1 . I shopped today. While I was_______at the grocery store, a woman followed behind me. She was standing by one of those shopping carts with the_______in front. The basket held just a few_______：some apples, corn, a loaf of bread, some canned goods, and a bunch of beautiful coral colored roses. Several times I_______her looking at those lovely roses and_______. I told her that they were, indeed, very lovely roses. She said, "I really do love them, and they’re my_______color.”

Well, just as I was _______, I heard her say to the _______, "You can put those roses back. I really couldn’t _______ them." I turned around and asked her if she would allow me to get them for her. She________her head and said, "Why would you want to do that? You ________ don’t have to." I replied that I just wanted to especially since she________them so much. She still seemed hesitant so I told her that she would be doing me a great kindness if she would________me to gift them to her.

With tears in her eyes, she________and said, "I really do love them. Thank you.”

On the way home I was reminded of a ________ I had heard decades ago and I've loved it ever since. The song is Bread and Roses. It's a ________ song on many levels and reminds us that we all need food, but we all also need ________.

A line from this song fits this________ perfectly, I thought. It reads: "________starve as well as bodies. Give us________, but give us roses, too.”

1.

A．calming down

B．checking out

C．packing up

D．hanging around

2.

A．goods

B．bag

C．customers

D．basket

3.

A．roses

B．cakes

C．items

D．drinks

4.

A．caught

B．suggest

C．had

D．sensed

5.

A．suffering

B．smiling

C．hesitating

D．bargaining

6.

A．favorite

B．suitable

C．attractive

D．similar

7.

A．entering

B．leaving

C．responding

D．wandering

8.

A．companion

B．manger

C．cashier

D．stranger

9.

A．drop

B．enjoy

C．store

D．afford

10.

A．shook

B．turned

C．nodded

D．moved

11.

A．probably

B．sincerely

C．certainly

D．finally

12.

A．needed

B．considered

C．studied

D．loved

13.

A．ask

B．invite

C．force

D．allow

14.

A．cheered

B．agreed

C．refuse

D．insisted

15.

A．song

B．play

C．book

D．film

16.

A．noisy

B．beautiful

C．funny

D．new

17.

A．peace

B．power

C．beauty

D．medicine

18.

A．situation

B．position

C．style

D．standard

19.

A．Bodies

B．Brains

C．Eyes

D．Hearts

20.

A．money

B．time

C．bread

D．chance

2 . I have a neighbor who is a capable, fashionable, seventy-year-old, single woman. Her name is Grace. Grace was laid off from her job a little over two years ago and has been living off her savings ever since but not officially "retired". Grace called me up one day about this time last year and asked if I had a ladder. She needed to clean out her gutters (水槽) on the roof and wanted me to hold the ladder.

She didn’t want me to climb up and clean the gutters. She just wanted me to hold the ladder. As it happened I did have a ladder. I said: “The leaves are going to fall off the trees in a month, why don’t we wait till they finish and do it then?” She agreed and naturally we didn’t talk about it again until spring. Spring in Tennessee is wild and we talked about it over the course of three weeks in which it rained nearly every day, then I got busy and Grace went into seclusion (隐居).

A couple of weeks ago, she told me she’d been spending too much money and decided to apply for a bar tending job at a local hotel. “Now I don’t know about you all but I’d never considered what it would be like to apply for and begin a new job at the age of seventy. I’m fifty-three and the older I get, the more I think about how great it’ll be if I can just get out of bed when I’m seventy.” Anyway, she got the job, serving the bar and tending banquets at the hotel.

The day when she left for her training at 6 am, I walked across the street with my ladder and cleaned out her gutters.

1. What did Grace want the author to do?

A．Make a ladder.	B．Retire completely.
C．Lend her a ladder.	D．Give her suggestions.

2. When did the author advise Grace to clean her gutters?

A．In early spring.	B．In rainy season.
C．In time of leaves falling.	D．In time of few leaves on trees.

3. What was the author’s neighbor doing when the author wrote the text?

A．Working at a hotel.	B．Training for her job.
C．Cleaning out her house.	D．Walking with the author.

4. What did the author think of her neighbor’s re-employment?

A．Valuable.	B．Impossible.
C．Reasonable.	D．Unbelievable.

3 . It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat ______ we had to take the girls to their next activity.My husband seemed a bit ______ that dinner was not on the table.

