2 . Our lives changed tracks the day our daughter was born. My wife and I felt _______in the UK-we'd even bought a house 6 months earlier—but the _______of our daughter forced a moment of _______.We wondered whether we should _______to our native Brazil.I remembered looking down at our newborn baby and thinking about how _______her life would be there.In our native country, we'd be closer to our family and _______.But in the UK, I had the funding and lab resources I needed for my _______and highly specialized research program.Would such a move_______career?

Then, a few weeks later, I received a call from my brother, who told me that our father had passed away.The great_______I had about my daughter's birth suddenly gave way to a deep sadness.I felt that I was ________precious time with my loved ones.After that,we had no ________that it was the right time to move back to Brazil.We applied for the professorships in our hometown and both received________

It wasn't ________to start my research in Brazil, however.I didn't receive any start-up funding for my lab.I was able to perform a few experiments myself ________the expensive reagents(试剂）I had brought with me from my lab in the UK, as well as equipment I__________with other Brazil professors.Eventually, I________Brazilian funding, which allowed me to ________a team of bright undergraduate and graduate students and buy reagents and lab equipment on my own.

Looking back, I'm ________that my wife and I made the ________to move back to our home country.I was able to ________Brazilian jujitsu (柔术）training, which I hadn't been able to do during my years abroad.

1.

A．settled

B．misled

C．abandoned

D．misunderstood

2.

A．discovery

B．memory

C．survival

D．arrival

3.

A．celebration

B．consideration

C．interruption

D．weakness

4.

A．return

B．submit

C．respond

D．keep

5.

A．tough

B．changeable

C．silent

D．different

6.

A．career

B．future

C．culture

D．school

7.

A．costly

B．official

C．friendly

D．traditional

8.

A．blame

B．sink

C．expose

D．mark

9.

A．burden

B．expectation

C．happiness

D．sympathy

10.

A．wasting

B．regaining

C．listing

D．losing

11.

A．chance

B．doubt

C．right

D．reason

12.

A．tests

B．requests

C．suggestions

D．offers

13.

A．easy

B．lucky

C．rare

D．fair

14.

A．but for

B．thanks to

C．instead of

D．regardless of

15.

A．developed

B．compared

C．discussed

D．shared

16.

A．supported

B．perfected

C．obtained

D．valued

17.

A．treat

B．form

C．defeat

D．tease

18.

A．eager

B．confused

C．content

D．painful

19.

A．decision

B．attempt

C．living

D．mistake

20.

A．take on

B．take in

C．take up

D．take off

3 . Tunde was struggling to make her dream of being a nurse come true. However, it seemed that her _________ was just getting worse. With only $5 in her pocket, her car _________ gas on the side of the road. _________, with gas can in hand she started walking to the closest gas _________ to get some gas for her car.

Just then Chris, a total stranger _________ to Tunde, saw her and felt she needed _________. So he gave her a lift, filled her tank and _________ her all the money he had in his pocket. Tunde felt someone in the unseen world had sent her this _________ stranger, but what she didn’t know was that this was just the _________ of her good luck.

Three years later Tunde was working as a nurse aid and was __________ a woman named Judy Wright. Tunde __________ shared the story of the stranger with Judy and her family and was __________ when Judy’s son Chris realized and told that he was the man who had __________ her up. The families knew that fate had. __________ them back together for Tunde to care for Judy in her final __________.

After Judy passed away, the family wanted to __________ Tunde and show her how much she __________ to them. So instead of flowers they asked people to send __________ to help Tunde pay for her nursing school. And when you see her reaction to this very big __________, you’ll be in tears. In the end, Tunde had enough money to __________ her dream.

1.

A．job

B．luck

C．school

D．experience

2.

A．let out

B．cut down

C．ran out of

D．was filled with

3.

A．Therefore

B．Actually

C．Anyhow

D．Eventually

4.

A．factory

B．owner

C．company

D．station

5.

A．coming

B．turning

C．referring

D．apologizing

6.

A．confidence

B．courage

C．rest

D．help

7.

A．gave

B．lent

C．asked

D．checked

8.

A．special

B．grateful

C．kind

D．stubborn

9.

A．appearance

B．beginning

C．attempt

D．sign

10.

A．watching over

B．caring for

C．dealing with

D．calming down

11.

A．once

B．still

C．never

D．yet

12.

A．excited

B．concerned

C．encouraged

D．astonished

13.

A．dressed

B．picked

C．cheered

D．broken

14.

A．held

B．won

C．brought

D．pushed

15.

A．treatments

B．decision

C．goal

D．days

16.

A．leave

B．judge

C．thank

D．select

17.

A．responded

B．meant

C．said

D．belonged

18.

A．principle

B．advice

C．congratulation

D．money

19.

A．surprise

B．partner

C．pleasure

D．tip

20.

A．understand

B．consider

C．realize

D．enjoy

4 . When the sand began kicking up and hitting our faces, I started to worry that maybe we had made a mistake.

That afternoon, my dad had stood on the deck（露台）of our home and laughed as our neighbors packed up their cars and headed inland. They left to spend the night in motels or at friends’ homes that were out of range of approaching summer storm.

Challenging the weather that threatened to damp our spirits, we lit a fire on the beach. Dad told jokes and we had a good time. When it was 6:30 p.m., all laughter disappeared. Our eyes were drawn to the sky. A tornado（龙卷风）was headed straight for us! In a flash, we were all on our feet. The wind started screaming and now we were running to the cottage. My mom stopped next to the front door. “Where can we go?” She shouted at my dad.

Most cottages on this part of Lake Michigan had been built without basements. Ours was no exception. The huge windows and the cottage itself wouldn’t offer safety from high wind.

“Follow me!” my dad yelled. We crawled（爬）beneath the deck, pressing ourselves against the foundation of the cottage. Between the deck supports, we watched the approaching storm in silent terror.

My dad shouted, “Hold on!” and something else I couldn’t hear over the screaming wind. I think he was praying. By the time it reached our cottage, it was nothing more than a strong wind. The rest of the storm lasted for an hour and then simply blew away.

“Next time, we’ll stay inland at Grandma’s. Okay?” my dad said.

1. What did the family do before the storm came?

A．They sat on the deck.	B．They stayed on the beach.
C．They packed up the cars.	D．They visited their neighbors.

2. Where were they running when the tornado was headed for the family? They were running ________.

A．to the motels	B．to the their friend’s home
C．to the cottage	D．to the beach

3. What does the underlined sentence “Ours was no exception.” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Our cottage had got a basement.	B．Our cottage hadn’t got a basement.
C．We hadn’t expected to get a cottage.	D．We had expected to get a cottage.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．How the family survived the tornado.	B．What to do in face of a tornado.
C．How important it is to build a basement.	D．How a father protected the family.