1 . Smith Justice and his son were coming back from the dentist, when they saw a homeless man in the road. Smith _________ to give the man some money, but didn’t have any cash. His son suggested giving the man the 30 cents he had. But Smith was _________. He didn’t want to give this man just 30 cents since the man _________ needed all the help he could get. Moreover, his own pride and thoughts of the homeless man’s unknown _________ to receiving just thirty cents was standing _________.

Smith told his son what people saw as a good thing was not good enough to make a _________ in someone’s life. But his son insisted. Smith _________ the window and said to the man, “I’m sorry, man. I don’t have any _________ on me but my son wants to give you everything he has right now.” The homeless man smiled, “God bless you, little man!” At that moment, the only thing _________ the brightness of the man’s smile was the bigger smile on the little boy’s face.

A chain reaction of kindness __________ behind them that day in Nashville, Tennessee, as other people rolled down their windows to __________, too. Smith suddenly __________ that he was the only problem in this situation. He said, “My little boy __________ me by his actions that it’s always about the heart. It doesn’t __________ how much you have or how little. __________ love and sincerity will often bless others more than we think. ”

1.

A．managed

B．promised

C．intended

D．agreed

2.

A．confused

B．doubtful

C．tense

D．hesitant

3.

A．normally

B．clearly

C．secretly

D．formally

4.

A．reaction

B．devotion

C．objection

D．solution

5.

A．out of sight

B．out of control

C．in the way

D．in the charge

6.

A．fortune

B．difference

C．name

D．commitment

7.

A．rolled down

B．reached for

C．looked through

D．lifted up

8.

A．check

B．card

C．cash

D．food

9.

A．matching

B．replacing

C．reflecting

D．showing

10.

A．changed

B．stopped

C．remained

D．started

11.

A．greet

B．smile

C．chat

D．donate

12.

A．remembered

B．realized

C．accepted

D．regretted

13.

A．reminded

B．comforted

C．praised

D．warned

14.

A．help

B．work

C．mean

D．matter

15.

A．Returning

B．Accepting

C．Spreading

D．Seeking

2 . I’m a mother of three and a psychologist. Recently, I come to understand what makes childhood valuable in its own right.

One day, when I went to get my 7-year-old son from soccer ________, the kid ________ me with a downcast face. The coach had ________ him for not focusing on his soccer drills. He walked out of the school with his head and shoulders ________ down. He seemed wrapped in ________. But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching (蹲伏) down to ________ something on the sidewalk. His ________ went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, “Mum. Come here. This is the ________ bug (虫子) I’ve ever seen. It has, like a million ________. It’s amazing.” He looked up at me, his features overflowing with energy and ________. “Can’t we ________ here for just a minute? I want to find out what he does with all those legs.”

The traditional view of such a moment is that it is ________, or a waste of valuable time. Yet at that moment it suddenly dawned on me that what sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance (无知) but their ________ for joy. Children’s ability to become deeply ________ in something and get great pleasure is what adults spend the rest of their lives ________.

1.

A．appointment

B．display

C．practice

D．experience

2.

A．served

B．greeted

C．witnessed

D．treated

3.

A．envied

B．criticized

C．promoted

D．forgiven

4.

A．hanging

B．settling

C．putting

D．turning

5.

A．shyness

B．weakness

C．loneliness

D．sadness

6.

A．pick up

B．look for

C．stare at

D．bring out

7.

A．ears

B．hands

C．mouth

D．face

8.

A．biggest

B．simplest

C．strangest

D．dullest

9.

A．eyes

B．arms

C．legs

D．feet

10.

A．entertainment

B．delight

C．satisfaction

D．confusion

11.

A．gather

B．play

C．sit

D．stay

12.

A．practical

B．impossible

C．accessible

D．unnecessary

13.

A．capacity

B．respect

C．effort

D．responsibility

14.

A．experienced

B．absorbed

C．rich

D．skillful

15.

A．seeking

B．studying

C．missing

D．denying

3 . Howard walked across the vast desert planning to walk through it for one month. Twenty_________passed, the journey had been so_________and it seemed that he had enough food and water to finish it.

“I’ll be able to walk out of this_________, " he thought gladly. But the desert_________cared for travelers. _________this idea could disappear, the sandstorm had arrived suddenly. He hurriedly_________his head with the clothes, lying on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm stopped. When he shook the clothes and stood up, he found a horrible thing: the back bag_________with food and water was swept away by the_________.

