1 . In a small village there lived a lazy Brahmin Ramdas. He would do nothing but daydream all day. One sunny afternoon, Ramdas was very _________. He said, “What a beautiful day! How I wish I could go back to sleep. But I have to go out and get my food.” After bathing, Ramdas took out a bowl and out to _________. By begging the whole day he managed to get a pot full of _________.

“It is this pot of milk that is going to make me _________,” he thought. “I will use it to make butter. From the butter, I will be _________ to make ghee (酥油). I am really clever! I will then go to the _________ and sell the ghee,” his dream _________. “With the money I get, I will buy a pair of goats. They will have _________ after six months. Soon I would have an entire herd of goats.”

“How _________ I am,” he thought. “The day I become a rich businessman I will build a big house right in the middle of the village. There will be a splendid garden and a swimming pool in front of the house. Early morning I will __________ in the blue waters of the pool.”

Deep in his __________, he struck out with his foot, breaking the __________, and drenching (使湿透) himself with the milk. He saw the broken pot and cried. He lost whatever he had because of his __________ and daydreaming.

Laziness is the biggest __________ of our life. If you are lazy then you will not acquire any significant (重要的) position in your life and will always have nothing. Laziness is a __________ who slowly steals everything from us. If you want to become successful in your life and career, please overcome the devil laziness.

1.

A．hungry

B．angry

C．sick

D．curious

2.

A．sell

B．beat

C．beg

D．entertain

3.

A．money

B．soup

C．water

D．milk

4.

A．rich

B．happy

C．famous

D．strange

5.

A．lucky

B．able

C．interested

D．particular

6.

A．road

B．hotel

C．market

D．shop

7.

A．changed

B．continued

C．paused

D．stopped

8.

A．kids

B．huts

C．arguments

D．wounds

9.

A．generous

B．handsome

C．brave

D．smart

10.

A．bathe

B．exercise

C．sweep

D．surf

11.

A．ideas

B．opinions

C．thoughts

D．expressions

12.

A．heart

B．pot

C．toe

D．goal

13.

A．sadness

B．laziness

C．carelessness

D．anxiety

14.

A．success

B．aim

C．partner

D．enemy

15.

A．robber

B．thief

C．murderer

D．visitor

2 . Most of us need to heal once in a while. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Sometimes it’s all the above. For some of us, the ________ part of healing is simply to believe that it’s possible. 

Years ago, I was watching my oldest son ________ free throws. He made a dozen ________ through the net without a miss. 

“How do you do that?” I said.

“Before I release the ball,” he said, “I see it in my mind going ________ the net. I see it in my mind to make it happen.” 

I loved these words. It struck me that they might also ________ healing. We need to believe healing can happen and picture it in our minds to see it in ________. ________ doesn’t assure us of the outcome we hope for. But it sets us in motion to move toward desired ________. 

Last year I had surgery for a broken ________ and spent eight weeks in a wheelchair. At the end of those eight weeks, I ________ to start walking again. ________, that didn’t happen. I then started going to physical ________ . I believed it could help, so I kept at it just when it seemed I’d never ________ again as I did before. 

When hope grows dim (暗淡的), belief ________ the way and makes all things possible. We need to believe ________ is possible. If we can see it in our minds, we can let go of the past, accept the present and move toward a better future.

1.

A．simple

B．emotional

C．hardest

D．reasonable

2.

A．practice

B．display

C．release

D．enjoy

3.

A．attempts

B．shots

C．choices

D．adjustments

4.

A．against

B．with

C．for

D．through

5.

A．rely on

B．apply to

C．arise from

D．respond to

6.

A．reality

B．detail

C．turn

D．person

7.

A．Imagination

B．Desire

C．Belief

D．Dreaming

8.

A．outcome

B．prize

C．career

D．option

9.

A．hand

B．ankle

C．wrist

D．arm

10.

A．promised

B．planned

C．longed

D．expected

11.

A．Moreover

B．Therefore

C．Additionally

D．However

12.

A．strength

B．beauty

C．therapy

D．examination

13.

A．walk

B．live

C．wish

D．recover

14.

A．feels

B．lights

C．forces

D．clears

15.

A．success

B．improvement

C．healing

D．breakthrough

5 . No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts (努力).

I learned this lesson from a(n) ________ many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a ________ football program. It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play ________ the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to ________ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was ________ because I thought we were going to win, but we lost. I couldn’t ________ I had got into such a situation. Thinking about ________ carefully, I came to realize that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia. I had to change my attitude (态度) about their ________.

I started doing anything I could to help them ________ a little confidence. Most importantly, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, ________ the other teams enjoyed their vacation, we practiced passing and kicking the football every day.

Six months after our failure on the spring practice field, we finally faced the number one team on the field. I felt that it would be a ________ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the ________ team in Georgia!

From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can ________ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I ________ them. I helped them to see themselves ________ , and they made themselves into winners.

Winners are made, not born.

1.

A．visit

B．experience

C．show

D．exercise

2.

A．strong

B．normal

C．proper

D．weak

3.

A．to

B．against

C．for

D．on

4.

A．cheer for

B．ask for

C．care for

D．prepare for

5.

A．sorry

B．worried

C．excited

D．brave

6.

A．believe

B．agree

C．describe

D．regret

7.

