2 . There are times in life when we don’t have the energy or faith to solve our problems. We can’t find the way to _________. That’s when our friends _________ us. When we are weak, they become our _________. When we are _________, they lift us up. Friends remind us through their actions that we are not _________—they stand with, pray for and comfort us. Even when some friends don’t know how to help, they _________ to be there for us.

Author Parker J. Palmer in his book, Let Your Life Speak, shares about the time he was _________ depression at home. He recalls that some people who visited him tried to _________ him up. They said, “It’s a beautiful day. Why don’t you go out and take a walk?” Although he understood their _________, it made him more depressed. Others reminded him that he was a teacher and writer who had __________ many people. They said, “Try to remember all the good you’ve done and surely you’ll feel better.” That __________, too, left him depressed.

Then one friend named Bill asked Parker’s permission to drop by his __________ in the afternoons. Bill would sit Parker in the chair, __________ his shoes and socks and for half an hour, massage (按摩) his feet. Bill found the only place in Parker’s body where he could still experience __________ and reconnect with the human race. Bill would __________ do that and almost say __________. When he talked occasionally, he would not __________ any suggestion but mirror Parker’s feelings. That simple act of __________ was what helped Parker __________ his dark time.

We are thankful to the friends who stand by us in uncomplicated ways. And we are thankful for the opportunity to be the ones who are __________ for our friends when they are in need.

1.

A．fall behind

B．grow up

C．drop by

D．push ahead

2.

A．copy

B．need

C．beat

D．carry

3.

A．competition

B．factor

C．strength

D．barrier

4.

A．up

B．in

C．down

D．out

5.

A．alone

B．awake

C．alive

D．asleep

6.

A．choose

B．pretend

C．decline

D．fail

7.

A．spreading

B．battling

C．studying

D．explaining

8.

A．give

B．cheer

C．bring

D．cut

9.

A．intention

B．excuse

C．routine

D．debate

10.

A．challenged

B．helped

C．remembered

D．encountered

11.

A．promise

B．agreement

C．advice

D．reward

12.

A．classroom

B．house

C．agency

D．hospital

13.

A．remove

B．repair

C．make

D．sell

14.

A．memories

B．feelings

C．topics

D．pains

15.

A．suddenly

B．eventually

C．hardly

D．simply

16.

A．nothing

B．anything

C．something

D．everything

17.

A．take

B．hear

C．offer

D．assess

18.

A．adventure

B．teaching

C．praise

D．care

19.

A．sort out

B．keep track of

C．get through

D．make use of

20.

A．curious

B．honest

C．silent

D．present

3 . A few years ago, an expensive new car stopped on the Mississippi River Bridge. A(n) _________ man got out of the car. He wore very _________ clothes and looked very rich.

He climbed over the rail and under the bridge onto a platform below the roadway preparing to _________. Cars started _________ and the traffic backed up for miles. The _________ arrived with the fire department, officers and mental health professionals.

They began talking to the man and telling him not to jump. They told him that he might not die. He might become _________ and have to stay in bed for life. About half a mile back in the traffic there was an old _________. An elderly gardener got out of the truck and walked up to _________ the people were gathered.

He made his way through the people and shouted to the man, “Hey, I’ve got to go to work. Either jump or _________ the bridge. If you decide not to jump, tomorrow is going to be ____________!”

After hearing this, the man ____________ climbed back onto the bridge, which surprised everyone. The police surrounded him immediately and ____________ him in the back seat of the police car. The gardener __________ back to his truck, waiting for the traffic to move.

One of the officer ____________ a fireman, “Who was that?” The fireman said, “I don’t know. He just said he had to go to work!”

The police reported to the press that all the way to the ____________ the man kept saying, “Tomorrow is going to be better.”

One must see a future to have a future. As Mark Twain once said, “It is not what you do not know that will hurt you the most. It is what you think you know, however, it just isn’t so!”

1.

A．happy

B．shining

C．sad

D．ugly

2.

A．expensive

B．excited

C．strange

D．stubborn

3.

A．jump

B．cross

C．run

D．turn

4.

A．rescuing

B．sliding

C．coming

D．stopping

5.

A．police

B．family

C．gardeners

D．builders

6.

