1 . I've noticed that conversations with my children have started to turn into something that I don't like. It could be my   _______ . I don't always think before I open my_______

For example, my kids would call me to tell me about something that's been _______ them. Then, as soon as they finish, I go into _______ mode.“You should...”，“You need to consider.”， “If I were you, I'd ...”

＂Mom!"The _______ is full of frustration and annoyance. The meaning is obvious－_______!

I am the queen of _______ advice. When I get one of my adult kids on the phone, I become an expert on everything, which I'm _______ not. I only want to prevent them from making mistakes. But what they _______is a listening ear and an open heart.

Giving advice to children can be full of- ________· Though we may see ourselves ________ the wisdom of our years, they see something else. They see a ________parent who hasn't accepted the fact that they are ________ with their own thoughts and feelings.

They are not   ________ any tips. They may not even want a(n) ________solution to a difficult problem. What they are ________   for is a safe place to talk with a person who loves and ________ them no matter what.

Because of this, I've given myself the ________ of being a better________ It's not an easy task for parents like me who think they are just being ________ .But I am determined.

1.

A．opinion

B．belief

C．fault

D．recognition

2.

A．door

B．mind

C．eyes

D．mouth

3.

A．bothering

B．astonishing

C．benefiting

D．encouraging

4.

A．boss

B．teacher

C．dad

D．mom

5.

A．expression

B．idiom

C．tone

D．phrase

6.

A．Continue

B．Stop

C．Look

D．Listen

7.

A．reasonable

B．useful

C．unwanted

D．convincing

8.

A．obviously

B．strongly

C．temporarily

D．particularly

9.

A．provide

B．want

C．bring

D．order

10.

A．hope

B．dangers

C．enthusiasm

D．problems

11.

A．questioning

B．collecting

C．sharing

D．judging

12.

A．energetic

B．beautiful

C．popular

D．controlling

13.

A．adults

B．kids

C．teenagers

D．managers

14.

A．looking into

B．looking for

C．looking through

D．looking at

15.

A．official

B．fair

C．,systematic

D．immediate

16.

A．hoping

B．waiting

C．applying

D．arranging

17.

A．leads

B．supports

C．demands

D．avoids

18.

A．impression

B．message

C．goal

D．title

19.

A．speaker

B．listener

C．adviser

D．partner

20.

A．helpful

B．annoying

C．flexible

D．pushing

2 . When do you stick with something even if you’re not the best at it?

When people find out my son Sam is a(n) ________ mathlete, they usually ask if my husband and I are “math people”. The answer is definitely not. Sam’s done pretty well ________ his parents aren’t math people. But sometimes I wish I was a math person so I could help him or at least give him better ________.

Ninth grade was ________ for Sam, math-wise. He left the ________ of middle school math, where he was kind of a big fish, and started ________ with the high school kids. In the most recent competition, he didn’t do as well as he’d hoped and was ________ by a math camp he’d applied to. He’d set a high goal for himself and hadn’t quite ________ it.

He ________ into my office one day last week, clearly discouraged. “I don’t know why I didn’t do better,” he said, ________ on a chair. “Maybe I should just ________. I’m not good enough.”

I knew how he felt. The thought ________ us all-that we just aren’t good enough, and that all our hard work won’t ________ in the end and we can’t turn our ________ into success. I don’t have an answer for Sam. I am still ________. How to ________ difficulty, disappointment, rejection, boredom. How to commit ourselves to something because it’s beautiful and worth our while, not because we’re ________ we’ll succeed.

“Maybe you’re not,” I said, looking at my son. To me, he is incredible and accomplished, but I know he is ________ by doubt just like anyone. “But I, for one, don’t think that’s been decided yet.”

To devote time to something with no guarantee of its ________ is risky and terrifying. But, then again, ________ is everything. And we don’t need to be a math person to know that.

1.

A．competitive

B．sensitive

C．generous

D．anxious

2.

A．unless

B．because

C．considering

D．providing

3.

A．life

B．advice

C．solution

D．taste

4.

A．interesting

B．attractive

C．boring

D．tough

5.

A．principle

B．world

C．test

D．age

6.

A．running

B．travelling

C．swimming

D．hunting

7.

A．admitted

B．received

C．caught

D．rejected

8.

A．scored

B．reached

C．pursued

D．managed

9.

A．stole

B．marched

C．wandered

D．jogged

10.

