1 . As I drove along the road, small car flew across the center divider from the opposite direction and crashed into my car head-on. I fell unconscious and was awakened by the ringing of my mobile phone.

I was brought to Kuala Lumpur General Hospital bleeding on from my nose, mouth and legs. But the hospital staff was too busy to attend to me, so I called a friend to tell him about the accident. Some friends arrived very soon and sent me to a private hospital nearby. I saw my injured feet hanging from my body, blue and lifeless, and I begged the doctors to save them at all cost. They calmly promised to do their best.

The doctors made it. After I was discharged, I was given ten months medical leave. My heart sank, knowing that it meant I, a big man, couldn't work. How was I going to support my 65-year-old mother and other family members? I felt completely helpless, but a la of unexpected blessings came my way. When I was recovering at home, friends and relatives helped me with my banking, insurance or simply came to cheer me up.

When the casts（石膏）were removed, I did not let the sight of my weak legs discourage me. I worked hard at my physiotherapy（物理疗法）with only one aim. After eight months, I was walking without the aid of a walking stick. Oh February the following year, I returned to my job again. Today, after eight years, I have travelled to many counties as a tour leader.

The accident makes me realize how lives can change in a second. I value life more, not only of my own but also of everyone I know, and I will always try to help when I know of someone in trouble.

1. What made the author come back to life in the traffic accident?

A．Someone made a call to him.

B．A car crashed into his ear head-on.

C．One of his friends gave him first aid.

D．His mobile phone was out of order suddenly.

2. What does the underlined part "was discharged" in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Was inspired.	B．Got injured.
C．Was discovered.	D．Left hospital.

3. What can we learn about the author from paragraph 4?

A．He is honest and strong.	B．He is learned and intelligent.
C．He is optimistic and determined.	D．He is discouraged and desperate.

4. What conclusion does the author draw from the accident?

A．Life is very precious to people.	B．It's a hard job to be a tour guide.
C．Many people are in trouble in life.	D．It's a must for someone to help others.

2 . Many people are often puzzled by the question of what is success and how to achieve it. Actually, many ___________ have already answered this question with their growing _____________.

As a schoolboy, Charles liked drawing very much, but he was so _____________ at his lessons that he even failed every _____________ in the eighth grade. Yet this didn’t make him give up his ___________. No one else appreciated it, but that didn’t seem to _____________ to him. When he was in senior high school, he _______some cartoons to the school yearbook. The editors___________ the drawings. After completing high school, he wrote to Walt Disney Studios. They asked for ___________ of his artwork. Despite ____________ preparation by Charles, they, too, were rejected.

Repeated failures didn’t make him________ his interest. Instead, he decided to tell his own life’s story in cartoons. The main character would be a little boy who ____________ the pitiful loser. Today his cartoon character has become a ______________ phenomenon. People are____________identified with this “lovable loser,” who ____________them of painful and embarrassing moments from their own past as well as their pain and their shared humanity.

Charles’s story reminds us of a very important ________ in life. We all face difficulty and discouragement from time to time. If we hold fast to our ________ , if we’re persistent, if we continue to develop the ____________ talents God has given us, who knows what can happen? We may end up with an insight and an ability to ______________ others that come only through ____________. In the end, there are no “losers” with God. Some winners just take longer to develop!

1.

A．poets

B．winners

C．artists

D．losers

2.

A．influence

B．patience

C．curiosity

D．experience

3.

A．poor

B．good

C．smart

D．needy

4.

A．object

B．class

C．subject

D．grade

5.

A．nature

B．habit

C．career

D．hobby

6.

A．attend

B．matter

C．agree

D．adapt

7.

A．sent

B．donated

C．explained

D．performed

8.

A．hated

B．accepted

C．rejected

D．permitted

9.

A．money

B．samples

C．profits

D．drafts

10.

A．rapid

B．secret

C．practical

D．careful

11.

A．abandon

B．increase

C．remove

D．remain

12.

A．realized

B．idealized

C．symbolized

D．recognized

13.

A．economic

B．cultural

C．political

D．realistic

14.

A．readily

B．steadily

C．hardly

D．awfully

15.

A．reminded

B．informed

C．persuaded

D．convinced

16.

