1 . Occasionally, I long to be lost in a ''memory meal, '' biting into one of the nostalgic foods I enjoyed as a child. As a vegetarian, some tasty food like fried bacon is no longer my _______, but old memories die hard. One day, after a meal of locally grown organic food, I found myself _______ something fatty, crisp — bacon.

Back then, bacon came _______ into our household. When it did, it was an event. I would stand excitedly in the kitchen, watching mum complete the _______ work with a strong woody scent. When it was ready, I always slowly took every _______ of the little fatty curls and wanted more. It would be months before the next bacon _______ entered our household.

I had not tasted bacon in years, but the moment I _______ my desire for it, my husband began _______ the grocery stores for the best ''fake bacon'' that could bring us back to the carefree eating of our childhoods. How could he cook that soy(豆制品)so that it would _______ the tatstes of our younger years? __________, Ron did the next morning.

After Ron __________ the bacon to me as if he were handing me a golden crown, I closed my eyes and took a big bite. The soy actually smelled and tasted like __________. I thought of my late parents. My mother was never a morning person, but she __________ to the cooking occasion when bacon was on the menu. My father would delay half an hour to work and share this __________ luxury with us. Suddenly I realized it didn't matter whether I was eating pork or soy: the __________ themselves were just delicious.

1.

A．problem

B．exception

C．option

D．condition

2.

A．expecting

B．resisting

C．cooking

D．handling

3.

A．frequently

B．rarely

C．roughly

D．completely

4.

A．eye-catching

B．mouth-watering

C．heart-breaking

D．time-consuming

5.

A．step

B．grab

C．idea

D．bite

6.

A．study

B．treat

C．deal

D．purchase

7.

A．forgot

B．distracted

C．mentioned

D．reflected

8.

A．adopting

B．buying

C．combing

D．heading

9.

A．shift

B．hide

C．influence

D．resemble

10.

A．Incredibly

B．Probably

C．Constantly

D．Practically

11.

A．threw

B．preserved

C．selected

D．presented

12.

A．fruit

B．bacon

C．vegetable

D．sugar

13.

A．rose

B．failed

C．objected

D．meant

14.

A．usual

B．regular

C．occasional

D．normal

15.

A．attempts

B．memories

C．benefits

D．offers

2 . I will never forget the darkness, the pain and strong desire to die.

November arrived grey and busy, and going into an even more stressful. December, I was filled with anxious thoughts.

A visit to my father’s grave is often a good chance to cry and when I leave I feel a little more at peace. But this time was different. I drove home and every night for the rest of that week, I cried.

On Saturday, I watched a TV program teaching baking, and then I started to learn. By the end of the weekend, I had a dining room table covered with sweet treats. I packaged them up in tins, attached a label to each of them with “winter love” on it, and dropped them off on a few of my neighbors’ porches (门廊) before work. It shocked me how much it lightened my mood, seeing a small package lost on a porch.

The thanks I received later from the neighbors made me light up. It felt so good, and it distracted me from my dark thoughts.

By January I had developed a routine: on Sunday I’d bake cookies and package them up, and on Monday I'd deliver them. Every week I added a few different people to my delivery route, baked a few different kinds of cookies.

Somewhere along the way things started showing up on my doorstep a homemade cup, a pair of socks with tiny cookies and even a gift certificate from the local bookstore. Every single one melted my heart. But what I really appreciated was how people began to share their own stories of mental health with me. There is no greater honor than to be trusted with another’s life. I was overwhelmed by the love and care of my community. It humbled me that something so simple had created such incredible kindness. It reminded me that there was good in me, in my neighbors, in the world.

I was shifting into a new season of light, while letting go of a season of darkness. What had begun as an attempt to bring light into my own darkness had been transformed into a story more beautiful than I could have ever dreamed. It reminded me that there is beauty in being kind. That life is tough, but there is a quiet strength in knowing you are not alone.

1. After she started sharing cookies with neighbors, the author_________.

A．gained trust and care from them

B．added other things to her delivery list

C．felt her life was no longer busy or stressful

D．found some of them had more mental problems than her

2. What is the author’s attitude toward her future life?

A．Positive.

B．Cautious.

C．Doubtful.

D．Concerned.

3. What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To express gratitude to caring neighbors.

B．To speak of the benefits of baking cookies at home.

C．To share how being kind helped her regain hope.

D．To show the importance of a closely connected community.

3 . I was in the garden with Augie, my grandson, watching the bees. ''How do they make honey? '' Augie asked. ''Actually, Augie, I don't know, '' I replied. ''But, Grandma, you have your phone, '' he said. For Augie, holding a smartphone almost means knowing everything.

During my childhood I was crazy about books. Over time, reading hijacked my brain, as large areas once processing the real world adapted to processing the printed word. As far as I can tell, this early immersion (沉浸) didn't prevent my development.

