1 . Once there was a very brilliant, creative and learned man. He gained much     _______while traveling throughout the world. Unfortunately he lost his legs and left arm in a traffic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so _______that he was afraid he would spend his life ________ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n)_______way.

One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting ______. He realized that he still had partial______of his right hand and could write with ______. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”

He _____ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in _____. Many of them had hope of regaining their ______ . Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to ______them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be ______. However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.

____with the intention, the man began sending _____ messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the _______. He poured his heart and soul into his words, _________ his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.

It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any ______. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone ______read his letters. However, this was his ______chance，so he determined to continue.

At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to ______!”

We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.

1.

A．wealth

B．faith

C．confidence

D．experience

2.

A．depressed

B．embarrassed

C．ashamed

D．thrilled

3.

A．writing

B．suffering

C．weeping

D．wandering

4.

A．abnormal

B．regular

C．comfortable

D．meaningful

5.

A．letters

B．e-mails

C．presents

D．prizes

6.

A．sense

B．strength

C．shape

D．function

7.

A．affection

B．caution

C．difficulty

D．confidence

8.

A．estimated

B．doubted

C．assumed

D．wondered

9.

A．hospitals

B．prisons

C．churches

D．charities

10.

A．families

B．letters

C．freedom

D．conscience

11.

A．release

B．reach

C．defend

D．know

12.

A．acceptable

B．reasonable

C．forbidden

D．considered

13.

A．Faced

B．Satisfied

C．Filled

D．Impressed

14.

A．holy

B．daily

C．one-way

D．round-way

15.

A．point

B．worst

C．degree

D．limit

16.

A．sharing

B．learning

C．gaining

D．enriching

17.

A．success

B．reply

C．help

D．progress

18.

A．curiously

B．patiently

C．carefully

D．actually

19.

A．only

B．better

C．extra

D．lost

20.

A．ruin

B．the ground

C．pieces

D．the bottom

2 . As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. _______ you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go（忙碌）from morning till night, it is hard to _______. But relaxation is _______ for a healthy mind and body.

Stress is a（n）_______ part of everyday life and there is no way to _______ it. In fact, it is not the bad thing that it is often supposed to be. A _______ amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give _______ to life. It is only when stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and _______ health.

The amount of stress a person can bear _______ very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such a ________ is obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the ________ of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we ________ both chemically and physically. In fact we make a choice between ________ and fight. And in more ancient days the choices made the ________ between life and death. The crises we meet today are ________ to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction ________ long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes ________. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have ________ links with stress. Since we cannot ________ stress from our lives we need to find ways to ________ it.

So what do you think of stress? What is your way to deal with it?

1.

A．If

B．Unless

C．Once

D．Until

2.

A．slow down

B．calm down

C．break down

D．turn down

3.

A．effective

B．satisfying

C．normal

D．vital

4.

A．physical

B．natural

C．beneficial

D．necessary

5.

A．tolerate

B．reduce

C．avoid

D．overcome

6.

A．stable

B．certain

C．large

D．great

7.

A．purpose

B．courage

C．influence

D．instruction

8.

A．ill

B．excellent

C．strong

D．weak

9.

A．insists

B．depends

C．calls

D．bases

10.

A．pattern

B．condition

C．situation

D．character

11.

A．cost

B．view

C．sight

D．end

12.

A．reflect

B．react

C．behave

D．conduct

13.

A．peace

B．fear

C．pressure

D．failure

14.

A．decision

B．promise

C．difference

D．connection

15.

A．unlikely

B．unable

C．supposed

D．probable

16.

A．continues

B．lives

C．stands

D．lasts

17.

A．balanced

B．affected

C．endangered

D．controlled

18.

A．established

B．achieved

C．combined

D．realized

19.

A．choose

B．remove

C．forbid

D．separate

20.

A．deal with

B．point out

C．look into

D．take down

3 . There are lots of ways to raise awareness for a cause. Usually, the _______ the idea is, the more it gets noticed. And that’s precisely why one _______ Frenchman has caught our attention.

Baptiste Dubanchet is biking across Europe, surviving _______ on discarded(丢弃) food. The three-month, 1,900-mile journey from Paris to Warsaw is Dubanchet’s _______ of raising awareness of food waste in Europe and throughout the world.

