1 . Childhood should be full of friends, play, and happiness. But when children are _________ and without their peer group, they may _________ a helping hand to get back on track. That’s why schools in India are teaching _________.

Actually, it is important to _________ kids to be resilient (有弹力的). They needed a(n) _________ that could train students to identify emotions and ways to channel them.

The happiness course was _________ started by the Indian government in 2018. It _________ mental health, well-being. It also encouraged _________ peer connections for elementary school children. The course included storytelling and teamwork activities.

“The happiness course is a(n)_________, and schools should welcome it. The objectives include developing self-awareness, mindfulness, critical thinking, and helping children __________ life skills to deal with stress,” said Shikha Banerjee, the principal of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria School in Kanpur.

“Mindfulness is the cornerstone of the happiness course and its biggest __________ is that every day 1.6 million children in Delhi start their studies in school with mindfulness. It has __________ as a turning point in the lives of students studying in Delhi schools and has relieved (缓解) children from stress and __________ their focus in studies,” deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said during the Mindful Education Awards 2021 program.

The award is an initiative to __________ the efforts of schools in creating a mentally and physically healthy __________ for the development of children through teaching mindfulness.

1.

A．sad

B．afraid

C．lonely

D．angry

2.

A．need

B．offer

C．lend

D．give

3.

A．lessons

B．happiness

C．standard

D．subjects

4.

A．allow

B．persuade

C．train

D．direct

5.

A．ability

B．chance

C．guide

D．course

6.

A．gradually

B．originally

C．finally

D．specially

7.

A．focused on

B．depended on

C．stuck to

D．consisted of

8.

A．classic

B．typical

C．various

D．positive

9.

A．example

B．surprise

C．success

D．conclusion

10.

A．apply

B．practice

C．contain

D．adapt

11.

A．desire

B．image

C．concern

D．beauty

12.

A．hosted

B．acted

C．come

D．put

13.

A．limited

B．located

C．distracted

D．increased

14.

A．recognize

B．measure

C．advocate

D．confirm

15.

A．phenomenon

B．environment

C．qualification

D．relationship

2 . I love persimmons(柿子). A few years ago, preparing to travel from San Francisco to Boston, I_________two persimmons, one of which I_________in the flight departure lounge(候机室), waiting to board the_________.

A lady _________me and asked from which store in the airport the fruit was bought. She looked a bit _________hearing that it couldn’t be purchased from any airport shop. I thought to myself, “I can_________the second persimmon to her.” When I _________her the fruit, she at first _________ , but when I insisted, she was visibly glad and appreciatively accepted. I_________my corner of the lounge, satisfied to have made someone else__________and that I thought was the end of the story.

Sometime during the flight, the lady caught up with me in the aisle(过道) to__________me again for the persimmon. She__________that she had grown up in Japan, where there was a persimmon tree in the yard of her childhood home. She now lived in Boston, where she hadn’t been able to find the fruit. The taste of this one persimmon was precious to her, __________her with memories of her parents and grandparents by our senses of taste and smell, as if magically.

Only then did the influence of this tiny act dawn on me. To this day I am__________by it so much that the taste of the persimmon I never ate gives me more__________than all the ones I have eaten, combined.

1.

A．picked

B．exchanged

C．packed

D．demanded

2.

A．ate

B．donated

C．washed

D．observed

3.

A．bus

B．train

C．ship

D．plane

4.

A．approached

B．left

C．missed

D．discovered

5.

A．disappointed

B．nervous

C．excited

D．energetic

6.

A．give

B．compare

C．throw

D．deliver

7.

A．showed

B．purchased

C．offered

D．sold

8.

A．hated

B．chose

C．removed

D．refused

9.

A．searched for

B．returned to

C．checked up

D．complained about

10.

A．comfortable

B．happy

C．anxious

D．worried

11.

A．support

B．thank

C．praise

D．reward

12.

A．imagined

B．responded

C．agreed

D．shared

13.

A．taking

B．helping

C．reconnecting

D．mixing

14.

A．moved

B．surprised

C．shocked

D．attracted

15.

A．regret

B．freedom

C．joy

D．kindness

3 . In 1980, Dad was diagnosed(诊断) with a serious disease. The disease _________ his memory and expression. Dad couldn’t think or process information as fast as he _________ to. He grew to repeat the same words, which drove Mom _________. On one of my visits home, Dad was sitting in his deck chair. I reached down to _________ and kiss him. “What’s new? How are you?”

