1 . 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

2 . Long ago, a rabbit built a big house, where he lived happily. He had ______ it so well that, when a heavy ______ arrived in autumn, which flooded (淹没) and destroyed nearly the whole forest and the ________ of many animals, his remained. Soon, one after another, the ______ animals came to his door, asking if they could ______ the cold days in his house. He let each ______ in, and the house was gradually filled up ______ it was full. This discomfort didn’t ______ the rabbit. Instead, he was happy because everyone else said he was _______. All the animals thanked the rabbit for offering them a place to live in winter.

In spring,   all the animals ______ and rebuilt their own houses. Seeing this, the rabbit jumped up and down so happily that he didn’t ______ that a fox was waiting for him. One of the animals who had spent the cold ______ in the rabbit’s house saw this, and called the rabbit _______, shouting at the rabbit to ________ escape into his house. Then the fox broke into the house, but the rabbit ______ to escape and run into the home of another friend. For a whole day, the fox ______the rabbit from one animal’s home to another’s,______ the rabbit always managed to save his skin, and was ______ all the time by the friends he had ______ help to in the winter. Finally, the fox gave up.

The rabbit felt very happy, not only for having escaped the fox, but also for having made so many friends in the forest. From the ______, he learned that helping others is helping himself.

1.

A．lived

B．learned

C．designed

D．thought

2.

A．machine

B．rain

C．fog

D．animal

3.

A．owners

B．body

C．homes

D．food

4.

A．injured

B．hurt

C．safe

D．homeless

5.

A．leave

B．stay

C．spend

D．take

6.

A．farmer

B．listener

C．rabbit

D．visitor

7.

A．until

B．unless

C．when

D．before

8.

A．comfort

B．bother

C．please

D．touch

9.

A．reach

B．angry

C．kind

D．worried

10.

A．returned

B．agreed

C．forgot

D．traveled

11.

A．dream

B．hope

C．agree

D．notice

12.

A．day

B．year

C．hour

D．season

13.

A．on time

B．in time

C．as usual

D．at times

14.

A．patiently

B．quickly

C．happily

D．successfully

15.

A．managed

B．failed

C．wanted

D．prepared

16.

A．beat

B．stopped

C．waited

D．followed

17.

A．and

B．so

C．because

D．but

18.

A．helped

B．greeted

C．invited

D．pleased

19.

A．happened

B．brought

C．offered

D．talked

20.

A．experience

B．enemy

C．friend

D．story

3 . 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 ______ it to rescue 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 another ______ 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!

1.

A．sadly

B．confidently

C．frequently

D．gradually

2.

A．how

B．what

C．that

D．which

3.

A．strong

B．old

C．stubborn

D．powerful

4.

A．dug

B．flowed

C．covered

D．emptied

5.

A．important

B．possible

C．necessary

D．worth

6.

A．neighbors

B．relatives

C．partners

D．friends

7.

A．dust

B．pain

C．stone

D．dirt

8.

A．determined

B．recognized

C．realized

D．allowed

9.

A．relief

B．surprise

C．fear

D．joy

10.

A．down

B．around

C．for

D．after

11.

A．annoyed

B．delighted

C．surprised

D．disappointed

12.

A．attacked

B．packed

C．recovered

D．hit

13.

A．shake

B．blow

C．take

D．wash

14.

A．decided

B．continued

C．pretended

D．volunteered

15.

A．base

B．stage

C．step

D．breath

16.

A．bottom

B．track

C．appearance

D．entrance

17.

A．holding

B．getting

C．sorting

D．sticking

18.

A．troubles

B．happiness

C．successes

D．losses

19.

A．reality

B．distance

C．caves

D．wells

20.

A．setting up

B．blowing up

C．giving up

D．picking up

4 . Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact______she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished______a driving offence(犯规).

Then one day she nearly______her record. A police car______her, and the policemen in it saw her______a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed______that she would be punished.

____Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was______old to drive a car, and that the______why she had not stopped at the red______was most probably that her eyes had become weak______old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was______, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was______and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she______a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt. When she had______done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed______the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, "Now it is your______. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight." The judge took the______and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case(案例) against Mrs. Jones was______, and her record______unbroken.

1.

A．which

B．when

C．that

D．this

2.

A．about

B．on

C．to

D．for

3.

A．kept

B．won

C．missed

D．lost

4.

A．watched

B．after

C．followed

D．ran after

5.

A．pass

B．go

C．past

D．rush

6.

A．sure

B．indeed

C．certain

D．perhaps

7.

A．Before

B．While

C．Until

D．When

8.

