1 . To figure out what you want to do, maybe you can do what you know best: read everything; find the most useful tips and start putting a plan into action. There are some tips for you to think about what to do with your life.

    1    

It may feel impossible to predict what exactly you’ll be doing next, but what you can do is connecting the dots and looking back. Find the common thread. What did you do?     2     Let that be the compass for how to make future decisions.

    3    

Schedule it in your calendar and give yourself the space to think. You’ll make progress even if it’s just a few hours every other week.

Seek knowledge, not results.

If you focus on the excitement of discovery, your motivation will always be fueled. If you focus only on results, your motivation will be like weather - it will die the minute you hit a storm.

    4    Keep thinking about what you are learning along the way and what you can improve.

Collect experiences.

Look backward and take the lessons. Learn to collect experiences from the past to guide current behaviour in time. Your career and life are long. You may have one or many callings, and there will be multiple pathways.     5    And you’ll do what you want to do.

A．Take time to reflect.

B．Explore them all or not.

C．Start by looking backward.

D．What did you learn?

E．Who were you?

F．So the key is to focus on the journey, not the destination.

G．Try to work hard on the pathway you chose.

2 . A few years ago, I visited my daughter Sandra and my granddaughters, Jocelyn and Hailey.

One evening I noticed Hailey was a bit unhappy. I asked her what the _______was and she told me that she had to go to bed so _______and she wanted to stay up with me. I asked her if she felt a little _______and she said, “yes” with a pout (噘嘴).

I asked her, “Do you know what Grandpa does when he is feeling sad? I go to my _______ place.”

“Where is your happy place, Grandpa?” Jocelyn _______aloud.

“My happy place is on the inside of your hugs (拥抱),” I replied. “It’s the best place in the world. Don’t ever _______the power of a hug.”

Extra big hugs were _______that night from two of my girls.

The next morning, Sandra was under a bit of pressure to complete an assignment (任务). She lost her _______.

Jocelyn said, “Mom, are you having a _______day?” Sandra replied, “I guess I am, dear. I’m sorry.”

Jocelyn said, “Would you like to go to Grandpa’s happy place?” With that ________her mother in her arms. “Grandpa says this is his ________place.”

After some ________eyes and a heartfelt “I’m sorry,” Sandra returned to ________with a big smile on her face.

I cherish (珍爱) my time with ________and it is good knowing that what is said with ________has an influence on them.

1.

A．purpose

B．problem

C．plan

D．choice

2.

A．slowly

B．late

C．early

D．suddenly

3.

A．shy

B．tired

C．nervous

D．sad

4.

A．happy

B．secret

C．new

D．proper

5.

A．wondered

B．warned

C．answered

D．repeated

6.

A．put up with

B．go back to

C．look down on

D．get out of

7.

A．changed

B．expected

C．offered

D．refused

8.

A．power

B．patience

C．balance

D．trust

9.

A．bad

B．long

C．special

D．lonely

10.

A．helped

B．found

C．thanked

D．held

11.

A．safe

B．favorite

C．famous

D．personal

12.

A．closed

B．wide

C．bright

D．watery

13.

A．play

B．service

C．work

D．life

14.

A．friends

B．family

C．strangers

D．audience

15.

A．pride

B．humor

C．truth

D．love

3 . A girl is smiling at me from a picture on my desk. She is one of my sponsor (资助) children. I didn’t spend much money helping her. The joy from helping her gives me, however, is over the picture.

I can still remember the first time that I decided to help a child. It was many years ago, I was only a middle school student. I had a little extra (额外的) money each month. I didn’t feel like buying anything, though. A few years ago, we lost everything in a house fire. That fire bought me a lot. I cleared that I didn’t need a lot of things to be happy. From then on I began to care about the suffering of children in poor countries. With my mom’s help, I soon found a few groups and joined them. They were helping others around the world.

It felt so good being able to reach out and help others in need. It felt so good being able to make even one life better. I could feel the love growing in my head and beginning to change me. This feeling makes us into better people with bigger hearts. It helps us to love, to be kind, and to make this world a better place.

1. The writer began to sponsor a child ________.

A．when he studied in the middle school	B．before his house had a fire
C．when he felt like buying something	D．before he had a little extra money

2. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “suffering”?

A．苦难

B．经验

C．情绪

D．要求

3. What’s the third paragraph mainly about?

A．Why the writer helped poor children.	B．How the writer found a few groups.
C．When the writer began to care about others.	D．How the writer felt after helping others in need.

4. Which of the following is true?

A．The writer needed a lot of money to be happy before.

B．The writer spent much money on his sponsor child.

C．The writer spent lots of money doing shopping every month.

D．After joining the groups, the writer changed a lot in his heart.