Many parents worry that ''screen time'' will damage children’s development, but recent research suggests that most of the common fears about children and screens are unfounded.     There is one exception: looking at screens before bed really disturbs sleep, in people of all ages. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) used to recommend strict restrictions on screen exposure. Last year, the organization examined the relevant science more thoroughly and changed its recommendations. The new guidelines stress that what matters is what children watch and with whom.

New tools have always led to panic guesses. The novel, the telephone, and the television were all declared to be the End of Civilization, particularly in the hands of the young. Part of the reason may be that adult brains require a lot of focus and effort to learn something new, while children's brains are designed to master new environments naturally. New technologies always seem disturbing to the adults attempting to master them, while attractive to those children like Augie.

When Augie's father got home, Augie rushed to meet him and said in excitement. ''Daddy, Daddy, look, '' he said, reaching for my phone. ''Do you know how bees make honey? I'll show you…''

1. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word ''hijacked'' in Paragraph 2?

A．occupied.	B．damaged.
C．improved.	D．relaxed.

2. What do the new guidelines of AAP focus on about ''screen time''?

A．The harm to children.	B．The content and context.
C．Children's sleep.	D．People's fears.

3. What might be the author's attitude towards ''screen time''?

A．Opposed.	B．Doubtful.
C．Disappointed.	D．Favorable.

4 . Mary, 16, was suffering from cancer. As a father, Mitchell always stayed home to care for her. He said the _____ left them financially worse off. Then a group called Growing Hope _____in with $1,800 to help with his living costs.

____, he wanted to pay it back. In his youth, he had been a ______. So at age 40, Mitchell took up the ______ again, participating in two fights in Fairfax. During this time, he _____ his daughter. And for six months he did little but mourn.

One day, Mitchell ______ a Mark Twain quote—The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you ______ why. "After I read that quote, I was going to spend the ______ of my life helping kids with cancer and their families," he said.

Mitchell thought of creating a foundation, yet boxing did not seem practical anymore for fundraising due to his age. Then he found that ______ could be a source to raise money. In the

Corps Marathon he cut a striking figure on the course. ______ by this success, he set his sight higher. He ______ each of the miles of the race to a different child with cancer, and he carried their ______ with him. Years after his daughter's death, Mitchell now ______ up in the morning knowing his ______.

1.

A．atmosphere

B．crisis

C．situation

D．poverty

2.

A．brought

B．stepped

C．took

D．broke

3.

A．Grateful

B．Hopeful

C．Sorrowful

D．Helpful

4.

A．runner

B．singer

C．boxer

D．fighter

5.

A．helmets

B．gloves

C．boxes

D．sneakers

6.

A．cured

B．accompanied

C．comforted

D．lost

7.

A．came upon

B．agreed to

C．looked at

D．depended on

8.

A．consider

B．ask

C．discover

D．make

9.

A．forces

B．rest

C．energy

D．resources

10.

A．funding

B．singing

C．running

D．projecting

11.

A．Depressed

B．Moved

C．Shocked

D．Inspired

12.

A．left

B．donated

C．competed

D．conveyed

13.

A．smiles

B．parents

C．strengths

D．pictures

14.

A．stands

B．goes

C．wakes

D．climbs

15.

A．time

B．what

C．course

D．why

5 . If you have strong arms and feet, patience and a good temper, you might _______ a good waiter. You must start, _______, not in the restaurant, but in the kitchen, helping the chef, to learn how each dish is _______.

From this first step, you may enter the restaurant _______ a ''commis'' (厨助). But you won't be _______ to serve the customers yet. They will only let you do the bottomed jobs, _______the tables and carrying the plates. But all the time you must watch and learn with _______.

Later you may become ''chef de rang'' (a waiter in charge of a number of tables). You may even become a head waiter _______, if you have the right sort of personality and you are not _______ of hard work.

When Carlo Bianchi first arrived in London, he spoke only two words of English - ''please'' and ''Hello''. He ________ to get a job helping in the kitchen of a restaurant, and he spent what little ________ time he had learning English. He was a good worker and soon they ________ him a job in the restaurant as a waiter.

Every night, Carlo ________ to go home exhausted, but never too ________ to study the language for half an hour before going to sleep. And no matter how tired or ill he felt, he always wore a ________ for his customers. They liked him, and people came and asked to be ________ by Carlo.

Now, twenty-five years later, Carlo is in ________ of six restaurants, and he ________ to open a seventh shortly. So friends, in this world success never comes overnight. Start from the ________and make progress step by step with enough patience and ________ chances will fall upon you.

1.

A．make

B．create

C．replace

D．choose

2.

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．thus

D．however

3.

A．commented

B．tasted

C．prepared

D．chosen

4.

