1 . One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register (收银机) in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw     1     elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked     2     (close) at this girl, I found that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, a neck and upper body,     3     (dress) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back     4     the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap (障碍) was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl,     5     smile just melted me     6     almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of     7     life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and     8     (bring) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and     9     (warm). I’m a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable (非凡的) lesson about life that she taught     10     (I).

2 . I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here's what I wanted to tell you today: get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion (提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love，and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(休闲) but work. Pick up the phone. Send an e­mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives，our days，our hours，and our minutes. ____________________. I learned to live many years ago. Something really，really bad happened to me，something that changed my life. If I had my choice，it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what，today，seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey，not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and tried to give some of it back because I believed in it，completely and totally. And I tried to do that，in part，by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this：read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness，because if you do，you will live with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived.
1. How did the author form her view of life?

A．Through social experience.

B．By learning from her friends.

C．Through an unfortunate experience.

D．From her children and husband.

2. By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of living.” in the fifth paragraph，the author really means that people tend to________.

A．make a living rather than live a real life

B．work rather than enjoy life

C．waste a lot in life

D．forget the most important lesson in life

3. What’s the author’s attitude toward work?

A．Do it well to serve others.

B．Earn enough money to make life better.

C．Try your best to get higher position and pay.

D．Don’t let it affect your real life.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．the author is a success in personal life

B．the author doesn’t try her best to work well

C．the author spends all her time caring for her children

D．the author likes traveling very much

3 . Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires — not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes.
       Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities (能力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped (淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut.
     Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅) , a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have.
       Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of hamburgers and eggs when you're hungry.
       Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.
       Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills.
     Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days, if you could, and did, played a bit.
     Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.
1. The author intends to tell us that____________.

A．true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means

B．big houses are people's most valued possessions

C．big houses can in a sense bring richness of life

D．true happiness comes from spiritual riches

2. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that______.

A．however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied

B．however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor

C．though their house is big, they prefer a simple life

D．though their house is big, it seems to be a cage

3. It can be learned from the passage that __________.

A．more money brings more happiness

B．art is needed to make your house beautiful

C．literature can enrich your spiritual life

D．sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．House of Life	B．Secret of Wealth
C．Rest and Refreshment	D．Interest and Enthusiasm

4 . When Luca first heard of the Island of Inventions, he was still very young. But its wonders sounded so incredible that they were forever burned in his memory. From that moment, he never stopped searching for clues which might lead him to the island. He read hundreds of adventure books, histories, volumes of physics and chemistry, even music.
Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island of Inventions was like. It was a secret place, where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and invent together. Access to the island was totally restricted. To join, you had to have created some great invention for humanity. Only then could you receive the special invitation — which came with directions to the island.
So Luca spent his youth studying and inventing. Every new idea he got, he made it into an invention, and if there were something he didn't understand, he’d seek others to help him. Soon he met other young inventors and he told them about the Island of Inventions. They too dreamed of one day receiving an invitation letter.
As years passed, the disappointment of not receiving their invitation made Luca and his friends work harder and co-operate more. They would meet in Luca's house, share their ideas and build new machines. Their inventions became known throughout the world, and improved the lives of millions.
But still, no invitation came.
They didn’t lose heart. They continued learning and inventing every day, trying to come up with more and better ideas. Fresh young talent joined their group, as more inventors dreamed of getting to the island.
One day many years later, Luca, already very old, was speaking with a brilliant young man named Roberts, who had written to him, asking him to join the group. Luca started telling the man of the wonderful Island of Inventions, and of how he was sure that some day they would receive an invitation. Surprised, the young inventor interrupted: “You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions? Isn't the letter you sent me the real invitation?”
It was only then that Luca realised that his dream had become true in his very own house. No island could exist which would be better than where he was now. No place of invention would be better than what he and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and that his life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.
1. Why did Luca and his colleagues probably never receive an invitation to the island?

A．Their ideas were not considered worthy enough.

B．They were too concerned with acquiring fame.

C．The organization had already broken up.

D．The island was not a real place.

2. What did Luca learn at the end of the story?

A．The island of inventions did not exist.

B．He had wasted most of his life.

C．He had unknowingly built his own dreamland.

D．He finally would receive his invitation.

3. Which of the following best describes Luca?

A．Aggressive.	B．Trusting.
C．Creative.	D．Easy-going.

