatment, emphasis is put understanding the cause of the problem, thoroughly changing the thoughts, feelings, and attitudes resulting from the problem, and exploring ways to help the patient feel . Some doctors also recommend group treatment a means to connect with other sufferers and establish a support system.
treatment is animal-assisted treatment. Studies and surveys indicate that the of animal companions such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs can feelings of loneliness or depression among some sufferers. the companionship the animal itself provides there may also be increased opportunities for with other pet owners. Results of a study also suggest that improper socialcognition (认知) offers the best chance of reducing loneliness.
, loneliness can sometimes play an important role in the creative process. In some people, temporary or prolonged loneliness can lead to remarkable artistic and creative expression, for example, as was the with poet Emily Dickinson, and many musicians. This is not to imply that loneliness itself ensures this creativity, , it may have an influence on the subject matter of the artist and more likely be present in individuals engaged in creative activities.
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Teaching second grade is always a challenge．Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties．One year a student called Billy me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements．He struggled daily with his . emotions and often became angry or violent．I knew that，to make . progress，his emotions needed controlling．
One I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school．Billy’s mom would me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home．Then，I would focus on his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying ．I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal．I was preparing activities focused on dog themes . I was told that Billy had a morning at home and I might need to get him ．As I was talking to his mom，Billy into the classroom．To Billy’s ，Rocky immediately ran up to his new ，wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection．Billy couldn’t Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away．
Throughout the day，Billy never left Rocky’s side，feeding him，being gentle with him and even the other students while Rocky was sleeping．
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid ，but on this day he found a good dog story，“Clifford’s Puppy Days，” and read it to Rocky．How . I was at the sight of Billy reading happily！My little dog was able to Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter，gentleness and .
That day Rocky more than helped me with my ；he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.
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