1 . Do You Have the Time? In English，this question has two different meanings. The first one is "Do you know what time it is?" While commonly，this is less frequently used than the simpler question with the same meaning "What time is it? "The other is "Do you have the time（e.g.to do this or that）? "This is a very commonly asked question，whether in American，British，or Australian English. I think the response" I don't have the time" is most commonly used year after year.    1    

Think about how often you（and I）have used this as an explanation of why we couldn't do something，take on a new task，help someone，visit someone，etc. Sometimes it's a statement of fact，and sometimes it's just an excuse.    2    However，deep down we each have a pretty clean idea of the difference. In practical terns，the lack of available time seems to be and often is a true reason for why we cannot take something on.    3    just don't have the time" is too often an escape. Once we get to a certain age，when we are generally considered to be grown-ups，we are expected to have developed time management skills. In many instances，"I don't have the time" has the same meaning as" I am not willing to make the time". Sure，we're all busy，but in the end，it's a matter of which is more important.

    4    It doesn't grow on trees or fall from the sky like raindrops. You make the time as well as most of the related decisions about what is important.    5     If you don't decide on the use of your time，the decision will be taken away from you. It's really up to us to decide on how to balance and manage time，and that's a challenge.

A．No one gives you the time.

B．After all，it's so convenient as an excuse.

C．The key is what criteria you rely on to make decisions.

D．The distinction here between them is blurry（模糊不清的）and subjective.

E．Actually if we try to rearrange our time，or make a sacrifice，we can make it.

F．But it does mean we need to develop a clear approach to time management.

G．Be aware it's the world's most common excuse，whether you speak it out or not

2 . 语法填空

One hot summer day, I bought a small boat when my family spent vacation    1    (enjoy) the beaches of beautiful Gulf shores. Both of my daughters played all day in the boat. Later the little one got    2    (tire). Therefore, I took her to our spot on the sand as my elder girl continued to play in the boat. But the boat with my elder daughter in it was gradually moving far out from the shore. I called to her to come    3    (close) to the shore and she seemed to be frightened. All she could do was to     4    (paddle) hard to one side and the boat was just making small circles.

I stood as far out in the water, shouting    5    (instruct) to her.    6    (fortunate), some teenagers on a boat not far from her    7    (notice) what was happening and started to head her way immediately.

I’m not a good swimmer    8    I determined to have a try. I continued swimming until I no longer knew or could feel that I had legs, but I always kept my eyes on her. Helped by the teenagers, I finally made my way back pulling her and calming her.

I’ve learned_    9    the experience that maybe we think we are not strong enough sometimes, but if we trust     10     enough and take the first attempt, we’ll have all the strength we need.

3 . Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success _______ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the _________ in our lives.

When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no _______ of knowing that his life was to change _________. The class experiment that day was to _________ how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling (冒泡) to the surface. _________, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat _________ held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container _______, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.

When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents _________ to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had ____________ their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as ____________. He learned braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)____________ public speaker.

Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from ____________ for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to __________ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue __________ it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the ____________ Wilson made to preventing the ____________.

Wilson received several international ____________ for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a __________. He proved that it’s not what happens to us that ____________ our lives-it’s what we make of what happens.

1.

A．depends

B．holds

C．keeps

D．reflects

2.

A．dilemmas

B．accidents

C．events

D．steps

3.

A．way

B．hope

C．plan

D．measure

4.

A．continually

B．gradually

C．gracefully

D．completely

5.

A．direct

B．show

C．advocate

D．declare

6.

A．Anyway

B．Moreover

C．Somehow

D．Thus

7.

A．mistakenly

B．casually

C．amazingly

D．clumsily

8.

A．erupted

B．exploded

C．emptied

D．exposed

9.

A．deserved

B．attempted

C．cared

D．agreed

10.

A．submitted to

B．catered for

C．impressed on

D．happened to

11.

A．fantastic

B．extraordinary

C．impressive

D．catastrophic

12.