5. From the passage, we can learn that the writer is a ________ person.

A．rich

B．lucky

C．kind

D．careless

4 . 幸福是什么，幸福是父母为你营造的温馨的家，幸福是老师望向你的赞许的目光，幸福是孤独时朋友送来的一杯奶茶，请你以“My happiness”为话题，写一件曾经发生过的令你感到幸福的事情。
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5 . As a PhD student, I went through many difficulties in my research. When I graduated, I wasn’t willing to _________so many hours away from my young children with so _________ to show for it. Instead, I accepted my love of teaching by working as a _________.

A decade later and with my kids in school, my scientific _________ came out of hibernation (冬眠) and I _________ a position at a new arts college. In my undergraduate classes, I asked my students to complete controlled experiments that were _________ guaranteed to produce reasonable data. But after a few years, I grew _________ with the gap between those _________ experiments and my own research projects.

I decided to _________ a new course that would give our students experience performing __________ experiments, ones that had the __________ to fail. Then after a solid hour of __________ and some leading questions on my part, one student finally __________, “It doesn’t make __________.” Hallelujah! One of them had stepped back from seeing what they __________ to see and described what the data __________ showed. The breakthrough helped the classmates start to look at the results with more __________ eyes. Within minutes, they were overflowing with questions and __________ about what could have gone wrong. My students were thinking like scientists.

Research is __________ and full of failed attempts. Trying to protect students from that reality does harm to them. I hope my students will bring an __________ with them that success doesn’t always come easy.

1.

A．hide

B．sacrifice

C．hold

D．knock

2.

A．little

B．much

C．deep

D．far

3.

A．volunteer

B．programmer

C．librarian

D．lecturer

4.

A．major

B．achievement

C．curiosity

D．evidence

5.

A．created

B．left

C．secured

D．shared

6.

A．hardly

B．sometimes

C．lately

D．almost

7.

A．popular

B．uncomfortable

C．satisfied

D．unconcerned

8.

A．useful

B．meaningful

C．perfect

D．impressive

9.

A．develop

B．cancel

C．follow

D．take

10.

A．difficult

B．unique

C．diverse

D．uncontrolled

11.

A．significance

B．potential

C．goal

D．sign

12.

A．decoration

B．struggle

C．description

D．improvement

13.

A．held on

B．handed over

C．spoke up

D．gave in

14.

A．room

B．sense

C．space

D．art

15.

A．expected

B．promised

C．refused

D．decided

16.

A．frequently

B．generally

C．previously

D．actually

17.

A．serious

B．innocent

C．objective

D．respectful

18.

A．jokes

B．regrets

C．memories

D．ideas

19.

A．complicated

B．logical

C．limited

D．conventional

20.

A．advantage

B．ambition

C．awareness

D．aim

6 . A friend of mine recently said something nice to me.

“Those sunglasses just don’t _________ you,” she told me.

What was nice wasn’t the _________into my sunglasses, but my friend’s honesty. She wasn’t being _________. She wasn’t trying to hurt me. She really wanted what was best for me, and so she _________causing offense to tell me what I needed to hear.

It is rare, this kind of honesty. And it’s getting rarer.

We live in an age when social media is changing our _________communications. We post highly considered status updates on Facebook. We “like” the pictures of people we may not like _________, and leave comments on other people’s posts that are _________ and meaningless.

We are _________how to be real with each other.

We chat with a (an) _________ who has lipstick on her teeth and we pretend not to notice. We see our friend wearing an awful outfit and reassure her it’s fine. We ignore phone calls, or pretend to be busy, __________telling someone we don’t want to see them. And when we get our feelings hurt, we __________it down, because it’s far less difficult than facing the person who hurts us.

And we also refrain (避免) from being honest about ourselves when we are with friends. Sure, we might write about our emotional problems later, once the __________ is over.

We don’t talk about these problems __________ we’re deep in them, because they’re scary and make us weak. We keep the facade (假象) up and the smiles wide and the Instagram photos nice. And then when things __________-when we end up in hospital, or unemployed-our friends are shocked, because they didn’t see it coming.

We didn’t let them see it coming.

Honesty is difficult, but without it, we can’t connect with each other.

Start small. Let someone know if they have lipstick on their teeth. Tell your friend that no, the outfit isn’t the best, maybe consider something else. Tell your friend __________ that you won’t be at her party, but you wish her all the best. Let your loved ones know when they’ve hurt you, and be prepared to hear the same from them. Be a little more real on social media, for your sake as much as for everyone else’s.

1.

A．fit

B．suit

C．adapt

D．attract

2.

A．certainty

B．anxiety

C．worry

D．insight

3.

A．critical

B．practical

C．frank

D．professional

4.

A．minded

B．risked

C．avoid

D．enjoyed

5.

A．direct

B．interpersonal

C．private

D．public

6.