That night, I had a heavy ______, thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水线). We had become too ______ in our own tasks and not very considerate towards those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would ______ our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.

I bought a notebook, named it "Our Deed Diary" and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a ______ for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our ______. And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.

I thought one deed a day was too easy. However, it was actually ______ than it seemed because it had to be something ______ what we had already done. Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not ______.

We had a rough ______. On some days,someone would forget to ______ a good deed, while on other days, we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary. After a few weeks though, I found myself waking up in the morning trying to ______ what good deed I could do for someone that day. My daughters began to rush to me after school to ______ me the good deed they had done.

Now, after a year, I am happy to say that it is making a（n）______ in our lives. Instead of always   ______ what the day will bring for us, we think bout what we can do for someone else.

Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so ______? I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only ______ by giving to someone else from your heart. The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don't even look for or expect anything in ______. So, when someone does return the favor,it is an enormous and positive ______.

1.

A．though

B．unless

C．before

D．while

2.

A．annoyed

B．puzzled

C．embarrassed

D．frightened

3.

A．shoulder

B．stomach

C．foot

D．heart

4.

A．absorbed

B．interested

C．confident

D．successful

5.

A．repeat

B．relate

C．refocus

D．recall

6.

A．kindness

B．task

C．job

D．copy

7.

A．room

B．home

C．school

D．town

8.

A．stranger

B．sweeter

C．harder

D．bigger

9.

A．beyond

B．from

C．about

D．between

10.

A．matter

B．count

C．last

D．happen

11.

A．time

B．life

C．start

D．idea

12.

A．praise

B．check

C．record

D．do

13.

A．describe

B．decide

C．remember

D．explain

14.

A．bring

B．teach

C．offer

D．tell

15.

A．effort

B．choice

C．difference

D．fortune

16.

A．forgetting

B．believing

C．knowing

D．wondering

17.

A．tiring

B．moving

C．surprising

D．rewarding

18.

A．experience

B．imagine

C．predict

D．exchange

19.

A．silence

B．return

C．time

D．order

20.

A．effect

B．bonus

C．attitude

D．contribution

4 . William Purkey, a well-known professor of education, said, “Dance like no one is watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like no one is listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” It seems like the perfect life philosophy — and one I’ve learned to apply to running over the year.

But I didn’t always feel this way. In my early days, when I weighed 240 pounds, I ran like everyone was watching — and judging. If I was on a run and saw a car approaching, I’d stop and pretend I was looking for something I’d lost. I bought the high-tech gear and clothes that I thought would make people believe I was a runner. And I didn’t have a clue if the expensive shoes I was wearing were the right kind for me — I just wanted to look like I fit in with this group.

To be honest, I felt a certain satisfaction in believing that someone was watching. I really thought that other people cared about my performance. The best example of this was a combined, two-lap marathon in Florence, Italy. As I approached the finishing line, the crowd began to cheer. I was surprised. Here I was, thousands of miles from home, and the Italians were shouting for “IIPenguino.”

About 20 yards from the finishing, the truth set in when the winner of the full marathon went past me as I was finishing the half-marathon. No one was cheering for me. No one probably even noticed that I was finishing. I couldn’t help but smile at my own illusion of self-importance.

That’s when I realized I had been running for every reason except the right one. I ran to make other people happy, ran to live up to their expectations. But no one was watching — no one cared. So I decided I was going to run for me—just me—and gained a new enjoyment from the sport I hadn’t truly experienced yet. I’ve learned to run like no one is watching.

So if you see me at race, and I look like a 60-year-old guy waddling(蹒跚) along, don’t worry. I’m fine. The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

1. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that the writer ________.

A．used sports clothes and shoes to attract attention

B．was concerned about what others thought of her

C．liked to be the focus of other runners

D．struggled to find the right shoes to fit her

2. When the writer was near the finishing line, ________.

A．she smiled at her own achievement

B．the crowd cheered for her madly

C．nobody really cared about her running

D．she realized the importance of confidence

3. Now the writer thought the reason for running is to ________.

A．live up to others’ expectations

B．create a miracle in her own life

C．run like no one is watching

D．enjoy the pleasure of running

4. By telling her own story, the writer wanted to ________.

A．tell us to live a life of our own

B．inspire more people to run

C．expect us to improve our health by running

D．stress the importance of determination

5 . I am an educator born to make a difference. I have spent my entire life at the ____. And we know why kids drop out. But one of the things that we never discuss or we ____ discuss is the value and importance of human ____.