A．standard

B．occasion

C．condition

D．lesson

17.

A．truth

B．faith

C．trust

D．force

18.

A．strange

B．common

C．unique

D．average

19.

A．persuade

B．require

C．force

D．inspire

20.

A．hardship

B．confidence

C．friendship

D．attraction

3 . When I first came to Rochester from Austin, Texas — a place where fall is practically non-existent — I was excited for a real northern fall. But, I wasn’t _________ it to feel like Christmas in October.

Regardless of this _________, and the adjustment period that I’m not entirely sure I’m _________, I am thankful to be somewhere that has a _________ fall. By “real” I _________ a distinctive season, a(n) _________ in the weather and a visual changing of the world around me. The leaves _________ colors, it rains more often, the air is almost always _________ and dry, and a light breeze _________ me to walk a bit faster to get inside. Yes, it is more difficult to be __________ outside in a Rochester fall — where it isn’t just “less hot” but __________, fairly cold. But, I would argue that time spent outside in this season could be more __________ than in the summer.

Everyone __________ that fall is about change — I won’t argue against that. Things do __________ in the fall — the weather is __________ becoming worse and worse, the dying leaves become warmly colored, and __________ you know it, we’ll be back to having only eight hours of sunlight a day.

This oncoming change is why I think it is so important to __________ fall. Fall is not just about the __________ of change, but also appreciating what will soon be __________. Go __________ this fall. Enjoy the leaves not because they are turning beautiful deep shades of orange and red, but because there will soon be no leaves in those branches at all.

1.

A．interested in

B．exposed to

C．ashamed of

D．prepared for

2.

A．accident

B．possibility

C．shock

D．motivation

3.

A．beyond

B．against

C．for

D．after

4.

A．rare

B．real

C．hard

D．strange

5.

A．take in

B．pick up

C．call back

D．refer to

6.

A．shift

B．conclusion

C．improvement

D．experience

7.

A．spoil

B．keep

C．turn

D．avoid

8.

A．cold

B．warm

C．hot

D．cozy

9.

A．prevents

B．expects

C．urges

D．suspects

10.

A．grateful

B．creative

C．considerate

D．comfortable

11.

A．luckily

B．actually

C．helpfully

D．instantly

12.

A．terrible

B．casual

C．unpleasant

D．valuable

13.

A．questions

B．emphasizes

C．recalls

D．analyzes

14.

A．relax

B．change

C．harvest

D．rest

15.

A．steadily

B．hardly

C．helpfully

D．narrowly

16.

A．if

B．since

C．as

D．before

17.

A．control

B．describe

C．appreciate

D．hide

18.

A．process

B．disadvantages

C．fear

D．result

19.

A．disappointing

B．puzzling

C．gone

D．broken

20.

A．inside

B．forward

C．backward

D．outside

4 . Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you’ll have no trouble answering these questions.

Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child’s day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; we are numb to new stimulation, new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they’d felt cold water at first.

Another block to awareness is the obsession (痴迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a “ruby-crowned kinglet” and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.

The pressures of “time” and “destination” are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what’s around them. I asked them what they’d seen. “Oh, a few birds,” they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.

Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.

1. According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more ________.

A．anxious to do wonders	B．sensitive to others’ feelings
C．likely to develop unpleasant habits	D．eager to explore the world around them

2. What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3?

A．To avoid jumping to conclusions.	B．To stop complaining all the time.
C．To follow the teacher’s advice.	D．To admit mistakes honestly.

3. Why do the hikers take no notice of the surroundings during the journey?

A．The natural beauty isn’t attractive to them.

B．They focus on arriving at the camp in time.

C．The forest in the dark is dangerous for them.

D．They are keen to see rare birds at the destination.

4. In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should ________.

A．fill our senses to feel the wonders of the world

B．get rid of some bad habits in our daily life

C．open our mind to new things and ideas

D．try our best to protect nature

5 . It was a dark night. Thick, dark, gray clouds had made sure that there was no starlight or moonlight to _______ me as I walked out on my porch. Still, I kept the porch light off because I didn’t want to be _______ by bugs and moths on this _______ summer evening. I stood there for a while letting my eyes adjust to the lack of _______.