A．at first

B．at once

C．at all

D．at last

7.

A．incorrect

B．insincere

C．instant

D．indifferent

8.

A．losing

B．caring

C．forgetting

D．considering

9.

A．acquaintance

B．stranger

C．staff

D．foreigner

10.

A．more than

B．less than

C．other than

D．rather than

11.

A．lay

B．eat

C．swallow

D．set

12.

A．story

B．crisis

C．case

D．task

13.

A．and

B．so

C．while

D．or

14.

A．fall apart

B．take apart

C．break apart

D．draw apart

15.

A．frankly

B．regretfully

C．briefly

D．exactly

7 . A friend of mine called me at 2 am. I usually worked through the_________, so I was awake. She was_________some problems and wanted to talk to me about them.

I was_________with work, under a lot of pressure._________my work, I also had a lot on my mind. But I_________to stop what I was doing, put it all_________and talked to her. It did the trick because we managed to find some kind of clarity to the_________after the conversation.

I felt happy. I know that sometimes what_________is not really what you talk about or whether you have found a(n)_________solution to the problem. What really counts is knowing that when you are going through a（n）__________time, you have a shoulder to lean on. Just knowing that somebody__________enough to give you time, support and__________, without any judgment, is enough to__________much of the weight that you are carrying.

I've ever been in situations where I've had to__________through things by myself, with no support at all. Living like this makes you very__________. But it also makes you cynical, and leaves you feeling like you can only depend on yourself.

I have had__________from people at times, totally__________when I have really needed it. And I realise what a(n)__________it can make, having someone to talk to.

I really hope that I was able to give my friend support. Even though we did not__________the problem, I hope that I was able to__________her of some of the weight that she was carrying.

1.

A．day

B．night

C．year

D．dusk

2.

A．going through

B．backing up

C．lining in with

D．making up for

3.

A．equipped

B．contrasted

C．provided

D．overloaded

4.

A．Given

B．Including

C．Besides

D．Without

5.

A．regretted

B．decided

C．hesitated

D．dedicated

6.

A．on hold

B．out of control

C．at hand

D．within reach

7.

A．program

B．situation

C．life

D．fortune

8.

A．takes

B．determines

C．understands

D．matters

9.

A．clear

B．fancy

C．severe.

D．equal

10.

A．additional

B．fortunate

C．tough

D．great

11.

A．gets

B．leaves

C．lets

D．cares

12.

A．criticism

B．profit

C．presentation

D．encouragement

13.

A．stress

B．complain

C．remove

D．remember

14.

A．see

B．put

C．struggle

D．depart

15.

A．independent

B．discouraging

C．admirable

D．reliable

16.

A．result

B．advocate

C．ignorance

D．support

17.

A．privately

B．unexpectedly

C．roughly

D．unfairly

18.

A．proposal

B．similarity

C．difference

D．acknowledgement

19.

A．solve

B．benefit

C．rule

D．keep

20.

A．inform

B．relieve

C．convince

D．remind

8 . I don’t own a camera anymore. I know my computer has one and my daughter is ________ taking photos with her smart phone. However, I rally miss those ________ cameras. I can remember taking a roll of film, mailing it out, and then ________ for two weeks to get the pictures back. And half of them were either overexposed by the sunlight or all of us had red eyes in them from the flash on the ________.

I can also remember the ________ when we finally saved up enough money to get a Polaroid (一次成像的) camera. It was more exciting to ________ the camera and have a photo ________ in only a minute. Even then, though, we only used it for special ________, such as birthdays and family gatherings.

Nowadays everything seems to be ________, saved and posted online. I wonder ________. Maybe a part of it is that we all want to stop, freeze and ________ these moments in time that fly by so fast. I have to ________ that sometimes I do. Just the other day I ________ some dusty photo albums about my ________. In one there was a picture of me just a few years old, laughing in my front yard. How I longed to go back to that ________, see my mother’s smiling face and be held in my grandmother’s ________ arms once more. Still, I know that does live on in my heart, and one day we will all be ________ again.

The truth is that hard as we try we can’t ________ time. All the photos can’t keep it in place, either. Perhaps we should really ________ our lives instead of just filming them. Perhaps it is best to smile with joy instead of smiling for a ________.

1.

A．unwillingly

B．hesitantly

C．barely

D．constantly

2.

A．expensive

B．advanced

C．old

D．popular

3.

A．relaxing

B．advertising

C．hiding

D．waiting

4.

A．watch

B．phone

C．camera

D．computer

5.

A．thrill

B．confusion

C．terror

D．peace

6.

A．replace

B．click

C．send

D．return

7.

A．ready

B．destroyed

C．posted

D．still

8.

A．accidents

B．occasions

C．challenges

D．adventures

9.