A colleague said to me, “They don’t pay me to ____ the kids. They pay me to teach a ___.” Well, I said to her, “You know, kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.” Some think that you can either have it in you to build a ____, or you don’t. I have had classes that were so ____ that I cried. I wondered, “How am I going to ____ this group, in nine months, from where they are to where they need to be? It was difficult, awfully ____. How do I ____ the self-esteem (自尊) of a child and his academic achievement at the same time?”

One year I ____ a bright idea. I told my students, “You were ____ to be in my class because I am the best and you are the best.” One of the students said, “Really?” I said, “Really. We have to show the other classes how to do it, so when we walk down the hall, people will ____ us, so you can’t make noise.” And I gave them a saying to say: “I am ____. I was somebody when I came. I’ll be a better somebody when I leave. I ____ the education that I get here. I have things to do, people to impress, and places to go.”

Teaching and learning should ____ joy. How ____ would our world be if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks, who were not afraid to think, and who had a ____? Every child deserves a champion. An educator should be an adult who will never ____ on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the ____ that they can possibly be.

1.

A．school building

B．college

C．community center

D．prison

2.

A．frequently

B．partly

C．finally

D．rarely

3.

A．relative

B．connection

C．experience

D．understanding

4.

A．please

B．satisfy

C．like

D．treat

5.

A．lesson

B．joke

C．way

D．class

6.

A．friendship

B．bridge

C．gap

D．relationship

7.

A．excellent

B．low

C．sad

D．adaptable

8.

A．join

B．own

C．take

D．manage

9.

A．upset

B．boring

C．frustrated

D．hard

10.

A．raise

B．arise

C．show

D．control

11.

A．came out

B．came to

C．came up with

D．came about

12.

A．led

B．placed

C．chosen

D．thrown

13.

A．notice

B．look

C．find

D．call

14.

A．nothing

B．somebody

C．anybody

D．something

15.

A．reserve

B．expect

C．observe

D．deserve

16.

A．catch

B．bring

C．express

D．indicate

17.

A．powerful

B．magical

C．fearful

D．imaginative

18.

A．prize

B．supporter

C．teacher

D．champion

19.

A．put up

B．depend

C．give up

D．refuse

20.

A．bright

B．best

C．confident

D．determined

6 . I still remember an old lady, a customer on the paper route in my hometown when I was 12 years old. She taught me a lesson in__________that I shall never forget.

On a(n) ________afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the__________of the old lady's house. The stone that I found was too smooth, ________it slipped from my hand as I let it go and________straight not for the covering on top of the house but for a small window on the house's back porch. At the sound of broken glass, we knew we were________.We turned and ________.

I was too ________ about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in the freezing weather. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been________, I started to feel guilty about her______________.She still greeted me with a smile each day________I gave her the paper , but I was no longer able to act comfortably in her ________.

I________my mind that I would save my money delivering paper. And after three weeks I had seven dollars that I calculated would pay for her window . I put the money in an envelope with a note________that I was sorry for breaking her window and________that the seven dollars would cover the cost of repairing it.

I waited until it was dark , moved________to the old lady ' s house and put the letter I didn ' t sign through the letter slot in her door . I felt ________ and could have the freedom of , once again , looking straight into the old lady's kind eyes .

The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to ________ the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself. I thanked her and started to eat the cookies as I continued my________.

After several cookies . I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope , I was ________. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said , " I'm proud of you.”

1.

A．selflessness

B．talent

C．bravery

D．forgiveness

2.

A．winter

B．summer

C．spring

D．autumn

3.

A．window

B．basement

C．roof

D．access

4.

A．but

B．so

C．for

D．or

5.

A．landed

B．left

C．dragged

D．headed

6.

A．in trouble

B．in many ways

C．in danger

D．in charge

7.

A．got around

B．sit around

C．ran away

D．hung out

8.

A．embarrassed

B．scared

C．disappointed

D．ashamed

9.

A．discovered

B．scolded

C．punished

D．involved

10.

A．misunderstanding

B．misbehavior

C．misfortune

D．mistake

11.

