1 . Daniel lived on top of the hill. From his house, he could see the sea and the _________ below. One day, the villagers _________ something different about the sea. The sea seemed to be moving from the land. _________ of the villagers knew what was happening.

Daniel understood what was going on. He had seen such a(n) _________ when he was young. A tsunami (海啸) was approaching and the villagers had to be _________, but there was no time to send a message to the whole village.

“Jack!” he _________ to his grandson. “ _________ a torch quickly!” The boy did what he was told. Daniel took the torch and set his _________ on fire. Immediately, red _________ shot upwards and thick smoke rose into the sky.

Jack cried out, “Grandfather! Why are you setting our house on fire?” Daniel did not answer. __________, he stood quietly and watched the village. Suddenly, some villagers noticed the __________ and shouted at everyone to run up the hill to help put out the fire. When Daniel saw everyone running towards him, he was so __________. The villagers did their best but they __________ to control the fire. Daniel’s house was completely burned down but he stood on the hill __________. They thought Daniel had gone __________. They stared at him in disbelief.

Finally, Daniel said, “__________ towards the sea.” The villagers turned and saw a huge __________ of water rushing towards the village. They were __________ to see the water swallowing the whole village and __________ everything in its path.

Nothing was left of their homes __________ everyone was safe on the hill. The villagers realized why Daniel had set fire to his house.

1.

A．farm

B．railway

C．village

D．city

2.

A．recognized

B．noticed

C．overlooked

D．expected

3.

A．All

B．None

C．Neither

D．Most

4.

A．sight

B．chance

C．alarm

D．plot

5.

A．found

B．persuaded

C．taught

D．warned

6.

A．found out

B．figured out

C．called out

D．made out

7.

A．Borrow

B．Make

C．Light

D．Buy

8.

A．boat

B．house

C．clothes

D．tree

9.

A．balls

B．candles

C．signals

D．flames

10.

A．Instead

B．However

C．Furthermore

D．Therefore

11.

A．torch

B．boy

C．sea

D．fire

12.

A．frightened

B．confused

C．happy

D．crazy

13.

A．managed

B．refused

C．intended

D．failed

14.

A．crying

B．jumping

C．shouting

D．laughing

15.

A．hungry

B．mad

C．blind

D．thirsty

16.

A．Look

B．Wave

C．Head

D．Return

17.

A．drop

B．wall

C．spray

D．level

18.

A．shocked

B．disappointed

C．relaxed

D．excited

19.

A．covering

B．hiding

C．destroying

D．washing

20.

A．but

B．so

C．because

D．unless

2 . Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read The New Testament《新约全书》 on tape.

But it _________ a long time to believe such god things could happen to me. When I was a child. I stuttered(结巴) so badly that I was completely _________ to speak in public.

_________, when I was 14. Professor Donald Crouch came to my school. He was a retired college professor. English was his favorite subject and _________ was his deepest love. He held a book of poems as if it were a crystal(水晶), _________ pages as if uncovering treasures. When he heard that our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he felt _________ for not being a part of our school sooner.

When be _________ that I not only loved poetry but was _________ it, we became closer. There was, however, one _________ between us—Professor Crouch could not stand the __________ that I refused to read my poems to the class.

"Jim, poetry is __________ to be read aloud," he said. "You should be able to speak those beautiful words." I shook my head and __________.

One day he __________ me.

After handing in a poem. I waited for his __________. It didn't come.Instead, one day as the students had gathered together, he __________ me, "."

I stared at him in disbelief. "Why," I started to cry, __________ flooding me, "of course I did!” "Well then,” he said, "you've got to prove it by getting up and reciting it from __________."

By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking, I walked up to the front. For a moment I stood there, __________. Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way __________.

Afterwards, Professor Crouch encouraged me to read other writers' poetry before the public. I discovered I did have a(n) __________ and found my classmates actually looked forward to hearing me recite.

1.

A．lasted

B．took

C．cost

D．wasted

2.

A．impatient

B．unlikely

C．unable

D．impossible

3.

A．But

B．Then

C．Besides

D．However

4.

A．archaeology

B．art

C．architecture

D．poetry

5.

A．drawing

B．turning

C．writing

D．finding

6.

A．regretful

B．thankful

C．relieved

D．annoyed

7.

A．decided

B．recognized

C．learned

D．proved

8.

A．reading

B．reciting

C．publishing

D．writing

9.

A．difficulty

B．promise

C．agreement

D．difference

10.

A．matter

B．fact

C．idea

D．belief

11.

