1 . On a Sunday morning I was running and noticed a person in front of me. I could _______ he was running a little slower than me and decided to try to _______ him. I had about a kilometer to go on the road before _______.

So I started running faster and every block I was _______ on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes, I was only about 100 yards _______ him. So I _______ the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was running in the _______ part of a marathon.

Finally I caught up with him and _______ him by. On the inside I felt so good. I“beat” him, _______ he didn't even know we were ________ .

After I passed him. I ________ that I had been so focused on competing against him that I had ________ my turn, had gone nearly six blocks past it and had to turm around and go ________.

Isn't that what happens in life when we ________ on competing with co-workers,neighbors, friends, trying to outdo them or trying to prove we are more successful or more ________ ? We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss our own ________.

The ________ with unhealthy competition is that it is a never ending circle. There will always be somebody ________ you, someone with a better job, more money in the bank, more education, better behaved children, etc.

Take what life has given you, and you will be . ________ by it. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There is no ________ in destiny. Run your own race and wish others well.

1.

A．tell

B．predict

C．imagine

D．wonder

2.

A．fool

B．greet

C．stop

D．catch

3.

A．setting out

B．going away

C．turning off

D．coming up

4.

A．gaining

B．calling

C．holding

D．turning

5.

A．before

B．around

C．opposite

D．behind

6.

A．found out

B．slowed down

C．set about

D．picked up

7.

A．final

B．long

C．easy

D．special

8.

A．walked

B．passed

C．pushed

D．hurried

9.

A．since

B．but

C．so

D．if

10.

A．racing

B．running

C．playing

D．joking

11.

A．wished

B．doubted

C．admitted

D．realized

12.

A．changed

B．left

C．missed

D．chosen

13.

A．away

B．back

C．alone

D．on

14.

A．live

B．depend

C．focus

D．put

15.

A．responsible

B．optimistic

C．sensitive

D．important

16.

A．path

B．chance

C．root

D．heart

17.

A．relation

B．problem

C．disagreement

D．influence

18.

A．more than

B．regardless of

C．ahead of

D．rather than

19.

A．protected

B．impressed

C．blessed

D．moved

20.

A．difference

B．competition

C．point

D．result

2 . In January this year, a fire destroyed the building that housed Yossi Heiman's Fish Market in Borough Park, Brooklyn: The____ made Yossi Heiman have no place to operate his business and no ability to get_____

The merchant Shea Langsam owns a(n)_____ store, just a few blocks away. One would have____that sympathetic as he maybe to his competitor' s bad luck, he would welcome this opportunity to____ new customers and increase his business.___, Shea did something truly excellent. When he learned of the fire, he __ the phone and called Yossi Heiman. Not only did he______him but when he heard Yossi say he would need a facility and deliver_____ to his customers, he said, “don't worry! Why not join me in my store before your store could be rebuilt? As fellow community members we all should try to help each other” Shea did as he promised and Yossi_____ his losses.

The story is wonderful and it's a(n)____ of seeing fellow community members as part of one family, putting needs of others____ their own needs. Businessmen usually want to make more money or grow their __ but the story is______: It's a truly sincere display of true faith and great kindness. Real faith means____ others and having a heart of compassion(同情) and mercy like Shea.

1.

A．explosion

B．battle

C．accident

D．campaign

2.

A．attention

B．assistance

C．information

D．income

3.

A．similar

B．mysterious

C．online

D．outdoor

4.

A．explained

B．agreed

C．complained

D．thought

5.

A．treat

B．acquire

C．depend on

D．give up

6.

A．Moreover

B．Therefore

C．Instead

D．Though

7.

A．picked up

B．hung up

C．repaired

D．provided

8.

A．doubt

B．comfort

C．turn to

D．laugh at

9.

A．service

B．spirit

C．orders

D．notes

10.

A．held back

B．checked up

C．reported

D．cut

11.

A．example

B．reminder

C．challenge

D．guide

12.

A．because of

B．ahead of

C．out of

D．as for

13.

A．duty

B．fame

C．interest

D．business

14.

A．exceptional

B．boring

C．ridiculous

D．old

15.

A．respecting

B．protecting

C．taking control of

D．caring for

3 . 假定你是李华，你最近读了一篇主题为"The True Meaning of Happiness"的文章。请给你的英国朋友Jack发一封邮件，与他分享你对快乐的理解，内容包括：
1.快乐的真正意义；
2.获得快乐的途径。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
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4 . Since I was young, I’ve noticed ______ in people’s hairstyles, clothes, facial expressions, behaviors. I like noticing the world around me and I ______ the power of paying attention.