“Oh, you know, dear, the same. They treat me like a mushroom around here. They keep me in the dark.” He laughed, proud of his _________.

As I walked through the kitchen, I stopped to hug Mom. She _________ her head. “I heard your dad and those words! It’s not his will. He just can’t _________ himself.” She stopped for a while before _________. “He always says he’s just like a mushroom…” She took a _________ breath and laughed. “Goodness,” she said, “I’m going to be __________ the adversity(困境) for a long time.”

__________, Dad never became difficult, or had personality changes. I often felt grateful for that. Dad loved and __________ everything Mom ever did for him as well, no matter how big or small.

Care-giving comes at a __________. Mom was annoyed with Dad, but there was lots of love between them. Through the 21 years of care giving for Dad, there was __________ and tears, as well as weddings and babies. Without __________, I’m not sure what would have happened to us.

1.

A．affected

B．connected

C．gathered

D．improved

2.

A．used

B．hated

C．agreed

D．had

3.

A．happy

B．crazy

C．curious

D．normal

4.

A．beat

B．scare

C．refuse

D．hug

5.

A．information

B．joy

C．humour

D．protest

6.

A．held

B．washed

C．nodded

D．shook

7.

A．help

B．enjoy

C．challenge

D．remind

8.

A．leaving

B．continuing

C．chatting

D．complaining

9.

A．short

B．bad

C．deep

D．last

10.

A．heard from

B．trapped in

C．figured out

D．checked on

11.

A．Gradually

B．Typically

C．Thankfully

D．Regularly

12.

A．awarded

B．identified

C．fancied

D．appreciated

13.

A．price

B．ceremony

C．time

D．distance

14.

A．care

B．independence

C．laughter

D．energy

15.

A．permission

B．love

C．response

D．honesty

4 . Cope With Loneliness or Depression

My grandmother, Margaret lived to be 104, spending the last 16 years of her life in a nursing home. Although ______ kept in a wheelchair from severe arthritis(关节炎), she was mentally sharp until her ______. In fact, she was one of the very few residents there who could still think clearly. ______ the passing years, friends and family members died. Yet, when I had the ______ to visit her, she never seemed to be despondent or ______ of being lonely. After my visits, I ______ left thinking “If I lived that long, would I have the same ______? Was there something special or different in the way she thought that prevented her from becoming ______ ?”

By our very nature, human beings are relational. As social beings, we need some sense of ______ to the world around us, whether it’s through people or the ______ world. In what appeared to be the very ______world of my grandmother, she had ______ close relationships with the nurses on her floor. I’ve ______ a lot on the example my grandmother provided during her ______ years. I’ve asked myself many questions about aging and how to ______ a sense of well-being as our world ______ to narrow from the death of family and friends or major health issues. Perhaps what I’ve ______ will help you, too.

Being alone. What does that ______ bring into your mind? The way we feel about being alone has something to do with the way we frame it. For example, you ______ be in a large group of people and still feel very lonely. Yet, some people seem to recharge and actually energize by taking the time to be alone. Once your thoughts and feelings change, it will be ______ for your behavior to change as well.

1.

A．mentally

B．sadly

C．happily

D．physically

2.

A．recovery

B．death

C．victory

D．failure

3.

A．While

B．As

C．Until

D．With

4.

A．chance

B．honor

C．right

D．choice

5.

A．complained

B．reminded

C．informed

D．thought

6.

A．never

B．sometimes

C．always

D．seldom

7.

A．ability

B．luck

C．attitude

D．age

8.

A．depressed

B．disappointed

C．annoyed

D．excited

9.

A．achievement

B．direction

C．connection

D．humor

10.

A．amusing

B．amazing

C．different

D．natural

11.

A．small

B．huge

C．difficult

D．broad

12.

A．developed

B．invented

C．held

D．found

13.

A．regained

B．realized

C．reflected

D．recognized

14.

A．long

B．lonely

C．early

D．last

15.

A．organize

B．maintain

C．spread

D．broadcast

16.

A．promises

B．prepares

C．seems

D．starts

17.

A．calculated

B．collected

C．discovered

D．described

18.

A．phrase

B．word

C．sentence

D．passage

19.

A．would

B．can

C．must

D．should

20.