A．ignored

B．deleted

C．filmed

D．combined

10.

A．why

B．where

C．when

D．how

11.

A．judge

B．transform

C．bury

D．preserve

12.

A．forget

B．admit

C．doubt

D．predict

13.

A．looked through

B．broke down

C．mixed up

D．swept away

14.

A．adulthood

B．childhood

C．birth

D．adolescence

15.

A．thought

B．debate

C．moment

D．ceremony

16.

A．cold

B．unfamiliar

C．shaky

D．loving

17.

A．awake

B．asleep

C．together

D．away

18.

A．spend

B．stop

C．count

D．kill

19.

A．waste

B．assess

C．record

D．live

20.

A．photograph

B．game

C．mail

D．face

9 . Why You Should Stop Complaining

When living out our daily lives, it’s often easy to blame the world for our problems.     1     But the biggest difference is simply our reactions to them. Here are three reasons why you should change your reaction to a situation and stop complaining.

The world owes you nothing.

The world really does have nothing to do with you or anyone else. The planet will continue to exist without you on it.     2     However, it really isn’t the case once we’re an adult. The world doesn’t provide us with the same blanket of comfort as our carers once did, which only means one thing: It’s up to us to provide that blanket for ourselves and no one else.

    3    

If you look back at your own life, you’ll begin to realize that everything you have ever done was all a result of the decisions you’ve made sure there may have been people around you who have convinced you to do something. But it all ultimately depends on your decisions.     4     Your life is just like a blank canvas, and you are the painter. Start to think about what your hopes and dreams might be and remind yourself daily that it’s all up to you to make things happen.

You can’t be a leader if you behave like a victim.

It’s really easy to put blame on things that are external to you.     5     So what can you change? Being a leader in your life takes courage and requires the willingness to face your fears, experience failure, and take complete personal responsibility of everything that happens to you.

A．What are you worrying about?

B．So who’s really to blame?

C．You are in charge of your own life.

D．You are helped by people around you.

E．We were nurtured and looked after as kids.

F．It’s true that there are things in the world we can’t control.

G．As it avoids personal responsibility and allows you to refuse the possibility that you may have things that can be changed.

10 . Many years ago, a man became lost while driving his car through the countryside. Foolishly he tried to read his map as he was ________ and soon drove off the road and landed in a dich (沟渠). ________ he wasn’t hurt but his car was stuck in some deep mud (淤泥), He decided to look for ________. Not far away, he ________ a farmhouse and decided to ask someone for support.

The man soon met the farmer and told him of his ________ situation. Pointing to his field, the farmer said, “See that old horse out there?” The man looked at the tired, poor and ________horse then looked back to the ________. The farmer said, “Yep, old Warwick there can do the job!”

The man shrugged (耸) his shoulders and thought to himself, “I have nothing to ________.” So the two men and Warwick made their way back to the ditch.

The farmer ________ old Warwick to the car, snapped the reins (拉住缰绳) and ________ loudly, “Pull, Henry! Pull, Nellie! Pull, Ted! Pull, Franklin! Pull, Warwick!” Then the aged horse pulled the car out from the dirty mud. The car was ________ !

The man stood in ________ . He thanked the farmer and then ________ why the farmer called out all those other names ________ he called out Warwick.

The farmer just smiled and said, “Old Warwick is almost blind. As long as he believes that he is part of a ________, he doesn’t mind ________.”

A good leader encourages others to trust him.________, a great leader supports them by giving them ________ belief in themselves. Active encouragement is the biggest key to ________ teamwork. When people ________ in an encouraging environment, the sky really is the limit (限制) to the things that can be done.

1.

A．leaving

B．playing

C．eating

D．driving

2.

A．Finally

B．Luckily

C．Strangely

D．Clearly

3.

A．help

B．chance

C．information

D．reason

4.

A．visited

B．discovered

C．described

D．remembered

5.

A．difficult

B．simple

C．similar

D．boring

6.

A．angry

B．nervous

C．sick

D．aged

7.

A．farmer

B．house

C．field

D．map

8.

A．change

B．lose

C．develop

D．dream

9.

A．led

B．took

C．tied

D．directed

10.

A．laughed

B．shouted

C．cheered

D．sang

11.

A．perfect

B．great

C．ready

D．free

12.

A．surprise

B．silence

C．doubt

D．fear

13.

A．learned

B．realized

C．wondered

D．noticed

14.

A．before

B．after

C．until

D．if

15.

A．history

B．life

C．team

D．society

16.

A．walking

B．protecting

C．pulling

D．running

17.

A．Lastly

B．Then

C．So

D．However

18.

A．popular

B．strong

C．personal

D．traditional

19.

A．special

B．meaningful

C．scientific

D．successful

20.

A．hard

B．alone

C．together

D．properly