A．as

B．for

C．with

D．to

5.

A．forced

B．allowed

C．banned

D．urged

6.

A．moving

B．laying

C．pushing

D．placing

7.

A．curiosity

B．kindness

C．patience

D．interest

8.

A．simply

B．specially

C．exactly

D．eventually

9.

A．afraid

B．ashamed

C．fond

D．typical

10.

A．managed

B．attempted

C．predicted

D．expected

11.

A．tight

B．useful

C．spare

D．busy

12.

A．threw

B．found

C．sent

D．donated

13.

A．used

B．promised

C．regretted

D．remembered

14.

A．depressed

B．excited

C．worried

D．tired

15.

A．smile

B．face

C．color

D．surprise

16.

A．served

B．approved

C．praised

D．treated

17.

A．favor

B．need

C．possession

D．support

18.

A．hesitates

B．schedules

C．hurries

D．fails

19.

A．easiest

B．slowest

C．simplest

D．lowest

20.

A．after all

B．in time

C．In a word

D．above all

6 . I had reached the age of twenty-eight. Still, I_______ whether the letter from my past would make it to me, all these years later. It was a creative writing task from when I was eighteen. The teacher collected our letters to our_______ selves in self-addressed envelope with stamps and promised to _______ them ten years later. But since so much time had passed, would he even _______ ?

Thinking back on the _______, I recalled giving my future self some advice. When you're eighteen years old, twenty-eight seems like a _______ age, but I wasn't feeling as mature as I believed my younger self had _______ me to be.

When the letter finally reached me, I opened it _______. It began, "How much do you bet this letter will never get to you? "It continued to greet me casually as if we were having an IM (instant messaging) chat. As a senior in high school, facing the _______ important exams and college application, my eighteen-year-old self was so __________! She was apparently not quite happy and hoped I wouldn't worry so much in the future, and that I wouldn't forget to be present and __________my life!

__________to my belief, my eighteen-year-old self did not have any demands of me, or expectations I might have failed to meet. Instead, she wrote, "I'll __________whatever you do. Even if you are not the one I'm imagining now, I'll support you, because maybe __________ I'm imagining is someone else, but you're not someone else, you're me.

I was __________ , and tears came to my eyes at this self-acceptance through time. I had put a lot of pressure on myself to be the best version of myself that I could be. However, I came to realize what I would have accomplished in ten years would pale in comparison(相形见绌)to how I'd feel and who I'd be.

1.

A．believed

B．bet

C．doubted

D．considered

2.

A．inner

B．happy

C．future

D．young

3.

A．correct

B．mail

C．answer

D．write

4.

A．remember

B．understand

C．mind

D．remain

5.

A．application

B．comment

C．study

D．letter

6.

A．grown-up

B．happy

C．made-up

D．promising

7.

A．promised

B．convinced

C．encouraged

D．expected

8.

A．calmly

B．cautiously

C．eagerly

D．naturally

9.

A．appearing

B．arriving

C．approaching

D．approving

10.

A．depressed

B．ambitious

C．carefree

D．stressed

11.

A．enjoy

B．value

C．start

D．earn

12.

A．Contrary

B．Honest

C．Surprised

D．Strange

13.

A．stand for

B．stand with

C．stand by

D．stand out

14.

A．what

B．who

C．which

D．that

15.

A．guilty

B．touched

C．embarrassed

D．nervous

7 . Two of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.

My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only” moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.

I don’t only avoid those “if only” moments when it comes to safety. It’s equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say “I love you” or “I forgive you.” When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he’s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.

I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I’m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.

1. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule?

A．Start the car the moment everyone is seated.

B．Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.

C．Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.

D．Move an object out of the way before it trips someone.

2. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ______.

A．keep her appointment with the eye doctor

B．meet her father who was already an old man

C．join in the holiday celebration of the company

D．finish her work before the deadline approached

3. The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．abandoned	B．lacked
C．avoided	D．taken

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．To Keep Emotional Well-being	B．To Prevent “If Only” Moments
C．To Follow the Most Useful Rule	D．To Achieve the Peace of Mind

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

While the story of The Farmer and The Mule(骡子)makes us smile，it does have wisdom in it. It reminded me about defeating adversity(逆境).

    1    we handle adversity determines our success in life. One of my     2    (thought) on adversity is，“Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t     3    (contro1). What we can control is how we react to it. ”

When     4    (face)with adversity，we can give up the negative attitude. Or we can look on adversity     5    an opportunity to find other ways to do things. We should be     6     (determine)and persistent. It all comes down to your choice and it is a choice of attitude!

You see，the farmer thought the mule was not worth     7    (save)when it fell into a well accidentally，    8    he just put it out of its misery by burying it. Despite the farmer’s best efforts to bury it，the mule     9    (resist)until it was able to climb out of the well on top of all the dirt that was thrown in after it.