A．concerned

B．foolish

C．disabled

D．sick

7.

A．truck

B．car

C．taxi

D．ambulance

8.

A．that

B．which

C．where

D．what

9.

A．get down

B．get off

C．put down

D．put out

10.

A．stronger

B．weaker

C．better

D．worse

11.

A．fortunately

B．suddenly

C．frequently

D．entirely

12.

A．placed

B．treated

C．criticized

D．answered

13.

A．walked

B．rushed

C．drove

D．left

14.

A．commanded

B．recognized

C．asked

D．thanked

15.

A．bridge

B．hospital

C．garden

D．house

4 . Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new______in high school. However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheerleaders (拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be______for her to be selected. Two hours later, the______read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart______as the list ended without her name. Feeling______, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was______. She moved on to English and history, and was______to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to______math for the time being (暂时).

The next day, Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school______. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as enthusiastic (热情的) as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough______for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled______and left. “Why is high school so different?” She sighed.

Later in math class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much______. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she would continue to try to______at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she would succeed, but she knew she had to try. High school was just as her mother had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond______a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the______fish you can be.”

1.

A．processes

B．decisions

C．challenges

D．exercises

2.

A．difficult

B．easy

C．boring

D．interesting

3.

A．editor

B．boss

C．candidate

D．judge

4.

A．jumped

B．sank

C．stopped

D．raced

5.

A．strange

B．happy

C．awful

D．lonely

6.

A．struggling

B．improving

C．working

D．complaining

7.

A．ashamed

B．disappointed

C．shocked

D．relieved

8.

A．put up

B．prepare for

C．worry about

D．give up

9.

A．committee

B．newspaper

C．radio

D．team

10.

A．speakers

B．readers

C．cheerleaders

D．writers

11.

A．widely

B．weakly

C．excitedly

D．brightly

12.

A．pleasure

B．hope

C．trouble

D．sorrow

13.

A．fit in

B．look out

C．stay up

D．get around

14.

A．in return for

B．in case of

C．in terms of

D．instead of

15.

A．slimmest

B．smallest

C．best

D．gentlest

5 . Green is a very common word in American English. Sometimes, the word green means _______, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet _______ or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no _______, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a little cow whose horns (角) had not yet _______. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the _______ it has today — a person who is new in a job. About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular _______ in the American West. Elderly people used it to _______ a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn _______ the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.

Someone who has the _______ to grow plants well is said to have green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1900s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a(n) ________ touch that makes plants grow ________ and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden ________ to grow long after your plants have died.

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion, ________. The “green-eyed monster” is not a(n) ________ creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play Othello. It describes the ________ feeling a person has when someone has something he wants. A young man may ________ the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins ________ someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may ________ your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not.

In most places in the world, a green light is a sign to move ________. In everyday speech, a green light means ________ to continue with a project.

1.

A．tense

B．warm

C．stable

D．young

2.

A．healthy

B．ripe

C．healed

D．large

3.

A．experience

B．interest

C．ambition

D．respect

4.

A．developed

B．hurt

C．changed

D．recovered

5.

A．answer

B．importance

C．meaning

D．influence

6.

A．product

B．brand

C．expression

D．slogan

7.

A．describe

B．charge

C．welcome

D．attack

8.

A．gained

B．lacked

C．exercised

D．valued

9.

A．hobby

B．facility

C．energy

D．ability

10.

A．magic

B．different

C．proper

D．accurate

11.

A．certainly

B．deeply

C．quickly

D．early

12.

A．expects

B．fails

C．continues

D．intends

13.

A．happiness

B．jealousy

C．anger

D．despair

14.

A．elegant

B．frightening

C．ridiculous

D．precious

15.

A．comfortable

B．strange

C．terrible

D．unpleasant

16.

A．suffer from

B．benefit from

C．escape from

D．result from

17.

A．making up with

B．looking out for

C．looking up to

D．going out with

18.

A．affect

B．become

C．betray

D．trust

19.

A．away

B．around

C．over

D．ahead

20.