A．sinking

B．lying

C．sliding

D．hiding

11.

A．struggle

B．experience

C．try

D．quit

12.

A．interrupts

B．discourages

C．limits

D．suits

13.

A．mind

B．occur

C．matter

D．differ

14.

A．effort

B．luck

C．support

D．belief

15.

A．practicing

B．risking

C．suffering

D．learning

16.

A．bring up

B．go over

C．push through

D．turn down

17.

A．certain

B．happy

C．optimistic

D．anxious

18.

A．warned

B．troubled

C．destroyed

D．guided

19.

A．quality

B．shelter

C．virtue

D．success

20.

A．so

B．nor

C．such

D．it

3 . I have the bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book to see how it ends while I’m still in the middle of it. This habit _______ people around me. Often my _______ wouldn’t be confined (局限) just to the books I read but also to what others were _______ as well. Finally, one day my daughter told me with a little _______. “Dad, please just read a book one page at a time like everyone else!”

At times I didn’t _______ this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my life and _______ what to do months and even years from now instead of _______ each day as it is intended. I knew that the book of my life wasn’t done yet and that I had many _______ left to go. _______, that didn’t stop me from trying to write the __________ half-way through. Time and again, I would __________ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it __________. Life, however, doesn’t __________ like that. It loves to __________ us, and you never know what new problem or opportunity each new day will bring.

Life has often had to __________ me to slow down. Recently, when I found myself __________ to that bad habit of rushing ahead and living in the __________ again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to “live one day at a time”. When I heard those words, I __________, turned the book of my life back to the __________ page, and thanked God for today.

Each of us has to __________ the book of life line by line, moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.

1.

A．concerned

B．annoyed

C．frightened

D．embarrassed

2.

A．impatience

B．difficulty

C．influence

D．effort

3.

A．demanding

B．carrying

C．writing

D．reading

4.

A．interest

B．excitement

C．anger

D．sadness

5.

A．extend

B．spread

C．limit

D．devote

6.

A．bring out

B．let out

C．try out

D．figure out

7.

A．fearing

B．enjoying

C．doubting

D．imagining

8.

A．pages

B．things

C．reports

D．novels

9.

A．Indeed

B．Still

C．Surely

D．Finally

10.

A．ending

B．plot

C．outline

D．passage

11.

A．happily

B．carefully

C．unwillingly

D．foolishly

12.

A．counted

B．left

C．happened

D．backed

13.

A．start

B．finish

C．work

D．change

14.

A．touch

B．amuse

C．worry

D．surprise

15.

A．allow

B．force

C．remind

D．encourage

16.

A．admitting

B．returning

C．responding

D．referring

17.

A．present

B．memory

C．dream

D．future

18.

A．cheered

B．cried

C．lost

D．smiled

19.

A．exciting

B．hopeful

C．favorite

D．right

20.

A．write

B．review

C．explain

D．translate

4 . I'm not a musician. I haven't been dancing since birth, nor have I been playing the ______ sport for 10 years. I grew up jumping from activity to activity, ______ nearly every sport under the sun. As a result, I've become a (an) ______ of all trades.

I always felt ashamed of this. I felt like I ______ time on these short attempts. ______, I stopped looking into new activities, because I was never going to ______ in any of them.

This is, I now realize, totally ______.

I did musical theater as a kid, but ______ after getting into high school because I had too many other ______. Those years on the stage led me to ______ public speaking. I tried every style of dance, which let me fall in love with ______. Later, I signed up for color guard(护旗队) because I ______ being in front of a crowd. Thanks to my background in ______, I had a better foundation than other ______, and was able to pick up the basics a little faster and learn the more ______ skills a little easier.

We love the activities we do. Our hobbies are a ______ of who we are. It only makes sense that as we grow and change, so should our ______. Old flames can lead to new passions.

____ is never a waste of time. We spend out whole lives ______. So why not start the guitar at   20, 40, or 75? It's never too late to pick up something new, and it makes you ______.

1.

A．professional

B．same

C．indoor

D．favorite

2.

A．watching

B．assessing

C．trying

D．enjoying

3.

A．amateur

B．volunteer

C．leader

D．loser

4.

A．spent

B．saved

C．killed

D．wasted

5.

A．Obviously

B．Gradually

C．Eventually

D．Fortunately

6.

A．stand out

B．show off

C．turn up

D．speak out

7.

