1 . Lucio Arreola is 50 years old, the father of three daughters and a bank manager in Puerto Rico. He is going to have a surprising Father’s Day this year. He finds just about every day surprising now. Arreola has a new heart, or at least, new to him. On April 20, doctors transplanted (移植) the heart of a dead 25-year-old man into him. Although he may never know the man’s identity, he and his family will always be grateful to him.

Arreola was told he had a heart muscle disease 15 years ago that weakened his breathing and circulation, so he went on a lot of medications. His wife and daughters worried about his health, while he worried about their happiness.

Lucio Arreola has been recovering from his heart transplant surgery at Houston Methodist over the past two months. “One day up, one day down,” he said. “Some days dark, some light. But what happens is that when the sun is out, you really feel it. Every breath is sweet. You see the trees and people. You hear your daughters laugh, and it’s like birds singing. You tell yourself, ‘There is no time in life for anything but love.’”

Liz Laguaite, a hospital music therapist, told Arreola and his family, “Why don’t you try to write a song together about what you’ve been through and what you’ve learned?” They decided to try. Lucio Arreola worried that illness might make his daughters see him as a delicate man. But instead of frailty, they mostly saw his courage to go on. And he said their love was like his own powerful heart muscle that gave him faith, hope and courage.

“My weak heart,” he said, “helped make them strong.”

Lucio Arreola said he had learned that human hearts were delicate. But a family’s love was enduring. The Arreolas recorded the song they created while Lucio recovered. The song begins with the strong beat of a father’s loving heart.

1. Why does Arreola find every day surprising?

A．He has a new heart now.	B．He gets promoted at work.
C．He loses his 25-year-old son.	D．He has a new and lovable family.

2. What does Arreola realize at sunrise?

A．Life is full of ups and downs.	B．His daughters have a gift for music.
C．Love is the only thing for life.	D．Light can drive away darkness.

3. What does the underlined word “frailty” in paragraph 4 mean’?

A．Failure.

B．Weakness.

C．Caution.

D．Hesitation.

4. What did Arreola’s daughters see from their dad?

A．The courage to live on.	B．The suffering of a patient.
C．The importance of exercise.	D．The concern of a kind heart.

3 . Five years ago, I took a career risk by leaving my job to work on a ship. My medical friends did their best to persuade me, saying that running away to sea would ________ my career. But after these years working as a junior doctor, I was willing to take the risk.

________ for adventure, I boarded a ship in Singapore with 2,000 passengers and crew. I had expected the conditions to be tough hut to my ________, the hospital was well equipped, with an X-ray machine and a blood analyzer.

That first voyage was a learning experience, a ________ schedule full of safety drills. There was so much new information to ________. Even remembering which uniform to wear each day was a ________. Worse still, I often forgot to ________ my clock when the ship crossed time zones.

As a doctor, I was ________ for the 600 crew and I was on call for the entire ship. Far from ________ seasickness and sunburn, I had to ________ other diseases, for my patients were wide and varied. The ship’s medical center was ________ a floating emergency room, and we didn’t have a team of specialists on hand for a second opinion. With long and unpredictable working hours, it required mental ________.

As you can guess, many of the passengers were elderly. Heart attacks don’t ________ geography and emergency evacuations (疏散) were difficult to ________. I recall one such patient, who was taken off the ship halfway through the Panama Canal. After a ________ ride in an old ambulance, I was relieved that the patient ________ long enough to arrive at the hospital in Panama City.

________, there were several unexpected benefits to the job. I regularly ________ the passenger facilities (设施) and I even hosted my own table of passengers in the evenings. On rare days off, I volunteered as a tour guide on trips ashore. I got to fly over Alaska in a seaplane and watched a ballet in St Petersburg.

Now, I understand being a ship doctor is not just a job — it’s a way of ________. One year at sea became two. I lost my career ambitions, ________ I redefined happiness in my life.

1.

A．obey

B．build

C．ruin

D．improve

2.

A．Hungry

B．Skilful

C．Suitable

D．Concerned

3.

A．shock

B．disappointment

C．regret

D．relief

4.

A．daily

B．tight

C．loose

D．flexible

5.

A．take in

B．figure out

C．search for

D．pick over

6.

A．training

B．risk

C．challenge

D．choice

7.

A．watch

B．repair

C．check

D．set

8.

