1 . Recently, I was admitted to hospital for surgery. To deal with the
It’s not difficult to find words have played a large part in
Apart from keeping journals, I
There is
Needless to say, I have no intention of
| A．boredom | B．chaos | C．expectation | D．readiness |
| A．dancing | B．singing | C．drawing | D．writing |
| A．convincing | B．sustaining | C．challenging | D．astonishing |
| A．guidance | B．consideration | C．pressure | D．treatment |
| A．proud | B．nervous | C．conscious | D．guilty |
| A．take down | B．struggle with | C．bring about | D．work out |
| A．self-denying | B．self-healing | C．self-defeating | D．self-sacrificing |
| A．finally | B．instantly | C．rarely | D．regularly |
| A．post | B．broadcast | C．translate | D．purchase |
| A．comment on | B．take over | C．hand out | D．look for |
| A．responsibility | B．justice | C．accomplishment | D．freedom |
| A．uncertainty | B．science | C．criticism | D．prejudice |
| A．negative | B．significant | C．similar | D．interesting |
| A．prefers | B．forbids | C．assists | D．troubles |
| A．following | B．resigning | C．wondering | D．stopping |
It was the most beautiful motorbike and the first of its kind in the neighborhood, a magic blue one with two smart rear-view mirrors. It belonged to Ranjan’s uncle. Overnight, Ranjan had become a prince among us boys.
We surrounded him the next day, wanting to learn more details. Ranjan’s uncle had come from Bombay, riding the new motorbike. Every afternoon when he slept, we would gather around the blue bike, admiring it. Sometimes Ranjan managed to take out his uncle's red helmet (头盔). We would wear it in turn and sit on the bike, imagining starting it and being off. In the evenings, we watched Ranjan go out for a ride with his uncle and our eyes were filled with envy (羡慕).
One Monday morning I was struggling with the homework when Ranjan whispered in my ear, “I am learning to ride it, Tony.” “What?” I doubted. “I will show you this afternoon. ”Ranjan sounded confident.
Ranjan, like the rest of us, knew everything about the motorbike, every part of it. But to ride it was another story. Like all grown-ups, his uncle had this belief that fourteen-year-olds could not ride things like motorbikes. It is unfair really.
The big moment came at last. After lunch, I came to meet Ranjan, who appeared at the gate seconds later, wearing the red helmet. Noiselessly, he wheeled the bike out of the gate. He looked around carefully, pushed it down the road, and started it. “Get on, boy!”I felt excited as I climbed onto the back seat, but still could not believe that he could ride it. “Ready?”Ranjan shouted. “Yeah. What are you waiting for?”
We were off. The road was nearly empty and we were moving smoothly. I had a look at the speedometer (速度计): 30 kmph. How cool it was!
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Suddenly, a dog rushed out and ran across the road.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We picked up the motorbike and found one mirror was missing.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . Ryder was born with a serious illness and has never been able to walk. When he started attending preschool, he had to be
Then his father
The hut made of wood was
| A．pulled | B．walked | C．driven | D．pushed |
| A．car | B．wheelchair | C．bus | D．plane |
| A．dance | B．shout | C．rush | D．slip |
| A．vehicle | B．scene | C．weather | D．class |
| A．searched for | B．put up | C．taken over | D．found out |
| A．shelter | B．help | C．benefit | D．hope |
| A．fought | B．stood | C．cared | D．sought |
| A．art | B．construction | C．music | D．literature |
| A．Consequently | B．Obviously | C．However | D．Besides |
| A．interested | B．satisfied | C．strict | D．depressed |
| A．predicted | B．interrupted | C．delayed | D．responded |
| A．big | B．bright | C．heavy | D．light |
| A．fixed | B．borrowed | C．delivered | D．thrown |
| A．changes | B．designs | C．plays | D．uses |
| A．popular | B．fantastic | C．strange | D．flexible |
4 . I bought a jasmine plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom (开花) and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there were not any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda. One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office.
When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’t help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something. Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away. In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen. Last Sun-day Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she re-turned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient.I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.
1. Before she gave the jasmine away, the writer had it for ________.| A．one day | B．one year | C．two weeks | D．two months |
| A．unhappy | B．peaceful | C．hopeful | D．surprised |
| A．Patience is needed in life. |
| B．Flowers can make life better. |
| C．Friendship is necessary for us. |
| D．Jasmine can be a wonderful plant. |
5 . My husband Mike
I decided one year to
As the match began, I was
I bought helmets and shoes and sent them anonymously (匿名地) to the inner-city church. Mike’s smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year, which
| A．accepted | B．preferred | C．loved | D．hated |
| A．and | B．but | C．so | D．except |
| A．lazy | B．comfortable | C．crazy | D．challenging |
| A．avoid | B．value | C．prepare | D．reserve |
| A．inspiration | B．conclusion | C．invention | D．investigation |
| A．exported | B．trained | C．supported | D．followed |
| A．neatly | B．poorly | C．formally | D．nicely |
| A．ensured | B．charged | C．showed | D．confirmed |
| A．alarmed | B．relieved | C．satisfied | D．excited |
| A．stress | B．pack | C．handle | D．protect |
| A．target | B．afford | C．choose | D．try |
| A．excitedly | B．sadly | C．coldly | D．shyly |
| A．nervous | B．concerned | C．lucky | D．gifted |
| A．love | B．reaction | C．present | D．plan |
| A．lit up | B．focused on | C．accounted for | D．took up |
I was sure everyone in my junior-high drama class saw the paper in my hands shaking when I stood up to audition for a lead role in the annual Christmas play. I was there, not by choice, but because teacher Alice wanted each of us to try out for a part.