A．necessary

B．wrong

C．different

D．acceptable

8.

A．hesitated

B．regretted

C．forgot

D．stopped

9.

A．activities

B．lessons

C．problems

D．styles

10.

A．avoid

B．deliver

C．advocate

D．love

11.

A．singing

B．designing

C．performing

D．sharing

12.

A．missed

B．admitted

C．considered

D．suggested

13.

A．speech

B．dance

C．music

D．physics

14.

A．competitors

B．winners

C．instructors

D．beginners

15.

A．practical

B．appropriate

C．advanced

D．common

16.

A．sight

B．reflection

C．direction

D．figure

17.

A．interests

B．ages

C．needs

D．societies

18.

A．Imagination

B．Practice

C．Curiosity

D．Experience

19.

A．learning

B．working

C．searching

D．entertaining

20.

A．luckier

B．richer

C．happier

D．simpler

5 . Many of us mistakenly believe that it's wrong to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed (有缺陷)?

If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesn't like you might be fearful, or shallow, or busy or shy. Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time.

Don't take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities. In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else. For all the factors that might cause one person to reject you, there are at least as many factors that will work in your favor with someone else.

You might be thirty pounds over your ideal weight, but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life. There are many people who don't mind your extra pounds. You may drive a shabby car, but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend. There are people out there looking for loyalty, or fun, or sweetness, or wisdom, and the package it comes in is not important. If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends. You can decide to feel inferior (自卑) because you don't have much money and you don't drive a nice car. You can believe that this is the reason that you don't have many friends in your life. On the other hand, if you are very wealthy you may be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person.

The point is that you can focus on just about anything and believe it's the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any.

1. According to the author        plays an important role in making friends.

A．admitting your shortcomings	B．self criticism
C．modesty	D．confidence

2. If you are not liked by a person,       .

A．you should find the reason in yourself

B．you'd better talk with the person face to face

C．you may not be the one to be blamed

D．you and that person misunderstand each other

3. We can learn from the third paragraph that       .

A．your good qualities may turn out to be your flaws

B．your weakness may also be your strengths in some way

C．your negative qualities cause a person to reject you

D．you’ll have few friends if your flaws are bigger than your good qualities

4. Which of the following is true according to the author?

A．It is important to lose weight.

B．It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends.

C．Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance.

D．If you are not beautiful enough, try to improve your physical beauty.

6 . Images of her childhood flashed past her eyes. There she was, aged three, building a sandcastle on the______. Time flew by as those small little______changed into stronger ones which were trying to______a castle out of Lego blocks. Moving on, those hands were______covered with sweat, as she______a pen tightly, while taking her first major exam. Later on, they were slightly relaxed, as the pen was changed into a steering wheel,______along with family and friends.

How fast time______, she thought. We all come into this world with a set of______, hopes and aspiration. We are______to grow up to achieve these dreams and______the world. But maybe sometimes in this process, we forget to______the journey. Yes, it is______to pursue your dreams and work hard to achieve them. But at the same time, it is also important to______time out for your loved ones, enjoy and cherish every______spent with them. As it is these moments that______some of the most beautiful______to be cherished for a lifetime!

Every day isn't the same. The best thing in life is to take each day at a time, to cherish every moment and do what you love. Perhaps______is one of the best examples that show us the______meaning of doing what we love and doing what makes us smile.

Looking at the shining face of her______(laughter, she realized that, perhaps she's got a second chance…chance to______her childhood once again!

1.

A．roof

B．beach

C．street

D．train

2.

A．hands

B．eyes

C．legs

D．feet

3.

A．turn

B．kick

C．make

D．work

4.

A．suddenly

B．rapidly

C．strangely

D．generally

5.

A．threw

B．bit

C．caught

D．held

6.

A．skating

B．playing

C．jogging

D．driving

7.

A．comes on

B．goes by

C．runs away

D．carries on

8.

A．conditions

B．glories

C．dreams

D．rules

9.

A．eager

B．cautious

C．curious

D．nervous

10.

A．give up

B．take over

C．break into

D．turn down

11.

A．enjoy

B．record

C．share

D．predict

12.

A．difficult

B．ridiculous

C．important

D．impossible

13.

A．put

B．watch

C．reach

D．take

14.

A．coin

B．moment

C．effort

D．treasure

15.