It was then, though, that I saw them. First one blink of light at the far end of the meadow followed by another and then another. I _______. I recognized them at once as my firefly(萤火虫) _______, my lightning bug buddies who always _______ this time of the year.

When I was little I used to sit in the grass and watch them _______ fly around blinking on and off. I never _______ and put one in a jar as some kids did because I never wanted to hurt these messengers of light. Their time on this earth was so ________ as it was. I tried to enjoy them each night they were here. It always ________ me when they disappeared in the fall and it always made my heart ________ when they reappeared the next summer.

We are like them in a lot of ways. Our ________ here on earth is brief. Often our light and love are more like on and off blinks rather than a ________ shine. Still, we do our best to share it and take ________ in knowing that others will be shining their light long after we are gone.

1.

A．shine

B．greet

C．please

D．guide

2.

A．frightened

B．accompanied

C．surrounded

D．troubled

3.

A．sticky

B．dusk

C．dark

D．warm

4.

A．heat

B．water

C．light

D．air

5.

A．frowned

B．cried

C．smiled

D．sighed

6.

A．lovers

B．friends

C．partners

D．mates

7.

A．went out

B．gave out

C．settled down

D．showed up

8.

A．fearfully

B．cautiously

C．nervously

D．slowly

9.

A．saw

B．hit

C．caught

D．got

10.

A．hard

B．terrible

C．useful

D．brief

11.

A．depressed

B．surprised

C．confused

D．excited

12.

A．beat

B．sing

C．move

D．tremble

13.

A．hope

B．memory

C．mind

D．life

14.

A．beautiful

B．steady

C．bright

D．clear

15.

A．pride

B．comfort

C．action

D．interest

6 . Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and could not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his mental (大脑的) ability.

Beethoven’s music teacher said about him, “As a composer (作曲家) he is hopeless.” What if this young boy had believed it?

When Thomas Edison was a young boy, his teachers said he was so stupid that he could never learn anything. He once said, “I remember I used to never be able to get along at school. I was always at the foot of my class ... My father thought I was stupid, and I almost decided that I was a stupid person.” What if young Thomas had believed what they said about him?

When the sculptor (雕刻家) Auguste Rodin was young, he had difficulty learning to read and write. Today, we may say he had a learning disability. His father said of him, “I have an idiot (白痴) for a son.” His uncle agreed. “He’s uneducable,” he said. What if Rodin had doubted his ability?

Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to have no “good ideas”. Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher, “You can’t sing. You have no voice at all.” And an editor told Louisa May Alcott that she was unable to write anything that would have popular attraction.

What if these people had listened and become discouraged? Where would our world be without the music of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Disney? As Oscar Levant once said, “It’s not what you are but what you don’t become that hurts.”

You have great potential (潜力). When you believe in all you can be, rather than all you cannot become, you will find your place on earth.

1. How many successful people are mentioned as examples in the passage?

A．Six.

B．Seven.

C．Eight.

D．Nine.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．When he was young, Thomas Edison always got good grades at school.

B．Levant thought Louisa May Alcott couldn’t write any popular works.

C．Only Auguste Rodin’s uncle regarded him a boy of learning ability.

D．Both Enrico Caruso and Beethoven achieved their dreams in music.

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence “He’s uneducable”?

A．He is too stupid to be taught.	B．He is very clever.
C．He is different.	D．He is a late success.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Working Hard for Success	B．Having Dreams
C．Believing in Yourself	D．Self-challenging

7 . It was a cold and rainy day. I had no _________ to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had insisted that I come to see something at the top.

So here I was, _________ made the two-hour journey _________ fog that hung like veils (面纱). By the time I saw how _________ it was near the summit, I had gone too far to _________. Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I _________ along the dangerous highway.

“I’ll stay for lunch, _________ I’m heading back down immediately the fog _________.” I announced when I arrived. At my words, Carolyn asked me to walk along a quite path thick with old pine needles. Gradually the _________ of the place began to fill my mind.

I stopped at a corner, __________. Rivers of flowers in bloom! Varieties of __________ from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon to the __________ vivid orange-pink—shined brightly like a carpet before us. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and __________ gold down the mountainside.