I grew up on our family farm. My grandpa always had an eye on the sky, ______ the clouds and their various colors. He knew when the soybeans got the ______ of brown paper bags it was time to ______. Farming is about noticing and paying attention.

My mother and grandmother ______ everything from curtains to clothes. My mother made quite a few of my ______ and her pattern work was so ______. My Aunt Becky knit socks and sweaters. The patterns looked like a foreign language to me, but they were road maps she followed ______. If she noticed a ______ stitch (针), she would follow seriously ______. The women in my family practiced demanding crafts, requiring precision and an eye for ______, attention to color combinations, a love of a ______world.

Noticing was all ______ me. It was the clothes on my body, the ______ in the fields, and the clouds in the sky.

I’m teaching how to write and seeing details is my job. Nothing is too small to ______. Paying attention is my occupation. Through paying attention to my ______ carefully, I can get to know more about them than before. So if I notice that their eyes look ______ instead of bright, I will know ______. The world is made up of one detail after another, and by opening my eyes to each of them, I can see the world much more ______, much more broadly.

1.

A．decorations

B．inventions

C．figures

D．changes

2.

A．believe in

B．think of

C．talk about

D．laugh at

3.

A．introducing

B．complaining

C．interpreting

D．painting

4.

A．shape

B．color

C．weight

D．size

5.

A．grow

B．water

C．weed

D．harvest

6.

A．sewed

B．bought

C．showed

D．designed

7.

A．bags

B．beds

C．clothes

D．books

8.

A．quiet

B．precise

C．simple

D．patient

9.

A．badly

B．carelessly

C．rudely

D．seriously

10.

A．dropped

B．broken

C．sharpened

D．shortened

11.

A．yet

B．too

C．again

D．though

12.

A．news

B．sky

C．detail

D．money

13.

A．patterned

B．wandering

C．rough

D．simple

14.

A．for

B．around

C．like

D．over

15.

A．farmers

B．workers

C．fruits

D．crops

16.

A．hear

B．ignore

C．concern

D．share

17.

A．parents

B．colleagues

C．neighbors

D．students

18.

A．big

B．dull

C．open

D．clever

19.

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．which

20.

A．clearly

B．bravely

C．hopefully

D．easily

5 . Enlightenment （启迪）can show up in some pretty strange ways. The Buddha found it under a Boddhi tree ____ Nelson Mandela in prison. Little did I know, mine would ____ in the form of a hard-shelled animal trying to ____ the road — a turtle. But this wasn't just any turtle ； this was the world's most _____ one. He determined to cross twenty feet of tar （柏油）road as cars drove past quickly.

But today was his ____ day. My wife's quick driving reflexes （反应）not only ____ that 'turtle soup” would not be for dinner that night, but her act of kindness would ___ become the foundation for everything I teach today. As unusual as this sounds, the simple act of ______ our car, removing this little turtle from harm's way, and placing him back into the _____, caused something extraordinary to happen inside of me.

As I stood there ____ this tiny creature in my hands, a wave of pure ____ came over me. It was that warm, teary-eyed ____ that we feel during life's greatest moments, like falling in love or the birth of a child. I honestly felt as if my heart was ____ opening up as everything stood still around me.

______would I have described it as “enlightenment”, but there was no ____about it — helping this little turtle just felt so good!

But why?_____ , it's just a turtle, right? And then it hit me. I finally realized what was happening. At that point, a flood of inspiring thoughts ran through me. I walked back to the car, opened my journal and wrote eight words that would ____ prove to be life changing for me: " kindness creates happiness" and live a _____ of kindness".'

It was the ____ I had been looking for. The secret to inner peace and _____ happiness was kindness.

1.

A．for

B．and

C．that

D．so

2.

A．leave

B．return

C．arrive

D．combine

3.

A．fix

B．climb

C．stop

D．cross

4.

A．optimistic

B．weak

C．pessimistic

D．stressful

5.

A．bad

B．lucky

C．boring

D．dangerous

6.

A．ensured

B．kept

C．accessed

D．admitted

7.

A．initially

B．interestingly

C．eventually

D．hopefully

8.

A．setting off

B．breaking down

C．passing by

D．pulling over

9.

A．tree

B．park

C．wild

D．road

10.

A．holding

B．showing

C．refreshing

D．frightening

11.

A．entertainment

B．delight

C．amusement

D．movement

12.