A．so

B．very

C．too

D．quite

9.

A．cause

B．reason

C．matter

D．trouble

10.

A．light

B．lamp

C．sign

D．one

11.

A．with

B．because

C．for

D．of

12.

A．speaking

B．saying

C．talking

D．telling

13.

A．seeing

B．getting

C．carrying

D．bringing

14.

A．took

B．brought

C．picked

D．chose

15.

A．almost

B．hardly

C．successfully

D．successful

16.

A．both

B．all

C．neither

D．either

17.

A．time

B．turn

C．chance

D．job

18.

A．thread

B．glasses

C．needles

D．needle

19.

A．dismissed

B．passed

C．settled

D．studied

20.

A．was

B．kept

C．seemed

D．remained

5 . When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿当护士助手的小姑娘)at a local hospital in my town. Most of the_________I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any_______ and nobody seemed to care about his_______.

I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, _______anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, _______he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏)of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).

I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was_______ . I didn’t have the     _______to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might _______me he had died. Several_______later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face.

When I ________who it was, my eyes were filled with tears. He was __________! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie. With a(n)________look on his face, he replied yes. I ________how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever ________ .

He began to tell me how, ________ he lay there asleep, he could hear me talking to him and could________me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Gillespie________believed that it was my voice and ________that had kept him alive.

Although I haven’t ________   him since, he fills my heart with________every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.

1.

A．time

B．energy

C．money

D．effort

2.

A．patients

B．relatives

C．visitors

D．problems

3.

A．condition

B．requirement

C．interest

D．thought

4.

A．talking about

B．helping with

C．pointing out

D．looking for

5.

A．so

B．as if

C．yet

D．even though

6.

A．gone

B．mad

C．died

D．excited

7.

A．right

B．chance

C．courage

D．time

8.

A．cheat

B．warn

C．remind

D．tell

9.

A．days

B．years

C．months

D．weeks

10.

A．heard

B．wondered

C．realized

D．asked

11.

A．great

B．lucky

C．successful

D．alive

12.

A．happy

B．proud

C．nervous

D．uncertain

13.

A．explained

B．remembered

C．apologized

D．told

14.

A．dreamed

B．received

C．wanted

D．shown

15.

A．because

B．as

C．unless

D．if

16.

A．notice

B．appreciate

C．imagine

D．feel

17.

A．firmly

B．rightly

C．hardly

D．wrongly

18.

A．touch

B．worry

C．humour

D．treatment

19.

A．forgotten

B．seen

C．missed

D．called

20.

A．respect

B．regret

C．joy

D．sympathy

6 . I’m sitting at the airport watching people in the last minutes before their loved ones arrive or depart.

A woman is running in circles trying to gather family members together for a _______. When the final moment comes before _______, she wraps her arms around her son, giving him a _______ hug that should protect him until she _______.

I sit with a book in my hands, waiting for my turn to leave, _______ because the ones I love have a different _______ from mine.

I think of other departures and arrivals. I _______ seeing my daughter. I wrapped myself around her as if she’d been _______. That year she was in her first year at university, coming home for the first time.

Today my flight is two hours late. When my flight is _______ called, I gather my book and luggage. ________ there is no one to see me off, I do not ________ to see where I have come from. ________, I think of my husband at work ________ if I have left yet.

As I head towards the plane, I find myself ________ yet another arrival and departure. That year, my 91-year-old grandfather died. After returning from his funeral, I arrived at the airport ________. My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms. Because of my tears, ________ was looking at us, but I didn’t ________.

Life needs the important ________ all the time. I wish that all the people who went on a ________ could come back to find someone ________ them. I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.

1.

A．lecture

B．goodbye

C．dinner

D．party

2.

A．gathering

B．boarding

C．announcing

D．landing

3.

A．powerful

B．gentle

C．warm

D．common

4.

A．leaves

B．survives

C．returns

D．recovers

5.

A．frightened

B．anxious

C．relaxed

D．alone

6.

A．schedule

B．attitude

C．position

D．target

7.

A．imagine

B．enjoy

C．recall

D．consider

8.

A．stolen

B．cheated

C．lost

D．punished

9.

A．punctually

B．finally

C．abruptly

D．repeatedly

10.

A．Although

B．While

C．Till

D．Since

11.

A．slow down

B．get off

C．look back

D．run away

12.

A．However

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Therefore

13.

A．doubting

B．asking

C．predicting

D．wondering

14.

A．remembering

B．forgetting

C．planning

D．rejecting

15.