A．gain

B．cover

C．form

D．forget

16.

A．minds

B．memories

C．desires

D．interests

17.

A．childhood

B．friendship

C．livelihood

D．hardship

18.

A．correct

B．useful

C．effective

D．true

19.

A．eldest

B．elderly

C．newborn

D．teenaged

20.

A．retell

B．rewrite

C．remark

D．relive

7 . The earliest memory I have of my father is one of me as a young boy holding his hand by his two last fingers as we walked together.

As I grew older I remember us listening over a radio to high school ball games together. I would_________how many points each player would score as the game went on. Too small to stay awake for the_______game, I always fell asleep_______the game ended. But the next morning I would find by my pillow the score sheet filled out with the _______score on; it was _______by my father.

In high school I became very interested in athletics. My father would_______all my games. Good _______ in my senior year entitled our football team to the state championship game. The night before, my father_______announced he had to _______ the bread to the stores and the site of the games was a three-hour drive from his route. Back then I wasn’t fully noticing his ________.

The next day as game time approached, I couldn’t help thinking about Dad. Suddenly, I saw a bread truck pulling into the stadium. ________completed, he made the long drive in time to at least see ________of my championship game.

Years later, I was awakened early one morning by a ring at 5:30 A.M. As I ________to answer the phone, I’ll never forget the sound of the sheriff’s voice — my dad had just been killed in an automobile accident on his way to work. It felt as if my heart had been torn away.

For long I tried to remain strong________it and pretended I didn’t care until one day in the playground a little boy walked up to me and grabbed my hand by my last two fingers. I completely lost it — I just let go and cried. And I felt a sense of________.Sometimes you just have to cry and there’s no need to hold back anymore.

1.

A．add up to

B．keep track of

C．catch up with

D．get down to

2.

A．exciting

B．competitive

C．whole

D．boring

3.

A．until

B．before

C．unless

D．when

4.

A．original

B．unbelievable

C．unexpected

D．final

5.

A．created

B．forecast

C．completed

D．founded

6.

A．instruct

B．accompany

C．attend

D．train

7.

A．performances

B．grades

C．argument

D．environment

8.

A．happily

B．doubtfully

C．proudly

D．sadly

9.

A．remove

B．deliver

C．sell

D．order

10.

A．relief

B．excitement

C．ignorance

D．regret

11.

A．Work

B．Construction

C．Match

D．Cooperation

12.

A．part

B．all

C．most

D．kind

13.

A．managed

B．attempted

C．switched

D．struggled

14.

A．against

B．beyond

C．through

D．over

15.

A．weight

B．relief

C．joy

D．humor

8 . My daughter was being thrown out of the sixth grade. The teacher said, “She may not be up to what we’re trying to accomplish.” He was really saying she didn’t have the intelligence. I got mad because I knew she was smart, just as my father had known I was smart when I was failing in school. We had her tested. I decided to get myself tested as well, and found that the troubles she was having were exactly what I had had — dyslexia. By then I was a successful television writer, and had won an Emmy Award for “The Rockford Files.”

If I had known earlier that something beyond my control could explain why I was a low achiever, I may not have worked so hard in my late 20s and early 30s. I was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people praise me, because I did badly in all my courses.

I once asked a friend who had always gotten an A, “How long did you study for this?” He said, “I didn’t. I just glanced at it.” So he must be smarter. I began to ask, “What will happen to me when I’m not good at anything?” Despite my doubts, I did become successful, and people now say to me, “So you’ve overcome dyslexia.”

No. You don’t overcome it, you learn to compensate for it. Some easy things are very hard for me. Most people who go through college read twice as fast as I do. I avoid dialing a phone if I can, because I sometimes have to try three times to get the number right.

Despite my weaknesses I view dyslexia as a gift, not a curse (诅咒). Many dyslexics are good at right-brain, abstract thought, and that’s what my kind of creative writing is. And I can write quickly, and can get up to 15 pages a day. Writing is my strength.

The real fear I have for dyslexic children is not they have to struggle in school, but that they will quit on themselves before they get out of school. Parents have to create victories for them, whether it’s music, sports or art. You can make your dyslexic child able to say, “Yeah, reading is hard. But I have other things I can do.”

1. The writer decided to get himself tested as well because he________.

A．wanted to know if they had the same problem

B．didn’t believe his daughter had the problem

C．had to take a regular medical examination

D．accepted that his daughter was not smart

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that the writer________.