A．better

B．happier

C．harder

D．easier

5 . I didn’t believe in ghosts (幽灵). However, my mother reminded me many times that I had the_________ . It was all because of a_________ I told when I was 4. One night I ________ to get ready for bed, so I lied there was a ghost in the bathroom. Mother was_________ to learn that.

After that she often_________ anything unusual—a sudden wind, a vase that fell and got broken. She would ask me,“Is she here?” She ________ my grandmother, who she said died in a car accident. When I was 14, my older brother was seriously ill. My mother ________ me to ask my grandmother to save him. When he died, she asked me to talk to him as usual. “I don’t know ________, ” I said. When my father died six months after my brother, mother asked me if they still loved us. I spelled out the answer which I_________ she wanted to hear: “Yes， always.”

When I became a writer in my 30s， I wrote a story about a woman who killed herself by eating too much opium (鸦片).

________ the story, my mother got shocked, ________ its exactly how my grandmother died. For some reason, mother didn’t tell me the truth. Now she had ________ : My grandmother had talked to me and told me her true story. She asked me, “Is she here now?” I answered ________, “I don’t know.”

Over the years, mother always asked me some ________ questions. Sometimes I really got ________ of them. And I began to ________ whether there was something wrong with her ________. Ten years later, my mother left me forever. Suddenly I felt sad and ________. It seemed that I had lost everything. That night I ________ about her and she was laughing at my surprise. When she reached me, I felt as if I had been ________ in the chest with something: love, but also joy and peace. “Now you know,” my mother said.

1.

A．chance

B．gift

C．secret

D．experience

2.

A．lie

B．story

C．excuse

D．plan

3.

A．pretended

B．prepared

C．refused

D．decided

4.

A．satisfied

B．moved

C．disappointed

D．surprised

5.

A．noticed

B．questioned

C．appreciated

D．found

6.

A．asked

B．meant

C．mentioned

D．missed

7.

A．begged

B．forced

C．ordered

D．helped

8.

A．what

B．who

C．how

D．which

9.

A．imagined

B．doubted

C．hoped

D．knew

10.

A．Printing

B．Telling

C．Reading

D．Typing

11.

A．because

B．so

C．though

D．unless

12.

A．confidence

B．proof

C．knowledge

D．information

13.

A．quickly

B．happily

C．honestly

D．sadly

14.

A．difficult

B．silly

C．familiar

D．similar

15.

A．tired

B．proud

C．afraid

D．hopeless

16.

A．understand

B．figure

C．wonder

D．speak

17.

A．eyesight

B．mind

C．body

D．head

18.

A．strong-minded

B．strange

C．relaxed

D．empty

19.

A．chatted

B．dreamed

C．read

D．wrote

20.

A．taken

B．hit

C．filled

D．kept

6 . As a little kid I always asked to be held up in the air. So I could ________ down upon my mom’s washing machine and was attracted by clothes swimming in ________ in the soap water. I loved watching clothes being ________ so much. My mom and her mother ________ my passion by taking me shopping, involving me in fine clothes, and teaching me how to ________ them.

My love of washing clothes only ________ as I grew older. I learned how to wash and dry my own clothes properly before I was ten. In my ________ , I taught myself how to iron ________ , creating razor-sharp lines in my trousers. As time went by, with a love of dry-clean-only clothes but on a tight ________ as a college student, I asked my textiles (纺织品)professors if I could wash my wool sweaters myself rather than pay to get them dry-washed. To be ________ , I suspected I could. People had been wearing wool clothing since long before the invention of dry cleaning, ________

What I learned from my professors were not just the ________ but “love languages”—ways to ________ and experience love. Caring for your loved ones’ clothes shows them love. When their ________ are clean, smell wonderful, and look great, they are going to feel as if they can take on the world, and their days are going to be all the ________ .

1.

A．sit

B．look

C．fall

D．come

2.

A．lines

B．groups

C．pairs

D．circles

3.

A．sewed

B．sorted

C．washed

D．made

4.

A．developed

B．awoke

C．changed

D．recorded

5.

A．care for

B．watch for

C．pay for

D．seek for

6.

A．formed

B．deepened

C．faded

D．returned

7.

A．teens

B．adulthood

C．babyhood

D．honeymoon

8.

A．differently

B．directly

C．regularly

D．patiently

9.

A．schedule

B．bend

C．deadline

D．budget

10.

A．exact

B．belief

C．frank

D．fair

11.

A．all in all

B．after all

C．above all

D．first of all

12.