A．shouting

B．crying

C．laughing

D．whispering

16.

A．someone

B．everyone

C．none

D．anyone

17.

A．care

B．respond

C．scold

D．flee

18.

A．arrival

B．chance

C．departure

D．moment

19.

A．journey

B．diet

C．picnic

D．holiday

20.

A．worrying about

B．smiling at

C．talking of

D．waiting for

7 . My younger brother would be leaving for college and I was leaving for a new job in Europe. We only had a few precious months left as a family living under the same ________. Everything would change in the ________.
A family of magpies (喜鹊) ________ in our maple tree. This family seemed to be extraordinarily lively. One early morning, the noise was so ________ that my dad went out to see what the birds were doing. He found a young magpie ________ around the yard, flapping(拍打) his little wings and yelling.
Dad looked up in the tree to find Mommy and Daddy Magpie sitting on a branch and glaring ________ at him. He had to do something for the poor little thing. Dad called the zoo for ________. They told him not to ________ it and assured him the baby would learn to fly on its own. Dad no longer ________ the magpie around the yard. He did, however, watch him ________ from the living room window, just to make sure a cat didn't turn him into ________.
The next day I got a ________ at my summer job. It was from my father. He never called me ________. He asked me if I saw Morey before I left home — he named the bird Morey.
Driving home from work, I ________ it wasn't only about the magpie but also about his own little fledglings (幼鸟) who were ________ the nest. It was about my brother and me. Dad felt as helpless as the Mommy and Daddy bird watching in the tree. He couldn't make us fly nor could he ________ cats once we left the nest.
I got home and found him looking out of the kitchen window with ________ in his eyes. I ________ him by saying Morey might have learnt to fly with very good parents raising him.
Soon it was the end of August. Bags were ________ and it was time for my brother and me to leave the nest. In the end, Dad had nothing to worry about. He ________ his little fledglings well. And we flew ...1.

A．house

B．roof

C．family

D．room

2.

A．fall

B．spring

C．winter

D．summer

3.

A．cut down

B．took down

C．settled down

D．brought down

4.

A．exciting

B．low

C．frightening

D．loud

5.

A．flying

B．wandering

C．running

D．jumping

6.

A．helplessly

B．carefully

C．hopefully

D．suddenly

7.

A．advice

B．permission

C．leave

D．conclusion

8.

A．hunt

B．touch

C．ignore

D．chase

9.

A．helped

B．assisted

C．followed

D．collected

10.

A．coldly

B．cautiously

C．purposely

D．gladly

11.

A．taste

B．nest

C．meat

D．lunch

12.

A．call

B．message

C．news

D．notice

13.

A．at home

B．at school

C．at work

D．at noon

14.

A．summarized

B．wondered

C．realized

D．questioned

15.

A．building

B．leaving

C．directing

D．quitting

16.

A．drive away	B．fight against
C．argue with	D．associate with

17.

A．light

B．doubts

C．pain

D．tears

18.

A．greeted

B．comforted

C．persuaded

D．hugged

19.

A．locked

B．strengthened

C．loaded

D．packed

20.

A．brought

B．loved

C．raised

D．accompanied

8 . Years ago, I was on a long flight, during which a voice from the speaker said, “We won’t _____ drinks or the meal because we are facing a storm ahead. Please make your seat belts fastened. ”Many passengers became _____, talking about it with each other. At once it became _____ in the plane.

Soon, lightening _____ the darkening skies, and within moments the _____ was like a boat on waves in the storm. One moment it was _____ up by the storm；the next,it was thrown as if it were to _____ onto the ground. All the passengers were _____. Some cried. Some prayed (祈祷). The _____ seemed hopeless. I wondered if we could ______ it through the storm.

Then I noticed the little girl next to me. Surprisingly, the storm seemed to mean ______ to her. She was ______, looking through a picture book. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would ______ again, but she never showed a(n) ______ of worry or fear. The little girl wasn’t afraid at all ______ all the adults were scared to death. Finding me watching her,the girl smiled at me and said,“Don’t worry. My father is the pilot. He is taking me home. Take it easy. He will take us home safely.”

When the plane was out of ______, I smiled at the girl and she gave me a big smile in ______. “I said my father would take us home safely.”

Many kinds of storms may ______ us: diseases, difficulties... They can easily darken our skies and ______ our planes into hard times. Let us ______： Love is the pilot. It will help us out of trouble. So take it easy.

1.

A．serve

B．take

C．get

D．sell

2.

A．excited

B．comfortable

C．happy

D．nervous

3.

A．noisy

B．quiet

C．warm

D．cold

4.