A．it

B．her

C．him

D．them

8.

A．patience

B．difficulty

C．ability

D．attention

9.

A．build

B．learn

C．lose

D．receive

10.

A．after

B．when

C．until

D．if

11.

A．prize

B．shame

C．victory

D．gift

12.

A．biggest

B．worst

C．best

D．fastest

13.

A．surprise

B．serve

C．interest

D．influence

14.

A．stopped

B．encouraged

C．protected

D．saved

15.

A．differently

B．calmly

C．truly

D．honestly

6 . My son turned 14 and didn’t have a smartphone. He was the only kid in his class without one. When he asked for a phone, I _________.

“You can choose to do things _________ when you’re a parent.” I replied. But sometimes, I wondered if I was being too stubborn (固执的) or unfair.

The more I research, the more confident I feel in my _________. Many studies _________ the current mental health crisis among teenagers to changes in how they socialize, namely, the change from in-person to online _________.

But other parents _________ my view, saying “He must feel so left out!” Then there are the parents who tell me with sadness that they regretted not delaying their teenager’s phone _________ longer than they did. They _________ me to hold out.

If teenagers are truly spending about 5 hours on average per day on their devices, as a recent research states, then what are they not doing? Kids _________ in their devices are missing out on real life, which strikes me a lot.

I want my son to have a __________ childhood, one full of adventures, imaginative play and physical challenges. The simplest way to achieve these __________ is to delay giving him a smartphone.

Some think my son is missing out or falling behind, but he is not. He does well in school, __________ with friends, and moves independently around our town. He claimed he would give his own 14-year-old boy a phone someday, and I told him that’s __________. But recently, he admitted he __________ the beautiful scenery on a drive to a mountain because he had been so absorbed in his iPad.

If that is his __________ of admitting I’m right, I’ll take it.

1.

A．agreed

B．exclaimed

C．refused

D．apologized

2.

A．gently

B．differently

C．desperately

D．slightly

3.

A．decision

B．conversation

C．preference

D．memory

4.

A．treat

B．link

C．limit

D．solve

5.

A．interaction

B．payment

C．business

D．guidance

6.

A．present

B．change

C．favor

D．challenge

7.

A．addiction

B．membership

C．ownership

D．preference

8.

A．require

B．forbid

C．refuse

D．support

9.

A．skilled

B．absorbed

C．hidden

D．specialized

10.

A．causal

B．stable

C．dramatic

D．memorable

11.

A．breakthroughs

B．balances

C．goals

D．milestones

12.

A．hangs out

B．catches up

C．shows off

D．settles down

13.

A．silly

B．fine

C．incredible

D．meaningful

14.

A．missed

B．appreciated

C．imagined

D．polluted

15.

A．commitment

B．aim

C．version

D．promise

10 . It was decades ago now, but it’s still one of the most memorable conversations of my life. On a long, slow train heading north, with nothing to do but watch the rain, the man sitting opposite began trying to talk to me. Like most young women who have learned the hard way to be careful of strangers, I was unfriendly. But curiosity took over when he said that he was just bored, and liked talking.

So that’s what we did for hours and hours as the man turned out to be quite talkative. When the train finally pulled in, we didn’t swap numbers. However, I still think about it sometimes on long, boring journeys, before getting a phone out and scrolling silently like everyone else. It’s a rare person who can cheerfully break the social rule about not talking to strangers without any ill intention, but life would be more interesting if more of us knew how to do it.

And that’s why I can’t be in a position to query “Tube Chat” campaign launched to encourage Britons to talk to each other. All anyone is being asked to do is to start a conversation they wouldn’t otherwise have had —maybe with a friend from whom they’ve been apart or a neighbor they don’t know.

Obviously, it takes more than a bit of small talk over garden fences to unite strangers together. More people live alone than did so a generation ago, and the rise in freelancing (自由职业) means more of us work alone too. We socialize increasingly through screens, sending texts instead of bothering to call.

It’s true that the “Tube Chat” campaign of a few years back failed in its attempts to make Londoners talk to each other on public transport. But even city people who would normally die rather than make eye contact with strangers still happily gather in large numbers by the Thames for the New Year’s Eve fireworks. They would get a far better view at home on television —it’s not really about the fireworks, but about being part of something communal (公共的).

There’s no guarantee that this latest campaign to reconnect will succeed wherever others have failed. But if there ever a moment to stop social disbelief it may start a fire to warm a world that sometimes feels cold. Wherever my train friend is now, I hope he’s still talking.

1. The author introduced her train friend to _________.

A．share her most memorable but boring journey	B．express her deep regret for losing touch with him
C．show that talking to strangers can add interest to life	D．explain why people are becoming indifferent

2. The underlined expression “be in a position to query” is closest in meaning to_________.

A．be in doubt about	B．be in support of
C．be in confusion about	D．be in disappointment with

3. The example of Londoners gathering for the New Year’s Eve fireworks is used to show that _________.

A．“Tube Chat”, failed in its attempts to unite strangers together

B．it’s hard to break the social rule about not talking to strangers

C．people have a wish to be socially connected by nature

D．“Tube Chat” made some difference to reconnecting people

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Keep our desire to connect.	B．Avoid talking to strangers.
C．Show respect for social disbelief	D．Socialize with our friends.