A．until

B．unless

C．since

D．when

12.

A．encouragement

B．presence

C．company

D．comfort

13.

A．made up

B．took up

C．meet with

D．picked up

14.

A．proving

B．showing

C．convincing

D．explaining

15.

A．predicted

B．declared

C．hoped

D．witnessed

16.

A．hurriedly

B．quietly

C．patiently

D．firmly

17.

A．confused

B．concerned

C．relieved

D．frustrated

18.

A．abandon

B．return

C．understand

D．respect

19.

A．effort

B．study

C．journey

D．route

20.

A．shocked

B．satisfied

C．annoyed

D．amused

7 . A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on ________ management. As she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class _______ they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question.________, that was not the case. With a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How much do you think this glass of water weighs?”

Answers called out _______ from eight to twenty ounces (盎司).

She quieted the students down and then replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t ________. But it counts how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my ________. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the ________ of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the ________ I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?”

Lost in ______, all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.

“Our stresses and ________ in life are like that glass of water. If we ________ our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted, even unable to ________.”

________ you have to do is put all your burdens down, as _______ in the evening as possible. Don’t carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get ________ next morning and are ________ to move forward. More often than not, life gets terrible when we ________ too much. And the moment you ________ your burdens, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.

So rather than being upset and feeling ________ for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to ________ yourself to anything that is not making you happy.

1.

A．class

B．emotion

C．time

D．stress

2.

A．wondered

B．expected

C．agreed

D．argued

3.

A．However

B．Meanwhile

C．Anyhow

D．Therefore

4.

A．replied

B．ranged

C．read

D．exchanged

5.

A．exist

B．change

C．matter

D．increase

6.

A．head

B．leg

C．arm

D．stomach

7.

A．weight

B．position

C．shape

D．size

8.

A．better

B．longer

C．further

D．deeper

9.

A．fantasy

B．dreams

C．thought

D．discussion

10.

A．doubts

B．joys

C．surprises

D．worries

11.

A．carry

B．show

C．hide

D．cover

12.

A．break off

B．work out

C．pick up

D．carry on

13.

A．Something

B．Nothing

C．All

D．Anything

14.

A．eagerly

B．early

C．quickly

D．naturally

15.

A．depressed

B．entertained

C．refreshed

D．amazed

16.

A．ambitious

B．able

C．passive

D．anxious

17.

A．think

B．fear

C．rest

D．get

18.

A．catch up with

B．look down on

C．1et go of

D．put up with

19.

A．sorry

B．happy

C．disappointed

D．greedy

20.

A．help

B．treat

C．drive

D．abandon

8 . 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。

Over the years I have been teaching kids about a simple but powerful concept ------ the ant philosophy ( 哲学 ), an     1     (amaze)   four_ part   Philosophy.

First, ants never quit. If they are heading somewhere and you try to stop them, they will climb over. They will climb under or climb around. They never quit       2    (look ) for a way to get where they     3    (suppose) to go! Second, ants think about winter and summer. They are always gathering their winter food in the middle of summer and they are making    4    (prepare) for the long cold winter. So you have to think about storms in summer and think about rocks    5     you enjoy the sand and sun .Third, ants think about summer all winter. During the winter, they remind    6     ( they ),” This   won’t   last long and we will soon   be out of here.” On     7    first warm day, the ants are out. If it     8    (turn ) cold again, they will dive back down .But they come out again if it is warm. Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it     9    ( possible ) can.     10    you can learn from the ant philosophy is : Never give up , look ahead, stay positive and do all you can !

9 . In a fast-paced world driven by noise, excitement, and continuous connections due to technology, I think we’ve lost a(n) ____ for something essential to the human experience: Quiet.

I’m not talking about the library style version of soft whispers, but about the soul-defining quiet of introspection(自省), of solitude and of being ____.

This past weekend, I found myself glued to my computer screen in a flurry (忙乱) of _____work to build my career. I was ____ social media and worrying about building my vision for tomorrow. Like so many evenings, the call of the internet had ____ me in, and the beautiful July night in Pennsylvania was ____—until my husband stepped in and reminded me that there’s more to life than noises, likes and followers.

We got into our truck and drove ten minutes to a local state park, a place that has _____our different stages of life through the years. Phones and computers ____, we spent the evening in nature, enjoying simple scenes and ____ in the quiet of the setting.