As a “good” student, I did what I was asked, even if it was scary. I was small for my age, wore secondhand clothes and cried easily. At school, I was often the object of jokes and laughter and had few friends. I wanted desperately to shrink back into my seat and be invisible. But there I was, on stage. Reading was, at least, something I loved. So, I read.
I finished reading and rushed back to my seat. The spell was broken. I wanted to curl up and disappear. When the teacher read the cast list and called my name, I wasn’t paying attention. No one ever chose me for anything.
“Patty,” she repeated, “you are Star. Come and get your script.”
This is impossible! How can it be? With a pounding heart and cold, sweaty hands, I felt nearly dizzy, but incredibly happy. I walked up unsteadily to get the papers. On returning to my desk, I felt regretful. I should have refused. I felt as if everyone else were looking at and laughing at me. I buried my head in my arms. Gently patting my shoulder, teacher Alice said, “Be confident, Patty. You can do this. I know you can. I’ll help you.” With tears in my eyes, I raised my head and nodded firmly.
So, I practiced every day — while walking to school, at lunchtime, before bedtime, even on weekends. At first, I was worried about forgetting parts of a long monologue that took place in one scene, but I managed to memorize it. I felt more confident after that. At last, it was the day for the show.
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Everything went smoothly until it was my turn to give the long monologue.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Fighting back tears, I continued my performance.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Merna, a girl who lived in Poland, was in love with a Polish soldier, who marched away to fight in World War I. Later on, she began to dream about him.
The first dream came in October, 1918, about a month before the end of the war. In the dream she saw her boyfriend in a dark place among some rocks or stones. He was trying to move some of them, but he could not do so. So he stopped trying and sat down on the ground alone in the dark.
She had this dream several times, but then in the following summer it changed. In the new dream she saw a castle on a hill. Part of the castle had fallen down and there were a lot of stones on the ground below the broken part. She went towards the stones in her dream, and then she heard the voice of her boyfriend. The voice came from under the stones, and so she tried to lift some of them. But she was too weak to do this, and she had to go sadly away.
This dream took the place of the old one, and she saw the same stones several times in her sleep on other nights. She told her mother about it, and a lot of other people heard about the dream. But they did not care very much. A girl’s dreams were not important to other people.
Merna decided that she ought to find that castle. She was quite sure that it was a real one, but there were a lot of old castles in that part of Poland. There was little hope of finding a special one among so many. But the dreams continued, and one day Merna could not bear it any longer. She had to find that castle. So she began a long journey on foot.
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Did Merna finally find the castle? What did she do then?
Was her boyfriend rescued? How?
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Day after day she went onwards, looking for the castle.
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Merna knew it was the voice of her boyfriend.
8 . Mark Twain, the famous American writer and a great master of humour, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends.
The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled, and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.
“You bring your uncle to my talk this evening,” said Mark Twain. “I’m sure I can make him laugh.”
That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh. But the old man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories, but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain continued to tell his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.
Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend what had happened. “Oh,” said his friend, “I know that man. He’s been deaf for years.”
1. What did the young man try to do with Mark Twain?| A．Help him. | B．Test him. | C．Play a joke on him. | D．Compete with him. |
| A．Because the old man could tell stories. | B．Because he wanted to learn from the old man. |
| C．Because he wanted to get to know the old man. | D．Because he thought he could make the old man laugh. |
| A．Being sleepy. | B．Being sorry. | C．Being ill. | D．Being disappointed. |
| A．His joke was not funny. | B．The old man couldn’t hear the joke. |
| C．The old man could keep from laughing. | D．The old man was not interested in the jokes. |
My aunt Sandy is a very kind-hearted woman. She loves animals so much that she found a job in an emergency vet clinic（兽医诊所）after graduating from college. There she could help a lot of injured pets.
One day, a rescue worker brought in a homeless cat. The cat had numerous injuries and needed immediate medical aid. No one in the vet clinic wanted to rescue the cat but Sandy. All the others didn't think the cat would survive. And they suggested putting the cat to death.
But Sandy didn't want to give up. She always believes that every animal deserves a chance. Holding the cat in her arms, she was determined to rescue her.
Sandy was good at treating injured animals. Thanks to her, the cat survived. She took good care of the cat and she gradually recovered. However, it wasn't the end of the story. Because of the operation performed on her face, the cat always wore a sad expression and looked really ugly. Those who came to the clinic to adopt pets didn't want her.
The staff at the vet clinic suggested getting rid of the cat. But Sandy didn't agree. She wanted to adopt the cat herself, but there was a problem—her husband was allergic（过敏）to cats. So Sandy couldn't take her home.
Thinking the cat might have to be homeless, Sandy was very sad. She had tried very hard to rescue her so she didn't want to lose her. She tried to persuade people around her to adopt the cat, but they didn't show any interest in such an ugly cat.
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One day, a girl about ten years old entered the vet clinic and looked around.
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However, Sandy just didn't understand why the little girl wanted to have the cat.
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10 . When Failure Is a Good Thing
Failure is an important process you can learn from.
Most people view failure as something that should be avoided at all costs.
Award-winning psychologist and author, Ron Friedman, tells the story of how Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, revolutionized the women's clothing industry and became a billionaire in his book, The Best Place To Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace.
When interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sara said, “Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. It forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.”
If we view failure as weakness, we avoid stepping out of our comfort zone.
What has been the greatest lesson you have learned when taking a chance? Please share with us.
| A．And, most importantly, it means you tried. |
| B．Let's take a look at how Sara faced failures. |
| C．In reality, Sara's father had re-defined failure. |
| D．Early on, Sara overcame a series of difficulties. |
| E．Instead, we must remind ourselves that failure is an action. |
| F．It is important to reflect on what can be learnt from failure. |
| G．We tend to connect failure with a bad experience we had as a child. |