A．said

B．found

C．prepared

D．meant

12.

A．turned away

B．sat down

C．talked back

D．gave in

13.

A．greeted

B．scolded

C．tricked

D．comforted

14.

A．help

B．idea

C．reward

D．comment

15.

A．challenged

B．attacked

C．noticed

D．told

16.

A．pride

B．anger

C．excitement

D．joy

17.

A．heart

B．beginning

C．mind

D．memory

18.

A．puzzled

B．disappointed

C．breathless

D．aimless

19.

A．down

B．up

C．around

D．through

20.

A．voice

B．sound

C．gift

D．interest

3 . On our way home from school my kid and I shared each other our high and low part of the day. My 12-year-old, Karington, told me her _________ for a classmate with special need. This _________ action brought my tears flowing.

Her story started with, “Mommy, I made a teacher _________ today.” I didn’t know why my first thought was a _________ one. I definitely shouldn’t have _________ her. The rest of her story went like this...

“There’s a boy in my class with hyperactivity (多动症). Everyone _________ him because he does strange things. Today he fell to the _________ I looked around and all these kids were laughing, so I walked up to him and _________ with him. The class stopped laughing. A _________ was walking by the open door and saw my __________. She walked into the room towards me, bursting into __________. She held me up and gave me the tightest __________ ever and kept saying what a __________ girl I was.”

My voice was __________ by a lump (梗) in my throat. Tears flooded my eyes; I __________ them so I could see the road. I couldn’t __________. How could I find the right words to __________ just how proud I was? She looked at me, saw the tears flowing and knew. I didn’t need __________.

There is not a thing my child could do that would make me much __________! Nothing is better than standing up for what is __________ and showing compassion towards others.

1.

A．disappointment

B．support

C．anxiety

D．curiosity

2.

A．embarrassing

B．annoying

C．shocking

D．touching

3.

A．cry

B．smile

C．shout

D．jump

4.

A．ambitious

B．cautious

C．negative

D．indifferent

5.

A．encouraged

B．forgiven

C．punished

D．doubted

6.

A．laughs at

B．cares about

C．argues with

D．plays with

7.

A．road

B．hole

C．river

D．ground

8.

A．showed up

B．bent down

C．lay down

D．put up

9.

A．doctor

B．teacher

C．worker

D．player

10.

A．expression

B．behavior

C．experiment

D．example

11.

A．tears

B．laughter

C．fear

D．anger

12.

A．kiss

B．gift

C．hug

D．comfort

13.

A．brave

B．funny

C．clever

D．sweet

14.

A．raised

B．blocked

C．adjusted

D．improved

15.

A．cleared

B．closed

C．collected

D．caught

16.

A．hesitate

B．oppose

C．respond

D．complain

17.

A．understand

B．realize

C．settle

D．explain

18.

A．words

B．notes

C．questions

D．opinions

19.

A．smarter

B．prouder

C．stronger

D．safer

20.

A．basic

B．equal

C．right

D．unusual

6 . When I was a boy, every holiday I had seemed wonderful. My ______ took me by train or by car to a hotel by the ______.   All day I ______ on the sands(沙滩) with strange ______ children. We made houses and gardens, and ______ the tide (潮汐)destroy them. When the tide went out, we ______ over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.

In those days the ______ seemed to shine always brightly ______ the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, ____ ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were ______in one’s pockets or good places where we could ______ ice creams. Each day was very happy.

Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good ______ is much the same as it was. I ______ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ______ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ______ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. ______, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I ______ what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am ______. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ______ who make houses and gardens with sands,____ watch the incoming tide.

1.

A．teacher

B．parents

C．nurse

D．younger sister

2.

A．sea

B．lake

C．mountain

D．river

3.

A．played

B．slept

C．sat

D．stood

4.

A．moving

B．excited

C．angry

D．nervous

5.

A．made

B．brought

C．watched

D．heard

6.

A．rolled

B．looked

C．turned

D．climbed

7.

A．light

B．sun

C．moon

D．lamp

8.

A．and

B．yet

C．but

D．or

9.

A．exploring

B．examining

C．repairing

D．measuring

10.

A．sweets

B．sand

C．ice-creams

D．money

11.

A．make

B．sell

C．buy

D．offer

12.

A．house

B．holiday

C．garden

D．tide

13.

A．hardly

B．almost

C．still

D．perhaps

14.

A．waves

B．wind

C．hands

D．feet

15.

A．destroy

B．fix

C．use

D．build

16.

A．But

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

17.