The mule，despite the fact that it was     10    (constant)in a deep well，would not give up. The mule simply shook the dirt off little by little，never giving up the will to live by climbing out of the well.

9 . A good way to look at failure straight in the face is by writing a failure resume(简历)or CV. Like social media，there，we usually only see our friends’“highlight part”. When we look at others’resumes，we get scared and think how ours doesn’t measure up. But even the most accomplished people have plenty of failure behind them—we just don’t see it.

Stefan felt this deeply as a scientist，so she wrote a different CV which of course boasted (夸耀)about her good grades，PhD，and published papers. But the way she deals with her failure CV is a model of what we could a11 do.

“My CV does not reflect my great academic efforts—it does not mention the exams I failed，my unsuccessful PhD or scholarship applications，or the papers never accepted for publication. During the interviews，I talk about the one project that worked，not about the many that failed，”writes Stefan in a column for Nature.com.

Stefan suggests keeping a draft on which you log，casually but regularly，every unsuccessful application，refused grant proposal and rejected paper.

And that’s the point：not to consider what we got wrong，but to use that information to both look at failure and realize it’s really okay，and also to use our failures for another purpose：as learning tools.

The point is to be real—with ourselves and about how the world works. Being real means taking an honest，critical，but also kind look at what we didn’t get right，and then doing our best to change what we can. Instead of focusing on how that failure makes you feel，take the time to step back and analyze the practical，operational reasons that you failed.

So，prctice being okay with failure，and turning your failures into lessons learned. And yes，sometimes we have to learn those lessons more than once，letting go of what you can’t change. And keep moving forward to success.

1. What does the underlined word“it”in the first paragraph refer to?

A．Plenty of failure.	B．A failure resume.
C．Highlight part.	D．Social media.

2. What did Stefan intend to tell us in paragraph 3?

A．A11 her failures in her career.

B．Benefits she got from her failures.

C．The content of her own resume.

D．The difference between her resume and others’.

3. What does Stefan advise us to do in our careers?

A．Regard failures as part of our life.

B．Keep a record of our failures.

C．Value our achievements.

D．Long for failures.

4. Which of the following best describes the author’s opinion?

A．No pains，no gains.

B．A11 roads lead to Rome.

C．Where there is a will，there is a way.

D．Failure is the mother of success.

10 . My name is Matthew. 1 don't have many _______ because I'm a terrible liar. But there is one huge secret that 1 have _______ for years——I failed my driving test. I had never failed a test before, and had never even come _______ Driving made me anxious, but my parents still _______ up for driving lessons for me. I had gotten a perfect _______ for my written exam, but getting behind the wheel was a different _______

But when October 30th _______ around, my pride set in. I wanted to be like everyone else at my school, _______ the brand new license they'd gotten. Looking back on that special day, I can't _______ if I was nervous. What I do remember is starting the test, pausing at a stop sign after a few ____________, and being asked by the instructor to pull over. I had received an auto-fail since my pause was indeed a pause and not a real stop. I wasn't __________ that I was leaving without a license, but I was __________ everyone would know my result. So when I got to class, I told everyone I didn't take the __________ on my birthday.

One Friday a month later, I went to the test spot again and __________ Later that night I __________ for the first time by myself, which brought to me an amazing feeling I've never experienced — but still, I couldn't __________ ever telling anyone the truth. So I didn't. It wasn't until midway through college that I came clean.

And I __________ enough courage to speak the __________ out.

Now I realize __________ and imperfection are two things everyone has to experience, without which one couldn't make a __________ man.

1.

A．thoughts

B．secrets

C．suggestions

D．feelings

2.

A．written

B．heard

C．discovered

D．kept

3.

A．late

B．naturally

C．close

D．easily

4.

A．signed

B．made

C．stood

D．came

5.

A．score

B．position

C．opportunity

D．book

6.

A．clue

B．story

C．character

D．face

7.

A．went

B．moved

C．rolled

D．ran

8.

A．turning in

B．hunting for

C．giving away

D．showing off

9.

A．judge

B．doubt

C．remember

D．complain

10.

A．seconds

B．hours

C．days

D．weeks

11.

A．happy

B．upset

C．eager

D．serious

12.

A．surprised

B．cautious

C．familiar

D．scared

13.

A．test

B．task

C．party

D．present

14.

A．observed

B．studied

C．passed

D．argued

15.

A．cried

B．drove

C．left

D．succeeded

16.

A．forget

B．advise

C．enjoy

D．imagine

17.

A．gathered

B．searched

C．acquired

D．needed

18.

A．faith

B．rule

C．fault

D．fact

19.

A．purpose

B．failure

C．sadness

D．habit

20.

A．shy

B．silent

C．true

D．confident