A．how-tos

B．what-ifs

C．follow-ups

D．break-ups

13.

A．exchange

B．express

C．explain

D．expect

14.

A．foods

B．rooms

C．clothes

D．cars

15.

A．calmer

B．longer

C．brighter

D．slower

7 . In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a large clock. When I was a child, the old clock_________me very much. I was surprised at how the clock would chime (敲) three times, six times or more, with a wonderful clear_________. I often paid attention to it instead of the foods when I had_________. And always the clock stood like an old family friend,_________the family. I found the clock comforting and familiar. Year after year, the clock became a part of my memories.

It was even more_________to me when my grandfather carefully wound up (上发条) that clock with a special_________each day. The key was_________to me. It kept the clock_________. It kept the clock chiming. How did it do that? I watched as my grandfather took the key from his pocket and_________the door in the old clock and used the key to wind it up. He never let that clock wind down and__________. When I got a little older, he taught me how to open the door, __________let me wind up the clock myself. I remember the__________time I did, I felt so excited…

After my grandfather__________, every time I saw the clock, I couldn’t help crying. Never could I see him again. The__________ on the clock were frozen. It stopped. I took the key with my__________hand and opened the door. All of a __________, I was a child again, watching my grandfather. He was there, smiling at me. I stood there,__________in the memories. Then slowly and__________, I wound up the clock. Tick-tock, tick-tock…The dining room and the house seemed to be filled with__________. In the image of the clock, my grandfather also__________again.

1.

A．disappointed

B．encouraged

C．interested

D．confused

2.

A．picture

B．sound

C．noise

D．time

3.

A．meals

B．homework

C．dreams

D．trouble

4.

A．beating

B．testing

C．heating

D．watching

5.

A．wonderful

B．strange

C．different

D．fearful

6.

A．pen

B．ring

C．clock

D．key

7.

A．small

B．colorful

C．beautiful

D．magic

8.

A．running

B．standing

C．speaking

D．laughing

9.

A．painted

B．opened

C．locked

D．repaired

10.

A．go

B．play

C．stop

D．leave

11.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

12.

A．first

B．last

C．next

D．second

13.

A．gave in

B．passed away

C．turned over

D．took off

14.

A．face

B．door

C．hands

D．eyes

15.

A．wet

B．broken

C．dirty

D．shaking

16.

A．while

B．sudden

C．way

D．step

17.

A．closed

B．lost

C．waited

D．turned

18.

A．quickly

B．wrongly

C．carefully

D．angrily

19.

A．joy

B．excitement

C．fun

D．life

20.

A．cried

B．walked

C．lived

D．listened

8 . I worked in a saw mill (锯木厂) for just above the lowest wage. As I got ready to go to work I _________ band-aids (创可贴) around my _________ and put more in my pockets, because I would cut and pack wood for 8 hours a day, which _________ my fingers to split (开裂) and bleed at their tips in the cold, dry, winter air. That day at work was _________ than normal. The machines kept _________. On top of it all the heaters in the building weren’t working.

When the work day finally _________, I took off my work gloves and inspected (检查) my _________ fingers. The splits were worse than ever. I don’t think I had ever felt so _________ and hurting before. I wondered how long I could keep doing this, if things would ever get any _________.

I tried to put a __________ on my face as I __________ my front door but instead someone __________ naturally. My daughter ran up to me happily, and wrapped her little arms around my neck. I held her tight and my heart explode with love. I didn’t __________ so tired anymore. My aches and pains disappeared into her hug. In that second, I remembered again that I was here for love.

I think we all have bleeding fingers and band-aid days in our lives here. But with __________ we can make it through them all.__________, work may give us a living, but it is love that gives us a life.

1.

A．built

B．removed

C．wrapped

D．uncovered

2.

A．legs

B．fingers

C．arms

D．feet

3.

A．shone

B．caused

C．allowed

D．cut

4.

A．more interesting

B．easier

C．more important

D．harder

5.

A．breaking down

B．showing up

C．getting through

D．taking out

6.

A．began

B．proved

C．ended

D．changed

7.

A．aching

B．shining

C．delicate

D．beautiful

8.

A．delighted

B．surprised

C．scared

D．tired

9.

A．stranger

B．better

C．worse

D．duller

10.

A．picture

B．scar

C．smile

D．tear

11.

A．moved

B．spotted

C．placed

D．opened

12.