A．wonder

B．feel

C．understand

D．believe

18.

A．strong

B．weak

C．young

D．old

19.

A．children

B．boys

C．girls

D．grown-ups

20.

A．that

B．which

C．whom

D．who

7 . My 4-year-old son now enjoys posting letters. He has formed the _______of drawing pictures, writing his name on them, and then   ______ the artwork in an envelope. He then insists on ______ his handwork to the neighbors, and a mail box he _______ belongs to the elderly couple who live next door. To be ______, I didn’t think much of it, but I had ______ to warn my neighbors of the drawings ______ appearing in their letterboxes—I just didn’t have the ______ to do so, because I was a little busy recently.

On Tuesday of last week, I was walking down to school to collect my son when I _______ Mary, my elderly neighbor, ______at her mail box. She said, “Jodie, is it your little son that has been posting items in my letterbox to me?” I was at once ______, “Oh yes, Mary, it is. I’m sorry. I meant to tell you…” She cut me off, “Jodie, I just love his mail. I’ve _______ every item he has sent. You don’t know how much _______ the letters has made my day. I just love them.” While I was walking down to school after our _______, many thoughts came to me. Mary doesn’t have a lot to fill her days, ______ she was a mother to a number of children herself who receives fairly regular visitors. The small ______ of getting some mail—pictures drawn by the hand of a young child—has brought ______ to her days, just as my visit to my grandparents does.

I have decided that my son should ________ this practice. He should also start sending some items to his grandparents in Perth as well. It will most ________ make their day.

It’s doing the little, simple things that can often make a big ______ in someone’s life.

1.

A．habit

B．attitude

C．style

D．form

2.

A．hiding

B．writing

C．drawing

D．putting

3.

A．handing

B．holding

C．posting

D．writing

4.

A．opened

B．set

C．chose

D．saw

5.

A．kind

B．surprised

C．careful

D．honest

6.

A．meant

B．asked

C．hated

D．refused

7.

A．actually

B．suddenly

C．hardly

D．partly

8.

A．intelligence

B．strength

C．money

D．time

9.

A．met

B．visited

C．dated

D．called

10.

A．crying

B．lying

C．laughing

D．standing

11.

A．humorous

B．embarrassed

C．confused

D．amused

12.

A．copied

B．bought

C．kept

D．examined

13.

A．receiving

B．writing

C．painting

D．exchanging

14.

A．report

B．expression

C．talk

D．discussion

15.

A．unless

B．but

C．so

D．although

16.

A．charge

B．offer

C．act

D．help

17.

A．worth

B．happiness

C．value

D．future

18.

A．add

B．stop

C．continue

D．form

19.

A．certainly

B．unfortunately

C．accidentally

D．confidently

20.

A．point

B．difference

C．behaviour

D．living

8 . I still remember the first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady named Rose to us. I was curious about what might have     _______   her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always    _______   having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. I like listening to this “time machine” as she       _______ her wisdom and experience with me.

At the end of the term, we _______ Rose to make a speech to our football team. As she began to deliver her _______ speech, she dropped her note card on the _______ . A little embarrassed, she simply said, “I’m sorry. This whiskey is   _______ me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed, she _______ her throat and began, “We do not stop _______ because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are some secrets to staying ________ , being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find ________ every day. Have a dream. When you ________your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are __________ and don’t even know it! There is a huge ________   between growing older and growing up.   ________ you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one ________ thing, you will turn twenty years old. That doesn’t ________ any talent or ability. The elderly usually don’t have________ for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.”

One week after graduation, Rose ________ peacefully in her sleep. We will remember the wonderful woman who taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all we can__________   be.

1.

A．forced

B．motivated

C．expected

D．supported

2.

A．dreamed of

B．picked up

C．turned down

D．gave away

3.

A．developed

B．compared

C．organized

D．shared

4.

A．carried

B．informed

C．educated

D．invited

5.

A．dull

B．broken

C．prepared

D．long

6.

A．table

B．home

C．floor

D．office

7.

A．saving

B．killing

C．helping

D．hurting

8.

A．cured

B．showed

C．created

D．cleared

9.

A．playing

B．working

C．jumping

D．resting

10.

A．wealthy

B．clever

C．young

D．useful

11.

A．courage

B．spirit

C．respect

D．humor

12.

A．lose

B．treasure

C．fail

D．live

13.

A．crazy

B．dead

C．alive

D．curious

14.

A．balance

B．difference

C．relation

D．instruction

15.

A．As

B．Unless

C．If

D．Though

16.