A．powerful

B．responsible

C．hopeful

D．helpful

9.

A．treating

B．suffering

C．escaping

D．stopping

10.

A．deal with

B．put aside

C．search for

D．engage in

11.

A．instantly

B．particularly

C．certainly

D．actually

12.

A．comfort

B．communication

C．toughness

D．pressure

13.

A．care about

B．refer to

C．miss out

D．rely on

14.

A．arrange

B．monitor

C．encounter

D．investigate

15.

A．relaxing

B．boring

C．promising

D．terrifying

16.

A．survived

B．struggled

C．awoke

D．stuck

17.

A．Steadily

B．Thankfully

C．Importantly

D．Generally

18.

A．cleaned

B．fixed

C．enjoyed

D．protected

19.

A．confidence

B．life

C．experience

D．success

20.

A．though

B．unless

C．but

D．or

4 . On September 2nd, BUAA (北京航空航天大学) welcomed its first 2021 student. His name is Xing Yifan, coming together with his parents ahead of time.

"Yifan is 18 years old, but he weighs only 18 kilograms. When 6 months old, he suffered from LAMA2 (渐冻症), a type of disease that no more than a hundred people have got in the country. However, with his strong will, he made one amazing achievement after another in learning. In this year's college entrance exam, he entered BUAA with a score of 645.

Because of the illness, Yifan can only sit alone for a while, unable to stand and walk like other children. In class, he could only put his head on the table and his eyes can only scan half the pages of the book. He couldn't turn over the book with one hand. And he could only sit and listen to a class for up to 30 minutes, with the remaining 15 minutes to lie down to listen to his teacher.

But these did not scare Yifan, with only a little muscle strength left in his hands, he finished one test paper after another, more than 20 a day, often till one or two o'clock in the morning. Finally, he successfully completed the 2021 college entrance examination.

To live is much more difficult than others. Why does he have to learn? The family said because of the serious disease, he was deprived (剥夺) of the right to walk, run, jump, but he can no longer be deprived of the right to education. Xing Yifan decided to let himself be Hawking of China, and change his life with knowledge.

He came to BUAA and stayed in the love dormitory on the first floor. Xing Yifan said he was feeling particularly warm with all the help. He was expecting new college life and hoped to know more students, and take part in lots of activities. Life kisses him with pain, but he sings.

1. What can Xing Yifan do according to the text?

A．Sit alone for 45 minutes at a time.

B．Walk and run faster than others.

C．Turn over the book with one hand.

D．Lie down to listen during the class.

2. Which of the following words can best describe Xing Yifan?

A．Easy-going.	B．Warm-hearted.
C．Hard-working.	D．Simple-minded.

3. What do we know about Xing Yifan from paragraph 5?

A．His parents didn't support his learning.

B．He faced up to his difficulty positively.

C．He was forced to learn by his parents.

D．He was once refused to learn at school.

4. What may be the best title for the text?

A．BUAA. a university filled with love and care

B．A disabled boy, being the first student of BUAA

C．LAMA2, attacking no more than a hundred people

D．A disabled boy, making a surprising achievement

5 . While I was growing up, I often heard my teachers say, “Oh, Tina is gifted in algebra.” While watching the Olympics, my parents would say to me, “Look, Jessie. These gymnasts are born with such ability!” Statements like these made me believe people were born with certain talents and if they didn’t have a particular one at birth, then they never would. Therefore, I rarely focused on algebra. Nobody told me that if you keep trying and trying, one day a difficult task will seem easy.

Actually, I learnt this from my young daughter, Samaya. One day, I was finishing some paperwork and I said, “Oh no, how could I have made that mistake!” Samaya immediately said. “Mum, don’t worry. Mistakes make your brain grow bigger.”

Actually, we all need to be reminded that mistakes or failures are just fine and that they are a huge part of growth and success. However, the regular belief is the opposite. We must correct this with our children. We must encourage them to make mistakes because that means they are trying out new ideas.

Billionaire Sara Blakely, founder of the shapewear business Spanx, has seen many failures. She made a living by selling fax machines for seven years. Knocking on many doors and making a lot of mistakes was a journey she calls educational. Sara Blakely owes her risk-taking skills to the weekend talk she had with her father.