A．cooperation

B．feeling

C．connection

D．adventure

13.

A．completely

B．complicatedly

C．irregularly

D．inevitably

14.

A．In this way

B．By the way

C．In no way

D．In the way

15.

A．problem

B．use

C．answer

D．doubt

16.

A．Above all

B．In conclusion

C．After all

D．In brief

17.

A．latter

B．latest

C．lately

D．later

18.

A．living

B．life

C．way

D．method

19.

A．answer

B．entrance

C．attention

D．approach

20.

A．temporary

B．desperate

C．discontinuous

D．lasting

6 . 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

7 . I was in Walt Disney World with my son, Daniel, who is autistic (患自闭症的), and at that time he was 7 years old. My wife and our three other sons were with us too. He was having one of his melt down screaming tantrums (发怒), only God knows why. So my wife and I decided I would take the bus back to the hotel, and she would stay in the park with the other three children.

After we got on the bus, the screaming continued. My son looks “normal”. To the many people on the bus, he appeared to just be a kid screaming --- or a spoiled child who did not get his special toy that day. It did not take long --- less than a minute --- before the screaming brought about stares, then glares from the other passengers.

To my shame, I found myself losing my temper at my own son. I was embarrassed, angry, and frustrated, and felt cheated by God for not being able to enjoy a normal vacation with my family because of him. I started to wonder what life would be like without having to deal with this cross (痛苦).

And just as the reactions of the other passengers were becoming most intense, a man seated just in front of me turned around to face me. I cheered myself up for his advice on how to raise a well-behaved child.

He said calmly, “Is he alright?” I said, “He’s autistic.” Then the man said , “It's alright.” And he smiled. That’s all.

And suddenly, all the anger building up inside me was gone. I almost wept for shame at how I had felt a moment before. It no longer mattered what the other people thought. My son was my gift from God.

I will never forget that man, nor his small, simple act of kindness and understanding. I truly believe he was my son’s guardian angel that day maybe mine too.

1. Why did Daniel become angry?

A．Because he didn't get his special toy.

B．No one knew the reason for his anger.

C．Because something went wrong with him.

D．Because he quarreled with his brother or sister.

2. Hearing Daniel’s screaming, _______.

A．the passengers were not satisfied

B．the passengers felt sorry for the author

C．the author comforted him with patience

D．the driver asked the author and his son to get off

3. What does the third paragraph tell us?

A．How the author helped his son calm down.

B．How the author reacted to his son's screaming.

C．What made the author angry and embarrassed.

D．What the author’s life would be like without Daniel.

4. How did the author’s anger disappear?

A．The bus arrived at the stop near his hotel.

B．A stranger helped him realize his mistake.

C．His son stopped screaming and apologized to him.

D．He suddenly realized his son was an autistic child.

8 . Brooke Ochoa was going to enter a restaurant for lunch when she saw an elderly lady approaching. The 30-year-old woman ________ to keep the door open for her. She thought she was just doing something ________. She didn’t know, however, that a —________— that the lady would make a few seconds later would produce a chain of events that would cause her to get countless likes on her Facebook post and ________ on social media suddenly... As Brooke entered the restaurant, she ________ the elderly lady ask for a “table for one.” Then she decided to do one more act of ________. Brooke walked up to the woman’s ________ and asked, “I also ________ alone, would you like to have lunch together?”

The lady, named Dolores, not only accepted Brooke’s ________, but she was very pleased to have ________. The two ________ up an instant friendship during their meal.

Dolores told Brooke that she’d been having a ________ time. “She spent the last decade living with her mom, who recently passed away,” Brooke wrote in a later Facebook post about the encounter. “She just kept smiling and saying ‘thank you for listening to me’, which made me ________ too!” Brooke and Dolores enjoyed their conversation so much that they ________ to have lunch with each other every Thursday from that point on. In a later ________, not long after their first meeting, Brooke ________ that Dolores had passed away.

If nothing else, this chance ________ is evidence that the smallest ________ of goodwill can quite exactly change a life. Neither of the two women knew that Dolores days on this Earth were ________, but they found ________ in each other, and that’s what matters.

1.

A．hesitated

B．waited

C．competed

D．pretended

2.

A．foolish

B．honest

C．wise

D．polite

3.

A．remark

B．report

C．promise

D．speech

4.

A．take off

B．set off

C．leave off

D．cut off

5.

A．realized

B．felt

C．insisted

D．overheard

6.