A．productive

B．wasteful

C．considerate

D．strange

17.

A．miss

B．seek

C．take

D．gain

18.

A．regrets

B．rights

C．games

D．ideas

19.

A．smiled

B．died

C．cried

D．acted

20.

A．quickly

B．reasonably

C．silently

D．possibly

9 . We were flying to a meeting. I was in the middle_______I found that the young woman sitting next to me was very_______and deep in thought. Then I asked her where she was from, where she was going and_______she did.
She was a student and had been attending _______ in Poland—the homeland of her father. Then she told me sadly that her father had _______. She had chosen to attend college in Poland_______her father’s wishes and their relationship had been_______They hadn’t forgiven each other_______he died.
She seemed so sad. I looked at her, trying to_______some words to say. I asked her if she had forgiven________for not realizing her father’s dream. She answered that she couldn’t forgive herself and felt so________. Slowly, I began to tell her about forgiveness. I encouraged her to________that because I believed her father wanted that too. She should forgive herself________how awful she thought she had been.
I told her about________I had done as a teenager for which I had felt guilty for many years. How I was________with the choice of forgiving myself or to________feeling guilty for the rest of my life. I had________to forgive myself . The light in her eyes went on. She began to understand that she was________forgiven and could forgive herself. She could be________and happy.
How about you? Is there anything in your________for which you feel guilty?1.

A．chair

B．room

C．seat

D．class

2.

A．mad

B．sad

C．angry

D．happy

3.

A．when

B．which

C．how

D．what

4.

A．meeting

B．school

C．university

D．party

5.

A．died

B．come

C．returned

D．left

6.

A．for

B．against

C．with

D．on

7.

A．bad

B．good

C．worse

D．better

8.

A．since

B．after

C．when

D．while

9.

A．find out

B．look up

C．go over

D．think of

10.

A．myself

B．yourself

C．himself

D．herself

11.

A．unhappy

B．guilty

C．lonely

D．helpless

12.

A．trust

B．understand

C．realize

D．find

13.

A．as though

B．even though

C．if only

D．no matter

14.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．something

D．everything

15.

A．faced

B．forced

C．satisfied

D．challenged

16.

A．try

B．continue

C．start

D．consider

17.

A．picked

B．elected

C．selected

D．chosen

18.

A．totally

B．simply

C．already

D．hardly

19.

A．calm

B．quiet

C．free

D．safe

20.

A．house

B．life

C．family

D．work

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The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. I’m unfamiliar _______ the students, most of them trying to _______ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer _______ me with a question on the second day, I was _______ for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.
Her writing wasn’t perfect, _______ her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to _______, which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t _______ then how much she would also teach me.
One Friday afternoon, Jennifer stopped by after class. She wasn’t asking a question _______a paper I’d returned. _______, she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look, ________. “It was just a virus (病毒). I’m fine now,” she ________ me. Then she was gone.
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be ________ a few classes. She had been in hospital with meningitis (脑膜炎). I heard from him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew ________. We made trips to the hospital room. I was ________ frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and warmth in my classroom.
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to ________. “I’ll be back to school one day,” she said. “I have no ________ that you’ll be with us.” I told her, ________ tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “school ________ everything to Jenny.”
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, ________. She ________ all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence. The strength of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.1.

A．for

B．with

C．to

D．among

2.

A．concentrate

B．create

C．devote

D．adapt

3.

A．offered

B．bothered

C．challenged

D．approached

4.

A．thankful

B．prepared

C．disappointed

D．embarrassed

5.

A．so

B．or

C．and

D．but

6.

A．receive

B．learn

C．contact

D．give

7.

A．realize

B．argue

C．care

D．admit

8.

A．beyond

B．about

C．to

D．with

9.

A．However

B．Instead

C．Therefore

D．Besides

10.

A．shy

B．excited

C．delighted

D．astonished

11.

A．impressed

B．supported

C．attracted

D．comforted

12.

A．expecting

B．producing

C．missing

D．taking

13.

A．better

B．sicker

C．worse

D．heavier

14.

A．hardly

B．mainly

C．frequently

D．truly

15.

A．recovery

B．success

C．school

D．attitude

16.

A．idea

B．influence

C．opinion

D．doubt

17.

A．going back

B．fighting back

C．leaving back

D．running back

18.

A．shares

B．creates

C．means

D．exchanges

19.

A．smiling

B．crying

C．sobbing

D．shaking

20.

A．gave up

B．handed in

C．left out

D．put up