As a child, her father would ask her the same question every weekend. “What did you fail at this week, Sara?” He did not care how high her scores were. He wanted to know what she had tried but failed at. When she told him about her failures and mistakes, he would give her a high five. He was reprogramming her mind to believe that mistakes and failures are fine.

So go ahead and ask yourself and your children, “What did we fail at this week?”

1. What prevented the author from making efforts in algebra?

A．She wasn’t interested in algebra.	B．She thought she was not talented.
C．She thought algebra was useless.	D．She was not allowed to learn algebra.

2. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Keep trying is necessary.	B．Failure is a path to success.
C．Mistakes are not acceptable.	D．Encouragement is significant.

3. Why did Sara’s father keep asking her the same question?

A．To rebuild her mindset.	B．To keep her from failures.
C．To know what she hadn't tried.	D．To prevent her getting high scores.

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

A．A Secret to Success	B．A Method of Education
C．The Magic of Mistakes	D．The Power of a Fixed Mindset

6 . There was once a boy called Joseph Webb who always loved to show off how many friends he had at school. One day his ________ said to him, "Joseph, I bet(打赌) you a big bag of popcorn that you don't have as many friends as you think. I'm sure many of them are nothing more than companions."

Joseph ________ the bet at once. However, he wasn't sure how to test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandfather. The old man answered, "Wait a minute." Then he left and ________ soon as if carrying something in his hands, but Joseph could see nothing there.

"Take it. It's a very________ chair because it's invisible(看不见). It's rather ________ to sit on, but if you take it to school and ________ to sit on it, you'll activate(激活) its ________ and it'll be able to tell who your real friends are."

Joseph, brave and determined, set off for ________ with the strange and invisible chair. At break time he asked everyone to form a ________, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. Having difficulty seeing it, Joseph tried to sit on it but he ________ the seat and fell straight onto his backside. Everyone around him had a pretty good laugh.

"Wait! Let me try again," Joseph said. But again, he missed the seat, ________ more surprised looks and a few catcalls(尖叫，喝倒彩). Joseph didn't ________ and kept trying to sit on the magic chair. But he kept falling to the ground…until, suddenly he tried again but didn't ________. Looking around, Joseph saw three of his best friends holding him up. ________, many others he had thought of as friends had done nothing but made fun of him.

And there, the show came to an end. Joseph understood that true friends were those who care for him, and not just the________ that happened to be passing by. And someone who took joy in his misfortunes(不幸) was even less of a friend.

1.

A．schoolmate

B．grandfather

C．companion

D．stranger

2.

A．accepted

B．noticed

C．concluded

D．believed

3.

A．passed

B．recovered

C．returned

D．disappeared

4.

A．soft

B．beautiful

C．comfortable

D．special

5.

A．exciting

B．wonderful

C．positive

D．difficult

6.

A．intend

B．decide

C．manage

D．hope

7.

A．promise

B．magic

C．memory

D．knowledge

8.

A．home

B．school

C．party

D．hospital

9.

A．circle

B．popcorn

C．chair

D．bag

10.

A．escaped

B．held

C．sat

D．missed

11.

A．providing

B．moving

C．causing

D．losing

12.

A．give up

B．watch over

C．turn down

D．sort out

13.

A．sit

B．care

C．fall

D．stand

14.

A．However

B．Moreover

C．Besides

D．Therefore

15.

A．relative

B．neighbor

C．teammate

D．companion

7 . John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to ______ for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was ______, everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them ______. John was very satisfied with his performances and was very ______ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone ______. He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important ______ now. Please give me the book with the red ______ on that desk.” John looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him ______. Holding the book, the manager ______ the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” John was ______ and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three ______. First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn’t ask me which one I needed and you took one randomly（随机地）. Third, I was answering the call. You should ______ to the desk to save time. These ______ showed you are not a careful person.”______, John didn’t get the job.

We can learn a(n) ______ from John’s experience. Some people don’t ______ the details in our life. But it is the details that ______. Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even ______ our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the ______ of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that ______ comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.

1.

A．apply

B．response

C．prepare

D．research

2.

A．contacted

B．interviewed

C．presented

D．questioned

3.

A．immediately

B．slowly

C．generally

D．fluently

4.

A．grateful

B．thrilled

C．confident

D．lucky

5.

A．lost

B．called

C．rang

D．answered

6.

A．arrangement

B．knowledge

C．information

D．result

7.

A．cover

B．picture

C．character

D．mark

8.