5 . 完形填空（共20小题）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list _______ in our past that we felt _______ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.

This seemed like a very _______ process, but there’s always some _______soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then _______ that we find ways to _______ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever _______ my communication.

Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my _______, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff _______ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies (伙伴) and I decided to play a ________ on him.

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a SOB (畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious________. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ________ found out.

Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ________ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still ________. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Sheriff Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ________, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused (停顿). “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”

“And I want you to know that I did it.” Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a ________ discussion. His closing words were, “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ________ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it ________ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”

Jimmy inspired me to ________ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ________the past wrong doings.

1.

A．something

B．anything

C．somebody

D．anybody

2.

A．ashamed

B．afraid

C．sure

D．proud

3.

A．private

B．boring

C．interesting

D．funny

4.

A．foolish

B．polite

C．simple

D．brave

5.

A．expected

B．suggested

C．ordered

D．demanded

6.

A．connect with

B．depend on

C．make apologies to

D．get along with

7.

A．improve

B．continue

C．realize

D．keep

8.

A．notes

B．list

C．plan

D．stories

9.

A．any

B．most

C．none

D．all

10.

A．part

B．game

C．trick

D．record

11.

A．view

B．sign

C．attention

D．remark

12.

A．also

B．even

C．still

D．ever

13.

A．appears

B．considers

C．presents

D．remembers

14.

A．angry

B．happy

C．doubtful

D．alive

15.

A．words

B．rings

C．repeats

D．calls

16.

A．cold

B．plain

C．nervous

D．lively

17.

A．in case

B．so long as

C．unless

D．because

18.

A．around

B．out

C．through

D．away

19.

A．build up

B．make up

C．clear up

D．give up

20.

A．regret

B．forgive

C．right

D．punish

6 . How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and the old wishing they were young again! Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting any time in useless regrets.
Children is a time when there are few duties to make life hard. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after, and loved whatever he may do. It’s impossible for him to be given so much again in his life without having to do anything in return. Besides, life is always giving new things to the child. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside makes him wild. But a child has his pains; he is not so free to do as he wishes. He is continually being told not to do this, not to do that, or being punished for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.
When the young man starts to make his own living, he becomes free from the rules of school and parents; but at the time he is forced to accept duties. He can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the law of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison, lf, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble, and has good health, he can have the great happiness of seeing himself make steady pro-gress in his job and of building up his own position in society.
Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be, but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age should come wisdom and title ability to help others with advice wisely given. They can have the joy of seeing their Children making progress in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them and, perhaps, best of all, they can, if their life has been a useful one, feel the happiness of having come through the battle of life safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving others to continue the fight.
1. The main reason children wish they were grown up, and the old wish they were young again is that ______.

A．both aren’t satisfied with the weak points at their ages

B．both enjoy the strong points at the other age by looking back or looking forward

C．the human beings should be like this

D．they don’t think both ages are acceptable

2. “Enjoy what each age gives him without wasting time in useless regrets” means ______.

A．Enjoy what is given to him by people at his age, feeling regrets

B．Enjoy himself at his own age, feeling regrets for a waste of time

C．Make full use of the time he is given at his age instead of regretting having no achievements

D．Enjoy his own age and took down on the people at other ages

3. “Children is a time when there are few duties to make life hard” means “______”.

A．Children shouldn’t be made to live a hard life

B．All the children won’t have to work for their own living

C．Children shouldn’t answer for the hard life they are leading

D．A child bas few duties to try hard to make a living for himself or for his seniors

4. According to the passage, what is a child’s greatest dissatisfaction?

A．He thinks he has not got the equal freedom as his seniors.

B．He thinks he knows less about things than the older do.

C．He thinks it easy for him to do something wrong.

D．He thinks the society doesn’t believe in him.

7 . There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers，he used two buckets. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best.
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled(溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say, “See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I don’t know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are !”
And all that the old bucket could say was, “I know I’m not very useful, but I can only do my best. I’m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least. ”
One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”
Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare(光秃秃的)earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.
1. What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean ?

A．dirty.

B．dark.

C．worn-out.

D．plain-looking.

2. What was the old bucket ashamed of ?

A．His past.

B．His aging.

C．His manner.

D．His leaking.

3. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to _______.

A．laugh at the old one	B．take pity on the old one
C．show off its beautiful looks	D．praise the gardener’s kindness

4. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?

