3 . One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final ________ .

He discovered the youth was ________ and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes ________.”

The president requested the youth to ________ his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever ________ your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to ________.”

“Go and clean your mother’s hands when you go back today, and then ________ me tomorrow morning,” the president said at last.

The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell ________ he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had ________ that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother________. That night, Mother and Son talked for a very long time, longer than any talk before.

The next________, the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked, “Please tell me how you ________ about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what appreciation is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how ________ it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the ________ of family relationship.”

The president said, “You are ________. This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”

1.

A．election

B．test

C．interview

D．competition

2.

A．strong

B．excellent

C．humorous

D．cute

3.

A．maker

B．cleaner

C．mender

D．seller

4.

A．wash

B．hide

C．show

D．dry

5.

A．found

B．let

C．helped

D．watched

6.

A．study

B．ignore

C．work

D．rest

7.

A．move

B．see

C．recognize

D．answer

8.

A．after

B．until

C．because

D．as

9.

A．believed

B．sensed

C．noticed

D．expected

10.

A．quietly

B．sadly

C．excitedly

D．angrily

11.

A．morning

B．noon

C．afternoon

D．evening

12.

A．worried

B．felt

C．brought

D．spoke

13.

A．important

B．difficult

C．different

D．impossible

14.

A．value

B．secret

C．type

D．change

15.

A．educated

B．respected

C．trusted

D．hired

4 . “5 pm, ma’am.” One of my colleagues told me.“What? My baby can no longer wait for that! Can you please ask the personnel a _________ to make it earlier? ”

My 3 month-old-baby was already very weak and _________.Three days ago, we brought him for _________ at the hospital where I _________ due to several projectile vomiting (喷射性呕吐).

I knew the danger of dehydration (脱水) very well because just in our hospital we had encountered _________ patients of this case.It posed a bigger unknown _________ to my baby that needed immediate surgery.But before the doctor could _________ what would be the best approach, he ordered a CT Scan at one of the most famous and big hospital of the city _________ our own hospital did not have it yet.Everything about my baby became so _________.I knew that my baby had a __________ chance of survival.And I was afraid that my child could not wait for another few hours if no __________ would be taken.

“Ma’am, we are so __________.His __________ is moved to 3pm so it would be now less than an hour to prepare.” Hearing this I was __________ but another much bigger problem than the schedule arose.I did not have the __________ needed.I did not even have any for taxi fare to the famous hospital for the CT Scan.We could do nothing but __________ it from a friend who was one of the two persons responding to my message for money.I only had few minutes left then.I asked for a vacant room and there I cried while I prayed for a miracle to provide me ways right then.

Amazingly, my cellphone beeped __________.“Ms./Mr.Lucero, please claim your money remittance (汇款) through...” One after another, I received different messages __________ me to get the money they sent for my baby.I had the money then in less than an hour! Not only for the CT Scan but for our immediate needs during our whole hospital stay! I began to wonder how they knew about my son.________ there were only two who responded to that message.

I was so awed at how God arranged all the __________ in our lives before preparing blessings ahead of us! It made me believe that my baby shall live!

1.

A．stage

B．favor

C．preference

D．reference

2.

A．breathless

B．aimless

C．plain

D．fit

3.

A．permission

B．submission

C．admission

D．transmission

4.

A．worked

B．quitted

C．visited

D．exposed

5.

A．various

B．limited

C．unexpected

D．countless

6.

A．trick

B．threat

C．cruelty

D．conflict

7.

A．figure on

B．try on

C．figure out

D．run out

8.

A．in which

B．in that

C．so long as

D．in case

9.

A．unworthy

B．unattainable

C．unlikely

D．unpredictable

10.

A．slight

B．good

C．fair

D．no

11.

A．adventure

B．measures

C．pressure

D．procedure

12.

A．contributed

B．hugged

C．surrounded

D．blessed

13.

A．setting

B．schedule

C．plan

D．routine

14.

A．rescued

B．released

C．relieved

D．recovered

15.

A．money

B．account

C．credit

D．income

16.

A．obtain

B．to borrow

C．borrow

D．to obtain

17.

A．temporarily

B．continuously

C．regularly

D．casually

18.

A．convincing

B．confirming

C．informing

D．writing

19.

A．After all

B．Above all

C．At all

D．All in all

20.

A．resources

B．guilt

C．failure

D．hardships

5 . Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Was the bird out on the ice a duck or a goose? There was only one way to find out. So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends _______ onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a _______ look. First they threw a rock onto the ice to _______ it, Cruz told NBC 5 Chicago. “Then we stepped on it.” _______ the ice would support their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then ... FOOMP. He crashed through the _______ frozen surface. “There was no sound, no crack,” he told ABC7 Chicago. “I just fell through instantly.”