A．accomplished

B．crucial

C．specific

D．innocent

13.

A．deafness

B．depression

C．blindness

D．speechlessness

14.

A．decide

B．abandon

C．control

D．accept

15.

A．until

B．when

C．unless

D．before

16.

A．opposition

B．adjustments

C．commitment

D．limitations

17.

A．preventable

B．potential

C．spreadable

D．influential

18.

A．scholarships

B．rewards

C．awards

D．bonuses

19.

A．fortune

B．recipe

C．dream

D．vision

20.

A．distinguishes

B．determines

C．claims

D．limits

4 . Since our twins began learning to walk, my wife and I have kept telling them that our sliding glass door is just a window. The _______ is obvious. If we _______ it is a door, they’ll want to go outside _______. It will drive us crazy. The kids apparently know the _______. But our insisting it’s _______ a window has kept them from _______ millions of requests to open the door.

I hate lying to the kids. One day they’ll _______ and discover that everything they’ve always known about windows is a _______.

I wonder if _______ should always tell the truth no matter the ____________. I have a very strong     ____________ that the lie we’re telling is doing ____________ damage to our children. Windows and doors have ____________ metaphorical(比喻) meanings. I’m telling them they can’t open what they absolutely know is a door. What if later in ____________ they come to a metaphorical door, like an opportunity(机会) of some sort, and ____________ opening the door and taking the opportunity, they just ____________ it and wonder, ＂What if it isn’t a door?＂ That is, ＂What if it isn’t a ____________ opportunity?＂

Maybe it’s an unreasonable fear. But the ____________ is that I shouldn’t lie to my kids. I should just ____________ repeatedly having to say, ＂No. We can’t go outside now.＂ Then when they come to other doors in life, whether they are real or metopherical, they won’t ____________ to open them and walk through.

1.

A．relief

B．target

C．reason

D．case

2.

A．admit

B．believe

C．mean

D．realize

3.

A．gradually

B．constantly

C．temporarily

D．casually

4.

A．result

B．danger

C．method

D．truth

5.

A．merely

B．slightly

C．hardly

D．partly

6.

A．reviewing

B．approving

C．receiving

D．attempting

7.

A．win out

B．give up

C．wake up

D．stand out

8.

A．dream

B．lie

C．fantasy

D．fact

9.

A．parents

B．twins

C．colleagues

D．teachers

10.

A．restrictions

B．explanations

C．differences

D．consequences

11.

A．demand

B．fear

C．desire

D．doubt

12.

A．physical

B．biological

C．spiritual

D．behavioral

13.

A．traditional

B．important

C．double

D．original

14.

A．life

B．time

C．reply

D．history

15.

A．by comparison with

B．in addition to

C．regardless of

D．instead of

16.

A．get hold of

B．stare at

C．knock on

D．make use of

17.

A．real

B．typical

C．similar

D．limited

18.

A．safety rule

B．comfort zone

C．bottom line

D．top secret

19.

A．delay

B．regret

C．enjoy

D．accept

20.

A．hurry

B．decide

C．hesitate

D．intend

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the     1     (good) picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he     2     (real) liked and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering     3     (mountain) were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky     4     white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from     5     rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look     6     (peace) at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush     7     (grow) in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on his nest…perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize?

The King     8     (choose) the second picture, explained the King, “Because peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble     9     hard work. Peace means     10     (be) in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

6 . Many times，the small things in life，which are often ignored，are more important than the ones that we consider far more valuable.

This___is highlighted in Kenny Roger's song Buy Me a Rose.

This song tells the___of a wife whose husband loves her very much. However，she thinks that the___ her husband shows her his love is not___.

According to her husband，the best way of showing his love to his wife is by___her with all the wealth and comforts of life.___，he works hard day and night and is thus not able to___any of his time to her.