Gone were the rings of notifications, the honking horns of cars flying by, and the _____ of YouTube videos. In their place, a silence ____ something we both know but sometimes lose ____ of: Life’s quiet, simple moments are sometimes the most beautiful.

In these peaceful moments, I found a(n) ____ with nature and with my husband. I found a reminder that there is a world ____ the computer and the ____ of our fast-paced life.

___, I was reminded that in these quiet moments, we were able to hear the most important voice: our own.

Our world ____ constant attention and engagement. We become so ____ to constantly connecting and engaging with others that we fail to appreciate something ______to our happiness: our inner voice.

So take a moment, take a break and take some time to find the quiet in your life. Let the quiet moments in life remind you that your inner voice ____ to be heard.

1.

A．cooperation

B．appreciation

C．confidence

D．opportunity

2.

A．unfolded

B．unconfirmed

C．unplugged

D．unaccompanied

3.

A．regular

B．simply

C．desperate

D．interesting

4.

A．drowning in

B．fond of

C．curious about

D．sensitive to

5.

A．showed

B．sucked

C．forced

D．led

6.

A．acquired

B．occupied

C．ignored

D．stressed

7.

A．marked

B．experienced

C．presented

D．undertaken

8.

A．hung on

B．turned on

C．worn out

D．shut off

9.

A．trapped

B．involved

C．bathed

D．anchored

10.

A．existence

B．draw

C．impression

D．separation

11.

A．removed

B．reflected

C．restricted

D．refreshed

12.

A．touch

B．sight

C．control

D．hope

13.

A．connection

B．imagination

C．exploration

D．prediction

14.

A．against

B．with

C．beyond

D．about

15.

A．chaos

B．values

C．mess

D．quality

16.

A．In addition

B．In short

C．After all

D．Above all

17.

A．avoids

B．desires

C．transfers

D．spells

18.

A．opposed

B．limited

C．entitled

D．addicted

19.

A．glorious

B．unique

C．crucial

D．superior

20.

A．remains

B．tends

C．appears

D．deserves

10 . Alex Elman runs a big business — something difficult to imagine after she lost her sight in her twenties. But Elman says that losing her sight helped her focus on finding success.

Elman’s father planted a hillside vineyard in western Massachusetts in 1981. It’s where Elman fled during the darkest period of her life. When she was 27 years old, she went blind due to complications from juvenile diabetes (糖尿病) 17 years ago. She recalled, “I hid in my home. I hid in the place. For me, that was the safest place in the world.”

Elman is now the founder of Alex Elman Wines, a growing portfolio (系列产品) of organic wines from all around the world: Chianti from Italy, Torrontes from Argentina. Elman doesn’t work alone. Her assistant, a guide dog named Hanley, is something of a wine snob, and quite a beggar. Hanley travels to all of the wineries that Elman does, from South America to Europe.

At first, Elman resisted the idea of a guide-dog. Now it’s hard to imagine her life, or her business, without him. She said. “When someone tells me something is organic and I don’t really believe it because I taste something funny on it, I’ll put it in front of his face and if he likes the wine, he’ll go to sniff it. If it’s not right, he’ll turn his head away. He gets in the dirt with me. He scratches around. He makes sure that we see earthworms and butterflies. That’s how we know that the soil is actually organic, and that there are no chemicals.”

Elman told CBS News she believes the loss of her vision was a gift. She said, “It allowed me to pay attention to what I thought was important and also to be able to teach people that the broken hang nail is not a big deal, you know what I mean? Don’t sweat the small stuff. Don’t sweat the big stuff either.”

1. Elman hid herself in her father’s vineyard probably because she ________.

A．suffered from juvenile diabetes

B．was extremely painful for her blindness

C．would like to help her father with the work

D．expected to recover her sight sooner or later

2. The underlined phrase “the broken hang nail” (in Paragraph 5) probably refers to _____.

A．a nail which is of no use

B．a disadvantage you have in your life

C．a person who is hard to deal with

D．a task that is not easy to accomplish

3. This passage is mainly to tell us that _________.

A．Alex Elman leads a miserable life

B．Hanley brings Alex Elman much fun

C．Alex Elman gets along well with her pet

D．a blind woman tastes success in wine business