1 . I started cooking when I was thirteen. Both of my parents worked, so I was usually _______ after school. One day, my parents forgot to _______ dinner before they went to work. As we were short of money, eating out was beyond _______. So I decided to be the _______ of the day.

A few moments later, I _______ to cook fried rice, the best option out of _______ resources, including my cooking knowledge. After _______ a pan on the stove and turning on the heat, it soon began to sizzle. I was so hungry that I _______ and threw everything into the pan all together. In went rice, pieces of meat and vegetables. Little did I know that the _______ of ingredients (原料) was crucial in cooking. I ________ waited for the meat to be thoroughly cooked, but other ingredients were ________. At first, I mistook it as steam from cooking, but I soon ________ something went horribly wrong when smoke ________ to fill the kitchen.

Later that day, my mother told me, “You cannot rush yourself when cooking.” Rather, I should take steps, turning to the basics, such as learning about the ingredients and ________ the recipe.

I’ve learned that the first ________ seems hard but we should just start and let the journey teach us.

1.

A．alone

B．energetic

C．anxious

D．excited

2.

A．enjoy

B．prepare

C．serve

D．take

3.

A．expectation

B．control

C．description

D．budget

4.

A．owner

B．ruler

C．chef

D．researcher

5.

A．agreed

B．decided

C．failed

D．switched

6.

A．various

B．delicious

C．pricey

D．limited

7.

A．placing

B．covering

C．washing

D．breaking

8.

A．quit

B．slept

C．rushed

D．collapsed

9.

A．standard

B．order

C．quality

D．amount

10.

A．proudly

B．unconsciously

C．fearfully

D．eagerly

11.

A．burning

B．exploding

C．disappearing

D．mixing

12.

A．insisted

B．declared

C．grasped

D．explained

13.

A．stopped

B．reduced

C．existed

D．emerged

14.

A．working on

B．fixing on

C．referring to

D．contributing to

15.

A．race

B．try

C．route

D．ride

2 . When I was a teenager, I was invited to a formal dance party. I was _________, but also nervous about what to wear. Mom suggested I wear high heels (高跟鞋).

“Mom, I don’t know if I can wear these,” I said, feeling _________. “Don’t worry, sweetie. Just take small _________ and keep your weight centered,” she suggested.

As I arrived at the party, I tried to be _________ and act like everything was fine. But _________ struck when I stepped onto the dance floor. I _________ my own feet, falling to the ground in front of everyone.

I quickly got up and laughed it off, pretending like it was _________. But deep down, I felt like a tomato, wanting to _________.

My friend Lilly helped me _________ that incident and managed me another high heels as a support so that nobody would understand my hesitation. But a little bit __________ continued in my mind.

When I returned home, I told Mom I felt like a complete __________ at the party. “It’s okay. You tried something new, and it didn’t go as __________. But that’s how we learn and grow. Don’t be too __________ on yourself and wear what you feel __________ in,” Mom said, giving me a hug.

From that day forward, I stuck to flat shoes. I learned to __________ my true self and not worry about what others thought.

1.

A．surprised

B．excited

C．relaxed

D．satisfied

2.

A．unsure

B．unsafe

C．unusual

D．unhappy

3.

A．breaks

B．turns

C．steps

D．attempts

4.

A．genuine

B．polite

C．serious

D．cool

5.

A．danger

B．injury

C．disaster

D．wonder

6.

A．landed on

B．tripped over

C．kicked up

D．ran into

7.

A．a hot potato

B．a big fish

C．no luck

D．no big deal

8.

A．fight

B．argue

C．disappear

D．struggle

9.

A．approach

B．avoid

C．prevent

D．identify

10.

A．patience

B．bravery

C．worry

D．anger

11.

A．fool

B．hero

C．stranger

D．dancer

12.

A．suggested

B．expected

C．promised

D．directed

13.

A．dependent

B．easy

C．careful

D．hard

14.

A．fashionable

B．tight

C．comfortable

D．special

15.

A．promote

B．accept

C．trust

D．refuse

3 . Nevins had his legs seriously injured in a war and had both legs amputated (截掉) and spent several years going to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

The years left him _______ and restless. He was often woken up by bad dreams. He knew he needed _________. To find a way out, he called a friend, Anna Dennis. She told him, “You need yoga (瑜伽) in your life.” At first, Nevins laughed at the advice. “That’ s the stupidest thing I’ve heard,” Nevins said. But he decided to have a _________.