________ occupied my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How?

As we drove home, we saw a __________ that read: “One Woman—Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” “One at a Time.” “Started in 1958.” She __________ the world. Forty years had passed but she still __________ it.

The wonder of it would not let me go. I said: “Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a __________ and worked on it, just a little bit every day, what might I have __________?

Carolyn smiled. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “__________ yet, start today.”

1.

A．reason

B．desire

C．chance

D．courage

2.

A．excitedly

B．hurriedly

C．unconsciously

D．unwillingly

3.

A．under

B．towards

C．through

D．above

4.

A．thick

B．high

C．far

D．fresh

5.

A．turn back

B．hold out

C．give in

D．look forward

6.

A．marched

B．inched

C．walked

D．dashed

7.

A．but

B．or

C．so

D．while

8.

A．falls

B．flows

C．lifts

D．moves

9.

A．loneliness

B．peace

C．atmosphere

D．imagination

10.

A．disappointed

B．puzzled

C．pleased

D．amazed

11.

A．fruits

B．colors

C．hills

D．trees

12.

A．most

B．more

C．least

D．less

13.

A．poured

B．exposed

C．spread

D．threw

14.

A．Questions

B．Doubts

C．Worries

D．Hopes

15.

A．notice

B．sign

C．advertisement

D．motto

16.

A．changed

B．controlled

C．beat

D．challenged

17.

A．defended

B．prepared

C．kept at

D．searched for

18.

A．method

B．rule

C．job

D．dream

19.

A．promoted

B．accomplished

C．appreciated

D．promised

20.

A．And

B．Sooner

C．Not

D．Better

8 . Have you ever thought about your 50th high school reunion? I thought I’d never go even if the opportunity came but now I feel ______for people who don’t go.

The ______of my high school was on a Saturday evening, and I am glad I did. It was a gift to recognize some ______classmates right away — and to be recognized. ________, we had name tags and our _____ photos on our clothing to help identify each other. I recognized one woman immediately!

The most special experience of the night was ______by a schoolmate and neighbor to whom I was once close. Unfortunately, we had a falling-out（吵架）in the high school. I never saw her after ______, but this time, I saw her   on _____ place setting. At first, I feared that I would ______her. But my better self won over, and I ____ her out. I kept looking until I got a(n) ______on my shoulder. There she was ____. We hugged as if nothing had ever ______and exchanged affectionate words. When the party ended, my old-new friend walked towards me, ______ me again and wished me well. I returned her good wishes. All the bad ______ melted into thin air.

I am grateful I had this ______to reunite with old classmates. After all, we are almost ______the final lap of our life journeys. Some classmates had already left this _______, and their names were deleted ______ the list. Sometimes we have to walk back into the past because time does heal old wounds. We’re not the ______ people. We are better people.

1.

A．sorry

B．disappointed

C．excited

D．moved

2.

A．competition

B．reunion

C．exhibition

D．concert

3.

A．latter

B．former

C．present

D．future

4.

A．Unluckily

B．Unwillingly

C．Normally

D．Thankfully

5.

A．old

B．recent

C．modern

D．new

6.

A．described

B．provided

C．promised

D．ordered

7.

A．graduation

B．invitation

C．retirement

D．punishment

8.

A．clothes

B．tags

C．picture

D．name

9.

A．stare at

B．turn to

C．run into

D．rely on

10.

A．let

B．drove

C．sought

D．pushed

11.

A．instruction

B．blow

C．kiss

D．pat

12.

A．reading

B．singing

C．smiling

D．dancing

13.

A．happened

B．changed

C．disappeared

D．mentioned

14.

A．encouraged

B．praised

C．hugged

D．judged

15.

A．news

B．scores

C．excuses

D．memories

16.

A．qualification

B．situation

C．chance

D．talent

17.

A．nearing

B．destroying

C．hearing

D．wasting

18.

A．world

B．city

C．school

D．class

19.

A．in

B．from

C．on

D．at

20.

A．important

B．serious

C．successful

D．same

9 . During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department   was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I__________the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to __________a few dollars? More than that, I’d always Wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t__________enough about free credits, news about our__________was appealing (有吸引力的) enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which__________I would be learning from one of the game’s __________. I could hardly wait to__________him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this__________was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it __________that our credits would be hard-earned.