His wife，however，___that this is not what she wants. All she wants from him is to show her more____by giving her more of his time，caring for her and by____his feelings for her. These are the things that she____in her life and not the big，flashy things that he has given her.

“Buy me a rose，____me from work. Open a door for me，what would it hurt? Show me you love me by the look in you eyes. These are the____things I need the most in my life.” To her，these are all the things that can____her great joy and happiness.

Although her husband loves her very much，his way of showing his love for her is creating a ___between the two. And as time passes by，it keeps increasing.

This song leads us to____on how we lead our lives and how to make a person____.

People who are closer to us____more sincere expression of our love. Spending time with them_____spending money on them is a better way of expressing our love.We should learn to express our feelings than to show our feelings through____ goods.

1.

A．theme

B．saying

C．fact

D．rule

2.

A．pride

B．joy

C．story

D．truth

3.

A．reason

B．process

C．method

D．way

4.

A．unique

B．appropriate

C．common

D．clear

5.

A．providing

B．connecting

C．equipping

D．feeding

6.

A．Actually

B．Gradually

C．Consequently

D．Eventually

7.

A．save

B．waste

C．owe

D．devote

8.

A．lies

B．argues

C．guesses

D．warns

9.

A．affection

B．choices

C．chances

D．presents

10.

A．changing

B．hiding

C．expressing

D．considering

11.

A．puts down

B．longs for

C．worries about

D．picks up

12.

A．visit

B．love

C．write

D．call

13.

A．little

B．important

C．necessary

D．basic

14.

A．pass

B．show

C．bring

D．leave

15.

A．difference

B．distance

C．surprise

D．pleasure

16.

A．reflect

B．fight

C．move

D．depend

17.

A．rich

B．relaxed

C．valuable

D．happy

18.

A．need

B．deserve

C．give

D．gain

19.

A．less than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．other than

20.

A．material

B．rare

C．wealthy

D．extra

7 . We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married，have a baby，then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse(配偶) gets his or her act together.When we get a nice car，and are able to go on a nice vacation when we retire. The truth is，there's no better time than right now. If not now，when? Our life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy anyway.

One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred Souza. He said，“for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin a real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way，something to be gotten through first，some unfinished business，time still to be served，a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have.

And remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you finish school，until you go back to school；until you get married，until you get divorced；until you have kids；until you retire；until you get a new car or home；until spring; until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...

Happiness is a journey，not a destination. So，work like you don't need money，love like you've never been hurt，and dance like no one's watching.

1. In the third paragraph，the author uses Alfred Souza's quote in order to________．

A．support his viewpoint

B．introduce one more topic

C．enrich the content of the article

D．compare their different views on happiness

2. The underlined word “this” in the second paragraph probably refers to “________”．

A．life will be better after we get married，have a baby and another

B．our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together

C．when we retire，we are able to go on a nice holiday

D．our life is always filled with challenges

3. The best title of the text might be________．

A．Owning the Present Is Owning the Future

B．Pursuing Happiness Is Nature of Us Humans

C．Happiness Is a Journey，Not a Destination

D．How to Possess Real Happiness

4. The main idea of the second paragraph is that________．

A．only when we get whatever we want can we feel our life is complete

B．whatever happens in our life，we should live at present

C．we shouldn't enjoy happiness at present but in the future

D．we cannot enjoy happiness now because we are facing many challenges

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Pass Your Love on

    1    (wait)for the airplane to take off，I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then，     2    air hostess approached me and asked，“Would you mind     3    (change) your seat? A couple would like to sit together. ”The only possible seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts(石膏绷带)，a black－and－blue face，and a sad     4    (express). “No way am I going to sit there，” I thought     5    (immediate). But a soft voice spoke，“She needs help. ” Finally，I decided to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She had been in a car accident and now was     6    her way to treatment.