A．struggled and got better grades

B．didn’t work hard when he was young

C．was praised for overcoming dyslexia

D．was thankful not knowing of dyslexia earlier

3. According to the passage, a dyslexic person________.

A．is less intelligent	B．always fails in school
C．reads more slowly than normal people	D．performs worse in left-brain activities

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．Clumsy birds have to start flying early.	B．God shuts one door but opens another.
C．Never judge a person by his appearance.	D．No one can make a good coat with bad cloth.

9 . A person that’s enthusiastic, determined and prepared to hug life’s trials is a person we all want to be. If you want to be like that person then your first step is to always stay inspired. Taking the first step towards an inspired life is the most difficult part of the process, but after you take it you will never look back.    1    He/She is a person who wakes up every day more inspired than the next. Inspiration will lead you anywhere you want to go.       2    

●Inspiration breeds(培育) more inspiration. After you get a taste of the inspired life you'll never want to turn back. Wake up tomorrow morning inspired and watch your life change.    3    I’ll give you some names of people who have changed the path of history and I’ll let you determine if they were inspired. Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs,Mother Theresa.

●Inspiration leads to hard work. Hard work leads to success. Success will be much more difficult to attain if you care little about what you want to be successful in.

●    4    Mark Zuckerberg was inspired by the potential of a great social network. Four English musicians were inspired to create great music thereby creating the Beatles. Socrates was inspired by his own curiosity and ended up creating Western Philosophy as we know it today.

●Inspiration and genius(天才)—one and the same.    5    In fact, many who we consider geniuses today were nothing more than extremely inspired individuals.

A．The uninspired seldom change the world.

B．A genius is someone who was born intelligent.

C．Fear of failure will stop you from staying inspired.

D．Nothing great was ever created without inspiration.

E．You don't have to have an IQ of 150 to be considered a genius.

F．Here are four additional reasons why you should always stay inspired.

G．An inspired individual is someone who never backs away from a challenge.

10 . I could still feel the burning desert heat as I stood there on the platform. My suitcase was jammed between the doors of the train that was_________away from the station, and I was alone with a classmate I had_________merely 14 hours before.

We were in a_________country where I thought my fluent French would help me_________, but it turned out that we had transferred（换乘）trains in a Moroccan town where Spanish was the second language. Both my friend and I couldn't_________Spanish. The Arabic characters on the signs made us_________. We were lost. In those hours of_________helplessness, Annie and I sat on the ground, staring at the plat form.

_________, we started pulling our_________eyes away from the train plat form and out at the__________around us. How did I not__________the orange sand hills behind Annie' s head? Or the white skyline of Casablanca? The sky was completely clear, the air was dusty, but my god, it was__________. A woman sitting nearby__________at me, and I felt like the blanket of__________that was killing me had just lifted away. This moment—a__________comfort between complete strangers—helped me__________everything would be okay.

That day, Annie and I had the__________to disconnect from everything we__________, to see and soak in（沉浸在） everything around us. That day in Morocco, I came to believe that being__________is sometimes so much more__________than being found.

1.

A．breaking

B．fleeing

C．backing

D．pulling

2.

A．left

B．met

C．guided

D．greeted

3.

A．familiar

B．wild

C．foreign

D．distant

4.

A．get up

B．get along

C．get down

D．get off

5.

A．speak

B．translate

C．study

D．write

6.

A．skeptical

B．curious

C．desperate

D．nervous

7.

A．apparent

B．slight

C．potential

D．absolute

8.

A．Eventually

B．Immediately

C．Abruptly

D．Steadily

9.

A．energetic

B．dull

C．sharp

D．sightless

10.

A．people

B．signs

C．trains

D．scenery

11.

A．ignore

B．describe

C．notice

D．imagine

12.

A．attractive

B．sacred

C．horrible

D．messy

13.

A．called

B．laughed

C．pointed

D．smiled

14.

A．chaos

B．dust

C．anxiety

D．smoke

15.

A．silent

B．natural

C．cold

D．cautious

16.

A．discover

B．remember

C．admit

D．realize

17.

A．belief

B．privilege

C．chance

D．wisdom

18.

A．found

B．knew

C．cared about

D．left behind

19.

A．alone

B．poor

C．stuck

D．lost

20.

A．meaningful

B．hopeful

C．successful

D．powerful