In order to______the class, among other criteria (标准), we had to write a paper on how we plan to__________what we would learn in class to our future professions and, __________ , to our lives. I managed to get an A in that__________and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the__________.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he__________me: “The most important__________that you learn when you play chess is how to make good__________. On every single__________you have   to analyze (分析) a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and evaluate (评估) the best move from among all you__________.” These words still ring true today in my__________as a journalist.

1.

A．put forward

B．jumped at

C．tried out

D．turned down

2.

A．waste

B．make

C．save

D．pay

3.

A．excited

B．worried

C．moved

D．tired

4.

A．title

B．competitor

C．textbook

D．teacher

5.

A．explained

B．required

C．held

D．meant

6.

A．fastest

B．easiest

C．best

D．rarest

7.

A．introduce

B．meet

C．challenge

D．beat

8.

A．chance

B．college

C．credit

D．job

9.

A．real

B．perfect

C．clear

D．possible

10.

A．attend

B．pass

C．start

D．join

11.

A．add

B．tie

C．apply

D．compare

12.

A．finally

B．naturally

C．directly

D．exactly

13.

A．game

B．presentation

C．course

D．experiment

14.

A．criterion

B．classroom

C．department

D．situation

15.

A．taught

B．wrote

C．question

D．promised

16.

A．business

B．fact

C．discovery

D．skill

17.

A．impressions

B．decisions

C．suggestions

D．friends

18.

A．move

B．step

C．game

D．moment

19.

A．challenges

B．abilities

C．advantages

D．options

20.

A．role

B．report

C．service

D．responsibility

10 . When you try too hard but you don’t succeed; when despite all your efforts you don’t get the results you need, give up and move. __________ it like it’s hot, and run in the __________ direction as fast as you can.

Yes, we all have been trained to work hard to achieve our dreams, and that’s a good thing. The ________ arises when all these ________ quotes start confusing us. These _________ tell you not to give up, but they don’t tell you that it should only _________ your true dreams. They tell you to “ try and try again” until you succeed, but that amount of _________ should only be put toward what you really want in life. People should never _________ when it comes to what they think to be their life’s purpose. The rest are all just there to _________ you, distract(使分心) you and depress you, so don’t __________ to do them any longer.

If you are poor at playing the piano and you know it’s because you don’t like the __________, give it up. If however hard you study you can _________ score an above average grade, don’t worry. Your _________ lies somewhere else. Not everyone is an A-student.

Try to find out what you are good at, what makes you happy and then ___________ on it. If you do, __________ would have to tell or inspire you not to give up because when you ___________ something, you keep trying until you get it right and the enthusiasm flows from ___________.

Don’t worry about what people will say or think; it’s your life. If at the end of the day, you have a sense of __________ and can sleep well at night, you can be sure you have made the right decisions, ___________ some of them are deciding to give up __________ certain things in life.

1.

A．Try

B．Drop

C．Blame

D．Value

2.

A．same

B．original

C．common

D．opposite

3.

A．hope

B．problem

C．need

D．importance

4.

A．accurate

B．complicated

C．disappointing

D．inspirational

5.

A．books

B．movies

C．messages

D．reports

6.

A．focus on

B．apply to

C．consist of

D．result in

7.

A．effort

B．interest

C．money

D．intelligence

8.

A．care

B．rest

C．quit

D．laugh

9.

A．guide

B．prepare

C．confuse

D．watch

10.

A．bother

B．afford

C．hesitate

D．pretend

11.

A．toy

B．furniture

C．tool

D．instrument

12.

A．hardly

B．easily

C．always

D．simply

13.

A．duty

B．luck

C．talent

D．wealth

14.

A．rely

B．work

C．comment

D．pass

15.

A．everybody

B．somebody

C．anybody

D．nobody

16.

A．love

B．possess

C．fear

D．lack

17.

A．within

B．above

C．underground

D．outside

18.

A．loss

B．humor

C．justice

D．fulfillment

19.

A．as though

B．now that

C．even if

D．so that

20.

A．to

B．on

C．like

D．except