A．eagerly

B．politely

C．purposely

D．quickly

9.

A．searched for

B．picked up

C．held on

D．hung up

10.

A．surprised

B．helpless

C．disappointed

D．anxious

11.

A．methods

B．techniques

C．collections

D．reasons

12.

A．wander

B．run

C．walk

D．move

13.

A．parts

B．facts

C．details

D．stories

14.

A．Eventually

B．Seemingly

C．Similarly

D．Regularly

15.

A．subject

B．idea

C．skill

D．lesson

16.

A．mind

B．mention

C．ignore

D．provide

17.

A．trouble

B．count

C．interest

D．impress

18.

A．describe

B．replace

C．value

D．determine

19.

A．selection

B．importance

C．balance

D．competition

20.

A．quality

B．quantity

C．safety

D．promise

8 . Every Sunday morning I take a walk around a park near my home. There's a lake in one corner of the park. Each time I walk by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water's edge with a small metal cage beside her.

This Sunday, I stopped walking and went over to her. As I got closer, I realized that there were three turtles(乌龟), unhurt, slowly walking around the base of the metal cage. She had a fourth turtle on her knee that she was carefully wiping with a brush, which made me feel surprised.

"Hello," I said. "If you don't mind my nosiness, I'd love to know what you're doing with these turtles."

"I'm cleaning off their shells," she replied.

"Anything on a turtle's shell weakens the turtle's ability to take in heat and blocks its ability to swim. It can also impair and weaken the shell over time."

She went on, "I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning, relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out. It's my own strange way of making a difference."

"Well then, don't you think your time could be better spent? It's a waste of time. And 99% of these turtles don't have kind people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, how exactly are your efforts here truly making a difference?"

The woman smiled, then looked down at the turtle on her knee, wiped off the last piece of algae(海藻)from its shell, and said, "Sweetie, if this little guy could talk, he'd tell you I just made all the difference in the world."

1. What was the writer surprised at according to Paragraph 2?

A．Four turtles in the cage.	B．The beautiful scenery in the park.
C．A small metal cage put beside the water.	D．A woman cleaning off the turtles' shells.

2. What does the underlined word "impair" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Make.

B．Clean.

C．Hurt.

D．Recognize.

3. Why did the author doubt the woman's efforts?

A．He thought the woman's efforts were meaningless.

B．There are so few turtles in the world.

C．The woman didn't protect the environment.

D．The woman couldn't be understood by others.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Taking a walk.	B．The power of kindness.
C．An elderly woman's job.	D．Four turtles in the metal cage.

10 . A man landed on a deserted island after a shipwreck (船只失事). Every day he prayed, ________ someone could pass and save him, but to his ________, no one ever came.

Months went by and this man learned to ________ food and firewood from the island and stored them in a hut (小屋) which ________ him on the deserted island. One day when he returned to his hut after hunting for food, ________, he saw his hut was on fire, along with almost everything he had! The only thing ________ was the clothes on his back. The man grew so ________ that he fell on his hands and knees crying heavily when he happened to look up and ________ a ship coming in his direction. The man was ________. As they were heading back to civilization, the man asked the captain, “How were you able to ________ me? ” The captain ________, “We were voyaging across the ocean ________ a cloud of smoke going up ________ our attention. We decided to go to check it out and that’s why we found you! ” 

In life we will always be ________ with challenges, problems and disasters. Always keep in mind that a disaster can sometimes be good ________.

1.

A．realizing

B．designing

C．hoping

D．doubting

2.

A．excitement

B．disappointment

C．amazement

D．embarrassment

3.

A．collect

B．receive

C．order

D．share

4.

A．sheltered

B．suffered

C．supplied

D．served

5.

A．naturally

B．unexpectedly

C．instead

D．anyway

6.

A．valued

B．lost

C．moved

D．left

7.

A．excited

B．tired

C．weak

D．hopeless

8.

A．spotted

B．sought

C．caught

D．searched

9.

A．protected

B．rewarded

C．welcomed

D．saved

10.

A．trust

B．keep

C．seize

D．find

11.

A．declared

B．explained

C．added

D．found

12.

A．while

B．why

C．when

D．where

13.

A．caught

B．paid

C．attacked

D．adapted

14.

A．supplied

B．satisfied

C．faced

D．delighted

15.

A．experience

B．luck

C．information

D．progress