A yoga teacher, Dennis decided to give him three ___________. At his first lesson, he found himself feeling sad because of his artificial (人造的) legs. It was painful to keep balance, and he was angry __________ she kept telling him to press his feet into the ground.

Finally he told her: “___________ saying that word! I don’ t have any feet!” And then, he __________ his artificial legs and threw them away. It was a big move because he was afraid for people to see him without them—only his doctors had seen him like that. However, when he raised his arms, he felt good. “I became a ___________ person,” he said.

When the day was over, he couldn’t ________ his next lesson. Although it began as a ____________ exercise, yoga finally became Nevins’ s saving grace (长项).

Nevins __________ others to learn yoga. “All of us are living with wounds (伤口)”, he said. “Yoga helps you to ________ the things that aren’t useful to you any more.”

Now he travels the world as a yoga teacher, hoping to bring peace and ________ to those who have suffered from the wounds of war. He teaches about twelve classes a month.

“I have a great life. On most days, I ________ that I’ m a disabled (残疾的) person. That’ s because of yoga. Life goes on. I’ m _________ for every breath,” said Nevins.

1.

A．stressed

B．proud

C．careless

D．moved

2.

A．praise

B．help

C．work

D．contact

3.

A．rest

B．job

C．dream

D．try

4.

A．suggestions

B．choices

C．lessons

D．chances

5.

A．so

B．if

C．though

D．because

6.

A．Mind

B．Stop

C．Keep

D．Consider

7.

A．took off

B．showed off

C．picked up

D．put on

8.

A．popular

B．real

C．serious

D．new

9.

A．learn from

B．attend

C．wait for

D．give

10.

A．simple

B．different

C．same

D．tough

11.

A．required

B．encouraged

C．made

D．allowed

12.

A．look forward to

B．give up

C．apply for

D．search for

13.

A．happiness

B．luck

C．safety

D．success

14.

A．imagine

B．believe

C．forget

D．realize

15.

A．responsible

B．famous

C．thankful

D．frank

6 . Cell Phone Madness

When I opened the box at my 12th birthday party, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I had really gotten a cell phone!

As soon as I got to my ______ the next morning I ______ off my phone and asked everyone for their ______.

It felt like I didn’t even ______ in that class anymore. I wouldn’t pay much attention to the teachers because I was too busy on my   ______. Luckily I didn’t get ______ using it.

I was pretty ______ that the teacher did ______ that I stopped paying attention to her, ______ a week later we took a test and I failed. To make matters ______, my mom had to ______ the test.

It was hard to show my mom the ______. She was used to seeing A’s and B’s on my tests. Well, eventually, I showed her and she couldn’t ______ it. She was angry but most of all, she was disappointed.

Weeks passed and my parents started to ______ the fact that I had a phone. They would say, “ We have noticed that you never pay attention to us. It’s like you have your own little ______ now and we don’t communicate as much with your phone.”

I acted like they were wrong, but then I started to wonder if it was true that I was spending too much ______ on the phone.

A week later I tried ______ a whole day without a cell phone and it didn’t go that badly. I had so much ______ because I was actually spending time with my family and paying attention to them. From that day, I had a different point of view towards cell phones.

     Phones really take you away from the rest of the world. I’m not saying that phones are ______ and not to use them, but you do have to spare some time to spend with your family and not get ______ with your phone all day. My phone took away time from my homework and from my family. It also affected my grades.

I will keep using my phone, but I will have it under better control.

1.

A．office

B．school

C．store

D．home

2.

A．took

B．put

C．turned

D．showed

3.

A．number

B．name

C．help

D．address

4.

A．come

B．hand

C．give

D．exist

5.

A．job

B．test

C．phone

D．desk

6.

A．caught

B．allowed

C．troubled

D．appreciated

7.

A．proud

B．doubtful

C．sure

D．angry

8.

A．mention

B．notice

C．prevent

D．punish

9.

A．until

B．before

C．though

D．because

10.

A．clearer

B．easier

C．worse

D．better

11.

A．read

B．sign

C．do

D．make

12.

A．box

B．book

C．homework

D．paper

13.

A．believe

B．receive

C．see

D．achieve

14.

A．notice

B．dislike

C．accept

D．enjoy

15.

A．secret

B．idea

C．world

D．dream

16.

A．time

B．force

C．money

D．control

17.

A．sleeping

B．working

C．going

D．thinking

18.

A．trouble

B．worry

C．fun

D．improvement

19.

A．good

B．bad

C．necessary

D．useful

20.