Now, he only had a (n)________left. He held it in his hands tightly. “Oh, not too bad,_________I have a pear, " he thought__________himself, determined to walk out of the desert.

One day and one night passed quickly , but the desert still seemed to have no end, and hunger, thirst and__________of death followed Howard closely.__________, each time he wanted to__________, he forced himself to stare at the pear that he had been__________: “ Not too bad, at least I have a pear.”

A small pear became the__________for his survival and the source of his courage. Three days later, __________he saw a village not far away, he fell onto the ground, but after all, he walked out of the desert and__________as well.

To keep hope is one of the best ways to achieve__________, so never tell you“__________left”，because as long as you try to search, you can always find that “pear” to pull you through.

1.

A．years

B．months

C．weeks

D．days

2.

A．smooth

B．hopeless

C．impossible

D．terrible

3.

A．forest

B．desert

C．garden

D．village

4.

A．once

B．ever

C．never

D．always

5.

A．Before

B．After

C．When

D．Since

6.

A．sewed

B．covered

C．matched

D．cleaned

7.

A．tied

B．put

C．pulled

D．equipped

8.

A．rain

B．fog

C．sandstorm

D．snowstorm

9.

A．apple

B．pear

C．orange

D．banana

10.

A．at most

B．at least

C．on time

D．on purpose

11.

A．to

B．on

C．of

D．about

12.

A．shock

B．joy

C．fear

D．excitement

13.

A．Altogether

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．However

14.

A．stand up

B．look up

C．give up

D．put up

15.

A．eating

B．cooking

C．watching

D．keeping

16.

A．sadness

B．injury

C．hope

D．interest

17.

A．when

B．until

C．while

D．if

18.

A．died

B．survived

C．breathed

D．coughed

19.

A．success

B．failure

C．agreement

D．experience

20.

A．everything

B．anything

C．something

D．nothing

4 . We all dream of reaching a certain success someday. Because of this we all are afraid of the very same thing- failure. But we should understand that we all have to experience some sort of failure in our lives. It is part of growing up and it is part of life itself. Failure doesn't have to always be seen as something negative. When you get to see failure in a different perspective, you will see that it has the power to help you get to your goal.

Don't be so hard on yourself whenever you make a mistake or fail a task. Everyone makes mistakes. Whenever you face one failure, remember to accept your fault and do something to make things right. Whenever you fail something, you just have to get up and keep trying. You will get to your goal eventually.

Every mistake is a lesson you have to learn from. As the saying goes, “If you do something wrong for the first time, it is a mistake. But if it happens again, then it becomes a choice.” Your mistakes and failure make you wiser.

You should be smart enough to know and avoid the causes that lead you to them once more. No dream or goal is ever easy. With every great success, there are some failures along the way that lead to something great. Don't give up and don't be afraid to make mistakes. It is all part of the game of life.

Life is not a bed of roses. The journey to success will have its ups and downs and have its share of joy and suffering. You will encounter failure once in a while. But pain is part of the learning process. Failures and mistakes are experiences that will make you wiser and stronger as you climb the ladder of success.

1. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To encourage people to think about failure positively.

B．To emphasize the importance of self-confidence.

C．To explain some meanings of achieving success.

D．To discuss the relation between failure and success.

2. What can we know from Paragraph 2?

A．Everyone should pay for their mistakes.	B．Failure makes success more meaningful.
C．Mistakes can bring people great benefits.	D．It's common to make mistakes in daily life.

3. What does the author think of people who make the same mistakes again?

A．They are complete losers.	B．They are not good learners.
C．They should not be forgiven.	D．They need sympathy and support.

4. What does the underlined word “encounter” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Expect.

B．Avoid.

C．Experience.

D．Appreciate.

5 .

One day, a baby snail found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell at any time. He didn’t _________   why it was, so he went up to his mother and asked, “Why was I born with a shell that grew so _________ and heavy?” His mother said, “Because we don’t have _________ to hold us up. We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to _________   us.”

The baby snail asked again, “The caterpillar (毛毛虫) has no bones, and she can’t move quickly either. Why can she _________   without a shell?” The mother snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She can _________ high into the sky. The sky can protect her. ”

The baby snail had one more _________, “But the earthworm moves like us. He has no bones and he won’t turn into a butterfly. Why doesn’t he carry a hard and heavy shell?” His mother said, “He can dig a hole and hide in the _________, and then the earth can protect him.”