Cruz rushed to help his _______ friend. FOOMP—the pond swallowed him too.

Cruz managed to _______ himself out of the freezing cold water and onto a more _______ section. He then _______ worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn’t ________, and he fell in again. This time, he couldn’t get out. The boys were up to their ________ in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs (四肢). Any possibility of their freeing themselves was ________ away. Cruz was sure he was going to die.

Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started screaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbor ________ nearby on his way to the grocery store, ________ her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy, ________ off his shoes, and ran into the slushy water, ________ his way through the ice with his free ________. “It was kind of a ‘Hulk smash, ’” Lavin told NBC 5 Chicago.

Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and hauled them back to ________. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute ________ in the water had lowered their body temperature nearly ten degrees.

Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered, though they are still a little awestruck by their ________ neighbor. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “if he wasn’t there, I could have died.”

1.

A．raced

B．chanced

C．climbed

D．leaped

2.

A．better

B．near

C．clear

D．second

3.

A．scare

B．prove

C．test

D．hit

4.

A．Committed

B．Confused

C．Content

D．Convinced

5.

A．absolutely

B．obviously

C．seemingly

D．tightly

6.

A．panicked

B．surprised

C．spellbound

D．amused

7.

A．push

B．lift

C．take

D．move

8.

A．open

B．solid

C．strong

D．rocky

9.

A．gradually

B．lightly

C．cautiously

D．secretly

10.

A．hold

B．melt

C．crack

D．keep

11.

A．ends

B．bellies

C．heads

D．necks

12.

A．slipping

B．dying

C．passing

D．sliding

13.

A．running

B．driving

C．walking

D．riding

14.

A．sensed

B．spotted

C．heard

D．saved

15.

A．set

B．threw

C．rolled

D．kicked

16.

A．chopping

B．leading

C．getting

D．diving

17.

A．buoy

B．will

C．fist

D．hammer

18.

A．earth

B．land

C．bank

D．surface

19.

A．exposure

B．contact

C．screaming

D．stay

20.

A．generous

B．powerful

C．friendly

D．fearless

6 . The broken pot

A man had two large water pots. One pot had a crack (裂缝) in it，but the other was perfect and always carried a(an) ________ pot of water.

At the end of the long walk from the river to the house, the cracked pot arrived ________ half full, with the man ________ one and a half pots full of water to his house.

The poor cracked pot was ashamed and ________ that it was able to do only half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of a ________ it believed to be, it spoke to its owner one day. “I am ashamed and I want to apologize because this crack in my side ________ water to leak out all the way. Because of my crack, you ________ to do a lot of this work, and you don’t get full value from your ________.”

The man said to the pot, “Did you ________ that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s ________ I have always known about your ________, and I planted flower seeds on your side, and every day while we walk back, you’ve ________ them. For two years I have been able to ________ these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. ________ you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.”

Moral (寓意):

We’re all cracked pots, but it’s the cracks that make our lives so very interesting and rewarding. ________ to appreciate all the different people in your life!

1.

A．clean

B．full

C．empty

D．large

2.

A．right

B．hardly

C．only

D．nearly

3.

A．finding

B．drinking

C．using

D．carrying

4.

A．satisfied

B．afraid

C．sad

D．confident

5.

A．failure

B．practice

C．surprise

D．success

6.

A．helps

B．drives

C．causes

D．invites

7.

A．continued

B．had

C．decided

D．planned

8.

A．acts

B．contributions

C．efforts

D．tasks

9.

A．imagine

B．realize

C．expect

D．notice

10.

A．when

B．because

C．why

D．while

11.

A．responsibility

B．secret

C．technique

D．crack

12.

A．watered

B．watched

C．protected

D．reminded

13.

A．enjoy

B．thank

C．pick

D．buy

14.

A．For

B．With

C．Beyond

D．Without

15.

A．Remember

B．Stop

C．Prepare

D．Come

7 . About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard
any noise from the children. but I often heard the parents _______ shouting at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a(n) _______ one.
We often _______ in the hallway. I always greeted them, _______ the only answer I ever got was a ”hello” from the eight-year-old girl. I usually _______ to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just _______ their apartment and the little girl was _______ the outside door open for the others. I _______ in the car doing _______   things because I wasn’t eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally, I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling her to ________ to get into the car, but the little girl was still holding the door, ________ me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.
I forgot to tell her how ________ I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had ________ an old man's heart.
The next day there was a(n) ________ on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite ________ of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother standing there, too. Her parents ________ me. Too.
Now when we met in the hallway we always greeted each other, in a friendly ________.
Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and ________ how I was going to keep my doctor’s ________ because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.
Isn’t it ________ that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things come from small acts.1.