A．interested

B．pleased

C．annoyed

D．stuck

7 . I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and had a great liking for his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his untraditional _________ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so _________ to me and had such a big _________ on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would depend on Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to _________ my own cancer experience?

I’m an ambitious _________, and when I started going through chemo (化疗), even though I’m a very _________ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the _________ . One day, while waiting to go in for _________, I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in my hand. Another patient _________   what I was reading and started a conversation with me __________ he had one of his books with him as well. It __________ that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was __________ a published author, and he was currently __________ on a new book.

We would see each other at various times and __________ friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) __________ of Dr. Bernie. He really put a __________ on my face. He unfortunately __________ last year due to his cancer, __________ he left a deep impression on me and gave me the __________ to pick up my pen again. I __________ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”

1.

A．tastes

B．ideas

C．notes

D．memories

2.

A．amazing

B．shocking

C．amusing

D．strange

3.

A．strike

B．push

C．challenge

D．effect

4.

A．learn from

B．go over

C．get through

D．refer to

5.

A．reader

B．writer

C．editor

D．doctor

6.

A．positive

B．agreeable

C．humorous

D．honest

7.

A．mood

B．position

C．state

D．way

8.

A．advice

B．reference

C．protection

D．treatment

9.

A．viewed

B．knew

C．noticed

D．wondered

10.

A．while

B．because

C．although

D．providing

11.

A．came out

B．worked out

C．proved out

D．turned out

12.

A．naturally

B．only

C．hopefully

D．actually

13.

A．deciding

B．operating

C．working

D．relying

14.

A．became

B．helped

C．missed

D．visited

15.

A．patient

B．operator

C．fan

D．publisher

16.

A．sign

B．smile

C．mark

D．mask

17.

A．showed up

B．set off

C．fell down

D．passed away

18.

A．since

B．but

C．so

D．for

19.

A．guidance

B．trust

C．opportunity

D．inspiration

20.

A．promised

B．laughed

C．thought

D．replied

8 . Are parents rational (理性的) about their children? No. Parents aren’t rational because _______ isn’t rational. Young people can understand this about romantic love, but they find it hard to _______ this element (元素) in parental love.

My eldest daughter’s _______ the other day brought this up. “Let me ask you something, Dad,” she began in a tone of patiently controlled _______ that every experienced parent knows.

“I sailed around the Mediterranean in a yacht (游艇) when I was seventeen,” she said. “I hiked through the Pyrenees from Spain to Paris. I’ve done rock climbing and deep-sea diving and slept in rainforests in the jungle of Indonesia. Right?”

“Right,” I said, “So _______?”

“So this,” she went on. “When I go to the corner drugstore to pick up some shampoo, why do you always tell me to be _______ when I cross the street?”

There is no _______ answer a parent can give to this.

All I could mumble (嘟囔) in _______ was that when I was 50, my mother would _______ me not to drive too fast. If I were 80 and she were still alive, I would be getting the ________ warning. No matter the ________, a child is a child.

There is something else, too, that children find it hard to ________ . When they are far away, there is nothing we can do about their ________ . They are in the hands of the gods. Parents try not to ________about it.

But when the children are ________ , the old protective urge quickly comes back, and it doesn’t ________ how far they have been or what experiences they have got through.

Most ________ happen around the corner, not in the rainforest. The most instinctive (本能的) act of almost every creature is to ________ its young, and with humans this ________ stays for a lifetime.

In the parent’s mind, a child ages but does not ________. Rational? No. But if we were rational, would we want children at all?

1.

A．anxiety

B．fear

C．love

D．desire

2.

A．accept

B．improve

C．remove

D．dislike

3.

A．problem

B．question

C．warning

D．explanation

4.

A．anger

B．pride

C．worry

D．surprise

5.

A．when

B．how

C．what

D．why

6.

A．brave

B．careful

C．quick

D．helpful

7.

A．necessary

B．different

C．satisfactory

D．ordinary

8.

A．apology

B．turn

C．regret

D．reply

9.

A．persuade

B．promise

C．remind

D．expect

10.

A．different

B．same

C．extra

D．right

11.

A．age

B．distance

C．gender

D．power

12.

A．decide

B．miss

C．choose

D．understand

13.

A．success

B．happiness

C．luck

D．safety

14.

A．argue

B．think

C．forget

D．complain

15.

A．aware

B．hesitant

C．close

D．frightened

16.

A．prove

B．matter

C．mean

D．mind

17.

A．accidents

B．failures

C．changes

D．mistakes

18.

A．follow

B．protect

C．spoil

D．treat

19.

A．impression

B．effect

C．opportunity

D．response

20.