The baby snail then cried, “We are so _________   ! We have no protection from the sky or from the ground!” His mother smiled at him. “That’s why we have a shell. My dear, imagine that if we don’t have the shells, what will happen to you? Hot sun will dry out our bodies and we’ll have nowhere to sleep. What’s more, we’ll die in the heavy rain. How __________ it is! We don’t depend on the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves.”

1.

A．know

B．expect

C．think

2.

A．tall

B．hard

C．fast

3.

A．feet

B．legs

C．bones

4.

A．protect

B．attract

C．guide

5.

A．grow

B．live

C．breathe

6.

A．fly

B．jump

C．circle

7.

A．answer

B．question

C．requirement

8.

A．sea

B．sky

C．ground

9.

A．sleepy

B．poor

C．confident

10.

A．amazing

B．boring

C．terrible

6 . Each year, my family and I leave our home in New Jersey and drive two hours to Connecticut. Last ________, we went there again. We live in a suburb, not far from New York City. Our family friends in Connecticut live in the middle of a ________ forest, surrounded by farms and mountains. To me, the trip represents a ________ change of scenery. I leave the ________ of the city and enter a little bubble, where everything ________ and my responsibilities seem to float away. I wake up late, I read and bake, my friends and I spend hours playing cards by the lake, ________ slightly each time a cool gust of wind ________ us. It’s peaceful and quiet.

Perhaps even more ________, it acts as a return home. My Russian heritage has always been a big part of my life — Russian was my first language, Russia is where my ________ family lives, and is history and culture have always been points of interest to me. And yet, I’m never quite able to find other people who ________ the same experiences. I’ve never lived in a place with many Russians. The trip represents my ________ return to my ethnicity (民族). In Connecticut, the people around me speak ________. We eat our turkey with Russian salads and end each meal with a cup of strong black tea. Our card games are the ones our grandparents taught us when we visited Russia as children. It’s ________ for me to reconnect with that side of me, and having the privilege to do so ________ me in a way very little else can.

Having a short trip means spending time with family and friends, adapting to each other’s lifestyle. Since I started going to Connecticut five years ago, I’ve created my own ________ with a group of people that will forever be associated with the orange beauty of fall.

1.

A．spring

B．summer

C．fall

D．winter

2.

A．dense

B．pathless

C．suburban

D．tropical

3.

A．permanent

B．temporary

C．contemporary

D．everlasting

4.

A．quietness

B．rush

C．fun

D．trick

5.

A．rushes down

B．shrinks from

C．slows down

D．benefits from

6.

A．swinging

B．waving

C．choking

D．shivering

7.

A．strokes

B．strikes

C．hits

D．beats

8.

A．importantly

B．interestingly

C．dramatically

D．abnormally

9.

A．crowded

B．strengthened

C．dismissed

D．extended

10.

A．symbolize

B．mix

C．share

D．connect

11.

A．frequent

B．annual

C．monthly

D．regular

12.

A．Chinese

B．French

C．English

D．Russian

13.

A．common

B．average

C．rare

D．ordinary

14.

A．recalls

B．revives

C．frustrates

D．abandons

15.

A．traditions

B．expenses

C．functions

D．features

7 . I remember one day last year when I was a counselor in training at my summer camp, and not having the greatest day. Nothing specific was _______, but everyone has those bad days. Well, when I went to bed that night, I found some flowers and a note that _______, “I hope this _______ your day!” I _______ do not know who left them on my bed, but it doesn’t matter. It’s the thought that _______.

One of my _______ personal experiences was when I was _______ the University of Miami. It was pouring with rain, and we were on the campus tour. To get from one building to the next, we had to cross into the rain, and right there was a student standing with a bunch of _______ Anyone who did not have their own umbrella was then _______ one by this student. The umbrellas were __________ with a logo and the word “kindness”. There was another student __________ at the other building, who was collecting and __________ the umbrellas to people traveling in the __________ direction. A __________ as simple as this has the power to make somebody’s day brighter.

As I said earlier, it’s the smallest things that make the biggest __________ on people’s lives.

1.

A．wrong

B．funny

C．impossible

D．safe

2.

A．wrote

B．said ·

C．printed

D．described

3.

A．ruins

B．starts

C．reminds

D．brightens

4.

A．ever

B．once

C．still

D．only

5.

A．counts

B．hits

C．flashes

D．changes

6.