A．quietly

B．strangely

C．quickly

D．angrily

2.

A．frightening

B．exciting

C．sincere

D．kind

3.

A．quarreled

B．met

C．chatted

D．argued

4.

A．when

B．so

C．but

D．or

5.

A．went out

B．set out

C．took out

D．gave out

6.

A．decorating

B．cleaning

C．returning

D．leaving

7.

A．breaking

B．operating

C．holding

D．unlocking

8.

A．kept

B．remained

C．insisted

D．left

9.

A．favorite

B．important

C．unnecessary

D．curious

10.

A．hurry

B．drive

C．stay

D．greet

11.

A．hunting for

B．asking for

C．waiting for

D．calling for

12.

A．beneficial

B．influential

C．anxious

D．grateful

13.

A．strengthened

B．broken

C．touched

D．saved

14.

A．note

B．knock

C．invitation

D．picture

15.

A．proud

B．aware

C．afraid

D．sure

16.

A．understood

B．recognized

C．praised

D．thanked

17.

A．appearance

B．manner

C．statement

D．announcement

18.

A．found

B．doubted

C．remembered

D．wondered

19.

A．advice

B．appointment

C．suggestion

D．attention

20.

A．amazing

B．confusing

C．disappointing

D．challenging

8 . Routine can make a person blind to beauty. You can drive along the same road day after day, but it isn’t until you are in the passenger seat that you _______ the old farmhouse hidden just behind the trees. Raising children can have a similar effect. As time flows you _______ a routine.

Our normal life changed when our 3-year-old daughter Piper was diagnosed with autism(自闭症). As the youngest of our three children, Piper entered the world full of _______, but her laughter disappeared at the age of 3. Great _______ led my husband David and me to her doctor, and that day set off a chain of events that threw our routine out of the house.

I felt that while the rest of the world carried on, time for us had come to a _______. I was also worried about Kaydence and Cameron, feeling guilty for _______ them of quality time because so much of our time was invested in taking care of their sister. Fortunately with remarkable doctors and teachers, Piper started _______.

What happened next was nothing short of _______. I deliberately took a step back and became the “passenger” again. I forced myself to actually _______ our new routine instead of focusing on where we needed to be next. In doing so, I was given one of the greatest gifts in a decade of marriage. I was able to see my husband in a ________ light.

It suddenly occurred to me that my heart wasn’t the only one that ________ over the past few months. On Piper’s toughest days, I nearly suffered a ________. It was my husband who ________ me and provided Kaydence and Cameron with the consistency and nurturing they needed to ________ this storm with us. I ________ many people a great deal along this journey, but the biggest thanks go to my husband, a man never for a second let us lose our way.

1.

A．miss

B．share

C．build

D．notice

2.

A．see into

B．settle into

C．break into

D．dig into

3.

A．hope

B．energy

C．joy

D．tears

4.

A．faith

B．relief

C．curiosity

D．concern

5.

A．head

B．stop

C．point

D．decision

6.

A．reminding

B．informing

C．warning

D．robbing

7.

A．communicating

B．walking

C．crying

D．joking

8.

A．reliable

B．sensible

C．reasonable

D．unbelievable

9.

A．break

B．follow

C．observe

D．establish

10.

A．different

B．natural

C．bright

D．bad

11.

A．leaped

B．failed

C．pounded

D．ached

12.

A．loss

B．pain

C．mistake

D．collapse

13.

A．accepted

B．motivated

C．admired

D．tolerated

14.

A．weather

B．control

C．reveal

D．create

15.

A．consult

B．praise

C．owe

D．respect

9 . I come from a broken family that many would consider dysfunctional (失衡) at the very least: marriage, divorces, etc. After we grew up, my three siblings and I could go years _______ speaking. And that is where this story _______.

My sister Jeanne and I were born only 14 months _______, but by the time we were teenagers we had lost _______. By age 19, I had moved away from our home in Wisconsin to live on my father’s horse farm in Virginia. We lived separate lives in separate states and our connection _______ ended.

Fast-forward about five years, I was 24 and on a _______ with my fiancé (未婚夫) to New York City, a place I had never been to.