A．Because it was used to keep a balance.

B．Because it stayed in its best condition.

C．Because it was taken as a treasure.

D．Because it had its own function.

8 . That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother_______me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning,  _________,I felt like getting up early.

I stood by my window overlooking the _________, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something _________ in life.

As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I _________ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its _________ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He _________ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already _________ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.

Several thoughts _________my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) __________ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern __________would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed__________ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, __________ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then __________ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.

There was a noticeable touch of__________ in the way he seemed to be doing things— __________the windscreen, then standing back to admire it; scrubbing the wheels and __________, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.

It was a __________ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a __________if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ________ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.

1.

A．forces

B．allows

C．causes

D．forbids

2.

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．however

D．besides

3.

A．parking lot

B．bus stop

C．school

D．market

4.

A．interesting

B．surprising

C．awful

D．useful

5.

A．noticed

B．recognized

C．called

D．assisted

6.

A．back

B．handle

C．wheel

D．seat

7.

A．searched

B．left

C．moved

D．wandered

8.

A．stopped

B．started

C．intended

D．finished

9.

A．crossed

B．slipped

C．disturbed

D．inspired

10.

A．attractive

B．shiny

C．simple

D．expensive

11.

A．repairmen

B．businessmen

C．drivers

D．cyclists

12.

A．busy

B．content

C．careful

D．bored

13.

A．waving

B．looking

C．laughing

D．pointing

14.

A．about

B．for

C．with

D．like

15.

A．worry

B．respect

C．sympathy

D．pride

16.

A．cleaning

B．fixing

C．replacing

D．covering

17.

A．still

B．yet

C．again

D．soon

18.

A．lesson

B．subject

C．skill

D．fact

19.

A．business

B．living

C．success

D．right

20.

A．tired

B．doubtful

C．fearful

D．ashamed

9 . When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie's basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

"Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint. “She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted big stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement (人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn't wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

My mother shut the ear door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, "What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors' trees, but this! Come inside right now!" I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.

"Now go clean it up!" Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.

Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

1. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

A．To introduce Stephanie to her.	B．To prevent her from seeing his painting.
C．To show his artwork to her.	D．To put the materials back in the yard.

2. In his mother's eyes, the writer ________.

A．was a born artist	B．worked very hard
C．was a problem solver	D．always caused trouble

3. The underlined word "rainbow" in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A．something imaginative and fun	B．the stripes on the pavement
C．the rainbow in the sky	D．important lessons learned in childhood

4. It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.

A．encourage children to paint	B．value friendship among children
C．protect rather than destroy children's dreams	D．discover the hidden talent in children

10 . Forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing. Several new studies, however, say that it could have a lot of health benefits. When you think of forgiveness, you probably don’t think of it as being a health or medical problem. Studies from Stanford University, on the other hand, show that something like anger can change your well-being.
When cartoon book characters like the Incredible Hulk get angry, they change colours and often
gain special power. In the real world, anger is less obvious and may be more dangerous. That’s why Professor Fred Luskin, founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good, says ______ anger and hatred can harm your physical and mental health. Two new studies seem to show the same idea.
The studies find that people who are able to forgive feel less stress, less back pain, and less depression. They also have fewer headaches, lower blood pressure, and fewer problems on sleeping.
So it doesn’t matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things. Learning to let it go is important. Techniques such as deep breath or thought can help. Or just ask yourself if it’s worth hurting yourself by staying angry with someone else.
Forgiveness does not mean that you simply accept what happened and say it’s OK. Instead, it’s a way of making peace with yourself about what happened in the past.
1. The author of the passage tries to make his viewpoint clear _______.

A．by raising his own examples

B．based on his own experience

C．by mentioning some studies w.w.^w.k.&s.5*u.c.#om

D．by mentioning some typical patients

2. The example of the cartoon book characters is taken in the passage to_______.

A．support the viewpoint that anger and hatred harm physical and mental health.

B．introduce a famous expert.

C．let the reader know the different colours of cartoon faces.

D．show how to control one’s temper.

3. The underlined phrase “holding on to” in this passage possibly means“_______”.

A．removing

B．keeping up

C．getting rid of

D．learning about

4. The best title for this passage is probably _______.

A．Forgiveness	B．Forgiveness Is Good for Health
C．A Secret to Keeping Health	D．Anger Is Bad for Health