1 . This is my driver Jacob. He was sent to _______ me up and take me to where I’ll be working.

He _______ with me that since the pandemic he had had to change _______ and was currently spending six days a week away from his family in a town that had more work. He _______ the name of his hometown Nah Bok and shared that he had to spend five hours on his _______ day off on the three different buses to get there and back to spend one day with them.

My father had _______ away when I was young. Sometimes away for weeks and months at a time. I _______ us kids waiting for our turn to have just a couple of minutes on the _______ with him. So two hours into our drive when I saw a _______ saying Nah Bok I asked him if that was where his family ________. He said yes and it was about 5 miles down the road. I said why didn’t we ________ and say hello. He looked at me like I was ________ or joking and I said again.

As we ________ his wife was chatting on the side of the road with his mother. All of the children came out. They were so ________ to see him.

Be kind. Slow down and listen to people’s stories. Take the time to give somebody else a ________ even if it’s just your time.

1.

A．lift

B．pick

C．cheer

D．wake

2.

A．argued

B．compared

C．shared

D．associated

3.

A．jobs

B．addresses

C．cars

D．passengers

4.

A．forgot

B．mentioned

C．discovered

D．appreciated

5.

A．only

B．extra

C．tiring

D．average

6.

A．escaped

B．run

C．moved

D．worked

7.

A．remember

B．interview

C．observe

D．prevent

8.

A．way

B．phone

C．march

D．mission

9.

A．note

B．passer-by

C．sign

D．highway

10.

A．met

B．gathered

C．reunited

D．lived

11.

A．speed

B．appear

C．stop

D．call

12.

A．crazy

B．abnormal

C．considerate

D．stubborn

13.

A．pulled over

B．settled down

C．took over

D．broke up

14.

A．calm

B．fortunate

C．excited

D．frequent

15.

A．ride

B．gift

C．break

D．hug

2 . A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a   beautiful_______, and knowing her husband could_______it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the_______husband told her how_______he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He_______her beautiful gift package(盒). She opened it and_______a Bible._______, she raised her voice and said to her husband. "With all your money, you give me a Bible?" She was so_______that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very_______in business. She owned two large companies. She________her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to________him. But before she could, she________a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions(财产) to her. She needed to come back ________take care of things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness________her heart. She saw the still new________, just she had left it years before. With________she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring________from Bible to the floor and a________could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words "LOVE YOU ALWAYS”.

________your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it's because it is better packaged! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things in the world! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the     ________.

1.

A．watch

B．ring

C．coat

D．box

2.

A．afford

B．like

C．design

D．guess

3.

A．holiday

B．performance

C．meeting

D．birthday

4.

A．kind

B．proud

C．sorry

D．brave

5.

A．lent

B．gave

C．asked

D．moved

6.

A．found

B．carried

C．missed

D．held

7.

A．Politely

B．Lightly

C．Patiently

D．Angrily

8.

A．calm

B．disappointed

C．grateful

D．careless

9.

A．sad

B．lonely

C．successful

D．poor

10.

A．realized

B．wondered

C．hoped

D．explained

11.

A．help

B．visit

C．understand

D．catch

12.

A．received

B．passed

C．wrote

D．sent

13.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

14.

A．covered

B．broke

C．filled

D．left

15.

A．car

B．Bible

C．letter

D．table

16.

A．smiles

B．tears

C．laughter

D．interests

17.

A．hid

B．disappeared

C．made

D．dropped

18.

A．book

B．card

C．pen

D．flower

19.

A．If

B．But

C．And

D．So

20.

A．hand

B．eye

C．heart

D．face

3 . Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons，your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health；when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you；when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it，and when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor，you can also feel you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的) door. When it does, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you will be a happy and lucky person.

1. Those who have big houses may often feel ________.

A．happy

B．lonely

C．free

D．excited

2. When you fall down in a PE class，both your teacher and your classmates will ________.

A．laugh at you	B．play jokes on you
C．quarrel with you	D．help you up

3. What will your friends say to you when you make great progress? ________

A．Oh，so do I.	B．Congratulations.
C．Good luck.	D．It’s just soso.

4. Which of the following is this passage about? ________

A．Bad luck.	B．Good luck.
C．Happiness.	D．Life.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

My name is Wil Wheaton—and I am a nerd (怪人). It’s awesome to be     1     nerd. When I was a little boy, people really teased me about that and     2     (make) me feel like there was something wrong with me for loving strange things. Now that I’m an adult, I’m a     3     (profession) nerd, and the world has changed. I think we     4     (realize) that being a nerd is not about what you love     5     about how you love.

So there’s going to be a thing in your life that you love. I don’t know what it’s going to be. It might be sports or science or reading or     6     (tell) stories — it doesn’t matter what it is. Some of us love Game of Thrones, while others love Star Wars. But we all love those things so much that we travel     7     (thousand) of miles — which is     8     (probable) easy for you, but we’re still using fossil fuels, so it’s difficult — to be around people who love the things that we love the way that we love them. That’s     9     being a nerd is awesome.

I want you to work hard because everything worth     10     (do) is hard. I want you to be awesome, and I will do my very best to leave you a planet that you can still live on.

5 . I will always remember my mother's last few days in this world.

On February 14th,2000，my class went on a field trip to the beach.I had so much fun.When we returned to school，my teacher told me to go to the headmaster's office.When I got into the office，I saw a police officer.Suddenly I realized something was wrong.The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up.After that，we went to the hospital and waited.Time went slowly.Finally，we got to see our mother.It was terrible.

The next day，the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened.I was taking a test that day.I knew it had something to do with my mother.I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better.How I wished that she had gotten better.When my teacher took me outside，my sister ran up to me.she started crying，“She's gone，Teresa，mommy's gone.She's dead.”I couldn't believe it.We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital.Most of my family were there.The silence was terrible.I knew I had to say goodbye.

Today when I look back，I still miss my mother very much，but I know that I will live.My mother was a strong mother，who had the biggest heart.My mother was an angel walking on the earth.I will always remember her as living.When someone is asked who their hero(英雄)is，they usually say someone famous，like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears.When someone asks me who my hero is，I tell them，my mother.My mother lives every day.That is what makes her a true hero.

1. Where was the writer when she learned her mother was very ill?

A．On the beach.	B．At the hospital.
C．At school.	D．At home.

2. Who brought the writer the bad news that her mother was ill?

A．Her sister.	B．The headmaster.
C．Her teacher.	D．The police officer.

3. What did the headmaster tell the two teachers the next day?

A．Her mother had been very ill.

B．Her mother had been dead.

C．Her mother had gotten better.

D．Her sister came to see her.

6 . 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。
There was a park near my home. But I didn’t go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the park and found it was really small. I walked quickly because there wasn’t much to see. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths.    1    I found that the two paths were different from each other.
The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren’t very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didn’t look nice.    2    Grass grew everywhere. For a long time I couldn’t make up my mind.
    3    It wasn’t nice , but I didn’t want to give up. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen.    4    
Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I’d like to tell them that if they had followed the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn’t believe me. They couldn’t even remember that path because it was so small.
    5    Don’t be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!

A．There is nothing that I want to see.

B．It looked like it had not been cleaned for months.

C．After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path.

D．“ Which way should I go?”   I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other.

E．I told them what happened.

F．My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.

G．There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.