During a day of sightseeing, we were crossing a very _______street loaded with people. I was on the point of laughing at something my fiancé said _______ I heard my name yelled from somewhere around me: “Cheryl!” I _______in my steps in the middle of the road. Tears __________ in my eyes. I knew without a doubt that it was my sister Jeanne. I yelled __________ before even turning to look. “Jeanne?” It was her.

I later asked how she’d known it was me-she __________ saw me! She said it was my __________. I wouldn’t say my laugh is all that __________, but I guess to a family member it’s infectious. It __________ your heart and resonates (共鸣) in your mind.

Since that time, my sister and I have never been __________. We both moved back to Wisconsin. We __________ daily. Many years have passed, and we are now in our 50s. But our meeting __________ wasn’t just a sign of God’s blessing. I see it as more of a lesson, a __________ not to lose touch with loved ones. It is too easy to remain lost. After our sister-to-sister __________, I don’t plan to let that happen again.

1.

A．by

B．after

C．without

D．beyond

2.

A．ends

B．begins

C．twists

D．spreads

3.

A．ago

B．away

C．ahead

D．apart

4.

A．heart

B．home

C．touch

D．interest

5.

A．somewhat

B．anyhow

C．anyway

D．somehow

6.

A．team

B．trip

C．date

D．picnic

7.

A．busy

B．dark

C．empty

D．quiet

8.

A．while

B．before

C．when

D．until

9.

A．fell

B．froze

C．struggled

D．hesitated

10.

A．came about

B．welled up

C．ran away

D．streamed back

11.

A．again

B．to

C．at

D．back

12.

A．never

B．often

C．seldom

D．already

13.

A．shape

B．clothing

C．look

D．laugh

14.

A．clear

B．pleasant

C．bright

D．unusual

15.

A．hits

B．treats

C．breaks

D．cures

16.

A．separated

B．bothered

C．suspected

D．united

17.

A．work

B．travel

C．play

D．talk

18.

A．by mistake

B．by chance

C．on schedule

D．on purpose

19.

A．change

B．result

C．reminder

D．motivation

20.

A．circle

B．theory

C．miracle

D．move

10 . Being given the opportunity to travel to the United States and work in a Summer Camp was a truly unique experience. And for that I will always be ____. It would also be a(n) ____ for me to write about it and recommend this camp to those who desire to ____ their vision and improve themselves.

I ____ the International Sports Training Camp in the summers of 2004 and 2009. The reason why there was a gap of 4 years ____ visits is that I made the decision to begin and complete an Education Degree(PE). The majority of the reason I ____ this career path is largely due to the high level of staff training that I received as part of the camp orientation program and also the development of personal qualities and improved self-confidence I ____ along the way. The camp orientation program ____ over 7 days and was ____ by our camp directors and senior staff (many of them are international staff). Through this program we were trained and educated in problem solving, communications kills and many other ____ aspects of camp life. ____, this kind of training is presented in many other forms of employment and ____ I feel that I have already got a(n) ____ in life that others may not have the chance to experience.

Summer Camps have provided so many ____ and international staff with unique life experiences, resources, education and professional relationships that are impossible to ____. Many of us have become really good friends and share sorrow and joy online. ____, many friends have become ____ staff members at these camps and are ____ every year for training the new staff that arrive at camp.

Everyone should have the opportunity to work in a summer camp for the ____ they have there that I believe would ____ them for a lifetime.

1.

A．relieved

B．thankful

C．admirable

D．desirable

2.

A．challenge

B．concern

C．pleasure

D．inspiration

3.

A．extend

B．polish

C．block

D．outline

4.

A．organized

B．followed

C．sponsored

D．attended

5.

A．after

B．for

C．between

D．beyond

6.

A．decided on

B．took on

C．counted on

D．touched on

7.

A．went

B．came

C．struggled

D．gained

8.

A．ran

B．ended

C．occurred

D．consisted

9.

A．privileged

B．presented

C．previewed

D．revised

10.

A．abundant

B．important

C．elegant

D．brilliant

11.

A．Still

B．Instead

C．Thus

D．Again

12.

A．at best

B．in time

C．as such

D．in tune

13.

A．lesson

B．advantage

C．ground

D．reward

14.

A．modest

B．intelligent

C．domestic

D．tentative

15.

A．copy

B．recognize

C．promote

D．record

16.

A．After all

B．Above all

C．Also

D．Thus

17.

A．considerate

B．temporary

C．permanent

D．flexible

18.

A．responsible

B．desperate

C．famous

D．honoured

19.

A．experience

B．routine

C．timetable

D．statement

20.

A．conclude

B．protect

C．transfer

D．benefit