A．decision

B．hesitation

C．approval

D．preparation

7 . I still keep the photo taken by my mom and treasure(珍视) it as my life. That was many years ago when I was taking summer _________ in college and was moving into an apartment. I was carrying two _________ with everything that I was going to need to _________ the 6 weeks of classes. It is the last time that I have travelled so _________. Since then my possessions(私人物品) have _________. Though most of them like my furniture are _________, there are occasions when I feel _________ down by all of them. I am sure that I will need two trucks rather than two suitcases if I ever _________ again.

One thought, however, brings me _________. It is the knowledge that when I make my __________ journey from this world—I am dead, I won’t __________ any of those things with me. The only thing I will take with me will be what I have packed in the suitcase of my __________. I will be carrying every __________ thing I ever did, every loving thought I ever shared, and every bit of __________ I ever brought into this world to make others laugh. I will be carrying all the goodness I gave to others, all the __________ I was able to share, and all the joy I created. These things won’t be weighing me down. Instead, I will be surely __________. As you are __________ for your own final trip-completely prepared, make sure that you should not make your __________ heavy. Make sure that the possessions in your home __________ take second place to the __________ in your heart.

1.

A．journeys

B．holidays

C．vacations

D．classes

2.

A．tracks

B．suitcases

C．books

D．computers

3.

A．bring out

B．take away

C．get through

D．pay for

4.

A．hard

B．light

C．unforgettably

D．happily

5.

A．gone

B．appeared

C．lessened

D．grown

6.

A．expensive

B．useful

C．beautiful

D．enjoyable

7.

A．weighed

B．put

C．turned

D．calmed

8.

A．treasure

B．possess

C．move

D．demand

9.

A．confusion

B．matter

C．hate

D．comfort(安慰)

10.

A．final

B．pleasant

C．tiring

D．latest

11.

A．compare

B．take

C．fill

D．stand

12.

A．soul

B．body

C．home

D．college

13.

A．strange

B．little

C．good

D．smart

14.

A．knowledge

B．hope

C．thought

D．laughter

15.

A．love

B．information

C．time

D．money

16.

A．put on

B．laughed at

C．given away

D．raised up

17.

A．ready

B．eager

C．fit

D．responsible

18.

A．world

B．weight

C．travel

D．heart

19.

A．hard

B．always

C．rather

D．never

20.

A．time

B．money

C．love

D．hate

10 . My teacher Mr. Bush is the most positive person I’ve ever met. He has the ability to ________ positiveness to young students.

He always smiles and never gets ________ at students. Once I met some ________ because I felt overshadowed by my brother, who seemed to be doing great in every way. Hopelessness ________ me whenever I was in a classroom. But that all ________ when I met my teacher for life, Mr. Bush. Having found out about my problems, he just kept ________ to help me out. Because of Mr. Bush, my world was filled with ________ and power.

A few weeks ago, everyone in my class was feeling a bit ________ because of a bad day at school. But things got ________ after a close of Mr. Bush’s class. He drew a picture on the whiteboard that ________ a half-full glass of water. He then said, “Class, the point of view in which you look at things will ________ your feelings. Like this glass of water: some people see it and think ‘What! Only half a glass of water. How ________ I am.’ Whereas other people think ‘Wow, I’m so thirsty. Great! Half a glass of water for me!’ It all is in the ________ you think.”

Mr. Bush’s ________ way of thinking always makes me feel glad and ________. I will always remember him.

1.

A．pass on

B．apply for

C．make up

D．give up

2.

A．strict

B．patient

C．mad

D．curious

3.

A．friends

B．needs

C．realities

D．difficulties

4.

A．controlled

B．confused

C．cured

D．relaxed

5.

A．happened

B．changed

C．solved

D．included

6.

A．requesting

B．calming

C．encouraging

D．calling

7.

A．sunshine

B．fear

C．surprise

D．disappointment

8.

A．cheerful

B．down

C．eager

D．afraid

9.

A．warmer

B．higher

C．better

D．happier

10.

A．served

B．filled

C．bought

D．showed

11.

A．hurt

B．recognise

C．challenge

D．affect

12.

A．powerful

B．unfortunate

C．bright

D．perfect

13.

A．way

B．direction

C．end

D．past

14.

A．suitable

B．optimistic

C．special

D．important

15.

A．responsible

B．awkward

C．lonely

D．hopeful