A．stop

B．compete

C．leave

D．grow

9 . Ice cream can’t cure cancer or bring back a lost love, but it can make one feel better for a while. About 18 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering from a major lung operation. My mother had recently_________ , and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 55 years very hard and had lost interest in ________. Trying to get him to_________ each day was quite a chore (苦差事) as he didn’t want anything. The one thing,_________, that he would ask us to bring him was ice-cream. One evening, to our ________, he refused to eat the ice-cream,_________ I placed it in a staff room freezer (冰箱). A little while later, my son decided he wanted it, so I ________ it for him. As I passed another ward (病房), a ________ asked, “Are there more ice-creams?” When I explained the ________, she apologized. She then said that she had cancer and could eat very little,_________ the occasional ice-cream. The next evening, I decided to buy two ice-creams. On the way to Dad’s room, I stopped in at the ________ woman’s room, and ________ her the ice-cream I’d bought for her. She was ________ stunned (大吃一惊) that I had thought of her, and ________ the gift with tears in her eyes. I spoke with her for a few minutes,_________ what was happening in my family and listened to her ________ story of pain and suffering. It was apparent that she did not ________ many visitors, and the ice-cream and our short chat meant a great deal to her. I ________ the gesture (举动) a few days later, and this time was_________ with a huge hug. I never even thought to ask her name, and never saw her again, but it made me realize that an act of ________ can be more rewarding when you give it, rather than receive it.

1.

A．passed away

B．gone out

C．comeback

D．calmed down

2.

A．work

B．life

C．studies

D．games

3.

A．speak

B．laugh

C．drink

D．eat

4.

A．though

B．however

C．instead

D．therefore

5.

A．joy

B．satisfaction

C．surprise

D．relief

6.

A．if

B．unless

C．so

D．because

7.

A．borrowed

B．bought

C．made

D．fetched

8.

A．woman

B．granny

C．girl

D．child

9.

A．question

B．situation

C．process

D．decision

10.

A．better than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．other than

11.

A．pretty

B．honest

C．sick

D．shy

12.

A．offered

B．told

C．sold

D．charged

13.

A．hardly

B．finally

C．gradually

D．totally

14.

A．accepted

B．stored

C．exchanged

D．gave

15.

A．remembering

B．denying

C．explaining

D．forgetting

16.

A．ordinary

B．similar

C．interesting

D．great

17.

A．have

B．like

C．expect

D．attract

18.

A．reported

B．expressed

C．noticed

D．repeated

19.

A．covered

B．connected

C．rewarded

D．filled

20.

A．politeness

B．kindness

C．selflessness

D．willingness

10 . I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new ________ and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting. ________he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected (反映) his ________.

So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms (手掌心) were sweating. I was completely ________ for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, ________ me beyond speech. Because of me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he________ me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had ________spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the ________I had nurtured (培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left. 

I sat, stunned (惊呆), for about half an hour, ________what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing ________ to that boy without even knowing it? What I finally came to ________ was one day, several months before, when some students were ________ reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke ________, and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the ________one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the ________of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, ________ more, and became happy. And it was all because he ________to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed ________was the one who took the last seat that day.

It taught me the most ________lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came ________ and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.

1.

A．cleaner

B．teacher

C．monitor

D．reporter

2.

A．Or

B．And

C．But

D．So

3.

A．abilities

B．courage

C．feelings

D．dream

4.

A．desperate

B．responsible

C．unsuitable

D．unprepared

5.

A．panicking

B．relieving

C．surprising

D．defeating

6.

A．envied

B．loved

C．pleased

D．criticized

7.

A．gradually

B．constantly

C．recently

D．obviously

8.

A．self-defense

B．self-doubt

C．self-pity

D．self-respect

9.

A．imagining

B．observing

C．wondering

D．regretting

10.

A．difference

B．impression

C．improvement

D．conclusion

11.

A．remember

B．expect

C．believe

D．accept

12.

A．writing

B．giving

C．editing

D．reviewing

13.

A．quietly

B．repeatedly

C．quickly

D．firmly

14.

A．lucky

B．only

C．lonely

D．likely

15.

A．entrance

B．middle

C．front

D．back

16.

A．slept

B．shouted

C．smiled

D．quarreled

17.

A．intended

B．pretended

C．refused

D．happened

18.

A．change

B．thanks

C．praise

D．visits

19.

A．difficult

B．painful

C．valuable

D．enjoyable

20.

A．early

B．slowly

C．frequently

D．occasionally