A．fell

B．moved

C．appeared

D．beat

13.

A．look

B．feel

C．get

D．keep

14.

A．love

B．determination

C．work

D．band-aid

15.

A．After all

B．By the way

C．On the contrary

D．In contrast

9 . My most favourite teacher is Chitra Ma’am. She teaches us English，who ________my hard work, which let me excited. She ________ our school one year ago, before which, I was not so good at English. But I have changed my ________ to this subject after attending her classes.

I like her for many ________ one of which is that she delivered the lessons in a ________ way. Her best quality is that she is ________ with us. She would check our homework without missing a day, which gains our ________.

There are many activities given at the end of every lesson and she makes us ________ all of them. Not only that, but she also encourages us to take part in drama and poem ________, which, many of us think, forces us to ________ our abilities of writing authentic English.

All of us have to speak in English during the English period. Every student ________ to talk in English even if the sentence sounds improper. She has taught us never to play jokes on each other’s ________. This has improved our spoken English in a great way. Now, we are able to talk in English with more ________.

Another great quality of hers is that she treats every child ________. After explaining the lesson to us, she asks each one of us different questions about the chapter. Sometimes, we also ________ talking about our personal lives, like what we like about our lives, how our parents work hard for us, and things like that.1.

A．describes

B．appreciates

C．expands

D．questions

2.

A．trusted

B．designed

C．joined

D．built

3.

A．attitude

B．access

C．solution

D．devotion

4.

A．inventions

B．sources

C．effects

D．causes

5.

A．confusing

B．terrifying

C．fascinating

D．embarrassing

6.

A．bored

B．strict

C．careful

D．content

7.

A．respect

B．impression

C．interview

D．conclusion

8.

A．arrange for

B．communicate with

C．participate in

D．complain about

9.

A．competitions

B．treatments

C．movements

D．suggestions

10.

A．affect

B．destroy

C．challenge

D．increase

11.

A．used

B．refused

C．tried

D．failed

12.

A．mistakes

B．clothes

C．lifestyles

D．efforts

13.

A．admiration

B．patience

C．confidence

D．information

14.

A．nervously

B．carefully

C．formally

D．equally

15.

A．preferred

B．escaped

C．imagined

D．considered

10 . When my mother told my father she was pregnant (怀孕的)，the first thing he did was buy a TV. It was 1957 and TVs were _______ technology back then. He thought that with a baby, they’d be going out a lot less and that he would need to find _______at home. That was the first _______ he gave me. But when I think of other gifts my father has given me, the first would be a love of _______ . He is not usually an observer of life, but he can be _______ and insightful (富有洞察力的)．He is always right in the middle of our study．He and my mother gave me a love of words and books. He has been totally deaf in one ear since he was two years old, so we _______ listened to music. In my childhood, storybooks were king-not songs.

The second is _______ all. Even when my sister and I were little, the conversation around the dinner table was _______ but adult-level. Your age didn’t matter. If you voiced an opinion, you had to _______ your case and give evidence. He ____________ everyone the same - child or adult, CEO or cleaner.

The greatest gift to his daughters was that he took interest in our ____________. Most successful women I know had fathers who ____________ their intelligence. My father said my mother was the wisest person he had ever met. They met at a dance in the early 50s, when she was a teacher. Wanting to ____________he told her about Jane Austen’s Emma, but misquoted (错误地引用) the book. My mother ____________ him and he was in love from that moment.

Over the years, my father taught me never to stand still and to ____________ for change. I continue to follow his lead.

1.

A．new

B．simple

C．outdated

D．proper

2.

A．boredom

B．joy

C．surprise

D．regret

3.

A．chance

B．gift

C．lesson

D．challenge

4.

A．travelling

B．music

C．reading

D．computer

5.

A．thoughtful

B．forgetful

C．fruitful

D．cheerful

6.

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．extremely

D．only

7.

A．comforting

B．respecting

C．praising

D．promising

8.

A．meaningless

B．messy

C．noisy

D．interesting

9.

A．accept

B．agree

C．change

D．argue

10.

A．understands

B．likes

C．admires

D．treats

11.

A．eyes

B．hearts

C．brains

D．appearances

12.

A．doubted

B．valued

C．benefited

D．ignored

13.

A．show off

B．turn off

C．back off

D．take off

14.

A．hated

B．supported

C．blamed

D．corrected

15.

A．leave

B．long

C．wait

D．fight