As you can _______, the trip is no piece of cake. While restaurants _______ tons of food each year, much of it remains inaccessible because of _______ garbage containers, health regulations, or business policies. Only about one in ten places _______ him food that would otherwise be discarded. For legal _______, most restaurants have a policy against ________ food waste. “Some people have even ________ their jobs by giving me food,” Dubanchet said.

What’s ________ interesting is the attitude various cities have toward Dubanchet’s cause. Berlin has been the ________ while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen. There, he had to ________ at some 50 different stores or restaurants before finding food. The ________ is all the more serious when you consider the ________ exercise required to bike from France to Poland.

“I have to get food ________ because after all the biking I am tired and I need the ________,” Dubanchet explained. “Is my ________ full or empty? That is the most important thing, not what I am eating.”

He aims to ________ his journey by mid-July. With any luck, he’ll turn a few more heads in the process.

1.

A．cleverer

B．older

C．stranger

D．simpler

2.

A．garbage-eating

B．sports-loving

C．food-wasting

D．law-breaking

3.

A．secretly

B．finally

C．entirely

D．probably

4.

A．purpose

B．way

C．opinion

D．dream

5.

A．observe

B．imagine

C．suggest

D．remember

6.

A．store

B．cook

C．shop for

D．throw away

7.

A．locked

B．damaged

C．connected

D．abandoned

8.

A．bought

B．offered

C．ordered

D．sold

9.

A．reasons

B．rights

C．fees

D．aids

10.

A．begging for

B．giving away

C．hiding

D．causing

11.

A．did

B．kept

C．accepted

D．risked

12.

A．hardly

B．usually

C．particularly

D．merely

13.

A．easiest

B．nearest

C．biggest

D．richest

14.

A．work

B．shout

C．ask

D．jump

15.

A．competition

B．conversation

C．conflict

D．challenge

16.

A．adequate

B．rewarding

C．demanding

D．suitable

17.

A．again

B．alone

C．later

D．fast

18.

A．spirit

B．energy

C．time

D．effort

19.

A．stomach

B．hand

C．pocket

D．basket

20.

A．arrange

B．restart

C．report

D．finish

4 . It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota. During the long trip home, following a weekend of hunting. Ehlers _______about the small dog he had seen _______ alongside the road. He had _______ to coax(哄) the dog to him but, frightened, it had _______.

Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that _______ dog. So, four days later, he called his friend Greg, and the two drove _______. After a long and careful _______, Greg saw, across a field, the dog moving _______ away. Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him. Nervousness and fear were replaced with _______. It just started licking(舔) Ehlers’ face.

A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one ________ as lost in the local paper. The ad had a ________ number for a town in southern Michigan. Ehlers ________ the number of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had ________ their dog.

Jeff had ________ in Iowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots had scared the dog off. Jeff searched ________ for Rosie in the next four days.

Ehlers returned to Minnesota, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan. “It’s good to know there’s still someone out there who ________ enough to go to that kind of ________,”says Lisa of Ehlers’ rescue ________.

“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as ________ to it as I am to my dogs,” says Ehlers. “If it had been my dog, I’d hope that somebody would be ________ to go that extra mile.”

1.

A．read

B．forgot

C．thought

D．heard

2.

A．fighting

B．trembling

C．eating

D．sleeping

3.

A．tried

B．agreed

C．promised

D．regretted

4.

A．calmed down

B．stood up

C．rolled over

D．run off

5.

A．injured

B．stolen

C．lost

D．rescued

6.

A．home

B．past

C．back

D．on

7.

A．preparation

B．explanation

C．test

D．search

8.

A．cautiously

B．casually

C．skillfully

D．angrily

9.

A．surprise

B．joy

C．hesitation

D．anxiety

10.

A．predicted

B．advertised

C．believed

D．recorded

11.

A．house

B．phone

C．street

D．car

12.

A．called

B．copied

C．counted

D．remembered

13.

A．fed

B．adopted

C．found

D．cured

14.

A．hunted

B．skied

C．lived

D．worked

15.

A．on purpose

B．on time

C．in turn

D．in vain

16.

A．cares

B．sees

C．suffers

D．learns

17.

A．place

B．trouble

C．waste

D．extreme

18.

A．service

B．plan

C．effort

D．team

19.

A．equal

B．allergic

C．grateful

D．close

20.

