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That night, I quarreled with my mother, then stormed out of the house. While on the road, I remembered that I did not have any money in my pocket, I did not even take my cell phone with me to make a call home.

At the same time, I went through a noodle shop, and I suddenly felt very hungry. I wished for a bowl of noodles, but I had no money!

The seller saw me standing before the counter and asked, “Hey little girl, you want to eat a bowl?”

“But … but I do not carry money …” I shyly replied.

“Okay, I’ll treat you.” the seller said, “come in, I will cook you a bowl.”

A few minutes later the owner brought me a steaming bowl of noodles. After eating some pieces, I cried.

“What is it?” He asked.

“Nothing. I am just touched by your kindness!” I said as I wiped my tears. “Even a stranger on the street gives me a bowl of noodles, and my mother, after a quarrel, chased me out of the house. She is cruel (残忍的)!!”

The seller sighed, “Girl, why did you think so? Think again. I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you felt that way. Your mother has been taking care of you since you were little, why were you not grateful and why did you hurt your mom?”

I was really surprised after hearing that.

Why did I not think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful, and my mother has raised me since I was little and I have never felt so, not even a little.

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Just at that moment, many memories came back into my mind.

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When arriving home, I saw my mother sitting at the dinner table, worried and tired.

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2 . I was 11 years old standing outside in just my underwear while I watched the house that I grew up in rapidly burn to the ground.

A few minutes earlier I had been in bed when a scream woke me up. My grandma’s bedroom was just next to mine and my brother’s. A fire had broken out there and awakened her. Hearing her, my brother jumped into action, running from room to room quickly waking everyone in the house. Before we could do anything the fire destroyed it. We all had just made it outside when the flames (火焰) took hold of every room.

I stood there shaking while the fire destroyed my books, clothes, and toys. I watched helplessly while my mom cried and my dad sighed. I wondered what was going to happen to us because we had lost all our things.

As I looked around, though, I realized something for the first time: The things that mattered were not things. I saw my brother running around to get help. I saw my grandma and dad wrapped in each other’s arms and my mom holding our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all alive. Our lives would continue without the”stuff” that was burning. We would all live to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that mattered.

1. Who first found the house was on fire?

A．The author.

B．The brother.

C．The grandma.

D．The parents.

2. What was the author thinking about when seeing everything destroyed?

A．He was wondering how the fire got started.

B．He was worried about their life after the fire.

C．He was mad about losing his clothes and toys.

D．He felt lucky that they were saved by the firefighters.

3. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in paragraph 4?

A．That their life and family matter most.

B．That his family was lucky enough to escape.

C．That family and pets both meant a lot to him.

D．That the things burned in the fire didn’t matter at all.

4. Which of the following quotes is the author most likely to agree with?

A．“Keep calm and carry on.” —the Ministry of Information, UK

B．“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” —Friedrich Nietzsche

C．“You’ll be alive. That’s what matters. Enjoy what you have.” —Richelle Mead

D．“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” —Marjorie Pay Hinckley

4 . One night, a married couple got into a fight. It was common for them to stay in a war of _________ after such a fight. And this time was not _________. For most of the night, the couple had _________ each other and even as they were preparing for bed, not a word was said.

However, the husband started getting _________ because he would catch a flight at 5:00 a.m. the next morning. He was a heavy sleeper and _________ his wife to wake him up. Otherwise, there was a good _________ he would sleep right _________ the alarm.

In order not to lose his face, he didn’t speak with her _________, but wrote a piece of paper “Please _________ me when it’s 5:00 a.m.” He put the note on his wife’s pillow, __________ that his wife would for sure see it there. He then fell asleep with __________.

The next morning when he woke up, it was already 7:00 a.m.! He knew his journey was __________. He was filled with anger and was preparing to __________ his wife when he noticed a handwritten note beside his pillow, saying “It’s 5:00 a.m. — get up.”

Most of the time __________ you say something is more important than what you actually say. When you need something, do not let __________ get in your way of asking help the right way!

1.

A．patience

B．silence

C．danger

D．secret

2.

A．similar

B．obvious

C．different

D．interesting

3.