A．broke out

B．came about

C．lit up

D．gave off

5.

A．ship

B．plane

C．train

D．seat

6.

A．lifted

B．cut

C．turned

D．shut

7.

A．jump

B．fly

C．land

D．drop

8.

A．surprised

B．afraid

C．glad

D．interested

9.

A．weather

B．question

C．future

D．action

10.

A．make

B．reach

C．win

D．finish

11.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

12.

A．funny

B．frustrated

C．sad

D．calm

13.

A．talk

B．read

C．play

D．sleep

14.

A．book

B．story

C．expression

D．impression

15.

A．and

B．when

C．so

D．since

16.

A．order

B．date

C．fashion

D．danger

17.

A．turn

B．time

C．return

D．front

18.

A．trouble

B．help

C．encourage

D．stop

19.

A．introduce

B．invite

C．throw

D．change

20.

A．ask

B．remember

C．explain

D．wonder

9 . 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。
Last year, my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding. After thereception(招待会), we were ______ for a bus to go back home. It was nine o'clock at night, and although many buses ______, none stopped.
We waited for one hour and were getting ______. We couldn’t stay there for all the _____ because it was a weekday, and we both needed to _____ the next day. It was almost 10 p. m. when a family who had _____ the same wedding passed by in their car. Probably _____ that we were waiting for some ______ of transport, they stopped and gave us a lift.
I was ______ by their kindness, and I expressed my feeling of being ______ to them.
When we reached our town, the family _____ us at the nearest place where we could catch a shared taxi to get back to the place where we had _____ our bike. On the _____, a man stopped the taxi. The _______ saw his clothes and asked him whether he had money to pay the ______. The man ______ his head and said, "No." When hearing this, the driver _____ to take him. I remembered my own experience a few minutes earlier, and I told the driver to _____ him to sit with us and I would pay his fare.
What a(n) ______ chance to pass on the family's act of kindness! That night, I felt a lightness in my heart, and I went to sleep ______, filled with joy about what I had done. I hope this kindness can continue all over the world with your help!1.

A．waiting

B．expecting

C．visiting

D．guessing

2.

A．emptied

B．gathered

C．promised

D．passed

3.

A．embarrassed

B．hopeless

C．asleep

D．dangerous

4.

A．noon

B．morning

C．afternoon

D．night

5.

A．appear

B．stay

C．work

D．rest

6.

A．joined

B．held

C．attended

D．observed

7.

A．hoping

B．realizing

C．remembering

D．insisting

8.

A．means

B．changes

C．ideas

D．choices

9.

A．surprised

B．terrified

C．beaten

D．moved

10.

A．stressful

B．kind

C．lucky

D．thankful

11.

A．stopped

B．helped

C．threw

D．dropped

12.

A．parked

B．repaired

C．bought

D．changed

13.

A．average

B．increase

C．run

D．way

14.

A．passenger

B．owner

C．driver

D．policeman

15.

A．price

B．fare

C．dinner

D．visit

16.

A．nodded

B．shook

C．raised

D．hid

17.

A．offered

B．refused

C．ordered

D．planned

18.

A．advise

B．forbid

C．encourage

D．allow

19.

A．immediate

B．terrible

C．lucky

D．funny

20.

A．sadly

B．nervously

C．happily

D．curiously

10 .        In an old city of Hungary, there used to be 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.1.

A．confident

B．interested

C．skilled

D．rich

2.

A．mirror

B．book

C．sweet

D．toy

3.

A．shy

B．excited

C．sad

D．beautiful

4.

A．for

B．or

C．and

D．but

5.

A．Proud

B．Hungry

C．Surprised

D．Satisfied

6.

A．already

B．still

C．once

D．never

7.

A．terrible

B．nice

C．big

D．expensive

8.

A．work

B．move

C．change

D．appear

9.

A．studying

B．playing

C．sleeping

D．crying

10.

A．devoted

B．referred

C．happened

D．turned

11.

A．in need of

B．in honor of

C．in search of

D．in charge of

12.

A．put

B．cheer

C．dress

D．bring

13.

A．found

B．recognized

C．1eft

D．accepted

14.

A．goodbye

B．hello

C．sorry

D．no

15.

A．refused

B．agreed

C．pretended

D．decided

16.

A．effort

B．hope

C．money

D．doubt

17.

A．red

B．dark

C．angry

D．happy

18.

A．meaning

B．wonder

C．game

D．reason

19.

A．true

B．strange

C．general

D．good

20.

A．introduced

B．helped

C．invited

D．saved