A．suitable

B．proud

C．wise

D．willing

5 . The concept of solitude(独处) in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be ______. Solitude can be hard to discover once it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have ______ our culture.

The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n) ______ as we’ve known it. People have become so ______ in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted even if they’d rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog, not only from our______, but from our mobile phones as well.

Most developed nations have become ______ on digital technology simply because they’ve grown accustomed to it, and at this point not ______ it would make them an outsider. ______, many jobs and careers require people to be ______. From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a ______ to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times. I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who really wants it. Computers can be ______ and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be “connected” and “on” has many ______. Travelers have ended up ______ on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. However, they can also make people feel ______ and forced to answer unwanted calls or turn to unwanted texts.

Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society ______ across generations. Some find today’s technology a gift. Others consider it a curse. Regardless of anyone’s view on the subject, it’s hard to imagine what life would be like without daily advancements in technology.

1.

A．updated

B．received

C．shared

D．collected

2.

A．expanded

B．shaped

C．retained

D．promoted

3.

A．mission

B．orbit

C．end

D．desire

4.

A．powerful

B．intelligent

C．concerned

D．reachable

5.

A．media

B．computers

C．headsets

D．monitors

6.

A．tough

B．hard

C．keen

D．dependent

7.

A．finding

B．using

C．attending

D．consuming

8.

A．Also

B．Instead

C．Otherwise

D．Somehow

9.

A．connected

B．trained

C．recommended

D．interested

10.

A．pleasure

B．benefit

C．burden

D．disappointment

11.

A．put off

B．shut down

C．taken over

D．set up

12.

A．aspects

B．weaknesses

C．advantages

D．exceptions

13.

A．packed

B．lost

C．survived

D．floated

14.

A．trapped

B．attempted

C．confused

D．committed

15.

A．vary

B．arise

C．spread

D．exist

6 . Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,_______all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times_______his strong-minded grandfather was nearly_______, he loaded his family into the car and_______them to see family members in Canada with a_______, “there are more important things in life than money. ”
The_______took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a_______house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was_______that his children ,a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t._______, their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they________was how warm the people were in the house and how________of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children________hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing________in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university________of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to________parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The________is telling the stories in a way children can________. We’re not talking here about the kind of story that________, “ When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s________, and make eye contact （接触） to create “a personal experience”. We don’t have to tell children________they should take from the story and what the moral is . ”1.

A．missed

B．lost

C．forgot

D．ignored

2.

A．when

B．while

C．how

D．why

3.

A．friendless

B．worthless

C．penniless

D．homeless

4.

A．fetched

B．allowed

C．expected

D．took

5.

A．hope

B．promise

C．suggestion

D．belief

6.

A．tale

B．agreement

C．arrangement

D．report

7.

A．large

B．small

C．new

D．grand

8.

A．surprised

B．annoyed

C．disappointed

D．worried

9.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Otherwise

10.

A．talked about

B．cared about

C．wrote about

D．heard about

11.

A．much

B．many

C．little

D．few

12.

A．beyond

B．over

C．behind

D．through

13.

A．argument

B．skill

C．interest

D．anxiety

14.

A．study

B．design

C．committee

D．staff

15.

A．provide

B．retell

C．support

D．refuse

16.

A．trouble

B．gift

C．fact

D．trick

17.

A．perform

B．write

C．hear

D．question

18.

A．means

B．ends

C．begins

D．proves

19.

A．needs

B．activities

C．judgments

D．habits

20.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．whom

7 . My 4-year-old son now enjoys posting letters. He has formed the _______of drawing pictures, writing his name on them, and then   ______ the artwork in an envelope. He then insists on ______ his handwork to the neighbors, and a mail box he _______ belongs to the elderly couple who live next door. To be ______, I didn’t think much of it, but I had ______ to warn my neighbors of the drawings ______ appearing in their letterboxes—I just didn’t have the ______ to do so, because I was a little busy recently.

On Tuesday of last week, I was walking down to school to collect my son when I _______ Mary, my elderly neighbor, ______at her mail box. She said, “Jodie, is it your little son that has been posting items in my letterbox to me?” I was at once ______, “Oh yes, Mary, it is. I’m sorry. I meant to tell you…” She cut me off, “Jodie, I just love his mail. I’ve _______ every item he has sent. You don’t know how much _______ the letters has made my day. I just love them.” While I was walking down to school after our _______, many thoughts came to me. Mary doesn’t have a lot to fill her days, ______ she was a mother to a number of children herself who receives fairly regular visitors. The small ______ of getting some mail—pictures drawn by the hand of a young child—has brought ______ to her days, just as my visit to my grandparents does.