A．ignored

B．comforted

C．warned

D．forgiven

4.

A．curious

B．regretful

C．careful

D．anxious

5.

A．led to

B．picked up

C．depended on

D．held back

6.

A．result

B．chance

C．excuse

D．solution

7.

A．through

B．below

C．beside

D．without

8.

A．thankfully

B．naturally

C．sadly

D．directly

9.

A．meet

B．inform

C．support

D．watch

10.

A．seeing

B．realizing

C．believing

D．promising

11.

A．doubt

B．surprise

C．disappointment

D．content

12.

A．shared

B．destroyed

C．changed

D．discovered

13.

A．blame

B．stop

C．encourage

D．trouble

14.

A．when

B．how

C．why

D．whether

15.

A．experience

B．weakness

C．pride

D．worry

6 . Last week, I was stuck on a crosstown bus during rush hour. The bus was filled with cold, tired people _________with one another. Two men barked at each other for an unintentional push. An elderly woman got on, and nobody _________her a seat. Anger was in the air; no mercy (怜悯) could be found here.

As the bus _________Seventh Avenue, the driver’s words came from the _________“Folks,” he said. “I know you’ve had a(n) _________day and that you are depressed (沮丧的),but I will help out. When each of you walks by before getting off, _________your troubles into my palm (手掌). My _________goes right by the Hudson River, into which I’ll cast them.”

It seemed as if a spell had lifted. Everyone _________laughing, their faces shining with _________.The passengers who had been ignoring each other’s existence were suddenly ginning (咧嘴笑) at each other — is this guy__________?

At the next stop, just as __________the driver held out his hand, palm up, and waited. All the __________passengers performed the gesture of putting something into his palm. The driver __________the same action at every stop that followed.

Occasionally we may sink into a grey world, but someone can __________it like a ray of light, showing us hope. What if we are the light? Actually, anyone possesses the __________to shine on others’ dark days.

1.

A．amazed

B．impressed

C．annoyed

D．excited

2.

A．lent

B．offered

C．lifted

D．chose

3.

A．approached

B．closed

C．showed

D．went

4.

A．bus

B．speaker

C．head

D．air

5.

A．important

B．average

C．tough

D．easy

6.

A．push

B．touch

C．take

D．drop

7.

A．route

B．day

C．time

D．mind

8.

A．gave out

B．burst out

C．passed on

D．lifted on

9.

A．memories

B．pride

C．pleasure

D．greed

10.

A．hard

B．serious

C．mad

D．envy

11.

A．ordered

B．requested

C．promised

D．reported

12.

A．angry

B．fooled

C．sitting

D．exiting

13.

A．interpreted

B．designed

C．pretended

D．repeated

14.

A．break

B．reward

C．brighten

D．exchange

15.

A．power

B．courage

C．idea

D．heart

7 . Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her senior high school life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling with homework all the time.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, h placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in them. After 20 minutes, he took them out, putting the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and the coffee in a cup.

Turning to his daughter, he said, “Look closer, and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After puling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. Its good smell brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity (逆境)—the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently.

The strong and hard potato became soft and weak in boiling water. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. “Which one do you want to be like,” he asked. “When adversity knocks on your door, how will you respond?”

In life, challenges happen to us all, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.

1. Why did the girl complain to her father?

A．Because of her tiring job.	B．Because of her hard school life.
C．Because of her father’ s busy work.	D．Because of the food her father cooked.

2. What can we infer from this story?

A．The girl liked the coffee best.

B．The father was good at cooking.

C．Different people have different reactions to adversity.

D．The girl didn’t like the potatoes and eggs.

3. What does the underlined word “fragile” mean in the 5th paragraph?

A．thick

B．hard

C．strong

D．easily-broken

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Challenges and responses.	B．Adversities and a chef.
C．A chef and coffee beans.	D．Father and daughter.

9 . As a child, Ronald lived in a library. His father was a guard, who kept the library clean and tidy. “The job of the library guard is just like being the________of the temple of knowledge,” Ronald tells a reporter at Story Corps.