When the snacks and juice arrived，it did not take me long to realize     7    Kathy would not be able to feed herself. I considered     8    (offer)to feed her but hesitated，as it seemed too impolite to offer a service to a stranger. But then I realized that Kathy's need was more important than my discomfort.I offered to help her eat，and     9    she was uncomfortable to accept，she did as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five－hour trip，we became friends，and the time removes the fear that keeps us separate. When we offer to serve another，we grow to live in a larger and     10    (many)rewarding world.

9 . Smiling is a great way to make yourself stand out while helping your body to function better. It is just one fun way to live longer, read about the others and try as many as you can.    1    

1. Smiling makes us attractive

    2    There is an attraction factor. We want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good. Frowns and sorrows all push people away—but a smile draws them in. When someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the moods of others, and make things happier. Smile a lot and you will draw people to you.

2.     3    

Stress can really show up in our faces, while smiling helps to prevent us from looking tired, worn down, and overwhelmed. When you are stressed, it is of great significance to take time to put on a smile, which can trick the body into helping you change your mood. The stress should be reduced and you’ll be better able to take action.

3. Smiling Lowers Your Blood Pressure

When you smile, there is a measurable reduction in your blood pressure.     4     Sit for a few minutes, take a reading. Then smile for a minute and take another reading while still smiling. Do you notice a difference?

4. Smiling Makes You Seem Successful

Smiling people appear more confident, are more likely to be promoted, and more likely to be approached.    5    

Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. There's a good chance your mood will change for the better.

A．The muscles we use to smile lift the face, making a person appear younger.

B．Smiling Relieves Stress

C．Here are some reasons to keep smiling in your daily life.

D．Give it a try if you have a blood pressure monitor at home.

E．Put on a smile at meetings and appointments and people will react to you differently.

F．When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that "Life is Good !"

G．We are drawn to people who smile.

10 . When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say ＂sorry, ________ number!＂ and move on. But when Dennis Williams __________ a text that clearly wasn’t intended for him, he did something __________.

On March 19, Dennis got a group text __________ him that a couple he didn’t know were at the hospital, waiting for the __________ of a baby.

＂Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken,＂ Dennis __________. The baby was born and update texts were __________ quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her __________, she didn’t seem to realize that she was __________ the baby’s photos with a complete stranger. ＂Well, I don’t __________ you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby,＂ replied Dennis before asking which room the new __________ were in.

Much to the family’s surprise, Dennis stuck to his __________! He turned up at the hospital __________ gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindsey’s husband was totally __________ by the unexpected visit. ＂I don’t think we would have randomly invited him over but we __________ it and the gifts.＂

Teresa __________ a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website __________ by the touching words: ＂What a __________ this young man was to our family! He was so __________ and kind to do this.＂ The post has since gained the __________ of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days.

1.

A．unlucky

B．secret

C．new

D．wrong

2.

A．received

B．translated

C．copied

D．printed

3.

A．reasonable

B．special

C．necessary

D．practical

4.

A．convincing

B．reminding

C．informing

D．warning

5.

A．wake-up

B．recovery

C．growth

D．arrival

6.

A．responded

B．interrupted

C．predicted

D．repeated

7.

A．coming in

B．setting out

C．passing down

D．moving around

8.

A．opinion

B．anxiety

C．excitement

D．effort

9.

A．comparing

B．exchanging

C．discussing

D．sharing

10.

A．accept

B．know

C．believe

D．bother

11.

A．parents

B．doctors

C．patients

D．visitors

12.

A．dream

B．promise

C．agenda

D．principle

13.

A．bearing

B．collecting

C．opening

D．making

14.

A．discouraged

B．relaxed

C．astonished

D．defeated

15.

A．admit

B．need

C．appreciate

D．expect

16.

A．found

B．selected

C．developed

D．posted

17.

A．confirmed

B．simplified

C．clarified

D．accompanied

18.

A．pity

B．blessing

C．relief

D．problem

19.

A．smart

B．calm

C．sweet

D．fair

20.

A．sympathy

B．attention

C．control

D．trust