I have decided that my son should ________ this practice. He should also start sending some items to his grandparents in Perth as well. It will most ________ make their day.

It’s doing the little, simple things that can often make a big ______ in someone’s life.

1.

A．habit

B．attitude

C．style

D．form

2.

A．hiding

B．writing

C．drawing

D．putting

3.

A．handing

B．holding

C．posting

D．writing

4.

A．opened

B．set

C．chose

D．saw

5.

A．kind

B．surprised

C．careful

D．honest

6.

A．meant

B．asked

C．hated

D．refused

7.

A．actually

B．suddenly

C．hardly

D．partly

8.

A．intelligence

B．strength

C．money

D．time

9.

A．met

B．visited

C．dated

D．called

10.

A．crying

B．lying

C．laughing

D．standing

11.

A．humorous

B．embarrassed

C．confused

D．amused

12.

A．copied

B．bought

C．kept

D．examined

13.

A．receiving

B．writing

C．painting

D．exchanging

14.

A．report

B．expression

C．talk

D．discussion

15.

A．unless

B．but

C．so

D．although

16.

A．charge

B．offer

C．act

D．help

17.

A．worth

B．happiness

C．value

D．future

18.

A．add

B．stop

C．continue

D．form

19.

A．certainly

B．unfortunately

C．accidentally

D．confidently

20.

A．point

B．difference

C．behaviour

D．living

8 . Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment. Their savings had been________ to pay lawyers’ fees. To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed（诊断）with a __________ disease. There was no __________, only pain relief.

Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a __________ journey, as they caught sight of an old hikers’(徒步旅行者）guide.

This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and __________ recovery. When leaving home, Raynor and Moth had just ￡320 in the bank. They planned to keep the __________ low by living on boiled noodles, with the __________ hamburger shop treat.

Wild camping is __________ in England. To avoid being caught, the Winns had to get their tent up __________and packed it away early in the morning. The Winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot ____________ than they remember it was in their 20s. Raynor ____________ all over and desired a bath. Moth, meanwhile, after an initial ____________, found his symptoms were strangely ____________ by their daily tiring journey.

__________, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they thought had ____________ forever. "Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes ____________ to a thread, but we were alive."

During the journey, Raynor began a career as a nature writer. She writes, "____________ had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a(n) ____________ written book. It had also given me a ____________, either to leave that page ____________ or to keep writing the story with hope. I chose hope.”

1.

A．drawn up

B．used up

C．backed up

D．kept up

2.

A．mild

B．common

C．preventable

D．serious

3.

A．cure

B．luck

C．care

D．promise

4.

A．business

B．walking

C．bus

D．rail

5.

A．expected

B．frightening

C．disappointing

D．surprising

6.

A．budget

B．revenue

C．compensation

D．allowance

7.

A．frequent

B．occasional

C．abundant

D．constant

8.

A．unpopular

B．lawful

C．attractive

D．illegal

9.

A．soon

B．early

C．late

D．slowly

10.

A．harder

B．easier

C．cheaper

D．funnier

11.

A．rolled

B．bled

C．ached

D．trembled

12.

A．struggle

B．progress

C．excitement

D．research

13.

A．developed

B．controlled

C．reduced

D．increased

14.

A．Initially

B．Eventually

C．Temporarily

D．Consequently

15.

A．gained

B．kept

C．wounded

D．lost

16.

A．sewn

B．washed

C．worn

D．ironed

17.

A．Doctors

B．Hiking

C．Lawyers

D．Homelessness

18.

A．well

B．partly

C．neatly

D．originally

19.

A．choice

B．reward

C．promise

D．break

20.

A．loose

B．full

C．blank

D．missing

9 . The Homeless Hero

For many, finding an unattended wallet filled with £400 in cash would be a source（来源）of temptation（诱惑）. But the ________ would no doubt be greater if you were living on the streets with little food and money. All of this makes the actions of the homeless Tom Smith __________ more remarkable.

After spotting a ________ on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the __________ to return.