At first, Ronald says he was___________of his unusual home, which was different from others’ nice ones. “I never dared to__________any of my friends to visit my home. ___________, I was proud that nobody else had as many____________as I had.” he said.

“Once the library closed for the day, it was a____________to be the only kid in the building, could run, jump and scream. And at midnight, if I had any question, I would___________and start reading a book until 3 o’clock in the morning,” he says, “I began to realize how____________it is to have the library because the library gave me the love of reading that has never___________me.”

He says his time living in the library____________him into the man he is today. He was the first in his family to__________from high school, and then from college. A few years later, he got a position as___________at Cape Cod Community College. “I took my dad and____________him the classroom and my name on the door — Professor Ronald. He just___________. That’s my dad. But … I saw the way he looked at it.” Ronald says. “He wanted me to aim higher. I am___________for the days my family spent in the library.”

1.

A．reader

B．keeper

C．founder

D．learner

2.

A．proud

B．fond

C．ashamed

D．tired

3.

A．promise

B．invite

C．persuade

D．refuse

4.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Otherwise

D．However

5.

A．books

B．rooms

C．toys

D．fictions

6.

A．sorrow

B．delight

C．scare

D．grief

7.

A．work out

B．end up

C．get up

D．get across

8.

A．exaggerated

B．hard

C．bad

D．great

9.

A．reached

B．controlled

C．left

D．hugged

10.

A．shaped

B．frightened

C．tricked

D．forced

11.

A．admit

B．escape

C．return

D．graduate

12.

A．doctor

B．guard

C．professor

D．librarian

13.

A．offered

B．showed

C．sent

D．taught

14.

A．nodded

B．shouted

C．wondered

D．clapped

15.

A．grateful

B．famous

C．eager

D．regretful

10 . Neither rain nor snow nor the darkness of night can separate Tennessee postal carrier (邮递员) Mailman Mike from his 4-and-a-half-year-old friend Carter Lawson — or keep them from their appointed rounds.

For the past nine months, the two have ______ up every day in the preschooler’s Knoxville neighborhood for a few minutes of ______ mails together and chatting with fellow residents. Lawson wants to be a ______ when he grows up, and in an inspiring story, his mom said how the old mailman, Mike Crenshaw, has been a ______ to her son. “Anyone could just be like ‘Go away, kid,’ but Mike has ______ gone out of his way to talk with Carter,” said Cassie Lawson of the United States Postal Service carrier. “It’s been really cute.” Little Carter even got his own outfit (全套服装) to ______ Mike’s. “I just couldn’t believe he got a full mailman’s costume,” the boy’s mother said ______.

“Every letter carrier has stops he looks forward to and this is the one I look forward to every day,” said Mike. “He’s the ending ______ of my day, and the ______ part of my day, not just because it’s the end, but because he’s such a ______ little guy.”

The man and the little boy’s ______ isn’t a surprise to Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. Kids ______ mailmen because “letter carriers are a friendly part of the neighborhood who bring something to their ______ every day and they open their doors for letter carriers so they are also someone they come to recognize and

______,” Rolando said. “It’s the same for the elderly, but in addition, letter carriers may be the only person they ______ with all day, with no one to talk to usually.”

1.

A．teamed

B．wound

C．ridden

D．made

2.

A．writing

B．receiving

C．delivering

D．reading

3.

A．president

B．preschooler

C．policeman

D．mailcarrier

4.

A．close relative

B．strong competitor

C．tour guide

D．role model

5.

A．carefully

B．patiently

C．accidentally

D．quickly

6.

A．beat

B．replace

C．take

D．match

7.

A．energetically

B．madly

C．laughingly

D．peacefully

8.

A．stop

B．story

C．song

D．speech

9.

A．busiest

B．best

C．truest

D．strangest

10.

A．cute

B．silly

C．short

D．young

11.

A．argument

B．work

C．connection

D．outfit

12.

A．envy

B．like

C．miss

D．understand

13.

A．campus

B．hospital

C．houses

D．farm

14.

A．trust

B．fight

C．help

D．memorise

15.

A．walk

B．communicate

C．click

D．dine