A．bitter

B．favourite

C．educational

D．unique

7.

A．representing

B．contacting

C．visiting

D．establishing

8.

A．umbrellas

B．flowers

C．books

D．files

9.

A．shown

B．given

C．made

D．awarded

10.

A．mixed

B．filled

C．surrounded

D．stamped

11.

A．deserted

B．stationed

C．hidden

D．wanted

12.

A．picking up

B．holding up

C．passing out

D．turning out

13.

A．opposite

B．current

C．correct

D．original

14.

A．task

B．deal

C．request

D．gesture

15.

A．compromise

B．impressions

C．impacts

D．progress

8 . Born to be likeable, my older sister grew up with lots of friends, parties and attention. I wanted the _________ my sister had. I _________ her for years and never came close, so I _________ kids my own age for role models. Jen, the girl I always sat next to in school, put her head to one side when she asked for favors. “Okay,” I thought. “I’ll try her _________.” I put my head to one side and asked my teacher for a pass to the bathroom. She looked at me, _________, and said, “Don’t you _________ well?”

That led to my _________ to try being cool instead of being popular. I’d do anything to escape my _________ of social status. My big _________ came when a new girl named Tiffany came to my class. She was cute, trendy, and best of all, she __________ me. Our friendship lasted four weeks, just long enough for me to learn that Tiffany took European vacations and went skiing in Aspen. __________, I’d never been outside of Illinois or on skis. Tiffany was way too much for me. I crawled back into my familiar state of __________.

One day, my mom said to me, “You’ll never be anything your heart won’t let you be. Start looking inside, __________ out.” It took me a while to get what those __________ meant. But once I __________ trying to be like other people, life got a whole lot easier. I’m even growing up to be someone I really like.

1.

A．kindness

B．intelligence

C．popularity

D．generosity

2.

A．studied

B．helped

C．missed

D．attended

3.

A．turned to

B．worked with

C．heard from

D．waited for

4.

A．program

B．plan

C．job

D．strategy

5.

A．afraid

B．nervous

C．puzzled

D．excited

6.

A．perform

B．explain

C．play

D．feel

7.

A．duty

B．decision

C．regret

D．failure

8.

A．lack

B．discovery

C．sense

D．understanding

9.

A．show

B．chance

C．mistake

D．concern

10.

A．reminded

B．invited

C．liked

D．thanked

11.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Therefore

12.

A．presenting

B．promising

C．appearing

D．hiding

13.

A．because of

B．in exchange for

C．instead of

D．in addition to

14.

A．words

B．lessons

C．choices

D．excuses

15.

A．risked

B．stopped

C．imagined

D．remembered

9 . There was a boy whose family was very wealthy. One day his father took him on a trip to the country in order to show him how poor the people there were. After they arrived at a farm of a very poor family, they spent several days there. On their return, the father asked his son if he liked this trip.

“Oh, it was great, Dad,” the boy replied.

“Did you notice the difference between them and us?” his father asked.

“Yeah, I did.” said the boy.

The father asked his son to tell more details about what he had learned from their trip.

“Well, we have only one dog, and they have four of them. In our garden there is a pool, while they have a river that has no end. We’ve got expensive lanterns, but they have stars above their heads at night. We have the yard, and they have the whole sky. We have only a small piece of land, while they have endless fields. We buy food, but they grow it. We have a high fence for protection of our property; They don’t need it, as their friends protect them.”

The father was puzzled. He could not say a word. Then the boy added, “Thank you, Dad, for letting me realize how poor we are.”

This story shows that the true wealth as well as happiness is not measured by materials. Happiness and freedom are far more valuable.

1. Why did the father have the trip with his son?

A．To visit their relatives in the countryside.

B．To enjoy the beautiful sights in the countryside.

C．To help the boy make more friends there.

D．To help the boy realize how wealthy they were.

2. What can be learned from their conversation?

A．The father and the boy had different opinions.

B．Neither the father nor the boy liked the countryside.

C．The people in the countryside did not treat them nicely.

D．The father liked the countryside much more than the boy.

3. What did the boy think of his family after the trip?

A．His family was as poor as the family in the country.

B．His family was poorer than the family in the country.

C．His family was as wealthy as the family in the country.

D．His family was wealthier than the family in the country.

4. Which of the following does the boy value most?

A．Materials and wealth.	B．Diligence and hard work.
C．Nature and freedom.	D．Confidence and optimism.