After hours in the cold and wet, he __________   inside and pulled the wallet out hoping to find some ID so he could contact（联系）the driver, only to __________ it contained £400 in notes, with another £50 in spare change beside it.

He then took the wallet to a nearby police station after __________ a note behind to let the owner know it was safe. When the car’s owner John Anderson and his colleague Carol Lawrence returned to the car—which was itself worth £35, 000—in Glasgow city centre, they were __________ to find two policemen standing next to it. The policemen told them what Mr. Smith did and that the wallet was __________.

The pair were later able to thank Mr. Smith for his __________.

Mr. Anderson said：＂I couldn’t believe that the guy never took a penny. To think he is sleeping on the streets tonight __________ he could have stolen the money and paid for a place to stay in. This guy has nothing and

__________ he didn’t take the wallet for himself；he thought about others __________. It’s unbelievable. It just proves there are ________ guys out there.＂

Mr. Smith’s act __________ much of the public’s attention. He also won praise from social media users after Mr. Anderson __________ about the act of kindness on Facebook.

Now Mr. Anderson has set up an online campaign to __________ money for Mr. Smith and other homeless people in the area, which by yesterday had received ￡8,000. ＂I think the faith that everyone has shown __________ him has touched him. People have been approaching him in the street; he’s had job __________ and all sorts,＂ Mr. Anderson commented.

For Mr. Smith, this is a possible life-changing __________. The story once again tells us that one good turn deserves another.

1.

A．hope

B．aim

C．urge

D．effort

2.

A．still

B．even

C．ever

D．once

3.

A．wallet

B．bag

C．box

D．parcel

4.

A．partner

B．colleague

C．owner

D．policeman

5.

A．turned

B．hid

C．stepped

D．reached

6.

A．discover

B．collect

C．check

D．believe

7.

A．taking

B．leaving

C．reading

D．writing

8.

A．satisfied

B．excited

C．amused

D．shocked

9.

A．safe

B．missing

C．found

D．seen

10.

A．service

B．support

C．kindness

D．encouragement

11.

A．when

B．if

C．where

D．because

12.

A．rather

B．yet

C．already

D．just

13.

A．too

B．though

C．again

D．instead

14.

A．honest

B．polite

C．rich

D．generous

15.

A．gave

B．paid

C．cast

D．drew

16.

A．learned

B．posted

C．cared

D．heard

17.

A．borrow

B．raise

C．save

D．earn

18.

A．of

B．at

C．for

D．in

19.

A．details

B．changes

C．offers

D．applications

20.

A．lesson

B．adventure

C．chance

D．challenge

10 . We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it ________ to have too much?

I________back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also ________a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it __________

When I got into college, things ________ I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this __________ there was no sense of __________ to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became ________. Once that happened, I just kept________my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was__________really late at night to get my work alone.

One day I __________a former classmate of mine who was __________ a lot of money running a sideline(副业).Since his regular job was __________, I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would __________ have too much time and would just do what I did back in__________.He said that if he __________the job, he would lose his __________ to work and succeed.

So, try __________ your time with other work. This is why there is a __________ that if you want something done, ask a __________person to do it.

1.

A．true

B．fair

C．strange

D．possible

2.

A．remember

B．admit

C．understand

D．expect

3.

A．watched

B．loved.

C．Coached

D．played

4.

A．at last

B．right away

C．of course

D．mattered

5.

A．happened

B．repeated

C．changed

D．mattered

6.

A．extra

B．difficult.

C．valuable

D．limited

7.

A．duty

B．achievement

C．urgency

D．direction

8.

A．burden

B．relief

C．risk

D．habit

9.

A．pushing

B．taking

C．setting

D．calling

10.

A．hanging out

B．staying up

C．jogging round

D．showing off

11.

A．met

B．helped

C．treated

D．hired

12.

A．raising

B．wasting

C．demanding

D．making

13.

A．safe

B．important

C．boring

D．rewarding

14.

A．luckily

B．hardly

C．hopefully

D．simply

15.

A．childhood

B．college

C．town

D．business

16.

A．quit

B．found

C．accepted

D．kept

17.

A．heart

B．chance

C．drive

D．way

18.

A．saving

B．filling up

C．giving up

D．trading

19.

A．message

B．story

C．saying

D．fact

20.

A．careful

B．busy

C．reliable

D．kind