A．weakness

B．kindness

C．friendship

D．encouragement

7.

A．car

B．counter

C．door

D．table

8.

A．struggle

B．defend

C．post

D．eat

9.

A．bow

B．care

C．offer

D．effort

10.

A．company

B．friction

C．adjustment

D．permission

11.

A．turned

B．built

C．threw

D．Put

12.

A．pleasant

B．short

C．tough

D．lucky

13.

A．sob

B．panic

C．listen

D．smile

14.

A．agreed

B．refused

C．seemed

D．remained

15.

A．absence

B．purchase

C．update

D．praise

16.

A．approved

B．exposed

C．analyzed

D．committed

17.

A．complaint

B．argument

C．conversation

D．appointment

18.

A．strength

B．gesture

C．competence

D．fault

19.

A．ordered

B．debated

C．numbered

D．controlled

20.

A．comfort

B．reality

C．success

D．equality

9 . Sometimes people around you can change your life. The change may not be sudden or _______ , but little habits can produce big _______ that make you think about what is important in your life. The person who changed my life is Julia Masi. She has _______ me so many things that I will carry with me _______ my life.

One thing I've learned from Julia is how to balance   _______. Julia has shown me how to _______ ahead so that I can finish all my school work, enjoy sports and_______ have time for my friends. She has taught me that you can do anything if you are _______ and if you never give up. I've also learned that you can find anything fun or _______   if you connect it with something that you enjoy.

Last year I hated studying vocabulary, but I loved playing on my computer. Julia ________   the two and showed me a website called “freerice.com” where you can ________   a word game that gives you 5 grains of rice to donate to the poor with every correct word. She ________   me to learn a hundred new ________   by filling up the rice bowl. I liked playing the game so much that I ________   about 1,000 words in just one month.

Julia has always ________   me to try new hobbies. She showed me that going to the theater could help me become a better writer. ________ , she taught me that discussing a play can excite an interest in reading.

________   it wasn't for Julia I probably wouldn't have ________   how easy it is to help the poor. There are so many ways that one person can ________ . I've learned to be more appreciative of what I own. I am ________   for the opportunities that I have been given. I will continue to think of ways to help those less fortunate for the rest of my life.

1.

A．simple

B．slight

C．necessary

D．impressive

2.

A．results

B．problems

C．ideas

D．decisions

3.

A．taught

B．served

C．offered

D．bought

4.

A．for

B．of

C．throughout

D．into

5.

A．work

B．money

C．career

D．time

6.

A．plan

B．get

C．move

D．stay

7.

A．never

B．seldom

C．yet

D．still

8.

A．excited

B．determined

C．careful

D．patient

9.

A．important

B．easy

C．possible

D．interesting

10.

A．shared

B．remembered

C．combined

D．separated

11.

A．watch

B．play

C．raise

D．improve

12.

A．permitted

B．invited

C．challenged

D．reminded

13.

A．lessons

B．skills

C．words

D．stories

14.

A．learned

B．read

C．used

D．spelled

15.

A．allowed

B．warned

C．forced

D．encouraged

16.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Otherwise

17.

A．Unless

B．If

C．Although

D．Since

18.

A．realized

B．noticed

C．imagined

D．dreamed

19.

A．turn away

B．make a difference

C．show off

D．make a mistake

20.

A．ready

B．sorry

C．thankful

D．anxious

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

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

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

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

1.

A．watch

B．ring

C．coat

D．box

2.

A．afford

B．like

C．design

D．guess

3.

A．holiday

B．performance

C．meeting

D．birthday

4.

A．kind

B．proud

C．sorry

D．brave

5.

A．lent

B．gave

C．asked

D．moved

6.

A．found

B．carried

C．missed

D．held

7.

A．Politely

B．Lightly

C．Patiently

D．Angrily

8.

A．calm

B．disappointed

C．grateful

D．careless

9.

A．sad

B．lonely

C．successful

D．poor

10.

A．realized

B．wondered

C．hoped

D．explained

11.

A．help

B．visit

C．understand

D．catch

12.

A．received

B．passed

C．wrote

D．sent

13.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

14.

A．covered

B．broke

C．filled

D．left

15.

A．car

B．Bible

C．letter

D．table

16.

A．smiles

B．tears

C．laughter

D．interests

17.

A．hid

B．disappeared

C．made

D．dropped

18.

A．book

B．card

C．pen

D．flower

19.

A．If

B．But

C．And

D．So

20.

A．hand

B．eye

C．heart

D．face